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I'm Not Dead Yet (Post-Hurricane Edition)

No hurricane can stop me.

Except it did. I was busy with prepping for Hurricane Milton (and playing Castlevania whenever I had off time), so I haven't been able to work on Diabolos Est Machina (which is being worked on right now). I'm gunning for part one to be released by Sunday and hope to wrap the series up by Halloween.

Outside of that, I did find a video that I find is very complimentary to The Devil That Is Capitalism by The Bellman. I don't necessarily agree with all of Bellman's takes in general, but I don't think their takes are egregious like, say, Boofire191 or Professor Otaku. This video though is a pretty nuanced take on Iron-Blooded Orphans that comes to, in my humble opinion, similar conclusions that I did about the series. I recommend checking it out if you want to see a more level-headed take on a series that's known for attracting dumbass takes.

I've also be reading Dan Da Dan, and it's weird that I can now name three Shonen Jump protagonists who have lost their balls. It's definitely a weird and cool series, and the anime has been a delight to watch so far.

And in case you're wondering, it's specifically Gintoki, Denji, and Okarun.

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A Sudden Announcement From the Wanderer's Rest

Don't worry! I'm not dead yet! And don't worry! I'm not closing shop yet.

As I spend my days figuring out what to write about next, I have been learning up on ethics in artificial intelligence. And I figured, "Hey, I need a way to signal to others that I do actually know a bit about this." So I figured, why not write about it on Tumblr?

The robot in question:

I present to you, dear reader, the latest blog series for The Wanderer's Rest: Diabolos Est Machina! This time, instead of looking at the entirety of the mecha genre, we will instead focus on exactly one mecha: the JDG-00X Devil Gundam from 1994's Mobile Fighter G Gundam! To be specific, we will be looking at the various ethical concerns about artificial intelligence as it relates to one of Gundam's most eldritch of entities.

I will be handling this a little bit differently than both The Devil That Is Capitalism and The Mazinger Z Experience. I found that both posts were fairly long and meandering in retrospect, though I do stand by everything I said in both posts. With Diabolos Est Machina, I have a feeling I will be talking a lot more in these incoming posts than either of those two. As such, expect something more in-line with An Abbreviated History of Mecha, though with a lot more substance than AHM.

I didn't even realize that October is right around the corner, so a series talking about the Devil Gundam in the month of Big Spooky is going to be very apt! So stay tuned for it, and thank you for reading my posts!