anime-manga

[grizzled acorn]

i was about to give the worst opinion in the world but i held myself back

[slender skiff]

2 year hiatus

[silver robin]

also

ive been looking into some of these underground novels

finally found another one

[slender skiff]

I'm gonna look into dahlia

Probably this week

[silver robin]

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B0978VC4P9?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&storeType=ebooks found the 8th one here

[slender skiff]

Or rather until the new volume of Bookworm comes out this week

Volume 5 part 1

In 2 days

[grizzled acorn]

i found Dahlia on mal

literally too unpopular to have a rating

[silver robin]

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B09L45438Q?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&storeType=ebooks found number 10 as well

[slender skiff]

Western and Japanese taste has always varied

[grizzled acorn]

sam is on demon time rn

[slender skiff]

Wildly

[silver robin]

both of these are female protagonist stories

[slender skiff]

Ah

Where's my Apothecary Diaries

AAAA

[slender skiff]

Also @faint crag new recommendation when you finish Ascendance

[grizzled acorn]

yeah, the two reviews on Dahlia are Not Recommended and Mixed Feelings. seems like western audiences dont like it

[slender skiff]

I mean nights

[grizzled acorn]

maybe its the fan translations though, those can ruin things

[slender skiff]

It has official to my knowledge

Just probably not well known

[grizzled acorn]

well the first review leads off with "i am basing this review off of the J-Novel translations..."

[slender skiff]

Then again

[silver robin]

j-novel could have shit the bed

we will never know

[slender skiff]

It's probably just some poor localisation choice

[grizzled acorn]

sam find out

[slender skiff]

I'll find out this week

[silver robin]

nope

[grizzled acorn]

be the trailblazer

[silver robin]

too busy

[slender skiff]

I plan to read it now

Well not now now

[silver robin]

i spent 3 hours updating the wiki with ryza stuff yesterday

[slender skiff]

But soon

[silver robin]

[grizzled acorn]

im gonna add it to my ptr for comedy

[silver robin]

comedy

[grizzled acorn]

sam can i get some insider info

[silver robin]

related to what?

[grizzled acorn]

is Ryza good?

[slender skiff]

Speaking of comedy

[silver robin]

ryza game? idk

[slender skiff]

Thicc thighs save lives

[grizzled acorn]

no in AL

i know the games good

[silver robin]

ryza in azur lane is very pog for the first 40 or so seconds

[grizzled acorn]

im using her anyways

[silver robin]

after that she loses her barrage spam and thus becomes average

[grizzled acorn]

so like, the question is meaningless

[slender skiff]

And behold, one of the best comedy mangas that are still ongoing

[grizzled acorn]

going down the rabbit hole i found a LN called "Modern Villainess: It's Not Easy Building a Corporate Empire Before the Crash" and im very enticed

the evil capitalist light novel

[stable herald]

I did not....

i did not just cried after this chapter

[slender skiff]

Now

Back to Bocchi

[grizzled acorn]

can she beat goku?

[silver robin]

yes

bocchi beats anything

except i still prefer renai flops honestly

[grizzled acorn]

idk anything about bocchi, but i think blue haired girl is best girl because she looks like the bassist and im being incredibly biased

[silver robin]

she is the bass

[grizzled acorn]

i knew it

she gives bassist energy

[silver robin]

the yellow hair one is drum

red and bocchi are guitar

[grizzled acorn]

i guessed all of that

and i feel so intelligent

im guessing red hair girl does vocals too

[silver robin]

yes

iirc thats true lol

[grizzled acorn]

im at least at Einstein's iq

[stable herald]

Wel....

Reminded me of my ol days with our drill sergeant

What

What

What
what
what
what
what

[trim swan]

cutie

[silver robin]

hey while everyone is online yall wanna do anime music quiz

[trim swan]

sauce

how do you do that

[silver robin]

do what

anime music quiz?

[trim swan]

yeah

[silver robin]

just google it, its one of the first links

this one

basically you can sync your mal and/or anilist, and it will randomly generate songs for you to guess

you can even filter it to certain criteria as well

you can even play multiplayer

[stable herald]

i'd fail 100%

i usually dont take that much consideration or info of anime producer, music producer hell i only know less than 5 VAs

Well, i do take studios into consideration for animes. obviously

[silver robin]

no this is just music

like opening song

ending song

etc.

[trim swan]

hmm doesn't look very mobile friendly

[silver robin]

its not

lol

desktop or bust

desktop view on mobile doesn't count

[trim swan]

ping me if y'all decide to play

[silver robin]

i can set up a room now

[trim swan]

i don't even have a mal/anilist account lol

[silver robin]

it supports these websites

[trim swan]

yeah saw that

[silver robin]

anyways i created a multiplayer room with name "azur lane" and password "azur lane"

[silver robin]

its mobile friendly if you wanna listen along, and spectate, but entering guesses is very pain

[silver robin]

based

[thorny nest]

[silver robin]

you should watch urusei yatsura 2022

[thorny nest]

[silver robin]

why

its good

and funny

[thorny nest]

I dont wanna

[silver robin]

why?

[thorny nest]

[slender skiff]

https://twitter.com/mery__S2_/status/1596876799447007233?t=tOxu6lZC8IhDTM4IqvJkKA&s=19

냥말가게 (@mery__S2_)

https://t.co/s2ejP6WnzF

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Wait a minute

[trim swan]

gae

[slender skiff]

Well that was a big fat lie

After dying of overwork in Japan, Dahlia is reborn into a world filled with magic. Raised by a master of magical toolmaking, she develops a passion for the craft and becomes engaged to her father’s apprentice. Before her father can see her wed, however, he suddenly passes away. As if this weren’t enough, on the day before their wedding, her fiancé announces that he’s in love—but not with her! Dahlia finally realizes she needs to live for herself. She vows to be her own woman from now on and devote herself to her craft, even if it’s not quite the quiet life she was hoping for! From a chance encounter with a knight to starting her own company, there are challenges aplenty on the horizon. But this young craftswoman is no longer a shrinking violet—she’s Dahlia, and she’s ready to bloom.

