NineSwords

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If my monsters are imagined, why do they trigger the motion sensor lights?

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Midweek discussions - What makes "good world-building” good?

For me, it’s often hard to say what makes good world-building. I’m good at pointing out what I don’t like, but when I find a series that has good world-building in my opinion I often find myself hard-pressed to put a finger on what exactly makes it good in comparison. But let’s try anyway. Post specific examples of...

NineSwords,

Yes, consistent causality is definitively a good point. This is something that I find especially jarring when it’s broken for just a chapter to force something to happen in the story. I read this week something where two super competent characters (there is a ranking system and of all the adventurers in the world they are in the middle two digits) become suddenly incredibly incapable just so that MC can swoop in and save them.

Trash of the Count's Family by Yoo Ryeo Han (lemmy.world)

Trash of the Count’s Family is a Korean isekai web novel series written by Yoo Ryeo Han in the Action, Comedy, and Fantasy genres. The story follows the main character, Kim Rok Soo, who wakes up in a different world and inhabits the body of a minor villain named Cale Henituse. As the plot deviates from the original novel, Kim...

NineSwords,

There’s not much going on here so I let it slide for the moment, but this isn’t meant as a all clear for non-Japanese novels.

NineSwords,

All good. Like I said there’s not much happening so it’s no problem at the moment.

Midweek discussions - Hate reads

It’s that time of the week again. This time it’s about books you hate to read but still keep reading. Usually I drop a book when I don’t enjoy it but currently, I’m reading a series (Mythical Hero’s Otherworld Chronicles) that I absolutely despise with a passion but I still keep grabbing new volumes for some reason...

NineSwords,

For this one I don’t have a specific character in mind, but more of a concept for a spin-off. I would like to read a spin-off from the point of view of a side character that follows the hero and actually does all the work behind the scenes so that everything "works just out” for the MC. When you read the main series it looks like your usual hero power fantasy, but when you read the spin-off you see that everything would be come crashing down for the hero if the side kick wouldn’t run themself ragged behind the scenes. I think if done right could be great comedy.

NineSwords,

Interesting. Usually, I don’t read real-world novels apart from rare exceptions, but I really enjoy the anime so I might make an exception. On the other hand, the visuals and music are such a big part of why I enjoy the anime so much (after all it’s about a painter and a musician) so I don’t know if I would enjoy a novelization.

NineSwords,

Naww. Your numbers don’t track.

  • Kids (6,487)
  • Shounen (1,950)
  • Seinen (1,015)
  • Shoujo (490)
  • Josei (151)
NineSwords, (edited )

I believe the best starter animes must meet some criteria:

  • not too long (seeing something having hundreds of episodes is a huge hurdle)
  • self-contained (no spin-offs of other franchises that you need to know)
  • completed (no “if you want to know how it ends you have to read the source material or hope for a second season”)
  • no need to know cultural references (what the fuck is a shikigami?!)
  • universal themes (love, hate, friendship, hardship, etc… Stuff that applies to everyone)
  • characters should be likable (no one keeps watching if they dislike the characters)
  • interesting from the start (no “uh, it gets great from the 5th episode, just keep at it”)
  • interesting throughout (show shouldn’t fizzle out or run out of steam)
  • normal visuals (yes, shows with unique art styles can feel fresh for someone with more than 1000 shows under their belt, but for a new watcher better keep it normal)
  • not mundane but not too far “out there” (just the right amount of fantastical)
  • no off putting material (gore, over-the-top violence, etc.)
  • it should end on a positive note (I wouldn’t have touched another anime ever again if Grave of the Fireflies were my first one)

With all those criteria listed, I believe the best show that ticks all the checkmarks is Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day.

NineSwords,

They don’t “need” to know the stuff they are parodying, true, but it’s a lot less funny without that frame of reference. It’s like listening to a Wierd Al song without knowledge of the original.

NineSwords,

I would argue that there is a reason it has become such a huge success. It’s the vanilla flavor of isekai anime.

NineSwords,

Not what we’re talking about.

NineSwords,

No one disagrees. Our point was that someone enjoys a parody more when they have a frame of reference of what is parodied. I mean it’s the whole point of a parody. One can enjoy OPM but if the same person had seen 500 battle shounen up to the point where they’re fed up with the same tropes, OPM is just a million times funnier than when that is just first anime.

I don’t want to shit on your favorite show here, but it’s just common sense that a parody is better if you know what is parodied.

NineSwords,

Has anyone here read the LN and can give me a sales pitch? I watched the anime and didn’t really “get it”.

NineSwords,

All hail Rikka our chuuni overlord bot!

Thanks for all the work.

NineSwords,

Thanks. The post do show up now.

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