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Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
baseballlover723 Link Parenton your own comments, it shows up below your username, and inside of the comment box, so it kinda looks like you started off your comment with how many votes your comment has. On other peoples...on your own comments, it shows up below your username, and inside of the comment box, so it kinda looks like you started off your comment with how many votes your comment has. On other peoples comments, they show up next to vote, at the bottom footer of the comment.
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Comment on DMZ in Call of Duty will wipe all player/mission progress for Season 4 tomorrow, what are people's thoughts? in ~games
baseballlover723 LinkI really enjoyed DMZ but my friend group and I have drifted away from DMZ lately. The missions have gotten to the point where they're all high risk. Like bring in a key and do something with it....I really enjoyed DMZ but my friend group and I have drifted away from DMZ lately. The missions have gotten to the point where they're all high risk. Like bring in a key and do something with it. And with how DMZ is, where it's so easy to die, and then lose the valuable item, which could take a really long time to regain, it just hasn't been worth it for me. Especially since my duo doesn't actually care about missions anymore after getting his 3rd insured slot.
I think the reset will be good, I haven't take a deep look at the changes, but they look nice to me at a glance. Not having to have missions specifically equipped is nice, and urgent missions seem nice for daily grindables to kickstart things when things are slow.
Generally, I'm all right with resets, since I think it's the only way to really change existing missions and such. Sure they kinda hurt to have to reunlock stuff, but it's a price I'm willing to pay, especially when the mode is still quite new, so I expect there to be significant changes based on feedback.
Overall, I think I'm pretty excited to see how this plays out. I think it could play out really well, and get more people back into DMZ, but I can't rule out that their might be too much grinding to make it worth reinvesting my time into.
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Comment on If you would like to add a feature to Tildes, what would you recommend? in ~tildes
baseballlover723 Link ParentI think you're misunderstanding. I don't want to reference other comments, I want to reference the post body itself. I suppose this is only relevant for self posts though.I think you're misunderstanding. I don't want to reference other comments, I want to reference the post body itself. I suppose this is only relevant for self posts though.
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Comment on Are there good game adaptations of anime/manga series? in ~anime
baseballlover723 Link ParentIsn't the game the basis for the anime though? Not to disagree that it's bad, I've heard it's quite good. Just that it seems to be in the wrong direction adapationwise.Isn't the game the basis for the anime though? Not to disagree that it's bad, I've heard it's quite good. Just that it seems to be in the wrong direction adapationwise.
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Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime
baseballlover723 Link ParentYeah it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when dub's subtly change the connotations of the dialogue. Most of the time it isn't a big deal, but sometimes they can cause people to view characters...Yeah it's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when dub's subtly change the connotations of the dialogue. Most of the time it isn't a big deal, but sometimes they can cause people to view characters differently because of a small change in how they view characters that grows as they watch (and isn't contradicted). In anime where there's lots of hidden information I think it's a bigger deal, since you deal with more implications that you can gleam from the dialogue.
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Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime
baseballlover723 (edited )Link ParentI wonder how much of that is also true in subs and we just don't know the language enough to pick up on it. I know that the language people in anime use isn't usually what normal Japanese people...Another thing that bugs me about some dubs is the "breathy" voices adult VAs will use in an attempt to sound younger. It just sounds so fake, like nobody talks like that
I wonder how much of that is also true in subs and we just don't know the language enough to pick up on it. I know that the language people in anime use isn't usually what normal Japanese people use in everyday life, (but you can say the same thing about American TV and such).
I never try dubs. Mostly because I think there's always things that are lost in translation and thus I want to media in the language it was derived in for the least information loss. I'm not against watching things in dub though, and I've watched a few anime in dub with my roommate, since we often watch while eating and such (plus one time my roommate backed into the dishwasher while trying to read the subs whilst putting away her dish and ended up knocking the top rack out, which took some time to figure out how to get back in). I'm just so used to reading subs now (even before I watched anime and my TV shows were in English, I'd turn the subs on) that I'm quite good at watching, reading, and occasionally looking away (like to eat) at the same time (I know this tends to be an issue for dub watchers). Though I also tend to watch by myself on my computer, so it's trivial for me for me to go back if I missed something.
