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The opinions they hurt

Out of curiosity, which opinion do you find most offensive?
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Owarimonogatari 2nd Season completed, and with that I suppose I'm there with everyone else waiting for the next season. Overall, Monogatari was a unique series and I'm glad that I watched it for that reason, even if the quality of individual arcs was uneven. There's an arc ranking below and I don't think anything there will be too surprising given the opinions I've shared in the past. Still, I should talk about S2 first I guess

It was tough to rank these three arcs because, more than any other section of the series so far, these felt like one big arc split into three. Mayoi Hell was alright once it got past the obligatory sexual assault. Mayoi is good and it was nice seeing her again, and the revelation that the doll guy was part of the plan all along was neat. Not a whole lot happened here to help it stand alone as its own arc, though. Hitagi Rendezvous was something I imagine Senjougahara fans loved, but she's nowhere near my favorite. What few aspects of her character I do like only show up with her friendship with Hanekawa. Araragi, by contrast, brings out all the things I hate about her, so... yeah, this arc wasn't for me. It was still better than it could have been, mostly because of the Ougi dream. And they called each other by their given names! I mean, it was heavily implied that they've had sex before, but if anime has taught me anything given names are beyond sex.

I thought Ougi Dark was neat, mostly because it was a culmination of a whole bunch of stuff that came before it. I could listen to Gaen summarizing plot threads and bringing together past set-up all day and I wouldn't get bored, tying things together is the one thing I can't fault Monogatari on. Still, this didn't feel as epic as it could have been. Araragi felt very much like a pawn in Gaen's complex plan, which isn't the most satisfying position for the main character to be in. I also think they oversold his 'growth' at the end there when he saved Ougi. I readily acknowledge that I'm an idiot so I imagine 90% of Monogatari went over my head, but from what I could tell the big deal was that he was saving himself. Symbolically that may have been true, but in a literal interpretation he was saving Ougi (and sacrificing himself in the process just like he always did). Like, taking aspects of Araragi and creating another person to represent them undercut the symbolic meaning for me since he was just saving another person like always. Araragi at the start of Bakemonogatari would've done exactly the same thing, this wasn't a result of growth. Ah well, it was still a nice conclusion, it just didn't resonate quite as hard as I think the writer wanted it to.

Tsubasa Tiger > Kizumonogatari > Tsubasa Family > Hitagi End > Tsubasa Cat > Suruga Devil > Mayoi Jiangshi > Shinobu Time > Ougi Dark > Mayoi Snail > Shinobu Mail > Suruga Monkey > Hitagi Crab > Nadeko Medusa > Ougi Formula > Mayoi Hell > Hitagi Rendezvous > Yotsugi Doll > Nadeko Snake > Sodachi Lost > Sodachi Riddle > Karen Bee > Tsukihi Phoenix

Tsubasa Cat and above were all amazing and then it's a steady downfall in quality until we reach the bad tier at the Sodachi's and below.

Hanekawa > Shinobu > Kaiki > Ougi > Hachikuji > Ononoki > Kanbaru > Senjougahara > Nadeko > Tsukihi > Sodachi > Karen >>>>>>> Araragi
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So I saw an ANN article the other day about BanG Dream S2 being directed by the same person who directed Katana Maidens and I thought 'oh, cool'. Unfortunately, that also spurred me to look into BanG Dream S2 for the first time. Apparently they're switching over to full CGI (what why, S1 was normal except for the OP and it looked fine). Worse, it's CGI from the people who made ID-0, literally the worst anime I ever finished. Like, the only way I could rationalize ID-0 existing in a just world was as a warning for others to stay far, far away. Why is this happening.

I guess what I'm saying is that I'm still excited for BanG Dream S2 but the writing had better be on-point because it's going to look atrocious.
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Given the number of posts this last day, it looks like I'm the only one around here still watching anime!

Anyway, I just finished Koyomimonogatari. I enjoyed these short episodes. The characters in Monogatari are all at least decent enough that it's fun seeing them interacting in short-story type things. The one with Karen was the worst (Nisemonogatari flashbacks made me cringe when it opened with her shoving her boobs onto Araragi's head) but even it was an okay episode once they got past the obligatory incest jokes. It's also hard to complain about a season where a whole episode was just Shinobu being cute while eating donuts. Nice seeing Hanekawa before the hairstyle change, too. She looked so much better then...

