Overall, I thought the series was worse than the original Futakoi. And I KNOW the original Futakoi wasn't that great in the first place, but it was still at least fun to watch... Futakoi Alternative was... agonizing.
The plot of the story proceeds EVER. SO. SLOWLY. Basically, the entire series is based on an event that happens at the very end of the series, and for 8 episodes they mope around emoing over the coming of that event. It had the reminiscence of Azumanga Daioh where they'd just play a pointless scene for 5 FREAKIN MINUTES without doing anything... The series would have been much better off if they spent maybe 1 or 2 episodes on the whole "emo over our future" scenario and the rest on the supposedly crazy detective adventures they had (which, from the few scenes that had them, seemed highly more interesting than the emoing).
As for characters, although Sara and Souju (sp?) and the main detective character were flushed out pretty well (how could you NOT develop a character that emos for the entire series...) the other characters were very minor, which bothered me. In the introduction they introduce all the futakoi pairs in all their fighting glory, yet they only get one episode for each of them then never appear again. While their appearance was not meaningless (they do reveal some history about the starring twins of the show), it's quite disappointing how none of them make any new appearances after that, save for the loligothika twins which I must admit are a pretty cool pair of twins... but otherwise, the city townspeople seemed more important than the other twins that made appearances. Disappointing.
The two reasons why I continued with the series is because of its artwork and music; if it had lacked that, I wouldn't have even bothered. I actually did almost give up on the show, but I heard from someone that it got faster during the last half, which was a complete lie. It only got faster during the last two episodes, and the last two episodes were done so "recklessly" (for lack of a better word) that it didn't seem very entertaining at all. In any case I digressed; the artwork indeed was appealing. If anything, this entire series was a slow moving CG with voices, though I'm sure it would have been just as pretty without the voices... well, no, Souju's (sp?) voice is cute :p.
Second thing this show had going for it was eufonius. I can now conclude that eufonius is my second favorite J-pop celebrity (or group?), following KOTOKO. Whereas Kotoko's voice is usually a type of cheery, upbeat and energetic sorts, eufonius is quite appealing in the soft-spokenness and comfort of her music; her voice sounds very soothing and the music accompanying is usually one that reminds me of lullabys or melodies. eufonius seems pretty popular in Japan right now, though I don't think they'll be playing in America anytime soon. Then again, I never thought KOTOKO would make an appearance in America...
EUFONIUS FOR AX2007/AX2008/AX2009 :(
27.8.06
26.8.06
Yume Tsukai
Overall, a good anime. It was a bit peculiar at first, but it turns out very nicely even if the themes of the anime aren't always that clear. Mainly, in many cases when the "defeat" the dream, the problem isn't always resolved, making the viewers feel like they really didn't beat anything... but in an overall sense, in that way it seemed to portray human nature very truthfully, that not everyone becomes "good" again after they have been "saved", and some people will just be "evil" by nature (IE the boy that had dreams of dragons).
The plotline is set up much like any other old "defeat the monster with super powers" anime or show, so there really isn't much to express on it other than the ending, which reveals a lot about the characters of the show. But in terms of characters, they were flushed out pretty well. While not as thorough as Gokujo Seitokai's characters, every character has a background history that viewer learns about; this is good enough for me, since lately a lot of characters just show up with a name and that's it. It bothers me when people introduce 12 important-looking characters and never say anything about their origins and whatnot, just give them a couple insignificant scenes in the anime and make them leave. I'm not asking for people to explain the history of every person in a crowd that the main character walks by, but for those that seem to reappear and be of importance to the story, at least tell something about them...
But that's digressing. Besides character, the music is rather... strange, much like the anime. It certainly has a different sort of melody than most other songs I hear these days, whether it be American or Japanese. It doesn't sound too bad.
The animation is also not bad, save for the little girl that seems to have her eyes crossed all the time. Other than that, most of the time the animation is good. Touko looks quite charming, and her younger form is even more charming...
The plotline is set up much like any other old "defeat the monster with super powers" anime or show, so there really isn't much to express on it other than the ending, which reveals a lot about the characters of the show. But in terms of characters, they were flushed out pretty well. While not as thorough as Gokujo Seitokai's characters, every character has a background history that viewer learns about; this is good enough for me, since lately a lot of characters just show up with a name and that's it. It bothers me when people introduce 12 important-looking characters and never say anything about their origins and whatnot, just give them a couple insignificant scenes in the anime and make them leave. I'm not asking for people to explain the history of every person in a crowd that the main character walks by, but for those that seem to reappear and be of importance to the story, at least tell something about them...