That's my kinda book alright

Imma start it today ig

@grizzled acorn

[slender skiff]

Dear god

What a way to start

[solid nebula]

shit, link me that. That's kind of up my alley actually

[slender skiff]

https://anilist.co/manga/114871/Madougushi-Dahlia-wa-Utsumukanai-Kyou-kara-Jiyuu-na-Shokunin-Life/

Tbh this feels like it could pass off as a manhua

[solid nebula]

tru

howeva

[slender skiff]

Like the plot and the artstyle

[stable herald]

Goddamn it, what a great fight and a great ending

[flat cedar]

https://twitter.com/Jinou_rakugaki/status/1597143790015610880

じのう (@Jinou_rakugaki)

PV撮り直した

#水星の魔女 #G_Witch

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AL x Gundam when

[slender skiff]

blue slimes

Either they become slime spirits like Salsha and Falfa

Or they get Jura Tempest itself involved

[faint crag]

It's already in my plan to read tho I'm not making any promises

[slender skiff]

Understandably

She is about as crazy as myne

Except in her case she's obsessed with well

Medicine I guess

Actually more of poisons

[inner sphinx]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/678783001433210900/1046766269082386472/10-o-15.jpg

[stable herald]

I Was Summoned to Be the Saint, but I Was Robbed of the Position, Apparently

The most bland asf isekai copy i've seen again

[inner sphinx]

That sounds like the beginning of that other isekai where the mc can turn into a cat and mostly stay in that form

[stable herald]

I MEAAANNN

[trim swan]

that looks like a trap

[stable herald]

she is

shes very cute

[trim swan]

where's my sauce

[stable herald]

IKEMEN JOSHI TO JOSOU DANSHI

a straight romance but with extra step

very fun read

[trim swan]

oh it's a trap × reverse trap

[stable herald]

yes

[grizzled acorn]

Her fiance is kinda based

[slender skiff]

No he's an idiot

Like genuinely

[grizzled acorn]

An idiot, but in a based way

Whats my guy doing though, hes throwing

[echo quiver]

um

more important than manga?

better be anime

[stable herald]

author's actual love life

[echo quiver]

i fail to see how that takes precedence over 2d characters

[stable herald]

stay positive

[inner sphinx]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-oomfie-bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-shake-head-hitoribocchi-gif-27010676

[echo quiver]

bocchi best dark horse

pretended to be shit with bad animation in first few episodes

dang

brb, gonna go review bomb bleach and chainsaw man

dang, chainsaw man has so many more 10 star ratings from people

which is weird, because i feel like not much actually happens in the show

[grizzled acorn]

You wouldnt get it. The characters are doing goofy things sometimes

[echo quiver]

power is doing goofy things sometimes

and she gets like 5 minutes of screentime

just to drop an occasional gag

the rest are too serious to do anything goofy

||denji|| is too busy ||fantasizing about his dreams|| to be funny

so it's just power carrying the show if you don't care for combat like me

[solemn pollen]

Denji is funnier in the Manga trust

[echo quiver]

this isn't the manga

[solemn pollen]

Although the dub denji is hilarious

-we bumped into the testicle devil and it went ape shit on his nuts

[echo quiver]

i still say we get an entire spinoff based off power

[grizzled acorn]

Denji was never funny. He's a goon.

[solemn pollen]

He can be both

I unironically think Denji would be an AL player

[grizzled acorn]

I like his character conceptually, he just wants to cop a feel. But i never ended up actually liking him

Denji is too poor to afford a phone

[echo quiver]

i like denji, like in the latest episodes where he ||uses his 9000 IQ to sleep ahead of time before going on a three day non-stop rampage||

but i feel like the entire show is just one long introduction to the characters to be 10/10 material

[grizzled acorn]

That scene was a lot better in the manga, it was super underwhelming in the anime. Kinda looked bad too

[echo quiver]

show literally carried by animation and manga reputation

[grizzled acorn]

The animation in csm is generally good, except for when it needs to be.

[solemn pollen]

every big shounen

[grizzled acorn]

||the zombie devil and chaos devil fight|| looked terrible or lacked impact

[solemn pollen]

I just want to see Quanxi animated

Also hope she shows up in part 2

[grizzled acorn]

Monkey brained take. One piece and gintama arent carried by animation

[solemn pollen]

Fair enough

[grizzled acorn]

Mha isnt this season either, very sad stuff

[solemn pollen]

I should watch it

[grizzled acorn]

I disagree

[echo quiver]

animation was shit, but the story was

now animation is good too

story pacing is now shit

[grizzled acorn]

Yeah

One piece goes hard

If they hypothetically re-released the entire show and fixed the pacing and animation...

[echo quiver]

at least it doesn't have 100 episodes of filler

just... spends several episodes covering the events of a few minutes

[grizzled acorn]

We do not talk about that

[unkempt briar]

And spends several minutes for a punch to happen

[grizzled acorn]

thats how real fights play out, you've never been behind an Arby's at 3 am and it shows

theres always 2 minute minimum delays between hits and a lot of monologues.

