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>>3619
samefag because my first reply was too long and i had to split it into two.

slight disagreement on yuta, but i’m biased just because i think he’s cute, tbh. and i liked his tragic (albeit generic) backstory more than gojo’s “i was born the most special baby and i have always been the most special baby and the only truly bad thing to ever happen to me was losing my high school boyfriend” thing, but ymmv.

>he made a whole chapters all about the characters replying to these anons instead of mourning the dead or talking about what they plan to do next
i should have mentioned this along with my blue shadow style lore dump complaint because i also laughed at this. genuine “uhm, actually” vibes. like, why was it not just some sort of ending note?? and yet, i almost find it stupidly amusing for some reason.

so, still, i wouldn’t consider it to be anywhere near the dumpster fire to the extent that some people did. also i got gojo/geto out of the equation, which naturally makes everything worth it. i used to have more shame about the “well, at least there’s fan content” mindset, but in this case i really did kind of treat canon as the springboard to eventually get into all the art, fic, doujinshi, etc. almost like an investment, lmao.

>>3619
>there wasn’t really a singular “oh shit” moment where it hit me at once that gojo had actually lost, more of a progressive “wait, what” sort of feeling
I get what you mean. In my case it was the reverse, if I didn't see leaks against my will before even starting the manga I would have been nervous the whole time and expecting anything to happen. The battle made perfect sense imo, the end made it look like Gojo was about to win for very logical reasons, with how everyone was explaining which techniques Gojo and Sukuna were using. The way his defeat was presented kind of ruined it though. It's funny how almost everyone agreed even way after that chapter that him dying ironically made him look stronger than Sukuna after all, since Sukuna kept spamming binding vows left and right after that. I can already imagine Gege whining that he made Gojo too strong again so he just skipped to the airport scene to make his job easier. I feel like I'm repeating myself but it's hard to explain, idk.

>slight disagreement on yuta, but i’m biased just because i think he’s cute, tbh
I actually like Yuta, but him using Gojo's corpse and having like 10 shot flashbacks where he keeps saying "don't worry I planned this complete bullshit move so now it's time for plan A, B, C, D, E, F, G etc." looked so stupid it kind of ruined him for me. After learning that JJK0 was meant to be longer and Yuta would have progressively evolved in that story all of this made sense, but it's insane how Kusakabe keeps explaining everything and coming up with ideas and all of a sudden it's Yuta who does this, but almost only in flashbacks. I would have liked it more if everyone was just coming up with their own bullshit on the spot out of sheer desperation, Yuta possessed Gojo's corpse would have been a lot more impactful that way and we wouldn't have had this ridiculous scene where Yuta says he's willing to be a monster to win like Maki didn't slaughter her own family in cold blood a few days earlier. Again, I can already imagine Gege drawing the last arc and being like "fuck I forgot to put Yuta's existential crisis in the manga earlier, I need to do it now" and Yuta cPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>3621
Still the same anon but I might as well talk about other things from the manga. I don't understand why Tsumiki isn't blood related to Megumi. There's no point to this, the story would have been the exact same or better if she were just his older sister and a Zenin who's not a sorcerer. Instead only Megumi ever interacts with her on screen and in flashbacks only, Toji never, ever talks or thinks about her, Gojo interacted with her offscreen and it's not even relevant, etc. Before she or rather, Yorozu woke up from her coma I was wondering if Megumi wasn't becoming schizophrenic and hallucinating having a sister that nobody heard about before to cope with his shitty life. Yuki was very underdeveloped too but I liked her overall. It's like Gege wanted to make her some cool, mysterious figure and forgot to give us more hints for it to work. Same thing with Tengen and her relationship with Kenjaku.

On the other hand what was funny was how Sukuna and Yuji's grandfather being twins seemed too obvious so everyone got tricked into thinking Sukuna's twin was reincarnated as either Yuji or Jin. Even Sukuna guessed it wrong. What fucks me up is that thanks to what we learned with Mai and Maki it's kind of implying that Yuji's grandfather was on of the strongest sorcerers until he died at the hospital, and his strength went to Sukuna's fingers as soon as he died which explains why Sukuna wakes up very soon after. But he clearly didn't give a single fuck, minded his own business, raised his kid and grandkid and spent too much money in pachinko parlors. It also makes me wonder what was up with Jin? Since he turned out to be a normal guy who says some really suspicious shit the one time he's on screen. It's like he knew something was going on the whole time,maybe he was also a sorcerer and that's why he married one. I wonder what Yuji's grandpa told Yuji about his parents because Yuji also didn't give a fuck until the very end.

Last point, but I consider Yuji/Megumi canon until stated otherwise. I still can't believe Megumi became the tsundere heroine/damsel in distress at the end, it wasn't even subtle with how Yuji told him he would be lonely without Megumi by his side while crying. When you think about it none of this bullshit would have happened if it weren't for Megumi stPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Do any other anons still play this game? The new world is coming out soon, hopefully there'll be some good fujobait.

