Maid Café (メイド喫茶)

Gallifreyan

12:27 AM

TIL Nichijou has animal abuse in it: reddit.com/r/anime_irl/comments/agxktv/anime_irl

Gallifreyan

12:48 AM

TIL Japanese men mostly don't use "watashi" to refer to themselves

Now that exchange from Your Name makes sense

Japanese pronouns

Japanese pronouns (or Japanese deictic classifiers) are words in the Japanese language used to address or refer to present people or things, where present means people or things that can be pointed at. The position of things (far away, nearby) and their role in the current interaction (goods, addresser, addressee, bystander) are features of the meaning of those words. The use of pronouns, especially when referring to oneself and speaking in the first person, vary between gender, formality, dialect and region where Japanese is spoken. == Use and etymology == In contrast to present people and things...

Memor-X

@Gallifreyan yeh from my limited understanding they can but generally don't

Tonepoet

1:02 AM

@Gallifreyan Don't forget nice goat. =P

Gallifreyan

1:26 AM

^ deviantart.com/yuumei/art/Winter-Escape-Post-781553711

Sakamoto

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Q: Whats the song at the end of Tokyo Ghoul Re Season 2 Episode 1

Whats the song in Tokyo Ghoul RE season 2 episode 1 just before kaneki meets Hinami and says lets go. Starts at 21:23 when the sirens go off.

tokyo-ghoul

ahiijny

@Gallifreyan being Sakamoto is just suffering

Nakamura didn't know anything about how to raise a cat and was feeding him instant noodles

but now Hakase causes him a lot of grief as well

like that time she dragged him out for a walk with the collar leash

that looked super uncomfortable

instant karma tho

Sakamoto

1:52 AM

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Q: How did Trafalgar Law get to and leave Marineford?

My question is two-fold: How did Trafalgar Law and the other "Worst Generation" pirates get to Marineford? I thought you had to go through the tri-currents? Or is that the tri-currents are just a faster way but you can come any other way since Marineford is not in the calm belt? How did Trafal...

one-piece

Keale

2:06 AM

@Gallifreyan afaik in formal situations, most Japanese use watashi, but in everyday informal cases, they use the pronoun they want to

Memor-X

@ahiijny the white dog remind me of Excalibur

Keale

E.g., my bosses mostly use boku or ore

I for one mostly use watashi, but I really want to use ore sometime soon

Oh and yeah, I heard that if you are a foreigner and you use another pronoun besides watashi to refer to yourself, you're signalling to the listener your ability to speak in Japanese

Good morning btw :)

Memor-X

Nichijou - Trouble with Dogs

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soul eater excalibur eng dub 2

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dubbed Soul Eater isn't that bad

ahiijny

@Keale I am suddenly reminded of this video

But we're speaking Japanese!　日本語喋ってるんだけど

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Keale

2:36 AM

Hahahaha I remember that video. That probably happens in other places, but in my experience, whenever I ask something in Japanese (e.g. directions to certain places/inquiries about products), I get a response in Japanese as well. However when my friends attempt to do the same (ask in Japanese) they get responses in English.

Mysticial

Trivia: Without looking them up online. Which of these 4 pokemon cards are the most valuable? And why?

Keale

I assume that it's because of the way I speak in Japanese, my bosses have praised my pronunciation and intonation as natural-sounding in the past

Mysticial

They are all from the same set and have the same (ultra) rarity.

Keale

I'm pretty sure I picked this up from watching too much anime

Memor-X

@Mysticial those 4

Mysticial

2:43 AM

that's not an answer

lol

Memor-X

oh wait your asking which of those 4. i thought you was asking which are the 4 most valuable cards

the third one

Mysticial

So the Lisia?

Memor-X

@Mysticial yes

Mysticial

What's your reasoning?

Memor-X

@Mysticial aside from the fact that you can draw without discarding (or in the 2nd one's case, putting the cards at the bottom of the deck), the character on it is the cutest out of all of them

Mysticial

2:51 AM

Correct. And the 2nd reason you gave is the correct reason.

The playability of the card doesn't matter since the same cards exist in common and uncommon format.

So the value of modern hyper rare pokemon cards has partially devolved into waifu tax value.

When I read about it, I was like really? REALLY?!?!? FFS, reallllly?

