・anime

[compact cairn]

TATAMI GALAXY WAS SO GOOD so sad its so short

[solar dew]

Yeah Tatami Galaxy is very relatable

[compact cairn]

i really need to watch utena SOON

[solar dew]

It relates to me more so than welcome to NHK

[compact cairn]

YEAH

[solar dew]

But NHK is also really good

[compact cairn]

omg NHK

okk u have inspired me to finally start all these shows

[solar dew]

I’m the guy here who constantly hypes up Nagatoro lol

Well, there’s other Nagatoro simps here

[compact cairn]

NO NOT NAGATORO

NOT THAT SHOW JKSDHFDSKA

[solar dew]

Odd Taxi was the other show that was being thrown out a lot

And Odd Taxi is the sleeper

[compact cairn]

odd taxi actually seems kinda interesting tho

[solar dew]

It’s a super super good mystery anime

Yeah, that’s the serious anime of the season

But Nagatoro is my personal favorite

[compact cairn]

why nagatorooo </3

i think to your eternity was the best this season

[solar dew]

lol

A lot of us hate on Fumetsu

[compact cairn]

JAKE FROM STATE FARM??

[topaz linden]

10/10 first episode. But I wasnt that great of a fan of the rest of the season (at least so far)

And this is as someone that loved the manga

[solar dew]

I watch Fumetsu cause too many people watch it

Otherwise I’d probably drop it lol

[compact cairn]

YEAH the first episode was GREAT but the rest WAS not as good

[topaz linden]

It was a really faithful adaption, but I'm not sure faithfulness was the thing it needed when changing media formats.

[compact cairn]

the manga must be better then

[topaz linden]

It's an incredible manga

[compact cairn]

i gotta read it

[solar dew]

@compact cairn https://myanimelist.net/animelist/ReynTime

Imma shower

[topaz linden]

Up until ||the most recent few chapters lol. Now I don't know what it is||

[solar dew]

But I’ll chat when I’m done

[compact cairn]

WOAH HOW DO U HAVE THAT COOL BACKGROUND ON IT

have a fun shower

[topaz linden]

MAL supports custom profile styles if you have the CSS code for it

[compact cairn]

ohhh

[topaz linden]

I don't really use mine anymore besides to just track whats out each season lol

I use a Google Sheet

[compact cairn]

DAMNN THAT PERSON HAS WATCHED 715

yeah MAL is fun to use at first but then u just forget and give up sjkdhf

[topaz linden]

Yeh, that and I was mostly using mine to recommend shows to others, and if thats the case, Sheets gives me more tools than MAL/other tracking sites 👀

Plus I can share the sheet, so its just as usable as linking my MAL

[compact cairn]

HMMM that is smart

[topaz linden]

Yee, got that fancy color coding and shit lol

Think I got a good format going for it
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1shb5sL0aFKrWi4KrSQeeNzy_pg60907abVI7ZyE_Nws/edit?usp=drivesdk

[raw aurora]

h

[compact cairn]

YES mob psycho IS 10/10

[topaz linden]

Honestly, even without the great story, the animation alone puts it there 👀

[compact cairn]

YEAH

i love the animation

omg made abyss yes i agree 9/10

ok i gotta recommend best 1000/10 show ever for u to watch

watch Monster

[raw aurora]

i agree with cowboy bebop 9/10

[compact cairn]

its the best

[raw aurora]

yes monster is great

[compact cairn]

[compact cairn]

WHERE IS COWBOY BEBOP i dont see it

[raw aurora]

u press score

[topaz linden]

They might be talking about the other list lol

[compact cairn]

ohhh

[topaz linden]

Havent gotten around to Bebop yet

[compact cairn]

oh yeah they are

[raw aurora]

😳🤫

[compact cairn]

well it was a great talk with u jake from state farm i am leaving now to READ!

[raw aurora]

what r u gonna read

[topaz linden]

Nice talkin to ya too 👀
(The google sheet has manga scored too btw)

[compact cairn]

OH ok I didn’t know that I will check that too

[solar dew]

🍿

Please come visit more often

[shadow knot]

Hell yea

[solar dew]

Yeah when you started showing interest in stuff like Gankutsuo.... you lost me

Mononoke....

I get Kara no Kyoukai

But the other shows.....

Yuck

[shadow knot]

I’m halfway into Mononoke and I’m deadass gonna give it a 9/10
It’s funny cuz I wasn’t completely feeling it the first episode but once the second episode hit IM HOOKed

[solar dew]

Oof

[shadow knot]

This one’s pretty alright so far. Definitely liking it but it’s not completely up there

Like decent to good

[solar dew]

Yeah but Mononoke... is just something else

It's got a funky everything

[shadow knot]

And that’s the beauty I appreciated

Visual direction is amazing

I’ll just continue onwards cuz I really wanna finish this brb

[solar dew]

Anime truly is wonderful lol

[cunning cloak]

anime recommendations

[shadow knot]

@cunning cloak what kind of anime do you like

Otherwise just go with this if you haven't seen it

@mighty cape Episode 9, 19:10 mark of Mononoke. The sfx when he unleashes his inverted self GOT GORGEOUS SOUNDS

Thought I wanted to point it out, I'm feeling the appeal quite a bit now.

[mighty cape]

[shadow knot]

Though the Nue arc got even more expressive too. Like when they smelled the incense their character designs brighten up in color

I'll ping you again with my condensed writeup of the series when I finish the Bakeneko arc

[mighty cape]

Alright

There is another arc in the last three eps of this too, if you feel like you need more of Mononoke https://myanimelist.net/anime/586/Ayakashi__Japanese_Classic_Horror

[solar dew]

I dont know why, but I think my explanation for Mononoke is a not as good Mushishi

[mighty cape]

Come back when you find the reason

[solar dew]

Nah, I just know I didn't like Mononoke

Though I think I gave it a 6

Maybe a 5

Need to check

[mighty cape]

Not everyone can appreciate a good work unfortunately 😩

[solar dew]

Rofl I gave it a 7

I must be confusing Mononoke with something else

[mighty cape]

Let me guess, Ghibli's Mononoke?

[solar dew]

Though I still stand that if I had to pick, I'd pick Mushishi

[mighty cape]

I would pick Mononoke over Mushishi anytime

[empty grotto]

hi

[mighty cape]

They both have different vibes to them entirely anyway

[solar dew]

Fair enough, but im linking the two shows together

[mighty cape]

Reason being?

[solar dew]

Probably themes and episodic nature

[mighty cape]

They only have the episodic nature in common though

The themes are different

[solar dew]

I seen them both and I got similar vibes is all

And im fairly certain there's ebough parallels for me to even compare the two

[mighty cape]

There is the fact that they both take inspiration from japanese folklore but that is where things end

[shadow knot]

ReynTime are you the same person on MAL who gave it a 5 and compared it to Mushishi

[solar dew]

lol I was right its recommended with each other on MAL

[mighty cape]

The way the direction/characters/design works is entirely different

[solar dew]

Wrong, I gave both shows a 7

[shadow knot]

Completely different mediums, they just share the same wandering format

[solar dew]

I just had in the back of my mind that Mushishi was a better show for me

And Mononoke was all kinds of funky

[mighty cape]

You said that already

[solar dew]

I know I said that already

[shadow knot]

One is soothing and relaxing for the brain, the other is a creative and thrilling composure of a art that stimulates and excites

[mighty cape]

Mononoke was more entertaining, Mushishi was something more laid back in comparison

[shadow knot]

Oh ya I'm familar with this. Could take a look into it in the future

[solar dew]

I'm just saying I feel justified that Mushishi and Mononoke are recommended if you like either show

So im not going crazy

[mighty cape]

Well yes, that is fair enough

[solar dew]

And from my personal recollection, I enjoyed Mushishi while Mononoke I remember it being all sorts of funky

So I repeat myself to validate my statement

I just dont like saying fake news

Even though it's all opinion

[mighty cape]

To each to their own

[solar dew]

I just felt weirded out when you didn't like what I was saying

Cause I was all like, I seen these shows

It's not fresh in my mind obviously

[mighty cape]

Well you said Mononoke was "pretentious" earlier, so

[solar dew]

But I was having some major deja vu

[mighty cape]

Ultimately both shows were great for different reasons

[solar dew]

I dont know how my statement was wrong?

