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Posted on: 07/26/26 12:51PM
I've been reading Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san (Beautiful Female Superior Takizawa-san), and honetly it's boring as shit. It's not even good boob jobs or fanservice.
Posted on: 07/26/26 12:55PM
Mushoku Tensei. Currently on Volume 2 and its pretty good so far.
Posted on: 07/26/26 01:12PM
I've been reading bits of the Old Testament with a physical bible. Mostly just looking for cool/weird stuff when I'm bored.
From Samuel (8):
"After this, David subdued and humbled the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest city. He also devastated the land of Moab.
He divided his victims by making them lie down side by side in rows. Two-thirds of each row, as measured with a tape, were butchered, and one third were spared to become David's servants---they paid him tribute each year."
David is one of the "good guys" in the Bible, right?
From Samuel (8):
"After this, David subdued and humbled the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest city. He also devastated the land of Moab.
He divided his victims by making them lie down side by side in rows. Two-thirds of each row, as measured with a tape, were butchered, and one third were spared to become David's servants---they paid him tribute each year."
David is one of the "good guys" in the Bible, right?
Posted on: 07/26/26 02:56PM
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry, Humunculus and Noragami.
First one is neat if you know it's the perfect blueprint of a swords battle shonen with a harem. Heartwarming moments between Ikki and Stella. I think most people would only read this for the sexy and cheesy moments between Ikki and Stella honestly. Battles are better in anime but they can be hype on text too. Safe to say you're missing out the best of this series if you only watched the anime.
Then Humunculus. I'm barely on volume 2. They say it starts slowly and gains much more depth as it goes on. So far the protagonist's powers show quite a bit of cool creativity and humor. Mysteries are pretty engaging. The protagonist is a relatable average adult, but he is pretty smart too so I wonder how will it play out.
And Noragami... Man, I'm on volume 4 and it feels like it has barely started for me. Can tell it's more or less one of those series you can end up enjoying because you grow up with the characters and they become exponentially endearing, but there's little payoff and progression so far. I'm still trying to understand what do I extract from it in general.
First one is neat if you know it's the perfect blueprint of a swords battle shonen with a harem. Heartwarming moments between Ikki and Stella. I think most people would only read this for the sexy and cheesy moments between Ikki and Stella honestly. Battles are better in anime but they can be hype on text too. Safe to say you're missing out the best of this series if you only watched the anime.
Then Humunculus. I'm barely on volume 2. They say it starts slowly and gains much more depth as it goes on. So far the protagonist's powers show quite a bit of cool creativity and humor. Mysteries are pretty engaging. The protagonist is a relatable average adult, but he is pretty smart too so I wonder how will it play out.
And Noragami... Man, I'm on volume 4 and it feels like it has barely started for me. Can tell it's more or less one of those series you can end up enjoying because you grow up with the characters and they become exponentially endearing, but there's little payoff and progression so far. I'm still trying to understand what do I extract from it in general.
Posted on: 07/26/26 03:35PM
reading stuff from a gum wrapper???
cripes, what year is it? 1954?!
I know this was a thing, and there's an exclusively famous comic made for it, Bazooka Joe and his Gang....it comes with every purchase of a Bazooka brand bubble gum since 1954......but I don't like to fiddle with the time machine just to get me a piece of easily misplaced treasure....
so I happen to read an officially licenced comic based off of Animal Crossing New Horizons.....well,to be honest with you, it wasn't that great...it felt like it was designed by the writer's perspective in mind over potential movie material (which is something we all need the most since the last one that's based off of Wild World from 2006)
and I certainly hoped to catch up on reading an entire catalog of IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series from the start, but here comes the problem, where I'm from....it's a very non-existent comic book series, believe me I scoured through a lot of premium book stores, and even as going out of my damn way by attending geek conventions only to end up with no luck in finding one.
cripes, what year is it? 1954?!
I know this was a thing, and there's an exclusively famous comic made for it, Bazooka Joe and his Gang....it comes with every purchase of a Bazooka brand bubble gum since 1954......but I don't like to fiddle with the time machine just to get me a piece of easily misplaced treasure....
so I happen to read an officially licenced comic based off of Animal Crossing New Horizons.....well,to be honest with you, it wasn't that great...it felt like it was designed by the writer's perspective in mind over potential movie material (which is something we all need the most since the last one that's based off of Wild World from 2006)
and I certainly hoped to catch up on reading an entire catalog of IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series from the start, but here comes the problem, where I'm from....it's a very non-existent comic book series, believe me I scoured through a lot of premium book stores, and even as going out of my damn way by attending geek conventions only to end up with no luck in finding one.
