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F4x-3lwx0aa0tcu31
joined Apr 20, 2013

Yuriloveisbestlove posted:

Aww, these two were especially adorable this chapter. I'm really hoping for a happy ending for them, but then I remember who the author is and.......

Hey, those potatoes are happy even in their "Afterlife" as you can see very well here.

last edited at Jun 29, 2020 5:36PM

Akarin%20idk
joined Jan 2, 2017

I had kinda written off the "simulation" part of the title as an "English is cool" kinda thing, even with the dreamworld stuff and whatnot, but if tkmiz is just up and referencing the "Truman Show", I'm beginning to change my mind.

last edited at Jun 30, 2020 12:22AM

Heavy%20cruiser%20160
joined Apr 27, 2013

Huh, that was a surprisingly normal chapter. Kinda worrying if that's foreshadowing, though

Megumiakipfp%20zoom
joined May 1, 2019

The Neighboring Town™

Reimu-pet-cirno
joined May 17, 2013

I always thought the simulation was the one town and the one town only. Its embiggening changes everything.

Untitled
joined May 2, 2018

I had shimeji for the first time today, in a noodle soup. Not bad.

Subaru
joined Jul 31, 2019

topological musings eh

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joined Jul 19, 2018

That hole digging metaphor has become quite deep.

Ykn1
joined Dec 20, 2018

"Shimeji-chan's the only one who can make me feel good now..." - let's face it, she knows exactly what she's implying there. :D

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Avatar_kyouko_new
joined Jul 23, 2017

topological musings eh

"A hairy donut, on the other hand, is is quite easily combable."

Things I did not expect to have to think about while reading manga. But that's tkmiz for us I guess.

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joined Feb 17, 2019

God is comming on the next chapter, right? I want to see God and Shimeji's sister together-

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joined May 8, 2017

topological musings eh

Little things like this just remind me why I love this manga so much.

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joined Dec 31, 2018

I'm interested in whatever going on in Tkmiz's brain right now.

Sachifaceagain%20(2)
joined Jun 29, 2020

The longer this series go on, the more I feel like it's some big puzzle that's impossible to solve. Like, it's been absurd from the start, but it keeps adding layers to its absurdity and giving it a sense of internal logic.

Does this mean there isn't a new full chapter this month?

4esenuaj_400x400
joined Sep 16, 2014

I couldn't relate harder to that final line in the narration.

Avarta
joined Sep 11, 2016

I think the main point of this story is not to understand it at all. You just enjoy the ride and the fun it brought.

Untitled
joined May 2, 2018

Feels like "End of part 1".

joined Aug 21, 2017

I really enjoy the surreality of this manga. It reminds me a little of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

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joined Aug 23, 2019

Shimeji chan really likes fish.. Cute..

Eldmbwaw4amteza
joined Nov 22, 2019

This reminds me a bit of Junji Ito.

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joined Oct 28, 2016

One man's invention is another man's unemployment. Condolemces to sensei.

The longer this series go on, the more I feel like it's some big puzzle that's impossible to solve. Like, it's been absurd from the start, but it keeps adding layers to its absurdity and giving it a sense of internal logic.

That's true! I noticed it as well. I've been trying to tie up common themes into perhaps understanding even just a bit of it. But rn I'm still all over the place (plus naming the interactions would definitely change the feel of the story)

Ykn1
joined Dec 20, 2018

Ah, the flounder generator. A new and upgraded version of the cat and bread one.

Avatar
joined Nov 21, 2016

Fugging awesome

Tragedian%202
joined Oct 1, 2020

Oh, Tsukimizu. I love how their metaphors are so hilariously on the nose that they circle back into being esoteric and abstract. Reminds me of Utena and the iconic crimson sexmobile. The town's pretty interesting- at first glance, it seems like a heaven where thoughts influence reality, on second thought, it seems like a hell where your subconscious engineers endless new ordeals, and a third try makes you wonder if it's just purgatory for those that couldn't get anything of value done and wonder what the point of it all is. In the end, you realize that it's all of these things and also none of them, so very abstract and personal and bizarre and incomprehensible that the sum total of all the weirdos cancels out individual absurdity. And so, we loop back to inhabiting an obscure, sleepy local town, as large or small as the distance you're willing to walk to grab the groceries while debating Schopenhauer with your girlfriend.

last edited at Nov 29, 2020 9:24AM

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joined Nov 15, 2017

"You can't just dig a hole into the surface of the Earth!"

"Understood, plotting a course for Mars."

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