Olives @olives@qoto.org

Overly cerebral and serious shows is part of the Netflix curse.

I wouldn't really say it's bad but it is also frankly over-rated compared to what the show actually offers. Also, I think it's interesting to see new characters and new ideas, not seeing Kirito go off onto another map.

While No Game No Life also had characters who entered random games, and were immediately geniuses at it, the show was also pretty clearly a parody.

That doesn't necessarily mean it isn't entertaining but when you have other titles which do try to put their own spin to it, and SAO is only offering another season of same old savior Kirito, then frankly, these are the ones which would be more interesting.

Kirito is kind of what you'd call a Mary Sue. He always wins. He even beat a programmer at a game which he created. All competent (he plugs himself into the computer system and effortlessly pulls down the fairy). Never psychologically vulnerable. A savior character.

Like The New Gate, SAO also plays the "invincible protagonist" role straight without trying to subvert it in some way (Overlord has someone who is powerful but also doesn't really know what he is doing). Or adding some sort of comedic element to it.

SAO was okay in the first season, even the second season, but then it became a bit like *The New Gate* (which I've read).

It seems novel but then if you've seen like dozens of books with a "virtual world" premise, "transported to another world" premise, or other such premise, then it looks a bit plain, especially when other titles have gone way past it to add their own flavors to the idea.

I think people underestimate just how many of these books there are.

I remember that the former head of the ACLU, Nadine Strossen, spoke to a Japanese non-profit I think... last year...? against puritanism.

I wonder if that makes him immortal.

I haven't seen that much of Case Closed but it's about a genius detective who is turned into a little boy and solves cases.

I see Case Closed is still airing. Have you seen it?

Calling out censorship is important.

https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/dead-rising-deluxe-remaster-demo/9p3q7pjn457x
Looks like a demo for a Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster got banned. The name of the company on the ban list is in another language but it translates to Capcom.
#FreeSpeech #auspol

https://eff.org/mjoin You can donate to the EFF here.

#Hanakokun has an interesting cutesy art style. The background of the seven mysteries in the school seems similar to that of #Higanbana. #anime

Apparently, transported to another world titles are common titles to adapt into anime because they already have an established fanbase.

If I couldn't even write a million lines of code in ten minutes then what sort of programmer would I be. Lol. #BlackButler #anime

Is Bluesky still weirdly puritanical? It's hard for me to immediately tell as it might involve a problematic algorithm or strangely specific moderation.

https://x.com/jfsribbon/status/1859745948655853812
It looks like the Japanese lawmaker (from the upper house of the legislature, the House of Councilors) is hosting a talk with someone from a free expression non-profit and a law professor from the University of California, Irvine to discuss financial censorship.