Some Online Comics... when it's a slow day

• Dumbing of Age

• Savage Chickens

• Lunarbaboon

• Erma 'A' (Tpas-all)  
• Erma - Current
• Tales of Outcast 
• Tales of Outcast 'B' (Tpas)  
• Outcast Studios 
• YouTube 

• 9Gag

• Foxtrot

• Superglitch

• Real Life Adventures

• Simon's Cat

• The Perry Bible Fellowship

• Loose Parts

• Doodle For Food

• War and Peas

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

• The Argyle Sweater

• Sarah's Scribbles

• In the Bleachers

GoComics

 

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Mal

Girls Last Tour

► Also cf. "Movies I've Watched, Enjoyed and Appreciated Recently"

I've just spent the previous three days 'binge-watching' this 12-part anime series that was recommended to me. (Each episode is only c.22 minutes long, tho...)

I don't watch 'anime' at all. I'll be honest: after watching "Made in Abyss", nothing quite stacks up next to that masterpiece.*

💥 Girls' Last Tour (2017) (English dub)

Directed by Takaharu Ozaki

► cf. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7474942/

► cf. https://girls-last-tour.fandom.com/wiki/Girls_Last_Tour_Wiki

Rated (by me): 2.5/5  ⭐⭐+

Brief synopsis:

Two girls wander a world destroyed by war, this is a

 " 'morose anime" which is "made brighter through [Chito and Yuuri's] perspective on a barren world'. " (Source)

Trailer

Synopsis (1):

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for. (Source)

Synopsis (2):

Amid the desolate remains of a once-thriving city, only the rumbling of a motorbike breaks the cold winter silence. Its riders, Chito and Yuuri, are the last survivors in the war-torn city. Scavenging old military sites for food and parts, the two girls explore the wastelands and speculate about the old world to pass the time. Chito and Yuuri each occasionally struggle with the looming solitude, but when they have each other, sharing the weight of being two of the last humans becomes a bit more bearable. Between Yuuri's clumsy excitement and Chito's calm composure, their dark days get a little brighter with shooting practice, new books, and snowball fights on the frozen battlefield. (Source)

The anime series ends at Chapter 32, but the Manga (illustrated book) finishes with Chapter 47, and it doesn't end with an uplifting, joyous, positive finale.

* While this series simply does not hold a candle to the magnificent anime "Made in Abyss", there are similarities in some of the concepts. Whether these are just part of Japanese culture or an anime thing, I simply do not know (considering this is only the second-ever 'anime' series I have ever watched).

Made in Abyss features a journey involving circles/spirals going downward; they know their journey means they cannot return; strength through friendship.

Similarly, this series features a journey involving spirals going upward; a hopeless destination; and (to me, most importantly) strength through friendship (well, the girls are sisters, but their strength lies in their togetherness).

While the concept of the series isn't necessarily 'positive' or 'hopeful', it hasn't triggered my depression at all, thankfully.

Peas be with ewe 
Mal

Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

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I don't watch anime at all... however...

"Made in Abyss" is something completely... emotionally awe-inspiring... on so many levels (no pun intended).

I've just finished the last episode of the third season: "Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun"... (with English subtitles, thankfully)...

5 out of 5 completely, the whole series.

The writing, the art, the characterization, the music... all completely first class. Breathtaking. I've run out of appropriate words.

I stumbled across the first series quite by accident a few years ago, and have been entranced by it ever since.

It starts off as an adventure with a group of kids... but it goes... somewhere completely... different... darker... personal...

➽ "a 10/10 PERFECT masterpiece, a true "Haku" of anime" - @Incognonymous2 

 

➽ "Greatest of all time. Zenith of the medium. Hallmark of media. Gold standard of storytelling. Apogee of creativity. Vertex of invention. Acme of imagination. Pinnacle of innovation. Epic of epics. Legend among legends. 10/10" - @heourezuru

➽ "...has one of the best world building and soundtracks I've ever experienced. 10/10 storytelling!" - @benangz 

➽ "...a unique anime masterpiece. The story, characters, animation and music are incredible. It's a wonderful, thrilling and emotional experience. Faputa is such a fascinating character. #MadeInAbyss" - @Chinnu_Atluri97 

➽ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Abyss

➽ https://madeinabyss.fandom.com/wiki/Made_in_Abyss_(Anime)

➽ https://madeinabyss.fandom.com/wiki/The_Abyss

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Peas be with ewe 
Mal

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