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So I was talking to my friend Spottacus Cheetah a bit earlier today about fursuit-based power-armor...

So I was talking to my friend Spottacus Cheetah a bit earlier today about fursuit-based power-armor... | Excited :); I was up quite early this morning talking to my very good furry friend Dr. David Bernaron / Spottacus Cheetah (an awesome furry Silicon-Valley tech-genius millionaire friend that I have on FB) about my very intriguing and quite novel concept of making fursuit-based padded-Kevlar power-armor. He seemed quite very busy today due to him being in charge of several high-technology companies in Silicon-Valley, so he didn't really get the chance to respond back yet --- but he did in fact read my message about my "fursuit power-armor" concept this morning, which excites and intrigues me very greatly - I wonder what he thinks of it, too :) | image tagged in simothefinlandized announcement template 4 0 | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

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AGGRETSUKO: A Dive Into The Japanese Furry Anime Comedy TV-Series (By SimoTheFinlandized / Paul P.)

AGGRETSUKO: A Dive Into The Japanese Furry Anime Comedy TV-Series (By SimoTheFinlandized / Paul P.) | ===========================================
AGGRETSUKO: A Dive Into The Japanese
Furry Anime Comedy TV-Series (By
SimoTheFinlandized / Paul P.) CE
===========================================
Aggretsuko, also known by its original Japanese
title Aggressive Retsuko (Japanese: アグレッシブ烈子,
Hepburn: Aguresshibu Retsuko), is a Japanese
animated comedy streaming television series based on
the eponymous character created by "Yeti" for the
mascot company Sanrio. The character first appeared
in a series of animated shorts by Fanworks which aired
on TBS Television between April 2016 and March
2018. An original net animation (ONA) anime series
adaptation was launched worldwide on Netflix in April
2018, followed by a second season in June 2019, a
third season in August 2020 and a fourth season in
December 2021. A fifth and final season is set to debut
in February 2023. A comic book series adaptation by
Daniel Barnes and D.J. Kirkland was launched by Oni
Press. The first issue was released on February 5,
2020. A mobile game, "Aggretsuko: The Short Timer
Strikes Back", was released by Hive for Android and
iOS in July 2020. The game, which is available
worldwide, includes the full 100 short episode series,
which need to be unlocked individually via normal
gameplay. Whilst subtitled, the short episodes were not
dubbed into other languages.
===========================================
THE PLOT:
===========================================
Retsuko is a 25-year-old and single anthropomorphic
red panda, working in the accounting department of a
large Japanese trading firm, trying her best to navigate
through the typical problems encountered by young
adults in 21st-Century-CE Japan. Facing constant
frustration every day from pushy superiors and co-
workers, Retsuko lets out her emotions by going to
a karaoke bar every night and singing death-metal.
After five years of working the daily grind, Retsuko's
misery causes her to undergo a series of events
that puts her job in jeopardy, forcing her to shift
her relationships with her co-workers and ends up
changing her life in unexpected ways. After this,
she continues to come up with ways to find happiness,
and eventually comes to the conclusion that she would
one day like to get married and raise a family.
Unfortunately, her social anxiety combined with her
naïveté often causes her to get into far more trouble
than she expects while pursuing her dreams.
Beginning with Season 4, the show focuses less on
Retsuko as the protagonist and more on her colleagues
at the office, each with their own unique set of
problems. In the upcoming Season 5, the show will
mainly focus on Retsuko being involved with the
Japanese government along with Haida's life after
quitting his office job.
===========================================
THE CAST-OF-CHARACTERS:
===========================================
1) RETSUKO: A 25-year-old red panda in her
company's accounting department who lets out
frustrations over her job by singing death metal at a
karaoke bar. She is an amiable introvert who suffers
from social anxiety, and is prone to unrealistic dreams
to the point where it negatively impacts her and those
around her. After Retsuko bad-mouths her boss, Ton, on
TV, Ton nicknames her "Short-Timer" (Japanese dub)
or "Calendar" (English dub), implying her job is on the
line. When confronted with a new problem, personal or
otherwise, she quickly retreats to a corner and tries to
resolve the issue alone, if she does not outright
surrender. This shows that her emotional maturity is
lacking, and she is reluctant to confide in others.
However, she slowly develops a healthier emotional
state with help from her friends and, ironically, the co-
workers she often cannot stand. By Season 3, she goes
fully public with her death metal singing, thus beginning
a lucrative side hustle.
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2) DIRECTOR TON: The domestic-pig director of the
accounting department, who constantly gives Retsuko
a hard time through either blatant sexism or overwork.
