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You know, as far as Tintin goes in the States [...]

Yup, pretty much the same here. The main difference is that Euro comics there compete with local ones; here, with equally foreign comics.

may I ask how your English came to become seemingly so very strong, coming from a culture which mainly sticks to just Portu’? (no offense intended, mate)

Given my trade (I'm a translator), I take this as a compliment!

Long story short most of my English was from games and music; and later on my job and the internet forced me to keep it in shape. Plus I got lucky some relatives taught me Italian as a kid - not only it helped me to learn English and others later on (as I already had the basic "drilling" for language learning), but I feel like it prevented me from bubbling myself too much into a single linguistic community.

If a megacorporation could profit nine zillions and fifty dollars, and instead it's profiting only nine zillions, its shareholders are already screeching at the CEO "YOU INCOMPETENT FOOL, YOU'RE ROBBING US FIFTY DOLLARS!".

Hatsivo Mikutnik

Eh. Isekai de Tochi wo Katte Noujou wo Tsukurou?

Only a few European series are well known here - mostly the ones with an animated cartoon millennials watched as kids. Like: The Smurfs, The Adventures of Tintin, Asterix and Obelix, Marsupilami.

I can also attest at least some people being aware of The Bored Witch (spin-off of The Triplets; I remember asking my mum to buy me the books, when I was eight, so I could stop borrowing them all the time from the library) and Druuna (perhaps the only one in this list that is not kids-friendly!).

It's always content adapted to Portuguese, though. Most of the population is monolingual.

I feel however that the internet is changing this quite a bit, and for the better. Mostly allowing people to enjoy content they wouldn't otherwise, due to licensing and/or language barriers.

It's like saying "please let me be your dog, Makima."

You're going to reinvent soy sauce, mayo, crop rotation, and reversi. And soup.

The villainess is a better person than the heroine.

If you're a commoner the king is bad. If you're a noble you and the king are bad SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS! the king is good.

If your father got a title, you won't inherit it.

The guild ranks go from HE to AS. You'll start at the lowest, but immediately get promoted to a mid-high rank.

Your first guild quest will be picking herbs. You'll pick a lot of them, in perfect conditions.

You'll get the crest/job/skill that is overpowered as fuck, but everyone believes it to be useless.

If you're reincarnated as a man your companions will likely include a showy catgirl and a tsundere female elf. Later companions may or may not include a dragon girl, a dwarf girl, the demon queen, the ghost of a maid, and some pet.

If you reincarnate as a monster, you'll quickly get a human form, or a humanisation skill.

"Slow life" means everything except slow life.

The title is 75% English, 25% Japanese.

Fuck yeah. The manga series is awesome, and at least the first ep did it justice.

The "dance" scene was beautiful.

I'm already there :)

So, I was thinking why the local (Brazilian) production of graphic novels is next to non-existent. I think it's four factors:

1. The general belief that adults should not read comics, but "ackshyual" books.
2. Competition for the local market with American comics and Japanese manga.
3. The internet further encouraging content that is easy to share across social media, thus shorter.
4. "Go big or go home" mentality. As if you were not supposed to create things for a restrict target audience (be it regional or people in a certain situation or people from a certain trade or whatever); it's seen as failure to appease "the whole". This encourages the production of unsalted slop, instead of creating things some might love and some hate.

There are some exceptions to #1, like the short strips published in newspapers. Often political and/or social commentary, but some artists (like Glauco - example below; may he rest in peace) are fairly good at humour:
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Regarding #3, some artists that publish online are fairly good, like Carlos Ruas from Um Sábado Qualquer:
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At least when it comes to the first three factors, I think Portugal is in the same bag.

Here comes the political part: this means most quality content is ultimately imported, with money flowing from Brazil (and likely Portugal) into USA and Japan, as surplus value being extracted from the population.

Also, may Jane Goodall rest in peace.

Nah, their argument is clearly an analogy between both situations, to "prove" both things are the same.

That said your concern is reasonable. It's about transition; something the left has been discussing since at least the Second International. Individual takes go from "you won't make an omelette if you don't break some eggs" to "minimise harm as much as possible". I lean towards the later - seize, put it under the control of the workers and/or general population, let them gradually restructure it, repeat as needed.

We [cryptagion, infinitesunrise, forsomedelta, me, etc.] are talking about 1) political power, 2) over the society as a whole, that is 3) effectively unchecked, since the only so-called "check" (voting) is a circus.

In the meantime, your example is about 1) decision making, 2) in a very restrict scope, in a way that 3) can easily have internal counters and checks (i.e. if the head surgeon is doing some dumb shit, other surgeons should be able to remove them).

In other words your whole comment boils down to three paragraphs of "ackshyually, no practical difference between apples and oranges". It's so fucking bad that, to be blunt, I'm not wasting further time with it.

Also, about underestimation (from your other comment)... I don't know how to answer it without two big walls of text (one regarding LatAm and another Iberia), but let's say it's politics.

Nobody here is complaining about the existence of infra-structure. OP is talking about who controls it. It's about power.

This: gentle support and help works way better than soapboxing.

It's a "democracy" but it's mostly ruled by a handful of old guys coming from long-standing political families. Your vote is mostly there to justify the rule, not to change it.

AGAB (all governments are bastards).

I don't mind it, mate - feel free to do it!

Oh, this made me check the manga series. Fun stuff. And I think I know exactly what you're talking about.

You were upset because you were hangry. Eat another cookie, and you'll find inner peace.