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Honestly, I feel like many of us secretly struggle with lust, especially men. We are just too scared, or too ashamed, to admit it. Take me, for example. I usually just say “oh yeah, I struggle with lust”, as if saying those four words somehow covers the whole topic. But it doesn’t. It goes much deeper than that. Pornography, masturbation, all of these things. I think it’s more honest to call things by their real name, even when they are scary or disgusting. I am trying to fight all these addictions, but it’s not easy. Society made us comfortable with these things, calling them good and harmless, while in reality they are powerful weapons of Satan and they drag me away from God.

Romans is my favorite of the Pauline letters. I really like Corinthians too, especially because it directly tackles my issue with lust, but Romans is the one that speaks to me the most. Romans 7:15 perfectly sums up my own life. I hate sin, yet I keep sinning. I hate judging others, which comes from pride. I hate watching porn, which is lust. I hate not working hard in everything I do, which is sloth. I hate being envious of other people’s happiness and success. Yet I still end up doing all of this. Sometimes I feel like I will never change. One of the very few things I have truly understood in these past three years is that it is not us who change ourselves. It is God who changes us. Our duty, and the only thing we can really do, is to open our hearts and change our mentality, firmly believing that God will work His miracles in us. I pray that we can both experience the Holy Spirit giving us strength and bringing us closer to God every single day.

Man, I would love to go to Japan. I will be in Seoul in 2027 for World Youth Day though. I was in Lisbon in 2023 and in Rome this August for the Jubilee, both incredible experiences. I really cannot wait to see Asia for the first time. I also wish I could visit Australia someday, it would truly be a dream come true.

Let me know if in the future you guys plan to visit here. I would be happy to suggest some really cool places to see, with a proper local experience, haha.

May God bless you and your family. Happy New Year.

Your story is very similar to mine. I turned back to God in 2022, but it happened slowly and mostly through resilience. I never experienced a real miracle. A priest once came to my house for lunch and invited me to some meetings. He literally told me, “Your life sucks anyway, so you might as well give it a try, won’t you?”.

I started attending those meetings and every time they read something from the Bible I got angry. I remember when they read the parable of the prodigal son, I felt a huge anger, something I had never felt before in my life. But I kept going, I persevered, and eventually I felt something. Slowly, I opened my heart to God again. I experienced a lot of grace.

I do not believe in coincidences. At times I really felt God. I struggle a lot with sins, especially pride, which is the worst one, lust, gluttony and envy. Lately I have been going through some turbulence because I really struggle to build strong relationships with people. I really do not want to, but I judge others a lot. I hate doing it, but I still do it. I know I need to deny myself and pick up my cross, but with actions, not only with words.

Rome is, in my opinion, one of the top five cities in the world for tourists. Just think about the Vatican. Even if you are not Catholic, it is still incredibly beautiful to visit, trust me. Then there is the Colosseum, the Altare della Patria, Castel Sant’Angelo. There are so many monuments and museums. You can literally breathe history just by walking through the city centre.

Sadly, living here as a resident is another story. The metro, or tube, or underground, I never know how to call it in English, is terrible and covers very few areas. In terms of surface area, Rome is the fourth biggest city in Europe, with 1,287.36 km² / 497.05 sq mi for the city proper, behind Istanbul, which is partly in Asia, Moscow and London. It is the biggest city by area in the EU, bigger than Paris, Berlin, Madrid and any other city. It only has around 2.7 million inhabitants. The metropolitan area reaches about 4.2 million people, spread over 5,363.28 km² / 2,070.77 sq mi.

Public transport is awful, both buses and metro. Municipal waste collection is inefficient and trash often piles up in the streets. There are too many things that do not work properly for a city that should represent an entire country as its capital imo.

Sorry for the late reply! Merry Christmas and happy new year <3

Yeah the CSM anime is goated ngl. I really want to see what they will do next, bc tehy adapted roughy 60 chapters and thamanga is at 220+ now....

