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"content": "On the face of it, this looks like a simple question. Only upon trying to answer it, does its true complexity come to light.<br /><br />To give an accurate answer, I had to go over every interaction I've had with another person for the past nearly 40 years of my life. I then had to rank each based on a variety of metrics, including, but not limited to, intent, outcome, exclusivity, investment, to separate \"kinder\" from \"less kind\". That is the only way to determine the \"kindest\".<br /><br />But I am glad to say, that after much effort, I had managed to find it. The one single \"kindest\" of them all. The one act, of which not a single other had been kinder. And I am more than happy to reveal it.<br /><br />Played Terraria with me.<br />",
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"content": "On the face of it, this looks like a simple question. Only upon trying to answer it, does its true complexity come to light.\n\nTo give an accurate answer, I had to go over every interaction I've had with another person for the past nearly 40 years of my life. I then had to rank each based on a variety of metrics, including, but not limited to, intent, outcome, exclusivity, investment, to separate \"kinder\" from \"less kind\". That is the only way to determine the \"kindest\".\n\nBut I am glad to say, that after much effort, I had managed to find it. The one single \"kindest\" of them all. The one act, of which not a single other had been kinder. And I am more than happy to reveal it.\n\nPlayed Terraria with me.\n",
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"content": "Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Ai looks at herself.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=wondereggpriority\" title=\"#wondereggpriority\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#wondereggpriority</a>",
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"content": "Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Ai looks at herself.\n\n#anime #wondereggpriority",
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"content": "So recently I've watched <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=rashaoheisenki\" title=\"#rashaoheisenki\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#rashaoheisenki</a> (or Luo Xiao Hei Zhan Ji), which is a series split of a Japanese dub of a Chinese <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> movie. That's a mouthful. I can best describe it as \"porn for cat lovers, with kung fu fighting\".<br /><br />But what I want to talk about is the animation, and how smooth it is. Either Chinese tweeners are so cheap they can afford a few thousand of them for a single movie, or some form of vectors was used. The largely simplistic shading suggests the latter.<br /><br />I am inevitably forced to compare it to another anime running currently, <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=chimimo\" title=\"#chimimo\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#chimimo</a>, which also reeks of vectors. While not as impressively animated as Xiao Hei, there's no mistaking the smooth and fluid movement in a relatively simplistic and bright style.<br /><br />While Chimimo can feel cheap at times, it's still a step up from the average 3D anime. Xiao Hei, on the other hand, feels anything but cheap. While fluid, the character movement is very animate, and conveys deep body language and emotion. It's possible that what was saved on tweening could be directed at tweaking the movement timing and easing.<br /><br />It makes you wonder if there's a future of vector anime.",
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"content": "So recently I've watched #rashaoheisenki (or Luo Xiao Hei Zhan Ji), which is a series split of a Japanese dub of a Chinese #anime movie. That's a mouthful. I can best describe it as \"porn for cat lovers, with kung fu fighting\".\n\nBut what I want to talk about is the animation, and how smooth it is. Either Chinese tweeners are so cheap they can afford a few thousand of them for a single movie, or some form of vectors was used. The largely simplistic shading suggests the latter.\n\nI am inevitably forced to compare it to another anime running currently, #chimimo, which also reeks of vectors. While not as impressively animated as Xiao Hei, there's no mistaking the smooth and fluid movement in a relatively simplistic and bright style.\n\nWhile Chimimo can feel cheap at times, it's still a step up from the average 3D anime. Xiao Hei, on the other hand, feels anything but cheap. While fluid, the character movement is very animate, and conveys deep body language and emotion. It's possible that what was saved on tweening could be directed at tweaking the movement timing and easing.\n\nIt makes you wonder if there's a future of vector anime.",