[mighty cape]

Elaborate on how it is considered pretentious first

You also grouped up Tatami,Madoka and Gankutsuo in the same group, while those shows are far from the word pretentious

[solar dew]

🤔

[mighty cape]

I do agree that NGE is pretentious though, just not the other titles.

[solar dew]

Pretentious: expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature

Thats how I was using pretentious

And I dont think Madoka means to be this self important show

[mighty cape]

I know the text definition, what I was asking for is actual examples on why you consider said shows pretentious

[solar dew]

Well pretentious has multiple definitions

And I can't read you

Sorta feels hostile

I think pretentious fits the bill with Mononoke. It's not like the word means anything bad

It's trying to make itself be bigger than what it is

Though the art, animation, themes, etc

[mighty cape]

Each of those titles expanded on their plot and their characters, they didn't use their themes as just a poor device to push their plot forward. It wasn't unnecessary exaggeration or fake importance on their end.

[solar dew]

At first i had a negative recollection of it, not sure why but my first recollection was, watch Mushishi over this

I mean fine, Mononoke and Tatami use parlor tricks to wow you

How about that?

[mighty cape]

So good direction is pretentious basically?

[solar dew]

Like the stuff in Utena with the stair case scene

It's the wacky stuff that happens artistically

That's what I mean

[mighty cape]

Yeah so?

[solar dew]

I dont mean it as a negative connotation

It's just just the word makes sense when describing these shows

The artistic direction/symbolism/ etc

[mighty cape]

It is fine to use artistic approaches as long as they manage to deliver their message decently to the viewer

[solar dew]

But in my opinion I didn't appreciate it with Gankutsuo or whatever

It's all opinion?

[mighty cape]

It is really about how they execute said approach, NGE just said symbolism as a parlor trick like you said while their message was just very basic at its core.

[solar dew]

Like I can type an essay, but I feel like that won't do much

[mighty cape]

Let's agree to disagree I guess

[solar dew]

This. I read that as aggressive. I don't think you meant it that way.

Maybe I'm wrong

I'm reading that emote as aggressive

[mighty cape]

Well I wasn't aggressive, you just interrupted it that way

[shadow knot]

lmfao

[solar dew]

Anime is serious business

We must go to war for the integrity of our waifus

[proper zenith]

ppl when waifu disrespected:

https://tenor.com/view/missile-rocket-gif-7962838

https://tenor.com/view/explosion-explosion-meme-explode-boom-bomb-gif-15847841

[harsh shale]

ooooh anyone wanna recommend good psychological stuff?

[shadow knot]

Anything from Satoshi Kon

Anything from Masaaki Yuasa

granted they are psychological at most

[harsh shale]

oooh thank you

[shadow knot]

np

oop I think a word got censored

@mighty cape I gave it an 8.5, writeup is kinda scuffed cuz am a bit fatigue but Mononoke is quite an experience!

[mighty cape]

No it is fine, you did a good job at reviewing it. I actually agree with all your points

The ambiguity of the Medicine Seller made things a lot more interesting as well, his presence was something akin to Oshino from Monogatari which is another character who had a similar role in Monogatari's storytelling

[shadow knot]

Ooh pog

Funny cuz I actually haven’t watched Monogatari yet

[mighty cape]

It is a dialogue heavy serious mostly

[shadow knot]

Yeah I do know it’s dialogue heavy and its creative transitions

I’ve seen a couple spoiler less clips

[mighty cape]

I would recommend watching Katanagatari first and seeing if you will vibe with it first, it is from the same writer and mostly have the same aspects of Monogatri to it as well

[shadow knot]

Ya I heard of it

Saw 2 friends watching it on their Anilist

Will definitely check that out beforehand

[mighty cape]

Yeah it is less taxing than Monogatari too so it should be a decent test to see if you are ready to watch the show or not

[shadow knot]

Was thinking bout watching Bishōnen before Monogatari too lmao

Pretty Boy Detective Club
Also by the same dude and Shaft clout

[mighty cape]

I say this but I still enjoyed Monogatari despite going in completely blind

[shadow knot]

Kekw

ik I’ll definitely like it

But I’ll surely watch Katanagatari first

[mighty cape]

The slick dialogue is just phenomenal

Oh and the characters

Each and every one of them are equally matched when it comes to their depth

[shadow knot]

Mhmmmm

Like ik a lot of people will lean towards Senjougahara first but as the series introduce more characters their interests shifts a lot

[mighty cape]

Yeah mostly

[shadow knot]

I think I talked to more Hachijuki fans than others

Oh and one more thing

Kizu after Bake?

[mighty cape]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hdVoamCUg8&t=0s Also this mf is pretty great too

I love his introduction

[mighty cape]

Uh let me check

[shadow knot]

Just askin cuz it’s like a personal watch order question for most

[mighty cape]

I personally watched it through the release order

It worked perfectly fine

[shadow knot]

Like Kizu after Bake is the intended order despite coming late as it clarifies a lotta things

Hearing from most

That is

[mighty cape]

Kizu was delayed till later apparently so it didn't follow the novel order but it was fine regardless since it was just a prequel to the actual show

[shadow knot]

Ahh

Gotcha gotcha

Also finished the vid, Kaiki lookin mad boss

[mighty cape]

One of the better characters in the series 😎

[shadow knot]

Good talk Lay, really good talk. I’m gonna head off to bed!

[mighty cape]

Good night

[topaz linden]

Those people lacked the strength of will needed to be true Senjougahara fans 😤 Our faith never falters

[mighty cape]

So is her staple supplies

[topaz linden]

S-tier tsundere service

[mighty cape]

[topaz linden]

My only complaint with Bakemonogatari is that I really think they should have swapped the places of Episode 12 and 13

[mighty cape]

What happened through those eps again?

I kinda forgot

[topaz linden]

Episode 12 does such a nice job of giving closure to the season that its a bit awkward coming back for one more episode

Episode 12: The ||midnight date that fades into the ED||
Episode 13: The ||Sensei dude disappears||

[mighty cape]

Ohh

Yeah true

[topaz linden]

12 was such a good episode

[mighty cape]

Certainly

[topaz linden]

Gotta love a good ED transition lol

Re:Zero and FMA:B did that a ton

[mighty cape]

Speaking of which, there was this one ED transition in HxH 2011 that I liked a lot

[topaz linden]

Oh yeah, HxH...
The episode count for that keeps me from trying to binge it lol

[mighty cape]

It is very easy to binge actually

I had a friend of mine who had the same concern but he finished it in a week and a half regardless

[topaz linden]

Well, my concern is that that was probably a week and a half of pretty heavy watching. I can't afford to do that rn 😂 Way too much going on.

