Durinthal's recent activity
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
Durinthal Link ParentThanks, looks like a good starting point.Thanks, looks like a good starting point.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
Durinthal Link ParentI tend to not check the descriptions of videos that closely, that's a good reminder. Also thanks for the server link, though I dislike that things like this are buried in Discord servers and not...I tend to not check the descriptions of videos that closely, that's a good reminder. Also thanks for the server link, though I dislike that things like this are buried in Discord servers and not easily findable on the greater Internet.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
Durinthal LinkNow that I've figured out how to use Litematica, is there a good place to find schematics for automated farms? I've been searching around and found a few sites with lists of basic structures but...Now that I've figured out how to use Litematica, is there a good place to find schematics for automated farms? I've been searching around and found a few sites with lists of basic structures but not much for technical builds.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
Durinthal (edited )Link ParentFinally paid enough attention to my coordinates to reply here. My base is around -1992, 71, -358 and covers the valley between two cherry groves so I'm going with a Japanese theme for the area....Finally paid enough attention to my coordinates to reply here. My base is around -1992, 71, -358 and covers the valley between two cherry groves so I'm going with a Japanese theme for the area.
Edit: moved farther west (updated coordinates) but same idea applies.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
Durinthal Link ParentI was going to ask about a place for the rail hub in town. Could it replace the early farms with the pumpkins and such directly south of the trading hall? Or if not there due to proximity to the...I was going to ask about a place for the rail hub in town. Could it replace the early farms with the pumpkins and such directly south of the trading hall? Or if not there due to proximity to the trading hall (not sure how far south that extends) then maybe a bit west where the land dips just past the livestock, across the street from my town house.
My base is north of the storage area so I was thinking it would be nice to have a junction there where it splits to continue west and north.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
Durinthal Link ParentThere had been two Hearts of the Sea in the chests in the middle of town, not sure if anyone took those or if they were moved to the bigger storage.There had been two Hearts of the Sea in the chests in the middle of town, not sure if anyone took those or if they were moved to the bigger storage.
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Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
Durinthal Link ParentI've neglected enough other hobbies that I don't need any new ones, but I imagine I'll still want something to scratch that itch so maybe. I'm not a huge fan of manga as a medium but I know a lot...I've neglected enough other hobbies that I don't need any new ones, but I imagine I'll still want something to scratch that itch so maybe. I'm not a huge fan of manga as a medium but I know a lot of shoujo and josei stories have live action adaptations which might work better for me.
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Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
Durinthal LinkRomance anime, as the people who saw my comment in the year in review thread found out. I've seen more than 40% of all TV anime in the romance genre according to the popular database sites like...Romance anime, as the people who saw my comment in the year in review thread found out. I've seen more than 40% of all TV anime in the romance genre according to the popular database sites like MyAnimeList and Anilist that try to cover everything that isn't a super-niche indie project.
As I continue to go further into the depths of forgotten titles from the past decades, are the ones I'm finding and watching now good? Nope, not really. Am I going to continue for the foreseeable future looking for hidden gems? Yeah.
By extension I've done a lot with my home server as well; the amount of anime with no legal availability is significant. That's not the only reason as I first tried cable cutting around the time Netflix began streaming and well before I got back into anime, but it's certainly contributed to my ongoing efforts. I've made a conscious effort to start pruning some things off my NAS that I definitely don't need like an archive of reddit comments but I still have something of a digital hoarding problem.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentI also noticed that I currently have exactly ten entries that released this year that I've rated over 7/10 so that makes an easy cutoff for a top 10 list: With You, Our Love Will Make It Through —...I also noticed that I currently have exactly ten entries that released this year that I've rated over 7/10 so that makes an easy cutoff for a top 10 list:
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With You, Our Love Will Make It Through — Great execution of a shoujo school romance on the steamy side and has an interesting theme handled somewhat maturely beyond that.
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I Have a Crush at Work — An adult office romance that doesn't have the couple acting like middle schoolers around their first crush.
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This Monster Wants to Eat Me — Fantastic atmosphere in how it conveys depression and I love the trio's dynamic.
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The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 — A step down from the first season for me but I still loved everything about it.
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cocoon: Aru Natsu no Shoujo-tachi Yori — A beautiful and painful story following some girls during World War II.
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Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express — Great banter, nice quick story, good 3D animation.
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Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 — I unexpectedly liked this one a lot more than the first season, good shenanigans and a great finale.
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Senpai is an Otokonoko Movie: Sunshine After the Rain — Not the perfect ending that I wanted but it was a good conclusion to their story.
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Catch Me at the Ballpark! — Slice of baseball with a fun cast around the stadium.
