@Bugpope You'd be surprised. I've never heard of a lesbian or gay couple having that issue (probably due to being more uncommon than heterosexual couples combined with them more frequently keeping their romantic life private) but I've heard numerous stories of heterosexual couples having no idea how to do it. In several of those stories both individuals had been married for several years and were confused about how they hadn't had a child yet. It sounds ridiculous but people are ridiculous.

YuriIsLife1998 posted:

I'll be fine with Chidori telling she didn't mind if Mai confess to Nanoha because she trust Nanoha or someone else telling Mai to confess to Nanoha but I don't think it has to be Chidori to tell Mai to confess to Nanoha because you just DON'T tell someone to confess to your girlfriend no matter how much you trust your girlfriend. Love is selfish and somewhat possessive if not entirely possessive...

You're overlooking something here. Telling Mai to just confess her feelings can be seen as possessive itself. Chidori made it clear that she doesn't like the thought of someone else being in love with Nanoha. What better way to solve that than to force that person's feelings to have some amount of closure so they have no choice but to move on? (Though I don't think this interpretation is actually the case here. It's just a valid interpretation that counters your claims.)

And as others have repeatedly pointed out, Chidori understood that Mai wouldn't be able to properly move on without getting some closure for her feelings for Nanoha. So her actions are born from empathy from Mai's situation.

You seem to be trying to force the situation to adhere to your personal viewpoint which is why everyone's disagreeing with you. Your viewpoint doesn't agree with the actual facts of the situation.

Several people on Mangadex somehow think that punching your fiance in the face doesn't make you a piece of shit. I really hope those people never get girlfriends. (Or boyfriends if that's their thing.)

raeminyr posted:

"i have...a trauma"
"so do i tazune. a blunt force trauma, from where you hit me. B tch"

Yeah.

Beautiful closure. Altugh I'd still wanna hi-five Tazune's face with my fist.

Baseball bat would be a better option. You're likely to injure yourself punching someone that dumb in the head.

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Am I just misremembering or does Shimamura come across as like 10x denser than she did in the other version of the manga?

drhelsing posted:

Every other part of what you're saying is not, however. It's much closer to a recipe for destroying someone's self-confidence instead. I dunno how much you know about psychology (not much I'd wager judging by what you've said here) but it's a known fact that positive reinforcement is FAR more successful at helping someone improve than just shitting all over their efforts.

All that you said won't change that feels DO NOT overcome facts, NEVER. And it's better to destroy their self-confidence than to give them hope which is far more cruel.

...Lol? I really hope this is a joke because if not then WOW. Let's completely destroy someone's self-esteem because to do otherwise is somehow crueler??? How do you not see the flaw here? You do realize that the sort of damage to someone's self-esteem we're talking about here is the kind that tends to make people extremely withdrawn and depressed, right? If you destroy someone's sense of self-worth then you're just condemning them to a life of misery and unhappiness. How is that less cruel than not being a total asshole to them for no reason other than your so-called "facts"? In addition you can go about criticizing someone's work, such as the actual subject of this discussion in the first place, without being a harsh and blunt jerk about it. It's called constructive criticism. And it's far more effective than being a jerk.

drhelsing posted:

Who hurt you so badly that you feel the need to do this? I sure hope you don't have any sort of influence on any children. Imagine if they were told something so soul-crushing and unnecessary by someone who is clearly broken.

Children need to be taught the harness of reality or else they'll go running into a wall over and over. That's life.

You have no idea what you're talking about. It's important that children don't get funny ideas about how reality actually is, yes. That part is reasonable. Every other part of what you're saying is not, however. It's much closer to a recipe for destroying someone's self-confidence instead. I dunno how much you know about psychology (not much I'd wager judging by what you've said here) but it's a known fact that positive reinforcement is FAR more successful at helping someone improve than just shitting all over their efforts.

purin posted:

You people really into this super original story but only complain about the boob??? Okay!

Hope there will be more fanservice next!

The fan service is exactly the problem for a lot of people. It actively detracts from the story.

Nevri posted:

Honestly, considering the amount of people who still misses "What's that manga called" thread, I'd say just put everything into 1 universal thread as you suggested. People who look for those first, will find those threads there anyway, and people who're going to miss them, will still miss them whatever they're sticky threads or not.

The fact so many people don't see that thread is honestly kinda baffling. It's normally one of the top three stickied threads which means it's right under the "create thread" button. It's not exactly easy to miss, lol.

Combining them all into a single thread with the occasional relevant news/update thread such as the 2020 Featured Chapter suggestions thread would probably make it more difficult to miss though. Might also be advisable to find a different icon to use for stickied threads. The current one seems a bit too minimalistic when it should stand out more.

Speaking of suggestions though, I have a bit of a suggestion regarding stickied threads. There's really quite a lot (11 currently) and this one seems like it'd be useful as a stickied or otherwise easily accessible thread as well. It's getting kinda cluttered with this amount. My suggestion is to create one general Dynasty resources thread and link most of them there instead. Some such as this thread, the rules, What's that manga called?, and the post formatting thread should probably be left as stickies but the rest could probably be linked in a general thread instead with a description of their purpose and then unstickied.

