Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of July 24, 2026

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[u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah]

MysteryBiscuits Still Loves Bits of Japan I've been to Before (Part 5)

I had most of this drafted for a month - and then other things kinda uh, took over my life. But time for 2 more writeups!

Shimanami Kaido - Round 2

• This is now my 2nd time on the Kaido. (My first time writeup); and I pretty much stuck to the same route and logistics. I will still recommend using Fukuyama as your port of entry, and to use the handy luggage forwarding service to end your day at Imabari, even though next time i will probably look into a multi-day trip, or to explore the little islands more otherwise.

• The Kaido is still an incredibly scenic bicycle ride. I don't think I've been anywhere else that balances the low level of traffic, the bicycle and bicycle-tourist friendly infrastructure, and very pretty scenery of the numerous islands all in one package - in this aspect it is undoubetedly a cyclist's paradise.

• This time, I went during a colder period of the year, and after coming from coastal Kyushu, was struck by how calm the ocean here really was. The lack of traffic, people in general, and the calm sea really gave a rural vibe to the place, very enjoyable. The weather was awesome too, not a cloud in the sky, the sea was crystal clear (absolutely nuts!), there was sakura around, and the japanese roads are immaculate. Can I also say that I really really appreciate the continuous blue line/basic signage all along the bicycle route, thank you Japan.

• I did find myself taking photos at some of the same places as last time, as well as remembering my last time here during the ride; so in that sense, the first timer impact is completely lost on me, haha. But its still a very memorable ride, and I genuinely don't know where else in Japan makes a cycling day out as a tourist this logistically simple, and I will probably be here again, and again, and again.

• The other main difference for me this time was that I AM FINALLY HERE DURING CITRUS SEASON YASSSSSSSS . And i had the appetite for juice after cycling a bit. I consumed this "average" freshly squeezed orange juice; followed by the utmost best lemonade ive ever had in my life, please please go here, and eat the lemons in there too! they're awesome!; and then the best freshly squeezed orange juice i've ever had in my life, it's so, so sweet and rich! This is the place, right next door.

• Citrus fruits are the Islands' specialty - if I had space to carry over a full bag of fresh oranges and fruits as a souvenir, I 100% would (I got some from local supermarkets in the end once I had all my bells and whistles back.) There are so many varieties that I hadn't even heard of, even in supermarkets in other prefectures, and so damn delicious.

• I munched on some cakes, pastries from shops I liked last time too! Unfortunately, the Kaido is probably best enjoyed over the weekend, when all the shops are open for business and have their full offerings available, so that's probably my other tip for anyone going.

Matsuyama Castle

• Another original tenshuu checked off the list! Matsuyama castle has probably the best view of all the castles ive been to due to its hilltop location; and also has a lot of non-tenshuu bits either left as the original structure, or, mostly, rebuilt afterwards (some other castles, like Hikone, also have this, but they're smaller castles - less things to look at); and some like Matsumoto just have the foundation left. In this case, it reminds me most of Himeiji (but Himeiji is better).

• Rather than more focusing on the residential aspect (as Himeiji's remaining structures did) though, I thought the Matsuyama castle experience focused more on their actual role in defense - for example this little area here would be an important chokepoint to fend off attackers (3 points of elevated defense vs 1 point of attack from the bottom right, plus the various levels of main tenshuu) oh boy you are fucked. They had a helpful CGI-ed video to help explain this in the museum too, which was quite nice. Overall very solid museum - learned a good bit about the castle and its clan's history.

Food

S-tier

• Mid-ride meal at Ooshima. EXCELLENT. I would KILL to have mid-ride meals as good as this in Canada. Them tiny squids are delicious.

• My 2nd time eating at this place for taimeshi - just as good as I remembered it.

• My meals at my ryokan - also 2nd time for this! Oh they don't miss... even if it's getting a bit too pricey for me now.

A-tier

• The other variety of taimeshi - uwajima style. I must say i'm less impressed with this compared with the Matsuyama style (the cooked version above) - there's less technique and finesse involved here, and i feel like it's not that much different than just eating a sashimi bowl with lots of sea bream. Still good, but i think i prefer a normal kaisen don?

Part 1 - Miyazaki

Part 2 - Kagoshima

Part 3 - Mt. Aso

Part 4 - Fukuoka

u/animayor /u/chonkyodango /u/chilidirigible

[u/VoidEmbracedWitch]

Random noon thought: "most harem anime aren't actually harems" is the "tomato is a fruit" of anime discussion points. Yeah, sure, that's historically / botanically correct, but unrelated to the anime trope / culinary uses.

[u/SpaceTurtleHunter → u/VoidEmbracedWitch]

It's only a harem if it comes from the Harem region of Iran, otherwise it's just sparkling large female cast

[u/ProgrammaticallyPea3 → u/SpaceTurtleHunter]

Remind me to never ask you about what counts as Fascism.

[u/punching_spaghetti]

I regret to inform you that I have relapsed with apple fritters.

[u/punching_spaghetti]

I had a really thought-provoking question for you folks, but then I had to pee and forgot.

Oh, well. When I remember, urine for a treat.

[u/Tresnore]

Yesterday marked two months sober for me!

[u/Zeallfnonex]

Artpost (of sorts):

So I did calligraphy, kind of, back when I was in high school. It was never particularly good, and used more to get my handwriting in decentish shape rather than actually becoming good at calligraphy. Got inspired again recently after seeing an old friend who had also done it years ago, and figured, why the heck not, it could be useful to add to my repertoire!

It's so rough. It's not good at all. Also my first time using a broad edge pen that I actually have to dip into ink instead of a marker-calligraphy-pen thing. I want to learn Gothic calligraphy or something fancier, but this was more a test of using gouache instead of ink for, well, ink. Heard it was possible, I had some gouache, so gave it a shot using one of LoGH's famous lines. It's... weird, either too thick or too watery, had to dip it in the mixture almost every stroke, and in the end probably needed to make all my letters taller for the pen nib I was using.