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A Star Brighter Than the Sun — The flip side of shoujo with insecurities around one's innocent first love and a great childhood friend story.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentThat last one looks right up my alley, I'll have to check it out.That last one looks right up my alley, I'll have to check it out.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentI haven't seen it myself but apparently Apocolypse Hotel is a good original series this year. I forgot to mention it in my own roundup but Milky Subway was a surprise hit too, available on Youtube...I haven't seen it myself but apparently Apocolypse Hotel is a good original series this year. I forgot to mention it in my own roundup but Milky Subway was a surprise hit too, available on Youtube with a good dub as well and it's less than an hour in total for better or worse.
Turkey! and Maebashi Witches were fun if flawed, though those are a different kind of thing from the others you mentioned.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentKowloon Generic Romance was a frustrating watch for me because it felt like it was on the edge of being great but the execution didn't quite work. Still recommended in general since that was more...Kowloon Generic Romance was a frustrating watch for me because it felt like it was on the edge of being great but the execution didn't quite work. Still recommended in general since that was more of a personal issue.
I'm glad that City is getting love, I haven't seen it yet (want to watch it after Nichijou) but the feat that Kyoto Animation pulled off is worth praise.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentWatching anime's been my main hobby for more than a decade and I don't have a lot of obligations outside of a job so it's easy for me to sit down after work and watch a dozen episodes if I feel...Watching anime's been my main hobby for more than a decade and I don't have a lot of obligations outside of a job so it's easy for me to sit down after work and watch a dozen episodes if I feel like it (though I usually don't). The mean time per day since I got back into watching regularly is under two hours, though this past year has been higher at about 2.3 hours/day.
The size of my list is a bit deceptive since a good number of entries are single episodes, like side stories of shows that get released and counted separately. I also like to dig up older obscure standalone OVAs that are only a few episodes long at most.
For airing shows I'll drop something without hesitation for the most part for any number of reasons, including things that I like well enough but have too much else going on or I just don't want to watch it weekly and will get back to it later. For things coming out of my backlog I've usually decided that I'm going to finish it once I start it. I'm also usually more selective about what I watch from there unless it's due to other people, like part of a group watch or a swap with someone else that picked it for me.
The exception to the above is for anything with the romance tag, which I'm going to watch no matter what for the foreseeable future. I'm well aware that it's not a good use of my time since there are a lot of them not to my taste, but it's a fun project in its own right to pass judgment on things that have been forgotten over time for good reason and occasionally dig up a true hidden gem.
I also won't hide that my preferences don't align with what's popular, for example I have no interest in watching the current big action shows like Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man, and Jujutsu Kaisen.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentNot all, but I'm currently at about 40% of all romance-tagged TV shows on MAL. I regularly see posts on /r/anime along the lines of "I feel like I've seen every romance anime" where the number...Not all, but I'm currently at about 40% of all romance-tagged TV shows on MAL.
I regularly see posts on /r/anime along the lines of "I feel like I've seen every romance anime" where the number they've completed is usually less than a hundred. For a joke I'd like to eventually make a similar post along those lines and have it be true.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentSome other sports anime that are usually pretty well regarded, but not necessarily in the same shounen style as Haikyuu!! (which I haven't seen yet): Yuri!!! on Ice — A star ice skater tries to...Some other sports anime that are usually pretty well regarded, but not necessarily in the same shounen style as Haikyuu!! (which I haven't seen yet):
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Yuri!!! on Ice — A star ice skater tries to get back into the game after falling into a slump.
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Ping Pong the Animation — The struggles to reach the peaks of a sport, with a unique visual presentation.
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Run with the Wind — Bonding through striving for the top university relay marathon in Japan.
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Chihayafuru — Based on classical Japanese poetry, karuta might seem like more of a mental game but the physical sport of it is essential as well.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal Link ParentI'm with you on Ginpachi-sensei, but I also wonder if I'd feel the same way about the early Gintama episodes in isolation because it felt like it was using those versions of the characters for the...I'm with you on Ginpachi-sensei, but I also wonder if I'd feel the same way about the early Gintama episodes in isolation because it felt like it was using those versions of the characters for the most part. The few exceptions were I believe the more anime-original bits like the baton pass at the start, unfortunately that was also my favorite scene from the entire show.
As for GQuuuuuuX, from what I've read Anno's involvement was limited to the alternate One Year War prologue (and only has writing credit for those episodes at a glance) so I'm not sure how much can be pinned on him; the shift in the setting and Challia's prominence for sure, but not sure how much that affected the trio of kids. Still a mess even if I enjoyed the UC fanservice.