>roll Sunday
>GET SUNDAY
>Roll chad thundercock
>run out of jades

I'm not going to torture myself with those awful missions or that dumb deer. Oh well, once again, no Lightning because I refuse to touch Sevral.

A real shame, I genuinely enjoyed him as a guest character during the trailblaze mission where he joins. Lightning feels like a legitimate requirement for some encounters and Moze simply doesn't work being single target only.

I wonder if they'll shape Phainon up to be like Firefly (in regards to MC shipping/self-inserting aspects, not just meta). Even with barely anything right now it's doing more for me than DanCae though I'm barely interested in HSR shipping in general honestly.

>>3510
I don't have any Lightning DPSes either, I've been coping through the game with only my JL and FF kek, can still clear endgame content well though.

>>3373
I'm a Yamatsukkifag so maybe a bit unorthodox but I like Norio's doujin for fluffy stuff
>https://myreadingmanga.info/tag/norio-komametsushinsya/
plus MADAMAYO for nsfw, untranslated though
>https://myreadingmanga.info/madamayo-kimura-hidesato-zenchi-nishukan-haikyuu-dj-jp/

This author also has some nice Levyaku
>https://myreadingmanga.info/tag/ichikabachika-yuchitose/

>>3375
Thanks!

I’ve never watched an anime with so many smug boys, it’s ridiculous.

Inuyasha. Everyone I knew preferred Sesshomaru, but Inuyasha is a perfect mix of hot and cute. I still love him, just not obsessed with him like I was when I was younger.

Strange Klug from Puyo Puyo. I pirated Puyo 20th around when it came out in 2011 and fell in love with him. I think this guy is the reason why I have a huge thing for evil pretty boys with glasses, and dark personas. He gave me a huge thing for selfcest too, now do I think about it, kek.

He still holds a special place in my heart, but I'm incredibly embarrassed to admit to others that he was my first husbando because of how the Puyo fans tend to be nowadays.

>>3524
Nice! Klug is my fav character so naturally Strange Klug psedo-selfcest is one of the best pairings in the franchise. It's a shame the plots involving Klug and Sig's demons got dropped post PP7 it's arguably the most interesting SEGA era Puyo plot. I guess this is the trade off for having the newer entries officially translated into English.

>>3428
>Is there a way to find old Japanese fanart from before Pixiv was born?
Yes! I used to do this all the time in my fandom and just started again. One way is to google character name + series name or ship names in Japanese. A lot of fansites are hidden from search engines but not all of them. Alternatively, you can see if people link their personal sites from their pixiv, twitter, twpf, doujinshi, etc. You might have better luck looking at older fanart first.

Once you find one site, you should be in. Usually they link a bunch of other art/fic sites and also some webrings and directories. Most of these are monofandom but there are some more general ones. I have this extension so you can right click any link and have it search the internet archive: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/resurrect-pages/. There have been tons of Japanese hosts and a lot of them have been nuked over the years. Archive coverage is spotty and glitchy and you will suffer though.

I was able to find this and it should be a good start: https://web.archive.org/web/20131019151146/http://murai.tk/yomi.cgi?mode=kt&kt=01_01. It looks like the site breaks and starts redirecting in a loop around 2015.

>>3447
Thanks!

>>3447
This is very useful, thanks nona.

I've actually really gotten into exploring the old and small web lately.

>>3409
>Favorite series?
I don't know, I like some series more than others but I don't have a favorite one. I like Tokyo Babylon and X a lot, my first manga from them were CCS and Clamp Detective School, I also started XXXholic when it started in my country, so a long time ago, but never finished it because I simply didn't think about reading scans online but didn't have enough time to go borrow the rest of the volumes in the library. I really wish Legal Drug and Drug & Drop was completed because it had potential but it's in hiatus hell right now. I also need to finish reading Magic Knight Rayearth someday, before the new anime starts. I think overall I like their more edgy series but I like that they have a lot of different stories. I remember reading Kobato but I don't remember anything about it besides the dog screaming at the MC all the time and I disliked Chobits so I never finished it.

>Favorite pairing?
The one you posted was one of my first gay OTP when I was a very young kid, then there's Seishiro/Subaru and Fuuma/Kamui. This one is a straight pairing but Shaoran/Sakura is getting on my nerves. I like it a lot in CCS since forever but knowing that Clamp is so obsessed with them they brought them back for Tsubasa and for a CCS sequel while neglecting other series on hiatus makes me boycott these two manga until we get a proper conclusion for X.