Posted on: 07/26/26 03:55PM
Maximinimal said:
reading stuff from a gum wrapper???
cripes, what year is it? 1954?!
reading stuff from a gum wrapper???
cripes, what year is it? 1954?!
Listen, I'm old. I still remember when the only way you could tell what a movie was like was by reading the back of the box. You know, when films still came on magnetic tape. Big ol' chunky machines with heads and tracking.
The same thing with games. And then we had physical manuals, to learn how to play the game. No in game tutorials or anything. Made renting an adventure, since most of the time they lost the manual.
... I miss when PC games had manuals thick as novels in some cases...
Posted on: 07/26/26 04:31PM
Remember buying cheat code books/magazines?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I still have one, here's what the cover says:
BEST SELLING CODEBOOK IN HISTORY
FALL 2006 EDITION
15,000+ CODES
ONLY $6.99 (Can. $9.95)
CODES & CHEATS
"Includes XBOX 360 codes!"
XBOX, PS2, PSP, GBA, GC, DS
Edit - found it!
* www.amazon.com/Codes-Cheats-Fall-2006-Official/dp/0761553363
The all caps is absolutely necessary to let you know what these things looked like on store shelves.
And I used to buy them as a kid...until we got basic Internet and I discovered cheat code websites.
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I still have one, here's what the cover says:
BEST SELLING CODEBOOK IN HISTORY
FALL 2006 EDITION
15,000+ CODES
ONLY $6.99 (Can. $9.95)
CODES & CHEATS
"Includes XBOX 360 codes!"
XBOX, PS2, PSP, GBA, GC, DS
Edit - found it!
* www.amazon.com/Codes-Cheats-Fall-2006-Official/dp/0761553363
The all caps is absolutely necessary to let you know what these things looked like on store shelves.
And I used to buy them as a kid...until we got basic Internet and I discovered cheat code websites.
Posted on: 07/26/26 05:14PM
I'm into the Viriconium series lately, some semi-obscure sci-fi fantasy. Finished the first book The Pastel City not long ago and am chewing thru A Storm of Wings, the sequel which took a decade to come out.
Perfect thing for me after I finished the LotR trilogy last year, though the first book in particular reminded me of a much grittier and gorier Star Wars which it predates by about six years. It also has energy blades, robots, and a royal who's also a cute brunette working with the main male group, but the vibes are cooler in general.
Perfect thing for me after I finished the LotR trilogy last year, though the first book in particular reminded me of a much grittier and gorier Star Wars which it predates by about six years. It also has energy blades, robots, and a royal who's also a cute brunette working with the main male group, but the vibes are cooler in general.
Unconcerned by such questions, Canna Moidart’s black mechanical butchers moved implacably toward the first engagement in the War of the Two Queens: a war that was later to be seen as the mere opening battle of a wholly different—and greatly more tragic—conflict.
Their impact on Waterbeck’s army was brutal. Already disorganised and disconcerted by the airboat raid, scattered, separated from their commanding officers, the Viriconese milled about their ruined encampment in a desperate and feeble attempt to form some sort of defensive position. Faced by a human antagonist, they might have held their shaky line. Certainly, there burned in all of them a hatred of the Northmen which might in other circumstances have overcome their tactical weakness and stiffened their resistance.
But the chemosit slaughtered their self-possession. They sobbed and died. They were hastily conscripted, half-trained. Powered blades cut their swords like cheese. Their armour failed to armour them. They discovered that they did not belong there.
Their impact on Waterbeck’s army was brutal. Already disorganised and disconcerted by the airboat raid, scattered, separated from their commanding officers, the Viriconese milled about their ruined encampment in a desperate and feeble attempt to form some sort of defensive position. Faced by a human antagonist, they might have held their shaky line. Certainly, there burned in all of them a hatred of the Northmen which might in other circumstances have overcome their tactical weakness and stiffened their resistance.
But the chemosit slaughtered their self-possession. They sobbed and died. They were hastily conscripted, half-trained. Powered blades cut their swords like cheese. Their armour failed to armour them. They discovered that they did not belong there.
Posted on: 07/26/26 05:46PM
The Elaina novels. Reading 12 rn, the story of people willingly paying more for things because they thought more expensive meant more quality was definitely something.
Posted on: 07/26/26 05:50PM
Gyarus4Life said:
The Elaina novels. Reading 12 rn, the story of people willingly paying more for things because they thought more expensive meant more quality was definitely something.
The Elaina novels. Reading 12 rn, the story of people willingly paying more for things because they thought more expensive meant more quality was definitely something.
I mean, that's been the myth for decades in real life. People honestly used to, and still to this day, believe it.
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