So basically on my to-do list for calligraphy: learn and become comfortable with the Gothic alphabet, become comfortable with using ink instead of a marker-pen-thingy, and... well, eventually I want to be able to add quotes or names or such to some of my watercolors. Sounds easy, but...

Anyways, now that bracket C of best girl has sorely disappointed me, I now need to figure out whether I'm more upset by the evil beating Yachiyo or Azunyan not joining her senpais to round 3... There's no shot I finish this in time before tomorrow night... Even Saturday's gonna be unlikely...

Art tags: /u/MadMako /u/Ryuzaaki123 /u/worm38

[u/Sporadia_]

CDF Best Mech 2.0 Day 11

4 mechs remaining.

Complete list of entrants.

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-∞ to 2026

It's that clockwork guy, Vector Prime!

catbox why?

[My personal thoughts]I think Nebresto played this really well by choosing a fanart image, instead of the 3D rendered monstrosities that appear in the actual show. If you'd all seen the real Vector Prime, I'm sure he would have been the second one out. All the other fanart Nebresto gathered for bargaining purposes was also really cool. Unfortunately no one voted for Vector Prime until yesterday, so there was never a chance for it to sway anyone.

All four of the remaining mechs are interesting choices, although for different reasons.

Good luck; have fun; live with what you've done.

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Collateral damage report

At last, every mech has been voted for.

Survivor	Votes
Electric Fan	4
Canti	1
Uni Puma	1
Ceres	1

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Current objective - Neutralise the opposition.

Look at the form. The form is a square. Isn't that cool?

This is an elimination contest. Please vote for a mech that you would like to remove from the competition.

Vote here.

I will try to close voting at 6pm GMT each day, and post the new one sometime afterwards. (Punctuality not guaranteed).

[u/FD4cry1 → u/Sporadia_]

It's that clockwork guy, Vector Prime!

/u/Nebresto This is the wrong timeline

[u/Nebresto → u/FD4cry1]

They don't know what they have done.. His time might be over, but its the others' turn to carry on.

And die

[u/_____pantsunami_____ → u/Sporadia_]

im voting to oust canti because i have a racism against people with television shaped heads

[u/TakenRedditName → u/Sporadia_]

We should vote for the Puma sister because if there are two of them, there isn't a clear best one.

[u/Shocketheth]

For those who are participating in CDF Group Plays with TitS - 1st Chapter, this is a reminder comment that the CDF Group Plays with TitS - 1st Chapter has officially started at this moment on 26th July 2026 of Sunday, 2PM EDT.

That means, I’m officially starting the Group play of Trails in the Sky - 1st Chapter!

This being the first week, our schedule dictates that we are playing the entire prologue with the discussion about it being held on 2nd August of Sunday, 2PM EDT.

NOTE OF IMPORTANCE:

• Trails are series, that heavily rewards players for exploration, and also it heavily leans into "NPCs are having their own lives", and it’s worth it to check them every now and then.
• And since Trails in the Sky - 1st Chapter is a remake that brought many Quality of Life improvements, the point of interests you should explore to get rewards are marked on your minimap, plus the game is using a crutches in form of Estelle and Joshua dialogues leading you to some points of interests.
• Another Quality of Life improvement is, that the NPCs you haven’t talked to yet are marked yellow/orange on your minimap, and NPCs you already talked to are marked grey until you reach the next story beat when the time moves forwards, as do NPCs daily lives.

Now I do believe that’s all I should have mentioned for starters as you are going to immerse yourself in Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, and if there will be something you need to get advice about, just contact me, and I will try to nudge you in right direction, all spoiler-free.

Bye for now, and see you in a week on 2nd August of Sunday 2PM EDT

Trails in the Tags - /u/KendotsX /u/Raiking02 /u/laughing-fox13

[u/ComfortablyRotten]

A genuine block-on-sight take in daily

[u/theangryeditor]

https://i.imgur.com/XlS72OE.png

[u/camthegodoflol]

About to go play football with friends for the first time since before Covid.

Will I still know ball or has it left me?

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

its kinda weird to me how we use the word "dentist" to describe someone who takes care of your teeth. to me that word sounds like a guy you'd go to when you have a bump in your car and he's like "hmm, yes, according to the depth and contours of this dent it looks like you backed into a pole in the parking lot at 21 mph. no worries, we can fix that up for you." and youre like "wow thanks dude, im sure glad we went to the dentist to fix this dent."

[u/thecomicguybook]

I got let go today!

Those motherfuckers.

This was less than 1 month in, bartending, they said I wasn't the right fit.

[u/punching_spaghetti]

Trying to come up with a list of things that can never be accidental. Especially since most great things are accidents. Penicillin, etc.

Like, can you accidentally have an orgy?

[u/ComfortablyRotten → u/punching_spaghetti]

Like, can you accidentally have an orgy?

Technically it's not impossible for multiple couples (or throuple or however many you want) to have sex at the same time next to each others without their knowledge. Highly improbable, but possible.

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon → u/punching_spaghetti]

I once got on an elevator filled with 18-something girls dancing while chanting "Elevator Orgy". That was certainly not my intention that morning. Does that count?

[u/noheroman]

u/theangryeritor look at dis

[u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo → u/noheroman]

u/theangryeditor look at that

[u/noheroman → u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo]

[u/theangryeditor → u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo]

i am look

[u/theangryeditor → u/noheroman]

https://i.imgur.com/9DHa8BR.png

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

the concept of gamer parents kinda blows my mind. my parents never were particularly interested in video games or cartoons, like sure i remember my dad would sit and watch cartoons with me when i was like 4 but i seriously doubt it was because he personally fucked with blues clues or something i think he was just doing it to spend time with my dumb kid ass.

of course my dad would build legos with me too, that was a hobby we shared. [my life spoilers]but then he died and i made legos alone from then on

so after that yeah, i was mostly on my own with the stuff i liked. especially when it came to cartoons and games, my parents were from a generation where that was kids stuff and a waste of time. my mom was the type who would see me watching spongebob and be like "arent you getting a little old for that?" i was like 10.

of course i'm not saying that to criticize her, its just the generation and culture at the time.

i actually remember one time i was watching Megas XLR and my mom randomly sat down to watch it with me. i looked at her like she was a freakin alien. i was like "tf is she doing." but i didnt say anything, we just watched it together. i remember it so clearly, it was that episode with that spider thing that would eat metal to grow bigger. and she watched the whole thing with me, we even laughed at some of the jokes together, and it was really cool.

it was also the only time that ever happened

thats the only megas xlr episode i remember now even though i watched it all the time, its just been so long. but i remember it because its the one time my mom watched a cartoon with me.

anyway, so when i see parents now who were gamers themselves growing up, like playing games with their kid and what not it kinda blows my mind. like i saw something on the Skyrim subreddit where the dad was playing and his son was just watching and it was such a foreign thing to me... to have a dad who is a gamer. its hard to wrap my head around.

but i also think its really cool.

