There is never a balance between Light and Darkness...
Greetings. Just a regular fan of anime and video games. Trying to survive each day with huge backlogs on each.
Been a fan of anime since when I was a kid, but never actually fully committed to it as a hobby until late 2011 when I decided to make myself relax after long days of college lectures and assignments. So since then, I was fully committed to watch a lot of anime series/movies. Of course, for some little fun, I occasionally watch some anime shorts and music videos to boost the completion count!
I tend to watch anime from all kinds of genres...maybe not as much sports and horror themed though. I also tend to dig into anime shows that have a niche audience (discovered a lot of them since 2011). No point sticking with mainstream stuff when there are so much hidden gems out there that are more better then mainstream ones, which are sometimes overrated or over-hyped. This goes for video games as well.
My most favourite genre is slice of life (SoL), especially Iyashikei, which is my most favourite branch of the genre. For me, SoL is a very unique genre which is not really known to a lot of anime fans (in my region anyway), so it's great to actually watch something that hardly anyone watch. Other genres I like are Shounen, Action, Adventure and Comedy. These of course tend to overlap with each other.
Here are my top anime OP/ED songs
https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=739819
Here's how I rate anime shows:
10/10 - Truly a masterpiece. Everything is perfect - the OSTs, the storyline, the characters and the overall atmosphere. Obviously, if it's a SoL anime, I don't really care much about a storyline unless there is one. These shows can be re-watched in the future.
9/10 - So close! It just lacks a tiny bit that makes me mark it as a masterpiece, could be the conclusion of the story such as cliffhangers, or the development of the characters. OSTs could also be the reason. Some of these might be re-watched in the future.
8/10 - Overall it's a great anime. But, it just lacks certain parts in the story or character development that can drive the whole show to a close. Something just felt missing from the show and makes me wish it's there.
7/10 - Has a good promise of being a great show. But, a lot of times the storyline and/or the characters fall flat. Might have some development but never reached a max point.
6/10 - The edge of the cliff. Most parts of the anime is quite bad. Barely watchable at least. But I cannot make a higher score when the plot and characters are underdeveloped. The OSTs can be a hit or miss too.
5/10 - From here on out it's baaaad. Stupid characters, stupid dialogues, stupid behaviours, stupid plot and overuse of certain tropes.
4/10 - Oh man...I'll literally struggle to finish the show, unless it's a short or a music video which are somehow listed on MAL. Everything is just bad, not even one thing I can think of is good. Maybe a bit of OSTs might save it but...not really on the overall scale.
3/10 - I literally just gonna go "BOOOO!!!" at this point.
2/10 - Pretty sure I'll drop the show at this point.
1/10 - "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........." - famous quote by Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants.
My top 10 video games
I enjoy both Asian and Western games. The list is a mix of mainstream and hidden gems. I played more hidden gems than mainstream I think.
Honourable mentions - updated 21/04/2024 (some games are on equal scale, so I kinda cheated by putting them into one single rank):
11. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
12. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
13. Soulcalibur II + III
14. Assassin's Creed I + AC II + AC Brotherhood + AC Revelations
15. Gravity Rush 1 + 2
17. Tekken 5 + 8
18. Uncharted 1,2 and 4
19. Halo: Combat Evolved + Halo: Reach
20. Diablo II + Expansion: Lord of Destruction
Statistics
All Anime Stats Anime Stats
- Watching43
- Completed848
- On-Hold24
- Dropped6
- Plan to Watch374
- Total Entries1,295
- Rewatched5
- Episodes6,954
All Comments (9890) Comments
How about you? All I hear from you is about your laptop being stolen lmao. How about more details?
True, if only you had the options for the shapes the portrait ones could've been turned to circles. But nevertheless they look still fine. This was mine when I tried it in the first place lol
Speaking of Patrick:
Yeah I agree haha. I didn't want it myself when I first learned of it in 2014 however in Dec 2022 it became available for gifting and I had a friend over here give it to me as a gift lol. I then proceeded to receive three more. Damn what a year lol
Yeah, that was referencing the song Mirai Ticket from Love Live Sunshine. Right now I'm using a Kamen Rider Decade one. The next one could be a Yugioh one lol
Well, that's true but I am also a heavy stress eater. I got diagnosed with hypertension about a few months ago as a result of it. But I've been doing this as far as I remember. I also had gout in 2018. I don't have other shit to run to. But thanks to Andrew Tate, as toxic as he is I am considering working out as the new thing I'll grind when I am pissed or have time to waste
Is it China? It's always China lmao
Damn, why couldn't they have just gotten a magical pooping unicorn?