Memor-X

@Mysticial it's probably like that for every card game

Keale

Oh wow seriously? I thought so as well, but I thought that was ridiculous so I didn't respond

Then again, my most expensive Yugioh card is Dark Magician Girl in her latest art so...

Memor-X

@Keale this one?

Mysticial

@Keale Same. So I started looking it up and reading around the different forums. No kidding, "waifu tax" is one of the larger factors for determining card value. And there are people who openly admit to "collecting female full art cards". ("full art" cards are the hyper rares here)

Keale

Ahh yeah. Got her for 6000 JPY :v

Roughly 55 USD hahaha

Well, can't blame them really.

If people openly whale for digital cards on gacha games, what's stopping them from paying a high price for physical cards

ahiijny

3:06 AM

I've read the Yu-Gi-Oh manga before but come to think of it I still don't actually know how to play any of these card games

Keale

Same haha. Though I would like to learn how to play MTG

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Mysticial

@Keale That's a lot. Is that an old card? Or just an "unusually expensive" still-in-print card? (I know nothing about Magic TCG.)

Keale

I think there are a lot of factors that played into that card's cost. It is an old card, a support card of the main character of the anime, and a waifu card too.

The fact that it is an old card with a new art probably played into the cost too

As well as probably there is a number of fans like me who had a 'crush' on that specific card while watching the anime

Mysticial

haha

Keale

Btw, that card is Dark Magician Girl. The anime's mc's signature card is Dark Magician

So yeah, it is a special card

So when I saw the price, I didn't really think that it was overly expensive

Mysticial

3:21 AM

Looks like there's NSFW versions of that card. lol

Keale

Hmm I guess that's rule 34 in play

Mysticial

rule 34?

Keale

Ohh sorry. Did I just say something I shouldn't have?

Mysticial

no, I'm confused

Oh, it's meme.

I didn't know that.

TIL

Keale

Well it was kind of a 'law' of the internet, and unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately?) it seems to hold true

Let's not delve into that topic anymore haha

Really makes you wonder though

Is there some sort of scientific paper discussing the economics of the Otaku market?

Mysticial

3:26 AM

Probably.

Keale

I've been thinking about this for a while now, but the Otaku market is so irrational

It's hard to predict its behavior

Mysticial

But pokemon was one of the last places I expected Anime waifu tropes to show up since it's more aimed at kids. But when I look at the modern TCG sets. They've clearly broken it up to target both markets.

All the cards are available in some for in the lower rarities. So that way its playable. Specifically chosen cards are then reprinted at the end of the set with much better art and ultra rarity. Those target the collectors.

Keale

Well you can't always trust the targeted audience solely being the audience

Mysticial

And unlike 20 years ago, these modern sets are much more difficult to "complete the set" because of how rare the rare cards are and how many of them there are total. And then you have external factors like "waifu tax" and the "charizard tax" driving up the price of specific cards.

Keale

Charizard Tax?? First time I've heard of that hahaha

Mysticial

3:33 AM

@Keale Yes, every single goddamn holographic Charizard or higher is inflated compared to other cards of the same rarity in the same set.

For like all the sets that have existed.

I'm not sure what the appeal of Charizard is. It's probably just a snowball effect of people hording them because it's more valuable.

Keale

Hahahaha the otaku market is really interesting

It's like, a product will have an exponentially higher profit if you put Nagato, Haruhi or Asahina's face on it than if it has Kyon's face

It doesn't really make any sense

Mysticial

The Charizard tax is higher than the waifu tax for pokemon TCG.

Keale

But for someone inside the fandom, it makes sense for me, but I can't explain it

It's probably the same with Charizard?

Probably nostalgia, or coolness factor. Or as you said, a snowball effect

Mysticial

coolness factor I'll buy. Charizard is definitely cool looking and some of the most complicated artwork.

But I can't imagine it being strong enough to drive a card from $10 to $150.

Keale

It's probably like the death of the dinosaurs. There's no one true cause :)

Probably a combination of a different factors

10 to 150 USD, that's a big jump!

15x? Definitely not the coolness factor alone

Mysticial

3:41 AM

I'm talking about this (still in print) card: beta.trollandtoad.com/pokemon/sun-moon-burning-shadows-singles/…

Similar cards in the same set of the same rarity are only like $10.

The playability factor should be minimal (not more than 2x) for the collector rarities since they exist in more common forms.

