Thanks for the post. I've been wanting to try matrix for a while, but didn't know where to start.

Current science actually shows that trans women perform worse than cis women in several categories and identical in others. Which correlates with the fact that in the 20 years that trans women have been allowed to compete in the olympics, not a single one has made it there. It was a small study and needs to be expanded upon, but is still better evidence than what any of the reactionary bans have.

Here's a link to an article that includes a link to the actual study https://www.outsports.com/2024/4/12/24091267/transgender-athletes-study-research-science-sports-governing-bodies/

I didn't even notice you could alter your display name like this. Almost a year here and somehow missed this feature.

EDIT:
And apparently its only working on my blahaj.zone account (lol how appropriate)
my beehaw account is not letting me update the name
and my fedia account, which uses mbin doesn't even have it as an option

The original webnovel is 552 chapters, the Webtoons adaptation is about a third of the way through it at 200+ episodes, and these aren't short. I wonder what pacing they will go with. I think up through the 4th scenario at episode ~70 of the webtoon is a good stopping point, but that might be too fast and end up incoherent.

Yeah, I can only assume it will be a very limited release.

It's funny, I enjoyed the demons in Frieren because they weren't just humans of a different skin color but felt truly alien. They are not evil, they don't enjoy killing, they just do. I think there is going to be something to understand about them that we are not going to get until we get the flashback to the Demon King, which I assume will be at the end of the series.

This section killed me. Sums up my entire high school experience, even though I did not come out until almost 30.

"Even Sam herself starts to wonder if she’s a gay man, because it would definitely explain the queerness she feels all the time. It would also explain why she feels a kinship to the gay community, even though she’s not gay herself. Alas, she was a boy who exclusively liked girls — it didn’t get much more hetero than that."

I'm watching blind and I had no idea its this short. That's cool, I love a good short story.

Such a shame to see Sein leave. I look forward to what the payoff of Gorilla's story is going to end up being wherever the group meets up with Sein again.

Same, went in blind, only because so many people were hyped for it. And I can see why, it was a lot of fun. Though, I agree that they are oddly chill about the MC's sister considered she is on an unknown clock to being digested and unable to be revived.

Like, is there timer measured in weeks? months? years? That's awfully long.

Your list of anime tells me are into adventure anime or with heavy action.

First thing I thought of was Katanagatari, where our heroes go on a journey to collect 12 legendary swords.

Something with heavy action: Black Lagoon- businessman gets abandoned on a pirate island and joins them

something more adult: Vinland Saga- viking epic following a young boy on a quest for revenge

Another person who picked theirs from a video game. Pick the name you want to give yourself. Don't worry about what other people think and focus on if it makes YOU happy.

The design just looks like Claire from I'm in love with the Villainess. Not that it was a particularly unique design.

Not the best example as the old FMA branched off into anime-only original content for it's second half. So Brotherhood is the only adaptation that covers the entire source.

I'm sure Frieren will meet with him again. Might take a few hundred years to make it happen though.

Or Attack on Titan. Just stretch out the meaning of the word final until all content is covered.

With the backstories out of the way, I'm excited to see more Anne goodness. C'mon season 2.

So this is the beginning of One Piece airing forever. By the time The One Piece reaches the finale, it will be so old that another studio will start their own adaptation. Maybe Bones will take the 3rd adaptation of One Piece in like 2035-40 or however long this one plans to be.

Maomao is definitely getting too close to a truth that's going to get her into so much trouble. But are we just accepting that girl with the bound feet climbed the wall and committed suicide on her own? That does not feel possible. And the Ah-Duo's head servant had some bandages that implied she was the spy sending secret messages, but that was also not covered. Not even brought up. So many loose ends still.

Nice to see more Slime announced. Since Hinata is involved in the pic, I assume that means its time to fight the church. I'm glad to see humans can still be a threat, Rimuru and his team have felt really op for a while now. And I'm happy to see the beasts, Alphis and Suphia still be involved in the story.