Mr Poltroon

You raise fair points, none of which I have nor will refute. What I do not understand is why people scream bloody murder and dramatise things in such a way as to say that Sekai Project will ruin themselves and drown in their own blood or something. I don't object to disagreeing with their practices. Personally, I have in no way been negatively affected by Sekai Project's way of doing things, so I'll neither boycott nor badmouth them. That is not to say I cannot understand some people would find their ways disagreeable.

One would think. Unfortunately, the software is wired in such a way that everything will burst into instantaneous combustion as soon as somebody gets anywhere close to that part of the code. Or so I've heard... Either that, or Tay has no idea where the one setting he needs to fix it is hidden, amidst everything else.

That implies they ever had one. Now, companies look at profits/results, not reputation (at least, these random Japanese ones with no knowledge of English). A successful kickstarter theoretically means profits. If they stop having successful kickstarters (due to bad fame with the masses), that means companies will stop coming to them. That means they stop localising games. Their loss will amount to bad management and expenditure on the failed kickstarter campaigns. Sekai Project will not be doomed to hell if they lose their reputation. On the other hand, we, the people, will probably lose more. I've seen a funny analogy where Sekai's kickstarter campaigns were compared to holding games hostage, and I think it sort of works. If we refuse to fund their games, the kickstarter will fail. If it fails, it'll forever be remembered that it failed. Having this black spot on the record, and such a huge pool of Japanese games to choose from, it hypothetically guarantees that it'll never be officially localised, said game. So long as Sekai's business practices work, they will continue to make use of them. When they stop working, they won't incur too much in terms of damage, and at worst they'll just disband and do something else. Not drown in debt. And we, who want English games, are the parties who suffer the most damage. That is my point of view.

I didn't mean that exactly, I just mean all their stuff has already been funded. Theoretically, they could stop doing kickstarters and they'd stay afloat (not necessarily localising new stuff, just working on what they already have). People seem to be thinking: "Soon enough their games will stop being funded. That'll show them!" when in all actuality all that means is that they'll either move to the next one, or stop, with no real loss on their side. "Noone wants our games, bohoo ". This may be all theoretical on my part, but that's why I don't understand this "They're hurting themselves!" mentality.

I might be completely misinformed on this, but... why would they stop? The worst that could happen to them is for their games to stop being funded. If that happened... Well, too bad, let's move on to the next one. Worst comes to pass they change their business model, with no real loss beyond things going slower than before.

Technically I'm playing it, and saying I'm going a chapter a week would be an exaggeration. Currently on chapter 4. I don't like the pretentious writing that usually comes with this sort of story and that, thankfully, isn't present too much in this one. Whilst I can bring myself to enjoy this one, I like the setting and characters, I'm absolutely sure I wouldn't be able to put up with anything darker in tone than this (which hasn't been dark at all, thus far). Basically, I don't like the way things are written and described, but I can put up with it so long as I like the story too. Now, a story I dislike coupled with writing I dislike and I'd be doomed. I've no praises to sing beyond the fact that I like the not-really-historical setting and Tesla as a character. There's nothing I like more than an overpowered idealist, even if that's not what he is, that's what he seems.

I have been quoted three times, from what I can tell. All from the same post, out of context quoting. They are, admittedly, hilarious.

The way they speak is slower, more nosely, if I wrote that right. If it were just a single character, it would have been fine, but literally everyone seems to speak that way. And the slower doesn't always apply, really. I cannot describe it.

Clearly you mean something, but I don't speak imagery.

First of all, move this thread wherever it fits best. This is just a sort of curious question I have. I'm sure the Japanese language has various different dialects. Usually in anime I hear something like this (clips chosen at random, mind spoilers): Otherwise, they are usually like this: However, there was this one anime film where I thought everybody talked, well, atypically. The question is exactly that. Why do I think this sounds weird? Is it a specific accent? Is it trying not to sound anime-like? Am I on heavy narcotics? Pardon the random thread and question.

I'll join you there, then. Or in all likelihood, you'll join me.

Far as I can tell, it's not a reference to an event, just to the ace attorney name in general. If that.

... Right. Yes. Of course. I knew that. I suffered from no brain lapses whilst writing that. Not at all.