[unkempt briar]

Is there a commercial break between each punch too

[trim swan]

nah but there's a two episode backstory of a man who dresses as an infant

[grizzled acorn]

only poor people have commercial breaks

dawg I need to know why senor pink dresses like an infant

[inner sphinx]

https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1597153322057617409

Anime Trending (@AniTrendz)

The band is nearly complete! 🥺

🗳️ Vote here: https://t.co/WQ5sn0NxbY

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[unkempt briar]

Im surprised Nijika got above Ryou, considering Ryou is the haha so random funny one

[echo quiver]

it's because

[ivory mauve]

Smoll

[echo quiver]

uh, how do i say this

||this week bocchi spoilers||

i like that kita is ||turning into a second bocchi||

visited bocchi subreddit for the first time just now. getting deja vu lol

reminded me of this

not sure what csm is

colonial space marines, i guess

oh oh, chainsaw man

[faint crag]

anime community try not to pretend anime is incredibly popular despite that not being the case, just because they personally like it challenge (failed)

at least more people watch it now than when I checked it last time

[echo quiver]

yeah, regardless, its audience is like less than a fifth the size of chainsaw man watchers

[faint crag]

fifth?
it's almost 8 times as little

[echo quiver]

but how will i get a bocchi season 2 at this point

eh, im going off anilist numbers

[faint crag]

well that's not fair, cos we know anilist users have better taste by default

[grizzled acorn]

😭

[silver robin]

just use ann

[echo quiver]

aw, the full version of bocchi's songs are even sadder

i want to give her a hug now

[slender skiff]

@grizzled acorn 1.5 vols into dahlia

It's not the localisation that's the issue

Good god even I'm getting a headache

Stop. Talking. About. Food.

It's actually annoying

I'm here expecting a chill story yes

But I've seen more attention given to the fucking food eaten/cooked

Than the actual magic tools themselves

If I wanted to know about the food

I'd go read a damn cooking manga

The story is good when it's not talking about food or alcohol

Except the talk about food and alcohol makes up like 20% of the story

I'm fairly close to dropping it

If I wanted a story about a commoner adult/teen having the guts to talk with the nobility normally

And I don't mean like how myne does

[echo quiver]

but do their clothes fall off and do they make metaphors to seasons

[slender skiff]

Akagami no Shirayukihime is significantly better

[slender skiff]

I'll try to complete the 3rd vol before deciding

[grizzled acorn]

@slender skiff thank you for your service

i will be removing it from my ptr until instructed otherwise

[silver robin]

they did it! they said the name

also ZAQ

also ive heard of akkin before i think they also did some good songs too but more unsure on them

[echo quiver]

i liked the part where ||she stepped on ryo's face||

[solid nebula]

I need to watch the anime

the details are genuinely good

listen to episode 5 and 8. they changed the music to fit the scene

[silver robin]

my friend said, and i quote

This is when Bocchi really became The Rock

[silver robin]

when the band sucked during this episode they made the music sound off too

[solid nebula]

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLm10HBTxdQ||

yeah, because someone sent this

I still can barely hear the difference

it's there, my ears are trying to focus on one sound

[silver robin]

i only could tell the diff cause ive been playing an instrument for the past 6 years xd

[unkempt briar]

I heard it instantly but I’m a musician so a bit unfair

[silver robin]

same lol

[solid nebula]

I am not a musician, think I took music a couple of times years back but didn't really stay since am not good at it

[silver robin]

yea that was the intention

[solid nebula]

you see, I have the case of not having independent hands

[silver robin]

cause to a normal person you aren't really gonna hear when music is "shit"

[solid nebula]

all I know is that the drums were off beat a tad

[silver robin]

if they made it obvious on purpose then it defeats the point

[solid nebula]

heard the drums play I believe earlier or later than usual

[silver robin]

yea

timing was off

[solid nebula]

or could be my ears playing figures on me

[silver robin]

they were not in sync

[unkempt briar]

I already knew BtR had musical cache when Kita complained about the F chord

[silver robin]

i haven't played guitar

[solid nebula]

I find it interesting that the only consistent one I know is that Bocchi was more or less consistent in both takes

[unkempt briar]

yeah people who don’t play guitar won’t pay it any mind but those who do will find it impossible to not smirk at that scene

[solid nebula]

believe some parts were a tad off but yes, consistent

[silver robin]

yea cause bocchi is actually good

her issue is she can't match timing that well yet

at least initially

[solid nebula]

think someone played freebird over this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-FR61QKlXE

[silver robin]

[solid nebula]

all I know is that peeps who play a music a shit ton love the anime

[silver robin]

yes

[solid nebula]

and praise it to high heaven for how accurate it is

[silver robin]

as someone who plays music a shit ton

i like the anime

i still think renai flops is the best anime of the season though

[solid nebula]

wut that

I haven't watched anime this season anyway

[unkempt briar]

as someone who’s been playing music for the better part of 2 decades I like the anime

[silver robin]

its the ecchi harem rom com

[unkempt briar]

BtR not only aots but also aoty

[solid nebula]

also some guy made a comment of there not being a drunk band player
then episode 6 rolls in

[unkempt briar]

Wait a minute, not the better part of 2 decades, straight up 2 decades 👴

[solid nebula]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/601330731079434271/1044939829173026836/b46-unscreen.gif

[silver robin]

yuni old

don't tell yami

[unkempt briar]

Kids these days

[silver robin]

which instrument

[unkempt briar]

Piano

[silver robin]

understandable

[solid nebula]

I can't play instruments, I can't play my hands independently

years of gaming has hard wired my brain for this

[unkempt briar]

Isn’t gaming supposed to help you use your hands independently

[solid nebula]

instruments are on a whole nother ball game dawg

it isn't the same as changing your hand locations to play notes while still plucking a string or pressing a note

to put it into words. music is a constant thing that you have to keep up consistently while playing, while games there are times where it lulls and you focus on one or 2 aspects

nope, wait

that still sucks

mmmm bad explanation

right, so. I can't think of anyway to explain this properly

[silver robin]

speaking of music

i have a concert in 4 horus

[solid nebula]

