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Anonymous 04/15/25 (Tue) 05:04:48 No.142018 [Reply]

SHOULD'VE JUST LET US HAVE OUR /QA/ IN PEACE
YOU DIG THE GRAVE YOU LAY IN

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Anonymous 04/21/25 (Mon) 12:32:24 No.148791

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>>148779
Oh I thought it was meaning 4chan /QA/ since that was the board added in the hack
This QA seems chill

Anonymous 04/21/25 (Mon) 12:38:35 No.148796

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>>148791
Oh, that was in reference to 4/qa/, but 4/qa/ before the soyjack posters took over. Only reason they were ever able to take hold and develop into what they are now is because mods banned us from spamming them off of 4/qa/.

Anonymous 04/21/25 (Mon) 12:49:08 No.148805

>>148796
I miss pre-2019 4/qa/. It felt like a more relaxed lovechild of /jp/ and /s4s/

Anonymous 04/21/25 (Mon) 17:27:29 No.149087

>>148796
4chan should stay dead for this
it is justice

Anonymous 04/22/25 (Tue) 01:37:16 No.149282

>>148805
4/qa/ was dogshit after the raid in 2016 for a LONG time

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Touhou music ranking Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 03:52:56 No.146758 [Reply]

How would you rate each game based purely on their music? Side-games included. Personally, I'm of the opinion that there's not a truly "bad" soundtrack out of the lot, only mediocre ones at worst. I'd say my only particularly controversial takes are not rating EoSD and MS that highly, and putting DDC and LoLK near the top. Also, I wouldn't call myself a "Touhou is reclining" doomer, but I do think the two latest releases were disappointing on most levels, including music. Still hopeful for TH20 though!

Link if you wanna make your own: https://tiermaker.com/create/touhou-games--16215478

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Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 06:46:44 No.146876

>>146871
It's not so much that they sound similar to each other, although some of the games have a pretty distinct sound to them, usually because of the instruments used. I'm moreso evaluating each soundtrack on what I perceive to be it's overall quality. Basically, how much of the soundtrack do I think fucks vs. how much of it I'm indifferent to, and how hard those tracks fuck. So, to rank highly, an album would need both consistency as well as standout tracks, which I think PCB and IN have. Something like MoF, for example, is imo just as consistently good as those two in that I like practically every track on it, but doesn't quite hit the same peaks in terms of specific tracks, so it ranks slightly lower. Obviously this is mostly personal opinion.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 06:54:28 No.146879

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EoSD is one of the greatest achievements in modern music.
PCB and IN are consistently great.
UFO is not as consistent, but has a few of the best tracks in the series, and a really unique sound.
If I'm being honest, StB and DS are mostly not that remarkable except for one god-tier track (Retrospective Kyoto and Bell of Avici, respectively), they get bonus points because I love the games themselves.
Not much to say about the rest except that I stopped following the games after HSiFS, and I don't care much for the post-UFO games. But among them I do have a bit of a soft spot for DDC.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 07:52:41 No.146891

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>>146879
>I stopped following the games after HSiFS, and I don't care much for the post-UFO games
I recommend you give later games a listen to at least. LoLK, AoCF, and WBaWC have some superb songs. Idolatrize world, tonight stars an easygoing egoist, star spangled pierrot, pure furies, unlocated hell, and faraway voyage of 380,000 kilometers are some. Yorimashi between dreams and reality from AoCF is a fun one since there's a version on the arrange CD (U2 Akiyama) that is cute if you consider the ZUN original to be how others see her vs the arrange being how she sees herself.

Anonymous 04/21/25 (Mon) 07:29:19 No.148624

>>146758
As an addendum, I guess I'll list my favorite tracks from each game.
1: Now, Until the Moment you Die
2: Himorogi, Burn in Violet
3: Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream
4: Alice Maestra
5: Alice in Wonderland
6: Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea
7: Bloom Nobly, Ink-Black Cherry Blossom ~ Border of Life
7.5: Onigashima in the Fairyland ~ Missing Power
8: Cinderella Cage ~ Kagome-Kagome
9: Higan Retour ~ Riverside View
9.5: Sleepless Night in the Eastern Country
10: Native Faith
10.5: Catastrophe in Bhavaagra ~ Wonderful Heaven
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Anonymous 04/21/25 (Mon) 13:34:06 No.148846

