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by darrin
Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:41 pm
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1594] a side of you I haven't seen before
Replies: 45
Views: 280721

Re: [1594] a side of you I haven't seen before

Typo in panel two: "This should be an interesting."

Other than that, this is fun. I really like where(ever) this is going. :D
by darrin
Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:31 pm
Forum: Fan Works
Topic: [rescript] Captain Button lives! Sorta.
Replies: 4
Views: 13396

Re: [rescript] Captain Button lives! Sorta.

For whatever it is worth, I am alive and well Wa-hey, awesome! Great to hear from you again. and have copies of all my rescripts still, and some of other peoples', including some of the rescript round robin thingies. Mine are still on the justly despised photobucket, as I never got around to moving...
by darrin
Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: Anime & Manga
Topic: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?
Replies: 41
Views: 69395

Re: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?

Yl33 D4 N00b wrote:
Wed Apr 21, 2021 10:54 pm
I'm surprised you've never heard of that show, Darrin.
I've admitted before that I tend to be out of touch / behind the times on a lot of stuff, and come across event the good ones only haphazardly. :D
Having kept up with the manga
Ooh excellent point, I should go look for that. Thanks!
by darrin
Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: Anime & Manga
Topic: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?
Replies: 41
Views: 69395

Re: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?

I have been clicking on random things in Netfilx lately, often without bothering to even read the blurb first. The result is occasionally a bit disappointing, usually okay... and sometimes shockingly good. "March Comes in Like a Lion" was in the last category. Not at all what I was expecting, and th...
by darrin
Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:52 am
Forum: Anime & Manga
Topic: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?
Replies: 41
Views: 69395

Re: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?

Hi, Darrin! Didya know that there was an anime of Hitoribocchi that aired two years ago? Have not seen it(or Colors either, for that matter). I did not know that, thanks. I remember taking a brief look at the colors anime when it was mentioned here, and agreeing with the general assessment here tha...
by darrin
Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: Anime & Manga
Topic: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?
Replies: 41
Views: 69395

Re: What are you watching/reading Q2 2021?

I have been reading something called Hitoribocchi that I stumbled across recently. The first couple chapters I was like, hmm, the humor bears a little resemblance to Mitsuboshi Colors (but with middle school instead of elementary kids). Then at chapter 10 a new character (actually 2, twins :D) was i...
by darrin
Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:42 pm
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: "Monster" - Implications with MG plotlines and Megumi
Replies: 21
Views: 64164

Re: "Monster" - Implications with MG plotlines and Megumi

Since this presents itself as an opportunity for deep geekery into words this video concerning the etymology of the word monster can be fun https://youtu.be/swuoSZXQTac One takeaway is that the appearance of a monster was a premonition of disaster. A bad omen if you will Given the setting, it might...
by darrin
Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:46 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1592] I just didn't know
Replies: 25
Views: 76839

Re: [1592] I just didn't know

Rapierman wrote:
Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:30 pm
1. Getting real personal there, Megumi. Are you sure it's your business to ask?
Megumi's invested a great deal in this project. As a principal shareholder, it's not unreasonable for her to expect a report from her executives at this point.
by darrin
Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:24 pm
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1592] I just didn't know
Replies: 25
Views: 76839

Re: [1592] I just didn't know

Megumi shows care for her friend That was my first thought seeing this in patreon last night. I am loving Megumi here; her whole world has been shattered, but she still pulls it together enough to find out how her friends are doing. She may express it a bit crudely, and one could argue forever MT-f...
by darrin
Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:31 pm
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1588] things left behind
Replies: 79
Views: 324761

Re: [1588] things left behind

"without commitment" is exactly that; Piro and Kimiko aren't married, aren't engaged, and as far as I know neither of them has actually said to the other, "Hey, I'm going to stick around as long as you want me and do my best to help you." "False dichotomy" is another phrase I deliberately avoided f...
by darrin
Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:07 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1588] things left behind
Replies: 79
Views: 324761

Re: [1588] things left behind

MegaTokyo...updated monthly! Do you ever post about anything besides complaining about lack of updates? SOMEBODY has to! Would you rather I point out that the Kickstarter page hasn't been updated since July 16, 2017? 1587 comics in 245 months is six and a half per month (a bit better than "weekly")...
by darrin
Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:52 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1588] things left behind
Replies: 79
Views: 324761

Re: [1588] things left behind

I will see your Chekhov's Gun and raise you an Occam's Razor. Ray, I submit that this should be worth one drink for the MT Drinking Game: Every time Occam's Razor is mentioned. (It's a cheat, even if it's true.) How the hell is it more of a "cheat" than the Chekhov's Gun schtick? Either it's two dr...
by darrin
Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:36 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1588] things left behind
Replies: 79
Views: 324761

