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Kaname- “circle/vital point”. Makes sense because he’s basically evil!Madoka
Ayumu- “dreamwalker”. The whole cozy coffin thing.
Koishi- “little rock”. He’s really not that special and that’s one of the scariest things about him.
On conflicting perspectives
Feb. 4th, 2024 02:05 amI have a love-hate view of Chrono, and by extention people like him. On one hand, it’s his own choice to be kind, loving, and forgiving. I have to respect that. And it totally makes sense when you remember the demographic Makimodoshi is mainly aimed at: young children who are generally assumed to not deal with anything worse than some generic playground bully, and will thus probably benefit from that message, however simple and overgeneralizing it is. I get why things have to be this way.
But that doesn’t mean I necessarily have to like it.
I’m a rather…vindictive person so to speak. Now, rest assured I don’t have the guts to pull off a fraction of the things I regularly fantasize about. Seriously. That’s a good thing. But that means that my values and morals (or lack thereof) directly clash with how the character Chrono is going about things so far. The motherfucker’s gotten betrayed by two people he trusted (maybe three if you count Lemon, but she was far more justified in her reactions than Mai and Chainu are). Though I can’t even say that he isn’t suicidal. IMO he’d totally kill himself on the spot, just so long if it’s for the greater good and to save Tokine.
As someone who is a self-proclaimed selfish jerk, seeing a 14 year old boy willingly do this to himself, with the two good adults around him (Shirai and Gorou) seemingly being fine with this, disturbs me a whole lot. Again, I understand why: the child soldiers aspect of the setting was likely intended to be wish-fulfillment for the kids reading it, who are expected to overlook the implications and simply want to go on fun adventures while feeling good and looking good. It just came as a shock to me right after being fresh off of series like Bokurano and Madoka Magica, which both show how things like this can go horribly wrong (in slightly different ways). I guess I’m just not used to the kid hero trope being played straight, and the series just doesn’t feel like it was made for people like me. I’m actually surprised I got hooked on it at all. I might take a break from it to let the chapters pile up a bit.
Talking 'bout Chainu
Jan. 23rd, 2024 05:16 pmI haven't updated this blog in a while because I couldn't get up the energy to write, until now. This has spoilers for the Unmei No Makimodoshi series. As I'm a foreigner, I'm basically a whole month behind, so I first get my information about what happened in the latest chapter via the impressions from the fans on Twitter.
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your silver garden
Nov. 21st, 2023 03:18 pmI remember when I saw your artwork for the first time. It was a closeup of Waku’s corpse, centering on his face as he lay in the dark water. There was something very beautiful and pure about his expression, and it is still vivid in my head.
In the early days of my being in the Bokurano fandom, you were indirectly guiding and motivating me. Everyday, I would peruse your gallery, reliving the magic of the manga through it. I could always feel your passion for the things that you loved.
It wasn’t until June of 2022 that I found your website, and your translations of the light novel series within it. And I want to thank you for your effort in bringing this wonderful alternate world to the Anglosphere fans. It helped me see the characters in a brand new way, and I appreciated everything so much more.
Roughly October 20, 2022 was the day you came back online for a while. I finally got the chance to interact with you, and seized it I did. And what an experience it was. You overflowed with warmth and sweetness. There was something contagious about your excitement, particularly whenever we talked about your favorite character. I’ll always cherish those few months.
Looking back, it’s fine if you want to take a break from the internet, no matter how long it takes. I confess that I didn’t take it too well initially, as it (to me) randomly came out of the blue and left me worried sick. But you have a life outside the internet, and that should always come first. I just hope you’re doing well, wherever you are.
And once more, thank you for everything, and happy birthday Ismael.
In the early days of my being in the Bokurano fandom, you were indirectly guiding and motivating me. Everyday, I would peruse your gallery, reliving the magic of the manga through it. I could always feel your passion for the things that you loved.
It wasn’t until June of 2022 that I found your website, and your translations of the light novel series within it. And I want to thank you for your effort in bringing this wonderful alternate world to the Anglosphere fans. It helped me see the characters in a brand new way, and I appreciated everything so much more.
Roughly October 20, 2022 was the day you came back online for a while. I finally got the chance to interact with you, and seized it I did. And what an experience it was. You overflowed with warmth and sweetness. There was something contagious about your excitement, particularly whenever we talked about your favorite character. I’ll always cherish those few months.
Looking back, it’s fine if you want to take a break from the internet, no matter how long it takes. I confess that I didn’t take it too well initially, as it (to me) randomly came out of the blue and left me worried sick. But you have a life outside the internet, and that should always come first. I just hope you’re doing well, wherever you are.
And once more, thank you for everything, and happy birthday Ismael.
