aquietjune

Small #introduction. I may redo that tomorrow or later but for the time being:

Hi everyone!

aquietjune, she/her, a thousand year witch who wants to be on the fediverse to discuss #anime and #manga (and sometimes #fanfic #writing and occasionally #cosplay?).

Main fandoms atm: #AttackOnTitan, #Umineko

Some stuff I’m reading & passionate about:
* #SpyXFamily
* #OshiNoKo
* #HousekiNoKuni (ahahah)

I’m rereading #DGrayMan (my heart etc etc)

Currently watching:
* #Monster (Naoki Urosawa)
* #MyHappyMarriage
* #UndeadMurderFarce
* #LinkClick

I like #horror and fictional #witches. I like the weird but also melodramas. Friend me?

Aug 6, 2023 at 10:07pmWeb
Show threadaquietjuneAug 6, 2023

Other things I’m reading:
* #ChainsawMan
* #HousekiNoKuni (ahahahah 🥲)
* #SkipToLoafer
* #yamadakuntolv999
* #Kakegurui

Then also #shojo #josei
Recently almost caught up with Nina the Starey Bride and just started Something’s Wrong With Us
Also Saturn Return by Akane Torikai
Ofc I like Junji Ito and Umezz

Big fan of #Higurashi and the #WhenTheyCry franchise in general but I haven’t played Ciconia yet.

Mmm what else what else? Head empty atm 😅 will explore the network more tomorrow bye bye

Show threadaquietjuneAug 6, 2023
I notice now that I listed Houseki No Kuni twice. I think the trauma is self-explained. 😅😅😅
Show threadneatcheeAug 6, 2023

@aquietjune It's so tempting for me to pick up Yamada-kun to Lvl999 because I absolutely adored the anime....but I genuinely feel guilty reading manga because I blow past all the beautiful artwork to gorge myself on the story XD

I've only ever felt the need to read three manga, because I wanted more of the story:

1) Nisekoi
2) Ao Haru Ride
3) Sono Bisque Doll

How does the rest of Yamada-kun hold up? Is it satisfying? Solid payoff?

I'm much more inclined to read light-novels simply because of the density of the story packed into each volume.

Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023

@neatchee oooh, right, Sono Bisque Doll! I forgot to mention it but I'm also reading it (ok I must say... this arc has been a bit frustrating çç)

Yamada-kun: I too loved the anime very much, but some things for me worked better in the manga, especially some parts of the last episode. (I started reading after episode 6 I think)

I think the art is really good at conveying the emotional moments.
And it has more good moments and stories after the end of what is covered in the anime, relationship/character development-wise, but a lot of its effectiveness depends on how much you want to follow the characters in their lives imho.

Show threadneatcheeAug 7, 2023

@aquietjune yeah I agree the most recent sono bisque doll arc is unsatisfying, at least so far.

I think I'll give the Yamada-kun manga a try. Your description is pretty spot on for the things that I actually enjoy. If the character art is expressive enough then I can totally get into it

Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023

@neatchee The art style is very clean and minimalistic, but I think it manages to convey what it wants to (at least with me!)

Looking forward to knowing if that works out for you too.

I think this and the last arc of Sono Bisque Doll tried to built momentum for the confession, but it's been a year and the progress has been painstakingly slow with so many setbacks that it's destroying it (the momentum) rather than building on it, and that's so sad :/ I hope it will work better for those who binge it at the end.

Show threadMatt (Fake_Crash_Tropy)Aug 7, 2023
@aquietjune that's how good it is! so "nice" list it twice!
Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023
@PortalZeus454 it’s super nice and wholesome!!!
Show threadMatt (Fake_Crash_Tropy)Aug 7, 2023
@aquietjune Finally, someone who gets it!!
Show threadTobleh 🇨🇦 🫐✨Aug 6, 2023
@aquietjune Hey, welcome to Mastodon, welcome to the Fediverse! I hope you enjoy your time here!  
Show threadaquietjuneAug 6, 2023
@tobleh 🙏 thank you
Show threadBokkoAug 6, 2023
@aquietjune sure, welcome, I toot mainly in spanish so dont feel presured to follow back. Search for people you may share interest and you will be soon feeling at home.
Show threadaquietjuneAug 6, 2023
@bokko thank you kindly ✨ (and I can read Spanish somewhat well enough!)
Show threadGen X-WingAug 7, 2023
@aquietjune Excited for the next season of Spy x Family?
Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023
@breadbin yess and for the movie too! It's really so thoroughly enjoyable, the characters are so much fun!
Show threadGen X-WingAug 7, 2023

@aquietjune I totally forgot there’s suppose to be a movie. I’m terrible with when things are suppose to happen:)

It’s a lovely show.

