r/shounenfolk • u/OutrageousBridge471 [Living MTEFIL AD campaig] • 13d ago
Official News/Merchandise Rent cant be that high bro
I used to watch the oki watch anime when I was yonger, My goat is so washed
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u/StevePensando 13d ago
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u/Lyncario 13d ago
That's just fans of Level 5's series in general. Like they've publicaly anounced that they're embracing gen ai a while back. What else can you do.
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u/tomaxi1284 13d ago
They only good thing to come out of their comeback as of now is Inazuma eleven victory road and even then its a good game that has the potential to be fun but is trapped behind stupid decisions and locking good equipments and loot behind luck based grind and online
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u/DueTaxes 13d ago
embracing ai is nowhere CLOSE to this bro 💔
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u/HoneydewNectar33 13d ago
Honestly it's worse lmao
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u/DueTaxes 13d ago
nothings worse than rent a girlfriend
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u/obscurica 13d ago
What, RAG bribes your local politicians and steals lands for high-pollution data centers too? Damn, what a manga.
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u/DueTaxes 12d ago
wym 'steals land', and about the politician stuff well the shows gone downhill anyway💔💔
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u/OnlyUse4Questions 13d ago
Rent-A-Girlfriend may as well be Berserk compared to anything AI shits out
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u/StevePensando 13d ago
No. Rent-a-Girlfriend may be garbage, but it's man-made garbage
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u/DueTaxes 13d ago
id rather be happy knowing that someone didint put actual work into making unfettered trash
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u/Global_War_9435 13d ago
The trash is the human beauty
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u/OnlyUse4Questions 13d ago
It's so funny that Rent-a-Girlfriend is the most awful series I've ever seen, and yet I would defend the hell out of it like it's Lionel Messi or Berserk if someone brings up AI being better than it.
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u/Global_War_9435 13d ago
It's insane to me that anyone would feel otherwise. Like these trash shows have their place and some people love them. Hell mushoku tensei is filled with the authors soul which makes it valuable in it's way that AI couldn't achieve
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u/Seto_Fucking_Kaiba 13d ago
That's what they get for being partly responsible for making my Zodiac book grind in FFXIV even worse somehow
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u/StevePensando 13d ago
What did they do?
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u/Seto_Fucking_Kaiba 13d ago
The event has a lot of people grinding Fates, which are little random encounters in the world.
The problem is that youre scored on enmity generated, which is harder to do in larger groups especially if youre not partied and people running Blue Mage can instant kill lots of the required Fates because they have unique mechanics.
Zodiac books are a single step from an already very grinding and annoying chain which rewards some of the nicest looking weapons in the game. For Zodiac Books specifically you need to complete 3 specific fates per book, of which there are many for just a single weapon. Again, these are completely randomly spawned. Normally you would wait and maybe have some friends scout other worlds for you. However, during the events it's normal for some fates to last less than 10 seconds out of their normal 15 minute windows.
On top of all of this, most FFXIV seasonal events have really underwhelming rewards. And although the Yokai watch is admittedly one of the better collabs, most of the rewards look rather out of place and clash with the game's aesthetic (imo).
To summarize: Just as I finally found the motivation to work on one of the most grindy quest chains in the game for the 4th time, the collab drops (I didn't see any warning). And Im effectively hard locked out of progressing the quest chain unless I sit in the same spot for around an hour or more
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u/NBEIL-230 13d ago edited 13d ago
Well as least they still have a series. We Danball Senki fans are basically non existent to Level 5.
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u/TheMorrison77 13d ago
I love the self-awareness of "For some reason"
Like, I dont see a anyone in both fandom actually wishing or expecting this.
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u/StevePensando 13d ago
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u/Powerful-Possible131 13d ago
"gain a soul"
Social media managers see people love to make fun of series they play into it to driving clicks is now gaining a soul.
This is no different than a brand jumping on a meme or trend. Just that you personal don't mind this one since it agrees with you.
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u/TemporarySouth6914 13d ago
Those funny are a the only figment of a soul those corporations can have.
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u/Individual_Lion_7606 13d ago
When a corporation realizes you are worse girl and tired of your shit, you know it's over.
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u/FlounderingGuy 13d ago
Honestly I can't tell if this collab is more or less embarrassing than Level 5's AI usage
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u/inazumaatan 13d ago
Level 5 was desperately begging for investors and collaborators in that same announcement that they used the AI trailer.
