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*is awful at replying in a timely manner* orz Yeah, Penguindrum is really something special. It really seems one of a kind. I've yet to find another anime that gave off a similar feel. I do plan on rewatching it eventually. When I finished it I could tell a bunch of it had gone over my head but I appreciated the series a ton because of that. Four times is a lot though I can't even bring myself to rewatch a series I really liked most of the time. But then again, Penguindrum is highly rewatchable and is probably meant to be rewatched multiple times so it's probably not too hard to sit through a couple additional times especially if you already really like the show. And yeah YKA definitely felt different than the first episode of both Utena and Penguindrum. Can't quite figure out why though. And do you like the art style in YKA? I'm not particularly fond of it but I don't dislike it either. I didn't notice the lyrics to the opening though. They either weren't subbed or I just didn't pay attention (most likely the latter) And did anyone watch the first episodes of Death Parade, Aldnoah Zero season 2, Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Kancolle, and/or Assassination Classroom? If so, what were your first impressions? c:

I've always found that aspect of it really interesting too. I remember some of the documentaries I watched were in a series called Born to Kill and at the end of them they'd talk about the murderer's past to see if how they were brought up could have possibly lead to how they ended up the way they did or if it was genetic. It'd probably be fascinating to talk to one. Their thought process and lack of empathy... I wonder how that would surface in every day conversation. And while slightly off topic, I also find feral children interesting. Incredibly tragic but interesting nonetheless. They really made me realize just how vital the first few years of life are. So much develops in that time. If you miss that window of a few years, there's not much you can afterwards or rather only so much can be taught if you miss that window. And because I get distracted easily and take an unnecessary amount of time to type replied and didn't refresh my page and I don't know how to add a quote when editing a post: @Akazora I've done something similar to that before. About a year and a half ago when doing my homework I used to find serial killer documentaries on youtube and play them in the background. I'd go through about 10 a week and after I while I had to stop because I'd seen majority of the ones I could find haha. I always found the methods they chose to get rid of the evidence quite interesting. Some ways seemed so well thought out that if hadn't been for that one mistake they probably wouldn't have been. It also amazes me that they can get addicted to killing. Something that's utterly unthinkable for majority of the population can be addictive... I imagine there'd be be quite the adrenaline rush with that stuff but addicting... Never would've thought...

Tristam and Braken - Flight

If I point my right foot and move my toes really quickly you can hear this grinding/popping sound coming from my achilles tendon.

I wonder if there are kids in Japan that really like American tv shows and stuff and are super jealous of the fact that we can watch them without subs and on tv. Like if they exist what if they run around saying "bazinga" and stuff. I really hope kids like that exist. On a more serious note though, I'm still trying to figure out if I'm in a situation with gaslighting, if my short term memory's actually just that bad, or if because now that I know what gaslighting is I'm just projecting it into my situation and while it's not what's happening in actuality it's what I see it as. It's just one those things that nags at me somewhat often.

There's the chance of this coming off weird but seeing as there's no psychology thread (or if there is it's either dead or I have to yet to cross paths with it) But does anyone else find serial killers interesting? I have this almost weird fascination with them. It's really interesting to me how all the cases are different and what happened in their past might have caused them to go down a homicidal path.

Rob Gasser - Back Again

I wish the oven in my house would stop getting an error. I just want to preheat it, put something in for five minutes, and stuff my face. And because it's Saturday we can't call customer service or whatever to get it fixed orz

I'm still not too far in (pushing 40 ep's currently) but Mouri Kogoro annoys me at times. I don't like how he acts sometimes like how he's kind of a pervert and how he expects Ran to sorta act like a housewife and do all the cooking and stuff. I don't mind him the rest of the time--I even kinda like him sometimes but whenever he behaves like that my tolerance level for how he acts goes way down.

Foster the People - Call it What You Want

Thunderstorm Flannel or floral clothing patterns?

