June 29, 2024
Tonari no Youkai-san ep 12 - 13
Feh, the most common cop-out, Everything goes white with all the characters floating around, and then they somehow fix everything by the power of heart (or in this case Kotodama).
So I checked AnimeChart, and there is one more episode to go. Good thing too, because it looks like the end of the world.
The rift has let "Oni" through from an alternate, nullified dimension. They are hollow shells, but deadly beasts as well. But even worse, this is having an negative effect on certain types of the Youkai, basically cancelling out the magic that is required to keep them alive.
There is reference to a similar event 500 years in the past, when the Tengu who taught Jiro's grandfather how to do the Tengu thing sacrificed himself to close a rift. The question I have is that if Jiro has to do the same thing, will he find a way to live through it? And how much will Mu-chan cry before he turns out to be alive?
Feh, the most common cop-out, Everything goes white with all the characters floating around, and then they somehow fix everything by the power of heart (or in this case Kotodama).
But for a while there things looked heavily fucked. Youkai and Ayashi were keeling over left and right. Wagen-san turned back into an ordinary car, Bucchio turned back into a dead cat. It was grim as hell.
But then everything went back to normal-ish, because the kids in the white space remembered everyone (or was it just everyone who counted?). There was still some permanent damage and a few didn't make it.
Cop out ending with tear-jerking disaster? Yeah, but that's what you have to do to wrap up a slice of life show with no antagonists. Because real life doesn't follow the Hero's Journey or any other story pattern.
Still have no idea what those small fans on the power poles were. Way too small for any significant power generation.
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June 18, 2024
Just when you think
that Tonari no Youkai-san is just gonna be a slice of life in a slightly different world, BAM, a crack opens across the sky as the barrier between parallel worlds fails.
It's episode 11, so I'm sure that will close right up.
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June 15, 2024
Stacked
Second chapter of my Dr. Mauser work in progress (or first real chapter if you count the Prologue from last month separately) is up on Substack. I figure if I post one a month, I will run out soon enough to be shamed into getting back to work on it.
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Kaiju No. 8
It's such a cliche. It was inevitable, Kafka has to reveal himself to prevent everyone from being nuked after they've all been thoroughly trounced by a level 9 Kaiju. And when the dust settles, the captain doesn't recognize him as Kafka Hibino any more, only as Kaiju No. 8. And pulls out her sidearm to arrest him.
Mind you, he's been read as a level 9.8 Kaiju. He just STOOD there and shielded everyone from the equivalent of a 20 k-ton nuke. WTF is she thinking that popgun will do to him? Hurt his feelings? (Well, it probably would.)
Hey, lets ignore the fact that in every single sighting of No. 8 he has been benign, and has helped and rescued people. Let's ignore that he just saved all your asses. And lets ignore, Captain, that you personally knew him before this Kaiju ever appeared, which should make it clear that he's Kafka first.
Nah, we've gotta play it this way.
Seriously, at this point the cards are on the table, can people just TALK for once?
Oh, next episode is 11. Yeah, I guess they'll talk it out a bit, then a bit more, then have a bureaucratic battle with superiors who don't understand... and end episode 12 with a freeze-frame of everyone going into battle.
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June 12, 2024
What part of No doesn't Microsoft Understand?
All of them, apparently.
Got home from work today to my computer's lock screen. That doesn't happen too often with the new build, thankfully. I logged in and was greeted by Windows asking me to upgrade to Win 11. The options for Yes right now and Yes in a little while were way on the other side of the screen from "Keep Windows 10." but at least it wasn't as hidden as last time. And then you had to say No again.
I'm sure I will have many more opportunities to decline opening up my computer to their data miners in the future.
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