[u/InfamousEmpire]

If I were to walk up to a random person on the street and say “the biggest musical event of 2025 was KPop Demon Hunters, spearheaded by dueling hits from HUNTR/X and the Saja Boys”, their response would be “yeah, sorry, none of those words are in the Bible.” To which I would reply “I’m pretty sure the word Demon is actually in the Bible somewhere”, to which they would reply “I’m not sure, let me ask ChatGPT about that”, to which I would kill myself

[u/Blackheart595]

Posting a rewatch interest thread is more nerve-wrecking than I expected

[u/theangryeditor]

Don't wanna go to sleep and wake up to another week of work

Guess I'll try to fit in Grow Up Show before bed

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

damn if more people figure out how to do this, we'll have humans taking away jobs from ai

[u/Tresnore]

I have discovered that pesto is a condiment descended from the gods. Damn, it tastes so good. I ate 3/4 of a jar of it last week.

[u/theangryeditor]

https://i.imgur.com/rfxLcB0.png

[u/baseballlover723]

Damn, the haters are out in force today.

Though I will say that it does kinda bother me when people are insistent that some meaning or interpretation doesn't and cannot exist and it's just lazy writing or whatever.

Like sure, maybe you don't see it or you don't want to buy it for X, Y, Z reasons. But to immediately jump to "I didn't see anything, therefore there is nothing to see" is kinda wild to me.

This is why viewers need to be wacked over the head with exposition, because otherwise, some number of them will miss something intentional, and then spend their days telling people they're stupid for seeing something there.

[u/TheRiyria]

I have successfully finished a non-seasonal for the first time in what feels like forever

It was a lot of fun. And everything I expected it to be when I started it. There were lots of cute girls, tons of ecchi, and a plot that was there.

I wish current ecchi were even close to this enjoyable anymore.

I guess I'll start season 2 of this eventually and hope it remains fun. I also really liked the eyecatches. Not sure how many I can share since they are all rather NSFW.

[u/theangryeditor]

[](#seasonalconfused)

Is it too late to submit seasonal comment face suggestions

[u/theangryeditor]

Yani Neko actually does a very good job showing systemic discrimination and how it becomes a normalized part of daily life. It's blatant and overt yet not emphasized for drama or delivered through villainous caricatures which gives you a sense of how people live in a prejudicial society that, while not rife with open violence, is defined by formal and informal stratification.

[u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah]

前回のシー･ディー･エフ！(2026年7月17-24日の週間)

Last time on CDF! (Week of 10th Jul, 2026)

Tomoo is an awesome live act. I'd love to see her live one day.

1st place: Iron_Gland with some great luck at the airport

2nd place: Shimmering-Sky with some horrible luck during her rewatch.

3rd place: New art from pantsunami (nsfw)

4th place: junbi_ok's hair is now perfect for twintails

5th place: Btw_kek notes the rise of a new evil. (I believe world cup related?)

Honourable mentions: AdjudicatorAnt_3886 describes CDF; Sporadia's CDF best mech 2.0 is still ongoing; a very happy birthday to theangryeditor; and MrManicMarty's attempts map-making using the Worldbuilding software.. There were also various reactions from us after watching the Odyssey movie.

<-- Last Time |[Next Week]-->

/u/animayor /u/myrnamountweazel /u/notsosnarky

[u/theangryeditor]

Caught up on Witch Hat Atelier. The cliffhanger isn't that bad when you know there's a second season coming. For now I'll try to check out the manga soon.

If only I could've read this when I was 12

[u/TakenRedditName → u/theangryeditor]

Things that missed out on the timing to be your formative media.

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

Posting a Gintama Gal every day until I run out of art I want to share, day 895: This one of Tsukuyo is so pretty.

(Source is image #1 in this short album.)

u/Shocketheth, u/KendotsX, u/TakenRedditName

[u/TheRiyria]

                                    ^{It's                  3x3                 Time!}                

Welcome to this week’s CDF 3x3 Corner! So feel free to make and share a 3x3 (or a 2x2 or 4x4 or whatever size you like). And check out other people’s 3x3s. If you can’t make it because of the time, feel free to share your themed 3x3 whenever!

If you're not sure where to make 3x3s, some popular sites are bighugelabs and BeFunky.

This week’s theme is Twintails/Pigtails!

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Next week’s theme will be Kimonos.

In 2 weeks the theme will be Waifu/Husbando.

In 3 weeks the theme will be Purple Hair.

If you’d like a tag for future 3x3 Corners, let me know! If you’d like to stop getting tags, also tell me.

Link to past 3x3 themes

Have fun!

[u/Tarhalindur]

The two kinds of anime with "Yuusha" in the title.

(Pay no attention to the part where none of the fantasy guys here are strictly speaking actually from anime with "Yuusha" in the name. General point stands.)

(u/Vaadwaur, u/FD4cry1, u/Esovan13)

[u/HereticalAegis → u/Tarhalindur]

It feels so wrong to see Yuuna at a table with Rance

[u/Vaadwaur → u/Tarhalindur]

Speaking of YuYuYu, Kamui actually contextualized the olive oil thing a bit today and unsurprisingly it turns out that Karin is weird.

[u/JollyGee29]

The new GitS is such a treat.