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"content": "So I've recently talked about gay sports <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a>. So this time I want to talk a bit about superstraight sports anime. After all, logically, there's no reason for one to exist and not the other. I'm not sure if it can be defined as a genre yet, but it certainly has the potential.<br /><br />A common trope of gay sports anime is the \"loner pro\". Due to being \"so much better\" than the rest of the team, and/or having some childhood trauma, he has issues trusting his team. As a result, he avoids any team play, and tries to take on the opponent team alone. Eventually, he has to deal with being outnumbered and marked, and is forced to learn to get along with the rest of his team.<br /><br />Enter <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=bluelock\" title=\"#bluelock\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#bluelock</a>, an anime about creating a \"striker\", a soccer player that can single-handedly bring a win for his team.<br /><br />Right from the start, the protagonist is faced with the classical choice of \"go for the goal\" vs \"pass to a teammate\". Let's set aside for a moment that the protagonist is completely free for a goal kick, that the teammate shouldn't be asking for the ball as the pass line is not free, and that the positioning is ambiguous enough that the pass is a serious risk of being called an offside anyway. In a very rare twist, the protagonist opts to make the pass, rather than shoot for the goal. The teammate then ends up completely screwing the goal kick, and losing the game.<br /><br />In a gay sports anime, this would be the traumatic moment that causes the protagonist to lose trust in his team, and have to re-learn how to trust others and pass the ball, rather than play alone. But since BlueLock is a superstraight sports anime, this is the establishing moment that eventually motivates the protagonist to become a striker.<br /><br />Of course, this one unfortunate moment is not the only thing this anime uses in order to justify being a bad team player as a good thing. They point at the prominence of star players like Ronaldo and Messi over the rest of their team, and bring quotes from such players like Pele to show how much they value and focus on their own play. They also bring up Japan's very real record of never making it past the round of 16 in FIFA World Cup (This is actually true at the time of writing, but could change during the 2022 cup).<br /><br />The whole series is the antithesis to \"the power of friendship\". It's all about star power. And that may be the most original gimmick in anime in a long time.<br />",
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"content": "So I've recently talked about gay sports #anime. So this time I want to talk a bit about superstraight sports anime. After all, logically, there's no reason for one to exist and not the other. I'm not sure if it can be defined as a genre yet, but it certainly has the potential.\n\nA common trope of gay sports anime is the \"loner pro\". Due to being \"so much better\" than the rest of the team, and/or having some childhood trauma, he has issues trusting his team. As a result, he avoids any team play, and tries to take on the opponent team alone. Eventually, he has to deal with being outnumbered and marked, and is forced to learn to get along with the rest of his team.\n\nEnter #bluelock, an anime about creating a \"striker\", a soccer player that can single-handedly bring a win for his team.\n\nRight from the start, the protagonist is faced with the classical choice of \"go for the goal\" vs \"pass to a teammate\". Let's set aside for a moment that the protagonist is completely free for a goal kick, that the teammate shouldn't be asking for the ball as the pass line is not free, and that the positioning is ambiguous enough that the pass is a serious risk of being called an offside anyway. In a very rare twist, the protagonist opts to make the pass, rather than shoot for the goal. The teammate then ends up completely screwing the goal kick, and losing the game.\n\nIn a gay sports anime, this would be the traumatic moment that causes the protagonist to lose trust in his team, and have to re-learn how to trust others and pass the ball, rather than play alone. But since BlueLock is a superstraight sports anime, this is the establishing moment that eventually motivates the protagonist to become a striker.\n\nOf course, this one unfortunate moment is not the only thing this anime uses in order to justify being a bad team player as a good thing. They point at the prominence of star players like Ronaldo and Messi over the rest of their team, and bring quotes from such players like Pele to show how much they value and focus on their own play. They also bring up Japan's very real record of never making it past the round of 16 in FIFA World Cup (This is actually true at the time of writing, but could change during the 2022 cup).\n\nThe whole series is the antithesis to \"the power of friendship\". It's all about star power. And that may be the most original gimmick in anime in a long time.\n",
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"content": "Sometimes, <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> and the internet come together to allow me to better appreciate both.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=futokunoguild\" title=\"#futokunoguild\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#futokunoguild</a>",
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"content": "Sometimes, #anime and the internet come together to allow me to better appreciate both.\n\n#futokunoguild",
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"content": "<a class=\"u-url mention\" href=\"https://www.minds.com/Minds\" target=\"_blank\">@Minds</a> Deleting a post with an image does not seem to delete the image in the post, which seems to still be accessible via the CDN link. Is this simply a CDN cache time issue, or an outright bug?",
