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>>4413
Who is the wolf nonna?

>>4414
Faramor from AFK Journey. TBQH he's not my husbando but I thought it'd be funny to see what the AI has to say. Seems like someone's been training it on gay furry twitter kek

I share it. Was not expecting to come away shipping something after watching it but they are just so good.

I got a warning saying my images were over the file size limit so I guess that's an excuse to post October's popup art with the Draluc birthday pic.

6/10 is Ronadora day so might as well make an update post. The 10th Anniversary exhibition opens on the 27th, Yokohama advanced tickets are sold out, Tokyo have not gone on sale yet. We've had hospital merch, Holmes merch, JRPG merch, suspiciously wedding suit anniversary merch with flowers meaning "companions for life", a rerun of the ostrich hula daki merch in Toho Cinemas for no apparent reason (https://x.com/emuzu100/status/1923190377693184390), definitely not condoms (https://x.com/johnwakawaii/status/1929115715082076623), and the best John tshirt (https://x.com/johnwakawaii/status/1931184342753284468).

A second drama CD is on preorder for September, again two acrylic keyrings as bonus, and Animate preorders get a bonus track but the price is 1300yen more than other stores. The blurb says some hunters that didn't make it into the anime will be featured this time, and a small murmur got excited that we might get Helsing cast, but if they have any intention of a third anime season they'd be saving the full sword/Tama arc for that and using Her Majesty's request as a half episode flashback at most. I'm still hopeful, there's enough manga volumes to advertise even while Bonnoki is on medical leave, and the merch is still making money.

Tickets for the Tokyo exhibition opened today, and the site broke because there were too many people. Tons more merch has been added to the listings, including Draluc cookies, which has led to tweets about licking and swallowing your oshi. It's stupid but what I want most are the tiny prints of Bonnoki's sketches of the old blood trio and the guildmaster. That art is really neat. The Nagiri shirt is cool too, we need more serious Nagiri merch, but the text is embarrassing out of context ("World's Strongest Vampire").

>>4101
Man… ;-;
Ike was so sudden I'm more numb and shocked than upset. I wish him the best. It's heartbreaking to see how many people are mocking him.

I'm so proud of Fuuchan though. He handled graduation the best I've ever seen. I had trouble being sad until after the final stream. Now I just feel melancholic since I watched him every morning. Forever my kamioshi. ❤️

>>4127
I was really truly in love with him and I feel sicker and sicker each week as it sets in, especially because I'm too selfish to accept it's going to make him happier in the long run.

>>4271
I'm so sorry that you're suffering so much anon. I'm not good at comforting people myself, so I'll share what Fuuchan said on his graduation announcement.
"Let yourself feel it. You're feelings are valid and you should let yourself feel them. You're feelings are valid, even if others might not understand why it means so much to you." You might not feel so right now but I'm 100% sure Ike cherished the quildren and enjoyed streaming for you all. It's okay to feel sad and mad he left and that he should have stayed. I know it's not the same but watch other for his pl account Xanadu and of course, there's the youtube archive ragtag, some videos work still.

Just think this is all thanks to a certain someone who couldn't be more mature and responsible lol. I'll never forgive her for what she did to everyone. The holo livers are so lucky they have considerate co-workers and a toxic fanbase who won't let you say anything bad about them

>>3670
Father x son?

Welp, Thunderbolt fantasy is officially over. Just watched the finale movie. I know the time loop ending with Shou was already set up previously but it was still wild as hell that he's just confirmed to be the time traveling child of his two best friends. Also my fujo heart soared when he and Rin had that final banter moment as they descended into the demon realm. All around I had a great time. I'll miss my puppets but I know all good things must come to an end.

>>4349
That concept art made my day wow
>I'm continually let down by what happens to the "main girl" in shonen-tier media
Same, I'm also tired of really lame useless female characters. I just want a good story. I would rather just have female characters not exist in situations like this vs them just existing to be love interests on the sidelines. Imagine how much worse Hunter x Hunter would be if there was just two girl characters waiting around for Gon and Killua to return from their adventures or something lmfao.