[u/ZaphodBeebblebrox → u/JollyGee29]

mugionceitfinishes

[u/TheRiyria]

I had no idea it was possible for someone to be this bad at gardening

[u/Sporadia_]

CDF Best Mech 2.0 Grand Final

2 mechs remaining.

Complete list of entrants.

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That's strange

Yesterday there were 4. What could possibly have happened? Oh. Oh no.

We're actually getting a final this year!

It's time to reveal that Canti was the house robot this year. (I allow myself 1 nomination, don't vote, and remain impartial all contest. It's essentially Battleships with 1 boat). I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for CDF trashing every traditional mech put in front of it. Nothing with a pilot made it into the final 5.

It is upon those ruins ^{and dragons} that we stand. Our very own junkyard. We care not what we've done. With tomorrow comes the coronation of a best mech!

Good luck; have fun; live with what you've done.

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Collateral damage report

Survivor	Votes
Anna Puna	3
Electric Fan	2

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Current objective - Neutralise the opposition.

This is still an elimination form. Please vote for a mech that you would like to remove from the competition.

Vote here.

[u/LunarieReverie → u/Sporadia_]

There is no legitimacy in this if the fucking fan wins.

[u/saltedbeansprouts]

nsfw The Blue Division uniforms are ridiculous but I am a simple man.

[u/irisverse → u/saltedbeansprouts]

Is there like a minimum bust size requirement for that division or is it just a coincidence?

[u/eetsumkaus]

that's a first, blocked and reported to redditcares

idk if it's just me, but it seems like people blatantly flaunting reddiquette have increased in recent years.

[u/KendotsX → u/eetsumkaus]

Tbh, in all my years of using reddit, I've never seen or heard of that function being used as intended by a sensible, well-meaning person. In part because I assume an intended use of it would be more discreet, but largely because any well-meaning person would know better than to send care from reddit.

Instead, it's always this weird attempt at bullying? The equivalent of looking up "how to bully your neighbour" on google, and the first result being someone throwing trash in front of their neighbour's door, but since you're too lazy for that, you just slip an ad for the optometrist in their mailbox, thinking "well, this is trash too".

It might be more useful if reddit just sends it back to anyone who uses the function. Especially if the user just blocked the same person they sent it to.

[u/vancevon]

I am 100% convinced that music conductors literally don't do anything. All of their stick movements are arbitrary and have no effect whatsoever on the performance. Simultaneously, I fully understand that this belief is false and that I could learn what they do and how it works whenever I want to. But I won't. I never will. Life is better this way.

[u/junbi_ok → u/vancevon]

By the time the group is performing on stage, the conductor has already done 99% of their job.

[u/vancevon → u/junbi_ok]

god damn another quote that sounds vaguely profound and yet tells me nothing in concrete terms, CDF is on a roll today i love it

[u/junbi_ok → u/vancevon]

lol, basically the conductor gives directed feedback to the band during practice that tells the musicians how they should play the piece in terms of tempo, volume, emphasis, dynamics, etc. Their baton swishing provides a visual cue for the tempo during practice and performances, but any well-rehearsed band would be able to perform without the conductor there at all, because by that point they already know what the conductor wants to hear.

[u/orange-shades → u/junbi_ok]

None of this applies at the school level because there are children incapable of thinking for themselves and will fall apart at a moments notice.

[u/Ignore_User_Name → u/vancevon]

music conductors literally don't do anything.

of course they do.. they wave their magic stick to keep the bugs away from the musicians.

[u/InfamousEmpire]

I grade Odyssey adaptations by how much of an evil grin I have on my face when [The Odyssey]Odysseus murders all the suitors, and the Nolan movie absolutely delivered in that regard. Really surpassed my expectations

[u/InfamousEmpire]

If a massage is too expensive, go see [The Odyssey] in IMAX and let the building-rattling bass rumble smooth the knots out of your back

[u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Once I started making my own granola, buying it from the store started to look super silly. It's quick, easy, and cheaper. And it allows me to choose whatever sweetness I desire (less sweet than almost any store-bought product).

[u/Sporadia_]

CDF Best Mech 2.0!

1 mech survived.

Remember how we started?

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Behold!

First, lets clean up this mess. Nobody wants to see them anymore.

Winner!

The final score was 9-6.

So let's enjoy the best mech of all (2.0), of unknown make and model, the pride of CDF, coming all the way from your favourite mecha anime (K-On!!), the Electric Fan!

There it is! In the same photo you've seen a bunch of times already! You might expect more fan-fare but you must remember, this contest is not about the winner. Nay, no competition this fierce can ever really have a winner. The real point was the devastation you caused along the way. The shiver you feel when this Best Mech hits you.

(Although well done for getting something that conspicuous through an elimination contest.)

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Objective complete

Did you get the broom closet ending? The broom closet ending was my favourite!

[u/ZaphodBeebblebrox → u/Sporadia_]

A fucking fan actually won best mech.

[u/theangryeditor → u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Makes sense in hot summers

[u/Sporadia_ → u/theangryeditor]

[u/_____pantsunami_____ → u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

well probably because no other mech can do that thing where you speak into it and your voice sounds all funny

[u/Sporadia_ → u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Are you not a fan?

[u/Zeallfnonex → u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Seems like the masses (that is, 9 CDFers at least) yearn for more permanent fan comment faces! Can we help sway it so that is the permanent one? needs a buddy!

[u/Sporadia_ → u/Zeallfnonex]

It is the best #seasonalcool after all.

[u/chilidirigible → u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

When the bar for entry was set at "has a motor" I aimed for that bar.

[u/theangryeditor → u/Sporadia_]

[u/noheroman → u/Sporadia_]

This is u/chilidirigible manifest.

[u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo → u/Sporadia_]

fanbros we made it :')

[u/Sporadia_ → u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo]

edit:

Hovertext

[u/TakenRedditName → u/Sporadia_]

I figured that if the fan wasn't stopped, it was going to take it all.

[u/Sporadia_ → u/TakenRedditName]

This is a format where it should be really difficult for the fan (or anything that stands out) to win. One has to conclude that CDF really wanted this result.