But that's digressing. Besides character, the music is rather... strange, much like the anime. It certainly has a different sort of melody than most other songs I hear these days, whether it be American or Japanese. It doesn't sound too bad.
The animation is also not bad, save for the little girl that seems to have her eyes crossed all the time. Other than that, most of the time the animation is good. Touko looks quite charming, and her younger form is even more charming...
25.8.06
22.8.06
Insignificant Rant on Classes
The Arts and Letters class I have to take is the worst class I have to take up to date, and I'm pretty sure it will be the worst class I will be taking for my entire undergraduate years at USC.
I need to state first and foremost, I usually am against "hating" a paticular thing, object, person, or (in this case) class. Everything has its purpose for being, and I will understand that. HOWEVER, I truly find the class almost completely useless for me (it has uses to other people, of course) and I would much rather occupy some of my energy and hard work to something that can enlighten me in either science or (admittedly) anime than take this pathetic course. The course in which I speak of was a class I had chosen PURELY for scheduling reasons and had a variety of TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES: One dealing with Catholicism (I am not religious and do not wish to become involved with religious quarrels), the other dealing with the history of LA (which I am taking). The lack of variety is possibly the most frustrating thing of all. In all the General Education courses, I am not very fond of taking the required classes but at least I am able to find something in the course list that is fairly interesting, and for the most part I enjoyed my otherwise less-appreciable classes for History of the Western and History of the Eastern World.
But this course I have .no. interest whatsoever.
This is the problem. As the professor continued talking I just kept on thinking, "there is nothing I like about this course. Everything this course does is exactly what I don't want to do. This music sucks..." Essentially, this course is the most useless course I have taken since high school. And even the high school classes seem more interesting than this class. And in this class I have to work HARDER than most of my other classes. Possibly with the exception of Writing 140. I believe Writing 140 and this class are tied for the worst class I have to take, though Writing 140 lies more in its excessive workload and this class more on its content. But this class also has a ton of work to do, still.
I will consider making this class pass/fail, though I'm very hesitant as I am sure I will try to do well in the class even if I do realize its pass/fail (for fear that I get "fail" instead of "pass"...). IN that respect, if I get something like a B, I'd regret getting pass/fail... on the other hand, if I get a C, pass/fail would do very good.
As a general rule, I'll list possible positive effects of taking this class, at least ones I can observe of right now. Currently, at best this class will improve my social skills and knowledge of the area around LA, hence finding places to eat, getting around the city, and possibly even being able to talk to other people. However, from a previous job experience, I am feeling very anxious about that prospect. At worst, this class... will teach me to appreciate the tough classes like O-chem and Molecular Biology, and how, even though they may be so hard and so tough, the content is so much more interesting than learning about whatever nonsense this class teaches.
On a lighter note, I am liking my Electrical Engineering class, as it does not seem so strenuously difficult. I have to be extremely cautious, however, as many a time has I thought I got the hang of a class and just when I start to slack, WHAM!!! I'm hit in the face with something I don't get and my next midterm grade goes down the gutter.
My EE class is also extremely rich. Yes, rich. I mean, come on, they could have replaced those comfy chairs and donated something like, I dunno, new blackboards to the THH building? That room is the most "spoiled" aspect in the supposed "University of Spoiled Children".
And now, to conclude this rant appropriately, I give you the best cosplay picture at Comiket 70.
http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/event/comiket06/cm000084.html
I need to state first and foremost, I usually am against "hating" a paticular thing, object, person, or (in this case) class. Everything has its purpose for being, and I will understand that. HOWEVER, I truly find the class almost completely useless for me (it has uses to other people, of course) and I would much rather occupy some of my energy and hard work to something that can enlighten me in either science or (admittedly) anime than take this pathetic course. The course in which I speak of was a class I had chosen PURELY for scheduling reasons and had a variety of TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES: One dealing with Catholicism (I am not religious and do not wish to become involved with religious quarrels), the other dealing with the history of LA (which I am taking). The lack of variety is possibly the most frustrating thing of all. In all the General Education courses, I am not very fond of taking the required classes but at least I am able to find something in the course list that is fairly interesting, and for the most part I enjoyed my otherwise less-appreciable classes for History of the Western and History of the Eastern World.
But this course I have .no. interest whatsoever.
