That's the power of in-universe supernatural charisma I guess for Ruby. It would have been more surprising to have no colour representation at all.

The fact they already had merchandise like the T-Shirts with B-小町 being worn was more of a surprise for me. Like damn, Miyaemon works fast.

Same. I will read the manga to continue the story. It doesn't seem to have been as big a hit as it deserves. It's incredible how much drama and character they can pack into an apartment block cafe.

All this while I was thinking the billionaires are going to die because search and rescue operations in any state experiencing a period of fascism are more focused on pushing boats back out to sea.

Not doing actual rescues, that would build experience, test out gear, and maybe even invent new contraptions for future rescues.

Karma, if you like.

Pieyon (Aqua, CV Otsuka Takeo) did run 10 laps on the slope with the girls. Something that would be in line with what Pieyon (Pieyon, CV Murata Taishi) would do.

Dude method acted so well their brains probably rewrote their memories of actual Pieyon.

I dropped Dr. Stone pretty quickly because the anthropological science was grating. It came about the same time I started reading Graeber & Wengrow's book The Dawn of Everything which laid out evidence of significantly advanced political development and cultures tens of thousands of years ago.

So the main character's plan to rebuild civilisation from tech first seemed pretty bad.

Then again, this is down to personal preferences. I prefer my post-apocalyptic sci-fi to be either quiet and contemplative like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, or witty dismembering of humanity and tech like Humanity has Declined.

I like Cells at Work though. My biology background seeping through.

This series is great because the characters seem so real, in all their messiness. Like the part where Sumika waffles back and forth between having the talk with Kanoko, and constantly re-evaluating whether her actions are right based upon what everyone around her says.

She can't help being empathetic towards others. It's probably because we don't often see flawed, stoic, and empathetic characters on screen being placed front and centre often. In this case, Sumika was probably moved by Kanoko's willingness to suppress all those feelings, and reasoned rightly from the way Kanoko was speaking and acting that it is extraordinarily unhealthy.

Being so hyperfocused on Kanoko and inventing an entire unfolding tragedy that may occur if workplace romance takes place, yet missing the part where Yano's confession was real, and Nene recovered from her own workplace romance, is just the kind of mess we should expect from someone who is emotionally compromised.

For all his intellect Aqua is still such a shocking arsehole for not realising the emotional rollercoaster he inflicted on Kana.