Peter Cushing takes well to mangafication.

The master race.

It's Kill la Kill, be warned.

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Did somevun say loli master race?

(Warning: Very tasteless. And also Kantai Collection.)

I finally got a chance to watch Your Name at the cinema. This movie really deserves its praise. The plot, the visuals, the soundtrack.

Taisa Sandasu


Jaku in Bokusu


And apparently sexy Hamburglar.


...One of you is going to develop a clown kink, aren't you? I mean, I'll admit, that's a pretty clown. So, sexy Hamburglar and sexy Ronald. I'm thinking the artist has a thing for McDonald's in general.


I sense something distinctly Benio-ish about Wendy-chan... and it's not just her hair color.


Oh no, she's evil.

Yes, we get actual crossover tales in these illustrations. Poor Ronald. His love is unrequited. He can serve billions and billions, but the one thing he can't serve are Wendy's needs.

...Damn.

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Wendy's would probably have a very biting sense of humor. So, maybe delinquent/snarker girl combo? Yikes.

Westaboos have joined our suteki patii.

Haha is this real

Cause it isn't. Nobody in Japan owns a colt M1911

Definitely not. But Goooooooooooooooooooood if only it was true.

Why does Re:Creators have such good opening themes.

I'm going to watch Teekyuu. It's about tennis and it's really short. What could go wrong?

Pantsu and jiggle animations?

EDIT: Oh, apparently today is the birthday of Yachiyo/Darjeeling's VA. Eri Kitamura is 30.

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She has way too much makeup for me to determine whether she has aged well or not. I need to see her hands first.

Don't lewd the Sippyboat.

wut

Why is this vote a thing...

We should do an audiostream where we watch Yuri kuma arashi together, Moff

I know what yuri is...


And this is Kuma...


And that's Arashi... and Popeychops is going to have to go to jail.

Lesbian Bear Storm is an Ikuhara anime. And yes, it's as bad as it sounds.

But... but bears are yaoi. Lesbians are butch, chapstick, and lipstick.

Anyone played Persona 5?

Moff we are definitely doing a watchalong stream

Ara. Ara, ara... KanColle Movie. Shit. Now I'm really looking forward to Season Two. DAMN YOU BOATS, WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH HOLD ON ME?

Speaking of... our favorite busty blonde boat has been absent for some time.

EDIT: Oh my God this is adorable.

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IT IS TIME

PREVIOUSLY
ON BOATTLESTAR GALACTICA

This is Fubuki.


Fubuki is a boat. A destroyer, specifically, which is a type of small fleet escort armed with light-caliber guns (see right hand) and torpedoes for heavy firepower against major targets. Unforunately, Fubuki is not very good at boating when she joins the fleet (see face).


Everyone Fubuki lives and works with is a boat. And a girl. They're boat-girls! They form the only extant naval force, because evil demon alien monster boats (some of whom also look like girls) called Abyssals have taken over all of the world's oceans. And only boat-girls can fight them with any chance of success.

Fubuki rooms with the destroyer Mutsuki, who is kinda uptight...


...and Yuudachi, who is a bit lazy and sloppy. And she says "poi." A lot.


On Fubuki's first mission, she was nearly killed by an Abyssal because she, again, is not very good at being a warship. However, she was saved by the aircraft carrier Akagi.


This has led Fubuki into a massive hero-worship complex around Akagi, and given our main character the goal to become Akagi's escort. Her fleet escort, you deviant.

However, during the shipgirl's first major offensive, Mutsuki's older sister Kisaragi was sunk by an enemy bomber and died. This caused Mutsuki to have a complete mental break, insisting her sister was just late coming back and waiting at the pier for her sister to sail in every day for weeks. This also put strain on Fubuki and Yuudachi, and very nearly caused Fubuki to sink during a special operation escorting battleships. The operation was lead by Kongou, who Fubuki also had a brief bit of hero worship for:


Until Kongou opened her mouth and revealed herself to be eccentric to the point of madness.


However, Kongou is also very good at and devoted to her main roles: she protec, she attac. And she comforts Fubuki when the destroyer has nervous breakdown under fire. This, in turn, leads Fubuki to confront Mutsuki and help her through the suppressed grief at the loss of her sister.

So now, all of the boats are one big happy fleet and all settled in.

Oh, right. Akagi has a colleague: the fleet carrier Kaga. Akagi and Kaga form the First Carrier Division, which holds a place of high esteem and prestige in the fleet. They are older designs, but historically, had experienced and capable officers, airmen, and crews and were prize assignments. Understandably, this lead to friction with other carrier units... especially the Fifth Carrier Division, which was made up of the newer Shokaku-class fleet carriers, Shokaku and Zuikaku, which combined and improved features of the preceding carriers into an effective package. Essentially, the First Division had superior prestige and experience, the Fifth Division had better ships.

