I don’t know what other systems do, but text-to-speech on my computer reads it as “with a shirt that says (pause) emo skull (pause) the dialogue reads…”

Thanks for trying. I tried jisho.org and translate.google.com before asking and struck out on both myself.

What does ぽやぽや mean?

Oh, I remember playing Iji! I think that was the first game I played that noticed and reacted if you tried to play as a pacifist. There was at least one unavoidable boss fight when I played it though, as I recall.

Digging back through my old disks, it looks like I actually still have my copy from 2008 (version 1.2, according to the manual.txt file) as well as a saved game from much later when I replayed it in February 2013. That was a while ago!

You added a rainbow!

!animepics@reddthat.com – people mostly post fan art these days, but discussion of anything anime-adjacent (anime/manga/VN/hentai/etc.) is explicitly allowed too. In the past I’ve posted amusing/interesting stills from shows I was watching, custom image composites, screenshot comics, and things like that.

!anime_irl@ani.social – “A community for sharing relatable real-life situations depicted in anime.”

Huh. I recognize this one. I didn’t know who the artist was, but I’ve apparently seen a bunch of their work before attached to various songs that YouTube auto-played for me a few years ago.

Thanks for linking this!

A few off the top of my head: Shirobako. Space Dandy. Samurai Champloo. Ghost in the Shell: SAC.

Mawaru Penguindrum

I’m not sure if I’ve ever fallen in love with a completely imaginary dream person, but I did dream about my ex once years and years after we broke up. I don’t remember what I dreamed about exactly, but I do remember waking from it. The happiness fading as the realization set in that it was all a dream – I was by myself in bed and none of it had been real. I’m usually pretty good at dealing with solitude, but that moment… that was the most intense loneliness I think I’ve ever felt.