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"content": "@Minds Deleting a post with an image does not seem to delete the image in the post, which seems to still be accessible via the CDN link. Is this simply a CDN cache time issue, or an outright bug?",
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"content": "So the first episode of <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=gundam_witch\" title=\"#gundam_witch\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#gundam_witch</a> came out last week, and my first thought was \"The <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=rule34\" title=\"#rule34\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#rule34</a> writes itself\". So, I checked and apparently the rule34 has written itself since about 4 months ago. Because waiting for an episode to actually come out is for the weak. It did accelerate quite a bit immediately when the episode came out, though. And in the most predictable and appropriate direction.<br /><br />This is one <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> that absolutely had it coming.<br /><br />Oh yeah, and mandatory <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=utena\" title=\"#utena\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#utena</a> comparisons, because, of course.<br /><br />P.S. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, AT-X started airing Utena re-runs on the same day they aired the first episode of Gundam Witch. Perhaps they had the same thing in mind.",
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"content": "So the first episode of #gundam_witch came out last week, and my first thought was \"The #rule34 writes itself\". So, I checked and apparently the rule34 has written itself since about 4 months ago. Because waiting for an episode to actually come out is for the weak. It did accelerate quite a bit immediately when the episode came out, though. And in the most predictable and appropriate direction.\n\nThis is one #anime that absolutely had it coming.\n\nOh yeah, and mandatory #utena comparisons, because, of course.\n\nP.S. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, AT-X started airing Utena re-runs on the same day they aired the first episode of Gundam Witch. Perhaps they had the same thing in mind.",
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"content": "Presented without context<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=shirobako\" title=\"#shirobako\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#shirobako</a>",
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"content": "Presented without context\n\n#anime #shirobako",
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"content": "So AT-X has been running re-runs of <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=shirobako\" title=\"#shirobako\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#shirobako</a>, an <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> about making anime. In order to illustrate production hell, they float the idea of having a recap episode as the season finale, as the absolute worst-case scenario.<br /><br />Meanwhile, <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=isekaiojisan\" title=\"#isekaiojisan\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#isekaiojisan</a> is on its 6th re-run episode, and may just finish the whole season (and potentially its entire run) with just 7 episodes total.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=madeinabyss\" title=\"#madeinabyss\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#madeinabyss</a> season 2 is also shamelessly doing a recap episode for its second-to-last episode. But at least it's not the season finale.",
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"content": "So AT-X has been running re-runs of #shirobako, an #anime about making anime. In order to illustrate production hell, they float the idea of having a recap episode as the season finale, as the absolute worst-case scenario.\n\nMeanwhile, #isekaiojisan is on its 6th re-run episode, and may just finish the whole season (and potentially its entire run) with just 7 episodes total.\n\n#madeinabyss season 2 is also shamelessly doing a recap episode for its second-to-last episode. But at least it's not the season finale.",
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"content": "She's not queen of the castle: How Shaft screwed up one of RWBY's most iconic scenes<br />The food fight scene at the start of <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=rwby\" title=\"#rwby\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#rwby</a> volume two acts as an introduction to the world and characters. In one somewhat playful fight scene, it not only establishes the personality quirks and fighting style of each of the 8 primary characters, but also demonstrates, very unsubtly, most of the semblances revealed so far, including Pyrrha's, who had, up to that point, been making an effort to hide it and use it very subtly.<br /><br />Shaft's <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> version contains a few of the clash moments (out of order), but it notably lacks most of the semblance use, as well as getting Ren's fighting style quite wrong, and dropping one of Nora's biggest \"powerhouse\" moments (Knocking Yang into the stratosphere). Most notably, it screws up Ruby's most notable semblance usage. It's so notable, that it's her super in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Apparently, Shaft didn't feel it was as important as Arc System Works did.