Ha

lmao

[silver robin]

its fine

im not first chair

[solid nebula]

never been to a concert

so no idea how that's like

[grizzled acorn]

depends on the instrument

if i was an osu mania menace and you put me on piano id get the hang of it.

but try putting a gacha player on guitar, they cant do shit

as a gacha player i would know. anyways, im going to start bocchi and irrationally claim that Ryou is waifu of the year

[slender skiff]

Man

If Bocchi came out the same time as Koumei

We've gotten 2 really good music anime this year huh

[solid nebula]

what if, it released with Vivi

or smth

meh id k

would be the holy duo

[slender skiff]

Bonus for the Kaguya Rap scene

[inner sphinx]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/926228463067729980/1044437195076927558/315712504_810178300242016_4268551840080725591_n.mp4

[solid nebula]

@inner sphinxyou see buckaroo

I beat ya to the punch

[inner sphinx]

[solid nebula]

right, driver's test. adios

[slender skiff]

Pfffffft

Chad dad

[grizzled acorn]

hustler

[trim swan]

Saikyou Mahoushi no Inton Keikaku: The Alternative

[slender skiff]

Yeah I think I'll give my verdict since I just finished the 2nd vol of Dahlia in Bloom @grizzled acorn @silver robin

It's... Really kinda boring?

Like I think it'd work better as a manga

My issue is well

1. God they can't stop harping on about the food and alcohol
2. The magical tools part barely takes up any more of the story than the goddamn food

I came in here for a chill, magical tools development, world building kinda story

[grizzled acorn]

this is so sad

sorry you had to read that, for science

[slender skiff]

One thing I will say tho

The art is nice

Dahlia is a cute

And her friendship (for now) with Volf (the guy) is quite an interesting one

It's hard to do an actual friendship between a guy and a girl correctly

And I think the author was on the right track?

Kinda missed me with all the drinking and eating etc
It is socialising yes, but I think I'd rather hear the convos

If I wanted to see those, I'd go read Isekai Shokudou

[grizzled acorn]

monogatari does it

cant say if nisioisin does it correctly but hes doing it

[slender skiff]

Monogatari doesn't do a realistic one

Because it's monogatari

But otherwise, yes Hanekawa and Araragi's friendship is quite neato

[slender skiff]

Heck, even things like Shield Hero and Death March did their cooking scenes better

[grizzled acorn]

im pondering my orb

just trying to think of good examples of platonic relationships

[slender skiff]

They are fairly rare yeah

[grizzled acorn]

but all the ones in my recent memory are things you recommended me like relife and bookworm (im assuming the bookworm one stays platonic?)

[slender skiff]

ReLife was

Downright amazing

[grizzled acorn]

absolutely nailed the ending

[slender skiff]

I wouldn't count bookworm cos it's not really a friendship either?

[grizzled acorn]

idek

[slender skiff]

It's more family

If you're talking about myne and lutz

[grizzled acorn]

yeah

[slender skiff]

And later myne and ferdinand

[grizzled acorn]

i was also thinking benno and myne

all those work ig

myne is too much of a gremlin for romance, so

[flat cedar]

https://twitter.com/CSPerfectShot/status/1597364173578862593

۟ (@CSPerfectShot)

Japanese Chainsaw Man Fans are

Interesting.

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[slender skiff]

Lutz and Benno take a back seat from the story anyways

Ferdinand plays a far bigger role than any of them do

[grizzled acorn]

???????????????????????????????

[slender skiff]

Not that they aren't important in the story

[grizzled acorn]

japanese chainsaw man fans are actually genius

[slender skiff]

Just not as everywhere as previously

[flat cedar]

Tbh I can see why the first two are hated

[grizzled acorn]

fuck is fujimoto doing up there

[flat cedar]

the sufferu of denji

can make people hate him

As for #1 and #2 I understand why

[grizzled acorn]

i dont understand Himeno

at all

[flat cedar]

from what's already shown manga wise

and anime wise

Acts all cool, but is just using denji to help aki
forces herself on Aki (alot of female readers hate her for this)
Nearly engaged and forced herself on Denji who is a minor

there are other stuff im probably missing later on

past the whole scene in the last episode that aired

Makina is a whole bunch of spoiler territory

Lets just say her hate is very warrented.

[grizzled acorn]

i dont even hate her

makima is a nothing burger to me

[flat cedar]

(yet)

[grizzled acorn]

I read all of part 1

I was reading it and im like "yeah the plots gonna go somethin like this" then it went like that and im like 👍

[faint crag]

If "friendship" here is "non-romantic", then he really doesn't? Every girl is in love with Araragi in some way

[slender skiff]

Even tsukihi?

[grizzled acorn]

yes.

she balls out in otorimonogatari

[slender skiff]

I tend to forget

But higehiro

In terms of the MC and Sayu's bestie

[faint crag]

Goddess of Water

[grizzled acorn]

idk why but when you said higehiro my mind went to sing yesterday with me

and then i got mad, because that ending sucked ass

[slender skiff]

https://anilist.co/anime/114232/Hige-wo-Soru-Soshite-Joshikousei-wo-Hirou/

I meant this btw

[grizzled acorn]

yeah ik

the evil show

it reminded of the other show because the initial premise is similar. man loved big tiddy coworker -> awesome younger girl comes into his life -> he loves his hot coworker still

drama

[slender skiff]

I guess there is Jaku chara tomozaki

And... I forgot koumei

[grizzled acorn]

holy shit so true

[slender skiff]

Eiko and Koumei relationship is completely platonic

[grizzled acorn]

https://tenor.com/view/ya-boy-kongming-gif-25406658

[faint crag]

Ehhh
I mean it is platonic, but I wouldn't really say it's "portrayal of friendship"

[grizzled acorn]

shiori experience, platonic relationship between shiori and the ghost of jimi hendrix

banger example.