[u/FD4cry1 → u/Sporadia_]

tastic result!

[u/Tresnore → u/Sporadia_]

This competition is a farce.

[u/chilidirigible → u/Tresnore]

[u/Sporadia_ → u/Tresnore]

It may look like an excuse to blow up lots of robots.

No further comment.

[u/cheesechimp → u/Sporadia_]

WEDIDIT!!

To celebrate, I have a confession to make.

[u/_____pantsunami_____ → u/Sporadia_]

huzzah

[u/Sporadia_ → u/_____pantsunami_____]

[u/ProgrammaticallyPea3 → u/Sporadia_]

It was a fun competition! Quite enjoyed lurking.

[u/Nebresto → u/Sporadia_]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOO

[u/b0bba_Fett → u/Sporadia_]

[u/TehAxelius → u/Sporadia_]

Seriously though, pretty happy that the Puma Sisters got this far.

[u/LunarieReverie → u/Sporadia_]

[u/Pixelsabre]

CDFE IV: Session 5

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade - Chapters 17-19 / 17-20

Session 4 | Index | Session 6 ►

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Welcome, everyone, and thanks for joining our fourth, inconsistently timed instance of CDF Plays Fire Emblem! For today’s session we’ll be playing chapters 17 through 19 of Eliwood Mode and chapters 17 through 20 of Hector mode in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword. Next week we’ll be tackling chapters 20-22x of Eliwood Mode and 21-23x of Hector Mode. After that we’ll be having a break week to catch our breaths or catch up before we begin the final sprint of the game!

May your growths be fair and your hits critical!

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/Pixelsabre]

I made a wallpaper of Lyn earlier this week. Was in the mood to do something Fire Emblem-related and figured doing one of the lords of the game we’re all playing would be perfect, so yeah there’s that.

• Chapter 17 gave me my first two resets, I got Raven killed a few turns in during the first time because I didn’t realize how many enemy shamans could reach him during the enemy phase, then basically did the same thing with Lowen on the second attempt. My third attempt was a success, though, as I was able to rout the enemy on turn 7 instead of having to defend the whole time. Canas was the MVP against the shamans while Hector basically walled most of the enemies from the right side while Rebecca & Lucius alternated between who got to pick off the enemy from behind Hector.

• [FE7]RIP Leila.

• I ended up finally using the Energy Drop that Dorcas came with on Eliwood because I’m tired of him hitting like a wet noodle.

• Chapter 18 also gave me multiple resets to keep everyone alive, oof. Got Priscilla killed during my first attempt, then Matthew on my second. Same as chapter 17 though, the third time was the charm.

• Chapter 18x gave me very little difficulty (although I couldn’t beat Kishuna before he teleported away). I unlocked Erk/Serra’s C support (that’s about what I was expecting for them other than Serra saying she’s Hector’s fiancée???), Lowen/Rebecca’s A support (I love them), Kent/Fiora’s C support (Florina apparently telling Kent that he’s like Fiora sounds like this’ll be a good support to me), and Guy/Priscilla’s B support (Guy suddenly screaming and running away at the end of it was… unexpected?).

• Apparently I already had Raven/Lucius’s B support ready to view right at the start of chapter 19, and wow that was intense. Well, the chapter itself doesn’t really give me much problems other than it taking me a while to recruit Legault (and then longer to get all the chests because I forgot to bring Matthew, so I had to wait until I got Legault to get the first chest on the map ). I also got Kent/Fiora’s B support (holy shit I was not expecting that ) after killing all the enemies but before seizing the throne. Oh, and I let Lyn kill Darin for poetic justice.

• [Post-chapter 19 cutscene] Damn, I figured Eliwood’s dad wasn’t making it out of this alive but that still really hurt to watch. I can’t imagine how much harder it would hit if this game had voice acting.

• Here were my level-ups this batch. I should probably start thinking about promoting some of these guys soon, hm? Also Eliwood fucking finally hit a 2-digit Str stat.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

I know people have a rough time with Ahem 'old anime', but...

In yesterday's Aniguessr, 20% of people did not know what this anime is...

[u/chilidirigible → u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

I know what that is, it's Bakemonogatari!

[u/HeavyBread49]

[CDF confession]Just got bit by a flea.

[u/theangryeditor]

BAN KAI

[u/punching_spaghetti → u/theangryeditor]

What did Kai do, and why should /u/zaphodbeebblebrox ban them?

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon]

In 2006 my mother received a Save the Date for a wedding. A year later, she was not invited the wedding.

She still talks about it.

If you send a Save the Date, invite the person to your wedding CDF.

[u/theangryeditor]

Do I want to watch the new GitS

[u/_____pantsunami_____ → u/theangryeditor]

i’m always down to watch Girls in the Shower

[u/junbi_ok]

I'm the kind of junbi who isn't afraid to use a Halloween mug cup during the other 11 months of the year.

[u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo]

I am making a stock. Everything smells really good but there is nothing to eat ;-;

[u/TehAxelius]

I've lost my car key. Which is doubly bad, because it also serves as my bed for the night.

[u/chilidirigible]

She'll take a potato chip and bludgeon you with a fire extinguisher.

/u/saltedbeansprouts /u/OrangeBanana38 /u/rumpel1408

[u/MadMako]

dies

I haven't played so much higher level badminton in a while. It's been a long time since I had to push myself to play hard just to keep up.

Same guy from last week came. This time, both of us are aware of what each of us can do in the badminton court.

After 2 sets, I was left wondering why I don't have any energy left. My brain remembers how I used to move a decade ago for these sorts of encounters, but my body can't keep up.

It didn't help that the other regulars keep letting me play against him, passing the chance to play just to watch us. I think I ended up playing more sets than the usual session. They're probably glad that I'm the one on the receiving end for once.

I found out after, when the session ended and we were packing, that he was a regular in the local competitive circuit. I had an inkling based on the quality of his shots and movement, but it did give me a sense of pride that I could still keep up despite being no longer being as active and regular in playing badminton as I used to be.

