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Finns ju en anledning till att Frieren är #1 på MAL så jag är ju helt medveten om hur bra serien är! Förstår att det kan vara svårt att fastna för något genom att läsa det, hade samma grej när jag i stort sett bara kollade på anime. Men nu för tiden är det tvärtom för mig, tycker det är enklare att fastna för något genom att läsa det och sen kan man ju läsa något kapitel här och där istället för att ägna 20-25 minuter på en episod. Kanske blir så genom åldern? Får jag suget att kolla på något så blir det nog Frieren, men jag nöjer mig med Horimiya mangan! :p

Watched half of Re:Zero S3, and it's a solid 9/10. I didn't like S2 much at all though.

I've always been interested in Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu, and Rent-a-Girlfriend, but I don't know much about this season otherwise. What are you planning on watching this season?

I've worked on a few projects in the past 2 months. I'm still a NEET, so it's crazy that I've been working 6-10 hours a day for months on end, but I think if I keep going, i'll be rewarded, even with all the stress to get there. I finished a limited colour pallette, retro precision-platformer, about 1 hour in length, three difficulty levels. Then I worked on a FF-1/2-inspired comedy JRPG for 3 weeks, the comedy being absurd banter (I'm not British, but I couldn't find a better word). It's currently on hold, because I'm taking a break by working on a fairy metroidvania. I have 2 out of 4 of the bosses in, and if you know Celeste, they're somewhat like tamer Celeste bosses. My next idea, and the story is about half-way there, is a philosophical, Lovecraftian Visual Novel about a time loop, solipsism, and reality relativism.

Heya !! , how are you doing today ?

The reincarnation theme could've been excised, and it would've more interesting, and less gross. This isn't a dig, I don't blame shows when I feel gross, because ultimately, I see it as a pitfall, not a deal-breaker; something to improve upon, not something to blame it for. The multiple personality feeling to the MC is a thing as well, as you said.

Oh, so it's because it doesn't make you feel if it's too negative? I get that, where you play so many horror games, you emotionally disconnect, or so many bad things happen in a show, you no longer care as much, or at all.

No, I'm agreeing from my own feelings on the matter. I want my stories to be largely positive, except for moments where characters shortly struggle, then recover. I don't want characters to die, or be incapable of recovery, or for my stories to be tragedies (a constant downwards trend), or for their struggles to last long. Comedy, or light-heartedness as a main focus. I want serious moments of character improvement to not be necessary most of the time, and for the characters to feel safe, and warm afterwards, alongside me, and the hypothetical audience.

Thank you. Im working on one for spring now but its fighting me really hard.

Oh, its done, and im working on another now. Want to hear ir?

It has my real name so id have to dm it to you. That okay? Not sure how to do it but I'll give it a shot.

The most impactful for me was the first episode car scene where he shows his resolve to get revenge, and the Akana scene you mentioned. I do agree that I need normal minds in shows. And despite it being 9/10 both seasons, I don't think it's one I emotionally connect to as a 9/10. Sometimes, my ratings go off by one, where I like them as much as an 8/10, but think they're a 9/10, not because I'm going against my true feelings, but because I have two feelings, and depending on what kind of show it is, one side wins out over the other, whether it's the dopamine side, or the emotional side. The emotional side likes more relaxed vibes, the dopamine side likes maximalism. If you know music audio mixing, a parallel would be the maximalist audio mixing of some modern music, and genres like dariacore, breakcore, noisecore compared to more normal audio mixing. The former (maximalist, thriller, noisy) can get tiring.

Do you have a problem with those types of shows, because of some greater philosophy, or is it because of the bad feelings which sometimes come up? For me, and in regards to my creating of art, I become too depressed to have the motivation to make anything that depressing, but if I could, I'd still not want to, because it feels like I'm imparting something bad onto the world if all it is is depressing. Related is: I trend towards creating sad, depressing, or thrilling music when I'm not thinking about the process at a deeper level, and that's something I want to improve upon.

Here's hoping I'm not rambling too much about myself, or this is too off-topic.

I don't know. It gets kinda weird later in the manga, everyone knows about it, then apparently it falls off in quality. The first two seasons are great, though. But what's your favourite scene(s) from the first two seasons?

Wow bit late, forgot about this but ya its shit... However I do personally enjoy watching garbage anime.

Have you watched any good anime yet?

My bad, I saw a spoiler, and wanted to finish it before replying, but kept stalling, and it's not even much of a spoiler. Lol. I still understand why you would want to put it in a spoiler area, though. At 25 episodes, I think it's 10/10. I don't think I've seen a show before with great Shounen-style animation that also has a slower pace, and a lack of a need to constantly have "Shounen-style" highs. It's a compulsory 10/10 with some lukewarm feelings. Kinda like the final seasons of Attack on Titan, it feels 10/10, but I have 9's that are more favourites than it.

The 2nd one is Asuna-san https://myanimelist.net/character/36828/Asuna_Yuuki?q=asuna&cat=character

And who seriously didn't watch Sailormoon in the 90s? Only if you lived under a rock, or in a cave maybe ;-)

I wouldn't say there's a such thing as a failed pianist, as long as you're playing for your own enjoyment. Yeah, yeah, easy for me to say, even as I kind of consider myself one. But, never too late, I suppose.

Music to share: No performances just yet, though I'm working towards putting a few on YouTube. Right now I'm working on Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor, a couple of Debussy pieces, and trying to add more in in the limited time I have to practice. I also have a few compositions, which I'm happy to share, but if you're interested I'll do that in DM because that would reveal my real name. And I'm not keen on doing that in public.

Any pointers... hmm. that's really a tough one. I'd say my biggest pointers are: use the right tool for the job. By which I mean get something as close to a real piano as you can. Trying to learn on a casio synth isn't going to do you any good. Find yourself a decent teacher - I can recommend a site in private that has affordable teachers from around the world that I've had decent luck with. And, practice every day. Even if it's not necessarily what you're supposed to practice, practice *something*. You're not going to get good by osmosis, but as long as you practice, you *will* get better, even if it takes months or years. You'll be surprised at what just starts happening. I guess that applies to anything, huh?

And most importantly, enjoy it. When it becomes work, it stops being fun, and then what's the point, really? Work is for what you have to do to eat, hobbies for what you work to be able to do.

I'm currently working on an orchestral composition. I'm making progress but it's slow, I'll let you know when it's done if you want.

Happy New Year to you as well... may next year be better than this one, though that's a pretty low bar.

Some of my best pieces:



Sry if they're 90° on the side^^

Gotta make some new photos first, or dig out & upload older ones, that can take its time... :'-(