Ah okay that makes sense then. I’d seen some comments from other people on here about not downvoting as a dislike button, and I thought that’s what you were saying as well, but it wasn’t.

I seriously don’t understand some people’s logic downvoting for no reason on a site where votes are public.

I was just scrolling and haven’t followed the thread so please be aware that I’m responding in isolation, out of context to whatever situation you’re referring to.

Sometimes I’ll disagree with a part or most of a comment that someone made, however I’ll also recognize that my opinion on it doesn’t align with what the echo chamber thinks. Perhaps I’ll just respond anyway, but often I don’t want to deal with the expected dogpile and personal comments which I find emotionally taxing, so I’ll just downvote instead. In those cases it might appear I’m downvoting for no reason, but there are definitely reasons.

And “culture war”.

Didn’t realize the anime resumed! These were special furigana versions of the books for children. Picked them up on vacation in Japan. Searched everywhere but couldn’t find them in Akihabara, instead they were in a random bookstore in a giant mall next to the Tokyo Skytree. Sad to say I don’t know Japanese except for a few tourist and anime words and I’ve not yet put in the work to try to read them.

Oh nice, is that Myne in your profile? I really need to re-read Bookworm and start the Hannelore series.

You might enjoy the light novel series “Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement”.

It’s what Quark called him in The Ascent.

Congrats!

Also ❤️ Fumino. Used to have such a crush on her.