And so that brings us to today's entertainment....
Episode 5: Don't Compare Me to the Girls in the Fifth Carrier Division!
So, like I said... everyone is settled in nicely and...

0:10 - ...The fleet is being disbanded and reorganized. Everyone's shipping (...err, pun not intended actually) off to new units with different people. That means we meet even more boats! Gotta catch all 350!

0:22 - Fubuki is distressed by this.

2:05 - Fubuki asks her roommates if they're being separated because of her. Yes, the entire fleet is being reshuffled just because of you.

2:14 - After Mutsuki explains that, no, you self-centered potato, the entire task force is being reshuffled so it doesn't have anything to do with you... Fubuki again expresses her concern from the pilot that she will end up with "somebody scary" desu. <_<

2:24 - And in the course of reassuring Fubuki, Mutsuki floats the idea that Bucky might even end up in the same fleet as Akagi.


2:42 - I have to agree with Yuudachi's response to that face: "Fubuki-chan's a little creepy, poi." (+1)

3:04 - Lights out, everyone's in her bunk. Fubuki takes a last look around before nodding off. Everything is packed up in boxes. But then Mutsuki whispers, "I really liked sleeping above you. It made me feel safe." "I always slept great under you."


3:29 - Cue this... which just underscores how f**king weird Mutsuki looks without her bangs.

"Want to go for a quick walk?"
"Yeah. I was going to say the same thing."
NO GO AWAY SECTOID BEAST

So they both giggle and go out to the pier to look at the moonlit sea. Yuudachi shows up, saying she couldn't sleep knowing it could be their last night together.

4:08 - "I didn't think you cared about that stuff!" "That's mean!" Bucky, Yuudachi has been acting like a friend-zoned love interest the entire series. Are you so dense? >_> (-1)

4:17 - Yuudachi brought along the light cruisers. Helper-boat, as predicted earlier, squees out because it's nighttime.

4:34 - "Put out your hand, okay?" If there's any pentagrams or weird chanting, I'm out.

Ah, they just join hands and promise to hold onto their torpedo girl souls and do their best. Aww.(+1)

5:19 - Ah, there's another stealthy Shigure cameo. I guess she's the main character for season 2. Oh, yes... there is a Season 2 coming out. Moar boats. Botes 4 all tiem

BOTE BOTE BOTE BOTE BOTE BOTE BOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTEBOTE...

5:38 - Fubuki has been posted to Mobile Unit 5. "That's the special fleet that was just made." Oh, very special... but it won't have Mutsuki.

So, let's meet the Fifth Fleet.

6:24 - And the first door she knocks on is Kitakami and Ooi. Ooi is figuring out where to put the flowers. Ooi is not pleased about being interrupted. Fubuki is removed. We will later see just how dangerous it can be for anyone or anything, up to and including celestial objects, to get between Ooi and her dear, dear Kitakami. She will torpedo a clam-jammin' motherf**ker.

7:23 - Next room Fubuki tries, we see Kaga and a green-haired girl we haven't seen before. Not-Anchovy is annoyed because Kaga doesn't want to be in the fleet with her. Kaga is annoyed because Green-haired Girl exists, because she is from "Carrier Group Five" (or Fifth Carrier Division when you don't have stupid translation issues).

7:48 - Shokaku comes in and talks to Green Hair, who we learn is Zuikaku. We'll discuss their history another time, but it is fairly interesting. This is just a cameo... and a chance for an innocent burn as Shokaku calls Kaga a mere "escort ship" who "helped" Fifth Car Div on their last mission. Kaga is not amused.

8:29 - And promptly vents her irritation at the interloping little destroyer, with, "And who are you?" Causing our very shy protagonist to to stammer that, once again, she got the wrong room.

8:38 - But it's okay because Kongou is here to help! ^_^

8:42 - HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG... because 36,600 long tons at 30.5 knots is definitely going to be a firm embrace!

8:44 - Glorious Engrish "Whut?" God bless you, Ms. Touyama. (+2)

8:57 - Kongou's in the fleet too... so Bucky goes from panicked to relieved.

9:02 - ...With tears. Well, Ooi can be pretty traumatizing.

9:20 - So, on meeting the group... Bongou suggests tea time. Because British wot wot.

9:25 - Speaking of Ooi, she objects after a beat. "Hurry it up, I want to go get something to eat with Kitakami-san." Uh-huh. But, oblivious would-be waifu just rambles on about figuring out who is sleeping where.

...Wait a damn minute, I see what you ecchi script-writers did!