Non-canon Makimodoshi Videos Rant
Nov. 17th, 2023 07:54 pmThis may just be me, but I really don’t like most of them. The only ones I genuinely enjoyed and have even seen on repeat are the sandworm, mirror Chrono, and alien chupacabra ones (I might be a little biased because they all feature Akaba in a starring role lol). But a lot of these videos just…don’t sit right with me.
It’s kind of a shame, because “dividing” the “filler” and main story actually seemed like an interesting idea to me. If I were to confess what I hate about how it was executed, it would be the overly sexual content and the parodies of other media.
Now, I don’t have any problem with sexual content by itself, but the way it’s shown in the videos feels quite…tryhard. Yeah, that’s the word. It’s trying too hard to titillate. The fanservice also tends to hyperfocus on the (usually female) target of the mission, instead of the starring Rewinder, which makes it feel all the more cheap to me ngl.
For the parodies of other media, it also feels tryhard. I don’t know why, but it reminds me of those Elsagate channels that plaster Friday Night Funkin’ everywhere.
This isn’t really an objective critique, but I wanted to get this off my chest for a while now, ever since I got into this series. Sorry for the short update this time.
It’s kind of a shame, because “dividing” the “filler” and main story actually seemed like an interesting idea to me. If I were to confess what I hate about how it was executed, it would be the overly sexual content and the parodies of other media.
Now, I don’t have any problem with sexual content by itself, but the way it’s shown in the videos feels quite…tryhard. Yeah, that’s the word. It’s trying too hard to titillate. The fanservice also tends to hyperfocus on the (usually female) target of the mission, instead of the starring Rewinder, which makes it feel all the more cheap to me ngl.
For the parodies of other media, it also feels tryhard. I don’t know why, but it reminds me of those Elsagate channels that plaster Friday Night Funkin’ everywhere.
This isn’t really an objective critique, but I wanted to get this off my chest for a while now, ever since I got into this series. Sorry for the short update this time.
Blank Meta
Nov. 9th, 2023 04:04 pmI do have loads of stuff I wanna write and chat about in my head, but I always forget to write them here, especially since they seem so incomprehensible out of context. Maybe I'll use this entry as a to-do list.
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just Makimodoshi things haha
Oct. 27th, 2023 08:34 amI’ve been thinking about Unmei No Makimodoshi for a couple or so months now. If you have no idea what that manga is, it’s an untranslated manga currently running in CoroCoro Comic magazine, about the lives and missions of those working in the Space-Time Police Force (for you ACAB people, they’re a lot closer to the Men In Black than actual police lmao), known as Rewinders. They have a time machine in their right eye, called a “Retry-Eye”, that they use to travel back in time and save a Target from their original fate (pretty much always a gruesome death). On the other side of the spectrum, we have the Clockhands, nebulous beings who aim to prevent the Rewinders from doing their jobs for unknown reasons.
Now that I’ve got that out of the way, why am I so suddenly obsessed with this lately? It’s…because I have a really weird (and most likely subjective) feeling that this series feels a little…restricted.
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Now that I’ve got that out of the way, why am I so suddenly obsessed with this lately? It’s…because I have a really weird (and most likely subjective) feeling that this series feels a little…restricted.
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Putting off and procrastinating on Pluto
Oct. 26th, 2023 09:14 pmThe Pluto anime came out today! I’ve been waiting on it for years now, and the animation looks great! But…now that it’s here, I…really don’t wanna watch it. When I think about doing so, I get super scared for some reason, even though I was optimistic about it. I know I don’t have to watch it, and I already know what’s gonna happen since I read the manga, so I guess I’m gonna do it…soon heh.
Decided I should get things going a little quicker than usual, but looking at this empty space makes my mind go blank. I'm really not sure what to do for a first post! I normally dump my essays into CDF, so I'm not used to having an actual blog. So why did I make a blog account in the first place?
It all started with me surfing through Neocities, and finding this site. It was a total comfort and a joy to read, peering into the mind of a nerdy guy on the net. A couple months later, I saw a website (not sure if I should link this though, since now that I think about it I might have confused one site for another, so I won’t namedrop it to be safe...), that actually reintroduced me to this platform and just how AMAZING it actually is! It's so fun to just...read these updates and ramblings and whatever!
So I decided that I wanted to be one of the cool kids and have an account of my own. I hope I have a good time letting everything out here too.
It all started with me surfing through Neocities, and finding this site. It was a total comfort and a joy to read, peering into the mind of a nerdy guy on the net. A couple months later, I saw a website (not sure if I should link this though, since now that I think about it I might have confused one site for another, so I won’t namedrop it to be safe...), that actually reintroduced me to this platform and just how AMAZING it actually is! It's so fun to just...read these updates and ramblings and whatever!
So I decided that I wanted to be one of the cool kids and have an account of my own. I hope I have a good time letting everything out here too.
