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This is great, but I like this.

Chapter 52 made for a pretty good stopping point in the end. It got some deets from the surface mixed in, and an outlining for what the gang plans to do next.

Many questions remain. Why are the elves here? What exactly happened in Kabru's home village? Why is forbidden magic forbidden? Who and what is the winged lion? No high-stakes final climax, just a calm trolley-ride into the unknown.

If you're dying to know what happens next, I highly recommend the manga. Having read it has not ruined watching the anime for me in any way whatsoever. The opposite, I was only more hyped because I knew what was coming. So once season 2 rolls around, I'm sure you'll enjoy it just as much as I have, if not even more knowing that the story only gets better and more interesting as it goes. Or maybe it'd make the wait even worse...

If the manga is something that interests you, I'm happy to say the adaptation has been extremely faithful, to the point that there are no differences to account for if you want to pick up where the anime has left off. Your starting point, then, would be chapter 53. Still, the manga is a masterpiece, and I think reading it from the start will give you an appreciation for the details, and a chance to notice new things, which is something the anime has been doing for me.

This episode adapted another Farcille moment that I'm really happy I don't have to wait for. Is it even possible for a character to be sweeter than our dear Marcy?

And Izu is already showing a huge change. Though initially put off by Marcy's outburst of emotion, she is very quick to try and awkwardly offer comfort. Not to mention that she was settling down for a nap in Marcy's lap to begin with :D

I love the self-improvement club bros. They are such bros.

It's a word.

I find it's a pretty healthy development in what is basically a branch of the idol industry.

It has enabled indies, and the people doing it have a way better chance at maintaining a healthy work/life balance than idols of old. They can literally "unplug" and live a personal life that they can make as separate or involved as they like.

There's no bullshit about physical appearances like fashion, weight watching, age...

And it's been a delight to see the biggest player, hololive, actually allowing talent to take care of themselves when push come to shove, rather than going through humans like they're some kind of consumable.

But this, taking an IP with established fictional characters, and having them become vtubers? This feels weird.

I'm not sure what it adds? People stick with vtubers because as "unreal" as they are, we genuinely like the people behind the avatars.

Yes, it's acting and performing, but also not. I'm not sure how "hello I'm a character from that franchise you like" would work.

As a big fan of Holo, I'm kinda worried, and annoyed that they'd risk it, that this will affect the character. I don't want to see a fantasy goddess try and fit into the real world, and I'm a little scared of what the real world might turn her into.

No shit. Only reason I bring it up is as a way to illustrate how badly I do not want this.

What a world we live in, when there's a possibility my use of a private matrix server between family, might become criminal.

Obviously. The point is that it's the kind of thing that will make me reject the very society I'm living in, and I would change it wholly to avoid this.

If the source was my own government, for the first time in my life, I'd be considering moving to a new country.

This. There are already plans on expanding what the surveillance is used for, as soon as it is possible to begin with.

"Think of the children" is just the trick they're using to get their foot in the door. It being utterly ineffective in doing what they claim it'll do, is irrelevant.

This is a level of bullshit that will straight up make me vote to leave the EU.

Outlawing E2EE should just not be a thing. It just shouldn't.

What are you using to browse? The default webUI de-duplicates cross-posts, most apps do not yet.

Like for real!! I was a semi-lurker on reddit. Posted a couple times a year.

I just passed 500 posts on Lemmy.

TFW a wifi transfer literally loads files from your phone faster than a fucking cable.