[slender skiff]

Tonikawa sorta has it too? With Nasa and Kaname

ReLife still gold standard though

[grizzled acorn]

honestly might be

im digging through the archives trying to find something

[slender skiff]

So am i

OH

FUCK

Kaguya

[grizzled acorn]

hunter x hunter

[slender skiff]

[grizzled acorn]

i was going for a ballsy prediction

[slender skiff]

Kaguya has many such examples

Shirogane and Iino, Shirogane and Hayasaka, Kaguya and Ishigami, Shirogane, Ishigami and Maki

[grizzled acorn]

konosuba?

[slender skiff]

Nope

[grizzled acorn]

kazuma is a little too nefarious for that to work yeah

[faint crag]

they fucking hate each other

[slender skiff]

Darkness and Megumin both fall for him

[grizzled acorn]

nah they besties

[slender skiff]

Aqua is...

[grizzled acorn]

useless

oh, shit

nobara. in jjk

they just kinda hang out

[slender skiff]

So pretty much just ReLife and Kaguya

[grizzled acorn]

unless some romance develops later in the manga?

[slender skiff]

Truly, the gold standard manga

Also, fruits basket

Tohru and Yuki

...tho

Tohru is more his mom than anything

[grizzled acorn]

One Piece.

[slender skiff]

We're beginning to see a pattern

Well time to move on to something else

https://anilist.co/manga/85761/Rokujouma-no-Shinryakusha/

This shall be next

It has like 40 volumes, surely it can't be bad?

looks at index

[faint crag]

Ender, do you just hate yourself?

[slender skiff]

Why do you ask?

(genuinely)

[faint crag]

Just curious

[slender skiff]

Cos I have no idea about this series

Comments say it's a harem done right

And I've seen plenty of other series claim to be the same but fail miserably

[faint crag]

I mean I open the page and what greats me is that header

[slender skiff]

Pfffffft

That's from the anime I assume

[faint crag]

I must repeat my question

[slender skiff]

No that's actually the LN art

No Res I'm gonna read it

Not watch it

[grizzled acorn]

ender i gotchu

[slender skiff]

Also didn't silver link make kaleid anyways

[faint crag]

If it's got adapted by SL, it's cursed in its entirety

[slender skiff]

MC voiced by Nakamura Yuiichi

[grizzled acorn]

ender do you like historical fiction?

[slender skiff]

Well we are safe

It's Godsuya himself

[slender skiff]

Rarely

[grizzled acorn]

hm

[slender skiff]

[faint crag]

Oh I forgot SL were the ones who made Mitsuboshi
Nvm then

[slender skiff]

No but I seriously do intend to read it at least

[grizzled acorn]

i was gonna try to recommend you something better and do you a favor but thats what most of my favorites are

[pallid osprey]

what up boys

[grizzled acorn]

yami have you watched fmab yet?

[pallid osprey]

Are we gonna talk about isekai smartphone ss2?

[faint crag]

no

[slender skiff]

Res they made non non biyori

Surely that's not cursed

[faint crag]

I don't like NNB

[slender skiff]

That's a surprise

Ok then...

They made this!
https://anilist.co/anime/106479/Itai-no-wa-Iya-nano-de-Bougyoryoku-ni-Kyokufuri-Shitai-to-Omoimasu/

[faint crag]

Watch Mitsuboshi
It's like one of the best CGDCT ever

[slender skiff]

Bofuri

[pallid osprey]

I enjoy it as a comedy anime

[grizzled acorn]

just leave it at fate kaleid

[slender skiff]

Does bofuri count as cgdct?

https://anilist.co/anime/104647/Otome-Game-no-Hametsu-Flag-shika-Nai-Akuyaku-Reijou-ni-Tensei-shiteshimatta/

They also did bakarina

[pallid osprey]

bu the time you will realize slime movie is out

[faint crag]

I like my CGDCT to actually have humour which NNB doesn't

[grizzled acorn]

can you humor me and give vinland saga a read?

[slender skiff]

https://anilist.co/anime/112301/Maou-Gakuin-no-Futekigousha-Shijou-Saikyou-no-Maou-no-Shiso-Tensei-shite-Shisontachi-no-Gakkou-e-Kayou/

[pallid osprey]

I watch Vinland Saga

[slender skiff]

And of course, who can forget

[pallid osprey]

not read

[slender skiff]

Anos

The chad anos himself

[grizzled acorn]

yami whats your vinland saga rating

[pallid osprey]

like non

[slender skiff]

https://anilist.co/anime/21495/Tanakakun-wa-Itsumo-Kedaruge/

They also did this

[pallid osprey]

cuz havent watch it yet

about to

[slender skiff]

...

[grizzled acorn]

ah

[slender skiff]

"About to"

[grizzled acorn]

you should. really good

[slender skiff]

He says

1 year later he says the same

[pallid osprey]

doubt

[grizzled acorn]

true, ill get back to you in like a decade

ender read vinland saga

[slender skiff]

I dropped the LN

[faint crag]

Bakarina gets really fucking boring after the timeskip

[slender skiff]

Anime adapted the actually good parts

Yeah it does

It's gets reaaally boring afterwards

https://anilist.co/anime/129898/Sekai-Saikou-no-Ansatsusha-Isekai-Kizoku-ni-Tensei-suru/

And then silver link un-cursified this

This one was somehow 100x better than the LN

Which says the LN was kinda shit

And I mean duh, the same author did redo of healer

[grizzled acorn]

you say that as if its a given that itll be bad? he is literally ahead of his time

[slender skiff]

Honestly the LN for this wasn't bad

The writing just isn't good

[faint crag]

I mean you do indeed need a talent to convince people to actually unironically like Redo of healer, I'll give him that

[slender skiff]

The author isn't great at writing a cohesive narrative

[grizzled acorn]

wait people like it unironically?