Serenata posted:

Holy shit, if these ants bite people, they turn into vampires too??? HOLY SHIT

Has it been verified in the story that vampire bites are what turn people? The way Aria acted it seems like it's instead the trope of to become a vampire you must drink a vampire's blood. Which is exactly how those ants appear to have become vampires anyways.

MarqFJA87 posted:

1. Have the quote button automatically create a link to the quoted posted and including the poster's name, a la this post (which I assume was manually done).

Check out the Dynasty Userscripts thread. Nevri's post having a link is due to my Dynasty Thingifier userscript. (In fact it's the original purpose of the Thingifier.) If you browse on desktop Chrome/Firefox or use Firefox mobile you can install an addon such as Tampermonkey and use the script.

Jelbel posted:

Ehh, in this case it's less national stereotype and more like Superman/Captain America expy,

Americans being assholes is definitely a stereotype though. (Also being fat and dumb but I don't think obesity is really a concern for heroes who physically transform and he seems reasonably intelligent.) One which he seems to rather fit here in comparison to Superman or Captain America.

OrangePekoe posted:

Changing the site into a progressive web app would be a huge undertaking. It'd require the site's devs to recode how basically every single page even works.

Hi, Alice. Unrelated, but would you mind e-mailing me, hopping onto our Discord, or dm'ing me on Discord @ Orange Pekoe#0863? No rush or commitment, just wanted to chat with you about something! Thanks.

Oh, whoops. Meant to reply to this but it seems I got distracted. I sent you an email.

MacySan posted:

Before getting so angry maybe bother checking your reading skills next time. I literally just said in my latest post that I don't mean she shouldn't get help. You don't sound like you want to exchange opinions, you sound like you're just want to lash out.

Gosh this thread is toxic.

I'm not angry but good job assuming, lol. And regardless of your specifying that, literally everything else you have said has backed up that perception. So uh... Good job communicating what you meant there I guess.

And if the thread seems toxic it's because you're being so insufferable and seemingly completely lacking in self awareness. Usually in a situation like this where literally nobody is backing you up while you've got a bunch of people all opposing you, chances are it's you and not them. You should step back and reexamine how you've handled all of this because it reflects quite poorly on you, and replies such as this one only further that viewpoint.

MacySan posted:

I explained above. The fact that someone is depressed doesn't give them a free pass on their actions either. Her actions are understandable to a certain degree, but what I don't excuse is someone trying to do bad to others who are not in fault of their situation. If she acted like that towards her step mom for example I'd get it. But she is lashing on people who are not at fault here and are trying to help her.
This conversation can go on cycles and we can keep on repeating the same thing with different words, because there is no objectively right in this situation and everyone sets the line on a different level. But it's not about not showing empathy. Almost everyone has their reasons of faulting others, does that mean they have the right to do so?

I just find how she treats Sakura pretty distasteful, because Sakura had nothing to do with her unfortunate situation.

You're very badly missing the point. Empathy is indeed the root of peoples' problem with your criticism of Ashima. As random pointed out understanding Ashima's actions is very basic human psychology. Your biggest criticism of Ashima is her pushing away those who are trying to help her but as has been repeatedly explained to you, this is completely normal behavior for someone in her situation. And that's not even addressing the point she's a hormone-addled teenage girl so the issue is going to be amplified.

You're using her behavior as justification for your view that nobody should bother helping her. That view is explicitly a lack of empathy. And your constant refusing to understand the situation when it's explained to you in a straightforward manner elevates your lack of empathy to spouting off on a subject you clearly do not understand only aggravating the situation more.

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MacySan posted:

Ashima is a little shit. I understand her situation is tough but she also doesn't want to help herself and just passive aggressively wants to drag Sakura down too.

It's pretty standard behavior in a fucked up situation like Ashima's. And you really can't expect her to be making mature decisions because she's, y'know, in freaking middle school or so. When people are so continuously mistreated by everyone around them, it becomes natural for them to shut out those who are trying to help them as well. It's a defense mechanism even though it can make things worse.

Try to think of this from Ashima's point of view. She hasn't done anything wrong yet her own family completely shuns her, with the exception of Sakura, and the other people in town clearly look down on her as well with the exception of Rin. She's clearly going to have mixed feelings about Sakura since Sakura is in the exact situation Ashima herself should be in. But through no effort of their own, their situations are completely different. Ashima's situation is her father and stepmother treating her as if she's a burden at best and making it clear they couldn't give two shits about her. Sakura's situation is that she's well loved by her family and treated quite well. It's common for siblings to get frustrated about perceived favoritism under normal circumstances and end up lashing out at the sibling in some way. In this situation it's not even perceived favoritism, it's been communicated quite clearly what the parents think of Ashima despite the fact she's done literally nothing wrong.