Lovely Complex isn't on this list because I never finished watching it. The couple took some amount of time to get together, and that I could take, but then it seemed like a love triangle was forming soon after the fact and I just put it on hold there and then. Afterwards I just forgot to come back. I most definitely will at some point in time. When I do, it shall be properly added to the list, assuming the later half does not somehow become hell on earth. I didn't like Your Lie in April too much. I've never subscribed to the face your fears philosophy, so having him be forced to play piano was something I didn't find agreeable. It also seemed to have a lot of themes behind what the characters were saying and other emotional poppycock that just went over my head. The most literal example was what they played. To me, they all sounded mostly the same so what the commentators said about feelings behind the music and whatnot just... fell on deaf ears. There's many other things I could watch, incest and large age gaps are not of particular interest to me, so it just keeps getting bumped down. If you weren't such a big fan of incest, and if you weren't the only one recommending it to me, maybe I would try it out, but for now, it remains on "Eventually" category. Cross Game remains on my list and I remain putting it off because of two things: I dislike sports, so that gets bumped down, and at the time I had found it I had just finished watching/reading some long stuff, so I wanted short things. I have no objections to sports as a background theme, I read both Suzuka and another random football manga I loved, so I'll keep this in mind. I heard about Nagi no Asukara just the other day, so it has been on the back of my mind, I just haven't started it yet. Planetes is something I'd never heard of, but it seems amazing. currently tops my mental "what should I watch next" list. See my reply above. Because of another show with a similar name, that one slipped past my cracks. How great to find another anime. A happy ending is indeed such a simple thing, how come I find it to be somewhat rare? My name is Mr Poltroon, do try to remember it. The reason I put Spice and Wolf on hold... Things seemed like they were about to take a turn for the worse, and I was tired from marathon-ing the rest of the season. It was purely by chance that I never came back to it. It haunts my dreams that season 2 hasn't much of a conclusion, and since I've never had a particular urge to finish season 1, I decided to become content in this limbo. I could finish it, if you so heartily recommend it, but I'll probably end up with a hole in my heart.

Komaeda neither particularly annoyed me nor did I find him particularly good.