This is the problem. As the professor continued talking I just kept on thinking, "there is nothing I like about this course. Everything this course does is exactly what I don't want to do. This music sucks..." Essentially, this course is the most useless course I have taken since high school. And even the high school classes seem more interesting than this class. And in this class I have to work HARDER than most of my other classes. Possibly with the exception of Writing 140. I believe Writing 140 and this class are tied for the worst class I have to take, though Writing 140 lies more in its excessive workload and this class more on its content. But this class also has a ton of work to do, still.
I will consider making this class pass/fail, though I'm very hesitant as I am sure I will try to do well in the class even if I do realize its pass/fail (for fear that I get "fail" instead of "pass"...). IN that respect, if I get something like a B, I'd regret getting pass/fail... on the other hand, if I get a C, pass/fail would do very good.
As a general rule, I'll list possible positive effects of taking this class, at least ones I can observe of right now. Currently, at best this class will improve my social skills and knowledge of the area around LA, hence finding places to eat, getting around the city, and possibly even being able to talk to other people. However, from a previous job experience, I am feeling very anxious about that prospect. At worst, this class... will teach me to appreciate the tough classes like O-chem and Molecular Biology, and how, even though they may be so hard and so tough, the content is so much more interesting than learning about whatever nonsense this class teaches.
On a lighter note, I am liking my Electrical Engineering class, as it does not seem so strenuously difficult. I have to be extremely cautious, however, as many a time has I thought I got the hang of a class and just when I start to slack, WHAM!!! I'm hit in the face with something I don't get and my next midterm grade goes down the gutter.
My EE class is also extremely rich. Yes, rich. I mean, come on, they could have replaced those comfy chairs and donated something like, I dunno, new blackboards to the THH building? That room is the most "spoiled" aspect in the supposed "University of Spoiled Children".
And now, to conclude this rant appropriately, I give you the best cosplay picture at Comiket 70.
http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/event/comiket06/cm000084.html
21.8.06
They're coming... yes... they're COMING!!
Ok, so after the whole mari-tan issue now I'm stuck thinking about ideas on how ochem-tans would work. So I'm just gonna post a few ideas I have right now about them.
-Based on the properties of their orbitals (in terms of being an electron acceptor or an electron donor), all Alkali metals are male while all nonmetals are female. The analogy of why this is so should be obvious for anyone who understands the basics of biology and chemistry.
-Because this is so, Hydrogen will remain ambiguous as to what its gender is, due to its capability to be both an electron acceptor or an electron donor. Likewise, Nobel gases, being neither acceptors nor donors, will not be part of the element-tan family at this time since they (under normal circumstances) do not go under reactions, ie. they are boring.
-Hydrogen will be considered the "youngest" out of all the elements, being the one with the least atomic weight. As atomic weight progresses, so does physical appearance and maturity of the element-tan. Hence: As Element-tans progess further down the periodic table, the more "mature" they will appear.
-Reactivity reflects personality; hence, for alkali metals the elements furthest to the left of the table are more aggressive, and for the nonmetals the elements furthest to the right. The exception are, of course, noble gasses, which are not included.
-When first going into this project (assuming it will ever initiate), there will only be classifications of the first three rows as element-tans, since dealing with transition metals will make this idea a helluva lot more complicated. Then again, I did originally want them to be useful for organic chemistry (hence the first three rows)...
-Ionic bonds will be indicated by male-female relationships. Covalent bonds are indicated by female-female relationships. Seeing how the otaku world is built (Reference: "Welcome to NHK!!" Ep. 3), I believe no one would ever have a problem with that.
YES THIS IS GREAT Now I just need to learn how to draw :( HAHA IF YOU THINK I'M CRAZY RIGHT NOW WAIT TILL OCHEM AND MIDTERMS ARE IN FULL FLING HAHA HAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D
-Based on the properties of their orbitals (in terms of being an electron acceptor or an electron donor), all Alkali metals are male while all nonmetals are female. The analogy of why this is so should be obvious for anyone who understands the basics of biology and chemistry.
-Because this is so, Hydrogen will remain ambiguous as to what its gender is, due to its capability to be both an electron acceptor or an electron donor. Likewise, Nobel gases, being neither acceptors nor donors, will not be part of the element-tan family at this time since they (under normal circumstances) do not go under reactions, ie. they are boring.
-Hydrogen will be considered the "youngest" out of all the elements, being the one with the least atomic weight. As atomic weight progresses, so does physical appearance and maturity of the element-tan. Hence: As Element-tans progess further down the periodic table, the more "mature" they will appear.
