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I saw you had all the Trigun stuff, but not the recent reboot, Trigun Stampede.
Aharen is Indecipherable and Tomo-chan is a Girl are fun RomCom shows.
Golden Kamuy isn’t on your list, but it’s one of my all time favorites that I’ll always recommend.
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Finished up Isekai Suicide Squad. Overall, I’m glad I stuck it out with this show through my general malaise, as I don’t think I would have came back to it, but the last couple episodes were pretty great with a lot of cool fights and some hilarious surprises.
The big bad having shrimp cocktail horns was still a bit distracting, but we weren’t supposed to like her anyway. There was a big twist ending that sets up a season 2, and is check that out. The series as a whole may be worth a rewatch for me when I’m in a more receptive mood.
Gave the Rick and Morty Anime a go out of morbid curiosity. I have no idea what the hell I watched. It was just odd in general, and it felt like some kind of prank on the fans.
Rewatched a few more Gintama episodes, and those were still great. It was the handful were Kagura’s Dad came to try to take her back home, and the ones where Sadaharu got massive. Also the Dom Peri contest with the hostess club. Odd Jobs and friends can still get me laughing consistently!
I was happy to hear Sakamoto Days is getting a show. I felt they would get one due to having a similar vibe with SpyxFamily and a bit of MHA/JJK.
Oh cool, I was wondering if this was going to get its own anime.
I picked up the manga after seeing it on the popular reading list. At first it seemed like a Spy x Family clone, but it has become its own thing. It is more like someone had all the characters from SxF, but wanted to make a series more like MHA or JJK. There’s more emphasis on the fights and special superhuman skills of the assassins, there’s assassin school, all kinds of crazy weapons and gear, but still a good bit of silliness. There’s some solid characters, good and bad, and a few good family moments.
With a lot of familiar elements but its own twist on them, it seemed like a good time for this to be picked up.
Elf is better as half-length episodes
Agreed. It’s cute and goofy, but nothing really goes anywhere. It’s the classic sitcom formula where everything ends up back where it started every time, there’s no real plot, it’s just a bunch of jokes, and I just like watching everyone pick on each other.
Apothecary Diaries is on my list so I may have to check that out. The others sound like solid recommendations also.
My gf didn’t seem to get the humor of the old Trigun series. She did get interested in the new one after being in the room with me watching a few eps of that. I was very leary about the remake as the original is one of the first animes I got really into.
I’ve been watching some older 90s movies and revisiting early Gintama again a bit, and it’s been a nice break. I’ve played a bit with emulators recently too. I put Lemuroid on my phone and have been doing a little Tetris and Link’s Awakening. I figured out how to pair a PS4 controller, so maybe I should start bringing that with me. Being able to save anywhere takes out a lot of frustration for me.
I still look forward to the weekly check in here though. I’m surprised the anime scene here is as quiet as it is, so I like to participate to help keep what we do have going. I appreciate all the work you put in here!
I should clarify… I myself do not get the puns, moreso they are quickly searchable, unlike things like puns about kanji or cultural references.
If you’re able to figure them out on your own, you’re well ahead of me! 😁
Back to watching One Piece for the first time after being burnt out. Started the arc with the Minks.
I just read the whole manga over the last year, so I’m looking forward to the next arc where they must rescue their lost crewmate.
Was ready to drop Bakemonogatari, but I’m starting to get into the strangeness of it. The strange cuts, text flashes, colors, weird framing, are all starting to add to the experience rather than detracting like earlier.
I got a bit of some of the creepy parts I’ve heard about with Araragi’s interactions with Snail, and while it was unnecessary, I didn’t find it worse than some things from Evangelion, etc.
Otherwise, watched the new eps of Plus Size Elf and Nakotan which were both entertaining for what they are.
I’ve been feeling a little burnt out on manga and anime lately, I think because my schedule has changed recently and I’ve been throwing myself pretty hard into my music lessons, so I’m just too low on mental energy.
I suppose Nokotan wins by default for me. Everything else I’ve watched feels like slow parts of things I’ve already read the manga for.
It’s fun, the songs are good, and I don’t have to work too hard to get the puns.
As another person who is annoyed at the amount of Reddit people bring over here, I feel this is an exception.
I don’t think we have a Fedi replacement for this. To me, this is the equivalent of the “audience score” on Rotten Tomatoes. We don’t seem to have the user base here or a way to tally up scores from multiple instances, especially as not everyone federates with everyone else.
The Reddit scores I see as a wider group of people from those that are casual fans to pretty hardcore, and also with English as a main language. I do feel it skews younger, which makes it less helpful to me, but I think it gives us something different than we’d get from MAL, etc.
I think someone was doing a set of 3 lists for a while that showed the differences, but I’m not sure when I saw it last.
I’m happy for whatever list gets put up here, since that means I don’t need to go somewhere else to get it. This gives us Reddit data without having to go to Reddit, and I think having this here can be enough to keep some from going back for the list and just staying there for the bigger set of posts and comments.
Was thinking about dropping this series, but just watched eps 8 and 9, and this is finally what I started watching this series for!
The world they’re in still isn’t exciting me too much, it seems rather plain for an isekai world. I’m here for the big, bad personalities and outrageous moments.