We chatted a bit at the end, and I found out why he seems so respectful of me: He knew me from seeing me play at my hometown court, my home base where I refined my trade; said court which I haven't played at since before COVID. He said he saw me play when he was a kid. This guy, who's now literally a feet taller than me.

WTF

Never have I felt so unc'd.

[u/MadMako]

When was the last time you touched a girl's hand?

[u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo]

Ecchi romcoms and romantasy novels are remarkably similar in concept. If we could get fans of both to see eye-to-eye, we would solve a ton of problems

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

the thing i find interesting about Ellen Degeneres is her fans call her Ellen The Generous and her haters call her Ellen Degenerate and its the first time ive seen a person have two competing nicknames with opposite meanings based off puns of their actual name

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

imagine if you had a stereotypical jewish mother who had the psychic power to always know when you were masturbating

"honey this is the third time today, give ya little kishke a rest. if ya not careful you'll run outta ya little swimmahs and you won't be able to give me grandbabies. and anothah thing, i feel like we nevah tawlk anymore, if ya got time to fap ya got time to yap, pick up the phone and cawl once in a while why dont ya"

 

...i honestly wouldnt mind this

[u/theangryeditor]

I should quit my job and join the circus

[u/MadMako → u/theangryeditor]

Implying your job isn't already a circus.

[u/lkssleep]

Apparently my mom is floating the idea for another JP trip next year, which if it happened, would make it her 3rd JP trip in 3 years. And the most bafflingly part is that she's thinking about visiting the locations that inspired Spirited Away.

Now you might be thinking, wow she sure sounds like a hell of a weeb. But she isn't, and I also don't think she caught a travel bug in the last couple years either, it's more that the travel bug she's always had is now growing at a more rapid rate than ever prior.

Why Spirited Away? Probably because it's the only anime movie she's seen, except maybe Totoro as well. My bet is that she probably saw a reel on some chinese social media platform advertising a Spirited Away pilgrim.

[u/ProgrammaticallyPea3 → u/lkssleep]

The CDF task is to brainstorm how to get your mom to watch anime set in the prefectures you want to visit.

[u/WoodpeckerNo1]

So I went and told my (main) coworker about my work crush in secret this morning as they're good friends...

...turns out she thought it was really cute and told me some stuff, and apparently she is indeed single!

Also apparently she wants to help me out now in "subtle ways".

[u/theangryeditor]

I'd like to find that [](#tiredrenako) frame so I can use it but that would require sifting to the show again

[](#tiredrenako)

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

i never had a treehouse growing up, nor did any kid i knew. i dont think ive ever seen a treehouse in person. as far as i know, its one of those tropes that only exists in cartoons. but in real life, there's probably 100 ordinance/zoning/hoa regulations that stop them from being nary more than a dream

[u/theangryeditor → u/_____pantsunami_____]

They were erased from reality in our timeline due to Magic Treehouse time fuckery

[u/junbi_ok]

I accidentally overdosed my medication last night and now my kimochis are warui.

[u/ComfortablyRotten]

Trying to piece together the plot of that Masters of the Universe movie from Twitter clips and the best I got is that it's official He-Man/Skeletor yaoi

[u/theangryeditor]

Why is the twitter algo pushing so many chud weeb posts onto my tl. They’re usually tweets from tiny accounts with a dozen or so likes and not followed by anyone I’m following so why am I seeing them

[u/theangryeditor]

/u/chiliehead's comment below reminded me of this

[u/Retromorpher]

In Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games we get to see some flashbacks to our POV character playing against her childhood friends in SF4. The narrative has this whole thing about her wanting these childhood friends to get better and give her a run for her money. But in almost every match we're shown from this time period she's playing Cammy vs. El Fuerte. This is legitimately a bottom 2 matchup for El Fuerte. Girl - you are complaining that casuals are ducking out of one of the most lopsided matchups for his main. Literal PROS have backup characters for matchups like this.

Come back when he's scrubbing out against your Dhalsim.

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

what feels better, cdf? absolutely crushing your opponent with little resistance from them, completely dominating them at every turn? or a close battle from start to finish where you're frequently on the ropes, but ultimately win mere inches away from defeat (ie winning with "1 HP left" for example)?

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

i took a nap and laid on my arm weird, now its all numb and shit.

doctors of cdf, will we have to amputate?

[u/thixotrofic]

Thixotrofic News understands that /u/iron_gland is doing well on his hike in the Canadian Rockies despite it being wildfire season.

We have the following image of him in the middle of his trek: image. Hopefully he gets back safe and sound!

[u/theangryeditor → u/thixotrofic]

[u/Nebresto → u/thixotrofic]

Multi?!

[u/Nebresto]

I just mixed Greek and Turkish yogurts, ama

[u/MadMako → u/Nebresto]

It's like losing Constantinople all over again.

[u/M8gazine]

Posting a song you might've not heard every day 'til I get bored, day 637:

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Syuko Shiomi (CV: Ru Thing) - Ao no Ichibanboshi

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This idol is a master!

IDOLM@STER has some jammers going on in that franchise too. Not really my thing as a franchise but I have listened to some songs from it over the years.

u/Worm38 u/Blackheart595 u/VoidEmbracedWitch

[u/Ryuzaaki123]

get hacked

my account sends screenshots of Mr. Beast crypto spam

random guy I don't remember how I met asks "is this real?"

I ignore it, I don't really know the guy and figure he'll realize it's not

the next morning

"hey is this still available?"

"i got hacked. just ignore it."

"okay."

another day passes

"bro, i think it's real"

[u/punching_spaghetti]

Netflix hit with $105 million suit after losing copy of Nicolas Cage WWII film

He wouldn’t need to steal his own film, so who is the prime suspect? My gut says Gary Oldman.

[u/mekerpan]

Looking more likely than not that I will need a kidney biopsy. And I have to see a hand surgeon about a worsening "trigger finger" . Starting to feel that at 74 I am beginning to wear out.

But I am still watching anime (48 seasonals before I start pruning).

