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Since I'm watching Overlord in English, I shall wait very impatiently to see this. I suspected she might go that way though.
....and then someone explained the orphanage to me
g*% d@@n man.....dark, just dark
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My hero academia popped up on hulu. I'd seen it on tv tropes and I'm really enjoying the series.
The protagonist has immense power, but its not like, more immense power than the rest of the kids have (yet)
Its about the kids but they're not afraid to let the adult heroes be awesome heroes: adults are useless is COMPLETELY averted , it varies from the kids are also fighting to the kids are viewpoint characters for the awesome fighting.
Its not entirely shown on camera, but the society has a reasonable response to the emergence of superpowers: most work as police/with police/ rescue and they're actually trained how to do that without, you know, wrecking more of downtown than you have to.
An they avert the "you must attack attack attack!" no matter what. The emergency response AND the school emphasize sizing up your opponent, determining if they're in your powerlevel/skillset and if they're not, GTFO, get somoene who is, and or/try to rescue civilians. Don't get kiled for nothing (and to a surprising extent, the kids GET THE MESSAGE)
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yeah My Hero is one of the top series these days for good reason. Has a lot of fantastic characters and the setting is fairly well developed. The character growth of the Main character and his Rival is good too. Honestly seeing Bakugou grow over the series has been a real treat, in another series he would probably have turned villain but here he stays razor focused on being the Top Hero.
Plus with such a big cast there is a lot of really cute shipping material
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Just finished watching the first episode of Bleach: The Thousand Year Blood War on Hulu... and all I can say is DAMN!
The ten year wait was worth it (I'm an anime-only fan). The animation was crisp and clean, the soundtrack was on point, and the lack of censorship when it comes to the violence marks that we're truly entering a darker season than the previous ones.
Looking forward to what's coming.
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New season and lots of new shows
and damn this is a packed season.
Lots of good returning shows; SpyxFamily, Hero academy, Iruma-kun, and Bleach after a decade hiatus.
and a lot of interesting new stuff
I'm the villainess so I'm taming the last boss: Surprisingly entertaining, largely driven by the charisma of the main character
Akiba Maid War WTH?! Best description I've seen for this is "What if Quentin Tarantino did a Maid Cafe anime"
Reincarnated as a Sword Enjoying this quite a lot, more than I thought I would. Finding myself very invested in Fran's growth as a hero.
Eminence in Shadow: 1st episode was a bit weird, 2nd one was better, neat twist on the standard isekai and some cool action
and of course
Chainsaw man The early episode might leave a lot of folks wondering "Why the Hype?". As someone who did read the manga the hype is largely driven by the 2nd half. First half is still a lot of fun but the 2nd half gets Crazy.
Lots of other shows but so far these are the ones that made an impression on me.
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RIP Kazuki Takahashi, creator of Yu-Gi-Oh. He died helping to save a family caught in a Rip-tide.
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May he rest peacefully.
A true hero.
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I've been enjoying Chainsaw Man. I especially love that each episode has a different outro and song (my personal favorite so far being HAWATARI NIOKU CENTI [2-hundred-million-centimeter-long blades] (TV edit) by MAXIMUM THE HORMONE. Would definitely love to hear the full version of this song. Also gets extra points for being used as a proper battle theme in episode 7.
Bleach: The Thousand Year Blood War has gotten better and better with each episode, peaking (or so we thought) with last week's reveal of the Head Captain's bankai. Then this week's episode happened. Though not perfect, this arc has exceeded all of my expectations so far.
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Peter Grill? Wha?
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Peter Grill? Wha?
yes they did a season 2. 15 minute episodes Lots of light beams
On a whim I tried the original Mobile Suit Gundam and so far I'm rather impressed. Not amazing but better than I expected. I may even finish it.
Start with Mobile suit gundam the origin.
It is amazing.
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Managed to catch up to the current season of Boku no Hero Academia.
