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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ugh I get such feels from those shows quintessential quintuplets had me openly crying..

Why can't real life dating be even remotely like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

I watched the trailer and was like, "Ew harem."

Then I proceeded to binge the series and movie.

Solid show.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

186 episodes of Baseball

Our country doesn't even have a baseball team :p

[–] [email protected] 118 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am 51 now but in 2018, while still in my forties, I had to have multiple major emergency heart surgeries. I was hospitalized for a week and bed ridden for about a month altogether. During that time, all I had for entertainment was my PS Vita. I decided to buy and play Persona 4 Golden blind and I spent those weeks drifting in and out of consciousness while making friends, fighting monsters and hanging out with high school students in that make believe world instead of focusing on my near death experience or the possibility of financial ruin thanks to medical bills.

I will never judge anybody that is moved by or comforted by things like anime or JRPGs. I get it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing and I hope you didn't experience financial ruin because of it

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I will always be grateful to that hospital. I was expecting to owe $300k+, it turns out the total bill over $550k, but the hospital fought with the insurance company and got them to pay for most of it leaving me with a balance due of $10k. When I called to set up a payment plan, the lady on the other end said that they would forgive all but $996. I paid it and as soon as I hung up, I was sobbing. $550,000. What is the point of surviving if you are going to spend the rest of your life slaving away to pay off you're debt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

This is heartbreaking. I can't even imagine how awful it must've been for you during that time, not knowing if surviving was even worth it (in a broader sense).

Thinking back, if I would've had to think about that too during my chemotherapy 8 years ago (was 24 back then) I don't know if I would've survived. That, or I would've become a criminal afterwards as I was still fighting with trauma as well; it would've probably pushed me over the line of being convinced the world was inherently evil.

It's good you found something to distract you from all that suffering and happened to be put in such a great, great hospital. Hope you found back to full health.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shut up. I dont need your judgement just because nothing happens in 200 chapters of Akutsu san

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Same thing with One Piece. They had this great opportunity to deeply explore Kuma's and Zoro's values in the end of thriller bark, instead nothing happened.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The guys be like, "I play Yakuza for the gritty depiction of organized crime", and then spend 12 hours giving women makeovers in the cabaret club minigame.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Everything I hear about the Yakuza games make me want to play them.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I highly recommend Yakuza 0. It's an origin story prequel for the series and personally I think it has by far the best storyline. It also has the caberet club minigame!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Odd question, but how much of it (and the newer games) are fully voiced? That was the main thing that turned me off playing them was how much of the content was just reading popup boxes of text.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

IIRC, Zero had the most voicelines from the first 6 games.

It's an amazing experience, I wish I could play it for the first time again.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think I might have that one!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

I third playing Yakuza 0. If you like it, you'll more than likely like the whole series.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

BWREAKING TAEH WAOURLD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I'll second the Yakuza 0 recommendation. Lot of nice cathartic emotional gut punches :o

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

They're pretty great.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I spent 40 hours in the Mahjong parlor, waiting for my businesses to drop off their monthly profits so I could invest it again. It is an accurate depiction of being a crime boss, dammit!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How did you learn to play Mahjong?

I lost my money on the fights... and some on billiard. I just wanted to beat Erika.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I learned it by looking up a guide on how to win at the Mahjong minigame in Yakuza 0. The guide existed. It was a crash course on how to play Riichi Mahjong.

I also played a lot of Mahjong Soul after that. It's a little easier to open a website than having to walk over to the Mahjong parlor every time, but a lot less atmospheric.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

That's exactly it - those games just breathe atmosphere, and even the minigames add another layer to it.

Sit down, drink up, then throw darts into the wall, cause you've had too much.

perfect/10, will play every game of the series, and then Judgement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I'm just optimizing stats dad! I swear to God. I'm not playing dress up!

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

way worse when it's a fucking banger of a love story but they're middle schoolers for some goddamn reason

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

got something specific in mind, right?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

bokuyaba/the dangers in my heart

it's a brilliantly written coming of age romance that wouldn't have lost a damn thing by just aging the characters up a couple years

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ahem. 36 episodes about highschool volleyball. I do not play volleyball.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Haikyuu is top quality!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey! Dan da Dan is great! I'm not being defensive! I'm fine!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Grandma help, my friend lost his balls.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Can they, for once, be college students or maybe high-school seniors?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's unnecessarily limiting the audience. High school is relatable because everyone does it. Not everyone goes to college or works in such and such field.

When it comes to the human experience, we start to diverge pretty early.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Internets says that 61% of the Japanese population go on to higher education. That's pretty high compared to Americans at 39%.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

US is actually in range of 60%. Apparently 62% of high school graduates enrolled last year. Although that's graduates and not all people graduate, but also some people do go back later in life too.

I think the real issue is that college doesn't look the same to everyone. You may commute, do part time, different majors. However, middle/high school are a bit more uniform so the tropes/trends will resonate with most people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

This is one of the reasons I liked Aggretsuko as much as I did. She was out of college and starting her career at a company which is still younger than me but at least its MORE relatable.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

The best anime/mamga about college is Grand Blue, cant't recommend it enough

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

my personal rule is that, now that i'm an adult, i will generally not watch or read anything where the main characters are high schoolers. it has served me well

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

I mean, you do you. I enjoy watching them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Any particular reason why?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (5 children)

my experience has been that those kinds of shows are more likely to have characters that behave like high schoolers. more drama, impulsiveness, etc. i also find it frustrating when i’m watching a show and the characters do things that, in my opinion, don’t make any sense. i also don’t enjoy it much when the major plot points are about high school relationships.

i’m sure there are many shows that don’t fit into this characterization i’ve described, but my experience has been that they tend to be the exception rather than the norm. and there are only so many shows in the world that i will have time to watch. i’m not trying to say that shows about high schoolers are objectively bad either, just that they aren’t for me, in this stage of my life.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[dropkicks a man through a fourth-story window]

"I've never killed anyone in my life."

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

...HoriMiya and The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten...

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Hey, i'm in this meme and don't like it

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