I decided to list and recommend all my favourite romances. You can read about my particular tastes here: Be fairly warned. I do not know what constitutes as a spoiler to you, so if you find things like whether or not there is a confession scene or how far the couple goes to be a spoiler, please avoid reading my comments. NOTE: Written in the wee hours of the night. Grammatical mistakes and logical incongruences may follow. Itazura na Kiss - As far as anime goes, this is the epitome of long-lasting romance. This anime does not simply go until the confession, or until the first night together, or until the first big dramatic event is resolved. It goes through years and years of the characters' lives, up until they have children of their own. The male protagonist is a jerk, as they so often are in Shoujo and Josei, but the female lead made me, of all people, go around spamming "cute~~~~" on whichever social services (skype, TS, Fuwachat) I had on at the time. CLANNAD and After Story - Highly dramatic as it may be, it has its fair share of happy moments and many happenings. While excelling on its own, CLANNAD wouldn't quite be the best fit for what I'm looking for. However, CLANNAD: After Story more than does. Life does not simply end after a confession. Things go on, and the characters truly become a family. While not quite beating Itazura na Kiss's feeling of years going along, CLANNAD: After Story does not only a good job in that area, but literally everything else emotional. Nodame Cantabile and sequels - Yet another anime with a long feeling of "time moving". Of the top of my head I can remember remarkably little about their relationship, but it was there without a doubt for the later seasons, queer as it was. I can't say the absolute main focus was on the relationship, like in Itazura na Kiss or in CLANNAD: After Story, but it certainly did more than sufficient to cater to my needs, with various dramatic moments and very odd characters, resolving their problems in very odd ways. The male protagonist, jerk as he may be, does not hold a candle to Itazura na Kiss's stubbornness. Has a high focus on classical music, hence me recommending the anime over the original material. Say "I Love You" - Completely diverging from everything else, this anime series solely entails school life. It could hardly be a more typical Shoujo title, so why am I singing its praises? I rated it 10/10 at the time, because not only had it been one of the first series I watched where the couple actually got together at a reasonable time, as I am also a huge huge fan of the female protagonists' archetype. Often compared to Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, for good reason. The female protagonist is very similar in both, and the story could be said to progress similarly, except Tonari went places I didn't like at the time, god if I remember what those were, and Say I Love You did everything in a way I liked. The manga, although not completed, is also Smut-tish, earning extra points in my book. Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry - The most recent anime on this list, who deigned to differ from the norm. Having taken the usual highschool and fantasy-like setting, where other anime would become harems, this one did not. Right from the start it picked a main girl, and made sure it was clear beyond doubt with a confession. This is primarily an action anime, although the romance is there and is not entirely ignored. I would have been fine even if there had been a confession and they left it at that, but they developed it, making it for an harem action-romance anime with some comedy. Very varied, you'll get all sorts of things here, romance, action or comedy. Pick your poison. Zero no Tsukaima, All Four Seasons - I hate harem. I've grown to hate them with a bloody passion. Zero no Tsukaima is no exception, however, it did many other things right in order to reach this point. First, it's no short tale, if you can stick to your guns and watch through one or two seasons of this light and fun fantasy world, the characters will grow on you, even if you hate their archetypes. Second, I like Tsundere's. If you like Tsundere's, too, there's no good reason not to give this a try. Unprecedented in this harem world, the main, dense and insensitive protagonist actually picks one of the heroine's and sticks to her... mostly. While a rush-job of an ending, it is a conclusive tale... but I'd keep my eyes peeled for the rumoured continuation of the novel series, which was left hanging with the author's passing (God bless him, and while I'm at it, the very same happened to Itazura na Kiss's author, God bless him, too. Even if it allowed the masterpiece anime to go off the rails and become original toward the end). Kimi ni Todoke and Second Season- You know what else is infuriating, beyond harems? Pardon my French: Cockblocking. You know the 'oh-so-original' stereotype where the male and the female appear to be about to kiss, but are somehow interrupted? Now imagine having this happen constantly throughout the first season, only for there to still be no actual conclusion! Even so, that's not what this story is about. It's about so much more, like friendship, and friendship, and being an outcast. Furthermore, the second season does go somewhere and the manga continues onwards with hardly any noticeable deviation from the anime. Such a shame I'm still left hanging on the centenary chapter. Ore Monogatari - AKA, everything I could possibly want from a highschool romance: the anime. There's two people, they fall for each other, eventually get together, and then date. That's it. Ok, maybe not it, it, but it's a fairly adequate depiction of the romance. Beyond the romance, the anime touches many other themes like friendship and family. All of these are pluses to me. Do be warned, this anime has two very big flaws depending on your tastes: The art and characters may be too unusual for you, and nothing (interesting) ever happens. Romance tends to have drama in order to spice it up. This anime does not, and instead has slice-of-life and simple comedy. If you like calm, light-hearted and cute, you need go no further. Seikai no Monshu and Sekai no Senki I, II and III - Character interaction. If this intergalactic spaceship were to have something that stands out, it would be character interaction. I don't live in Japan, so I don't know how it is there, but I find it highly unusual for every male under 18 years of age to become agitated by being within one metre of a female, or for teenagers to ubiquitously get embarrassed 3 times per conversation with a female. The chemistry we find between the two main protagonists is incomparable to most other anime I see. It doesn't feel anime-like in the least, is how I'd describe the indescribable. Furthermore, the plot itself isn't bad either, so I recommend this both for the romance and the story. Akatsuki no Yona - You could say this is my number one public enemy: The harem with no confession by the end. It makes me wonder, then, why did I enjoy it so much? This story is about a spoiled princess who lived all her life in a castle as the daughter of an overprotective king. One day the king is murdered and she runs away with her bodyguard, becoming... I'm not quite sure what. She wanders the land searching for allies and trying to make the country better. There's a lot more to that later half, but I'll focus on what I enjoyed the most: Romance. There's no doubt in my mind who the one romantic candidate is. As a friend pointed out to me, the cast may be entirely composed of men, but the romance remains between two people alone. Do note I say "romance" when I mean conversation. It feels romantic, so there's that. What there isn't is any sort of ending. I liked it a lot. Especially the somehow paralysing fire in her eyes. Clearly this is meant to have further seasons, and from what I know, the original manga hasn't concluded either. We now play the waiting game. Kobato - So far I've been able to claim all the previous entries were romances but I'm not sure Kobato fits the category in and of itself. What I do know is that it sure is an enjoyable tale you wouldn't want to miss, and there is romance in there. In stereotypical magical girl shoujo fashion our protagonist has an objective to attain, and she progresses by making people happy. Every episode(s) we sort of see a mini-story on somebody she helps or a lesson she learns. The anime concludes on a confession, but it did by no means focus on it. Nice side quirk, our protagonist actually changes clothing to conform to the season. Very light-hearted, very nice. Usagi Drop - People have this horrible misconception that romance is about romantic love. Not necessarily, and this story will show you that. Usagi Drop is about a single man adopts a child and cares for it. We see her opening up. We see bonds being formed. We see them becoming a family. We see the scorn of the society and the nay-sayers. We see the people who support them. We see lots and lots of love, except this time, it's a familial bond. It also serves as a sort of guide for single parenting, presuming you're a hermit who just had a child dropped off on you. Very light-hearted. You'll be chanting "cute" for days. Honourable Mentions: Chobits - Gets a side mention for being made by the same people as Kobato. To surmise, a country bumpkin falls in love with a robot/android. That is all. It's lovely. It's slice-of-life. Working!! - Is not a romance anime... And you think I care? I'm looking for romance, it doesn't matter if it's a side story. If you find the comedy agreeable, there's no reason not to sit through the three seasons and enjoy the conclusion. Gosick - This is a mystery anime. Half of it. The other half follows some sort of plot as opposed to mismatched mystery solving segments. I've seen the story sections criticized in reviews, but I loved them. The romance I found in this mystery anime more than contented me, and gets my recommendation as a result. Durarara!! - You may have noticed being a romance is not necessary for it to have romance. Just to make sure I rub it in, here's another anime that isn't a romance, but has some. You can't really define it with a genre. Think large cast, lots of variation, everything is connected. Still, I chose this because I really liked the romances within, or maybe I just have an affinity for shows with two exclamation marks in the title. Honourably Dishonourable Mentions: Toradora - I'm incredibly tolerant. And I like all sorts of romance. If there were ever an anime I could say I have hated on unfairly, it would be Toradora. I loved Toradora's protagonists, male and female. Unfortunately, I disliked a lot of other stuff. I disliked pretty much any other character, I disliked the character interaction outside of Taiga and Ryuuji, and I hated the way feelings were handled in this anime. I felt, wrong as I may be, that Ryuuji was bullied into liking Taiga, that Ryuuji was bullied for not understanding his feelings (and magically understanding others', too), that everyone else was far too presumptuous of knowing how other people think and feel. Do note that this makes the anime get a grand total of 8/10. I liked how it ended, what else can I say? I only wish there were more, now that the dramatic, emotional balderdash parts were already over. And so I conclude my list. Do note, it is permanently IN-PROGRESS. New things will be added, maybe old will be removed, maybe I'll remember stuff I forgot to mention, and if you're lucky, I'll rewrite my 2am English.

