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Canvas.Fediverse.Events ended, and this caught my eye. She looks familiar.

Who is this character from?

EDIT: Thank you so much!

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

She's Pico, from the "Boku no Pico Academia" native isekai cartoon. :^)

[I'm joking. As others answered, the character is Megumin, from KonoSuba. A chuuni who knows only a single magic, Explosion, that often hits her own allies. I recommend the show, by the way, even for people who aren't into isekai.]

[–] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are so many words that I don't understand

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
  • Megumin = the character
  • KonoSuba = the anime series (the actual title is rather long)
  • chuuni = basically a delusional teen who sees the world through rather coloured glasses. (I'm being simplistic)
  • isekai = stories where the main protagonist (not Megumin in this case, but her friend Kazuma) is sent to another world, often a fantasy one (that's the case here).
[–] mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! I'm not into anime and now your comment makes much more sense for me!

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

You're welcome! I kind of forget that anime/manga fan terminology is opaque. ~~ani.social did this to me.~~

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[chuuni mode] WAHAHA! By being open to the depths of weaboo culture, you unlocked your evil eye and you're now able to appraise its arcane terminology! [/chuuni mode]

Serious now. As I was looking for a good/succinct definition of chuuni, I found this Wikipedia article, with a great example of a Western chuuni: Don Quixote. Like, he's considerably older than you'd expect from a chuuni, but it's the same sort of delusion as them!

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's the same link as you posted earlier, but I already know who you're talking about and totally get it!

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

That's what happens when you post sleep-deprived... thanks for pointing out.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You are truly evil. Do you need a hug or something

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

Do you need a hug or something

Nah, Kazuma might get jealous.

[–] francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You are mean. They'll have nightmares.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

No, nightmares would be Redo of a Healer.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Objective achieved.

(Some might look into Boku no Hero Academia though. I'm not a big fan of the series but plenty people like it.)

[–] cordlesslamp 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call it "isekai" as in the general term. It's a "isekai parody" or rather making fun of the genre "isekai".

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Personally I see it simply as a comedy isekai. Or at most an isekai parodying common isekai tropes. That's up to definitions though, so there isn't a "right" answer.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The anime is more comedy than isekai, the light novels on the other hand are definitely more isekai adventure than comedy. I personly did not like the anime, i hated aqua. The books though were much better, i still hated aqua for the majority of the books. The stroy had a really good ending, i mean they go fight the demon king and everything which just seemed so impossible to begin with

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i still hated aqua for the majority of the books.

I'm not surprised - a lot of people hate Aqua. She's whiny, entitled, and she's always finding a way to fuck it up. I like her as a character doing a role in a story, but as a person (or god, whatever) I'd probably stay away from her.

About the anime being "more comedy than isekai": at least for me comedic value and "isekainess" are completely orthogonal. Even if both are used to define genres, one is primarily about the target reaction on the audience (to make them laugh), another about the setting (another world than the one that the protag is from).

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My comment about the anime being more comedy was a direct comparison to the books which are more of an adventure story instead of a comedy one. I just used isekai as an adjective where i shouldn't have, which i could have been put better, sorry.

About our dear goddess Aqua, shes bad in the anime but her action come off as less serious. In the books a lot of the time it is clear she is purposely being a huge bitch and pain in the ass for no reason other then to be passively malicious. She definitely has some good moments, which she ruins every single time. Good read, waaay better then i first thought from my impressions of the anime.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

adventure

Got it - and I kind of get why you used "isekai" there, plenty isekais are adventure stories.

Good read, waaay better then i first thought from my impressions of the anime.

That happens with me a lot when reading LNs. DanMachi (not isekai, I know) is a great example of that - the anime is OK, but actually following Aiz' thoughts in Sword Oratoria makes her a lot more relatable and understandable. Kind of opposite of what you're talking about Aqua, right? I guess we know characters better through novels than anime.