-Reactivity reflects personality; hence, for alkali metals the elements furthest to the left of the table are more aggressive, and for the nonmetals the elements furthest to the right. The exception are, of course, noble gasses, which are not included.
-When first going into this project (assuming it will ever initiate), there will only be classifications of the first three rows as element-tans, since dealing with transition metals will make this idea a helluva lot more complicated. Then again, I did originally want them to be useful for organic chemistry (hence the first three rows)...
-Ionic bonds will be indicated by male-female relationships. Covalent bonds are indicated by female-female relationships. Seeing how the otaku world is built (Reference: "Welcome to NHK!!" Ep. 3), I believe no one would ever have a problem with that.
YES THIS IS GREAT Now I just need to learn how to draw :( HAHA IF YOU THINK I'M CRAZY RIGHT NOW WAIT TILL OCHEM AND MIDTERMS ARE IN FULL FLING HAHA HAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D
What I Learned on the First Day Back...
For the first day back in school, this, possibly, has been the most interesting and screwed up thing I have learned the entire day:
http://pixel-maritan.net/
There is a -tan family for the US Marines. No, not just them, US Marines, Navy, Army... I think all of them... >.>
ONWARDS TO PROMOTE OCHEM-TANS!!! SOON HYDRO-TAN WILL BE THE IDOL OF FANS EVERYWHERE!!!!
http://pixel-maritan.net/
There is a -tan family for the US Marines. No, not just them, US Marines, Navy, Army... I think all of them... >.>
ONWARDS TO PROMOTE OCHEM-TANS!!! SOON HYDRO-TAN WILL BE THE IDOL OF FANS EVERYWHERE!!!!
18.8.06
Da Capo Second Season
An average series. I personally wouldn't reccommend it to anyone unless they're into the moe trend... still, its pretty fun to watch. Sadly, I don't think Kotori is as ferverently, uh, appealing as I did before, but I still like her. I think she's the best character in Da Capo... that would probably never change. :x She doesn't deserve to be beaten by Nemu. And plus, Miharu looks way better in a lab coat than Nemu does (it showed a bit at the ending credits) and not only that, I bet Miharu is in charge of research, not just some nurse's job... should try looking for pictures of Miharu in a lab coat... :( Well, ranking the girls in Da Capo, I think it would probably be something like:
1. Kotori
2. Miharu (for the lab coat)
3. Alice or Aisia (If Aisia wasn't a girl, I would stab her with an ice pick for her stupidity... but somehow because she is one, her stupidity only makes her look cute :( )
4. Nemu
5. Sakura
6. Manga girl (Not a fan of girls with glasses, at least not in anime...)
7. Mako (too spunky)
8. Moe or the shrine lady ("mature" doesn't appeal as much to me)
Wai! And now we wait for Da Capo 2!
1. Kotori
2. Miharu (for the lab coat)
3. Alice or Aisia (If Aisia wasn't a girl, I would stab her with an ice pick for her stupidity... but somehow because she is one, her stupidity only makes her look cute :( )
4. Nemu
5. Sakura
6. Manga girl (Not a fan of girls with glasses, at least not in anime...)
7. Mako (too spunky)
8. Moe or the shrine lady ("mature" doesn't appeal as much to me)
Wai! And now we wait for Da Capo 2!
EUREKA!!!
I FIGURED OUT WHY JAPANESE ARE SO LENIENT ON THEIR COPYRIGHT POLICIES!!! (though I'm sure many people figured it out before)
After wondering about fansubs and watching NHK, it occurred to me. Presumably, if Japanese Otakus are portrayed accurately in NHK (which, I'm pretty sure, is an accurate portrayal of otakus), people in japan typically "buy what they see" without second thought. If that's the case, there wouldn't be any need for businesses to make their copyright policies so strict; after all, if they're already buying a lot merchandise for the heck of it, what's there to worry about the free stuff? In America, it seems rather different. People are more cautious as to what they want to buy, always thinking "is it worth it right now" or "do I have enough money", etc... (well, I am, anyway) Because of that, you don't see "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or "Charmed" dolls flying off the shelves in toy stores... most people don't find it that useful. Americans aren't fanboyish enough to make the companies feel secure about their profits, so the companies in turn try to enforce strict copyright laws. Interesting... Interesting indeed. Apparently at the moment I cannot see which method is better, whether squandering all your money for the sake of fandom or being miserly and greedy and finding the cheapest way to get something you want... Well, probably doesn't matter.