Also started watching Trigun Stampede. This is the show that I wanted the original series to be like. More serious and darker in tone, especially where the character of Millions Knives is concerned (because he is legitimately scary in this new version). My problem with the original series is that they made Vash seem way more heroic than he actually was, and I didn't like that at all.
Vash is still no one to model their behavior on in this new one, but by the end of the third episode of Stampede, he embarks on the journey to become something more than he is currently. At least that's my hope.
Oh... and that opening is a thing of beauty.
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea almost slipped past me, which would have been a damn shame. The characters and plot, at least 3 episodes in, are nothing particularly good or bad, but the world on display is fascinating. The lack of same-face on the characters had me puzzled at first but the gear design looked very familiar, and sure enough it was designed and written by Tsutuomu Nihei, writer of Blame! and Knights of Sidonia. Very excited to see where this one goes. He might break his own rule and tie it explicitly to another of his works (most likely the unfairly axed Aposimz).
Huh.
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In addition to watching Trigun Stampede, I've taken up watching The Eminence in Shadow. In doing so, I became aware of a term that I hadn't really heard of before:
chuuni (spelled with this kanji 厨ニ)
After some research, I discovered that it's a shortened form of the word chuunibyou (spelled with this kanji 中二病), or "middle-school second-year syndrome," which refers to when someone acts and talks like they live in a fantasy game, in the manga world, with magic, evil organizations, and so on.
Why is all of that important? Because the MC of The Eminence in Shadow believes he is experiencing this phenomenon rather than believing he's been isekaied to another world (thanks to that Black Air Force menace, Truck-kun), and it informs his every interaction in the series once he arrives.
Sure, it's yet another isekai where the MC is overpowered compared to everyone else, but I'm not watching because of that. No, I'm watching it to see just how long he can keep convincing himself that he's something that he isn't, and what he does when the reality of his situation truly sets in on him.
If, of course, that ever happens...
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For me, Naruto is a classic.
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Episode 8 of Trigun: Stampede begins delving into Vash's backstory. This was something that I wanted to see very much, at least this interpretation of it. I'm enjoying it so far, but next week's episode (which continues what was started in this one) will be very crucial, as I'm curious to see if I can understand what drives both Knives and Vash.
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More Konosuba, at least. Nothing else on the list piqued my interest at this point.
Other stuff that's coming that I'm actually looking forward to: "The Legendary Hero is Dead". The hero is an idiot, gets himself killed and a
total pervman of culture takes his place. Lots of fan service and humor."Ancient Magus' Bride" season 2. Hell yeah!
Another Tenchi Muyo GXP story. Seina now has two full harems in his harem. I suspect it will fill in Seina's story between GXP and Ryo-ohki pt. 4. I also seem to recall there are some light novels detailng this stuff.
Well, I know what I'M watching.
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I don't know that there is any other character who has actually gotten to marry his entire harem, and then some.
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I'm very much looking forward to Ancient Magus' Bride season 2 myself. Definitely can't wait for that to start.
Think I finally figured out what the deal is with Trigun: Stampede. Can't believe that I missed it, but after re-watching episode 6, I think I know where this season is headed.
In episode 6 (and continuing into episode 7), Vash and Wolfwood take a ride on a sand-steamer, but are attacked by Livio the Double-Fang, along with Legato Bluesummers, Zazie the Beast, and the Bad Lads Gang (no Brilliant Dynamites Neon, however). I had never seen Livio before, so I was too focused on him to be paying attention to the sand-steamer's destination: the city of July.
If I'm correct, then everything in this series is taking place before the July City Incident. If true, then this means we may actually get to see it animated for the first time. In fact, I think that the season will end after that happens, and will probably launch into a timeskip that could take place in a season two very similar to the one that happens in the manga, Trigun Maximum (I only know this because I have a friend who has read the manga, and who also informed me of Livio's identity as well).
This is merely speculation, and considering that this season is only going to be 12 episodes long, this means that they're two-thirds of the way through, with episode 9 continuing the backstory started in 8. That only leaves 3 more episodes to find out whether my theory is on point or not.