Complaining about her not wanting to help herself and trying to drag Sakura down is like trying to tell someone suffering from depression that they wouldn't be depressed if they didn't actually want to be depressed or getting mad at them for acting up towards someone who can't fully comprehend their situation. And that's latter point is especially valid here. Despite seeing Ashima's situation firsthand, Sakura cannot truly understand what her sister is going through. By all accounts she's have a very good life herself with little in the way of suffering or anything actually resembling it.

People should really try to be more empathetic here.

verdare posted:

I would also like dark mode. On a separate note: Can the site be made into a PWA (progressive web app), like MangaDex is? I mainly use it on mobile.

Changing the site into a progressive web app would be a huge undertaking. It'd require the site's devs to recode how basically every single page even works.

majere posted:

I'll be honest if Izumi made a full commitment on trying to make Nanaki fall in love with her, I would be behind her all the way at this point.

God, I would love a story that just pivoted the assumed end pairing around a love triangle midway through that could be really interesting to see.

It's het and obviously a spoiler but you should give this a read.

Lilliwyt posted:

or all of Haruki's actions are justified because she's a small little kid

Which is mostly true no ? She is a jealous teen with raging hormons and no experience. If you'd think she will act maturely, you pick the wrong manga. Everyone is fucked up in its own way. But you can't wait the same maturity from a teenager in the closet with boiling hormons and from a grown-up adult teacher. But anyway, i already said it but i don't forsee any scenario where Haruki has the slightly chance, unless Sei keep the substitute play going on. I think the only reason the relation between Sei and Aya is off to me is because Aya is just treated as a substitute for the moiment.

Understandable and justified are two completely separate concepts. Haruki's actions are understandable because she's a ball of hormone-addled jealousy. She is not justified in anything she has done so far, however. She's just as awful for her actions as Sei is for her own.

random posted:

so since the kaiju are human, doesn't that just mean they are going to keep fighting till everyone is dead? and wouldn't that also mean when a kaiju kills one of them someone on their side also dies? calling it now the kaiju are the good guys

It's explicitly stated only some people share an astral body with someone in the "other world" (though how the Organisation knows/has inferred this is not touched upon) - if everyone did then their invasion methodology would be pretty amazingly callous, since from what we've seen it basically amounts to (attempted) unleashing of living engines of indiscriminate mayhem into densely populated areas.

The obvious corollary of which is that should it be successful metric fucktons of their own people (potentially including members of such leadership as there exists) would promptly drop dead as the Kaiju goes Godzilla on a city...

According to the explanation given in this chapter, I don't think that'd be the case. It sounds like someone dying in either world doesn't affect the other one but one of them dying inside the wall affects the other one due to proximity. So a kaijuu getting through might slaughter a ton of people here but wouldn't affect those in their own world. And Haruka dying inside the wall should mean that her alternate in the other world, if it existed, is also dead.

Ke_Zukulenzia posted:

Who the hell is Sayaka?

She's Madoka's best friend in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Read Bloom Into You if you haven't already. That'll answer your question.

Cryssoberyl posted:

Thank you for clarifying that you're also an apologist for thinly veiled misogynist/toxically masculine wish-fulfillment, Lilliwyt. I don't doubt you're looking forward to Redo of Healer as well.

I've never seen that one. (Which is a good thing I haven't?)

This will tell you all that you need to know. (Don't miss my comment at the bottom.)

Rather off-topic at this point but thanks for linking this article. The concept of Rise of the Shield Hero had actually sounded interesting to me so I was planning on watching it at some point thinking it might not turn out to be total trash unlike the rest of the recent flood of isekai garbage. Turns out that it's just as bad as the rest though. Twelve Kingdoms was already on my to-watch list too though so nothing new added there, unfortunately.

BugDevil posted:

Hm... don't like this kind of blessing one bit. It's only marginally better than hypnotism. What saved this story is that Blanchett is strong willed enough to resist the blessing and still serve her own interests as well. Instead of giving MC just what she wants, she learns to be happy with compromises. It's at least somewhat honest about the entire thing.

Why are people assuming that the blessing will bend people to the protagonist's desire rather than the blessing just meaning that the protagonist will be dumped into the location they're most likely to meet those who are compatible with them? That combined with the fact that a blessing is considered favorable by the people themselves doesn't do anything at all to violate someone's free will.

Time posted:

I would say about of 99% teens do not cry if you just look at them I say this by personal experience and going to school with them everyday. When I say unrealistic I just think the characters are speaking like they’re not even real people.

Obviously that example was on the more extreme end of the spectrum but it was just an example anyways. The point was that people complaining about them being overly emotional are really off-base. Teens of any gender are highly emotional in general and girls are typically more emotional than boys, at least in the west due to the cultural norm of guys having to be stoic.

Time posted:

I think comparing teenage girls and boys is not the right comparison to make because we are not the same lol. I’m a teenage girl and reading this felt so strange because it just didn’t seem like two real people interacting with each other. It seemed to be drawn deliberately to make things over the top. Now this is just my opinion of course but just my two cents.

There's a rather wide variety in how emotional teenage girls can get. My sister, for example, was so emotional when she was in the 12-15 year old range that you could make her burst into tears just by looking at her shortly after she got up. This chapter might be a bit overly emotional but it's far from unrealistic.