This episode is made of d’awwwwwwwwwwwwww and OH SHIT.

And yes, Mei is a walking d’awwwwwwwwww machine. And if you are not pedo for Mei… You will be. AFTER THIS EPISODE.

PEDOYA PEDOYA IT’S NOT
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRIGHT

And Sunohara is really pathethic. Guess selfish love does hurt the ones you love the most. And brings out the worst in you. Then again, I’ve seen worse than Sunohara. AT LEAST IT’S HIS FIRST TIME.

Also, RANDOM CAMEOS FUCK YES YUKINE Waaaaaaaaaait.

NEXT EPISODE: THERE WILL BE YUKINE. AND MANLY SOCCER BATTLES. WATCH IT.

Riex drops rocks, everyone dies.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT UPDATE. IT IS MADE OF TRUTH AND ROCKS.

Okay, maybe not. But he has cleared up a ton of misconceptions. DURR DURR DURR.

And as for that email, well…

He quoted me out of context. I did make a statement about cookie cutter blogs, but I followed that by stating that I wasn’t saying they were bad or anything (and that I run one myself), just that I wanted to do something different. To push innovation in the otakusphere is the gist of it.

It’s typical zaitcev faggotry at work :V (YES I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE WILL SAY OTHERWISE.)

Signal-to-Noise

Something bothers me about the otakucube (YES I AM GOING TO POPULARIZE THIS TERM TO DESCRIBE A BLOG COMMUNITY CENTERED ON OTAKU PURSUITS. SOMEHOW).

No, it’s not the personalities this time. That one is enough for a lot of rants.

What bothers me the most is the amount of quality, better known as the signal-to-noise ratio. It’s pretty apparent when I take a look at the aggregators.

Now, this should not even be a problem, given the nature of blogging, new media, and who’s behind it, since it is assumed that new media will have a very low signal-to-noise ratio.

Unfortunately, the otakucube is considered counterculture, and thus, cannot suffer from a low signal-to-noise ratio. (COUNTERCULTURE = BAD) A low signal-to-noise ratio hurts counterculture movements by depicting the movement as disorganized and fractured.

And that is what the otakucube has become. While the news side (and by news, I mean episode summaries and releases and con reports and the like) is at least on par with traditional media in terms of credibility (amazing, considering the nature of new media), we can do better on the OP/ED side. When our most famous personalities are either obnoxious, self-centered individuals, people who dress up the prevailing public opnions as respectable, people who adopt tabloid-style reporting, or people who just want to see people get a rise, that says a lot about the movement.

We don’t need charlatans, trolls, and people who are more interested in their own agendas (and no, I don’t think Danny Choo is included in this list), we need people who are highly passionate who can keep a cool head and are willing to present the otakucube as somewhat decent. We’re already being looked at funny in all aspects. We can’t afford any more setbacks.

PS: I sure wish Cameron Probert would come back. And IKnight and jpmeyer to write moar. And Hinano to maybe tone it down a little. And for more time to find better writers.

PPS: I AM NOT BITCHING ABOUT DANNY CHOO. DANNO CHOO IS A COOL GUY, EH, NOT AFRAID TO DRESS UP AS A STORMTROOPER IN JAPAN AND WHATNOT.