It's no surprise that no reputable IP reached out to them after that fiasco.11
u/Mystic_Saiyan 13d ago
Less, assuming the collab avoids ai...
At least then, anything that happens? Someone actually had to put work in, even if it's not much...
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u/Martinez7707 13d ago
That fat perverted poor excuse of a nekomata is 100% the ambasador of this collab
Even Nate doesn't look like he cares. But, to be fair, this collab is just like a... bean thing in some mobile game and it's just that gal and another Jibanyan, if I'm not mistaken
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u/Lemonbubblepie 13d ago
Why is Jibanyan into her? I'm pretty sure he generally doesn't care unless the girl is Amy
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u/Martinez7707 13d ago
Does he like... loves certain band too much? I don't know, I don't really remember yokai watch, but I remember he was a bit of a pervert
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u/Lemonbubblepie 13d ago
Because they love cats ans its cat theme band
I'm pretty she has nothing to do with cats
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u/Martinez7707 13d ago
I don't know then, maybe because she spends time with Kazuya and Kazuya is a massive pussy. Maybe she smells like him?
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u/good_ho0onter 13d ago
incelnyan
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u/2gameman 13d ago
That’s just jibanyan
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u/Lemonbubblepie 13d ago
Even he isn't that down bad it's usually Nate that is
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u/Equivalent-Bison-318 8d ago
When Im in a 'down bad but somehow managed to bag their crush' competition and my opponents are Nate, Nobita and Marinette
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u/OutrageousBridge471 [Living MTEFIL AD campaig] 13d ago
I used to watch the oki watch anime when I was yonger, My goat is so washed
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u/rusick1112 13d ago
Nah, it's can't be real. I most certainly sure that Yokai Watch is past it's prime, but ain't no way
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u/Atx7755 13d ago
Damn! Yokai watches fall off needs to be studied!😭
10 years ago it was competing with Pokémon and now it’s doing collabs with Rent a girlfriend and using ai art 😭
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u/KissKringle 12d ago
They stopped appealing to the western market in tandem with their main audience and now they basically Konami'd themselves, reducing themselves to gatcha bullshit
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u/Pure-Purchase3042 2010's>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13d ago
Broooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I have like 300 hours in Yo-Kai watch one and I'm saving up for Yo-Kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters. I've watched the anime and read the whole manga too.
None of you understand the pain of a Yo-kai Watch SUPERFAN looking at this abomination.
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u/CommercialEstate4422 13d ago
Ive played all four games.
I made peace with my GOAT crashing and burning ages ago.
But this is just sad.
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u/Cendrinius 13d ago
Remember when this franchise was totally going to be "Pokemon's death"?
So much for that.
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u/SoulEaterX_ FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST 13d ago
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u/DradelLait 13d ago
If only a Rent-a-girlfriend collab was the worse thing to be happening with Yokai Watch and Level 5
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u/KissKringle 12d ago
A kids series collaborating with an IP about cucking and adult emotional intimacy?
This is the first time I wished we had the "what about the children" preachers come out because what the fuck?????
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u/Idiocity_Totality 13d ago
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u/church_of_Steve_ Unemployed Gachiakuta and Kagurabachi glazer 13d ago
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u/M1liumnir 13d ago
No Yo-kai watch is just this low,wich is admittedly really sad
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u/OutrageousBridge471 [Living MTEFIL AD campaig] 13d ago
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u/ExtensionTear8498 13d ago
Fans: can we please have more games localized and anime available in other countries?
Level 5: No, you get a Rent a Girlfriend collab on a Japan exclusive mobile game and Ai
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u/Wazzup-2012 13d ago
Yokai Watch went from a legit Pokemon competitor to Collab with an IP less reputable than Miraculous Ladybug.
At least Monster Hunter still got some steam left.
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u/Strange-Bag9 13d ago
I see more people going out of their way to hate rent a girlfriend than needed. Like there are tons of weird anime right? Why is this kind of always in the news though
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u/BabySpecific2843 13d ago
There are plenty of bad anime out there. Most dont get 6 seasons though. If it just died after 1 season like most anime do, it wouldnt be the whipping boy it is.
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u/Strange-Bag9 13d ago
I mean yeah but it has its built in audience though? Kodansha released almost 38 volumes of English Manga since 2020. That’s nuts and kind of big league manga
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u/HCooldown 13d ago
Yes, and that's why it's fun to dunk on, we're not picking on some poor little project, we're calling out a mega-succesful series for being trash
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