u/Anna-2204

I am talking about things that may look like background details or mentioned passively but that may come back as important later?

In my opinion:
- Zayamaiya’s pregnancy. I know it wasn’t confirmed at 100% she is pregnant but it is strongly hinted and I doubt Shirahama would make her pregnant for no reason.
- Kalhn and the Molewyrm. I don’t know why but a voice at the back of my head keep telling me that at some point something will happen in Kalhn and the Molewyrm will become a danger again.

1. Someone is messing up - always the same guys

2. The team leader (who's not able to do anything his team can do) gathers everybody in a meeting (although only 2 are required) and micromanages his solution

3. The assigned team is not able to solve the problem and only makes it worse

4. The one who is actually able to solve it will only be called when everything is messed up

5. The leader (who contributed 0 to the solution) takes the credit, states that it was no problem, and that his team is ready to help anytime

6. No lessons learnt, nobody takes responsibility

7. The next day, the same happens again

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/1vh1bg6/manga_publisher_shogakukan_says_it_wont_hire_sex/

Context: Shogakukan, one of Japan’s largest manga publishers, known for works like Detective Conan or Fieren, found themselves in the middle of a big controversy for continuing to provide a platform to the mangaka Kazuaki Kurita. Kurita was convicted in 2020 under Japan’s child pornography law for the rape of a 15 years old girl that was also one of his students.
Despite that conviction, the company kept publishing the mangaka's works for nearly six years under the pen name Shoichi Yamamoto. After the whole situation came to light the publisher issued an apology to the victim, readers, the series’ illustrator and other creators for betraying their trust had to assure readers and stakeholders that it will no longer hire creators who have committed sexual crimes or major human rights violations.

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What is a major human rights violator? Hitler?

>In this case he was a convicted child rapist who raped his 15 year old student. He was convicted in a trial. >> But how is that human right's violation? You can't violate rights unless you're the government >>> Yes you can. What is known as non-State actors can also commit human rights abuses.

This is literally how feminists destroyed blizzard, btw; the definition of "sex offender" here is "draws pretty women".

> Shoichi Yamamoto raped a 15 year old girl while he was her teacher, as confirmed in court...
>> Are you claiming feminists are somehow above using real abuse as pretexts for power grabs? >>> Well, Shogakukan is not defining "sex offender" as "person who draws pretty women" if that's what you are implying. >>>> OK, and Blizzard didn't define "rapist" as "guy who models pretty women", but that's the implicit definition they ended up acting on because the feminists they were forced to bring in to enforce it ended up expanding the definition; how are people not getting this very simple argument? >>>> You want to lose weight. You put me in charge of your food purchases. I use your card to buy thousands of dollars worth of food for myself. You complain to me. I point out that I am also making sure YOU don't buy unhealthy food and that therefore things are working. You go bankrupt and I don't really care. >>>>> First of all, calm down. Why are you so angry? I am not making a personal attack on you, so why response with such an aggressive tone? >>>>> Read the linked article as what is it. Shogakugan covered up a manga artist sexually harrassing a 15-year-old, got called out, and then apologized for working with said artist in the first place. They then promised to do better and not let another similar incident take place again. For all intent and purposes, getting called out like that is a good thing. >>>>> Shogakukan is not Blizzard. Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher, Blizzard Entertainment is an American video game developer and publisher. They have different culture, different work ethics. To make the backhanded implication that Shogakukan is defining "sex offender" as "person who draws pretty women" is disingenuous, especially when you have not shown any proof of them doing so. >>>>>> We see this in the language of this press release. The feminist oversight will have authority to kill the contracts of convicted sex offenders and "human rights abusers", a totally separate made up category that feminists, particularly Japanese feminists, use to refer to everything from inadequate public toilets to rice balls that are too hot. (Both of these are real.) It's a standard power grab technique and I don't need to see how it ends to know how it ends.

Sounds good, on paper. But this is the kind of slippery slope that can lead to brutal results. An artist gets accused by a random cosplayer, with no receipts, or even receipts on his end? They still get blacklisted. An artist said something positive about Israel? They're genocidal, of course. Blacklisted. So yeah. I'd be careful about making statements like that.