<br /><br />But beyond that, it's the feel. Shaft is trying to use the scene as an epilogue, to say \"They're all getting along now\". This gives it a strong \"winding down\" feeling. When originally, the scene was used as an intro/exposition, with a very strong \"winding up\" feeling to start volume 2 with a bang (or a Yang).<br /><br />While it may work in the context Shaft wanted for it, it ruins a scene that would be memorable to anyone who's seen even a little bit of RWBY. And it missed the chance to end its own story with a bang.<br /><br />Speaking of which, unlike the earlier case with Penny, they did try to localize Yang's terrible pun. Although, this time it was completely unnecessary, because Yang/bang would have worked just as well in Japanese. It would have been just as decent even if they substituted for \"dokkan\" (After all, it was supposed to be bad).",
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"content": "She's not queen of the castle: How Shaft screwed up one of RWBY's most iconic scenes\nThe food fight scene at the start of #rwby volume two acts as an introduction to the world and characters. In one somewhat playful fight scene, it not only establishes the personality quirks and fighting style of each of the 8 primary characters, but also demonstrates, very unsubtly, most of the semblances revealed so far, including Pyrrha's, who had, up to that point, been making an effort to hide it and use it very subtly.\n\nShaft's #anime version contains a few of the clash moments (out of order), but it notably lacks most of the semblance use, as well as getting Ren's fighting style quite wrong, and dropping one of Nora's biggest \"powerhouse\" moments (Knocking Yang into the stratosphere). Most notably, it screws up Ruby's most notable semblance usage. It's so notable, that it's her super in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Apparently, Shaft didn't feel it was as important as Arc System Works did.\n\nBut beyond that, it's the feel. Shaft is trying to use the scene as an epilogue, to say \"They're all getting along now\". This gives it a strong \"winding down\" feeling. When originally, the scene was used as an intro/exposition, with a very strong \"winding up\" feeling to start volume 2 with a bang (or a Yang).\n\nWhile it may work in the context Shaft wanted for it, it ruins a scene that would be memorable to anyone who's seen even a little bit of RWBY. And it missed the chance to end its own story with a bang.\n\nSpeaking of which, unlike the earlier case with Penny, they did try to localize Yang's terrible pun. Although, this time it was completely unnecessary, because Yang/bang would have worked just as well in Japanese. It would have been just as decent even if they substituted for \"dokkan\" (After all, it was supposed to be bad).",
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"content": "So I've been watching this gay sports #anime called #goal_to_the_future. A gay sports anime is different from a regular sports anime, in that the protagonist's super ability keeps failing, everyone is too busy contemplating quitting to do any actual training, and the only thing keeping them together is the crush they have on the coach. The coach isn't a woman. It's never a woman.\n\nThe reason I want to talk about it, though, is because of its opening song. A gay sports anime opening generally has a boy band do either a rock song or ballad. However, Aoreido, the opening song to Goal To The Future, seems more appropriate for a samurai/ninja action anime. This is so noticeable, the first shot after the title card in the opening is a pagoda which doesn't appear anywhere in the anime itself. It's just there because it couldn't NOT be.\n\nIt's hard to look at the protagonist tearfully having a flashback about his childhood friend who sounds like a girl, clearly wants to fuck him, but is now a super-strong player who scares him, and not think \"This anime does NOT deserve this opening\".\n\nMeanwhile, the actual samurai series of the season, #bucchigire has a boy band do a rock song for the opening.\n",
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"content": "As more and more <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=isekai\" title=\"#isekai\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#isekai</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a> every season follow the common pattern of giving the protagonist crazy powers out of nowhere, having completely inexplicable RPG levels and UI elements in an otherwise regular fantasy world, and surrounding the protagonist with an endless mountain of women who want to get in bed with him/her (yes, it's still women even if the protagonist is female), and/or be his/her little sister (without surrendering bed privileges), I want to take a moment to talk about the one anime this season that breaks the mold.<br /><br />First, the existence of RPG elements in it is not inexplicable, as the world is established as being tightly linked with a game. Not only that, but there's clear influence of the game-like mechanics on the culture, such as looking at each others' class and level as a means to see if someone is trustworthy, or having a toll price for entering particularly profitable dungeons. i.e. There's actual thought put into the world building.