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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 118 points 2 weeks ago

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 29 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 weeks ago

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 7 points 2 weeks 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 78 points 2 weeks ago

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 2 weeks ago

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

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago

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!

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I think I might have that one!

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

BWREAKING TAEH WAOURLD

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I third playing Yakuza 0. If you like it, you'll more than likely like the whole series.

[-] YungOnions@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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 2 weeks 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.

[-] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

They're pretty great.

[-] Hoimo@ani.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

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 2 weeks ago

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 2 points 2 weeks 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.

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[-] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago

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 8 points 2 weeks ago

got something specific in mind, right?

[-] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

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 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

Pseudo Harem

Absolutely adorable.. And it has an ending

[-] amp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

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)

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Shit I didn't read the prerequisite

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Haikyuu is top quality!

[-] benignintervention@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

Grandma help, my friend lost his balls.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

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 19 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Maxxie 13 points 2 weeks ago

Any particular reason why?

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Maxxie 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Very fair. Resonates with me somewhat, tho I still come to the anime well for comfort vibes.

What kind of shows do you watch instead, care to recommend some?

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

i always happy to recommend new tv shows. recently i’ve liked

  • better call saul.
  • severence.
  • kaos. (i’m still not really sure how they managed to pull that tv show off, but they did in my opinion)
  • dark.
  • snowfall.
  • lupin. (kind of silly and over the top but still fun in my opinion)
  • mindhunter (but they canceled it after 2 seasons after ending on a cliff hanger)
  • maid (2021)
  • maniac (2018)
  • chernobyl series on hbo.

some of these are stronger than others, but i enjoyed all of them and thought they were quite good. i also tried to make the list have a decent range. also my experience has been that the netflix descriptions of tv shows are just universally pretty terrible and i probably wouldn’t have watched many of these shows had i paid attention to the description.

[-] Maxxie 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks! I've only seen two of those, will check them out for sure. Severance especially looks right up my ally.

[-] YungOnions@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Severance is amazing. Highly recommend.

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[-] GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Seems like stories like that may make them feel uncomfortable. Probably a personal reason.

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[-] Zorsith 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] gnurd@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I started reading HoriMiya out of curiosity after some r/animeirl post about her loving it when he yells at her. I was like, ok, wtf is going on here. Next thing I knew I'd read the whole manga and watched the anime...

I probably shouldn't Google the second title in your post so I don't go down another rabbit hole lol.

[-] Zorsith 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Its so good, i think its getting a second season this year too

Fantastic choice to watch on a rainy/cloudy day

[-] gnurd@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I did end up googling it, of course lol. Definitely looks interesting. I have so many animes I want to check out atm so I guess I'll just add it to the pile.

What I liked most about HoriMiya really was the slice of life stuff and then the silly romance stuff was the icing. Getting invested in their relationship is definitely what kept me reading though, for sure. Honestly, I think it's the first romcom book or manga I ever read.

[-] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] buzz86us@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks 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.

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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

[dropkicks a man through a fourth-story window]

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

[-] Brutticus@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] kaprap@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago

186 episodes of Baseball

Our country doesn't even have a baseball team :p

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Creepy

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