I had all of this buzzing in my head, so I needed to get it out.
Campfire Cooking in another world has turned out to be better than I was expecting. By and large it's just a nice, wander the world with my pets series plus showing off nice food.
Sui the slime is just adorable, even when committing Goblocide ("Sui would like to Pew Pew")
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Not exactly anime but I just finished watching Kamen Rider Black Sun on Amazon...
That was freaking DARK
I knew it was meant for an older audience but damn....
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Not exactly anime but I just finished watching Kamen Rider Black Sun on Amazon...
That was freaking DARK
I knew it was meant for an older audience but damn....
Darker than the 90s movie?
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Darker than the 90s movie?Not exactly anime but I just finished watching Kamen Rider Black Sun on Amazon...
That was freaking DARK
I knew it was meant for an older audience but damn....
not sure, never saw the movie
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Darker than the 90s movie?Not exactly anime but I just finished watching Kamen Rider Black Sun on Amazon...
That was freaking DARK
I knew it was meant for an older audience but damn....
not sure, never saw the movie
I gather Kamen Rider Black was dark to begin with but the life lessons from Black Sun are harsh.** spoiler omitted **
That's not dark, that's realistic.
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If I'm correct, then everything in this series is taking place before the July City Incident. If true, then this means we may actually get to see it animated for the first time. In fact, I think that the season will end after that happens, and will probably launch into a timeskip that could take place in a season two very similar to the one that happens in the manga, Trigun Maximum (I only know this because I have a friend who has read the manga, and who also informed me of Livio's identity as well).
This is merely speculation, and considering that this season is only going to be 12 episodes long, this means that they're two-thirds of the way through, with episode 9 continuing the backstory started in 8. That only leaves 3 more episodes to find out whether my theory is on point or not.
Finished up watching Trigun Stampede, and my speculation ended up being correct. The July Incident occurred in the final episode with a two-year timeskip taking place afterwards and Vash is in hiding, going by the name of Eriks. He has not only the 60 billion $$ bounty, but his hairstyle is very similiar to his original anime version. Meryl is still working for the news service, but is also receiving a newbie by the name of Milly Thompson to mentor.
However, the best part came at the end of the credits:
My understanding is that the final bit at the end will take the series (for which there will be a season two) further into Trigun Maximum manga territory, which it had already been delving into.
Overall, I enjoyed this take on Trigun. It lacked the goofiness of the original anime, yet still remained wholly Trigun. The use of elements from Trigun Maximum lends it a more serious tone that I thought the original anime lacked and instills a better understanding as to why Vash carries such a burden of guilt upon himself. I highly recommend watching it through at least once.
New Batch of shows, some old returns a fun spin off and a few odd ones.
Like KamiKatsu; Working for God in a Godless world
To sum up
miserable Death ->Happy Isekai life ->Dark -> Sexy Times -> Death -> Loli Goddess -> Cthulhu -> WTF? End.
Dead Mount Death Play is a interesting Reverse Isekai. After a climactic battle of good vs. evil someone from a fantasy world is reborn in modern japan. Not a comedy (well maybe a little bit with the after credits), very quickly introduced to murder and underworld corpse collectors. First episode is dark, with a little bit of edgelord to it but not too much.
Otaku-Elf is my nice warm comfort show for the season.
Summary: An Elf was summoned to Japan in the distant past. She was enshrined as a local god and has been living there for around 400 years. She has become a giant geek shut in and her current Shrine Maiden is doing her best to get her to come out into the world.
Elda (the Elf) has pretty much stayed locked in her room after some kid made fun of her ears 60 years ago.
Problem I had with Hell's Paradise is that a lot of the criminals/executioners get short shrift. The cannibal geisha was there just to get whacked in her first scene as well as the limb stretching monk. Plus the lead guy is basically One-Punch man but it misses the point of OPM. Saitama is BORED being unstoppable and really wants someone to make him sweat.