After wondering about fansubs and watching NHK, it occurred to me. Presumably, if Japanese Otakus are portrayed accurately in NHK (which, I'm pretty sure, is an accurate portrayal of otakus), people in japan typically "buy what they see" without second thought. If that's the case, there wouldn't be any need for businesses to make their copyright policies so strict; after all, if they're already buying a lot merchandise for the heck of it, what's there to worry about the free stuff? In America, it seems rather different. People are more cautious as to what they want to buy, always thinking "is it worth it right now" or "do I have enough money", etc... (well, I am, anyway) Because of that, you don't see "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or "Charmed" dolls flying off the shelves in toy stores... most people don't find it that useful. Americans aren't fanboyish enough to make the companies feel secure about their profits, so the companies in turn try to enforce strict copyright laws. Interesting... Interesting indeed. Apparently at the moment I cannot see which method is better, whether squandering all your money for the sake of fandom or being miserly and greedy and finding the cheapest way to get something you want... Well, probably doesn't matter.
16.8.06
Magical Lyrical Nanoha As
HAYATE IS THE BESTEST MAGE IN ALL DIMENSIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*will possibly add more substance later*
*will possibly add more substance later*
14.8.06
My short opinion of Fate-Stay NIght so far
Superior artwork. SUPERIOR artwork. Its very pretty. :)
Plotline, hmm. I'm not too sure right now. It does seem kind of slow, and I heard the ending sucked. :( Kind of disappointing.
Concept, reminds me of those written message board RPGs that I sometimes do. Probably not so, but it just does, for whatever reason.
Music: The opening is like, eh, not that great sounding to me. The ending ASBOLUTELY ROCKS. Unfortunately my connection is rather lousy right now so I can't get the ending from Nipponsei. :( sob sob.
Characters: My opinions on them in 5 words or less.
Shiho- Freakin Moron.
The other Mage girl- Eh, too spunky.
Archer- Needs a bow...
Lancer- The egotistical type.
Ilya- BEST LOLI OF THE YEAR
Beserker- Ironically paired with loli. Awesome.
Rider- Unusually attractive to me.
Shinji- Stupid like Shiho.
Caster- Needs more screentime.
Assassin- Traditional Bishonen.
Saber- Makes Crusaders look good :P
I'm on episode 13 btw.
Guardian Elements (changed the name from Elementalors) updated a bit:
http://enigmatic-cube.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_enigmatic-cube_archive.html
Plotline, hmm. I'm not too sure right now. It does seem kind of slow, and I heard the ending sucked. :( Kind of disappointing.
Concept, reminds me of those written message board RPGs that I sometimes do. Probably not so, but it just does, for whatever reason.
Music: The opening is like, eh, not that great sounding to me. The ending ASBOLUTELY ROCKS. Unfortunately my connection is rather lousy right now so I can't get the ending from Nipponsei. :( sob sob.
Characters: My opinions on them in 5 words or less.
Shiho- Freakin Moron.
The other Mage girl- Eh, too spunky.
Archer- Needs a bow...
Lancer- The egotistical type.
Ilya- BEST LOLI OF THE YEAR
Beserker- Ironically paired with loli. Awesome.
Rider- Unusually attractive to me.
Shinji- Stupid like Shiho.
Caster- Needs more screentime.
Assassin- Traditional Bishonen.
Saber- Makes Crusaders look good :P
I'm on episode 13 btw.
Guardian Elements (changed the name from Elementalors) updated a bit:
http://enigmatic-cube.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_enigmatic-cube_archive.html
10.8.06
Update on Story for Thomas T. Reusbucks
http://enigmatic-cube.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_enigmatic-cube_archive.html
Added a new character, and more detail for other characters (age and appearance).
I'll start editting the elementalor and adding Engi's story soon. Engi the pianist, not bard, btw; ie not Ragnarok Online related.
Added a new character, and more detail for other characters (age and appearance).
I'll start editting the elementalor and adding Engi's story soon. Engi the pianist, not bard, btw; ie not Ragnarok Online related.
5.8.06
Can a Guild live without its head?
Its time to write a little rant about my guild and its performance in WoE. Mainly, the consequences of how we seem to become utter failures whenever our guild leader is not around, which I find rather embarassing.
Now, I understand that WoE is not super important. There are many things I may be "guilty" of, and WoE is not always my top priority for me if I have something else to do. Whether its going out irl or maybe even just "I set this goal to be at this % for my bard so I won't WoE until I get it", as long as its a goal more important than WoE, its a good exuse. HOWEVER, "because the leader is gone" is NOT a good excuse. I find our guild being rather weak seeing how we seem to utterly depend on one person being online in order for us to do decently well; when he's not on, everyone just uses that excuse to not WoE.
