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  • wjs018OPMtoManga[Discussion] Renge to Naruto! - Ch. 25
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    1 day ago

    So, is Naruto a head custodian? I thought in previous chapters he worked in IT. I guess both jobs often involve cleaning up messes, so maybe he kind of does both.

    He managed to escape from the librarian this time, but she knows where he lives. There is no escape for him at this point.



  • wjs018OPMtoManga[Discussion] Akuma de Fukei! - Ch. 1
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    This is the new series from Anbe Masahiro (Squid Girl, Assemble Mystery Research Club). I really liked both of those other series, so I am interested to see where this one is headed. Based on the first chapter, it’s somewhere lewder than previous works.








  • Haha, yeah. I have served as a safety rep for my lab since I moved into industry and I work in a BSL2 space, so I was dying on the inside when they were cooking using lab equipment. Though, back when I was in grad school, I was a complete idiot about biological safety. I spent years working with salmonella and never knew what a BSC was for instance. I think it was a byproduct of being in a physics lab instead of a biochem lab. None of us knew how to do biological things the right way. Instead, I was much more concerned with laser safety around some of the YAG lasers we used that had the capability to instantly fry my retina if I wasn’t careful.







  • The opening sequence of this episode was such a huge moment for Miyo. It is hard to imagine the Miyo from the beginning of this show inserting herself into the conversation of those random jerks. It’s great to see her go out of her way, calling out to them, to stand up for her friend. Honestly, I know I mentioned this in the previous episode’s thread, but this sexism in a supernatural setting like this feels so, so dumb. But, I guess some things never change.

    Meanwhile, the conversation between Kiyoka and Miyo in the middle of the episode was nice, but really should have happened a while ago. We might have seen an example of Miyo’s growth earlier in the episode, but she is still extremely deferential when it comes to Kiyoka. She doesn’t even feel like she has the right to ask him any questions about himself. Hopefully we can get some progress on this front too. Meanwhile, the background art in this show continues to be stellar. @rikka@ani.social

    I think we all know that these guards are not going to be able to save Miyo from this guy at the end. It’s time for Miyo to become a damsel in distress for Kiyoka to save. It happened last season, so why not again? That is how great stories are written, doing the same thing over and over, right? I hope I’m wrong and that the show surprises me.


  • wjs018MtoAnimeFrieren is a production marvel
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    3 days ago

    I have been reading the Frieren manga since way before the anime was announced, and I think that both the anime and manga are excellent. The anime adaptation really helps elevate the manga source in several ways (OST, voice talent, gorgeous background art, extended and improved action sequences).

    For a different perspective, I watched Frieren together with my wife (who had not read the manga). She enjoyed it so much that afterwards, she read the manga from the beginning and got caught up. When I asked her, she said that she felt that watching the anime and then continuing the manga from where the anime ended would have been fine.












  • Yeah, I don’t think the title really does this series justice. There isn’t really any gyaru romance in it at all. Instead, it is more of a workplace comedy or parody of working in an academic lab in life sciences. I spent years doing just that and it is nailing that parody/humor aspect, so I enjoyed it a lot. However, that does make it extremely niche.