Barely doing enough procrastination to fit in the seasonal shit

[mighty cape]

Fair enough

It is mostly better than the current seasonals anyway, so it is not wasted time

[topaz linden]

I'll admit, I do love the bits of animation I've seen for Killua's scenes (I browse through the Sakuga animation booru sometimes)

[mighty cape]

Oh yeah beside the sakuga, all the fights in HxH are well thought out with proper buildups as well.

[topaz linden]

It's on my eventual list to watch. Tbh though, the stuff that gets hyped doesnt seem that hype to me 😅 But that's probably due to getting spoiled by some of the more recent s-tier shonen.

A lot of older animation holds up well (Ex: Cowboy Bebop's incredible choreography), but longer-run shows like HxH are some of the most vulnerable to getting dated when compared to modern studio budgets

(Couldn't get into Bleach for similar reasons)

[elder sorrel]

man, i genuinely don't understand how it got so many 8's

[topaz linden]

In a "those should be 10s" or in a "how is this higher than a 5" way?

(haven't watched the show yet lol)

[elder sorrel]

2nd option

basically the plot is weird, the character's personalities are stiff as fuck and the romance in show is forced

just after 1st episode i could already tell that this show will be pretty much nah

[topaz linden]

Well, from what little I've seen, the fight animation looks fairly well done at least. That might be carrying it 🤷‍♂️

[elder sorrel]

well, animation is the only thing which isn't bad in it ig

[mighty cape]

That is the thing, HxH isn't about the fights

It is about the characters and the buildup

The fights are just final means to a dilemma

[topaz linden]

Yeh, this clip that got uploaded to the sakuga booru looked pretty good

(delayed response cause shitty German internet lol. This was in reply to Totally Normal)

[elder sorrel]

trust me, after this fight plot of the show changes to forced romance and then chasing someone/something but then abandoning it for a while and going somewhere for no fucking reason

i tried to not spoil anything tho

[elder sorrel]

atleast thats how it looked from my pov

not even gonna mention how painful it was to watch over 40m episode of it (talking about 1st one, no idea if every episode is going to be that long but i don't think so)

[mighty cape]

This probably looked better to the average seasonal isekai enjoyer

[topaz linden]

I mean... there's a lotta isekai this season lol

they arent all going to be winners

[mighty cape]

I picked the best route by not following any of them then

[topaz linden]

some have been pleasant surprises. Others have just been really oddly made

[elder sorrel]

Now time for real question
Choose the best isekai ever

(im gonna mention that im not a big fan of isekais and watched just few most popular ones so thats why im curious about other people's opinions)

[topaz linden]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Way easier if its by genre lol
"of all time" is a bit harder (and also depends what media format: anime, manga, light novel)

[elder sorrel]

anime

[mighty cape]

Twelve Kingdoms easily

[topaz linden]

Hm. A tough choice still.
Personally, I'm tempted to go with Re:Zero (specifically the Directors Cut version), but Re:Creators is a really close second for me (though thats technically a "reverse isekai")

[shadow knot]

Sike I’m still up

[mighty cape]

Re:Creators

[shadow knot]

I’ll see about that when I watch it

[topaz linden]

Hi still up 👀 Welcome back

[topaz linden]

It's a reallllly close second lol

[mighty cape]

[topaz linden]

I feel like it got slept on

[mighty cape]

Could barely make it through the 16th ep before it went full and i dropped it

[shadow knot]

I’ve talked about this before in this chat.
Even aobuta’s banters and retorts completely shat on this series.
The anime skewed the order of the novel so it kinda gets fucky and treated a lot of events to feel like ass pulls.
Definitely the mid of the season

[mighty cape]

The whole season looks mid to me

[shadow knot]

Wait for Sonny Boy

2nd episode in particular, first episode been out for weeks

[mighty cape]

[topaz linden]

Kanojo mo Kanojo has been great so far for the comedy side of things.
Meanwhile, Realist Hero and Moonlit Fantasy have both been fairly pleasant surprises so far.

[mighty cape]

Harem and isekai

[topaz linden]

(that being said, Slime continues to have the absolute worst pacing, and I have no idea what Spirit Chronicle's pacing is lol)

[mighty cape]

[topaz linden]

I mean, isekai as a premise isn't inherantly bad. It depends on how the show uses it.

[shadow knot]

Oh, and TNP.
Best isekai eh?
I also don’t indulge in the genre as well but Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku is arguably my best pick of an isekai you can watch.

[elder sorrel]

the only thing from this season which i've started is vanitas no carte, which is pretty enjoyable imo (atleast for now), noe and vanitas kinda reminds me of chuuya and dazai from bsd for some reason

[mighty cape]

And the current seasonals always use it in the absolute worst way

♿

[shadow knot]

It’s the character designs.
They scream hot boys

[mighty cape]

Same creator as Pandora Hearts

That is probably the reason

[shadow knot]

I’m gonna check if there’s any other anime worth watching this season

[topaz linden]

I'm getting the feeling you're more just not a fan of harem lol (which, admittingly, a lot of isekai suffer from, but honestly there's way too many rom coms in general lol)

the Black Company and Standing on a Million Lives S2 isekais seem to have largely escaped that so far

Black Company in particular was a pleasant surprise compared to my low expectations 😅

[mighty cape]

Harem and isekai are mostly the most combo

So obviously I won't be a fan of it

[shadow knot]

Oresuki’s prob my favourite guilty pleasure harem

Just like for Cautious Hero being my guilty pleasure isekai

[mighty cape]

Well, Cautious Hero was fun at least

But damn, Oresuki

Couldn't handle the cringe

[shadow knot]

The cringe made it hilarious but the last few episodes mocked what it mock

[mighty cape]

I didn't make it till the end

[topaz linden]

Not really an isekai (just a VRMMO series), but BOFURI (the max defense anime) is definitely my biggest guilty pleasure. A show that realized its premise was stupidly boring if done seriously, and stopped trying to be logical in the best possible way

[mighty cape]

♿

[shadow knot]

I was about to drop that series ngl

[topaz linden]

The first two episodes are boring af

It stops taking itself seriously around 3/4 tho

[shadow knot]

The first two episodes I found the most interesting actually

[mighty cape]

Oh Bofuri was also a nice guilty pleasure too

[shadow knot]

Cuz I wanted to know why she OP

[mighty cape]

Knock off Mash having fun in another world

[shadow knot]

And then the rest of the series is a victory lap

[topaz linden]

she OP cause she's an idiot savant for cheesing things

[shadow knot]

Bored throughout, but the last few episodes were cool

I liked her mecha form

[mighty cape]

Yeah that was cool

[shadow knot]

Gave it a 5 afterwards

[mighty cape]

It doesn't deserve more than that

[shadow knot]

Now when I watched the second half of SAO S2 it kept reminding me of BOFURI

[topaz linden]

Bofuri in a nutshell

very much a guilty pleasure lol

[shadow knot]

SOL type beat, no feeling of high stakes indeed

That’s BOFURI and Rosaria arc/that sword arc of SAO

[mighty cape]

just a cute girl doing cute things with op powers

[shadow knot]

Pepega moment

Now to harem

I don’t consider Oregairu as one but some do

[topaz linden]

Rosaria? I literally cant remember her part in the actual story, only the Abridged version

[shadow knot]

Mother Rosario I think

Forgot the name

[topaz linden]

oh

[shadow knot]

But boredom overload to say the least

[mighty cape]

I only can remember genshin's Rosaria, the characters in SAO are completely forgettable

[topaz linden]

okay, Mother's Rosaria is some kind of sword I guess

rosaria is the name of the redhead from Season 1 lol

[mighty cape]

who the fuck was that

[shadow knot]

SAO characters holds a lot of iconic appeals so I can remember some

[mighty cape]

another girl that was in kirito's harem?

