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Thanks for the recommendations. I definitely need to watch more Jousei. Some shows that I can see now are under that bracket have actually been on my list for a while, like Honey and Clover and Restaurant Paradiso. Are those any good? I suppose that show about the ghost of the florist would also...

Can I just ask, What is Jousei anime? Is it anime aimed at women? Sounds right up my street, what are some notable examples of the genre? Yeah I'm definitely with people in their distain for rubbish sexualisation and fanservice that usually floods the stuff aimed at boys. Although it's not...

Very interesting post there!! I definitely need watch Kino's Journey, it's been on my list for many a years.

Great! Posts! I had thought my Introductory post had fluffed it. I also like such a variety of shows. from the thinkers to the fluffy, or perhaps best shows that somehow manage to be both at the same time. Not that I'm opposed to pure fluff though. But I do like to feel something, even if that...

This is fair enough, but I'd really hope (and I think) that AUKN as a whole is capable of discussing these topics maturely and respectfully most of the time. I have had some the, nay, the best discussions I've ever had on politics and religion on this very forum. If this forum had had that rule...

What kind of escapism do you prefer from your anime? Do you like you like fantasy to suspend disbelief for, yokai, and faries? Idealistic, chivalrous romances big on feel good factor? Pokemon and the like. Or do you like a little more realism and modernism (not too sure what that word means)...

I probably wrote a few sentences in a couple of posts that were less than phlegmatic. Sorry people.

I've somehow never seen Grave of the Fireflies, but Only Yesterday is my favourite of all Ghibli films (Whisper of the Heart just behind it). @Yami you're spot on about it being one of the most relatable depictions of growing up and coming to terms with childhood memories. Such a sweet (but not...

I now like the idea of watching one episode a week rather than needing to binge watch hours worth at a go. Ultimately whenever I try to binge watch things I get to a certain point when I just feel sick and stop before the end. Picking a few shows and watching one ep of each a week feels like a...

@ayase I do agree with a lot of what you wrote there. There are some people being deemed guilty until proven innocent in they eyes of twitter right now, and I'm sure any of these movements can and do get misused occasionally by the wrong people. But that's always been the case with any movement...

Does anyone know how to log out of this forum on safari phone browser? I can't find the button. I'll be logged on forever!

@Captaaainuniverse I did watch that Channel 4 Jordan B Peterson interview actually, it's the only long interview with him I've bothered to watch. He may be a slippery debater, but I thought he came across as a nasty piece of work. It's as I said in the previous post, nearly everything he says...

I do agree with what you're saying there @ayase but I often find myself having conflicting feelings over the whole identity politics thing. You do see a lot of it these days, I'm not on social media but I'm vaguely aware of what goes on on it, and my university's student population is very lefty...

You know one thing I remember Ayase pointing out very rightly to me a few years ago, also when discussing this conflict, is the importance in being specific and accurate in what you say. To say that the Israelis have been targeting and punishing innocent Palestinian civilians isn't a statement...

You literally said that the Palestinians are determined to murder every Jewish person in Israel. Which is clearly a hateful and wrong statement. It would be bigger of you to just admit you were (very) wrong. Hamas doesn't speak for every Palestinian and didn't always have the prominence and...

Ken you are fooling no one here. There are quite a few members on this forum, that may or may not choose to comment in this thread, but who have a much better grasp of the Israel and Palestine conflict than you do, you're just embarrassing yourself. In fact you should be ashamed of yourself...

The level of your ignorance is simply off the charts. You're politics are bizarre, you're outraged at a moronic anti-Semitic Youtuber getting a sentence, yet have no sympathy for innocent Palestinians who get bombs dropped on them because it's apparently all their fault in your childish and...

This is really interesting. I read a literary criticism book recently by Edward Said called Beginnings. Really difficult read, but one its main themes was how the birth of modern literature was at the moment when literature started becoming a more abstract complex of references to and twists of...

This isn't really how reality works though, it's not all down to lifestyle choices and one's own volition, there's an awful lot of stuff which is simply out of our control, the world isn't the fair and equal place you seem to think it is. It's a nice way to blame people for their misfortune...