[slender skiff]

They do

[faint crag]

Some do

Unfortunately

[slender skiff]

I only follow it for shits and giggles tho

[grizzled acorn]

thats uhh

thats something

[slender skiff]

But genuinely, the anime for this was really good

[faint crag]

I mean it is quite funny in the same way AgK is funny

[slender skiff]

Much better than I expected

[grizzled acorn]

i watched it with the boys we had a blast. but idk how one can actually like it

[slender skiff]

Maybe because it adapted only a single volume

And completely stretched and elaborated everything

But even then

[grizzled acorn]

honestly, i can understand where peoples enjoyment of agk comes in, if theyre in the golden 13-16 age range theyll love it

[slender skiff]

Most of all, do you know what I'm waiting for from silver link

[grizzled acorn]

but redo? nah, its funny or you're weird

[slender skiff]

https://anilist.co/anime/154384/Tearmoon-Teikoku-Monogatari-Dantoudai-kara-Hajimaru-Hime-no-Tensei-Gyakuten-Story/

Still waiting for this one

The LN is genuinely one of the funniest I've read in a long time

[faint crag]

Oh btw Ender
This reminds me
I tried an episode of Bookworm anime

[slender skiff]

The voice killed you

[faint crag]

I can't fucking believe they opened with the memory scene as a setup

[slender skiff]

Oh right they did didn't it

Except you don't understand anything

Cos that's literally end of s2

[faint crag]

And framed it like everything is her remembering it

[grizzled acorn]

fire the director

[slender skiff]

It takes 24 eps to link back

Are you even at that point nights

[faint crag]

voice is fine, but I really hate the artstyle for some reason

I cant explain it, but it's uncanny

[slender skiff]

That's like, part 2 vol 3

[grizzled acorn]

no. i just think starting a show with a flashback 24 episodes in advance is a terrible move

[slender skiff]

I mean res

Let's be real here, the artstyle can be a major turn off in this case

[grizzled acorn]

itll make no sense as an intro, and people will likely forget about it after 24 episodes

[faint crag]

It's a bit even worse than that actually, but also yes

[slender skiff]

I'm sure more than a fair share of people just decided not to watch Bookworm cos of the artstyle

[grizzled acorn]

yeah i hate it

when i look at the characters on MAL im like, damn Lutz fugly

[slender skiff]

The LN at least

Makes them into a soft watercolor style

[faint crag]

LN art is cute af

[grizzled acorn]

i like the LN style.

[slender skiff]

Which makes it seems like a children's book

But it's really unique and fits the tone

But yes Res

[grizzled acorn]

god i hate the way the anime looks

otto looks like a goon

[slender skiff]

I think you'll like the LN for this

I think

[faint crag]

look at this goblin

[grizzled acorn]

Myne is honestly the least offensive in the anime adaptation

still unholy though

[faint crag]

It's in my PtR already I think

[slender skiff]

Ferdinand is fine

[grizzled acorn]

actually, ferdinand works too

yeah

[faint crag]

yea

[slender skiff]

Ferdinand as the narrator works so well

That said a 68 year old va voicing a 20 year old character is a bit unusual

[grizzled acorn]

is that the one you posted a ss of the other day about the baths?

[slender skiff]

Yes

[faint crag]

it fits

[slender skiff]

I think?

[grizzled acorn]

tokiomi was wronged

he looks so devious, but he wasnt devious

[slender skiff]

Not this right?

It's this one

[faint crag]

That's when I added it to PtR, yes

[slender skiff]

OH

Yeah it's the bath one

This one

[grizzled acorn]

yeah

[faint crag]

Actually reading the description, I'm getting big Bookworm vibes.
Which is fine, but I want to take a break after finishing Part 4, so it'll take a while till I get to it

Bookworm good, but I need to cleanse my palate

[unkempt briar]

I’m doing it one movie a day

[grizzled acorn]

[faint crag]

Well at least it's a progress from UBW

[stable herald]

Gooooodluck

surviving

[unkempt briar]

[faint crag]

I'm not reading all that, sorry it happened to you or whatever

[unkempt briar]

😔

[slender skiff]

To be fair

People do tend to give HF too much credit

I would say it is the best

[faint crag]

Actual answer - I dunno, I haven't watched HF to call you out on your (bad) opinion

[unkempt briar]

Prob people who were already fate fans so they can fill in the gaps of the shoddy presentation with outside info

[slender skiff]

It's not that

HF itself even in the source material

While it's the best

It's a very slap dash piece of work

It's quite literally thrown on at the end of production so sakura, rider and Kirei could get proper development

Like

Every character being killed or muddified

Is literally done so because they had far too much involvement in the other stories

[faint crag]

Mmm
I don't think it's true
It ties everything too well
Even that half that I've read

[unkempt briar]

Every character gets killed? Thanks for the spoiler

[slender skiff]

Nah

I mean

Every character that does get killed

Is literally killed for the sake of the plot

[faint crag]

As in - thematically and what everything means to Shiro

[slender skiff]

Shirou himself is handled beautifully I do agree

Everything else-

Well

Yorokobe shounen

Again, still the best of the stay nights

[unkempt briar]

Not a high bar

[slender skiff]

Just not as amazing as a lot of people say it is

[faint crag]

I still prefer UBW but I might change my mind in like 20 years when I get to finishing it

🙃

[slender skiff]

Well ufotable does wonders too of course

So that always helps

[unkempt briar]

yeah the action scenes were peak as expected

[slender skiff]

Gotta use those tax evasion dollars somewhere

[unkempt briar]

ufotable really knows how to animate polearm choreo

[slender skiff]

Ufotable still hold the gold standard for cgi use in anime tbh

[unkempt briar]

instead of just making polearm users mini helicopters

You can actually see what they’re doing

[slender skiff]

Like both in terms of action scenes and well, non-action scenes

Ufotable has the lead

The only one as good with action is I guess studio wit?