Sakamoto

6:22 AM

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Q: Is there a manhwa that's similar to Bj Alex?

Is there a manhwa that's similar to Bj Alex? looking for one that has a seme like Alex I already know about killing stalking. Is there any others?

manga-history

JNat

9:02 AM

Mornin'

Dimitri mx

Morning

Morwenn

9:45 AM

Morning ^^

Dimitri mx

Hows everyone doing today ^^?

Morwenn

10:02 AM

Pretty fine, solving random issues as usual

Dimitri mx

Sounds like fun

Proxy

just came back from a discussion with my manager...

told him that i may be leaving because i got another offer that is more in the direction of project management then pure development

because i kind of lost spark for just programming

and that i am looking for new challenges.

in the end he said he is happy that i am willing to change, that they have the same position for me available here

got a raise?

and he told me if i get a better offer from the other company that they will match it?

Dimitri mx

That sounds pretty intresting ;o

Morwenn

eh, looks like they want to keep you :p

Sakamoto

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Q: I cant remember

Can u please tell me the title of the yuri manga. I forgot about it. All i can remember is that there is a blonde guy that has a twin sister and the blonde guy dates a brown haired girl and since the guy is busy with business, whenever he goes to date, he lets his twin sister go on a date with th...

yuru-yuri

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Q: OST in season 2 of magi episode 7 around 2mins right after the opening?

This I've been searching for this song for a good hour or so, checked both seasons' OST and still left with no trace of this song existing on either of them :( . If someone could find this song that would be dope🙏🏾

magi

Memor-X

10:30 AM

@Sakamoto before anyone asks, no it doesn't ring any bells

though i have heard of What Does the Fox Say and that's actually a Manhwa

if it's a similar style i would think it's a yuri Manhwa

Proxy

12:05 PM

i do not know it is weird situation over all. I would like to try something new, but then again there are to many problems at the current place(i already complained) about them. On the other hand i am not sure if i want to be a "professional" programmer because i am currently burned out but maybe that has to do with the situation at work.

Memor-X

@Proxy hmmm, it does sound like you need a break from it

Proxy

ye, but maybe the company is the problem... i will have to think about it. Maybe if they agree to what i am asking i can try to remain here and then switch.

Gallifreyan

@Keale that explains why we exclusively learned watashi in our class

Memor-X

@Proxy well at the rate things are going either that, take the new job or maybe look for something low key and do programming on the side for yourself

Proxy

12:31 PM

yeah

did you get smash for switch @Memor-X?

Memor-X

@Proxy not yet

but i did pre-order this

and i also pre-ordered the limited editions of the first 2 games on PS4

Dimitri mx

that plush ;O

Proxy

i am planing on picking up tales of vesperia

Memor-X

@Proxy my copy came in the other day

Proxy

would be my first tales game but it looks it takes a long time to complete

have you played it?

Memor-X

12:35 PM

@Proxy it does. Tales of Symphonia took me over 40 hours and Tales of Legendia to be over 70

@Proxy not yet. i had brought it for the 360 and was going to play it after Xillia 2 but then the Definitive Edition was announced

it's still planned for after Xillia 2 but now the 360 has one less exclusive on it

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja and Naruto: The Broken Bond are the only ones left

Proxy

12:51 PM

besides ms exclusives the xbox was pretty meh. The only 2 interesting games from the original one for me were brute force and DoA 3

brute force had a dinosaur as playable character, i was 13 then :)

Memor-X

@Proxy yeh i remember playing it

Proxy

1:39 PM

was it any good? @Memor-X

Memor-X

@Proxy i enjoyed the story to it and i liked the missions were i was breaching facilitys. wasn't a fan of the lava world levels

Sakamoto

2:43 PM

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Q: What's Goku's and Vegeta's green aura in Dragon Ball Super Broly?

In Dragon Ball Super Broly both Goku and Vegeta displayed a green aura for a couple of seconds. Vegeta did it when he switched from super saiyan to super saiyan god, and Goku did it when he switched from super saiyan god to super saiyan blue (Goku also displayed a white mastered ultra instinct au...

dragon-ball-super dragon-ball-movies

Gallifreyan

6:50 PM

artstation.com/artwork/xzdQkW

How Not To Adapt A Movie

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^ basically a love letter to the original anime

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