No.859643
How has anime been improving your life, /a/? Picked up any hobbies or done anything you normally wouldn't do because of anime? I know for me, I used to only cook very western dishes, but anime has expanded my repertoire of what I'm willing to cook without a recipe in my day-to-day life. I know Hataraku Saibou has gotten me to pick back up my running cardio to go along with my swimming and hiking cardio since I want to make sure those red blood cells don't have clogged highways.
No.859646
Anime made me hebephile, but it okay since the age of consent allows it here.
No.859648
Well there's that time I tried to make my own ramen and it turned out absolutely disgusting.
No.859650
>>859648
I bet you didn't even put in enough umami you scrub.
No.859651
>>859646
As for me, it made me realize that I really don't like cowtits.
No.859660
Bakuon may have had something to do with me finally getting a motorcycle license.
No.859662
It's part of why I have picked up drawing. I'm glad I started doing it. I'm still years away from not being shit though.
No.859664
>>859643
Are you sure you are doing enough cardio, anon? I think I still spy a tiny hint of gainz from the way you are typing.
No.859674
A combination of /jp/ influences (anime included) inspired me to learn music.
No.859682
>>859643
None of the stories I read before have ever affected me like that but for the first time in my life I kinda know what NTR feels like. It's like a burning sensation in your gut that feels like the opposite of love, negative love energy basically. I hate it.
I've decided that I won't cosume alcohol or fap until my drawfaggotry get's at least somewhat better. Then maybe I can draw a character just like that the way I want.
No.859687
I wouldn't know how to answer because I've never lived another life. It's always been a part of me.
I guess lately I've been practicing my wotagei which helps with my cardio and makes me want to go out have fun with other Tigers.
No.859694
I am working hard to become a decent gamedev and model cute girls
No.859721
>>859648
I tried that once, the whole house smelled of bonito from making the dashi for a week. It was horrible. Next time I am just gonna make some sort of bastardized gaijin ramen with beef or chicken stock.
No.859726
I don't like veggies so I usually don't like nip food, but tonkatsu is fucking great, it's literally the only way I cook pork now.
No.859731
Do any anons want to try making homemade limoncello with me some time in October in preparation for New Years? I was gonna make homemade vanilla extract, but vanilla beans are expensive as shit. Thankfully they're expected to go down in price.
No.859742
>>859727
>care to post a recipe?
Sure, it's pretty simple anyway.
>Get some pork, any cut is fine, but ideally you want a uniform cut (second pic rather than something like the third)
>Cut it into somewhat thin slices since you'll just deepfry it
>Cut the fat off
>Season it with whatever (I just use salt and green garlic)
>Coat it with wheat flour, the meat has some juices which help the flour stick. I do this to protect the seasoning from the egg mixture you'll have to use
>Mix eggs and any kind of oil. It's fine to use the same oil you'll fry with.
>Dip the pork into the egg mixture then coat it in panko.
>Deep fry it. Fill it with enough oil to cover the slices a bit over halfway then fry each side until it's golden.
>Enjoy the food while enjoying your favorite japanimation.
No.859745
>>859731
Depends on what you're making it with. I make an orange/lemon blend with moonshine before the eventual water down with a proper syrup. Seville oranges make for best zest.
>>859742
Learn to make Tonkotsu. Its an all day thing but god damn its worth it and there is a million different ways to do it as well so you won't really end up doing the same thing twice.
No.859746
>>859731
Sure, sounds like fun.
>>859742
Guess I'll figure out a nice tonkatsu recipe.
No.859747
>>859731
I could be motivated to give it a try, in honor of the Inchlings.
No.859748
>>859746
I meant the katsu sauce, not the meat itself.
No.859749
>>859643
DJ Tonkatsu got me to try out this very delicious recipe
https://www.foodnet work.com/recipes/pork-tonkatsu-recipe-2117688
Not sure if we need to break links here, but anime has spiked my interest in odd dishes and revived my interest in ceramics.