> What slippery slope are you worried about with them refusing to hire convicted pedophiles? >> I dunno, ask Blizzard how "refusing to hire convicted sex offenders" went for them. >>> What? Context? >>>> Jason Schrier publishes a bunch of articles about how everyone working at Blizzard is a rapist. Blizzard is sued by the state of California. To prove they don't hire rapists, they put feminists in charge of their HR. Now Blizzard is fucked. The end. >>>>> So not found guilty in a court of law... So not the same. >>>>>> The problem is the acted entirely on accused guilt not convicted guilt. Basically the court of public opinion based on (given recent reports) fabricated claims. The company has been floundering and having issues since. >>>>>>> Bullshit. >>>>>>> Shoichi Yamamoto raped a 15 year old girl while he was her teacher, as confirmed in court... He violated Japan's Child Prostitution and Child Pornography Prohibition Act. >>>>>>> The girl didn't fabricate shit. They are floundering because of a boycott because they hired a child rapist and tried to disguise the fact by having him change his pen name. >>>>>>>> A boycott literally lead by the Japanese Communist Party and "civil society NGO's" with the explicit (and now realized) aim of making sure that Shogakukan is not allowed to serialize any manga unless that author is cleared by the fucking UN to "not be a human rights abuser". >>>>>>>>> You disagree that protecting child rapistnis bad?

I don't agree with restricting who can make artistic works. That makes us all poorer.

> I don't think any company is looking into hiring rapists, murderers, or anybody similar. Actions have consequences. Even then, nobody is restricting these people from making art independently. If it's good, people will buy art from all kinds of people. Simply separating the art from the artist. >> And if the people were convicted and served their sentence, they're SUPPOSED to be on the same footing as everyone else. Otherwise, why let them out at all, if they're always going to be a criminal? >>> From a corporate PR perspective, they are a liability so no, one can absolutely discriminate based on their criminal record ... and in US, most sex offenders even freed still have to register as such. So serving a sentence isn't an absolution. I don't know how it works in legally Japan but it's a country that is all about honor being a convicted felon is dishonorable. >>> Chose your battles wisely, folks...

I suggested an open marriage to my husband mainly because I wanted extra spice and we had become too familiar and comfortable with each other, the spark wasn't a huge one anymore.

He was hesitant but agreed when I told him it would make me happier which would benefit him too. We were 42 and 45 at the time with 2 kids.

His only condition was that our sexual frequency didn't go down. I told him I couldn't guarantee that the same way I couldn't guarantee it wouldn't go down in a closed marriage, but ensured him that wasn't my intention and also he was free to see other women.

So he told me it was ok, as long as there was a pause button.

The other rule was it was meant to be sex only, no emotional cheating.

For the first 3 months he got 0 matches while I had a lot. Our frequency did dip a bit and he asked to use the pause button. I said I would do it as long as he realized that the resentment of not seeing my other 3 partners may cause sex to decrease a lot or even stop.

So he back pedaled and agreed to keep it open, but frequently sulked and said he was frustrated. I tried everything including offering him non sexual intimacy such as hand holding, cuddling, letting him give me foot and back rubs, etc. I also gave him extra free days to hang out with friends, go to the gym or do anything he wanted.

It didn't work and he kept complaining about lack of sex and frustration. At about the 9 month mark, though, he met someone, let's call her Candy, and she was 24. We had a Don't Ask Don't Tell policy so I didn't know who she was at first, but because after 2 months he was spending so much time with her it became more than my total time with all my guys, I wanted to know what was going on so I demanded his phone.

When i saw her, and saw the messages they sent each other, it was clear that it was 1. Emotional, and 2. She was young. I threw his phone against the wall, told him he was cheating and a predator. He refused to close just as I had refused and for 6 months he had pictures of her as his wall paper on all phones, tablets and laptops etc.

Then the next year he told me he was cheating on Candy by staying married to me, and he files for divorce. Now I am alone and he is with Candy and she is living the life I was supposed to live and I really hate Candy.

When I tell this story one thing people mention is how I shouldn't have smashed his phone, but we agreed on sex only, no emotional cheating. AITA?

https://preview.redd.it/c8v4br3v3l5h1.png?width=914&format=png&auto=webp&s=1dc1dcee19a1a7f178ee961329c421744d67f315

That montage took me an embarassing amount of time...

(Will mark the spoilers for the parts related to the manga so anime onlies can read the post too)

I juste wanted to talk a bit about how interesting it is that Agott obsession with impressing her family parallels in some ways Qifrey obsession with the brimhats. Both of these obsessions steams from not only a feeling of anger but also >!a feeling of abandonment has both were "left behind" by the ones they are obsessed with, and a growing feeling of helpessness about the whole situation as they both keep fumbling each time they think they are finally getting closer to their respective goal.!<

Qifrey and Aggot are both shown to easily develop a tunnel vision if they see the situation as an opportunity of their goal. In fact, Agott in episode 7 ends up in a similar situation as Qifrey in episode 1, when they are both faced with an urgent situation where people are in danger, but instead see this situation as a selfish opportunity for themselves. The main difference is that Agott eventually broke out of her tunnel vision and reworked her priorities to help Coco, when Qifrey was so focused with figuring the brimhat spell that he failed to spot Coco's mom soon enough in order to save her.