[unkempt briar]

Bones wins in animating explosions

and other extreme shit

[slender skiff]

Mappa got close too eventually I guess

In terms of scenery, it's kyoani

[unkempt briar]

yeah ofc

[slender skiff]

I still remember being woke when I saw that part of kny was outsourced to yostar

[unkempt briar]

Good job yostar

[slender skiff]

While I imagine it's a small part

[faint crag]

I mean it's nothing special really

[slender skiff]

A shit ton of studios appear in the credits of kny

They outsource a lot

Understandably

[unkempt briar]

animators need to see their families once in awhile

Oh yeah one thing I was surprised to learn was how the studio for mushoku tensei pretty much only made mushoku tensei

For all the issues I have with the show, one thing I won’t deny is the show looks and moves fuckin GOOD

What even is the backstory of studio bind

[slender skiff]

From what I hear

[faint crag]

Uhh
I think it's a collective of like really talented people
But I might be remembering something else

[slender skiff]

Studio bind is made up of a lot of major individuals from other studios

Basically what Res said

[unkempt briar]

So it’s like Avengers assemble for anime studios?

[faint crag]

sorta?

[slender skiff]

That's one way of thinking about it yes

They were handpicked I think?

https://youtu.be/U3M8dYuuHzk

[unkempt briar]

They should do Frieren adaptation :prayge:

[silver robin]

what happens is they outsource their own workers to other studios while other studios outsource to them, so its this convoluted loop of outsourcing so they can claim they worked on way way more than they technically did in practice

[slender skiff]

Who's doing Frieren again

[silver robin]

idk

Don't think studio was announced

[unkempt briar]

We don’t know yet

[slender skiff]

Yeah checked

[silver robin]

Cant wait for the gender bend loli one

[slender skiff]

No other details

[unkempt briar]

We also dunno who’s doing the witch hat atelier adaptation too

[silver robin]

Ender

[slender skiff]

Btw Sam did you see my rant on dahlia

[silver robin]

Thats literally their next anime

[unkempt briar]

I’m very excited for that one prob more than Frieren

[silver robin]

Its a gender bend loli one

Forgot the exact name

[slender skiff]

I'm trying not to remember

Dahlia in bloom has withered for me

[silver robin]

But basically plot is this genius scientist imouto wants to make her onii chan not lazy anymore so she gender bends him into a elementary school girl through magical drugs

and sol shenanigans ensue

[unkempt briar]

[echo quiver]

of course that's the first thing i read

[thorny nest]

wtf did I just read after waking up

[echo quiver]

[slender skiff]

Sasuga

[silver robin]

Its based off a web manga

[echo quiver]

sam cursing all of us at the same time

[unkempt briar]

The premise was too wacky it summoned a bunch of people

[silver robin]

that i think turned into an actual manga ala one punch man

[slender skiff]

Btw sam

[silver robin]

but not sure

lemme find it one sec

[slender skiff]

Have you heard of this

Wait can't find the link

[silver robin]

It should be easy cause studio bind credits should literally be mushoku and this other anime thats coming out lol

[slender skiff]

https://anilist.co/manga/85761/Rokujouma-no-Shinryakusha/

[silver robin]

oh i think i have

[slender skiff]

It's

40 volumes+

[silver robin]

i didnt read it though for obvious reasons

Oh

[slender skiff]

So surely it must be good

Or at least

It shouldn't be bad

[silver robin]

yuuna is the better ghost harem series

manga wise at least

[unkempt briar]

since when were long series incapable of being bad

[slender skiff]

Then again

Even isekai smartphone has like

27 volumes

[silver robin]

unironically i read like 50 chapters and came away impressed cause art and ecchi was good and plot wasnt half bad

[slender skiff]

And shield hero went to complete shit after about 20

[grizzled acorn]

literally one piece 🥱

[echo quiver]

god damn, people have a lot of free time

[silver robin]

https://youtu.be/P5siWdBumBg

Produced by egg firm animation studio bind

title is onii chan wa oshimai

also i posted about this a while ago

[unkempt briar]

so basically

Studio bind likes lolis

Goddamnit

The animation looks good

[slender skiff]

Same mood

Bonus points if you can guess where the second one is from

[echo quiver]

it has to be that anime, right?