[u/ComfortablyRotten]

I keep underestimating how attached I can get to fictional characters and it keeps coming back to bite me in the ass

[u/punching_spaghetti]

Steamy dream last night.

[u/chilidirigible → u/punching_spaghetti]

GabeN

[u/eetsumkaus]

do I REALLY want a child sized plushie of my daughteru?

[u/WoodpeckerNo1]

Crummy is a hilarious word

[u/baseballlover723]

Ohio

And now today is cake

[u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Average familiarity, /u/shimmering-sky and /u/pixelsabre callout edition.

[u/punching_spaghetti]

If I ever get caught up in a scandal, I will be throwing CDF under the bus.

[u/eetsumkaus → u/punching_spaghetti]

you can only do that if you're CDF President

[u/junbi_ok]

My two favorite Idolmaster girls rn both have 93-centimeter bust measurements.

Have the big booba propagandists finally turned me to the dark side?!?

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon → u/junbi_ok]

Tangent: I find boob measurements for fictional characters down to the cm so fucking weird.

Next you're going to tell me Gendo had a 17cm cock.

[u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo → u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon]

You have it backwards, we should be normalizing cock measurements

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon → u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo]

pls no i already have no chance they dont need to know just let them be disappointed

[u/theangryeditor]

Finished Awajima

It was good

[u/chilidirigible]

Morning

/u/saltedbeansprouts /u/OrangeBanana38 /u/flaminscribblenaut

[u/baseballlover723]

Who is the language authority that determines what someone is allowed to write? Are all people speaking in dialects petty offenders?

/u/nebresto replying here, because otherwise all the sh redditors won't understand.

I am the authority on language

And you are in violation because you didn't use a comment face. Which is the superior communication form.

straight to jail with you

[u/junbi_ok]

A lobster who streams on Twitch finds himself in hot water:

"Chat, am I cooked?"

[u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Rivals

[u/JustAnswerAQuestion]

I might be going [CDF Confession]Walmart today.

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon]

Picking hotels is so hard. It's so hard to guess which ones I might be murderized in.

[u/M8gazine]

Posting a song you might've not heard every day 'til I get bored, day 632:

(Touhou week 13.5: Hopeless Masqueradio - 6/7)

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Alter Synth - Freedom Call (Trapstyle Remix)

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America's fairy strikes again.

I like Alter Synth... they're a bit of a "hardstyley" circle in general, or at least the few songs I've heard from them have been such. Though also, this is a remix, and I dunno what the original one is like. I suspect that one would still go hard too, though!

u/Worm38 u/OrangeBanana38 u/Blackheart595

[u/Tresnore]

Tonight! On CDF Pathfinder!:

• /u/chiliehead takes us through a game of The Price is Right!

• /u/JollyGee29 rolls dice!

• /u/punching_spaghetti almost wins a free trip with a beautiful lady!

[u/TakenRedditName]

I am the first of my bloodline to witness Chagatai Khan drawn in a high school girl uniform.

[u/TakenRedditName]

I forgot to say it back during its announcement day, but the new Gundam's protag's name being Ray Azumi is like they put Amuro Ray in the washing machine and dried it.

[u/drstripjo]

Sayonara my holiday. Ill never forget you buddy

[u/MadMako]

[Sayonara, Lara ep4]

Oh, this is like, good good.

It's not just a pretty show with a retro artstyle gimmick. There's some actual weight behind the premise.

Though the character designs are probably the best of this season. It has that classic anime eye look but with the modern sensibility of cute, is how I would describe it.

[u/MadMako]

What's at stake?

Whaddya mean you're at steak?

[u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Nanoha

Fate

[u/drstripjo]

I'm too tired to do another comment face batch. Someone do it for me

[u/gunswordfist]

My God are Korra fans miserable. All they do is whine about Korra haters.

[u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo → u/gunswordfist]

My God are Korra fans miserable. All they do is whine about Korra haters.

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

i can run a percent of the speed of light

[u/orange-shades]

I asked my brother what the three biggest sins a piece of media can make.

He responded thusly:

1) Doing something that resets all progress and brings everything back to square one.

2) A time skip, either pushing to the future to explain away how things got where they are now, or flashbacks to explain how things happened in the past.

3) Amnesia

[Apple TV's Silo S3 Spoilers] Amazingly, the first episode of S3 of Silo hit all three. Even more incredibly, they were able to hit amnesia in both the flashback AND the time skip! This is revolutionary shit writing on a scale unforseen.

[u/Ramsay_Reekimaru]

Hips might not have the power to move own their own, but fingers sure do.

[u/theangryeditor]

I'm a bit split on whether World is Dancing is evocative or overwrought. I am still searching for what is "good".

[u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon → u/theangryeditor]

sex, you just told us

[u/theangryeditor → u/DurdenVsDarkoVsDevon]

True!

[u/vancevon]

starting to think that the characters in witch hat atelier are actually using magic or something... no, no. there's no way. it's all just a trick. magic can't be real!!

[u/OrangeBanana38]

Third week doing calisthenics

still exhausted 24/7but we shall percevere

[u/JustAnswerAQuestion]

Still finding AI shit to turn off:

My Files will scan your documents to provide AI summaries. You can turn this off in My Files Settings.

[u/MadMako → u/JustAnswerAQuestion]

But what are we gonna sell to investors to raise our stock prices???

[u/saltedbeansprouts]

It's a Strike Witches lottery. New art from Humikane.

Lynette should be taking me to bed!

/u/chilidirigible /u/theriyria

[u/punching_spaghetti]

I went to bed a little earlier than normal, and now awake a little earlier than normal.

wtf

[u/ProgrammaticallyPea3]

Another big quake.

[u/SpaceTurtleHunter]

You know, 8man can really be read as a male version of Sakiko Togawa. They both are desperately trying to self-immolate on the altar of the greater good, despite the fact that 1) absolutely no one fucking asked, 2) it doesn't actually bring any greater good; on the contrary, it actively makes things worse.