Technically, we can still WoE decently without him. One Sin is definately not going to affect the force of TL, but if everyone else doesn't want to WoE just because of him, it will. And yes, I'm saying Tal is given much more credit than he should be given. If our guild is that great, we should be able to live without Tal (since he's gone most of the time anyway). I am staying in the guild and accepting tax (reluctantly) because I believe in the guild, not that one lazy SinX who just sits there complaining he's bored while putting up a recruit sign. Don't get me wrong. Tal has his merits and his skills, and I respect him for his organization skills.
Because APPRENTLY, without him, NOBODY has ANY sense of organization.
Now, I understand that WoE is not super important. There are many things I may be "guilty" of, and WoE is not always my top priority for me if I have something else to do. Whether its going out irl or maybe even just "I set this goal to be at this % for my bard so I won't WoE until I get it", as long as its a goal more important than WoE, its a good exuse. HOWEVER, "because the leader is gone" is NOT a good excuse. I find our guild being rather weak seeing how we seem to utterly depend on one person being online in order for us to do decently well; when he's not on, everyone just uses that excuse to not WoE.
Technically, we can still WoE decently without him. One Sin is definately not going to affect the force of TL, but if everyone else doesn't want to WoE just because of him, it will. And yes, I'm saying Tal is given much more credit than he should be given. If our guild is that great, we should be able to live without Tal (since he's gone most of the time anyway). I am staying in the guild and accepting tax (reluctantly) because I believe in the guild, not that one lazy SinX who just sits there complaining he's bored while putting up a recruit sign. Don't get me wrong. Tal has his merits and his skills, and I respect him for his organization skills.
Because APPRENTLY, without him, NOBODY has ANY sense of organization.
Most hilarious thing I've seen in a while
http://www.trevreport.org/moetrans.shtml
moetan, English for Otakus. This reminds me of the days where I was talking about making chibi chars of elements for ochem... I bet if that were to happen, suddenly many otaku will be skilled in chemistry... XD
It also brings me to a topic I was talking with a guildmate last night, on the influence of lolicon/moe and the habits it brings (ie pedophilia, molestation crimes). I thought about it for a long while, and all in all it presents a dilemma that obviously isn't easily solved. There was a similar topic I think in the animenewsnetwork forum on some person's rant on lolicon... I think this will be a rather major issue in the American anime culture later on. While I still have trouble making a stable argument since I'm opt to listen to everyone and then try to make a reasonable argument for my point of view. Everyone of course makes good points but the whole thing with moralists saying we're all pedophiles and deserved to be punished is a little extreme since I know I have a slight attraction to moe yet I also have a moral conscience.
All in all I think the only thing I can say about now is that I believe in the general population of Moe-otaku, nobody wants to hurt little children for their pleasures... there's probably going to be some guy who wants to go and hunt little children to his own dirty ideas, but generalizing the entire group like that is unnecessary. In terms of "encouraging behavior", it will frequently be regarded in the same way violence in video games encourages violence irl. This is what I have gathered so far.
I hope that this business will not get out of hand. :/
moetan, English for Otakus. This reminds me of the days where I was talking about making chibi chars of elements for ochem... I bet if that were to happen, suddenly many otaku will be skilled in chemistry... XD
It also brings me to a topic I was talking with a guildmate last night, on the influence of lolicon/moe and the habits it brings (ie pedophilia, molestation crimes). I thought about it for a long while, and all in all it presents a dilemma that obviously isn't easily solved. There was a similar topic I think in the animenewsnetwork forum on some person's rant on lolicon... I think this will be a rather major issue in the American anime culture later on. While I still have trouble making a stable argument since I'm opt to listen to everyone and then try to make a reasonable argument for my point of view. Everyone of course makes good points but the whole thing with moralists saying we're all pedophiles and deserved to be punished is a little extreme since I know I have a slight attraction to moe yet I also have a moral conscience.
All in all I think the only thing I can say about now is that I believe in the general population of Moe-otaku, nobody wants to hurt little children for their pleasures... there's probably going to be some guy who wants to go and hunt little children to his own dirty ideas, but generalizing the entire group like that is unnecessary. In terms of "encouraging behavior", it will frequently be regarded in the same way violence in video games encourages violence irl. This is what I have gathered so far.
I hope that this business will not get out of hand. :/
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