/ot/ - Off-Topic

>>9401
Japanese word play!

Huh? Charma only has around 200 fics on AO3? I didn't expect such few works on decades long series which laid foundation of yaoi genre? Eastern fanart websites like Pixiv Novels probably has thousands. Just need more steps like vpn and translation extensions, but still hurts from realization. Gundam is really unpopular in West.

>>9758
Sadly, thank fuck for that, it means the fanbase is sane enough despite the Aidens. It's not focused on cuntboy, a lot of the fans are older and there's enough non-trans and non-crazy people in it.

That said, I feel your pain as a fellow Charma enjoyer. You have great taste!

So early on in the new Infinity Nikki update I noticed that the game was quite buggy and the new storyline they introduced with it was confusing but in the last couple of days I found out out that the fanbase is on fire pretty much. There's definitely some weird choices made like apparently the old introduction and tutorial got retconned out of the game and now new players start with this weird bombastic multiverse timeloop premise instead of the cute silly isekai premise and the new dye system is cool in theory but there's some really annoying elements to it that naturally come down to trying to squeeze more money out of people. It's unfortunate that things turned out this way cause I was enjoying the game, though apparently people who played earlier Nikki games were kinda expecting this.

>>9751
Honestly, I don't mind the dye system grind since it's something to work towards, which the game was starting to lack before 1.5
But we can't even get a basic black dye? We can't dye hair to be Nikki's default color?
There's some good things this update (Serenity Island is fun) but they are just so overshadowed by the bizarre decision-making and bugginess
Hopefully they just throw out the retconned story and go back to how it was, but it's irksome how they put in all the time and resources for an entirely new intro that was completely unnecessary

>>9752
>it's irksome how they put in all the time and resources for an entirely new intro that was completely unnecessary
It feels like something that could've been worked into the plot at a later date but the way it is now, both plot-wise and the sea of stars area feeling undercooked, it comes off as something that was rushed out early because some exec wanted it for the steam release.

>>8407
I just found them but I've only listened to the second album with this song so far. Lately, I'm obsessed with it and also the original.

>>9729
I love Damepri, but your mileage will vary. It has a female protagonist who acts as the common sense straight man calling everyone out on their shit, and helping them to resolve diplomatic disasters as the only person with brains. There's a cutesy pink mascot creature that helps the one time but mostly eats apples. However, as a fujoshi, it's got quite some things going for it. For starters, all of the guys are undesirably stupid for the MC, she can't possibly marry any of them, they are nightmare fuel manchildren who need babysitting, and that's deeply unsexy to her. Her childhood friend has a far better chance of meeting her standards. Most of the guys she meets have a connection to another guy who is easily shipped with him. Narek has ~~his father~~ Riot, the serious knight assigned to keep him from getting himself killed, as well as Vino, his childhood friend who has a better head on his shoulders but would rather flirt around. Ruze has both his shut-in depression-anxietycore brother Mare and his sado-masochist PM Chrom. The guards under Riot can appear close, though I particularly liked the one in a relationship with a pigeon and the one who appears perpetually tired and anxious. There were more side character things going on with older men and Chrom's young priests, but basically, MC and her mother aside, everything is dudes conversing with dudes and being absurd about it. It helps that all the fanservice is focused on the guys, with pinup eyecatches in each episode, one ep devoted to age regression trope, another where everyone is naked while trying to solve something. If you can stand a female protag then it's a fun time.

>>9739
Strikethrough formatting didn't work again, boo. Might as well add that Narek and Vino come across as the most heterosexual (not counting Mare's magical girl waifu puppet obsession, but he pretty much states that 3DPD and he won't accept real women. Also MC's childhood friend who has actually been asking her out for years, but he doesn't have an obvious male ship to sink with that). Narek however is THE most manchild of them all, him blushing at a girl is easily hand waved as him not having any experience of anything. Vino on the other hand plays around, so he has no sense of commitment and is only trying to amuse himself and tease information from people. The only person he is committed to is Narek, despite Narek's total retardation and extreme vanity.