There was one part though that was too distracting for me to take seriously:
Her horns reminded me of shrimp every time I saw them! 😂
I always think it’s like episodes 8 when things “get real” in the show, which would still be a long time, but I looked it up and it is ep 12. It definitely does not meet the 3 episode rule for watching.
The anime just came out a month ago, and I just looked up the manga, and there’s only about one season’s worth of story out there, 37 chapters.
There should be another episode Sunday 11 AUG. I couldn’t find how many eps are in this season anywhere.
It’s a really oddball show. I saw it was tops on the weekly rankings so I gave it a look. To me it feels like the energy of Bobobo got shoved into Azumanga Daioh.
If you are not interested in it by the halfway point, I likely won’t be able to convince you otherwise, but with this being one of my all-time favorites, I feel you have made some unfair characterizations. I don’t want to spoil anything in case you decide to revisit it in the future or for anyone that hasn’t gotten to it, but without seeing the entire story, you aren’t getting the explanations for the things that are annoying you. The threads of the story that are dangling to keep you intrigued seem to be having the wrong effect on you.
I feel Steins;Gate is one of the classic the more you watch it, the more you love it things. There’s a good bit going on, from multiple POVs, and it’s coming to you out of order, especially on a first watch. So as it’s already annoyed you, I don’t think you should force yourself to watch it, but maybe start it over in a few months or something when you can give it more patience. I loved the story and all the characters, even before I got all the answers to everything, so it just may not be a thing for you, but I urge you to not cross this off your watch list for good.
Isekai Suicide Squad: Been struggling on this one. It looks good, VA is good, but it’s just not grabbing my attention. I thought the 2 live action movies were both fine in a B movie way, but this just isn’t doing anything for me.
Delicious in Dungeon: After all the excitement I’ve seen for this show, I’m not feeling this much either. I haven’t gotten much plot or character development, and the cooking is all about fake stuff I can’t try, so that doesn’t help. Some of the monsters are unique though, like the Living Armor, but I don’t know if I’ll do season 2 of this.
To Your Eternity: Finished season 1. Now this one was pretty good! None of the baddies feel very threatening, but the emotional damage makes up for it. Couldn’t go straight through this show, had to take breaks for happy stuff.
Bakemonogatari: Very strange, and after 3 episodes, I’m not sure what I’m watching. I feel like I started on season 2 or something. All the cuts and text is odd, and the female MC whole personality seems to have done a 180 in 2 episodes.
My Deer Friend: Heard this was very weird. Watched the trailer. Gf angrily left the room 2 minutes into it, she was not a fan. I don’t think it’s great by any means, but I can take ridiculous in small doses. Gives me modern Bobobo vibes.
Reincarnated as a Slime S3: Background noise for me mostly. Ahead of this in the manga, and I almost dropped the manga during this stretch. Manga has caught my interest again though, so we’ll stick with this.
Plus Size Elf: Enjoying this more than I expected. I probably wouldn’t watch it if it was censored. It’s not good enough to watch half the episode blurred out, plus having read the manga, I’ve seen it already. The nudity isn’t even my style, it’s wayyyyy too exaggerated for my taste. The voices of the characters are all super charming though, and that ramps up what fun is actually there for me. I feel they may have added in more actual fitness tips than I remember as well. The chemistry between the characters, especially the elf and dark elf is perfect. I’d be friends with all these characters, so I’m liking this one.
Also excited that Aharen is getting a S2. Was not aware of that before the other day. I watched S1 a while back along side Tomo-chan, and that was a fun combo.
I enjoyed Helck in a similar manner to Frieren.
Ascendance of a Bookworm I saw was recommended as well, and I’ll second that one.
If you meant magical as in fascinating, not literal magic, Golden Kamuy is one of my favs. It’s a historical fiction adventure with lots of hilarious gags. You learn, you laugh, you get lots of adventure. Does have some some gross parts as it’s war-adjacent, but it’s largely an adventure comedy. One of my top anime/manga, and i didn’t see enough people talk about it.
Yay! I was just when I got the MAL notification this morning, as I had just been thinking about this show the other day.
After reading a few works, the art style itself is very important to the impact of things. I hear there have been poor adaptations in the past, and this keeping the original art style I think is a major good start.
It is very Lovecraftian, where the environment is as much or even more important than the actual plot. It creates that looming sense of danger and dread, even if the story is rather mundane in a scene. Just looking at an Ito manga panel now gets my brain primed for something disturbing.
I thought the Uzumaki story itself was ok (perhaps I’ve read too many derivative works without seeing the original first?) but seeing the art animated really has me pumped for this now in a way I didn’t expect.
I’m not caught up on the anime, but I looked quick where it’s at.
I almost dropped the manga at this point (where the anime currently is), but I let it go for a few chapters and then got caught up quickly, and it does get back into the interesting (to me) stuff.
I’m glad I just didn’t drop it during this part of the story, if that is any encouragement to you to stick it out through this part. Maybe letting a few episodes come out and then watching it in a bigger block can help you find it more interesting and easier to hold your attention through the slow parts like it did for me. It just wasn’t enough to hold my attention in little bites and I started to lose the plot myself.
Wow, I just read Uzumaki a few weeks ago, and this looks like the pages have come to life!
I’m a bit surprised it’s black and white, but I feel that really lends a lot of strength to the spiral imagery.
I’ll agree with OP on Summertime Render and Days at the Breakwater as well!
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If we’re counting continued in the 20s: