and on that note, I don't usually go for dubs. if the service a show is on offers the dub, I'll at least check it out, and I've watched a few great dubs (Aniplex-distributed shows in particular tends to have dubs with good performances, for some reason). otherwise I watch subbed and it's great

to be clear, I don't like this fact, and I'm also aware that I might be bad at distinguishing human from machine in the first place. I guess this is one more reason to keep working on my 日本語: who cares if the dub is AI if you've got the chutzpah to watch the original audio, no subs

you haven't driven until you've driven a car with radar cruise control and automatic lane assist. i think it's probably the coolest thing ever

going to have it inspected externally in the interest of making sure it's not a lemon. I really hope it's good because the other option in my price range, in stock, is a base model RAV4 with about the same mileage

anyway I'm done with Raildex until season 4 of Railgun comes out. I just bought 2 seasons of it on bluray (used) which is likely a mistake...the Funimation subtitles translate Kuroko's vaguely ironic お姉さま as "Sissy" which is almost unwatchable, so if I want to watch what I own, I have to suffer

still can't get over the artstyle stuff though. it was made at the same studio, contemporary to the other shows...maybe cost savings.

forecast shows unlikely to have aurora tonight. oh well. at least I got to see something

will be watching the solar forecast but if it says it'll be good tonight, I learned about a new place to go observe from that should be better. we shall see

specifically I think one guy on the writing staff had a bone to pick with what he feels are specific bad parts of modern (2009) Japan and decided the best way to do that was through a convoluted and boring anime. it does however have character designs by Umino Chica which elevates it significantly

yeah I'm gonna be honest I have a bad feeling about this