Komachi Hikigaya
Not that long ago, my brother went, at length, on one of his rants regarding something incredibly pointless and farfetched that he treats l...
2023-12-09 04:57:03 +0000 UTC View PostDragon
I feel… out of sorts.
Unlike Lisa.
“Yes! Suck it, Tagg!” she says, pumping her fist exaggeratedly enough that her seat on the wall of my lat...
2023-12-07 05:52:15 +0000 UTC View PostThere are plenty of differences between anime and Western animation, but there’s one that particularly stands out when you know what to look for.
Take a classic Disney film like, for instan...
2023-12-05 00:43:14 +0000 UTC View PostSo.
The party system.
Party management, sidequests, companion events, random skits… there are a lot of things that make the party system shine, and we’ve touched upon plenty of thos...
2023-12-03 03:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostPiggot
A last goodbye with Jasmine.
It’s… tempting. To confess. To tell her just precisely who Emily’s niece is. To admit that, yes, I’ve been monstrou...
2023-11-29 04:52:27 +0000 UTC View PostSayaka – No Rest For the Wicked
Sooo, that thing about guys falling asleep right after they come that I only have Kyousuke as a vague indicator that it may actuall...
2023-11-26 11:34:50 +0000 UTC View PostSo. Long-running series. Do you know what’s an issue that they often run into?
Descriptions.
Admittedly, that’s not as much of an issue with visual mediums such as manga or anime, b...
2023-11-25 08:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostPiggot
“My appointment was half an hour ago,” I say to the secretary barring me from Tagg’s office.
My former office.
My former secretary....
2023-11-23 03:15:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe formula is an inherent part of every long-running series. You know what I’m talking about: if it’s a magical girl show, the monster of the week is it; if you’re watching a romcom, the tsu...
2023-11-19 00:35:52 +0000 UTC View Post“So. Armsmaster’s back in the roster,” Tagg says, leaning forward over his desk and bulldozing over my frantic blinking at how to tactfully inquire precisely why he thought my latene...
2023-11-16 03:32:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s a sad statement about the past state of my social life that coming to Florida keeps getting me in stereotypically teen-themed situations that I never experienced back in Brockton. From confu...
2023-11-14 03:08:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Pity?” Hana asks as if she doesn’t understand the very concept.
“Funny, isn’t it?” I say, looking away from her eyes to follow the stream of smoke coming from beneath the armrest...
2023-11-12 00:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostAs has already been explained often enough, Taylor’s application of her powers in her culinary pursuits is, far from the horribly disturbing mental image that it incites on unwary Thinkers at fir...
2023-11-08 19:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostI’m not familiar with political games.
Most of what I understand about the whole thing? It comes from faculty meetings and talks with yet another befuddlingly miffed principal. I know about...
2023-11-06 05:38:48 +0000 UTC View PostYet again, thank you all for staying with me for another month. To say that I couldn’t do this without you is factually true, yet also bordering on the understatement of the year because I don’...
2023-11-03 21:49:02 +0000 UTC View Post(For optimal immersion, play this before reading.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORb...
2023-11-02 04:40:32 +0000 UTC View Post“School’s the other way, you know?” Audrey comments with characteristic concern for a newcomer getting twisted around in Lakewood’s urban jungle.
Or actual jungle.
Seriously, ho...
2023-11-01 21:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostBrooke
“Can’t I just skip?” I ask the woman fretting on the other side of the kitchen counter.
“You know what your father would say,” she replies wit...
2023-11-01 04:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostA series of interesting choices.
That, according to the veteran game developer Sid Meier, is the definition of a game: having the player choose and having that choice be interesting in some w...
2023-10-31 05:25:46 +0000 UTC View PostA white horse is rarer than most people think.
Mostly because people are uneducated and often illiterate, so they don’t know what a white horse is.
It is understandable, given how sho...
2023-10-29 03:18:43 +0000 UTC View PostUnfair.
It’s an accusation often heard of in anime, usually thrown around by sulky, younger girls who may as well be tugging on somebody’s sleeve while a slow blush creeps up their cheeks...
2023-10-27 03:35:44 +0000 UTC View PostColin Wallis
After so much time in a coma, I guess it’s no wonder that my circadian cycle is screwed up.
By which I mean that I end up waking up earlier<...
2023-10-25 03:05:44 +0000 UTC View PostFanservice.
Fanservice has often been vilified, the herald of poor writing, of a show racing to the lowest common denominator. A clear sign of the creators running out of ideas and bogging do...
2023-10-21 03:04:03 +0000 UTC View PostColin Wallis
For reasons I would rather not explore, there’s only one line running through my head:
I never asked for this.
“There. He’s awake now,...
2023-10-19 03:13:17 +0000 UTC View PostI’m too used to walking in beauty like the night.
Unseen, unnoticed, each footstep light as that of a fairy bringing ice to a winter lake’s surface.
Each movement a dance.
Bec...
2023-10-17 02:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostA baton pass.
He can be so goddamn corny at times.
It’s one of the things I like best about him.
One of the others has to do with how he’s looking at me right now, hovering ov...
2023-10-16 13:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostColin Wallis
‘You may experience some disorientation,’ the doctor said. ‘The next few days may be a bit rough,’ he warned.
“Wheeeee...
2023-10-14 02:34:33 +0000 UTC View PostGallant blasts my back.
The boom makes me fly over the roof’s edge.
And euphoria takes over.
I’m covered in Amber, the world slowing down as I take everything in. As I note ea...
2023-10-11 00:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s Note: So, this was supposed to be an omake prompted by a comment on the main thread of this story on QQ. A small extra to write if I had the time through a week that went not accordi...
2023-10-08 03:39:05 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, life just goes and decides to throw you a curveball.
It’s particularly aggravating when you can’t shake the feeling that you should’ve seen it coming.
“Hello, I’m P...
2023-10-06 03:15:52 +0000 UTC View Post