No.859750
>>859745
>Tonkotsu
I thought you had misspelled Tonkatsu at first, but that does look good. I'll try making it some day.
>>859746
>>859748
Katsu sauce a shit.
Thought I guess I don't like sauce in general.
No.859752
>>859750
If you do make it from scratch you're gonna be spending all day making it. I ate that stuff until I ran out of pork bones four pigs worth of bones to be exact.
No.859762
>>859662
>I'm still years away from not being shit though.
I'm on the same boat. Fuck drawing.
No.859770
Yesterday I made egg-noodles from scratch. It's really easy. Just crack some eggs and add flour until you get some super sticky dough. Mix it well. I eyeballed it, but its better to add too much flour than too much egg. A general rule of thumb: at least 100g flour per egg.
Then put a lot of extra flour on a cutting board, place a bit of dough on it, cover it with more flour and use a sharp knife to cut the dough into stripes. The extra flour should prevent it from sticking too much.
Then just throw everything in a pot of boiling water and cook it until it is well done. You can add spinach or squid ink to the dough to change it's colour and taste.
No.859771
>>859643
Anime has inspired me to be a chad, and now I'm working out and using topicals for my acne and even attempting to talk to girls. After watching anime for about four years, I became a weeb, and only fapped to 2D. But then I realized I needed a break, so I started to fap to 3D, and I was flabbergasted when I found out that I was far more attracted to asians than anyone else after all this anime exposure. On my trip to Japan, I was planning on just doing antisocial stuff, but then I got bored towards the end and was dead set on fucking a Japanese girl. I failed miserably and realized that I needed to improve myself. Now I'm focused on becoming a normalfag and I don't even watch anime anymore, I just watch Japanese news for practice.
To summarize, anime made me cool. Or at least I plan on being cool pretty soon here. If it weren't for anime, I'd still be happy with being a nerd.
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>>859771
>wanting to be a normalfag
Get out
No.859796
>>859777
You'll see the light some day, hopefully, friend. Mental and physical health are closely intertwined, and any true narcissist will care about nothing more than his own physical well being.
No.859797
>>859643
Anime showed me the magic of omurice and Japanese curry. Omurice makes for good workout food as well.
Other than that, I finally got my ass up to earn some money for a trip to Japan, which carries its own side effects (like me trying to learn Japanese).
No.859819
>>859771
>Posting that with emos
No one is believing you. Once you are here, you are here forever especially after reaching the final destination.
No.862286
>>859742
There are also a lot of variations out there since it's not uniformly a Japanese recipe to fry meat in oil.
Pic related is how it looks in my country.
The biggest difference is relatively thinner slices that also hit it with a meat tenderizer hammer and also include some bread crumbs to get a stronger crust. That way you get flatter pieces that fry better and the spices integrate better.
No.862288
>>859797
I like their curry, I actually made some once. I don't like omurice because of all the ketchup.I'm going to be bullied for that though.
No.862292
>>862288
I prefer Indian or Vietnamese curry since I like my curry spicy. Japanese curry tastes and feels more like "rice & stew" to me. I don't mind it and it's wholesome, but it's just not curry as curry was intended to be.
Omurice a shit. Nasi goreng is delicious though.
No.862305
>>862288
Don't feel bad, the amount of ketchup or the use of it at all is entirely optional and easily replaceable with other things.
When I make a dish similar to omurice, I either use my actual home made tomato paste or paprika powder. Literally the only reason they even have ketchup in that recipe is because that's the most common thing that you can find in the kitchen any alternative will suffice.
No.862308
I started growing flowers about a year ago. It's extremely relaxing, and the payoff brings a small smile to my face every time. I also grow trees, but the rule is that they must be angiosperms. My favorite projects right now are the lycoris radiata and atropis belladonna. I would highly recommend this hobby to everyone. Find something interesting and just grow it.
No.862310
>>862288
Nah, ketchup is revolting. You have my support.