Also Chrom is just too much. Even with what he does at the end of the show there's no way that was all an act, he's so into it. He wants to get stepped on by shota 100%.

>>9739
>>9740
Woo! Thank you for such a detailed reply nonna! The screenshots make it looks pretty funny, and manservice shows are rare I think I'll give it a shot since I can put up with a FemMC.

>>9535
Mine would do that sort of stuff too. I never got explicitly obese but I did get chubby when I was younger and aside from shaming me for it my mother would express her disgust like that whenever we'd see fat people on tv or on the streets.

Not an interesting confession, but I used to love going online and reading reviews of books, visual novels, anime, etc… I liked seeing people's opinions and interpretations of stories I myself experienced. Even if it was a story I loved and the review was negative, I enjoyed seeing someone else's perspective. However, something changed. Nowadays, reviews try so hard to be "objective" instead of criticizing things that bothered THE REVIEWER SPECIFICALLY. Rather than laughing at absurd plot points or hearing about how some mediocre long-forgotten series is actually the greatest story ever told, I'm stuck with bland critiques of art style, music, and story structure.

So, my solution to this dilemma is simple: I have a spreadsheet where I review every single BL I've ever read or watched. There are multiple categories I use to assess them (obviously some categories only apply to specific types of stories, like the 'are they in character/does it fit with canon lore' category only applies to fan works). All of my reviews are pretty lengthy, and everything from oneshot doujins of my OTP to OOC fanfics to actual BL media gets this treatment. Then, I leave the review for a year or two so I can come back in the future and read it for entertainment. Of course, this isn't a perfect solution because I still remember the stories I've read or watched, but I usually forget my specific criticisms and the jokes I made in my reviews, so it's better than nothing. I've never shown the reviews to anyone, and I never will because a lot of them are way too personal. Some people in my life know I do this, and while they're not judgmental about it, they say it's a little strange to have kept doing it for this long without using the reviews for anything.

>see kofi link for some artist that can't make rent
>sure why not I'm feeling generous today
>see Arcane art in their shop
>close tab
I think the guilt of doing this will eventually wear me down and I'll donate as planned but god I hate League of Legends.

>>9601
>without using the reviews for anything.
You're using them for yourself! It's basically a journal. I also like to read opinions about stuff I like, even if they are negative (I also have negative opinions about stuff I like!).

>>7452
Minor spoilers The protagonist explicitly states that he has romantic feelings for the other character within the story itself, so the subtext becomes literal text. I'd spent the majority of the book under the impression I was being Fujobrained about it, since I'd gone into it thinking it was just a horror novel, so it was kind of surprising lol. I do not know if the author has elaborated further in any interviews, as I have not yet looked that deeply into it. It is, of course, a horror story, so I wouldn't anticipate things necessarily ending WELL for the characters, but the romantic feelings are acknowledged by the protagonist himself. It was just a pleasant surprise after spending so much of the book like, "god damn, this man is obsessed. In competent hands, this would be a romantic obsession because there's literally no heterosexual explanation for this."

I have an awkward relationship with horror. I love all sorts of scary stories and psychological horror but I can be rather squeamish with gore so I don't watch horror movies or play horror games for the most part. Actually as far as games go I can't really handle being chased and jumpscared in a game either. I can deal with drawn gore better but it all just depends.

>>6183
Nta, thank you for the rec. I'm also a LLC enjoyer and wanted to find stories like it.

basset hounds!

I have so many!

>>9425
>the whole thing is presented in a way commonly seen as "masculine" with a focus on big breasts and fetishistic elements like high-heels, short skirts and pantyhose.
This is such a weird, unnecessarily gendered notion. If I am attracted to women, of course I'm going to like all that. The more saucy the better.

>>9432
Oh trust me I agree 100% with you. This manga's success overwhelmingly with women is a huge "told you so" moment for me.

>>9418
I hate office love as a genre to begin with so it's not for me personally, but I can see why women would like it more than men because for one thing the women look like adults and have short hair. Two things that otaku men find absolutely reprehensible.

>>9514
>>9515
There is also https://fujochan.org/ot/res/7663.html