• phuntis@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      131·
      5 个月前

      I hate nagatoro so much I watched literally one episode then had to stop she’s just a standard bully that I dealt with growing up people just think haha she’s so cute cause girl she’s genuinely awful

      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        221·
        5 个月前

        Yes. She starts off genuinely mean spirited.

        That is not mutually exclusive with the likable person she turns into over the story.

        The story wasn’t for you. That’s fine.

        • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
          121·
          5 个月前

          it’s honestly so real for someone to bully their crush bc they aren’t mature enough to handle their feelings. Her overcoming that is actually a plus for the sorry

          • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            5·
            5 个月前

            Its weird. She was one of the “mean girls” at the start, and had no idea who the MC was before that. So she genuinely was kinda just a bully. But she does grow as a character significantly.

    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
      92·
      5 个月前

      there’s a lot of good things about her characterization and the story can be really sweet at times…

      but god damn is the author creepy as shit! i would be enjoying a really cute scene only to have the male gaze get turned up to 11, reminding me the author has a history in loli hentai. Unlike the nier creator, it feels a lot less harmless when the oc is so clearly an immature kid.

      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        10·
        5 个月前

        I have similar thoughts on Made in Abyss. Holy fuck is it good horror and a compelling story, but jesus the author is creepy towards little kids. And I’ve only watched the anime, which is probably very toned down on that front compared to the manga

        • 野麦さん@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          103·
          5 个月前

          I think saying “yo this is actually good but the author is a pedo” is basically the same as admiring Mein Kampf while arguing the death of the author is important

          Basically what I mean is Made in Abyss IS BAD and I don’t like people heaping praise on it. The author is a pedophile. The story, characters, and plenty of scenes in it are softcore (or maybe not even softcore, I haven’t read it for obvious reasons) child porn. Sadistic child porn too. I can poke a million holes in Made in Abyss, but what’s the point?

          • Melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            9·
            5 个月前

            Years ago my ex was trying to get me into anime and they decided to show me Made in Abyss and it put me off anime for years

          • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            6·
            5 个月前

            Agreed. I very much have no intention of ever reading the manga or supporting anything to do with it for those reasons. The anime i watched sort of out of morbid curiosity.

                • 野麦さん@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  61·
                  5 个月前

                  The best advice I have is to practice writing proper prose in a stream of consciousness style. Try to not edit other than with the delete button on what you just wrote. At least, that’s how I got to my kind of eloquence.

                  You know how people advise you to read you writing aloud to hear how it sounds? Phrasing, readability, etc. I think the skill I have that helps the most is being able to write cogent and speakable language from a stream of consciousness. Try typing exactly how you speak, errors, accents and local expressions all included. It’s a skill, yeah. Turning your vocalized speech into internal speech into written language; you get to the point where you can produce written language that sounds like someone speaking naturally.

                  As for flow and getting a point across? Studying prose helps. Simple things like “shorter sentences make a punchier phrase” or whatever help. Having a written style helps also. I’m not exactly sure if any of this helps, but thank you for complimenting my eloquence. I’ve never felt particularly eloquent - but I do speak my mind and only my mind. Popular opinion and groupthink are for unoriginal people. Sure, you can hold a popular opinion, but you’ve also got to have a reason for it that you can express.