[shadow knot]

Literally idk

[topaz linden]

https://youtu.be/zGHFf-c1NVg

^this redhead

[mighty cape]

ah that bitch

[topaz linden]

yeh

[shadow knot]

And I’m the typa guy to say SAO isn’t completely trash yet I forgot a lot of things

[mighty cape]

[shadow knot]

Cool animation go brrrrr

[mighty cape]

well I will give SAO one thing, its production value

[shadow knot]

AHA

Thinking the same thing

[tacit rose]

Heyyoo

[shadow knot]

Hey

[tacit rose]

So um

[mighty cape]

great minds think alike

[tacit rose]

what's the talk

[shadow knot]

Uh

Sword Art Online atm

[topaz linden]

mostly just shitting on shitty anime lol

[tacit rose]

nice

[topaz linden]

or at least, shitty arcs

[tacit rose]

what do you think about death note

[topaz linden]

Couldn't get into it. Dropped it around Ep3/4ish

[tacit rose]

i watched a couple eps with my friend

kinda liked it

[shadow knot]

Good first half meh second half, that’s the main consensus

[tacit rose]

yeah

[mighty cape]

good show to start anime with, had potential but falls off at the end

[shadow knot]

But it’s a great series

A good starter anime

[tacit rose]

coool

[mighty cape]

but if it is literally your first show

[topaz linden]

Yeah, good starter anime. Won't make the rest look shit by comparison like some ones lol

[mighty cape]

you would find it really good anyway

[tacit rose]

i think i might finsish it

*finish

:p

[shadow knot]

Maybe I sleep now fr lmfao

[tacit rose]

lol

Good night

[shadow knot]

Watch like 3 movies, and in a few days I shall finally watch nge

Gn

[tacit rose]

:)

[ember cairn]

I started watching Odd Taxi
Definitely very interesting

[bright totem]

Who watch One Piece here?

[solar dew]

I dropped One Piece

It's the time dilemma

I think I'd do the manga if I were to pick it back up

[elder sorrel]

After seeing this im glad that i have skipped fate/stay night made by studio deen and went straight to fate/stay night: UBW made by ufotable

[solar dew]

Studio Deen version still has a unique story so if you really like Fate it’s still worth watching imo

[ember cairn]

[idle glen]

hii

[spring iris]

Reminder: Guts is the true black Swordsman

[spring iris]

The only Fate anime I watch is Zero. Because Zero is the best one.

[elder sorrel]

I watched this one at first and damn
It had way more unique vibe while comparing it to Fate/stay night: UBW

[solar dew]

🍿

[elder sorrel]

but f/sn UBW wasn't that bad tho

atleast imo

[solar dew]

I'd recommend Zero before all others

[elder sorrel]

Thats what i've done

[solar dew]

That said, I know some folks hate Zero

[spring iris]

I honestly prefer zero over the rest.

Kiritsugu had better character development.

[elder sorrel]

for now i watched just ubw and zero so i can't really say much
still, characters were written way better in zero imo

[solar dew]

I prefer Fate Kaleid over the rest.

🍿

[spring iris]

Kirie Kotomine is one my favorite antagonists in anime and manga

[elder sorrel]

wasn't he called Kirei?

[spring iris]

Yeah however you spell his name.

[solar dew]

He's a well written antagonist

[idle glen]

hi

[shadow knot]

I saw Deen’s version also had Okada working on the script so I guess that’s another reason why it’s so mid af

[solar dew]

I'm one of the few people who love Studio Deen

Rozen Maiden is an amazing show

[shadow knot]

ik they made a lot of garbage but they made some good ones

Maison Ikkoku

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

While the jokes weren’t exactly my cup of coffee, the animation in Konosuba is really nice

Can’t forget Rurouni Kenshin

[solar dew]

Rozen Maiden makes Studio Deen top tier studio alone

I forgot they did golden era Rumiko

I get them confused with studio pierrot

[shadow knot]

Oh the 2013 one

[mighty cape]

They also made Angel's Egg https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/c4f1b3be10ed6adf62709471ba9bf0fa.mp4

It was directed by the same guy who was behind GITS

[shadow knot]

I still need to watch that

[simple nacelle]

wait what manga chapter is the ova that came out?

or after season 2?

[shadow knot]

Lmao this is what I'm rocking so far for seasonals

Night Head 2041 is a bit interesting though mid introduction so far, but at this point I don't really care that they mixed CGI with 2D models because at least it's better than Ex-Arm's

[mighty cape]

Anything is better than Ex-Arm though

[solar dew]

https://tenor.com/view/kobayashi-sipping-tea-sipping-sips-tea-sip-gif-20884690

Interesting

[topaz linden]

Kanajo mo Kanajo is a 3?

[solar dew]

https://tenor.com/view/stubbies-enzorion-kanye-joudman-kanna-gif-22256492

Some one take a hint

smh

[shadow knot]

It’s surprising because I gave Aho Girl a 4

Second episode had more knack into the jokes but it’s still cringe

Been out yea

[solar dew]

I recall watching the first season thinking it was a typical wholesome kyoani show, but watching the second season made me realize that this is exactly what I need more of

[elfin rivet]

What's better to watch first?
Date A Live or YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world?

[solar dew]

Date A Live

[topaz linden]

Date a Live has more fan-art imo, so if waifus are the goal, probably Date a Live

[shadow knot]

Both are keklmao but you’re better off with DAL @elfin rivet

Actually I never heard of YU-NO

And it doesn’t look promising

https://tenor.com/view/date-a-live-kurumi-tokisaki-nightmare-anime-smirk-gif-17100446

Kurumi Tokisaki will be the saving grace of your DAL watch if you’re ever feeling eh throughout

[elfin rivet]

No, waifus aren't the goal. I heard YU-NO is a time leap story and I'm interested in DAL since I heard it's a parody of Evangelion except it's a harem.

[topaz linden]

Ah lol

[mighty cape]

Isekais with long titles in a nutshell

[topaz linden]

never watched either (and dropped NGE)

[mighty cape]

DAL

[topaz linden]

Yo, @shadow knot , think I might have just found a sleeper.
And a chinese one at that.

[shadow knot]

Nice lmao

[topaz linden]

The animation style is... cartoony, to say the least

but my god

the sakuga

[shadow knot]

Scissor Seven?

[topaz linden]

The Legend of Luoxiaohei

[shadow knot]

Mhmm

[topaz linden]

I take it you know it?

[ember cairn]

have you read the other mangas from the Kobayashi's creator?

[shadow knot]

Not really no

[topaz linden]

Ah, well, have some out of context sakuga lol
https://youtu.be/XZpERVlhGms?t=269 (Don't actually know what the story is about. Just randomly stumbled across it while browsing the sakuga booru)

[mighty cape]

Chinese anime with good sakuga? https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/480a6e682f1cf987c46c9d16ea959434.mp4

Doesn't really get better than this

[shadow knot]

Hitori no Shita

S3

I need to watch it

[mighty cape]

Ultimately I know nothing about the show itself except for those clips

[shadow knot]

S1 and S2 were like eh it's aight

S3 is where they popped off with the choreo

[mighty cape]

Yeah there is actually nothing about it before S3 in sakugabooru

[shadow knot]

Just watched. The whole thing's directed pretty well.