[slender skiff]

It's a proper anime I assure you

[echo quiver]

there's literally only one anime with swearing in english

even bocchi swears in japanese

[slender skiff]

Let me give you the context

[silver robin]

jojo

[silver robin]

Im a proud manga reader since this series had like 10 chapters on [redacted] ill have you know

[slender skiff]

The scene directly before

[grizzled acorn]

i think i can guess it now

[echo quiver]

yknow, i don't remember why she was swearing, but i definitely remember the swearing scene

[grizzled acorn]

that was pissing me off, i could hear the voice, quite literally, but I couldnt figure it out

[echo quiver]

wait, how many animes have you watched with that word in it

[slender skiff]

Miyuki doesn't know how to rap, so he's (forced to) ask Chika
Chika doesn't know how to rap, so Miyuki teaches her
Chika learns to rap, and miyuki asks again to teach him

[echo quiver]

wasn't it chika swearing

oh

[slender skiff]

It's Chika swearing

Because she realises she has to teach him again

[echo quiver]

i remember that chika hates teaching him- yeah

[slender skiff]

It's not only that

How did the person that didn't know how to rap

Teach her how to rap

[unkempt briar]

ever since she taught him how to play volleyball it’s never been the same

[echo quiver]

those who can't rap, teach

https://tenor.com/view/i-raised-that-boy-anime-meme-animemes-memes-gif-16528299

[silver robin]

yea the series ended

😭

[unkempt briar]

We know

🙃

[slender skiff]

Chika swears a lot in that ep

[echo quiver]

if he never learned volleyball, series would have went on another 5 seasons

[unkempt briar]

What if he never learned volleyball, completely embarrasses himself in the volleyball game, kaguya ends up not liking him and the series just ends there

[slender skiff]

That's the other one

And there's a third one

[stable herald]

https://youtu.be/s5SDUonCjFQ

[echo quiver]

should i be concerned about chika flashing gang signs

[stable herald]

Jeanne's reaction is good

[slender skiff]

https://youtu.be/piGuCMs_qok

I mean

You should watch this

Then tell me

[unkempt briar]

Yeah you should be concerned, those poor gang members bouta get popped

[echo quiver]

i did

a few dozen times

why did you bring this back into my life

lyrical screaming. perfection

[unkempt briar]

Kaguya dragging hayasaka was the best part of that joke

[slender skiff]

Koko-chan is just amazing

There were a LOT of rap scenes in Winter 2022

Kaguya was one thing

Koumei was another

[echo quiver]

that one week you mean

[slender skiff]

The third was... Of all things, Aharen

https://youtu.be/VdylGGL4Lbc

[echo quiver]

it was like 3-4 rap scenes in the span of 14 days

[slender skiff]

Yeah that one week lmao

Kaguya, Koumei, Aharen

Inori Minase rap sugoi

Not quite the best scene of kaguya tho

https://youtu.be/B7aVbHBjThw
That would be this

Totally not biased

[echo quiver]

wait, really, this one scene?

but she only spends a few seconds dancing

[unkempt briar]

Some of the flow in this one is actually not half bad

[slender skiff]

What you should see

Is Kaguya and Chika VA reacting to this song

When hearing it for the first time

[echo quiver]

i like that one ending with the weird animation

i was like, "this is a weird league of legends video"

[slender skiff]

https://youtu.be/COYpRZDGC7M&t=1m12s

They literally started screaming

[echo quiver]

i only listen to depressing music

time to go back to bocchi singing about being alone and sad

why is she listed as herthaka and given a cool pfp

[slender skiff]

https://youtu.be/Ctzi9rOhtLs

[echo quiver]

i only listen to depressing music with english translations

[slender skiff]

https://youtu.be/P8SkHEC0sVY

Fakkyu

[echo quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/azur-lane-monarch-sad-justagram-rain-gif-26187339

oh, that's a dog, not a cat

well, pretend it's a cat

somehow bocchi's music is more uplifting lol

one is about a sad girl doing everything she can to change her depressing situation

and one is about a sad girl giving up

[faint crag]

*2

[echo quiver]

when your ||dark antihero goes to edgy generic heroine with a harem||

so much lost potential

[grizzled acorn]

I watched episode 1 of bocchi, i was right, ryou is best girl

[echo quiver]

yknow, as shit as arifureta was with their garbage OP to their mid-tier teenage power fantasy plot

at least they kept their premise of dark antihero

and that much i appreciate

[slender skiff]

Shield hero got super confusing

And worst still

I read the WN

And I found the WN more cohesive in some places

https://twitter.com/SonNoctis/status/1597198438902661125?t=yc6hq3BfcrwPBZNMAqtrpA&s=19

Noctis | Mikiya Thread Dec 20th (@SonNoctis)

I love Nasu lmao

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@grizzled acorn

[slender skiff]

I just realised

It's literally called the Corona apartments

Wtf

Talk about aging poorly

[normal pebble]

AHH yes. Invader of the apartment ....or something I think. It was pretty enjoyable

[slender skiff]

Yeah something like that

There's like

40 volumes

So there's a lot to read

[stable herald]

a Noble lady using high tech stuffs to annihilate enemies?

count me in, whats the anime?

[inner sphinx]

This

[stable herald]

ooh, i thought its a different franchise

[stable herald]

Only on ep1? Goddamn i gotta watch it

[thorny nest]

[slender skiff]

Truly a question for the ages

Logic where are you

Can someone tsukkomi these 2

[inner sphinx]

Yurika is bullyable

[stable herald]

shortstack ✅
Beefed asf ✅
thicc asf ✅
2000 yo ✅

[slender skiff]

Finally, common sense

[slender skiff]

Well that was a good laugh

[stable herald]

Im wondering, hows the romance in uzakichan manga? I Mean, ik its a comedy, but its an important question

Is it slow, decent or quite the pace. And does it took 150+ chapters lol

[boreal oyster]

dumb siren ❌

[stable herald]

Me fr

[thorny nest]

if anyone wants to watch shinobi no ittoki - it aint worth your time, it's shit

[trim swan]

k

[stable herald]

please, elaborate

im very curious

the waifu alr looks good enuf

[trim swan]

isn't it like a generic harem with second rate animation or something

[echo quiver]

rip

reminds me of that time i tried chewing a fish oil capsule

it looked like i could bite down on it