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azer_moli

Thank you Joe <3
Same to you~
I hope it's not too terrible where you are. Here, it's starting to be quite complicated... While in Italy, it's really scary...
Take care, Joe!
Mar 28 2020 05:22 AM

Abu Dun

Since I last visited, some things did indeed happen. For instance, I finished my Masters Degree, I'm currently working full-time in a hotel (or would be if not for Corona), in late 2019 I had to be isolated for a few weeks due to a potentially nasty virus (which would have went undetected if I hadn't donated blood) and starting in May I'm going to work in a communal archive (more or less what I studied and a job that is virtually immune against shutdowns) - in other words, life continues to be busy and time for Manga and this forum has been short, but other than that? Everything is fine and I'm more or less the same as always, just a bit older^^ How did it go for you?
Mar 23 2020 10:30 AM

DaEvilWithin

Congratulations on finishing your Masters degree! What is the communal archive all about? I have no friends who do anything like that so I'm super interested.

I'm the same way -- I barely tune into OMF these days. I still read quite a bit of manga but at a level of scrutiny akin to a kindergartner. No more essays, haha. I'm also more or less the same as always. I did move to NYC (although I'm back in Canada right now because of COVID-19). A lot manga that is discussed these days doesn't hit me the same way unfortunately.
Apr 08 2020 11:12 AM

Abu Dun

Hi there and sorry for the late reply. Well, a communal archive is, essentially, the long-term memory of a village, town or county and basically the place where its most valuable (and usually unique) historic documents are being stored so that everyone who wants to can access them. E.g. to do family research, learn about how political decisions about specific topics came to be or how the place one lives in looked like 50, 100 or 500 years ago :) Until just a few years ago, solely with specific projects in mind, but nowadays most of it is accessible without limitations (unless specific laws to protect the rights for the indivual are concerned) - due to the sheer amount (the archive I'm at has a storage of about 3 Km of shelves, is close to topping that out - and considered relatively modest in size), digitalisation takes its time, but efforts are made to make things accessible from all around the planet. In fact, you could, from your flat in NYC, do research in millions of documents that are already avaiable online without ever needing to visit the archive where it actually is stored^^

When reading through the documents (especially those from about 1900 to the late 1930s), there's one recurring thing I always find to be especially interesting - and puzzling at the same time: In a lot of cases, one could simply scratch the original date off, show the part in question to strangers and they'd often think them to be about recent topics. Meaning that, despite so much time having passed, the tone and style of argueing hasn't changed all that much - depending on the actual topic, this realization can vary from slight amusement to outright fear over the state of things...

As for Manga, I agree that many of the new stuff isn't really pulling me in. There are some exceptions, but after nearing 1000 read/watched Manga and Anime, there might be a point of saturation reached. That or my preferences simply changed due to getting older ^^
Jul 15 2023 04:48 AM

azer_moli

It's been almost a year, and nothing has changed. That's pretty depressing!
Jan 30 2021 04:30 PM

Mordzart

yup we are still alive :O
Feb 03 2021 02:15 PM

azer_moli

That is a fair point!
Feb 05 2021 11:12 AM

ArSoNiSt JoE

Thank you very much! ^ ^ And I'm good, stressed with work but good. I take solace in the fact my hairline is impeccable at 32 :P As long as it never recedes back, my life can never be whack hehe
Feb 26 2020 11:17 PM

vooder

POGGERS
Mar 28 2020 01:39 AM

YoWid

And for another decade to come.
Jun 15 2020 06:28 PM

Insane Soul

Same o same o
Apr 22 2020 06:07 AM

ZCOverload

good to hear my mans
Apr 27 2020 05:15 PM

ddboy102

also ramz I've completed my training.

I am the last jedi.
Feb 09 2020 06:14 PM

Tale

Will be fourteen years for me this summer. xD Got old along with the manga.
Mar 16 2020 03:23 PM

Oben

Before I found Onemanga, I read chapters on Youtube where people uploaded it as videos panel by panel :D

It's been with me for my entire adult life, it'll be so weird when it ends.
Mar 18 2020 12:15 PM

Tale

I used to read spoilers on Youtube. But for the manga itself, I used to download the chapters in zip files because I had no idea sites like OM existed. I had a 1Gb cap on my internet back then so it was a huge pain to download all the chapters. :')
Mar 20 2020 06:06 AM

Enbima

I joined 2009
Jan 28 2020 07:56 AM

ddboy102

Also sadly, after the Big 3 ended I've really stopped reading manga, I've been mostly reading american graphic novels.
Jan 27 2020 12:24 PM

Raiden

uhm alright? ^^ I dont think I can help you with that though OP is still going on strong :D
Jan 27 2020 12:41 PM