When looking up the order of the series, I saw in a few different places that it was vital to see this season before Owarimonogatari S2. For ten episodes I was like, why. These are fun but there's absolutely nothing vital here. Then Araragi fucking died, dang. I suppose that counts as vital! It'd be nice if Hanekawa could become the new main character but I know he survives (or revives or whatever) thanks to his appearance in Hanamonogatari. Still wasn't expecting him to die so good job Koyomimonogatari, I'm excited to see what happens next when I finish the series tomorrow.
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Alright, now I'm done Shinobu Mail and with it the first season of Owarimonogatari. That was definitely a step up from the last few arcs, but nowhere near enough to reach the upper echelons of the series.

I liked how it brought a lot of previous events together, obviously running concurrently with Hanekawa's tiger story and also dealing with the aftermath of that Hachikuji story and revisiting Shinobu's past. There were a lot of loose threads that finally came together, and I appreciated the craftsmanship that must've went into setting all of that up and keeping it coherent.

Sadly, I found the actual plot of this arc to be rather lacking, especially compared to what I feel it could have been. Shinobu's first minion returns and they only had one quick scene together as she eats him. I'm having trouble gathering my thoughts to explain exactly why, but I just didn't find it satisfying after all that build-up. I'm imagining a Monogatari-style episode long conversation between Shinobu and her minion and I would have vastly preferred that. I'm sure there's a poignancy that would have been lost and an argument for why this was the best way to handle it... but it wasn't for me I guess.

Not a bad arc by any stretch. I liked Gaen tracing all the plot threads from the past to the present, how it fit with all the other arcs, Araragi's interactions with the first minion were neat... but when it came time for what should have been the big emotional payoff, I felt nothing. Ah well, next up is Koyomimonogatari and then one more season!
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After a long break, I finally went back to continue Monogatari, watching the first three arcs of Owarimonogatari (Ougi Formula, Sodachi Riddle, and Sodachi Lost). Monogatari has had its ups and downs for me, ranging from the 10/10 Hanekawa arcs to the 1/10 Nisemonogatari arcs. I didn't hate these three, but they were definitely closer to the bottom than the top. Most of it was just boring. It didn't feel like a Monogatari story either, even the visuals and text screens felt phoned in.

All three of these arcs were about Sodachi, and the more I learned about her, the less I cared. The more the plot unfolded, the less sense it made, too. The first arc was learning about some pointless cheating incident (I get that there wound up being an actual conspiracy, but I just don't see why it mattered so much. The people who studied did better on average, how suspicious! We'd better have a trial to get to the bottom of this!). The second arc was learning why Araragi loves math. I'll admit I haven't watched Monogatari in awhile, but has his love of math come up even once at any point before this? And if it did, does it really need an origin story? Regardless, the tutoring was Sodachi's roundabout way to get Araragi to tell his police officer parents about her abusive family. The sheer stupidity of this whole arc didn't become clear until the next one, but for now I was just amazed that Araragi is apparently the least perceptive person in the world to not notice anything, and he also has the memory of a goldfish to have forgotten a girl he spent a whole summer with.

Anyway, the third arc revealed that they had met even earlier than that when Araragi's parents rescued her. Just... what. The police were already aware of her situation then. And, after apparently responding to the situation and finding it so severe that they removed the child from her parents, she just... wandered back? And no one stopped her? No one looked for her in the most likely place to look? No one cared? That's not how child endangerment works. Araragi is still an idiot (I mean, you really needed forty clues to work out what happened to her mom, I got it the instant they made a big deal about the door being locked even though it wasn't relevant to the story, practically making it a neon sign of a clue) but none of this is his fault, either.

The only thing that I might have cared about from any of this was finally learning something about Ougi, but aside from Hanekawa finding her dangerous there wasn't anything interesting on that front either. Just a lot of back-and-forths that didn't go anywhere. Ah well, the next arc in this season is apparently about Shinobu and not Sodachi/Ougi, so hopefully I'll like it better.
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I should have waited to post a top five list, because I'm caught up on Iroduku now and it's a definite contender to reach at least fifth place if it manages to end well. I feel like the only discussion of it I've seen here was people mentioning that they dropped it, but Iroduku is one of those rare things where all the individual elements really appeal to me specifically. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that most other people wouldn't enjoy it as much.