Donghuas are underrated as hell. Good thing Link Click is getting traction for others to check out other Chinese animation

[topaz linden]

Yeah, I plan on checking out the rest and seeing how well it holds up, but that directing in that episode gives me pretty high hopes

Gave it the feeling of an animation of much higher detail/quality than it actually was

[shadow knot]

Looks like a fun series for sure. In terms of checking it out, not really a priority atm

[topaz linden]

Understandable lol
I'm kinda just bouncing between series atm

[shadow knot]

Yeah I already got like a couple of entries in plan already so if I do come to it it’d be in a very long time lol

[topaz linden]

Sounds about right for ya lol

On an unrelated note, the Moonlit Fantasy is holding up pretty well. Feeling a lot like S1 of the Slime Isekai (but with better pacing, at least so far)

[solar dew]

I usually watch anime then if the series really interests me I’ll read the manga.

[ember cairn]

one of his other mangas is REALLY cultured

I dont think I can even post the cover here

the name is chichi chichi

[solar dew]

Oh boy

I’ll google that

[ember cairn]

[solar dew]

lol he has two airing anime

Peach Boy Riverside and Dragon Maid

Interesting

And yeah… that manga is quite something

I know that Nagatoro mangaka…. Has a colorful past too

🍿

[ember cairn]

I like to not remember some of those

the vampire one is fine

[solar dew]

I need to read the Nagatoro manga

I don’t wanna wait years for a season 2

Even though season 2 would be so hype for me

[ember cairn]

yeah, this will be kinda sad

[solar dew]

If it takes years for stuff like JoJo and Chihaiyafuru…. I gotta go manga at this point

But luckily, Kaguya has an anime right around the corner

So no need to worry about that one

[ember cairn]

I hope a second season gets announced still this year for the next one

they should have enough material for a second season already

season 1 ended on chapter 46

we are on chapter 86 right now

I think they are probably waiting to have the same amount of chapters for a season 2

[solar dew]

Ooh so I can start on chapter 47

Then again I'm probably gonna start from episode 1

[ember cairn]

yeah, tho they changed the order of the chapters by a good amount, some events happens a bit different and a few chapters got skipped

[wheat star]

chainsaw man chapter 87 spoilers

||technically reze is still alive right? since reze was never actually consumed by denji or finished off and she IS a strong weapon devil, she can revive by ingesting some blood.

the katana hybrid got cut in half but still survived and regenerated/revived by ingesting some blood so we cant really say reze died to the shallow/medium slash inflicted across her torso by pochita or that she cant revive right? shes more durable than that.

we dont know what happened to her though, we only know she got slashed across the torso by pochita but the slash MAY have made her immobile. when everything was "over" (pochita in makima's hands), makima may have dropped control over everyone and reze is still immobile or "dead", yet to be revived with blood||

[shadow knot]

I just assumed she's dead

Didn't really care much for her in the manga anyways

[queen elbow]

Just finished tensura wn from arc 5 to ending

somehow the ending is kinda ||unsatisfying|| imo

well its not polished since its WN

[topaz linden]

Tensura = the slime isekai, right?

[queen elbow]

yea

[topaz linden]

Yeh, havent read the WN myself, but the author mentions in their LN afterword that they've been shifting a lot of the stuff around to try and improve it a bit.

[queen elbow]

Yea wonder whats gonna happen in LN lol

Looking forward to it

Damn it took me almost a weekto finish

now I feel empty again

[topaz linden]

oof

I know the feeling lol

[queen elbow]

now what

damn

[topaz linden]

Overlord LN? 👀 It's pretty good, and only 2 LN away from finishing

That one and Ascendance of the Bookworm have really good world-building to them (Bookworm has a finished WN too iirc, but its LN still has ~6 books to go in the EN translation iirc)

[queen elbow]

Im planning to watch overlord

ohh I still have spirit chronicles to read

but idk if its worth the time lol

[topaz linden]

Fair enough. The arcs the movie and next season will be covering are some of my personal favorites (or at least, I hope the movie reaches my favorite arc)

[queen elbow]

After I watch the anime Im gonna read the continuation

[topaz linden]

The spin-off novel is also really nice, and self-contained too 👀 (basically a canon "what if", in a similar sense to the Re:Zero what-if's)

[queen elbow]

Ohh looking forward to that

Btw I havent read re zero

I feel like I just want to watch it from the anime itself

[topaz linden]

To be fair, Re:Zero's anime is pretty damn good lol

But yeah, what I meant was just that Re:Zero has several "What if" stories themed around the seven deadly sins, that are basically just "what if X happened at [Key point in the story]".
The events themselves arent "canon" to the main story, but details revealed about the world and character backstories are 👀

[queen elbow]

I have watched someone in yt tell what-if stories

Yea its interesting

[topaz linden]

Probably Echidnut lol, their content is great

[shadow knot]

I think overall it's worth a watch

S2 might be kinda iffy personally because it's peak for readers (but not for me) though at times the anime kinda fumbles in production for that particular season so it iz what it iz

If they make a S3 they gotta convince the Mushoku mofos animating to come back

[topaz linden]

I think S2 Part 1 at least is worth watching animated

The voice acting for those important story/character development bits was spot on

Its just the animation/pacing for the 'action'y part that falls through a bit (but thats mostly S2P2)

[shadow knot]

Ah yea there were some dark moments

And heartwarming too

Had it not been for those I would’ve thought less lol

[empty void]

Anyways, i just want to tell you; i wouldn't expect that one of the V-Tuber in Hololive could represent my past senior high moments with an astounding accuracy, and her name is.... Kureiji Ollie.

[elfin needle]

It's not really peak

[mighty cape]

Overlord is not worth your time

It kept going downhill with each season

[solar dew]

Overlord has Sumire Uesaka so that alone makes it worth

🍿

[ember cairn]

[shadow knot]

Good to hear

I hope they can pull off the upcoming action if they make a S3

[mighty cape]

If that is the case, you can just watch better shows from the same person

[elfin needle]

The anime has yet to reach the peak moments

[rugged canopy]

Y’all watch d gray man?

The openings are peak bruh

[plush pulsar]

watched it several years ago

both seasons

the opening of the 2nd season is 🔥

[floral karma]

Aphrodite got me acting up. Rest of the anime of Ragnarok is garbage.

[shadow knot]

As usual, the manga for RoR is miles more amazing now that we've seen the powerpoint visuals of the anime

[elder sorrel]

I was praising to ufotable for so long until i randomly paused fate movie and have seen this, which is pretty much comparable to previous picture showing lancer from studio deen's fate

[topaz linden]

I mean, smear frames are a thing 👀 As long as the keyframes are fine, stuff like that isn't really noticeable while watching

[elder sorrel]

yeah, true

[topaz linden]

Smear frames pretty much universally look goofy lol

Case in point: Little Witch Academia
https://youtu.be/bd-NjrUgDYM

[shadow knot]

Can't always be top tier animation and art from far shots too

It's normal

I know for Naruto they also exaggerate the choreography to evoke more impact into the action, to which if you pause they can look funny

Like Sasuke's fire ball jutsu

I know for the next one it's a manga example but even in the anime, any character in Jojo from far shots literally look stupid too

Still funny that this is how they introduced Johnny like this in SBR, sum disrespect lmfao

[keen forum]

Where can I read CSM in eng online?

[topaz linden]

MangaDex 👀

Same goes for almost any manga

[keen forum]

Dope thx

[charred frigate]

the david pro adapations make it even worse lmao

[ember cairn]

👀

[shadow knot]

Lol ya

[shadow knot]

Bro imagine it’s just celebrating their gacha game going global

[topaz linden]

honestly, I would be very surprised if it was, considering the LN is finished (and has been for a while). But I'm very willing to be wrong

[shadow knot]

Lmfao it’s been out for a while in JPN

https://youtu.be/mX-RxljNdwU

The character designs resemble a bit more to the LN

So they hella cuteee

[ember cairn]

oh, mb, didnt know it was a banned word

[ember cairn]

we cant play outside of JP right?