At my 3rd birthday party I was bucked off a horse

the microwave in my new house because it doesn't work and is loud and takes twice as long to heat anything up compared to the microwave in my old house orz

24hours later and I still want garlic bread

I liked KHR a lot. It was very generic battle shounen at times though. The first 20 episodes are also almost pointless, they're more slice of life and character building which is fine but they're really hard to sit through. Then later around ep 115 it moves at an even slower pace. One of the episodes I watched only had 6 minutes of actual new content because the rest of recap and an unnecessary 5 minute long ending short. It was also kinda sexist towards the female characters at times (I don't even know how that happened considering how the mangaka is a woman). Like the girls played damsels in distress often and part of their purpose during the one arc was for them to cook and clean for the male characters orz As much as I really liked it, I don't really recommend it unless someone's seen a most of other stuff in the shounen genre because of those flaws :/ Hunter x Hunter's great though. I don't know how much of a priority other series on your to watch list are but it's one of those series I urge everyone to watch if they have an interest in it. The characters are all really original and it's just written really well--the Chimera Ant arc's one of the best I've ever seen. I started it last year on a whim and it became one of my favorite if not my favorite anime really quickly. Yeah, watching snk when it was airing though was quite the experience haha I started watching it the week before the recap ep came out and just having all this hype for a new episode and having a recap episode come out was awful haha. And I remember one week the episode got subbed a few hours later than usual and just dozens of people on tumblr and twitter were collectively freaking out. I can't imagine how crazy it'll be when the second season airs haha. I marathon things a lot too. I've recently gotten better at taking them slower but I still marathon things from time to time. That feeling of finishing a series you like really quickly and then not having new material to watch/read is the worst OTL You've seen so much DC stuff Fillers are pretty annoying, have you already sat through a ton of them already? :/ At least you know you're not too far away from actual plot though. And ooh Steins;Gate and Fate/Stay Night UBW, how are you enjoying those? c:

I know on some forums threads will get locked if they get too off topic so I (unsuccessfully) tried to steer things back on course,, Not quite sure what I did in particular to do that but yay!?

mac & cheese

Dear anonymous, I know we haven't talked in 7 maybe 8 years now, not to mention I moved and am now a state away but I still think about you sometimes. Despite me changing schools and later moving I had always hoped we could talk again sometime. If I'm not mistaken a year or so ago I even sent you a friend request on facebook. I'd heard from the neighbors shit had hit the fan for you guys too over the past 2 - 3 years so I hope everything's ok over in your neck of the woods now. Even if not in person, I'm hoping I'll somehow to be at least say something by the time you graduate. I mean, we became friends before we even entered preschool. My early childhood's chock-full of stuff we did. I just wanna say thanks and apologize for whatever I did that angered you. Talk to you in the future hopefully -former best friend c:

Fox Stevenson - Trigger

I've done something similar to that before. Back in November 2013, I marathoned all 203 episodes Katekyo Hitman Reborn in a month (I started like Nov 5th and finished Dec 2nd) and a couple months later in January/February I marathoned Hunter x Hunter which at the time had around 115 episodes. (I wanted to enjoy what I was watching so I took it a little slower). 50 episodes in just a few days is a lot though If my memory serves correctly in took me about 2 and a half weeks to finish both seasons of Code Geass c: (I watched AoT when it was airing so I didn't get to marathon it) And 400 episodes is still a ton though even if that's only halfway through the series. That's 400+ half an hour episodes (some might have been even longer than that, one of the episodes I've seen was an hour long so I'm guessing other episodes have also been that long too), and I'm assuming you've seen a few of the movies and maybe ova's too. That's a lot of time into any hobby let alone one series c:

Thank you i..is 30 episodes a week not a lot to some people? I usually just watch whatever airing stuff I'm keeping up with and maybe an additional 5 - 10 episodes of something else so having 30 episodes on top of that seemed like a lot to me ^^; Ah I see, that doesn't sound like a good habit haha. It's so tempting knowing the answers to things is just a few clicks away though. The 400s though that's quite far along though. From what little I've seen of the DC fandom on tumblr it seems nice, very quiet but friendly. And ah, if/when I get caught up having a site to find news about the series will probably be helpful c:

My mind If you could any animal, domestic, exotic, or mythical, as a pet what would you choose?

Sorry ^^; I don't really know what kind of legacy I want/would be able to obtain though. I don't want children, and I strive for normalcy/don't want to do like anything extraordinary but the idea of being forgotten almost immediately after I've died is unsettling to say the least. It's just sorta... awful to think about how even if I enjoy my life a ton and accomplish a bunch of personal goals that might all just disappear and be completely meaningless the second I'm gone. o_o

All my fears are realistic and it's the worse orz So no, I haven't really overcome any of them, I haven't really encounter any of them (yet). They're all just "what if's" Like for example, what if I have to live on the streets, what if I'm someone much larger than me is following me with the intention of hurting me, what if because of my sex I have trouble getting a job, what would I do if I got in a car accident, what if I never grow as a person and because of that have trouble connecting with people, what do I do if I ever have small children in my care and they get hurt, etc etc Being an adult sounds horrifying, I am 100% unprepared if any of those situations happen.