I also really dislike it when the dub changes the wording from the sub. Attack on Titan comes to mind for me, where some words have very specific meanings that are expanded on later, but the dub uses them interchangeably, whereas the sub never mixes them. Then theres cases where the cadence doesn't really fit, and you either get extra or less words spoken (usually extra imo), or the phrase is just spoken really slowly, and it makes the characters sound stupid or foreign (like they have to think about each word they're saying). Don't take this as me hating on foreign people speaking a language they don't know very well. I applaud people who learn additional languages and it's something I haven't done (hell English is hard enough for a native speaker anyways), it's just immersion breaking when people who should be speaking like natives don't.
I also tend not to like the casting choices for dubs (high pitched female voices just sound so bad to me), but I think that's mostly because I generally watch the sub first, so the sub VA get ingrained in my head as the characters voice, as well as me understanding English and not really understanding Japanese (so high pitched female voices that I don't understand are just what I now associate with anime now).
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Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime
baseballlover723 Link ParentI watched Erased probably like 5 or 6 years ago. So I am a rewatcher, but I don't remember much about Erased, mostly just some overall plot stuff. I'm excited though to rewatch it, since I gave it...I watched Erased probably like 5 or 6 years ago. So I am a rewatcher, but I don't remember much about Erased, mostly just some overall plot stuff. I'm excited though to rewatch it, since I gave it a 9/10 after watching it the first time! I'll be watching in sub as per usual and I'll be sure to mark anything that comes from my past experience to ensure that people don't get their minds poisoned by my existing knowledge. If I fuck up (which I hope I don't), send me a DM with what I should spoiler tag, and I'll throw it in a spoiler tag.
Episode 1 discussion
Satoru managed to catch up to that van really quickly. He basically passed the van, saw the driver wasn't attentive, drifted a u-turn and was behind the van all in about 1 second. That is quite a high performance moped. It's a bit nitpicky and it doesn't really effect anything. But I bothers me slightly when things aren't logically consistent. Like how quickly Satoru was able to turn around and match the van's speed, but struggled over multiple seconds to reach the front of the van. I also I think Satoru turning the van into himself should crush him, though it seems like he didn't really have any other option other then to pull the arm. It really is a miracle that Satoru didn't die from any of that, since I'd imagine a moped going head on into a car to be almost always fatal for the moped operator.
Because I think the more I talk about [my dream] the better the chance it'll come true
What a great statement. It's hard to make your dreams come true if you never talk about them.
I'm a bit confused on what actually transpired in the van incident. It seems that the van crashed into a warehouse, but Satoru crashed into another car head on? It seemed like they were connected. I guess Satoru crashed into another car, but the attached van missed it, and then went into the warehouse? If so, I think it could of been a bit clearer in the animation.
I'm not surprised that Satoru has repressed memories of 2 children going missing in his childhood. That seems pretty reasonable, though I'll admit I know very little about repressed memories.
Seems like the revival in the parking lot was a mission failed. Or was it? It seems that perhaps being ready to take action was enough to dissuade the incident.
Regarding Satoru's mom remembering presumably a suspicious person from what looks to be the 5th grade kidnapping. I just want to point out that eyewitness reports are frequently at least partially incorrect. Human recollection is just generally not good with details, and it's easy to inject details that didn't originally exist into your memories without you recognizing it. Though it seems like she was correct (in that the person who killed her was the person she was thinking about). I'm also quite surprised the killer didn't get any noticeable amount of blood on him.
I liked that Satoru was disoriented when he went back in time. There are plenty of scenarios in anime where something happens to a character and they immediately accept whats going on without even a momentary thought of wtf just happened, so I'm glad that Erased showed Satoru's initial disorientation.
Overall thoughts
A good first episode, I didn't remember much of this at all, though I expect I'll remember more as I progress. The OP played at the end and I noticed an instrumental and slightly slowed down version of the ED played during Satoru's memory of Yuuki (~10 mins in). I love the ED personally (I'm a sucker for non traditional time signatures), there was a really cool drum solo that I saw years back that I remember being really impressed by. I'll have to see if I can find it again. I always have trouble finding it.