[shadow knot]

I mean you technically can but it's not out on global officially yet

And lmfao yes Kazuma looking kinda

[regal sphinx]

i like this emoticones

[solar dew]

Good comfy anime.

[ember cairn]

I wanna watch it

https://youtu.be/tXVaunt4lyI
just cause of this one clip

[shadow knot]

I think I've seen all the Joshiraku clips on YT lol

[shadow knot]

Cutthroat

[queen elbow]

Damn Im watching Yuri now

Aquatope on white sand

The art and music is superb

It feels like a movie

Im looking forward to the end of that show lol

[topaz linden]

Isekai Quartet is apparently getting a movie 👀

Sometime in 2022

[flint oriole]

Any d frag fans lol

[solar dew]

I liked the character designs.... that's about it regarding d frag

[spring iris]

Saga of Tanya the evil is the best isekai I've watched.

[topaz linden]

Not my thing, but its pretty decent.

[finite venture]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i96Jd7Y97Cs
The CSM trailer theme song gives me chills

[shadow knot]

Here's hoping to hear more

[buoyant cypress]

t

[keen forum]

Wait does CSM only have 97 ch rn?

[shadow knot]

Yes, that’s the whole manga atm

[mighty cape]

Part 1

[shadow knot]

Nice to reread and see this again

[keen forum]

I read it all in 1 sitting

[shadow knot]

I read all of CSM in one sitting too

Really from my experience shounen are a lot easier to binge than any other series for manga

[solar dew]

Kanojo mo Kanojo….. is doing almost nothing for me

How do we go from Aho Girl to this?

¯_(ツ)_/¯

On the bright side… I realized Dio was in Villainess

🍿

[charred frigate]

honestly this is such an iconic moment from steel ball run

along with this pannel

[shadow knot]

Honestly there are so many moments

[charred frigate]

I hope to god valentines actor stays the same

[shadow knot]

My personal fav either gotta be
||Welcome To The True Man's World||
or
||The Napkin Speech||

The latter better be the equivalent to Yoshikage Kira's intro meme

[charred frigate]

have a good duwang

[shadow knot]

DuWANG

[shadow knot]

LMFAO

[charred frigate]

|| I would pay a lot of money to see Johnny's fight with valentine animated right now||

[shadow knot]

It's alright you have

Eyes of Heaven game

[charred frigate]

yeah me and my nonexistant ps4

[shadow knot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVPXkEkl1pw
This one's a concept with the DavidPro sfx designs of Tusk (Huge SBR spoilers ofc)

[charred frigate]

||tusk splitting love train will forever be one of my favorite moments||

[shadow knot]

Hell yeahh

[charred frigate]

I saw this video a while back
where someone got all of valentintes lines from the fighting games and eyes of heaven along with johnny
and what ever lines were dubbed he put them over the johnny and valentine fight

[shadow knot]

Yeah the fandom got bare edits and vids of manga panels animated with the dialogue in the background

It's so fucking cool

[charred frigate]

the fan themes for johnny gyro and valentine are also pretty great

[shadow knot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9pC-D6GKgE ||True Man's World|| ofc I gotta send this

[shadow knot]

I actually haven't heard them lol

If you want you send here, I'm boutta brb for a few and wouldn't mind taking a listen

[charred frigate]

they are on spotify
let me get the link rq

https://open.spotify.com/album/4xXXSue95QzmLwPFHblk7r

https://open.spotify.com/track/77xG1B7ZKvmaYSeX6dH9VD?si=e58e0e2ab9924c3a

https://open.spotify.com/track/41pEG6vd24tQrJX3O6PevC?si=102e87ffad5e4bc4

[shadow knot]

I took all 3 listen. They all sound good for themselves but can’t really vouch on the fanmade vibes y’know

[charred frigate]

I think they will make new themes for all of them when the anime does come out
but I think it would be cool if they included them at least once when steel ball run does get adapted into an anime

[shadow knot]

Mhm, honestly for Funny Valentine I’d expect an orchestrated piece with a choir evoking a haunting sound, reciting an unorthodox variation of the US national anthem

But this is fine too

[charred frigate]

there is a version with the national anthem as an intro

[charred frigate]

inb4 they just re use johnathan theme for johnny

i mean its technically johnathan joestar

[shadow knot]

They’ve reused a couple of inserts throughout the anime parts

I wouldn’t, but at the same time, would be surprised if the Part 7 opening is just Part 1

[charred frigate]

sono chino sadame
cowboy remix

[shadow knot]

Ram Ranch style

Reminds me of disco ballad’s edits

[charred frigate]

they reused jotaros theme in part 4 which is understandable
and in part 5 they res used one of the battle themes from part 3 a decent amount of times

[shadow knot]

Oh yea

[charred frigate]

I don't think Johnny's actor will be the same seeing as the eyes of heaven and fighting game actors from
4 -6 got some of their actors replaced

wait I think the entire part 5 cast got new actors
and johnny's actor already voices koichi in the anime

[shadow knot]

Yep

[charred frigate]

Diegos is basically garunteed to be the same

[shadow knot]

Speaking of this have you seen this? https://youtu.be/cjwYHHB1Zxs

(huge spoilers for sbr obvs)

[shadow knot]

Yeah that’s 100%. If they acc don’t then the whole fanbase will riot

[charred frigate]

Gyro and Valentine are a toss up if they stay the same or not

I really hope at least valentines actor stays the same

[brave parcel]

Agreed

I'm gonna riot if I don't hear the same voice when we get an adaptation in 2086
https://youtu.be/ynl5jo8lPPk

[shadow knot]

The ||napkin speech|| is one of my favourite parts of sbr

[brave parcel]

Yea I really like that part

Such a memorable scene

[shadow knot]

I'm currently rereading D4C's reveal and it's such a fucking mindtrip

[brave parcel]

True, it would confuse anyone

[shadow knot]

Especially since this is from the manga standpoint

I'm certain it'll be way easier to comprehend when its eventual anime adaptation pops around

Like Golden Wind's King Crimson reveal had manga readers confused

[brave parcel]

Definitely, King Crimson was easier to understand in anime form I heard

[shadow knot]

Heh

[brave parcel]

So much good scenes in the manga I can't wait to see animated

[shadow knot]

||Dinosaur|| Diooooo

[brave parcel]

||Rock eating|| Dio

[keen forum]

Mmm a JoJo chat

I accept

[shadow knot]

[topaz linden]

Only thing I can contribute to a JoJo chat is this really good fan-made Stone Ocean ED 👀
https://youtu.be/McWEab2zwSE

Couldnt get into the series myself, but I can respect good editing

[raw parrot]

anybody watched charlotte ?

[spark nest]

anyone whose watched/played Steins;Gate?
May also might be looking for Berserk and Love is War fans

[spark nest]

Oh, I've read the whole manga twice

Yup, it is the latest chapter :)
||I'm still irrationally happy to see Kobachi's eyes||

I am now planning to either make a cosplay of Kaguya, Miko or Koba when I've finished my Donna cosplay

[plush pulsar]

I played SG several years ago. completed only one route though (Suzuha) and also currently reading Love is War

[spark nest]

Oooooooo

[elder sorrel]

i agree

saiki kusuo no psi nan is also great tho

[solemn terrace]

So mihoyo copied this anime girl to make eula?