I'm loving it so far, though. The magical element adds a lot of... well, magic to the setting. There was one sequence where I actually sat up in my chair and leaned in close in awe of what was happening on-screen, and that was the point where I knew it was something special. A lot of things feel like they have a deeper, symbolic meaning that I'll enjoy considering in the coming days. The actual plot is a bit slow, but I'm appreciating that too. Like, there's been some drama but there hasn't been any drama, if that makes sense. These all feel like real people, reacting to things the way real people would. I really like Hitomi and Kohaku, but I've been pleasantly surprised at how good all the other characters are too.

For me, Iroduku is simultaneously invoking a sense of nostalgia and the wonder of discovering something new. Depending on how it ends, this might honestly become anime of the season for me... though there are a lot of ways I can see it screwing up too so I'll try not to get my hopes up too high!
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Bunny Girl seems to be doing really well, so my only complaint is that it's sad they didn't know it was going to do well and give it more budget/episodes. As much as I'm enjoying it, two episodes simply hasn't been enough to give some of these arcs the pacing they deserved. That's what knocked it down from being a contender for AotY to only sitting at fourth on my top five.
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Antarctica is currently my sixth favorite of the year, so it just missed that list I posted!
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My top five is looking pretty solid too (I don't want to do a top ten until I've seen everything I want to see). I still haven't started Bloom into You and I need to catch up on Iroduku since I really liked the two episodes I saw of it. Those are the only things I can imagine maybe making the top five, though, and those aren't very likely. In order:

AICO Incarnation
Laid-Back Camp
Revue Starlight
Bunny Girl
Hinamatsuri
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I have now finished all three seasons of Yuru Yuri. I always enjoy slowly watching through these CGDCT/comedy anime, and this one was definitely a lot of fun. It didn't manage to become a favorite in the genre for me, though, and I spent awhile wondering why since it had quite a few great moments and was put together well. In the end I think I narrowed it down to the characters just not quite working for me. Akari was my favorite by a wide margin (the one story that was just her sitting alone and talking to herself while waiting for a train was my favorite of the show). Ayano was second just because I enjoyed her crush on Kyoko. The rest of the cast were all situational, with there being times where they were great and other times where they felt kind of average (though still entertaining). Kyoko, Chinatsu, and Sakurako were the biggest examples of hit-or-miss, either elevating a scene or dragging it down if they went too crazy, which was a problem because those three got some of the most focus out of everyone. Still, even at its worst, Yuru Yuri was a fun anime! It just couldn't reach the heights of shows like Kiniro Mosaic for me.
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Huh, I just noticed some anime called 'Hero Mask' listed this season on MAL and I guess this is a new Netflix original that just came out? From what I can tell it's a real one like AICO and B: The Beginning, not an airing one that they stole. I don't recall hearing about this before, I wonder if it's any good. Early MAL reviews aren't exactly positive, and the main character is named 'James Blood' which makes me want to back away slowly. I dunno.
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More stuff finished from last season. It'd be nice if I could say this was the last of it but there's still three shows left to finish. At least I'm finally making decent progress again!

Angels of Death was so incredibly boring. It started really dark and atmospheric in the first episode, but it fell of a cliff fast after that. Rachel is one of the most low-energy, uninteresting characters I've ever seen in an anime. Her voice only had two tones, one where she sounded bored and another where she was still bored but was slightly louder. There was a narrative reason for it but fiction is supposed to be interesting for the viewer to watch and she wasn't. Isaac had slightly more personality, but he was mostly just annoying with his constant stupidity and yelling. All the side characters sucked too, either sounding as bored as Rachel or somehow managing to cackle mindlessly even more than Isaac. As for the story, there were several 'tense' scenes that were little more than faithful recreations of entering a video game puzzle room and slowly inspecting everything, which was a chore to sit through. Probably 50% of the sixteen episode runtime consisted of Isaac and Rachel having the same slow, boring conversation over and over again. The fact that this junk got sixteen episodes pisses me off, too. There are a lot of good 12/13 episode anime that I think could have greatly benefited from a few extra episodes to pace things out or spend more time with the characters. Angels of Death didn't deserve it at all, and in fact having those extra episodes to slow down the already glacial pacing only made it worse.

