Aaron Barrera

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Aaron Barrera

Aaron Barrera

@AaroFTW

Katılım Ağustos 2017
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Aaron Barrera
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Class act
Boichi@Boichi_Bo1

I deleted my recent post about the Dr. STONE fan animation. On X, people post and delete things all the time, of course… but this time, it honestly felt a bit heartbreaking, and I also felt sorry toward the many fans who enjoyed it, so I wanted to explain. (Actually, I wrote this right after deleting the post, but afterward Steve and I were hit by huge waves in life, and only now could I finally post this.) It was such a lovely fan animation, and I was truly grateful to the creator. I genuinely loved the animation itself as well, which is why I shared it in the first place. But then I started wondering: “Could this become a spoiler for people who only watch the Dr STONE tv anime and haven’t read the original manga?” Normally, I honestly don’t care much about spoilers. Because in my view, when it comes to manga and anime, manga itself isn’t really a “spoiler.” The essence of anime is experiencing the manga again—this time with color, animated-movement, voice acting, and give life to characters. If avoiding spoilers for anime were the priority, then we shouldn’t have serialized the story in Weekly Shōnen Jump, where millions of people read it every week. Around the world, countless people read Dr. STONE through Jump, volumes, digital platforms, and many other ways before watching the anime. Dr. STONE has sold 20 million copies in circulation. So my Dr. STONE-related posts X and Insta are basically written with original manga readers and fans in mind. There’s already an unspoken understanding of: “We already know the story.” That’s why I’ve talked many times before about parts that hadn’t appeared in the anime yet. After all, some of these chapters were published in Jump over 5 years ago. And that lovely fan animation was surely also made by someone who loved Dr. STONE manga and its characters deeply. Both the fan-anime creator and I probably shared the same assumption: that the “normal way” is to read the manga first and then enjoy the anime adaptation afterward. So I don’t think anyone did anything wrong. But this time, the topic itself was specifically about the anime series. And I began to wonder: “What if this somehow interferes with the anime experience?” “What if it affects people who only watch the anime?” That thought stayed with me, so I decided to delete the post about that precious fan animation. And to everyone who enjoys only the anime: I appreciate you too. Watching only the anime? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I’m simply grateful that you love Dr. STONE. Manga readers and anime fans alike are all precious to me. That’s why, even though it hurt a little, I chose to remove the post this time. Steve even suggested reposting it later after the anime episode airs. Thank you very much!

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Aaron Barrera
Aaron Barrera@AaroFTW·
They failed after uncharted. No new crash for ps5. No new jak and daxter. But the last of us can get released 50 times like it's the new Skyrim
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@_MXA1 Wait I'm getting Mandela effected. Is your name actually Amanda and you go by a specific spelling of mandie?
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But my best friends in middle/high school were all named Amanda (and all 3 of us went by Mandy) so that's kind of funny. And now my manager is also named Mandy. The name is cursed.
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