No.862332
>>862288
Condiments in general are shit. Occasionally they are alright but those are exceptions. Ketchup is always shit though.
No.862339
No.862384
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Reminder that food is only good for one day.
No.862387
>>862308
Post some pics if you will.
No.862388
>>859643
Learning about miko. They were witches.
No.862389
>>862384
I know what you mean by that, but it still looks incredibly spoiled of you.
No.862390
>>859771
Top-tier shitposting.
No.862393
>>862388
I read that article on how they would get high and fuck the head priest to find out which kami blessed them, and ever since all I can think is "Miko are unclean."
No.862394
>>862393
>miko are unclean
Of course they are, just look at how lewd their outfits are.
No.862396
>>862308
Planting is a relaxing hobby. I mainly grow vegetables and fruits but I think growing anything is very fulfilling for a person. I remember when those farming manga like Gin no Saji were getting anime adaptations a few years ago.
No.862529
>>862393
Not all of them used to fuck a shinto priest. I'm not sure how old the practice was and when it stopped.
By the time of the shogunate a thousand years ago, the miko was forced into medicancy, and traveling miko or aruki miko were synonymous with prostitution. As far as I know, it wasn't until the Edo period when they started making a come back.
I've seen miko written with a capital "m" and with a lower-case. Does it matter?
No.862536
>>862529
Well, I'm glad the Miko are virigns in todays media. Which also why I'd like to believe that Reimu is a is a huge anal slut, since taking it up the ass leaves her "female" virginity intact.
No.862548
>>862529
I can't be the only one that thinks Buddhism is "more civilized" than Shinto, right? Shintoism is fairly "primitive" in its beliefs and practices, in the same vein as the many European, African, American, et cetera pagan religions.
No.862553
>>862548
>shinto is fairly "primitive"
Certainly. It's still far more interesting than Buddhism in my opinion, and better for the Japanese in general. Blood and Soil Paganism is also better for Europeans.
It's Neo-Confucianism that finally tightened up the sexual mores of the Japanese.
No.862556
>>862553
>It's still far more interesting than Buddhism in my opinion
I somewhat agree, but I still find it abhorrent, for multiple reasons, including ecstasy.
>muh blood and soil paganism
My problem with this is that your religious beliefs are then dictated by materialism, and not a universal truth or because you grew up believing it (i.e. "things are the way they are"; it's hard to explain, but there's a sort of innocence to that). It may not be as materialistic as Capitalism or Marxism, but it ultimately is, because both blood and soil are physical materials, so to speak.
Heh, I remember that image. Thanks for reminding me about it.
Not to get too off-topic and neither to blog-post, but I'm curious as to the average /a/ttitude to pre-Qing China not to mention Korea, and the Mongol and Manchurian peoples, as well as the early history (Yayoi-Kofun) of Japan, which I find absolutely fascinating as a result of the lack of information. I'm also curious as to whether or not /a/nons became interested in East Asian culture and history as a result of anime and manga, instead of simply finding it interesting as with any culture and history, Western or Eastern, as was the case with me when I was very young I always loved history; I hated a lot of "Medieval" products targeted towards kids (with the exception of stuff like LotR and other explicity-high fantasy stories and franchises, because they didn't try to call themselves "Medieval"), because they were always high fantasy related, when I wanted historical realism growing up.
No.862557
>>862556
>blood and soil
*To add, it's largely influenced by philosophy/ideology, like older religion-philosophies, but in those cases they naturally gained a more spiritual streak. This is my issue.
No.863111
>>862556
I remember reading about the early Japanese a long time ago out of curiosity. From what I remember the people with the power during that time were shamans and priestesses.
No.863118
>>862553
When it comes to Shinto, I see it as a native faith. Whether you actively practice it or not you're still adhering to it.
>>862556
>/a/ttitude
I just enjoy history. When it comes to the culture bit, it was a mix of manga and a wanting to know what life outside my home was like.
No.863129
>>862556
Nations aren't materialistic, though.