>>146758
Imperishable Night is probably my favorite. Both the early stages where you're racing through the forest and the later ones in the mansion / the moon sound exactly like they should, and there's too many standout tracks to name.
I would also credit Subterranean Animism more than most people seem to. Some of the early stages and boss themes aren't great, but the title theme is one of the very best and everything starting with Heartfelt Fancy is amazing. Nuclear Fusion is my favorite final boss theme.
Last game I played was LoLK. I really hate some of the instruments he started using around DDC (although that OST itself was still good). Especially the electric guitar-type ones. They bring down even otherwise good songs like Pure Furies.

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BJD Anonymous 04/15/25 (Tue) 16:45:57 No.142615 [Reply]

Do you care for BJD?

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Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 01:39:27 No.147692

Very cute witch!

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 01:47:58 No.147698

nice landscapes, nice oranges and greens
did you later have to clean any remainders of leaves or the like from the doll? how do you carry her around?

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 02:05:29 No.147712

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>>147698
didnt really have to clean her up or anything, just brushed her off a little bit. I carried her around in the bag that came with my softlight.

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 18:39:49 No.148260

Soooo where did all of the /jp/ thread guys go to in the end?

Anonymous 04/21/25 (Mon) 13:18:56 No.148831

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>>148260
People are probably waiting patiently for now.
I thought some anons would go to dolldreaming but I didn't see anyone new there.

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Tegaki Feature Anonymous 11/30/23 (Thu) 22:01:46 No.116690 [Reply][Last50 Posts]

New feature just landed.
https://github.com/desuwa/tegaki
Better than paint, allows you to add another layer on top for a simple CSP style image editor.

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Anonymous 04/17/25 (Thu) 20:04:09 No.145108

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ZZ Gundam.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 15:24:33 No.147314

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Meep

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 18:21:44 No.147406

>>147314
Cute nipper.

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 20:50:34 No.148310

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>>144634
Thank you kindly, my only wish is that I had easy access to a lasso feature with this. Took way longer than it should've but I'm still happy with it.
(no-hands version via the link below)
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Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 21:05:53 No.148313

can someone draw a butt with poo coming out

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Kagurabachi Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 17:10:27 No.148202 [Reply]

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1024219
Kino chapter.

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 17:15:40 No.148204

Still waiting for Tafuku to come back.

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Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 07:18:39 No.147935 [Reply]

I don't understand how the japanese copyright system works. It simultenously appears as hyper retrictive when it comes to patents and modifications, same with copyrighted characters. But at the same time there's a big doujin/independent scene where people can create works out of copyrighted works. See Touhou for example. I know ZUN gave his consent to fan projects but I wonder if that's an exception rather than the rule. Some japanese laws seem draconian to me.

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Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 07:55:40 No.147959

>>147948
>but in practice are tolerated for cultural reasons
Does this stem from an old law or something? I've heard from a guy who did a research project that the reason video game tournaments in Japan used to not offer cash prizes was because they fell under the umbrella of an old anti-gambling law that was enacted in the 70's, I think, to counter crime groups.

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 08:06:44 No.147967

>>147959
I couldn't really tell you. I was mostly thinking of e.g. the community-fostering effect that secondary works have. Also like >>147949 points out, the doujin community is often a stepping stone for artists. It would make the IP holders look terrible.

>anti-gambling law
This one's also full of loopholes (lol pachinko), but I don't want to derail the thread. Generally speaking the Japanese are masters at bullshitting their way through things using technicalities and vague wording, see also: anti-prostitution legislation.

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 08:13:47 No.147972

>>147948
>This includes doujin works and other types of secondary content, but also things like manga cafes, and I think used bookstores too.
Surely Japan has a concept of "first sale doctrine", like the United States. Otherwise libraries themselves would be illegal... No?

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 08:27:33 No.147985

how do the Japanese treat fan made animations on YouTube (not counting Touhou, I already know there's a lot of those), monetized or not?

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 08:32:00 No.147987

>>147972
I did a quick search and found this page https://libraryexpert.net/howto/whatcopyright/ which claims that since libraries do not operate for profit, they don't violate the copyright holder's exclusive rights on lending.