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Comment on Which show kickstarted your interest in anime? in ~anime
baseballlover723 LinkIt was Sword Art Online for me. It was either my first or one of my first anime as a non kid. I don't remember how I got into it, but I distinctly remember binging it and then reaching my...It was Sword Art Online for me. It was either my first or one of my first anime as a non kid. I don't remember how I got into it, but I distinctly remember binging it and then reaching my college's bandwidth limit at like 7 PM and not being able to watch more afterwards. I got so into it that I actually read all of the books that were translated and available at that time (I think through the 2nd to last Alicization novel).
Do I still like SAO
I'd say so. I think it gets far more shit then it deserves online. And it pains me in particular when people bash it for things it originated / popularized as being generic. Things like black hair edgy swordsman, or power fantasy isekai. I've rewatched it a few times over the years (mostly 1 arc at a time when I feel like it) and I've always enjoyed watching it.
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Comment on If you would like to add a feature to Tildes, what would you recommend? in ~tildes
baseballlover723 LinkI think this is a bit premature, but some better support for things like community watch alongs would be great. We at ~anime are just starting our first watch along and there are certainly some...I think this is a bit premature, but some better support for things like community watch alongs would be great. We at ~anime are just starting our first watch along and there are certainly some things I think which would make the experience a bit better.
Currently we are having it entirely in a single thread and having top level comments for each episode to discuss. In a format like this, some things I would like would be disabling top level comments (not exactly sure how the episode discussion comments would get posted, but if i'm wishing for stuff, I think automatically, ideally something like you configure ahead of time what days / times comments should be posted and then they're auto posted), auto posting top level comments, fixing the ranking of top level comments, auto collapsing top level comments by default (to avoid spoilers for people not fully caught up).
Alternatively something similar to a reoccurring topic could work too (I'm new here, so I don't really know exactly how reoccurring topic work yet). Where each episode gets it's own post, and they're posted on a schedule. Things that would be useful for this would be autogrouping threads together (I believe theres already something like this for reoccurring threads), easy navigation to the next / prev thread, finite reoccurrence. Just some thoughts on how it could work.
I'm new here so forgive me if what I'm suggesting isn't really compatible / ideal for tildes. I'm still pretty heavily in a reddit style mindset.
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Comment on If you would like to add a feature to Tildes, what would you recommend? in ~tildes
baseballlover723 LinkI often like to look at the post body while I write a response, and the comment box being at the bottom means that if there are a bunch of comments already then I can't get both the comment box...I often like to look at the post body while I write a response, and the comment box being at the bottom means that if there are a bunch of comments already then I can't get both the comment box and the post body in the same screen. I don't want this to be misinterpreted as asking to move the comment box to above comments, but perhaps either automatically or a button to dock the post body. Or perhaps there could be a setting to duplicate the post body at the bottom of the page as well?
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Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! in ~tildes
baseballlover723 Link Parentthat's what I've been doing.that's what I've been doing.
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Comment on Would anyone be interested in doing a community watchthrough of a show? in ~anime
baseballlover723 Link ParentIIRC after 7 days you become a "moderator". I think it's in the ethos that basically everyone is a "moderator", and thus is able to change tags. So I think tags can be a bit fluid, especially at...IIRC after 7 days you become a "moderator". I think it's in the ethos that basically everyone is a "moderator", and thus is able to change tags. So I think tags can be a bit fluid, especially at the start.
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Comment on If you would like to add a feature to Tildes, what would you recommend? in ~tildes
baseballlover723 Link ParentI'd really love this, inline spoiler tags are perfect for spoilers that are only a few words. As someone who likes to use spoiler tags liberally so that people can choose how much information they...I'd really love this, inline spoiler tags are perfect for spoilers that are only a few words. As someone who likes to use spoiler tags liberally so that people can choose how much information they want, inline spoiler tags are a key way for me to communicate while still respecting people right to not be spoiled even a little bit.
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Comment on Pokemon - What is your favourite game in the series and why? in ~games
baseballlover723 LinkHmmm, this is a bit difficult since I've played them all except gen 4 and 7 (though I never finished gen 6). I have to say Sapphire. It was the first pokemon game I was old enough to be somewhat...Hmmm, this is a bit difficult since I've played them all except gen 4 and 7 (though I never finished gen 6). I have to say Sapphire. It was the first pokemon game I was old enough to be somewhat competent at the game, as well as the first pokemon game where I finished the regional pokedex (gen 9 was the only other one for me). I remember using a claydol to win all of the highest ranking contests because I heard that it would give me a trainer star (it didn't, though I think I fucked it up potentially). I had 300 hours on Sapphire I think.