<br /><br />Second, while the protagonist isn't thrown completely bare into the world, he only receives one high-level weapon, and the player-only abilities of messing with his job settings and those of his party members. He is otherwise mostly forced to fight for survival. Despite mostly going through newbie-friendly areas, not doing anything crazy like taking on dragons or demons, he still comes near death more than once. He's certainly not portrayed as being strong enough to take on the demon lord with his eyes closed.<br /><br />But most importantly, the series doesn't introduce its second female character until episode 11, i.e. near the end (of the first cour, at least). Not even SAO, which some people dare take seriously, had the self-restraint to avoid throwing 3-4 women at the protagonist for half as long.<br /><br />I am, of course, talking about <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=isekai_harem\" title=\"#isekai_harem\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#isekai_harem</a>.<br /><br />Yes, the one anime that not only prides itself on the protagonist actually getting some, but even brags about it in the title, is the one anime that actually focuses on the adventure, and doesn't actually give the protagonist a... well... harem.<br /><br />The one isekai trope the anime uses unashamedly is the positive treatment of slavery. Although it isn't done completely without explanation. While the full backstory isn't given, it's heavily implied that slaves are NOT simply abducted from their loving families, nor are they kept in tiny cages. Despite the protagonist not being \"the hero\", and being presented as quite self-serving and not particularly heroic in any way, the series still seems to go out of its way to explain how his financial support of slave trade is not a bad thing.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the same season has not one, but two isekai anime about a guy who tames slime, is powerful enough to easily beat monsters that everyone else in the world believe cannot be beaten even by a small army, has levels and stats despite not having established any relation with a game, and having multiple girls surround the protagonist right from the first few episodes (although at least for one, two of them are just fellow adventurers and not harem members). One of them also buys an elf slave, with no explanation or excuse to why she's a slave in the first place, or why that's supposed to be okay.<br /><br />Heck, even <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=isekai_ojisan\" title=\"#isekai_ojisan\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#isekai_ojisan</a> has like 3 girls in the first 7 episodes.<br />",
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"content": "So in another \"You've either seen RWBY or fuck you\" moment, in episode 11 of the <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=rwby\" title=\"#rwby\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#rwby</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=anime\" title=\"#anime\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#anime</a>, Ruby activates her silver eyes. Honestly, for someone who HAS seen RWBY, it's \"Okay, she needs a bit more prepwork than that. They shouldn't just switch on like that\". To someone who hasn't it's \"What just happened? Did Ruby do this? Did someone do this through Ruby? Has she always had this power? Where the heck did that come from?\"<br /><br />Then Ozpin mumbles something about awakening her true power, and this should tell you that this is just something Ruby can do that they didn't bother to mention up until this point. Comparing that to Penny basically talking like Hatsune Miku, they either fully expect you to have seen most/all of RWBY, or do a heck of a guesswork.<br /><br />Originally, Ruby's first triggering of her silver eyes required watching her friend die right in front of her, AND caused her to pass out immediately after. And it took several years and her entire team nearly dying before she was able to use them again. By the third time, she had already trained underneath a more experienced silver eyes. It's not something that you just toss in there because the fight demanded it.",
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"content": "So in another \"You've either seen RWBY or fuck you\" moment, in episode 11 of the #rwby #anime, Ruby activates her silver eyes. Honestly, for someone who HAS seen RWBY, it's \"Okay, she needs a bit more prepwork than that. They shouldn't just switch on like that\". To someone who hasn't it's \"What just happened? Did Ruby do this? Did someone do this through Ruby? Has she always had this power? Where the heck did that come from?\"\n\nThen Ozpin mumbles something about awakening her true power, and this should tell you that this is just something Ruby can do that they didn't bother to mention up until this point. Comparing that to Penny basically talking like Hatsune Miku, they either fully expect you to have seen most/all of RWBY, or do a heck of a guesswork.\n\nOriginally, Ruby's first triggering of her silver eyes required watching her friend die right in front of her, AND caused her to pass out immediately after. And it took several years and her entire team nearly dying before she was able to use them again. By the third time, she had already trained underneath a more experienced silver eyes. It's not something that you just toss in there because the fight demanded it.",
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