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Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 04:25:46 No.147800 [Reply]

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 04:29:49 No.147802

what the... how did you do that

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 04:34:21 No.147804

>>147802 css styling

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 05:04:34 No.147821

I don't see anything.

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 05:06:16 No.147822

Ok, now I see it.

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ASCII Art Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 01:29:55 No.147683 [Reply]

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Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 02:54:14 No.147741

>>147740
ALICE?????

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>>147740
Protip: Press Alt+J when posting AA
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Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 04:41:32 No.147806

>>147740
>>147743
Nice inclusion of ゑ.

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fighting games Anonymous 01/12/24 (Fri) 10:15:23 No.118568 [Reply]

Anything fighting games can go here.
Going to post here whenever I'm up for some games, feel free do to the same if you want.

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Anonymous 03/24/24 (Sun) 08:46:08 No.122081

>>122078
I can also play Soku though I'm far from what you'd consider good at the game. Though I'm always down to play against people better than me. If anything I'm usually worried if I'm wasting people's time by being worse. Sent an invite btw but it's a tad too late for me rn to play games.

Anonymous 03/24/24 (Sun) 09:38:42 No.122085

>>122081
I'm new to soku myself and it's pretty different from other fighting games I played. As far as skill gap goes it's fine for me either way.

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 02:07:33 No.147714

>>118568
is she gonna be ok

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 02:21:40 No.147720

>>147714
host melty, I'll play

Anonymous 04/20/25 (Sun) 02:46:46 No.147736

I'd play melty in an hour for an hour.

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Anonymous 04/16/25 (Wed) 05:07:59 No.143800 [Reply]

Welcome Travelers
Are you aware of the Bibliotheca Anonoma?
The true archives of 4chan history?
https://wiki.bibanon.org/Main_Page

Anonymous 04/16/25 (Wed) 05:15:13 No.143803

I have information for the anon that was making the chronicles of /qa/
In short I was the one that told pikarifag to message the mods on irc back in 2016.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 15:23:24 No.147313

The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 15:48:32 No.147330

>>147313
I'm a fool and I take this as a fact

GUMMI BEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARS 03/05/25 (Wed) 22:14:11 No.138580 [Reply]

This site is obscene and should be banned

Anonymous 03/05/25 (Wed) 22:21:34 No.138581

the /secret/-name poster.

Anonymous 03/05/25 (Wed) 22:58:41 No.138582

Obscenity is made-up unconstitutional nonsense that the supreme court allows because it's crooked. The original spirit of the first ammendment was very clearly "you should be able to say whatever you want and not face government persecution", and the idea of obscenity law didn't exist at all until like a century after the constitution had been ratified.

If you want things excluded from first ammendment protections, pass a new ammendment delineating those exceptions. It shouldn't be hard to get a supermajority to agree to ban things like CP.

Anonymous 03/05/25 (Wed) 23:10:45 No.138583

>>138582
And as long as they never try to get a supermajority on-board, people will keep believing that a supermajority is on board.

Anonymous 03/07/25 (Fri) 05:40:35 No.138617

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There's no way I can handle 52 minutes of this. Someone summarize it.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 15:05:10 No.147303

Discretionary bollocks.

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Reddit API Stuff Anonymous 06/14/23 (Wed) 15:57:56 No.109657 [Reply]

I don't really know much about what's going on, but there's some brouhaha with reddit about API access now costing money and people are talking about it a lot in the happenings thread, which is off-topic to the thread, so here's a thread for it.
PREPARE FOR POST MOVING

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Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 14:29:58 No.147250

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Reddit should have died like 4chan did. I hate that it's still alive while more and more forums die.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 14:30:59 No.147254

>>147250
We really don't need libtarded normalfags on the kissu.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 14:32:18 No.147262

>>147254
I'm not talking about for kissu, I'm talking about for every niche hobbyist forum that reddit gobbled up.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 14:34:33 No.147266

>>147262
there's always discord :^)

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 14:35:23 No.147268

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Kissu and Wapchan Friendship! Anonymous 04/16/25 (Wed) 02:25:40 No.143615[Reply]

We're now friends with wapchan!

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Anonymous 04/18/25 (Fri) 03:05:50 No.145321

>>145311
It works now, have a good day.