Always inspirational to see new Christians. I was born and raised Christian but left God around 15 years old. I came back at 21 years old. I had failed so much in my life. When I was young I thought Christianity was the religion of rules and guilt and by leaving I would live a happy rock and roll life. Long story short... my life was horrible. I had no will to live, no feelings, nothing. I was blessed enogh that someone took me by force and brought me back to God. These past 3 years I realized Christianity is actually the religon of peace and forgiveness. I'm so grateful to God <3.

Idk man, Australia is just facsinating. Enormous (bigger than my entire continent lol), huge cities (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth), increbile coastline, fascinating animals we europeans can only dream of, great quality of life, low public debt, your climate is inverted to ours...Idk i find it incredibily awesome. But ofc every place has its up and its downs. I'm from Rome, the capital city of Italy. Great city to visit as a tourist, horrible city to live as a resident.

I didn't like it at all! I only watched it until the end because my friends kept saying that it had a good late mystery. They only nailed the late, cause it wasnt't even good.

Didn't enjoy the characters, didn´t find the mystery so mysterious, the Tsugumi route with her constant "mugyu" was unbearable, and the parents/child playthrough thing made unconfortable.

Thank you so much <3. That arc really wrecked me back then. It felt great to see it receiving such a rad adaptation, I think it truly deserved it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you haven't read CSM, so I won’t spoil anything. Just know that, from my own personal experience, I enjoyed the Reze arc more than any other in CSM. No other moment reached that same pinnacle of tragedy and melancholy for me, so the nostalgia it carries feels even stronger.

I'm always happy to meet fellow Christians <3<3. May God bless you and your loved ones. Christmas is coming up! Such a blessing to be able to experience Jesus’s coming every year.

I'm also fascinated by Australia! Which state are you from?

The studio that's doing the anime is the same one that did Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction, so I'm encouraged that it'll be a good adaptation.

Hopefully the upcoming anime will give the manga a boost. I think in a few years this will be known as one of the best SOLs ever.

Because if i like it, doesn't mean everyone else one would like it.

Those score is merely a summarization of my subjective opinion and experience—either you like it or not, it really depends on your preference and taste hence the "mixed feeling" , that's why Its kinda rare for me to give "recommended" these days and barely ever give "not recommended " to any anime.

Oh and also, a lot of people in this platform would tell you to off yourself because of a disagreement over anime so i would just prefer to be neutral and use "mixed feelings",that DT doesn't really bother or scared me but it kinda turn off my mood whenever i look at them cause suprise suprise,people telling you to join God because you like(or dislike) a show is saddening and downright idiotic

Thanks! I like to put humor in my reviews, otherwise they're quite boring to read - and write. But only listing things that I like often isn't really funny or engaging, so all of my other reviews are on shows I criticized. Making criticism funny is quite easy, but praise not so much. Shoushimin was the first show where I felt I could write something that was both funny AND had good things to say. One of my other reviews landed me in a bit of hot water recently so it's nice to get a comment from someone who liked what I wrote, I appreciate it!

Exactly. That's partly why I waited to score it for so long and made it so low.

I don't really care much about the characters and the plot hasn't been developed enough in the story for me to feel differently based on the ending. That means my score isn't likely to change much going forward so I'm now comfortable entering a score to reflect both what has transpired thus far and how little bandwidth it has to change going forward.

The direction, fight choreography, sound (including OP and ED), and animation are all top notch. It's an excellent production. The problems lie with the characters, plot, etc. that makes the whole experience feel shallow and a waste of time.

Go read my comment on episode 1 in the MAL forums regarding my concerns for the series. It's basically gone exactly as I feared and my hopes for things to improve have dropped to near zero by this point.

It can change depending on how the rest finishes out, but my expectations are very low based on how underwhelming this series has been.

If I speak I’m in big trouble. Def read it

Pretty sure the LN in my faves list so ofc it’s amazing lol. One of my fave LNs. Even better than the anime

One Piece > Naruto