Ok So I Just Learned That Apparently When Buddhism Was New In Japan, Many Monastics Believed That The

Ok so I just learned that apparently when Buddhism was new in Japan, many monastics believed that the Kami, being sentient beings, were subject to Saṁsāra like every other. So they would read Sūtra to the Kami at their shrines or dwellings to teach them about Buddhism and I had the thought of a Monastic reading the Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra to a Kitsune lazing on some rocks or something. I wish I had the chops to attempt the art.

I'm reading "Lion, son of the forest" by Mike brooks, and what I realized is that space marines are best used as these grand theatrical pieces for warrior melodrama.

Obviously it can be hard to write this without it coming off as pretentious and annoying (and even worse, catchphrase-y), but when done well they have a perfect fit within the setting.

It highlights the inhumanity and programming of space marines that they talk and think in these ways. They're overblown warrior personas who don't have any real meaning outside of killing. Seeing this written well is exhilarating.

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VIZ Media just put a bunch of official, complete anime on YouTube for free

Exactly what it says on the tin. Here's the link to the official article from Viz. There are ads* ofc but to be able to watch these for free in HD is a pretty big deal.

Note that they are all Japanese dub, English sub. (The subtitles are not YouTube captions but part of the video itself, for whomever it may concern)

Here's the current list w/ links to the official playlists:

Death Note (All 37 episodes)

Hunter x Hunter (Seasons 1-3, 148 episodes)

Inuyasha (COMPLETE SERIES W/ ALL THE MOVIES)

Mr. Osomatsu (Seasons 1 & 2, 50 episodes)

Naruto (Seasons 1-8, 220 episodes)

Sailor Moon (COMPLETE SERIES)

Handful of other movies, 4 of them are Inuyasha that's already been stated above but includes TIGER & BUNNY, K Missing Kings, Accel World, etc.

I hope this helps someone who's been wanting to watch one these shows! I know most people don't get news from Viz so I didn't want this to just go quietly under the radar because this is actually p nice to have in a world where you either have to pay for or pirate everything. I really hope they add more titles in the future!

*Also, they say ads but I use Firefox w/ uBlock and all the other anti-capitalist goodies and I've watched the first SM episode and gotten no ads so this may actually be an avoidable thing for a lot of us so like,,, go watch some free anime luv lmao

EDIT: I have been informed that this is not available in counties outside of America. Which isn't surprising but is disappointing. If someone w/ a VPN wants to let me know if they can work around this lmk and I'll update here.

EDIT 2: Quote from an Anon:

"Windscribe VPN on my phone worked for watching Viz media's anime uploads! I'm sure there's better and less limited free options but that's the one I found with a quick search to try it out. Haven't tried it on a laptop though so can't comment on it's viability there."

Tysm for letting me know Anon!!

EDIT 3: Via @eunbinppap

#one of protonvpn's free options is the us

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