She 100% looks like eula and her power too

[shadow knot]

Ooh ya I’ve seen this. It’s pretty nice

[spring hemlock]

https://youtu.be/yrFYVd8BiL8 Official Music Video Maid Dragon Kobayashi Season 1 Opening.

[solar dew]

I was listening to Fhana all week

[shadow knot]

Kanojo mo Kanojo's 3rd episode kinda dummy as usual, actually slightly drier than usual

At least gacha references were decent

Aquatope's second episode was actually fine, I thought Kukuru wasn't very reasonable at first but I forgot the synopsis existed lmao

[solar dew]

Kanojo mo Kanojo is the biggest disappointment this season.

I went into it expecting something like Aho Girl

I should drop it, but I can stomach it

[shadow knot]

Aho Girl wasn't any miles better

[solar dew]

If you didn't like Aho Girl why bother?

[shadow knot]

I don't drop

[solar dew]

I dont watch shows intentionally to piss me off anymore

It caused me to quit anime for 3 plus years the last time I did that

As in 2017 to 2020

Had there not been a pandemic, I probably would have quit anime for good lol

What I'm getting at here is Kanojo mo Kanojo didn't really sound appealing from reading it

[shadow knot]

There's some enjoyment , it's not like both series are 1/10 or even below 1 if you use AL.
Even if they're bad there's still some bright sides like Ayane Sakura's acting and that Initial D reference in Aho Girl

[solar dew]

What hooked me in personally was it being made by the mangka of Aho Girl

I get that, it's not a 1/10

But the show is really hard to watch

It's cringe

And unfunny

For me that is

I watched it solely on it'd association of Aho Girl

Aho Girl was a show I thoroughly enjoyed

So the juxtaposition just makes me angry

I see two other lead characters for Kanojo mo Kanojo, so maybe the dynamic gets funny or interesting

It's just, these types of comedy/gag anime... you tend to just need 1 or 2 episodes

I can be proven wrong, so I'll be hopeful

Ironically, Dragon Maid is the show I love the most this season

[shadow knot]

mhm

I should watch or read manga san. If it ain't better than the two then it's my last straw with whoever created these series lmfao

Aho Girl had some moments fosho
Kanojo mo Kanojo I'd say is Aho Girl comedy but a tad degraded and coerced in QQ S1 animation
Lets see what manga san will offer when I do pick it up

[solar dew]

Anime movie review. This week is K-On movie.

I seen the K-Kon series a long time ago, but I never bothered watching the movie until just now.

It was definitely a nostalgia trip and it's definitely worth watching if you seen the TV series

I can't quite explain why I never watched it until now cause K-On was a solid show and I enjoyed my time with it, but I guess I just didn't make the effort.

The movie aged really well despite it being nearly 10 years old. It's got a lot of charming scenes and fun moments. Ends the series really well.

[rare flare]

Ey, is anyone know what manga website that update faster?
Its ok if its JP

[coarse comet]

https://manga1001.com/

it is in japanese

[coarse comet]

.

[rare flare]

Thx man :)
Hope this website have search feature tho

[coarse comet]

yes

[coarse comet]

ur welcome

[late mauve]

Anyone has info on new konosuba project?

[craggy kettle]

IRIS ARC LETSGOOOOOO

[topaz linden]

Oh shit, yussssss

more ||kazumin|| material :DDD

since the movie cut out the best bits

[ember cairn]

LETS GOOOOOOOOO

[elfin needle]

Inb4 it's another pointless ova lmao

[merry mason]

does anyone know what manga this is

the original comment said it wasn't nana

[shadow knot]

Oh damn this could’ve completely fit the bill that it could’ve been Nana’s manga if it was ||boyfriend|| (huge spoilers) instead of friend

Man, when will the hiatus stop?

[split tartan]

I used to read nana

It made me sad

But the art was cool

[shadow knot]

Yeah Ai Yazawa’s art is one hell of an aesthetic

[spring iris]

Who is that character and which anime is she from?

[vital oar]

high school xd

[shadow knot]

I’m really liking whoever’s doing the subs I’m using in NGE. The font’s pretty fitting and it had its creative uses

As for the series itself I’m liking it so far

[topaz linden]

Oof, finished the newest Mushoku Tensei volume today

Author took a bold move and spoiled the end of the volume on the first page lol

(Every volume of Mushoku Tensei begins with a "quote" from the MC's diary/biography (not entirely sure which), and this one literally started the volume with (this is almost word for word the quote): "With [X Character] ||dead|| and [Y Character] ||sick||, what's the use in neatness?")

was still a really good volume tho

[shadow knot]

[solar dew]

I watched Ane Log to turn off my brain

It was an hour of brain damage

[vital oar]

which Rushia is your favourite?

short teal hair, blue outfit
short teal hair, blue outfit, cat ears
short pink hair, black outfit
long pink hair, black outfit
shrine maiden outfit
*NEW* long teal hair, black outfit, cloak

[merry mason]

new outfit

[keen forum]

Is bleach good? How slow is the start of the anime?

Also is there a tourney arc

[shadow knot]

Bleach looks worth watching to me if I were younger and back in the 2000s tbh

But entirely up to you cuz I don't know what you like so you might as well give it a shot if you want

[solemn terrace]

Shinmai Maou no Testament

[cosmic sable]

please enlighten me whats the sauce

the GIF one

thank you god

[topaz linden]

Man, finally got around to watching it...

The second episode of Dragon Maid season 2 is so fucking good...

[digital spoke]

@topaz linden trace sauce pls

[topaz linden]

Anastasia from THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls, Episode 8

[digital spoke]

what the hell I watched that and I don't remember this lul

brain fart moment

[topaz linden]

0:27 of Episode 8 to be exact 👀

[digital spoke]

[solar dew]

I never gave Cinderella Girls a chance. Same with the new cast of Love Live

I have no regrets

[topaz linden]

Never watched idolmaster lol

[digital spoke]

eh I mean Idol animes aren't fr everyone

[solar dew]

They are for me

[digital spoke]

I just try not to drop series so I stick thru them

[solar dew]

I just got attached to the original cast of both shows

Maybe ill give Cinderella Girls a fair shake, but its gonna be extremely tough to top the original cast

I think Love Live Sunshine is the new cast

[digital spoke]

true. I was also fans on their original cast's seiyuus

[solar dew]

Either way. I'm praying that the new generation isn't really a cash grab

[topaz linden]

Idk, I started Idoly Pride, and I'm liking that a bit (mostly because the character animation team is overqualified for that show lol)

[solar dew]

Is it like something like Precure

New cast same name

Heart catch Precure is apparently the best one

I need to try a Precure, but there's so many of them

[digital spoke]

oh yeah, Idoly Pride is decent. It switches things up a bit with her sister's ghost but otherwise follows the usual tropes and is predictable as hell lol.

[topaz linden]

Yee, story aint much lol

[digital spoke]

I do like their songs tho

[topaz linden]

I'm just a big fan of sakuga/good animation

[digital spoke]

well some

[topaz linden]

and the songs are pretty good

[solar dew]

Back yeah I love Idolmaster, but I ignored Cinderella Girls

[topaz linden]

Man, the guy at Crunchyroll's Clip Naming HQ is on a roll yet again lol

[digital spoke]

F*A Wyr98q hIWAR Nq3o r=R q3

HER HANDS SCARRED ME FOR LIFE

I will never recover from that in my life

[solar dew]

Villainess Season 2 sorta lacks the charm of season 1, but I think I just gotta wait it out

[topaz linden]

Last one's a surprise for me if its referencing what I think its referencing lol (an xkcd comic)

[topaz linden]

Idk, I'm finding it fairly entertaining so far. The competitive banter in the first episode was really good (tho yeah, it still needs to give us a reason to care about whats happening to her/connect with the character. The stakes are fairly low so far)

[solar dew]

I think the first season had a really good hook and the hook ended with season 1. There's a new plot in season 2, but so far it doesn't have that hook like season 1 so far for me.

