I am giving this a little bump in discussion because of something I said in Seven Seas Early Digital Releases. Basically I am inclined to "impulse buys" when it comes to books I have absolutely no knowledge about leading me to buy Übel Blatt vol 0 and dropping it after reading the the first chapter. These "impulse buys" have lead me to many stories that I really really liked and would never have experienced if I "played it safe," thought it also had stories I just did not like as can be seen with Übel Blatt. So "impulse buy" at yout own risk.

Dead Dead Demon' DeDeDeDestruction volume 2 has a Christmas scene thingie. One of the girls mentions how Celebs lie on their Twitter about spending "quiet time with my family! *". One of the adult male characters bluntly says "Yeah, sure. It's the day you have sex" in response to a question about what Christmas is (eating cake and exchanging presents is the girl's response).

@chocolatkey Have fun. I currently lack the time to develop features myself, but I can still answer questions, or merge features. The icons do look nice.

I see no reason not to

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@drone205 Binged DNA2 on VRV over the weekend- so 90's (hair/ clothing etc.) reminded me of being in school

@chocolatkey Good thing web apps are easy to update.

@chocolatkey said in (Unofficial) Windows Phone/Win10/Android Rokujouma Reader. Now in the faraway corner of Windows Store.: @_08 fyi there's also the 1600 resolution Whelp. Can't use bool now. Seems like some cast becomes invalid and causes exception when compiled with .net native but not in regular builds. Seems like it crashes on the first run, too. Should check that later. Re:edit: and it's totally going to produce some garbage on second chapters where you can't have a nice cover image to cheat. Edit: version 0.2.0b (UWP-only) Fixed volume's list which was consistently crashing

As an official statement, J-Novel Club and Crunchyroll could not agree on certain aspects of the relationship, therefore we mutually decided that us being included in the Super Fan Pack was not in either of our interests.

Well, I made a list of these in another topic that specifically asked about novels, but since it applies fairly well across all media I'll copy-paste it here: As I've mentioned several places, I tend to like lighthearted, slice-of-life works. That said, what I'm really looking for is the type of story where it feels like you're living life alongside the characters. So having a strong cast of characters is critical. Well, all it really means is that good characters are what I really look for in all stories. I also like stories with strong worldbuilding. This is especially important for fantasy stories; I like to read those for the feeling of adventure from visiting new places and learning more about them. This includes isekai, of course; after all, my favorite fictional work is The Chronicles of Narnia, which is overall really good at this sort of "adventure fantasy" and is technically an isekai, to boot. Speaking of isekai, though, I like seeing the various ways in which elements of our modern world mesh with that of a typical fantasy world. It's why I find stories like Realist Hero and Outbreak Company particularly fun. Overpowered protagonists in general are neither particularly interesting nor boring to me, but what is interesting is when the protagonist has a specific skill that he/she must manipulate in creative ways, and in doing so becomes "overpowered" in particular ways. Examples of this include Mixed Bathing and Gear Drive. One theme I particularly like to see come up in stories of all sorts is "family", especially that which goes beyond that of lovers. For example, I particularly like it when characters end up having to take care of children (see: Foll from Elf Bride and the first 3 volumes of For My Daughter). Of course, one can always just make something that is simply utterly hilarious. Sometimes all I need is a good laugh.

@drone205 Related, but Batman is also often maligned for being a rich person who uses training and gadgets to "beat up poor people", as though that is the entire extent of his crime-fighting. It ignores that he also uses his persona of Bruce Wayne (and the Wayne Foundation) to fund multiple charity works and initiatives to fight the systemic roots of crime in Gotham, from poverty to infrastructure to corruption to opportunities. He believes very strongly in rehab. Just about every "why doesn't Batman do this to really fight crime" criticism I've read can be answered with "he does".

As far as I am concerned: If it's a fictional story, anything goes. Literally anything. Child abuse, rape, murder, torture, genocide, racism, emotional exploitation, psychological warfare, any sort of cruelty - and of course compassion or love - is acceptable in a story. The question is: is this plot device being used by the author in a good way. To make a point, to make the reader think, to build up the foundation of the fantasy world the story is told in or simply to open a new branch in the story telling? Or is it used in a bad way, to appeal to the existing fantasies of a niche group of people? I say bad, because that is my opinion as to what constitutes a "bad way" here, but strictly speaking, both choices are equally valid. The thing is: No one forces you to continue to put up with it. If the story doesn't do it for you, you are free to stop at any point. However, I've been surprised more than once here. Sometimes I've kept reading a book I thought was rather disappointing only to find that suddenly things that have irked me beautifully come together at a later point. A story is in part what you make of it. If you feel uncomfortable reading a book, you should stop there for a second and reflect on that. Why do you feel uncomfortable? What are your values that the book is violating? Maybe entertain the thought of imagining yourself in the different available perspectives in the situation at hand. A book can be much more than the story it tells, really. You just need to be open to imagination. Of course, I have been left feeling utterly depressed more than once doing that. But I have also felt exhilarated, inspired. Sometimes it made me forge new moral values or even change existing ones. Fictional stories have in no small part contributed to my world views, simply by contemplating the actions of characters, their individual situations, circumstances and relationships. In that sense, even a poorly written book can hold surprising value, which is why I rarely drop a novel series at all, and I can't remember ever stopping to read a book because of extreme content. If anything, I stop reading books if there is constant repetition.

@bloodygaikotsu said in NaNoWriMo: @terrence said in NaNoWriMo: But, seriously, I can't write long clickbait titles like this—and I feel really self-conscious about typing very LN-esque stuff lol. I have no self-respect so I can do this, lol. xD Hopefully I get into the writing mood today. Only day off this week. T_T

@saskir for your time control thing I have a thought. Flow Chart The power to travel to key events from any dimension. You would have to actually experience the events and they can be a close of hours apart from each other or years apart. You have no control what an event is, the only criteria you are aware of is that this point I time must be a time and place where there is a major choice that will have hugely different consequences depending on what choices you make. It could be something like the choice to turn left to save the world and universe or turn right and see the stars dissapear. The important thing is that it must be something that causes huge change. You can NOT go back to an event when you die (like in re zero), you have to manually choose to go back. There is also the fact that the farther back an event the greater effect over time it will have, so if you want an even bigger change you have to go back farther AND will have to live through that timeline until you make it to another event to save that choice. So if say you just ignore some person and say five years down the line that person had a powerful skill or ability that is required for your quest to defeat the demon lord or something but he committed scuiside because no one treated him with well, you would have to go back 5 years to help that person and live through those 5 years again.

Actually, gloves are used quite often in occult rituals, mythically. It's one of the common ritual tools you see in actual medieval occultism, along with cups and wands and a few other things. It's all about imagery. Probably drawing on that a bit.

@smashman42 spoiler That said, as previously mentioned, the battle in question was good and I don't doubt they continue to be entertaining. I might check it out again whenever it goes on catch-up.

@cosm1cfall Yes, Moon+ Reader can sync between devices.

@catstorm Persoanlly “The War of The Best” was extremely memorable. However: spoiler So with that i would say Merry’s goodbye was so much more impactful.