Anonymous 04/18/25 (Fri) 04:10:17 No.145350

>>145289
>I think we need to brainstorm a way to make things more streamlined for events
A shared calendar each site links to would probably work. Good way to make sure things don't overlap too. Not sure how each site would push notifications from there, or if they would at all, but it would at least let you decide to push an event invitation to all our friend sites and give people a single place to look to find internet events.

Anonymous 04/18/25 (Fri) 04:28:12 No.145377

>>145350
Setup shared git repo and pray none of the admin fatfinger their commits.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 10:26:35 No.147025

>>143674
>>143677
I first thought it was named after the Wireless Application Protocol, and that it supported posting from old feature phones through that.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 14:17:54 No.147221

>>147025
That would be cool but as we saw with 4chan you need good security on sites and WAP is an ancient protocol

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/v/ - the vidya Anonymous 04/18/25 (Fri) 22:25:31 No.146321[Reply]

What is kohai-writing like?

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Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 01:47:32 No.146640

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>>146633
People who were 16 when BF3 came out are 30 now........................

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 03:10:51 No.146731

>>146633
anon..... it was 14 years ago.....

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 03:16:42 No.146737

>>146731
14 years ago and I'm still mad
kuso blue filter
Bf2, now that was a good game

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 03:20:09 No.146743

>>146737
>kuso blue filter
i just sweetfx it out desu
bf2 was good! there's one server out there that i visit every now and then but its so similar to squad that i just boot that or arma up instead

Anonymous 04/23/25 (Wed) 23:18:26 No.150265

We have now /amv/ so a /v/ general is no longer needed. >>>/amv/ go post there! I'll lock this thread now.

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Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 02:01:05 No.146650 [Reply]

You maybe now wondering why you're seeing Di Gi Charat here being used as a figure model and pointing out descriptors. Well let me enlighten you! This is from a well respected book from famous Otaku and Otaku analysis Eiji Ōtsuka called Otaku Japan's Database Animals and here you'll the learn the meta on being an Otaku and what it means. So have a read and feel free to discuss.

https://mogami.neocities.org/files/otaku.pdf

He has also written about narrative consumption in todays age. what is narrative consumption?

Narrative consumption involves the relationship between "grand narratives" or "worldviews" and "small narratives" or "variations". The concept of worldview or world (sekai), which comes from anime production and kabuki tradition, refers to the entire world or setting of a work of fiction. Each individual story told within that universe (such as an episode or even a season of television) is a small narrative, or a variation of the worldview.

Taken from Wikipedia.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 02:10:45 No.146662

What do you think of the talk that Azuma gave years after his book was published, as a kind of postmortem?
It's on Youtube and he conducted the whole thing in English, for some reason.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 02:46:48 No.146708

We had a thread about this some time ago about academics, which of course derailed and crashed horribly due to Evangelion.
I haven't fully read it but I've gone through some chunks of it, and his analysis of Rei expies is very poignant:
>The emergence of Ayanami Rei did not inﬂuence many authors so much as change the rules of the moe-elements sustaining otaku culture. As a result, even those authors who were not deliberately thinking of Evangelion unconsciously began to produce characters closely resembling Rei, using newly registered moe-elements (quiet personality, blue hair, white skin, mysterious power).
>Beyond Rei, characters emerging in otaku works were not unique to individual works but were immediately broken into moe-elements and recorded by consumers, and then the elements reemerged later as material for creating new characters. Therefore, each time a popular character appeared, the moe-element database changed accordingly, and as a result, in the next season there were heated battles among the new genera tion of characters featuring new moe-elements.
A classic, and very true.
>>146662
This one, pic?

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 02:55:26 No.146715

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>>146662
It's definitely interesting when mention how Otaku attempt recreate a polis in its own way, way that tries to capture past ideals. I reminds me of the American cowboy fighting to keep a dying old west alive through unpolitical but also kinda ironically political means.
>>146708
>We had a thread about this some time ago about academics, which of course derailed and crashed horribly due to Evangelion.
Oh no...I wasn't aware of this.

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 02:58:27 No.146717

>>146715
Ah, I was typing that has I was listening and I totally flubbed my grammar...

Anonymous 04/19/25 (Sat) 02:58:28 No.146718

I'll have to read this later...

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