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Comment on Anime: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~anime
Durinthal LinkBack before the year began I planned out a shortlist of anime to watch in 2025, in this case romance shows I haven't seen yet that had their 10th/20th/30th anniversary in 2025. This isn't...Back before the year began I planned out a shortlist of anime to watch in 2025, in this case romance shows I haven't seen yet that had their 10th/20th/30th anniversary in 2025. This isn't something I've done before as I generally prefer to go with my whims and watch what I feel like while sticking to a general theme for the year (e.g. older anime or anime films), but I thought it would be fun to try a different approach.
Results were mixed for a few different reasons that can be broken down by decade:
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2015 — I was already watching airing anime regularly in 2015 so most of the ones left for the shortlist were entries I passed over before, usually due to a lack of interest. A lot of those were battle school ecchi harem entries, very much not to my general taste but I've decided that for now at least I'm a completionist when it comes to romance anime. The main exception was Working!! (which started earlier but the third season was that year) and I loved the workplace comedy shenanigans there.
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2005 — This was a mixed bag with a number of other ecchi series and mediocre visual novel adaptions, but also a couple of interesting action/adventure shows (Basilisk and Elemental Gelade) and a few dramas that were fun as a rollercoaster ride even if I didn't find them well-written (Suzuka and Peach Girl).
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1995 — The standout year with some classics like Tenchi Muyou and Magic Knight Rayearth, but also two series from the same creators as some of my favorites: H2 (manga by Mitsuru Adachi who also wrote Cross Game) and Gokinjo Monogatari (manga by Ai Yazawa who also wrote Nana) which were both great. Maybe the most surprising series from the whole shortlist for me was Kaitou Saint Tail, which is a magical girl heist series with a first love at the core.
Since 2020 I've started the year with the earliest Precure season I hadn't yet watched, but I halted this year's backlog entry Dokidoki Precure (along with You and Idol Precure, the newly airing entry that I also try to keep up with) due to the focus on the romance shortlist. I did watch a number of other magical girl entries as part of it though, including Wedding Peach which felt a lot like a Precure prototype even if they were under different creators. In theory I could finish it in the next couple of days as I'm over halfway through but not sure how much I'll want to binge the rest.
The other highlights for non-airing anime:
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The third season of Sound! Euphonium which cemented it as one of my favorite anime overall and was an excellent capstone to Kumiko's journey.
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Watching Belladonna of Sadness in a theater for my 1400th completion on MyAnimeList. It was an experience.
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Watching Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise earlier tonight for my 1500th completion. Still thinking about that one even if I don't believe it'll end up as a favorite.
As for anime that came out this year, it felt like a step down from 2024 for me with romances in particular, but there were a couple of things I did quite like. Early in the year we got I Have a Crush at Work, which was annoyingly never licensed in the US but I still want to recommend because it's one of the few anime I've seen that has an office romance with a couple that doesn't act like a pair of kids around their first crush when it comes to interacting with each other. And with the final episode coming out in a few hours, my favorite anime of the year (assuming it doesn't crash and burn) is With You, Our Love Will Make It Through. I wasn't expecting the furry-adjacent series to come out on top, but it's a great shoujo romance that gets a bit steamy.
Despite seeing frequent complaints from others that this season was a weak one, this fall had the most anime I've ever watched airing at 26 entries, well past my previous high of 16 a decade ago.
Due to that and pushing myself some to get through most of the shortlist, this year's had the most anime I've ever seen going by hours watched (about 830 though I don't know how much I trust that number) and number of entries completed (about 190). Probably not something I'll want to aim for again, but I had fun without burning out like I did a few years ago. I already have a plan for next year that's a lot smaller in scope.
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Comment on Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur's GOTY wins over use of generative AI [for now-removed background assets] in ~games
Durinthal Link ParentIf the ethical concerns and environmental effects with generative AI were the same as any other automated generative process then I imagine the outrage would be minimal in comparison, but that's...If the ethical concerns and environmental effects with generative AI were the same as any other automated generative process then I imagine the outrage would be minimal in comparison, but that's not the case to my knowledge. It's not as much about the output as the process behind it.
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Comment on After 42 years, Gainax officially closes in ~anime
Durinthal LinkIt was a hollow shell of a company for the better part of a decade with most of the creatives leaving to form Khara (Anno and Evangelion staff) and Trigger (Imaishi and Gurren Lagann/Panty &...It was a hollow shell of a company for the better part of a decade with most of the creatives leaving to form Khara (Anno and Evangelion staff) and Trigger (Imaishi and Gurren Lagann/Panty & Stocking staff). But still, sad to see the name disappear after such a storied history.
I actually just moved to a different area over the past couple of days so the old coordinates are out of date, updated my comment with my new location.