I’ve seen I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. Kimisui (the short title, because it’s so long lol) kind of feels like getting stabbed in the chest then it’s over. Like what @[email protected] said, Look Back wasn’t top tier emotional, at least in the same sense as Kimisui.

My friend’s been bugging me to read the manga years ago so now I can say that I “read” it. It was kind of depressing to watch though.

I’m guessing Fujino and Kyoumoto are two parts of the author (Fujimoto) and it’s essentially his response to how a mangaka keeps on going. The manga was released during the Chainsawman hiatus and I’m guessing there are other references to his other past works.

Despite that, I’m still figuring out what Kyoumoto means to him. It’s a silly thing to think about but assuming he’s both Fujino and Kyoumoto, and he uses Fujino to represent the mangaka we know, then “who” is Kyoumoto?

And if anyone hasn’t, definitely read Fujimoto’s other one shot “Goodbye Eri”.

A bit late but happy birthday /c/anime! Honestly, I owe @[email protected] a lot for revitilizing this community and for making it into what it is today. They’ve been our biggest financial contributor and have also made me aware of some significant issues with the instance in the past. Thank you for your hard work! ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

I never thought of Spirited Away that way but now that you mention it, it does resemble isekai.

Kill la Kill

Three Days of Happiness which is actually the light novel title. The manga adaptation title is “I sold my life for ten thousand yen per year” but I like the LN title more. I recommend reading the author’s afterword in the LN if you finished the manga.

I also like The Flowers of Evil.

The end credits mention 3DCG and motion capture so you might be right.

Surreal. Never read any of Junji Ito’s works. I’ve only seen his artworks through social media. I don’t like horror much, but let’s see how long I can keep up with this one.

Oh I think I’ve heard of this one. It’s honestly crazy what some people do over a videogame.

I’ve never read this. But reading the title reminds me of post-game League lobbies where people would drop locations for a fist fight.

I don’t think they ever push through but its pretty funny sometimes lol

Not expecting to see this today. Those crossover outfits are really cute.

ツンデレサービス～！

This thread is like 2 months old and I’m rewatching the episodes of the threads I missed on, so let’s go through this via screenshots.

I’m pretty convinced this toilet sign is Ougi and Nadeko. I think it’s easy to forgot that Ougi is a boy now.

We finally got the opening for Nademonogatari which features both Kana Hanazawa and Saori Hayami. I don’t know if Nademonogatari is the first time I’ve heard the two together. Both their voices share this characteristic I can’t describe in English but when you hear it, you might get what I mean.

I’m certain this is a callback to an older scene in the series. Either Koyomi or Ougi meeting with Tsukihi. You can also say Akira if you’d like.

Marina Inoue sounded completey different here, obviously because this isn’t the same Sodachi we knew. She’s a lot more compassionate and sister-like to Nadeko. I didn’t even recognize her until Nadeko said so herself. I’m actually quite glad Sodachi is doing better here and didn’t turn out to be a one-off character in the series (as she kind of came out of nowhere previously).

There really is something about girls cutting their hair short when they want to change something about themselves. It’s a really interesting phenomenon that boys don’t really have an equivalent to. More interestingly I guess, this scene parallels with Hitagi and Koyomi during Mayoi Snail.

By far the shots that reminded me that Monogatari is “peak cinema”, as they say. Live action shots, somewhat reminscent of early 2000s handhelds composited with a running topless Nadeko.

I’ve finally caught up to the 7th episode of Monogatari Off Season. I wish the series was more popular but I guess it’s hard to get into for some especially when there’s 100 non-linear episodes prior to Off Season. I realized the weekly rikka thread died so I’ll try to revive that starting later tonight.

I spent most of my free time playing Persona 3 Reload the past few weeks and I’ve been considering watching the anime movies.

Also, it’s typhoon season again so I hope everyone can stay safe.

Yeah, that seems to be a good point. Maybe kids around the age of Seita would understand it better.

I didn’t know people were opposed to showing Grave of the Fireflies to kids. I always thought it was one of the better war movies to show to kids because there isn’t much explicit violence and the main characters are children.

IIRC the Monogatari Series had exactly 100 episodes if you don’t include the 3 movies and Off Season.

Shingeki no Kyojin had 90+.

I don’t think I’ve ever watching anything else nearly as long as those two. Unless…

Yup! It’s still Shaft.

From the video description:

アニメーション制作：シャフト

Reading the description, I think it’s the PV for the next “arc” of the on-going season right after Nademonogatari “arc”.

I’m going to continue watching the new Monogatari Off Season this week. I saw the new OP and it’s really cute. I feel like Off Season might be one of my favorite seasons in the series. Anyway, it’s summer and I spent a lot of time touching grass (and sand!) which was very refreshing and really tiring. I went on three different trips and got sick during one of them so I haven’t been very active lately.

I mentioned last time how Nadeko changed a lot throughout the series. Now, different faces(phases) of Nadeko materialize thanks to Yotsugi which made me realize that Nadeko changed much more than I had originally thought. We have Current-Nadeko, Meek-Nadeko, Wrath-Nadeko, Flirty-Nadeko, and God Nadeko. That’s a lot of Nadekos.

Yotsugi also mentioned Gaen Izuko and Kagenui Yozuru so I wonder if they’re going to appear in this season. Gaen is also one of my favorites. Speaking of appearances, Oshino Ougi makes one and seems to be a major character this season. I’ll have to remember that Ougi is a boy now.

As usual, this episode is a visual treat. It’s much closer to Bakemonogatari (Season 1) than any of the other seasons I think. It really looks like mixed-media artwork compared to the other seasons.

Some screenshots for this episode:

With these screenshots alone, it’s hard to convince someone that this is anime. Monogatari Series really stands out because of this and this is why I really love this series.

Wait. It’s out already?!

edit: It’s 30 minutes long. It starts with a live action shot of an egg cracking. That’s how you know it’s good.

It retains a lot of what I love about the Monogatari series. Lengthy dialogue paired with its unique visual style that sets it apart from a lot of anime. It still has that really harsh and bloomy lighting style that creates weird geometry from shadows, the space around the characters are surreal, the style of animation interchanges, and the cuts are quick.

I think the music is a bit different from what we usually had though but a lot of sound effects (like when the characters talk sometimes) are still there.

Nadeko really changed a lot. This shot explains it:

She’s my second favorite character in the series so I’m happy we’re getting more of her especially since she’s the character who had some dramatic changes.

The voice actors are great! We just saw Hayami Saori’s performance in Giji Harem and her emotionless monotone voice as Ononoki sets the role apart. Everyone sounds just as they did over a decade ago (especially Hanazawa Kana whose voice is unforgettable!).

We didn’t get an opening theme yet but we do have the ED theme with Yoasobi’s performance and Hajime Ueda’s illustrations of the characters.

I’ve never read the novels, so I couldn’t tell whether the adaption is faithful or not.

A pleasant Sunday morning!

Here’s a compilation of some of my favorite shots (in a spoiler tag so it doesn’t take up the entire page):