>>4350
I like SoRiku stories that go into Riku's jealousy and even superiority complex over Sora kek. I want to inject internalized homophobia and denial of his attraction to Sora into my headcanon narrative
>there's no way I could be attracted to Sora
>Sora's worse than me
>but I wish I could be like Sora
>there's no way I could be gay
this makes me want to write fic again with some sort of Giovanni's Room-type style headfuck kek, but I'm not super great at writing

>>4342
>The Sora, Riku and Kairi trio is slightly better simply because it's carried by Sora and Riku's dynamics.
That trio is barely even a trio. Riku and Kairi are not friends and their relationship revolves around Sora only. They are both too jealous of the other's bond with Sora to be friends properly. Riku was worried about her in KH1 but only out of guilt over what he's done. In KH2 he helped her out but was not agonizing over cutting her off from his life like he was with Sora. He could have visited her anytime at the islands, but he only did so when Sora woke up. In the paopu scene in KH3 she disregarded Sora's worries that Riku was distancing himself just so she can have her special moment with him. If Kairi and Riku were actual friends she wouldn't let Riku isolate himself like that. When Riku thought he wasn't worthy of being around Sora anymore and was fine with never seeing him again, Sora searched for him everywhere, reassured him that they're still friends and dragged him back to the islands. Riku and Kairi never go to such lenghts for each other.
Sorry nonna but the BBS trio at least care about each other equally.

>>4350
SoRiku are the central relationship in the series (not SoKai).
Days/KH2 is my favorite era for them because it's so angsty. Anytime I think that Sora doesn't know that Riku spent an entire year keeping watch over him, sacrificing his body in the process, I want to cry. Riku's love for Sora is so big and Sora will probably never know the full extent of it. In KH2 Mulan's world, Riku seeing Sora and not being able to resist sparring with him because he misses him so much just fucking gets me. Sora recognizing Riku just from his presence in that fight because he knows him so well… tell me that's not true love.

>>4351
Sometimes I think I wouldn't mind SoKai being canon only because that would intensify Riku's jealousy and quiet yearning but then I stop myself because it would be too cruel for him. He should enjoy beautiful lovemaking with Sora everyday of his life.

>>4351
Exactly, when I think of games with solid romance, Final Fantasy X and Shadow Hearts come to mind right away. The female leads in those stories play active roles, which really helps the emotional arcs.
In general thou I think the Final Fantasy series does a better job handling female characters, even though I still really like Aqua and Namine.

I also like to imagine that when they were younger, Riku was a bit hesitant about letting Kairi into their friend group. It always felt like Sora and Riku mostly stuck to each other, and Kairi was kind of the newcomer. So it's fair to say that, with all of Riku’s jealousy toward Sora, he never fully embraced that trio dynamic Sora seemed to want. It’s kind of funny how both Riku and Kairi just want Sora for themselves, while Sora’s just off being his usual clueless self.

>>3844
Holy shit, thank you. I'm actually the person who posted the original source image, but I lost track of who the artist was. I also owe you my life, kekk.

To KaiLen shippers: what are your personal headcanons for the two? I like how they look together but for as long as I've liked Vocaloid I still struggle to come up with scenarios for them. Due to the lack of canon my interpretation of their relationship varies from song to song and I can't really think of anything. I would like to hear your thoughts..

>>4240
Wow two nickels!

I don't think we are back. I have a general interest in Genshin's story so I'll probably be around until EoS, but I think Sumeru was the peak (in many ways) and our fanservice will be limited to events with the ones who are already fruity rather than any new fruit.

I had the Alhaitham/Kaveh brainworms jump me the other day so I spent a few days in the tag and it still hits pretty good (lots of landmines tho). I'm still kinda butthurt they didn't make Kaveh like Sara/Gorou/Faruzan/Mika where he is unsubtly tied to a 5* as a support unit.

nah I've had enough of the doomposting. the flagship event this patch was mostly male-centered, and a shota got the game's only instance of (implied) nudity. I'm ok with girls being FOTM one-offs, and the guys getting actual story content. it's easier to save when there's fewer males anyway

>>4278
It's not doomposting to acknowledge reality. Everyone called the leaker a doomposter when they wound up being correct. Who gives a single fuck about an event? I don't want only fluff events, I want characters in the story to do things. The guys aren't getting the real story content, look what they did in Natlan. It's telling people to keep getting fooled by Hoyo to say the guys will do something in the story when Nod Krai is going to be like Natlan and Skirk is their newest shilled waifu who will be harembait for Aether. Durin being their only playable male five star while they do waifu patch after waifu patch is a slap in the face and people like you encourage people to accept it. I can understand it because no other gacha game has a big budget and panders to fujos, because the CN gacha industry won't allow it because the games for women need to be otome. So I do understand thinking that Genshin and Star Rail are the best for fujos right now since they don't actually shut down shipping like LADS does, but this doesn't mean that Hoyo themselves should be rewarded for what they've done. The gacha scene being a mess like this is due to Dawei and his bullshit.

>>3296
Any Seiyuu predictions? Or has a list been announced?

I finally made this game work on my computer, and I'm hooked. Normally, I don't like phone games, but this one is made much more tolerable through it running on my computer.

I am so so so looking forward to the Scarabia boys and the Octavinelle team. Currently in the end of the lion boy arc, I love how they incorporated the 'save the disney villain' theme. And not forcing us to listen to English voices is kino :D

Current fav is Lionboy. His relationship with Hyenaboy is very cute, I think I like them platonically? It feels very much like a classic boarding school relationship, if that makes sense. although I will admit I laughed out loud when MegaWolf appeared

Howl on Leona is my fav so far. I want him to ease sempai's pain~


>>3263
He doesn't! He speaks in Gratious English and some trendy JP slang, I think. It's a good localization choice imo! It works with his character, and has a similar effect to convey his flashiness, and obsession with social media.

>>4078
>>4083
The only one of the three characters purposefully put in to derail your trials that I enjoy is Kokichi and even then I didn't like him at all until the case with Gonta. Also Byakuya unlike Komaeda and Kokichi never really gets a BIG moment and I think that's part of the reason I find him annoying. Like that chapter 2 example is a big one, we have to spend 20 minutes arguing about shit that doesn't get us any closer to the killer because of him! In the end he feels like someone we deal with for ages with no real payoff or character growth. Again though I like him in post THH works as a member of the Future Foundation and I think that fits his stuck up personality well, as long as his attitude isn't making us deal with pointless shit I don't mind it in doses.

>For me, the worst offender of this was V3
Honestly so few people make it I have to agree, but I do like Maki

>First Spoiler
Agree Taka is my favorite male character in the first game and it's so weird to me that they just kill him off like that. They don't even try to resolve his grief or hang up about the betrayal, or explore the Ishida stuff which only appears in two scenes. I think if they had even tried to establish that Celeste picked him to be killed because he was an easy target the abruptness of his death wouldn't have bothered me. He feels randomly selected and the other characters don't even seem to react outside of the whole "Oh no a body!" It's just a weird segment even though I like the case overall.

>>4078
Same, I couldn't stand Byakuya when I first touched the game during the somethingawful days but then years after I actually played the translated game I ended up loving him kek

I have my share of complaints about Danganronpa and some of its writing choices, but Hundred Line is making me realize how much I wish there were a version of it where the characters don't necessarily die, especially this guy. Or, like, multiple endings with different surviving party members. Maybe even bad endings where the killer makes it out and everyone must suffer the consequences. In the first two games, I was fortunate to have my favorites survive, but there were still characters I wanted to learn more about or see more of before they perished. There are so many alternative ways the games could've ended with different surviving cast compositions. It's not even that I'm bothered he or other characters I liked didn't get a happy ending. It's more that I would've liked to have seen more of their reactions to certain plot developments they missed.