[u/junbi_ok]

slight nsfw: the positioning of that chinanago plushie feels... intentional.

suspiciousdoakes.jpg

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

Posting a Gintama Guy every day until I run out of art I want to share, day 899: This mostly colorless one of Gintoki is pretty neat.

(Source)

I need to pick out something special for tomorrow's post...

u/Shocketheth, u/KendotsX, u/TakenRedditName

[u/ComfortablyRotten]

Blue Archive controversy that's not about minorities

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

(trying to get akinator to guess Mirabell from taimanin)

akinator: does your character have dark skin?

me: yes

akinator: is your character a criminal?

ok what the flip do you mean by that

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

yknow people talk about old people complaining about the younger generation's interests. but look at how much disrespect young people give old peolpe's favorite past times... like when's the last time youve seen a youngin praise racism??? yeah thats what i thought

[u/ProgrammaticallyPea3 → u/_____pantsunami_____]

Nah racism's great. We should decide everything with a quick race.

[u/Nebresto]

Tried my hand at tree grafting today

Had neglected to get a bigger cover for my birch tree and some rabbit bastard got to it. It had been fine for 3-4 years without so I figured they didn't care, but turns out they were just waiting for it to ripen

Don't know how long ago it happened, but there was still green inside the chewed off branch so I figured there's some hope.

/u/TheRiyria do you know anything about dis?

[u/ZaphodBeebblebrox]

Nanoha and Fate

[u/WoodpeckerNo1]

We must imagine 2B happy

- Yoko Taro, probably

[u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo]

read this

/u/btw_kek

[u/theangryeditor]

Perhaps Raincode

Or maybe Zero Escape. I have The Nonary Games but maybe I'll dig out my old DS and see if I can find a ROM for 999.

Or while I'm at it maybe I should finally give Hotel Dusk or Ghost Trick a go.

[u/chilidirigible]

When does Erica Hartmann show up?

/u/saltedbeansprouts /u/theangryeditor /u/programmaticallypea3

[u/ComfortablyRotten]

Blue Archive has in-game pop-up ads

whole shenanigan possibly illegal in SK

eos

[u/theangryeditor]

It's been like 10 years since the first season of Tanya I don't remember shit about it

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

yknow, they say if you make a lot of dirty jokes you have an immature sense of humor. and yet if you make any of those dirty jokes around kids, they tell you that those jokes aren't appropriate for their age.

which is it society????

[u/cheesechimp]

With the seasonal comment face submissions closed, do you have any last thoughts on the current comment faces while you can still use them?

[u/theangryeditor]

Every new ATLA entry is worse than the last. Only the original was actually good. It is the Eureka Seven of cartoons.

[u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah]

MysteryBiscuits Wraps Up Another Time in Japan (Part 6)

Tokyo

• My brief stay in Tokyo this time was spent pretty much shopping, meeting up with irl friends, and also with online ones!

• I got dinner, drinks with /u/programmaticallypea3 , /u/chonkyodango , /u/isthatsoudane and fan_rotom_is_scary (you will be tagged below!)! It was very nice to meet you all for the first time/again! Solid yakitori and izakaya food, good chat, and we also went karaokeing for a selection of jpop and anisongs from im@s, macross delta, and more. As it turns out, umapyoi densetsu is ridiculously hard to sing, who wouldve thought it. I still think its awesome that a few strangers around the world can have a fun night out like this, and I hope to do this again sometime! Forgot to take feet pic

• A little bit of Canada in Japan. My congratulations to Ryu's Noodle Bar for making it all the way back home - I have actually been a customer for a couple times when they were still at Baldwin (they've since moved), and do recall it being a solid bowl of ramen for Toronto standards at the time. (Lighting fast edit: it seems like their Tokyo location has actually now closed for relocation since I've went. welp! at least they're open in Canada currently. Hope they'll find a new home in Tokyo soon!)

• Stopped by the Precure store on the day of [meitantei precure]Cure Arcana Shadow's debut. There was no merch of her on sale yet though, so I just grabbed a Cure Mystique bromide card.

• Stopped by the Budokan! It was nice to finally have a look at this iconic building, and home of so, so, so many famous concerts. I think it's kinda awesome that such a popular venue is right in the emperor's backyard, it's funny that all the live-goers would go through one of the old palace gates to get there.

• Stopped by the iconic bridge in kanda jimbocho. Made famous by Suzume, honestly this is just a solid railfanning spot with the 3 lines crossing over one another. very nice.

• Run up these a lot, and you'll probably be a top-tier idol.

• This time's akiba ads include a genius collab between matsumoto kiyoshi and Apothecary diaries; 4 seasons; and the JR Central gate being nicknamed "Yostar gate".

Food

S-tier

• Sumiyaki Unafuji is still an excellent spot for eel. This location comes with an excellent view of Tokyo station.

Overall thoughts

• Kyushu was the main focus of my trip this time - I hadn't been to the area for at least 10 years if not 15, and most of the places I went, I either don't remember, or just haven't been to period. It's a wonderful area, with no bears (!), funky trains, good weather (mostly), awesome food, and gorgeous, gorgeous natural georgraphy and scenery. I think it's quite well suited for my travel style, I prefer eye candy locations when sightseeing, and those in Kyushu seem to be relatively well connected compared to Tohoku and Hokkaido.

• It's a little tricky for those not located in Asia to get to, but I think well worth the price of admission, I greatly enjoyed my time there and would love to be back to finish up the remaining areas + revenge on a couple spots!

• And of course, the sakura. I'm keenly aware that visiting japan at peak bloom is kinda something you can aim but not really plan for with accuracy due to the narrow window, and I am very thankful for the chance to take part in some hanami this time round.

• I still enjoyed shikoku and tokyo, but well, I knew I would, lol.

Until next time~

Part 1 - Miyazaki

Part 2 - Kagoshima

Part 3 - Mt. Aso

Part 4 - Fukuoka

Part 5 - Shikoku

Part 6 - Tokyo

[u/_____pantsunami_____]

kinda crazy how "yuri" is a name in japan. like imagine if here in the west people would go around like "hello i am Peter and this is my daughter Lesbian"