He spends significant time practicing golf instead of
working, though it is shown that he is an incredibly
skilled and speedy accountant despite being tech
illiterate. Though he regularly belittles Retsuko, it is
implied that he greatly respects her, and possibly sees
her as his successor. He has more than once stepped
into her personal life with timely wisdom to save her
from situations that are causing her grief. In spite of his
toughness, he has a soft spot for his family, and initially
hides from them the fact that he was forced to quit his
job in Season 4. He is also protective of his workforce,
refusing to fire anyone in the accounting department
when incentivized to do so by the new president.
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3) FENNEKO: Retsuko's fennec fox co-worker and
closest friend in the office. Highly perceptive and
insightful, she is able to deduce anyone's mental state
through mere observation of their habits and deviations
from their usual patterns – namely, through scrutinizing
others' social media. Cynical by nature, she often
openly criticizes something only to later enjoy it,
sometimes to an obsessive degree. She also has a
close relationship with Haida and an unusual rivalry
with Tsunoda. She has a highly distinctive, monotonous
laugh.
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4) HAIDA: Retsuko's mild-mannered spotted hyena
co-worker, who has a crush on Retsuko. His
roundabout approach to confessing his feelings puts
him in many comical situations; in many ways, he
shares the same social anxiety and confidence
problems as Retsuko, resulting in poor communication
with her. Despite being rejected, he struggles to move
on and continues to pine for her, often reacting badly
whenever she goes out with someone. However, he
does give Retsuko space to keep himself in check, and
genuinely cares for Retsuko's well-being and
happiness. Haida is an avid punk rock fan, and plays
bass guitar. Haida is skilled in programming and IT
work, but his work is frequently dismissed by the tech
illiterate seniors in Accounting, leaving him frustrated.
In Season 4, Haida is suddenly promoted to Accounting
Director but later quits the company altogether after
being forced to partake in financial fraud.
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5) DIRECTOR GORI: A gorilla lady who works as
director of marketing at Retsuko's company. Along with
Washimi, she does yoga with Retsuko and eventually
joins her in karaoke. Despite her serious nature at
work, she is highly excitable and takes great interest in
bonding with Retsuko. A running gag with Gori is her
over-the-top mourning over failed relationships, usually
romantic ones. Despite being 40 years old and
incredibly career-driven, she has high hopes to still get
married someday and continues to make bold attempts
to find "the one."
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6) MS. WASHIMI: A secretary bird who works as the
secretary to the company's CEO, and arguably the
company's de facto CEO due to the actual CEO's
incompetence. Strong-willed and confident, she is very
wise and gives Retsuko a lot of sage advice when she
is not busy keeping Gori's excitability in check. She
sometimes axe kicks to intimidate those who frustrate
her (mostly her boss), embodying the classic hunting
behavior of her animal. Though very level-headed, she
loses significant composure when the topic of marriage
comes up, having gone through a bitter divorce after a
four-month long marriage in her past.
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7) TSUNODA: A perky gazelle coworker of Retsuko
who frequently sucks up to Ton in order to remain in a
favorable position and to lighten her own workload. Her
shameless approach to office politics and social media
stardom earns her the ire of many. However, she is
highly self-aware and more genuine than her
personality lets on. She is an expert on discerning the
emotional and mental states of those around her. As the
show progresses, she gradually develops a closer
friendship with Fenneko.
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8) KOMIYA: Ton's meerkat right-hand subordinate.
Like Tsunoda, Komiya sucks up to Ton, but he appears
to be motivated by genuine admiration for Ton while
Tsunoda only does so for her own calculated benefits.
In Season 3, it is revealed that he runs a popular blog
on JPop idols and becomes a big fan of Retsuko after
seeing her sing on-stage.
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9) TSUBONE: A Komodo dragon who is a senior to
Retsuko in the accounting department. She is highly
condescending and is implied to enjoy watching others
fail, usually by giving them one of her many air-tight
snack jars to open. Much like Ton, she frequently uses
her seniority to push her extra work onto Retsuko. She
is implied to have a significant bond with Ton, having
worked in the Accounting department for almost as long
as he has. Likewise, she is also tech illiterate, and gets
defensive when asked to update the way she does her
work.
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10) KABAE: Retsuko's hippo chatty coworker. Kabae
is a middle-aged woman who frequently runs her mouth
as the company's rumor mill. She is easily excited by
new gossip but claims to never spread anything
malicious. She is happily married to her husband and
has three kids at home. Her motherly personality, when
applied at work, has polarizing results on the younger
workers at the office. In Season 4, she reveals that she
has a considerable amount of espionage and stealth
skills, showing Retsuko how to sneak around the office
building's ventilation shafts.
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11) RESASUKE: Retsuko's one-time, and oblivious,
red panda boyfriend in Season 1, who works in the
Sales Department at their trade firm. Nicknamed the
"Out of Pocket Prince" (Japanese dub) or "Space
Cadet" (English dub), he is constantly zoning out,
irresponsible with job duties, soft-spoken, and has zero
social awareness. He has a large collection of thriving
plants at home, suggesting that his character is a play
on the Japanese term "herbivore men".
