/ot/ - Off-Topic

>>12967
You're based

>>14350
>>14291
Even before I TERFed the fuck out it rubbed me the wrong way when fandoms just refused to notice it when a character was a commentary on toxic masculinity or misogyny. I remember watching an anime set in the edo period some time ago where a woman lived her life as a man because she wanted to own a shop but women in edo japan weren't allowed to own property. I saw someone on tumblr call her trans and it just felt like missing the point entirely.

>>14359
Was it Dororo or something else? Either way, it's amazing how similar these stories and their messages are and how much normies misunderstand them.

>>14360
I believe it was Tsukumogami Kashimasu. It's a seasonal anime that flew under most people's radar.

Your first impressions of Summer 2026? Any hidden gems?

>>14332
No idea if I can really call a KyoAni show 'hidden' but Sparks of Tomorrow/DenMoku was fun! Nice visuals are a given but it's got an overall very deranged energy behind it. Humor doesn't always land (mostly a select few gag faces) but as a whole, I really liked Ep1.

>>14336
I may check it out when it's released in full as long as it doesn't have the dumb tearjerking drama typical for KyoAni.

>>14286
Besides The Sharty (because they brought down 4chan) and lolcow (in certain wokey/ cow-orbiting circles)? Nah and even then people would have to be really online because of how ibs and even a lot of forums have fallen out of use. It's so funny I saw a YouTuber who got most of her info about a cow from LC and she still thought people had "anonymous accounts" on there, like fundamentally the average person does not understand anything about ibs.

>>14286
>Do people even know of any IB besides 4chan?
Nein, which makes the popularization of IB lingo and onslaught of zoomies "larping" as 4chan users even more strange. The userbases of imageboards never seem to grow but the aesthetics of them are more widespread than ever.

>>14287
>she still thought people had "anonymous accounts" on there
Oh wow. This is embarrassing.

>>14276
>Don't even get me started on the sequel where it's plausible Yuki & Kyo's sons got together.
NTAYRT and sorry for intruding/being a creep kek but do you happen to ship Yuki and Kyou and also their sons? I think I remember reading a post on LC about shipping their sons and that was the reason I read the Furuba short sequel. They were pretty cute together, glad the weren't het locked unlike their dads, as much as I love Tohru

>>14277
It's okay I haven't really tried not to personalityfag when it comes to YukiKyo so it's not creepy kek. Yes I am! The OTP I was talking about that I found nsfw stuff for was YukiKyo. And I'm so happy I managed to convince one person to read the sequel… it's good, I've said this on some part of the internet before but Hajime&Mutsuki really are what YukiKyo could've been w/o the curse bs and it fucks me up that Kyo (or was it Yuki?) even explicitly says that! Mutsuki casually jokes with Hajime who complains and pushes back but they still hang out all the time…President & VP…They *were* quite cute and they even live together (Ayame, at the end of og FruBa makes a comment about KyoRhu possibly doing the nasty together when Shigure leaves the house and all I could think of was that applying to Hajime&Mutsuki), and yeah don't get me wrong I love Kyohru too, and in fact Yuki&Kyo would've made zero progress without her, but their relationship haunts me and it kills me it's stuck inside of a shojo where the fandom's inactive and het-oriented (besides Kakeru&Yuki, which I don't really like). The author's making another series rn so sadly she might be done with FruBa for good but I'm glad she threw us fujos one last bone kek. I'm actually happy you brought it up anon, I love talking about it and in general FruBa's yaoi ships…

>>14213
The only other male characters are ugly (to me) so I feel like dying nonna, lol, and even then, nothing exists of them together either

>>14250
That Burgerpant/NiceCream might continue next chapter. I believe.

I liked most of the flowers this chapter, though I think my favorite pairing to come from it is Asgore/Flowery.

Fuck Sony.
>Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc production in 2028
>Sony announced Wednesday that it will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games starting in January 2028, marking a move into an all-digital future. After that, every new release will be sold digitally through the PlayStation Store and other retailers. Games released before the cutoff will continue to be available on disc.
>Additionally, Sony revealed on Wednesday that it’s shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 in select markets later this year, followed by global closures of the PS3 and PlayStation Vita stores next year.
>Once those stores close, players won’t be able to purchase new digital content on those systems. Sony said previously purchased games and content will still be available to download for the foreseeable future.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/sony-to-end-physical-playstation-game-discs-in-2028/

Over 50% of Japanese game companies use AI in development, according to Tokyo Game Show organizer
>Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA), the organization running Tokyo Game Show, released a preview of the “2025 CESA Video Game Industry Report” on September 25. As reported by The Nikkei, the research includes insights into how much domestic companies are using AI and generative AI.
>Based on responses from 54 Japanese game companies collected between June and July 2025, about 51% use generative AI in game development. The most commonly cited use of AI was in the generation of visual assets and images such as characters, followed by story and text generation; and lastly programming support. Reportedly, 32% of game companies are enlisting the help of AI to develop in-house game engines. The survey sample is made up of CESA’s member companies, which range from big players like Capcom and Sega to mid-sized and indie-scale developers.
>Several Japanese developers have been open about their use (or plans to use) generative AI. Professor Layton and Yo-Kai Watch developer Level-5 is one such example – back in 2023, they detailed their use of Stable Diffusion for upscaling assets, generating reference images for artists and creating parts of in-game backgrounds; as well as the use of Github Copilot for coding assistance.
>Capcom’s technical department has also been experimenting with generative AI models like Gemini Pro, Gemini Flash and Imagen, mostly for the purpose of brainstorming and prototyping background assets needed to fill out in-game environments (like TVs and similar objects). Their technical director considers this a potential way to free up developers’ time and resources, thus leading to higher quality games.
https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-50-of-japanese-game-companies-use-ai-in-development-according-to-tokyo-game-show-organizer

A game opening but also counts as music video. The music and visuals are just too good.

DLsite. Plenty of circles produce pwp works, e.g. Love Voice has decent audio production. You can also go for 1-man circles like Evangelist. monoBlue works too but he tends to get a bit too rambling-y for my taste. AreaS, ASMRistZero, Sex Drive, Milky Spice,… always a safe choice desu. I especially like Meropure but they has some plot elements that can get pretty confusing if you don't know basic Japanese.

Where can I find them in the year of 2025?

>>11600
DLsite