Anyway, I'm going to give XXXholic another try once I finish reading Golden Kamui, and then I'll start Clover. By the way, I need to confess but their recent art style isn't my cup of tea, I miss their art style from the 90s and early 2000s. Pic related.

>>3409
>Favorite series?
X
>Favorite pairing?
Fuuma x Kamui
Subaru x Seishirou

Still waiting on them to break free of Cardfight Vanguard and work on new stuff.

>Favorite Series
I like them all really, but Tokyo Babylon has a special place in my heart being one of the series that got me into manga.
>Favorite Pairing
Doumeki/Watanuki

>>3411
Did you ever read Reservoir Chronicles? I'd highly suggest checking out both xxxholic and it. I know you said you hate Shaoran/Sakura but it crosses over with xxxholic and also has the great pairing of Fai/Kurogane.

I used to read and love the manga back when anime was hard to access. I recall looking for some yaoi at the time, but found nothing. And when there was stuff, it didn't play into my topping preferences.

Thankfully, there seems to have been an explosion of stuff where Ranma ends up on the bottom, often under Ryoga. Based.

>Best Boy?
Ranma. I like how he's got more drive and slyness than the 'average romcom protagonist', Takahashi's boys always have some traits that make them seem more fun to play with, than just being a het love interest.

>Best Ship?
Currently rewatching, and being way more into Kuno/Ranma than expected, the height gap and Kuno's cool, yet devoted personality is very cute against Ranma's comparative hot-headedness. That said, Ryoga/Ranma seems to be the longstanding OTP.

>Does Ranma top or bottom?
Bottom. He's got the sly devil personality, which is hottest when taking it, imo, although I can see why people would enjoy him topping Ryoga.

>Does Ranma-chan's existence play into it somehow (as a plot device), or is it only male Ranma who matters?

I like the idea of Kuno finding out that the pig-tailed girl is actually his romantic rival, still being in love with Ranma-chan, then starting to notice that male Ranma has the same cute traits as Ranma-chan, then growing protective over male Ranma and having a gay crisis over it.

>>3306
thank you for the ranma thread op
>best boy
Kuno.

>best ship
when it comes to ships really I like anything but the main romance, which is the case for most Takahashi works, i'd say ryoga and ranma would be right up my ally if it weren't for the fact that Ryoga is way too emotional, and I like ship combinations where one party is less emotional than the other, so Kuno and Ranma.

>Does Ranma top or bottom?
bottom

>>Does Ranma-chan's existence play into it somehow (as a plot device), or is it only male Ranma who matters?

Same as anon above, I think it would be also fun to joke with the idea that Kuno actually likes Ranma as a boy too, but he obviously dismisses the thought immediately because of his stubbornness

Is anyone watching the remake? How does it compare?

Currently watching the old anime, and it's far more yaoi than it was remembered as. The low amount of fanfic hurts.

>>2525
That guy who voices Date Kaname in the AI games. According to some BL drama CD I listened to long ago he's pretty good at voicing ukes. I'd rather play the NSFW game, I might as well go all out with that one.

If anyone on here still plays NuCani, how do you do it? I don't have a lot of space on mobile, but is there a PC version? Is it even worth starting as a new player?

>>3340
I play from time to time on my phone. There is no PC version but you can download an Android emulator like Nox or LDPlayer on your PC.

Currently obsessed with this one incredibly talented artist who was originally known for only drawing art of an oldfag moid/petite waif girl ship suddenly get obsessed with ff4 golbez and commission copious amounts of fanart of him getting railed. first two pics are her original artwork, 3rd is a public commission piece

So since FF16 is on PC now I bought it a while back and last night I finished it. >>1907 is way more on point than I had ever expected cause god damn, Jill barely mattered outside of the one dungeon that dealt with her backstory. I can't think of a single final fantasy I played where the heroine isn't even allowed to fight the final boss. I was gonna say "No wonder the incest is so popular" but of course you can ship whatever you want regardless of plot relevance and my twitter feed is skewed by me following mostly fujoshi. I actually found myself understanding why Barnabas/Clive is a thing too cause that final encounter got pretty homoerotic.

>>3328
Actually regarding the part I spoilered, I guess you could make an argument that FF7 falls under that but from what I remember even in death Aerith had some manner of agency against Sephiroth cause she used holy from inside the lifestream.

>>3211
You're welcome!

Geez gendies always have to ruin something. I always saw him as a moody, brewing bishounen type. I don't know why that pings their radar.

He's such a fun character and has a great battle theme too.

>>3212
Oh, those pictures are amazing, thank you! 0//0 brooding Space ex-boyfriend is the best :D

Sadly, they're not without basis here, Omocat used another girl's OC, and the girl later claimed that he was meant to have been trans all along :( Shame, such a cute design and storyline.

I always loved suntan. Kel has been so good and supportive to Sunny. Plus the size difference aspect is so cute.