Excellent choice. I may be late to the conversation, but I was doing the very same.

I never make serious threads. I made one literally five minutes before the backup. This is unbelievable... On the other hand, you can say things are peaceful when you can safely claim that the biggest danger to the site are its backups.

Happy New Year!

- Tiag of Varela, Official Fuwanovel Philosopher Praise to my name (or in this case, the pretender's - thankfully, I know you you are referring to me, you're merely incapable of spelling my name) needs no justification, but may I ask how that relates to the topic in question?

Confession: I'm genuinely appalled at the low like amount the Fuwanovel users are displaying. I've never been stingy with my likes, and I would have hoped you would do the same.

No snow over here. Actually, if it were to snow everything would probably shut down...

I couldn't have said it better myself. To put it crudely, I came multiple times during that episode. And what REALLY killed it for me, was the ED sequence. Seeing the past 3 seasons in quick review brought up so much nostalgia that I couldn't help but grin even harder than I already was throughout the episode. It's sad that Working is over but man, what a way to end it. I was really scared they'd just shrug everything off and have an open ending, but I'm really happy to know they tied everything together properly, and they did so in a way that it still feels like we're watching Working, and that's what I loved the most about it, they didn't try to go all melodramatic and serious, they just did what Working does best. When I heard the opening song from season 1 play at the end I couldn't help but shed a tear, what a great 50 minutes. This is a good opportunity. It seems to focus on Comedy; do you think I'd like Working?

I've been playing Love at First Sight, and enjoying it. However, I find it sort of hilarious that the characters all have a closed eye sprite, and even more so when they're used while conversing with the one-eyed girl. Is this some sort of mystical bonding I'm missing out on?

I must confess I felt right at home.