9:37 - Well, Kaga refuses to bunk with Zuikaku. Zuikaku, of course, refuses to bunk with Kaga. Ooi points out that if she ends up in a room separate from Kitakami, she will shoot someone with her torpedo launchers.

9:57 - This is Kongou's suggestion. And gesture. You Anglo-Japanese sure are a contentious and vulgar lot.


10:10 - Nervous breakdown for Bucky and then fade to her griping to Yuudachi and Mutsuki. Of course, they are having the times of their lives. Mutsuki gets to work with Mogami... who seems to have a line to remind people she uses "boku" instead of "watashi." Eh, it's fine. Nice cameo. Poi has to deal with Naka... no wonder she becomes a vicious hound later. Although, Fubuki even laments how "great" that assignment is. Um... we are talking about stupid idol tricks with Naka.

11:10 - Poor Bucky has to eat her parfait alone now; the old roommates are at welcome parties being thrown by their fleets. Fifth Fleet, at this point, couldn't run a bath without three attempted murders and someone accidentally drowning.

11:20 - BUT AKAGI-SENPAI TO THE RESCUE (well, to the cafe). After some enthused boot-licking of senpai re: Kaga (she's Akagi's divisionmate), our favorite (???) glutton mentions that Kaga's ass is chapped over having to serve alongside Zuikaku. Because, we, as the viewer, had no idea of this! But that does deflate the tension enough for Bucky to spill the beans about what a hopeless clusterf**k they have: the yandere and her beloved, the two heavy hitters who hate each other and refuse to be in the same room... but also neither will leave the room as it would show weakness, Moff at his nuttier stages as an Anglo-Japanese anthropomorphized battlecruiser, and Whobuki. And Fubuki's wondering, "Da fuq, man? Why the boss pull this shit?"

11:59 - Akagi doesn't know... but Operation FS has something to do with it! *cue dramatic music* The objective is to cut the sea lanes between two big Abyssal bases and hopefully learn more about where they're coming from. I'd actually forgotten this came up in the series... it does play a role in the movie.

12:51 - And dark dramatic music fades to happy light harp, Akagi's expression turns soft, Fubuki blushes and smiles. All is well!

13:07 - Well, that lasted a whole sixteen seconds. Four times longer than I would've given it! She walks right into another Zui/Kaga spat. And... um... Zuikaku's enraged growling sounds more like she seriously needs more fiber in her diet. You can't just eat curry, Zuizui! Eat some raw veggies! A bowl of raw carrots with a little dressing does wonders!

The sad tuba doesn't help the poop jokes.

13:31 - Ah, apparently the fight is over who gets to be the flagship of their derp-ass formation. And because Fubuki is the MC, Zuizui asks her point-blank for her opinion (since the discussion presumably went nowhere prior to this... so hoping for a plurality vote of 2 again 1/1/1? Silly botes, you're not supposed to be democratic...)

13:55 - Kongou's argument is "I'm a battleship, so it should be me!" Which, given traditional naval doctrine... yes. But Zuikaku says, "Is a girl who's come back from England up for the job?" Wow. Racist. Kaga refuses the position, as she's not "confident in her ability to give orders to someone at [Zuikaku's] level." And then refuses to take orders from Zuizui when she volunteers.

14:15 - "If the battleship and carriers don't have their stuff together, I don't feel safe fighting. What if something happens to Kitakami-san?" WE GET IT, OOI. WE ALL GET IT.

14:22 -

OH NOW THE GLOVES ARE OFF! No one talks to Flat Turkey that way. (+2)

14:35 - "An underdeveloped ship like you isn't up to the job." Atago for Glorious Leader, then. But KTKM objects to Ooichi's power-grab... because Ooi might become the focus of fire and get hurt. Cue swoon.


15:00 - Kongou suggests that they all do a practice run, each one as flagship. Whoever does it best gets the job. Very sensible.

15:37 - That's a good size boom. So much for Kongou's run as flagship. ALL RIGHT LADIES! IN THE TUB! Scrub up reaaaaal guuud.

15:56 - Turkey goes next.

16:05 - That's... a bigger boom. SCRUB-A-DUB-DUB!

16:16 - Apparently Kaga refused to follow orders. Which is... concerning in a military outfit. So, she'll take command instead.

16:28 - Even bigger explosion yet. Noticing a trend?

16:39 - TSUGI DESU NE (and no bath scene)! And... the torpedo cruiser runs result in NUCLEAR BLASTS. Japan shouldn't even have those.

17:07 - A weary Bucky (and nude (-1)) sees Kaga making a little origami bunny out of a washcloth. Kaga awards it to Fubuki, noting that Akagi taught her since they tend to spend a lot of time in repairs (see Episode 2). Of course, being therefore a proxy gift of Akagi-Senpai...