Also greatly enjoyed Buddy Daddies, but I sadly don’t think we’ll see a follow up for that one. But I’d be really happy if we do. :)

Show threadOlivesAug 7, 2023
@aquietjune Since every witch seems to have some theme. Certainty, miracle, endless. What is yours?
Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023
@olives I'd want to say "connections" but that is a big word, so I'd take "Weird and random associations" too ^^
Show threadOlivesAug 7, 2023

@aquietjune D-Grayman? How nostalgic.

Shame the creator seems to have health issues and is continuing it really slowly. I can't remember what it was exactly.

Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023
@olives In fact I stopped reading during one of the hiatuses; right now it looks like she's better and she's releasing 4 chapters a year; it's not much, but still good enough imho (and now she hired new assistants to help her? I'm hopeful)
Show threadNullAug 7, 2023
@aquietjune Welcome to to the fediverse! As we barrel down into the latter half of the year, what horror things are you reading, looking at?
Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023
@NullNowhere The most recent horror I watched is the movie The Medium (2021), which I enjoyed, speaking as someone who enjoys possession stories but not as a favorite genre.
I'm also watching a few videos about horror ARG series on YouTube (most recently, Lacey's games?)
What about you?
Show threadNullAug 7, 2023
@aquietjune The last full horror book I was was Grady Hendrix's 'How to Sell a Haunted House'. Most of my favorite horror are creature-features or supernatural. I have a soft-spot for thai horror films so I also enjoyed The Medium. Book wise, I'm eyeing completeing my copies of King's Danse Macabre and Hodgson's The House on the Borderland.

Since running a Warhammer 40k RPG, I've been running through some of Warhammer's Horror imprint, and that's been... just ok.
Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023
@NullNowhere oh I’d like to get to Grady Hendrix at some point; I started the one about the southern book club but was too scared of getting too attached to the characters and then suffering for it 🥺
I’m generally into the Shirley Jackson’s psychological horror kind of stories and on the other end all the rituality & deity stuff (English folk horror, rosemary’s baby, suspiria) + eerie (non)human wilderness (picnic at hanging rock, roadside picnic) but aside from full gore I approach just about any kind of story I think. 🤔
Show threadDynast ✨Aug 7, 2023
@aquietjune Yamadakun + Junji Ito + fictional witches? You're speaking my language (even with that massive swing in genre!).

I haven't heard of Umezz before though...guess that's a new thing I gotta go check out.
Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023

@unfresh I can recommend The Drifting Classroom by Umezz. Very different from Junji Ito but fascinating, and it gets to touch on very gruesome stuff without getting too gore-y which is something that I can’t handle much. He gets it just right I think. (It still feels like a strange nightmare; psychologically especially )

Nice to meet you! I like a lot of different things it’s difficult to keep track of them… and also to get bored, which is good 😊

Show threadplush Aug 7, 2023
@aquietjune I feel the pain in #HousekiNoKuni 
Show threadaquietjuneAug 7, 2023
@plunder 🥹🥹🥹
Show threadBard  Aug 10, 2023
@aquietjune Mention watching a Naoki Urasawa work and I will appear to push 20th Century Boys under your nose ​​
Show threadaquietjuneAug 12, 2023
@Bard thank you! Monster is the first work by Naoki Urusawa that I experience, but I find the way he weaves and constructs the narrative so engaging and masterful that once I’m finished with it, I’ll want to check out his other works for sure. Every new episode I watch I’m in awe.
Show threadBard  Aug 12, 2023
@aquietjune Absolutely! He's so good at creating entire worlds for his stories, not just the stories themselves. Everything weaves together even if it doesn't seem that relevant!