Lord of Mysteries is a Chinese production airing on Crunchyroll, with beautiful animation, impressive worldbuilding, and what appears to be a solid magic system.

Then in episode two, the main character fires a revolver and the shell casing drops to the floor.

ARGH! that's not how it works who animated this could they have done just a tiny bit of research i can't believe this mistake made it past storyboarding...

Anyhow, it's otherwise quite nice, it appears that it has a well-written mystery at its core (promise looks good, but first two episodes isn't a guarantee), and I think it's worth a look. Well, if you have time in a season which also has the return of My Dress-Up Darling, The Rising of the Shield Hero, and Kaiju #8, among others.

Peter Eng
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>Then in episode two, the main character fires a revolver and the
>shell casing drops to the floor.
>
>ARGH!

Fun fact: there have been ejecting revolvers in the history of firearms. They're very rare and usually very weird, so it's vanishingly unlikely that such a thing is actually featured in that scene, but they do exist!

To be fair, there are not a lot of privately owned firearms in China.

--G.
then again, there aren't many in Japan either, but they nerd out on that stuff. Have I told the story about the time a bunch of guys from Toshiba showed up at the commercial range I used to go to in California? I feel like I must have.
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>Fun fact: there have been ejecting revolvers in the history of
>firearms. They're very rare and usually very weird, so it's
>vanishingly unlikely that such a thing is actually featured in that
>scene, but they do exist!
>

Well, it's good to learn something new. And it is a rather overdecorated revolver, so it's possible it's one of those rarities. Probably a custom order from somebody with more money than sense.

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>then again, there aren't many in Japan either, but they
>nerd out on that stuff. Have I told the story about the time a bunch
>of guys from Toshiba showed up at the commercial range I used to go to
>in California? I feel like I must have.
>-><-

I think you did at one point, although I'm not sure if it was here or in Off the Top of My Head.

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

>then again, there aren't many in Japan either, but they
>nerd out on that stuff. Have I told the story about the time a bunch
>of guys from Toshiba showed up at the commercial range I used to go to
>in California? I feel like I must have.

Sounds about right. I was told once that the main reason there are so many gun clubs in Hawaii is so that Japanese tourists can play "Dirty Harry."

>>then again, there aren't many in Japan either, but they
>>nerd out on that stuff. Have I told the story about the time a bunch
>>of guys from Toshiba showed up at the commercial range I used to go to
>>in California? I feel like I must have.
>
>Sounds about right. I was told once that the main reason there are so
>many gun clubs in Hawaii is so that Japanese tourists can play "Dirty
>Harry."

These guys were so bad at following instructions and basic safety rules that they got thrown out en masse. The PR lady from Toshiba USA who was saddled with tour-guiding them around was mortified. Although the rangemaster did invite her back to take their class on introducing your gun-illiterate friends to the wonderful world of not getting thrown out of ranges.

--G.
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