17:27 - The girls all stand around silently... then Zuikaku gets up and announces she's going to talk to the admiral about disbanding the fleet. They clearly cannot function. Only Bucky and Kongou are opposed to disbanding (Kongou thinks the fleet is "funny" and Fubuki notes they were just assigned).

18:17 - Fubki touches the cloth bunny and Zuikaku notices. Completely breaking her train of thought... she picks it up and declares it cute. Maybe all shipgirls have ADHD.

Anyway, she wants Fubuki to show her how to make them sometime... but first, dissolve the fleet!

19:00 - Fortunately, another GANBARIMASU speech is interrupeted by the siren. Enemy leet incoming with a torpedo cruiser. So... Fifth Fleet is sent out with no command structure. And everyone starts doing their own thing, breaking formation...

19:38 - ...Until Bucky puts her foot down. She gives orders, with the carriers providing aerial recon, the torpedo cruisers on the left flank, and she'll take point.

21:10 - The battle is joined, with a fighter plane thwarting an attack on Fubuki. One of the carriers gets a torpedo drop in, and Kongou misses her shot and says a BAD WORD!

But now we know Peter Capaldi will be a glorious live-action Kongou in ManColle. ^_^

21:18 - Reused animation for Ooi and KTKM's attack on the cruiser. (-1)

21:24 - But then we see them hilariously dancing with joy while Kaga and Zuikaku stare at them with complete, "What the f**k" expressions and that amuses me greatly. (+2)

21:31 - So, we're back home... aaaaaaaaand Fubuki is being made flagship. She even rightfully rejects that destroyers are not flagships. But Kaga points out their fleet composition is borked sideways anyway, so why the hell not? Fubuki's the only one with a positive neurosis.

22:23 - Nighttime. The boats are going to bed, but while Kongou cries out for teatime and Ooi cries out for Kongou to STFU... Zuikaku asks Fubuki to show her how to make the bunny. BONDING TIME, since we know who really made it!

22:40 - Despite Zuikaku objecting to Fubuki asking, Kaga offers to teach Zuikaku. And we go from bitter rivals to... Zuikaku acting like a tsundere crush. Ohh boy.

22:48 -

Fubuki has no sense of personal space. Her response is, "That's okay! You come over here too, Zuikaku-san!"

22:52 - Zuikaku lets out a whimper and then rushes over. Well, before we had Ark and Bismarck, or Warspite and Bismarck, or Warspite and the Italians... we had Zui/Kaga.

Happy music and close out on a full moon in the sky... and Kaga complaining that everyone's way too close. GIVE THE GIRL HER SPACE FFS.


JIKAI! Destroyer Division Six and the Battle of the Curry Seas!

Series Kaga Smiles: 1
TOTAL SCORE: +5

Speaking of Ark and Bismarck...



TEN MINUTES BEFORE



Ark is scary.

[If you have trouble adapting to the right-to-left...]
Schlactschiffe Bismarck: So, it's this room! Right, I'll be taking the upper bed!
HMS Ark Royal: Oh my, you're such a child Bismarck. I'll be using the bottom bed, then.
Bismarck: ..................... *bolts*
Ark: Wait! What's the matter, Bismarck?
Bismarck: DON'T "WHAT'S THE MATTER" ME! WHY AM I IN THE SAME ROOM AS YOU!
Ark: I begged Prinz Eugen and she changed over with me!
Bismarck: PRIINZ!!!
Bismarck: If I have to go trans-continental in the same room as you, then... I'LL WALK BACK! *leaps out of train*
Ark: Righty-O! Then so will I! I'LL FOLLOW YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH! *leaps out of train*
Bismarck: DON'T YOU DARE!
*splash* *splash*

Schwere Kreuzer Prinz Eugen: WHAA?! Exchange rooms?! NO WAY!!
HMS Ark Royal: Have a heart! I'll give you a Distinguished Service Medal!
Prinz: Don't want it. I know all about it, you know. About how you were chasing [Bismarck] Nee-sama around even in the last war. And the whole torpedo and Nee-sama's leg thing...
Ark: I'll give you an out-of-print Bismarck photo collection, too!
Prinz: Hnn...!
Ark: Okay, I got it! I'll throw in my TREASURED ♥ BISMARCK CANDID PHOTO ALBUM as well!
Prinz: You really are dangerous!
Ark: You don't want it?!
Prinz: I WANT IT!
*later*
Prinz: Ahh, this is...*blush* Eh? Even this photo, too? *approaches critical boiler temperature*
HMS Warspite: What are you looking at?

Sooooo, on the subject of "games that are very anime-esque"... Who here has heard of Danganronpa?