In 2nd place is I think is Gale of Darkness. The double battles by default were really cool. The music and animation were great. A good mix of pokemon to get, and I loved the overworld navigation.
In 3rd place is I think Scarlet. I just had a blast playing with my friends and journeying together while in Discord was just so much fun. Could of been the GOAT imo if the game was more polished, but outside of that, it was great on all fronts.
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Comment on If you would like to add a feature to Tildes, what would you recommend? in ~tildes
baseballlover723 LinkI do miss having easy buttons access for markdown, not a huge deal since I'm a programmer, so I'm decently familiar with markdown, but it's nice to be able to click a button and not have to...I do miss having easy buttons access for markdown, not a huge deal since I'm a programmer, so I'm decently familiar with markdown, but it's nice to be able to click a button and not have to remember which characters need to be used.
Another thing I'd like is better spoiler support. I'm mostly interested in anime, and spoilers are a big deal. Currently there's details, but it's quite unwieldy and also doesn't support inline spoilers. Some spoilers are just a few words long and currently it's quite a pain to have to break up a paragraph just to mark your spoilers. And as with anything, the more friction, the less likely people will do it, and so I think it's important to have it be easy to mark spoilers, so that people will use them more frequently.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
baseballlover723 LinkI've only been here for a few hours so take this with a grain of salt. But I'm slightly bothered that the location of the votes number is in a different place for your comments then other people...I've only been here for a few hours so take this with a grain of salt. But I'm slightly bothered that the location of the votes number is in a different place for your comments then other people comments. Just feels a bit weird to have to have to look in a different place while scrolling through comments.
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Comment on What are your favorite animes and what do you like about them? in ~anime
baseballlover723 Link ParentWell put. Subaru really has to work for his victories, which makes them all the sweeter when he gets them. Nen is probably my favorite magic system. Like you said, its so well defined, while...Well put. Subaru really has to work for his victories, which makes them all the sweeter when he gets them.
Nen is probably my favorite magic system. Like you said, its so well defined, while allowing basically anything you can imagine.
I feel so bad about Togashi's health, he gave his body for manga, and now he's in constant pain so I hear.
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Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime
baseballlover723 Link ParentI don't think marked spoilers need to stay in the rewatcher section. If we can't auto collapse the rewatcher section, then I don't think we should allow untagged spoilers there. But then what does...I don't think marked spoilers need to stay in the rewatcher section. If we can't auto collapse the rewatcher section, then I don't think we should allow untagged spoilers there. But then what does belong in the Rewatcher section if not spoilers.
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Comment on Community Watchthrough - Erased in ~anime
baseballlover723 Link Parentwe should probably include a link to https://docs.tildes.net/instructions/text-formatting#expandable-sections so that people know how to mark spoilers.we should probably include a link to https://docs.tildes.net/instructions/text-formatting#expandable-sections so that people know how to mark spoilers.
Sorry folks, I've been busy the last week and haven't had the chance to watch much. Gonna try and catch up now. Though I'll probably not write as much as I would normally do, so that I can catch up faster.
Sitting in the wrong desk is the stuff of nightmares. I did like how Satoru starts with him being panicked and trying to make sense. Reminds me of how I feel in nightmares, where you're hyper focused on certain things and nothing really makes sense, which is probably exactly how I'd act if I went back 18 years.
I find it petty funny to see Dragon Quest references in here, given how much it has influenced JRPGs and anime. Almost every isekai is like 1-3 steps away from Dragon Quest.
Kayo's essay is quite dark, and should definitely be raising a ton of red flags that the teacher should be escalading (IDK if this was really a thing back then though, maybe not).
Man I love the ED. The 6/4 just flows really well and the singing has a lot of power behind it. And I'm particularly a fan of the drum beat which accents beats 3 and 6, which these (6/4) / (6/8) tend to generally songs accent beat 4 only. Anyways the offset beat is used to great effect in the ED and adds to the tension by adding rhythmic tension.