[topaz linden]

Yeah, thats more or less what im waiting for lol

seeing what they introduce to replace it

Tohru's face the episode tho

[digital spoke]

Very cute hands

[topaz linden]

loved that scene lol

[digital spoke]

When I watched it like 2 days ago I literally started sweating cause I was scared of it but now I can stomach it... barely

Also in the manga aren't her hands normal?

[solar dew]

I love season 2

It's my favorite show this season

Only Kanojo mo Kanojo makes me rage though

[topaz linden]

||Later on, yeah||. The scene is the same in the manga though

[digital spoke]

ah god my eyes

Oh yeah @topaz linden you like anime OP and EDs right? Do you keep like a playlist with them in it?

[topaz linden]

Yee 👀 Two/three of them depending on what you'd count as "a playlist with them"

• Dump playlist for anime/japanese songs I like
• Dump playlist for OPs/EDs/songs I want to recreate in Genshin someday
• Dump playlist for well-made videos in general (a few OPs are in there for great editing)

[spice hamlet]

https://tenor.com/view/katsuki-bakugo-katsuki-bakugo-bakugou-my-hero-academia-gif-16800168

Wtf

[digital spoke]

Ahh, I like listening to music in the background whatever I'm doing so I was interested what kind of music you had in stock. Any playlist with just anime specific songs?

Also was looking to see some recs from just song titles loll

[topaz linden]

The video is fine, but I think the gif might be a bit much

[digital spoke]

spoiler tag this pls it's hurting my eyes

[topaz linden]

(As for the video... well... people will ship literally anything with anything, dont be surprised lol)

[topaz linden]

Hm, don't think so, but I can make one really quick by just copying over the anime ones from the first playlist 👀

[digital spoke]

if you would be so kind, sensei

whenever u have the time

curiosity 👀

[solar dew]

I dont make anime Playlists, I just listen to the catalog of the artists that I like at the time

For example, Nagatoro got me to listen to everything Sumire Uesaka

And now Dragon Maid got me into a Fhana mood

[digital spoke]

I mean I also listen to the artists' other albums and songs but I have separate playlists cause I like categorizing things.
Also, a lot of the anime songs just bop better for me. It might be cause it grew on me from the anime or I can attach visuals/lyrics while I listen.

[shadow knot]

I’m a heavy listener to music yet I don’t have any playlists at all lmao

I lean towards multiple genres may it be Japan specific or not

Prolly I’ve listened to thousands (or at least a thousand) of songs at this point and I’d wanna track them all

It’ll def be very difficult categorizing very specific moods with the whole plethora of songs albums artists/bands I can try to recall cuz for me there’s always a different mood for everything

[solar dew]

I used to make Playlist, but what ends up happening is I get addicted to one specific artist and want to listen exclusively to them during my listening duration

[shadow knot]

Truee

[topaz linden]

Sadly, even when that happens, I often find anime picking a lot of "one hit wonders" for their picks (where sadly the rest of their songs are nothing like the OP)

Like, I really love the instrumentals used in The Ancient Magus' Bride's OP (especially the guitar) and the irregular beat, but the rest of her music is nothing like that
https://youtu.be/KuZbmLLv1vM

[solar dew]

LiSA, Sumire Uesaka, Fhana, Kalafina, Claris, Phantasm, etc

I haven't had an inconsistent experience

I love Aimer

[topaz linden]

Aimer is pretty consistently great lol

[solar dew]

Don't care for Pillows

But lots of folks love them

[topaz linden]

Might be missing a few, but this should be most of them 👀 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL654MH9oE4jdVdF-d4YfOlX0bQiQHUL2N

(the "and covers" bit is because there's several OPs/EDs where I like the English cover more than the original)

[digital spoke]

Lmao my playlist 'categorizations' are very broad and general. By genre usually, no matter if it's upbeat or slow.

[topaz linden]

Yee, those three I mentioned earlier have really broad/general titles too lol

• "weeb stuff"
• "AMV Ideas"
• "WellMadeShortScenes"

[digital spoke]

dang u actually made a whole ass playlist on youtube... ur actually insane

thought u had a link to a spotify or something sorry for making u do this

[shadow knot]

@topaz linden I tip my hat off to you

I actually tried learning Kaikai Kitan using his tabs I can prolly send a bit of my progress rn

[topaz linden]

Like I said, it was basically just scrolling through my "weeb stuff" playlist and clicking "add to playlist" on any that were from an anime lol

only took a while cause I've thrown a lot of stuff in the weeb stuff playlist

[shadow knot]

Yeah just add a bunch of OPs and EDs you've seen and listened in an anime you watched and that's a wrap lmao

Like if you watched 50 series that's already 100 songs

[topaz linden]

Yeh, fingerstyle covers are usually hit or miss for me, but that guy's covers are really good. Even on ones I wouldnt expect to transfer well to the instrument (Ex: Toilet-bound Hanako-kun's OP)

[shadow knot]

Yaa his covers unlike most fingerstyle artists resembles very closely to the actual songs and that's what I like about him

[topaz linden]

Yeah, same reason I like TheAnimeMan's cover of Renai Circulation. Does a really good job of capturing the spirit of the original while still making adjustments for the instrument being used 👀
https://youtu.be/1MgIqz66NZA

[shadow knot]

Ah man I remember this collab

Eddie van der Meer's a typical favourite among my friends who likes listening to guitar covers whether they played guitar themselves or not

[solar dew]

I was expecting 90% Hololive/VTubers

[topaz linden]

Nah, they asked for Anime OP and EDs, so I left out the Vtuber stuff lol

thats in my "weeb stuff" playlist

[shadow knot]

As much as I know a couple of hololive & vtuber stuff I don't really indulge in their content kekw

[topaz linden]

I indulge a lil in the clips, but the only streams I watch are Ina's art ones cause theyre educational af lol

Their music content is pretty dang good tho

[shadow knot]

Ah solid

I think the last time I watched a bit of a stream was Ollie teaching math

[topaz linden]

Best thing I saw this week was someone putting Gawr Gura's new song over the Higurashi OP lol
https://youtu.be/lu7gyBkseIQ

[shadow knot]

Oh this is pretty neat

[topaz linden]

Yeah, her style was a lot different than what I expected when I heard she had put out a song

Especially since most of her karaoke stuff is usually softer songs

(Speaking of which, I really liked her cover of the Song of the Ancients from Nier)
https://youtu.be/yux4gVP1LyE

Original is still best, but I can respect a faithful cover

[queen elbow]

Just watched spirit chronicles ep 3

Animation is not great and its really lacking

I expected something good since i've read the novel

Really disappointing sadge

[digital spoke]

DUDDEEE lyrics aside this would've been perfect ngl

Just got around to looking thru ur playlist and I saw a lot of gems I also have like Freesia, Chiisana Boukensha, and Wareta Ringo. OH AND FLASHBACK + waiting for the rain even though I didn't enjoy their animes at all.

Didn't find any anime recs from the songs but it's a 10/10 playlist

[topaz linden]

"Waiting for the rain" is yet another in a long list of "god this was a boring anime, but this OP/ED slaps"