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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

Ugh I get such feels from those shows quintessential quintuplets had me openly crying..

Why can't real life dating be even remotely like that.

[–] Brutticus@lemm.ee 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Shut up. I dont need your judgement just because nothing happens in 200 chapters of Akutsu san

[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago

Same thing with One Piece. They had this great opportunity to deeply explore Kuma's and Zoro's values in the end of thriller bark, instead nothing happened.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 103 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am 51 now but in 2018, while still in my forties, I had to have multiple major emergency heart surgeries. I was hospitalized for a week and bed ridden for about a month altogether. During that time, all I had for entertainment was my PS Vita. I decided to buy and play Persona 4 Golden blind and I spent those weeks drifting in and out of consciousness while making friends, fighting monsters and hanging out with high school students in that make believe world instead of focusing on my near death experience or the possibility of financial ruin thanks to medical bills.

I will never judge anybody that is moved by or comforted by things like anime or JRPGs. I get it.

[–] BroccoLemuria@lemmy.world 25 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing and I hope you didn't experience financial ruin because of it

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 37 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I will always be grateful to that hospital. I was expecting to owe $300k+, it turns out the total bill over $550k, but the hospital fought with the insurance company and got them to pay for most of it leaving me with a balance due of $10k. When I called to set up a payment plan, the lady on the other end said that they would forgive all but $996. I paid it and as soon as I hung up, I was sobbing. $550,000. What is the point of surviving if you are going to spend the rest of your life slaving away to pay off you're debt.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 hours ago

This is heartbreaking. I can't even imagine how awful it must've been for you during that time, not knowing if surviving was even worth it (in a broader sense).

Thinking back, if I would've had to think about that too during my chemotherapy 8 years ago (was 24 back then) I don't know if I would've survived. That, or I would've become a criminal afterwards as I was still fighting with trauma as well; it would've probably pushed me over the line of being convinced the world was inherently evil.

It's good you found something to distract you from all that suffering and happened to be put in such a great, great hospital. Hope you found back to full health.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 75 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The guys be like, "I play Yakuza for the gritty depiction of organized crime", and then spend 12 hours giving women makeovers in the cabaret club minigame.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Everything I hear about the Yakuza games make me want to play them.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I highly recommend Yakuza 0. It's an origin story prequel for the series and personally I think it has by far the best storyline. It also has the caberet club minigame!

[–] YungOnions@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Odd question, but how much of it (and the newer games) are fully voiced? That was the main thing that turned me off playing them was how much of the content was just reading popup boxes of text.

[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 7 hours ago

IIRC, Zero had the most voicelines from the first 6 games.

It's an amazing experience, I wish I could play it for the first time again.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think I might have that one!

BWREAKING TAEH WAOURLD

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago

I'll second the Yakuza 0 recommendation. Lot of nice cathartic emotional gut punches :o

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

They're pretty great.

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I spent 40 hours in the Mahjong parlor, waiting for my businesses to drop off their monthly profits so I could invest it again. It is an accurate depiction of being a crime boss, dammit!

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

How did you learn to play Mahjong?

I lost my money on the fights... and some on billiard. I just wanted to beat Erika.

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 1 points 49 minutes ago

I learned it by looking up a guide on how to win at the Mahjong minigame in Yakuza 0. The guide existed. It was a crash course on how to play Riichi Mahjong.

I also played a lot of Mahjong Soul after that. It's a little easier to open a website than having to walk over to the Mahjong parlor every time, but a lot less atmospheric.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago

I'm just optimizing stats dad! I swear to God. I'm not playing dress up!

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

way worse when it's a fucking banger of a love story but they're middle schoolers for some goddamn reason

[–] amp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

got something specific in mind, right?

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

bokuyaba/the dangers in my heart

it's a brilliantly written coming of age romance that wouldn't have lost a damn thing by just aging the characters up a couple years

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

take a shot everytime MC says "YABAI" (bad)

But no that was definitely one of my favorites during that season

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pseudo Harem

Absolutely adorable.. And it has an ending

[–] amp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

absolutely, love it! but that one was high school. if we start with that then the flood gates are open. (and I can name a hundred recommendations)

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahem. 36 episodes about highschool volleyball. I do not play volleyball.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Haikyuu is top quality!

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Can they, for once, be college students or maybe high-school seniors?

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's unnecessarily limiting the audience. High school is relatable because everyone does it. Not everyone goes to college or works in such and such field.

When it comes to the human experience, we start to diverge pretty early.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 11 points 23 hours ago

Internets says that 61% of the Japanese population go on to higher education. That's pretty high compared to Americans at 39%.

[–] grimdeter@lemmy.ml 6 points 23 hours ago

The best anime/mamga about college is Grand Blue, cant't recommend it enough

[–] bunnyBoy@pawb.social 9 points 1 day ago

This is one of the reasons I liked Aggretsuko as much as I did. She was out of college and starting her career at a company which is still younger than me but at least its MORE relatable.

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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey! Dan da Dan is great! I'm not being defensive! I'm fine!

Grandma help, my friend lost his balls.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

[dropkicks a man through a fourth-story window]

"I've never killed anyone in my life."

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

my personal rule is that, now that i'm an adult, i will generally not watch or read anything where the main characters are high schoolers. it has served me well

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

I mean, you do you. I enjoy watching them.

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Any particular reason why?

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

my experience has been that those kinds of shows are more likely to have characters that behave like high schoolers. more drama, impulsiveness, etc. i also find it frustrating when i’m watching a show and the characters do things that, in my opinion, don’t make any sense. i also don’t enjoy it much when the major plot points are about high school relationships.

i’m sure there are many shows that don’t fit into this characterization i’ve described, but my experience has been that they tend to be the exception rather than the norm. and there are only so many shows in the world that i will have time to watch. i’m not trying to say that shows about high schoolers are objectively bad either, just that they aren’t for me, in this stage of my life.

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

...HoriMiya and The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten...

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[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Hey, i'm in this meme and don't like it

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