Communication literally is key I guess. But if that's culture then that can and does probably get toxic
Yeah, including that aku user right? Last time I saw Lyfa on your wall she was essentially saying life sucks idk
Yeah, it does mate. Nice to see you went about the same format. Rating explanations really are the staple of MAL. Perhaps I should get into those in the future too lol. You could try supporter for just one month if you're curious in taking it for a spin lol
Mine works essentially the same way except I don't really spend it on games, I spend it more on food, among other things lol. That's true, similarly to online selling, gambling also is more prevalent over there including the dark web *shivers*
I didn't even watch it that far to see that infants were included, wow that's really scary lol. But I can relate with your case about the dad being a wuss, I might as well say my dad is his own Will Smith
I did a few comments ago, reading your comment section, but it seems that was the first time I sent you the link. Did you like the new addition or what? Oh you're working on a large, detailed one huh. Well, let me show you one that a friend of mine made so you can get some ideas
LMAO I never realized that was what 365 stood for hahaha. The company I work for has a safer gambling department which literally prevents this behavior lol. Well, then what do you talk about with other people in those situations then?
I don't know the exact place but you can look it up, I swear it's true lmao. Here's some samples
Pretty sure I told you how it works back then, here you go: https://mxj.myanimelist.net/about-me/?utm_source=MAL&utm_medium=profile_link_about-me No need to use PS or anything like that, you literally just upload and pick and choose things lol. Then get creative from there
Ah Paddypower, I've heard of that, and Bet365 too lol. To be honest I think that's just how it goes when you get older, nothing to talk about but the news, sports, weather and if the younguns are making more younguns lmao. I'd like to say I'll try to be different but no one escapes from Hell lmao
Yep, I can understand rental girlfriends but when I learned that you can now rent people to pretend to be friends and family, I died inside yet again
LMAO
Nah, it's the mal modern layout man. Try it out for yourself. Pretty sure we already talked about it when I had the Nagi no Asu Kara theme
Hehe, typical Brits. I actually work for the company that runs Coral and Ladbrokes and damn you have no idea how hard I agree to that. Gambling addicts and their ruined lives lmao
The phone thing is not a brit thing though. It's just an effect of the smartphone apocalypse lol. Speaking of which, how were you guys when ye olde queen died?
Let me share this joke lmao: https://youtu.be/EyL2eeTPRNo?t=247
Even if it's not that grand, I don't mind if they start small
I think it's caused by the shorts / tiktok war. People have shorter attention spans these days too
To be fair there wasn't really much of a story. I wish it took the same route that Wagnaria did, where it became somewhat serious midway
Me too, and youtube. I haven't seen much lately
The manga apparently already ended. Do you still read anything?
Yes, but I mainly still used light mode since I am used to it.
Ika musume should be MAL's poster girl. She even has a dark mode
Then I alternate it with the modern layout.. Are you aware of this change on the site? Did you already know that we have dark mode now? Heck the bbcode editor table for comments is probably the most amazing change done so far lul
but that wasn't what I meant. I meant to say that on top of my christmas greeting there was 2-3 essay long comments, I forgot if they were from Lyfa or something
Either that person deleted their comments/account (or you did and forgot) or I confused this with someone else's comment section lol
Just here to also wish you advanced Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :)
Hope you can celebrate and have a good time!
Unfortunatly I got covid today so my families' and my plans are all falling through this year ;_;
I'll take a look at the things you sent me once I feel better, I've known about Touhou but never really looked into it, so I'm curious :)
Ahh that sucks man! But you'll get there. That's actually what I've done recently! Moved out with my partner and got our own place! Just getting our shit together and becoming adults. It's really good to hear from you again!