Anime/Manga It's not like I want you to post in me or anything, b-baka.

[Lipstick Vogue]

That'll be this. https://myanimelist.net/anime/31646/3-gatsu_no_Lion

March comes in like a lion.

 

[countryemo]

That'll be this. https://myanimelist.net/anime/31646/3-gatsu_no_Lion

March comes in like a lion.

That may be it. I'm so used to its Japanese name I didn't think of it.

 

[Famon]

I have notice that people mostly like Protagonist that acts like a villain.
In fact All The righteous , Kind , Polite , Good-nature , Energetic , Mature and Positive Protagonist seem to be less popular because they are too cliche.

 

[machomuu]

I have notice that people mostly like Protagonist that acts like a villain.
In fact All The righteous , Kind , Polite , Good-nature , Energetic , Mature and Positive Protagonist seem to be less popular because they are too cliche.

Not all of them, just the ones with boring writing.

Anti-heroes and protags that are (initially) villains can tend to be written blandly too, but they do have the benefit of making you at least somewhat know where they're headed.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

Anti-heroes are for mature adults like myself. Haven't you seen Code Geass? Remember the ONE MILLION ZEROS scheme, what a guy.

 

[Adam Levine]

I finally got into manga again, thanks to an often overlooked manga called Houseki no Kuni.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

I had no idea that skelly got another season.

 

[pkmin3033]

Literally my reaction. Overlord is the only good MMO-based series I've seen.

...I've not seen Log Horizon yet though. Dunno if that's any good.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

...I've not seen Log Horizon yet though. Dunno if that's any good.

It's Database.
That's all you need to know.

 

[donavannj]

Meanwhile the only MMO based one I've seen is SAO still. At least, I think it's the only one.

 

[machomuu]

Meanwhile the only MMO based one I've seen is SAO still. At least, I think it's the only one.

Yeh but at this point isekai shows are basically MMOs without that specific context. Might as well just throw 'em in the pot.

 

[pkmin3033]

It's Database.
That's all you need to know.

So it's better than any of the crap Reki Kawahara has come out with thus far but not as good as Overlord, basically.

These MMO-based, "stick a normal guy in a fantasy setting" anime seem to be pretty popular right now, for some weird reason. SAO, I suppose. Isn't it about time we got an influx of a different genre? It doesn't look like there is much worthy of note coming up in the next season either...

 

[machomuu]

So it's better than any of the crap Reki Kawahara has come out with thus far but not as good as Overlord, basically.

Well that's mainly because the writer of Overlord is actually a writer.

And those are really hard to find in the LN industry, and the isekai/trapped in a different world genre by extension. It's actually pretty terrifying when you consider how many of these are popular.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

So it's better than any of the crap Reki Kawahara has come out with thus far but not as good as Overlord, basically.

Actually, pretty much.
Database is more about world itself and its rules while Overlord is about one important guy and SAO is about Kirito-kun's waifus.

 

[donavannj]

Yeh but at this point isekai shows are basically MMOs without that specific context. Might as well just throw 'em in the pot.

Even then, I really haven't seen all that many of those, either. At least from the recent batch.

Well that's mainly because the writer of Overlord is actually a writer.

And those are really hard to find in the LN industry, and the isekai/trapped in a different world genre by extension. It's actually pretty terrifying when you consider how many of these are popular.

I mean, LNs are popular in part because they're easy to digest. Not everyone finds joy in chewing through books like War and Peace.

 

[pkmin3033]

Well that's mainly because the writer of Overlord is actually a writer.

And those are really hard to find in the LN industry, and the isekai/trapped in a different world genre by extension. It's actually pretty terrifying when you consider how many of these are popular.

It's not just the LN industry that suffers from that, if recent shows are anything to go by. It's been two years now since I saw a show I was completely satisfied with (and it was bloody Cross Ange; my standards aren't exactly sky high here) and trends like this are...discouraging. To say the least.

I wonder if it's more the characters that are popular than the series. You've got Megumin from Konosuba, Hestia from DanMachi, those Rom/Ram clones in Re:Zero, etc...rarely do I hear people actually praise the quality of the show itself. It's always one character that gets all the praise. Depressing.

Actually, pretty much.
Database is more about world itself and its rules while Overlord is about one important guy and SAO is about Kirito-kun's waifus.

Actually, that sounds like it'd be better than Overlord, if the world is given sufficient detail. The uncertainty surrounding Overlord was what made it appealing to me...that and the soundtrack. God almighty, that soundtrack.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

Naruto ended today at episode 720.

Hope you're all ready for Boruto's reign of terror to begin in a couple of weeks time.

 

[donavannj]

Naruto ended today at episode 720.

Hope you're all ready for Boruto's reign of terror to begin in a couple of weeks time.

Boruto can bring it on.


Trying to decide on whether to make a new merch sharing thread or just to dump my merch photos here.

 

[pkmin3033]

Who knows, maybe Boruto won't have as much filler, since it's not waiting for a manga to jump ahead of it?

I'm only on episode 10 of the original series...why am I even doing this.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

Boruto is all filler.