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12) ANAI: A Japanese badger recent college
graduate and a new hire in Retsuko's accounting
department beginning in Season 2. He is very happy
and eager on the surface, but does not take any kind of
feedback lightly, treating it as a personal attack. This
causes him to neurotically harass whoever "criticized"
him via email demanding a written apology and
recording all future conversations with the threat of
escalation. As such, his professional and social skills
are very lackluster, though his brick wall approach to
criticism also renders him immune to the office politics
others freely exercise. He is, however, receptive to
Kabae's motherly approach, and gradually learns to get
along with everyone through her, suggesting that he
regularly suffers from extreme anxiety. He is also an
excellent cook and later sells his home-cooked meals
to his co-workers. In Season 3, he becomes more
emotionally stable, having found a girlfriend and writing
a cookbook as a side project.
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13) TADANO: A donkey who is briefly Retsuko's
boyfriend in Season 2. Initially shown as a lazy, jobless
bum, Tadano is actually the founder of his own AI
company that is quickly rising in stock and is both
incredibly wealthy and intelligent. Tadano's laziness is
attributed to the fact that he quickly loses interest in any
task he finds mundane, and is driven to bring his AI
program to the masses in hopes of moving society past
late-stage capitalism, supporting programs like
universal basic income. Retsuko slowly falls for the
laid-back but driven Tadano after meeting him in driving
class, unaware of his true identity, and starts a genuine,
happy relationship with him. However, the relationship
ends when Tadano revealed that he is not interested in
having kids or getting married. Tadano remains a
recurring character in later seasons, befriending the
people around Retsuko and continues to support her
and her friends without asking for anything in return.
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14) RETSUKO'S MOTHER: Retsuko's overbearing red panda
mother, who is currently unnamed. Beginning in the second
season, she regularly visits Retsuko, unannounced, trying
to pressure her into marriage with one of many bachelors
found via matchmakers. Despite her questionable actions,
such as duplicating Retsuko's apartment key without her
permission, she genuinely cares about Retsuko's well-being
and gives her more opportunities to grow into adulthood by,
often under immense emotional pressure, pushing her away
from her comfort zone of "work, home, phone, sleep" as
well as cooking and cleaning for her when she is visiting.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15) HYODO: A leopard who is a window washer at Retsuko's
building by day and the manager for the up-and-coming idol
group "OTM Girls" (short for Ōtemachi) by night. Retsuko
initially meets him when she accidentally crashes into his van,
forcing her to take up a second job as the group's accounting
manager to pay off her debt. When Hyodo inadvertently discovers
her singing death metal at her regular karaoke spot, he decides
to move the OTM Girls in a pop/metal fusion direction and coerces
Retsuko into the center of the group. He is secretive about his
day job with the girls, suggesting a sense of shame over it.
Though highly aggressive and intimidating, his anger is implied
to be a front to cover his feelings about his own failings and
incompetence, as he is very poor with finances.
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16) MANAKA: The chinchilla lead singer of the OTM Girls. In stark
contrast to Retsuko's extremely passive personality, Manaka is
confident and brash. She often behaves like a diva, but she
genuinely cares for those around her, including Retsuko. Her bold
personality comes from the fact that she neither desires nor cares
for approval from others, and encourages Retsuko to be less afraid
of upsetting others, accident or otherwise. When she is not
performing, she's a store clerk at a local convenience store.
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17) INUI: A Borzoi who works in the General Affairs department at
Retsuko's company. Introduced in Season 3, Inui is a sweet, gentle,
and caring woman who tries to pursue a relationship with Haida after
a chance encounter. Though they initially get off to a good start
due to their shared love for punk rock, with Fenneko and Gori both
pressuring Haida to accept her, Haida eventually turns her down.
Though obviously hurt, Inui gracefully accepts the rejection.
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18) HIMURO: A Saluki who is the External Director of Retsuko's company.
Introduced in Season 4, Himuro is promoted to CEO after the original
CEO is hospitalized. He is very strict and possibly sociopathic,
prioritizing obedience and determined to modernize the company at
any cost. While his initial methods are financially sound, Himuro
unabashedly begins to lay people off from the Accounting Department
to save costs, and promotes Haida to Accounting Director. Surrounded
by hostile board members who see him as an upstart outsider, Himuro
eventually resorts to ordering Haida to cook the books. He quits
after being exposed by the other members of the Accounting Department
for fraud.
=================================================
RECEPTION:
=================================================
Aggretsuko was met with critical acclaim in the United States.
The series as a whole currently holds 8/10 stars on IMDb according to
6.3K ratings.
=================================================
SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggretsuko
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