Re: [1588] things left behind

I'd agree if that 1151 wasn't imo about earning more money for the plane ticket... Yet Kimi heard what she wanted... And I'm a bit afraid this may be another Chekhov's gun... Except "tickets" haven't been mentioned since eight chapters ago , and the only "expense" in the 1151 conversation that Piro...
by darrin
Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1588] things left behind
Replies: 79
Views: 324761

Re: [1588] things left behind

sex without commitment? That just does not match with my read on Piro. Where are you getting that "without commitment" is part of Piro's mindset or plans regarding Kimiko? Pretty much everything non-trivial in the comic that's happened to Piro or been done by Piro, ranging from the benign to the ca...
by darrin
Fri Dec 04, 2020 10:24 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1588] things left behind
Replies: 79
Views: 324761

Re: [1588] things left behind

I love the Mordor-phone in panel 1. "Thank you for calling the Barad-dur Operations Center. Please listen carefully as our menu options have recently changed. Satig ASH, daggog zi ta-folun. To continue in Westron, please press TWO." I will no doubt take a lot of the-floor-is-lava level hear for this...
by darrin
Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:58 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1587] problem multiplication
Replies: 45
Views: 112740

Re: [1587] problem multiplication

This being P+N, the most absurd possibility is the most likely. MegaTokyo -- the only statistical environment in which antimodes are more important than the modes. Of course (as any of TPCD's number crunchers will tell you) recursion can rapidly ruin any attempted analysis: if a particular outcome ...
by darrin
Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:24 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: Higher res old pages?
Replies: 21
Views: 46723

Re: Higher res old pages?

Liminaut wrote:
Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:50 pm
She did this because she destroyed the original MT. [...] Don't let her find out that we know; she'll make everything go away.
The foxgirl version of "It's a Good Life"... :shock:
by darrin
Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:37 am
Forum: Anime & Manga
Topic: What are you watching/reading Q4 2020?
Replies: 26
Views: 46013

Re: What are you watching/reading Q4 2020?

Yl33 D4 N00b wrote:
Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:27 am
Did you know they made a live action of it?
I did not, will have to look for that, thanks.
by darrin
Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:05 am
Forum: Anime & Manga
Topic: What are you watching/reading Q4 2020?
Replies: 26
Views: 46013

Re: What are you watching/reading Q4 2020?

I am also finding "Boku no kokoro no yabai yatsu" (The Dangers of My Heart) ridiculously cute, but it might be more sugary-sweet than some prefer. :D
by darrin
Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:19 am
Forum: Anime & Manga
Topic: What are you watching/reading Q4 2020?
Replies: 26
Views: 46013

Re: What are you watching/reading Q4 2020?

My Broken Mariko Wow, that was good, thanks for pointing that out. On a lighter note, I keep coming back to "The Clueless Transfer Student is Assertive". Kind of a Kimi ni Todoke with elementary school kids, but with the dial cranked a lot more toward comedy than drama. (Not _all_ the way mind you,...
by darrin
Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:16 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption
Replies: 58
Views: 227579

Re: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption

In Japan, it is quite common for children to call any unrelated middle aged person "aunt" or "uncle", and any elderly person "grandmother" or "grandfather". I suspected as much (from manga/anime scenes, albeit in English translation :D), and indeed had that in mind when I wrote that; thanks for con...
by darrin
Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:27 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption
Replies: 58
Views: 227579

Re: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption

I enjoy watching people use conventional knowledge about genetics and familial lineages [...] to try and figure out where Megumi fits within the hierarchy of the Kitsune family I'm not doing anything of the sort. The only observation I've made is that Megumi calls Grandma "Grandma", and Ashe "cousi...
by darrin
Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:00 pm
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption
Replies: 58
Views: 227579

Re: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption

But wasn't she running around with Ashe? I'm confused now 😅 I certainly won't claim to not be confused by the details of the relationships. To the best of my abilities to seek aid from search ninja, those details have yet to be revealed, and I'm pretty sure that's deliberate on Fred's part. When Me...
by darrin
Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:49 pm
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption
Replies: 58
Views: 227579

Re: [1586] Chapter 13 - Redemption

I am increasing my bet that "Megumi didn't know she was a foxgirl, let alone nine-tailed" from 15 Bayesian units, to a million.
by darrin
Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:42 am
Forum: Story Discussion
Topic: [1580] with love
Replies: 55
Views: 291529

Re: [1580] with love

Megumi is one of the oldest characters in the strip having been introduced around #32 shortly after we met Erika and Kimiko You remind me that when I was active in the old forums (2006-2009 or so) the sentiment was occasionally expressed that Piro was "lucky" to have someone like Kimiko, that she w...