Phantom in the Twilight was slightly better, but it wasn't great either. It had a fairly strong start, especially for a show with a reverse harem setup. Ton was a strong character with a mind of her own, not just an audience self-insert who drooled over the hunky boys. I'd say the first arc of this show was fairly strong, featuring solid introductions, decent action, and a clear goal that I wanted the characters to achieve. Then the show started repeating itself rather than accomplishing anything or advancing, with most of the subsequent arcs just being slight tweaks of the first. By the end I just didn't care anymore, which is sad for something that had such a strong start.
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Toradora was one of the first anime I watched (probably my fourth or fifth). I enjoyed it a lot at the time but in retrospect now that I've seen more anime, it was mostly just average. Taiga and Ryuji were the only characters I really liked, the rest were mostly forgettable.
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On today's episode of Robazoid vs the Eternal Backlog, I finished more stuff from last season.

We Rent Tsukumogami was surprisingly not bad. The living items provided a Toy Story-esque comedic vibe at times (and were kind of lame at other times, but I digress), but the real focus of most of the plots was on piecing together the intricacies of relationships between people. Skillful writing for the mysteries and their emotional payoffs made up a lot for the rather weak premise and, quite frankly, poor production values. Still, I don't want to make it sound like I'm raving about this too much, especially since I liked it a whole lot less than the three other anime I mostly badmouthed yesterday. There was only one episode of this that I would describe as really good, and while most of the rest were at least decent it was still a below-average anime. I just went into this with super low expectations and it managed to surpass them! If you have to watch one of the antique mystery anime from last season, definitely pick this over Holmes of Kyoto. Tsukumogami blows that shitty Holmes anime out of the water in every regard.

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs was also surprisingly good! Ecchi anime are always hit-or-miss for me, but this one wound up being alright. I liked Yuuna a lot, and quite a few of the other side characters were a lot of fun as well. I even liked Kogarashi, he had more personality than the typical cardboard-cutout ecchi harem protagonist. I loved the running gag where he could face every new situation because he'd spent some time in the past possessed by a ghost with a helpful skill. Mostly, though, I think this managed to click with me because I have a soft spot for spiritual stories. The plots of fighting ghosts while helping other ghosts was always neat, even if they were usually just used as excuses to set up accidentally groping all the ladies.
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In my continuing quest to clear out my backlog, I finished a few more things from last season. Quick thoughts:

My Hero Academia S3 had a few super-great moments, and I enjoyed seeing the characters interact with all their fun powers being set against each other. With that said, there were a few stretches that I was bored with, which hadn't happened at any earlier point in the series. Part of me wonders if it was because I watched this while it aired instead of binging it like the earlier seasons. I just had trouble getting as invested in what was happening. Despite all of its epic moments, this season also made me realize I didn't love MHA as much as I thought I did. After S2 I ranked it in my top ten, but when I had to make room in there for Revue Starlight this was the least painful anime in my top ten to remove. It's still really good, S3 just felt like it was missing that magic spark the earlier seasons had, I guess.

Cells at Work was a fun anime, and I enjoyed Red Blood Cell's adventures in the body. The anime peaked in the first episode, though, and it all felt like more of the same from there. Quite a few episodes also leaned too hard into the education half of edutainment, for my tastes. I preferred it when the events of the body were cloaked more heavily in symbolism (not sure if that's even the right word but I'm tired, I mean stuff like snow falling when the body is cold and they don't necessarily need to spell it out) rather than straight representations (let's stop the action to explain what a parasite is. Now let's stop the action again to explain the damage the parasite is doing. Here's the cell that defeats parasites... ugh I'm bored, just have it melt something and the cell stab it, I'll fill in the blanks on my own). Still a solid watch, just not as amazing as I thought it would be after the first episode.

Overlord S3 was easily the weakest season of the series. The whole thing felt so lazy, and I'm not just talking about the terrible CGI. There were several events that should have been super impactful, but instead almost all of them fell flat for me. I mean, it was still Overlord so it wasn't terrible. I just hope, if it gets a fourth season, that they have a slightly larger budget and put a bit more thought into presenting little details in order to form a better whole. This felt like they hit all the big moments from the source material but missed all the minor aspects that would've given them real meaning.

I realized while writing this that I sound super down on all of these, which is odd because I ranked them all above average! I just had higher hopes for all of them, I guess, so I couldn't help but talk about how they let me down. Ah well.
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Time for my final thoughts on Hunter x Hunter (2011). First I'll tag some thoughts about the final arc, then I'll do general thoughts.

I thought the election arc was good. I wasn't a fan of the vice chairman but when his motives were fully revealed at the end, that was pretty good and redeemed a lot of the more annoying parts. I'm not sure Cheadle will be able to run the hunter organization though, the whole arc was her getting jerked around in ways I doubt Netero ever was. The need for a strong leader was also made fairly clear when Hisoka and Illumi basically murdered their way through an entire Hunter faction! I've never understood how this setting functions to begin with though, given how many super-murderers, creatures, and weapons of mass destruction there seem to be.

The Killua portion of the arc was my favorite part of it though. A few years ago I read through a bunch of the spooky items on the SCP Foundation website, and Alluka would have fit in there no problem. I liked her as a character, but also how her powers worked (they showed the scene of that poor butler being wrung so many times, it was great). I think it lost something near the end when Killua circumvented all the rules no problem, but oh well. Gon meeting Ging was nice too even if I agree with everyone else in that he's a terrible person/father. I would've voted Biscuit in the first rounds, but after that punch I was all aboard Leorio for chairman!

One final thing that was neat, there were a few times during the ant arc where I wondered where Hisoka was because that seemed like the sort of thing he would get a huge boner for. Turns out he just doesn't follow the news, LOL. It was neat that they acknowledged it.

So overall, Hunter x Hunter was a pretty amazing show. There were a few low points, as to be expected from something with 148 episodes, but on the whole it was entertaining and the highs were all really good. All of the arcs were enjoyable, but if I had to rank them...

Arena > Greed Island > Chimera Ant > Exam > Election > Yorknew > Zoldyck

Favorite characters: Biscuit, Palm.
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Rerided (or however the random capitalization goes) is already over. I haven't watched any of it yet, no idea if it's any good. I think everything else will be at least 2-3 weeks more.
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Yay, I finally finished Hunter x Hunter (2011). It's late now though so I'll try to post final thoughts before work tomorrow.

The main reason I'm posting is that I'm second on the topic creation list but I'm going to sleep now so don't count on me. Hopefully Reg or whoever will be around when this actually fills up!
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I'm not saying they should gleefully kill Komugi, but killing Pitou would be worth it even with the unfortunate sacrifice. Like, the way I saw it was that Gon was off the deep end and finally ready to kill someone who needed killing. Killua, not wanting to let an innocent die (what about that old man you randomly murdered at the end of the exam arc and, aside from having broken the rules, no one cared, Killua?) and, in desperation, he brought up Kite to stop Gon. Saving Kite wasn't Killua's main concern there, it was saving Komugi, some girl he had no particular reason to care about in comparison to the importance of their mission/revenge. I guess I just wanted random-murderer Killua to team up with don't-give-a-fuck Gon.
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I just didn't like how Komugi was even a consideration for Killua. Potentially saving Kite is fine, but I was with Gon, Komugi was nothing more than a bargaining chip at that point in time and Killua caring about her well-being even a little bit was lame.
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LapisLazuli posted...

Oof is right!

I'll admit, after making the post I remembered the most pertinent reason was that they needed Pitou to maybe save Kite, but I swear I remember Killua also arguing the morality of letting someone wounded by their attack die. You're up against ants that are literal threats to the entire world, who cares, kill the ants. Plus, this was right in the middle of the 'one second passes per episode' pacing so I agreed super hard with Gon, I didn't want to wait anymore!
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I finally made decent progress on Hunter x Hunter (2011) again, finishing up to episode 136 and the end of the big arc. There's still twelve episodes left that I hope to finish soon, but I'll spoiler-tag a few thoughts for now.

So this was a super long arc and I took a long break before this last half. That means the earlier stuff isn't 100% fresh in my memory but I think I still recall enough to talk about it. Overall I thought the Chimera Ant arc was really good (which is to be expected since all of HxH has been really good so far) but it was definitely the most uneven arc. There were parts I enjoyed immensely and other parts that were easily the worst parts of the anime.

I enjoyed the first part with the ants slowly evolving/spreading and everyone becoming aware of the problem and heading in to try and stop it. The second part, with Gon, Killua, Palm, and Biscuit training, that might honestly be my favorite part of the anime. Biscuit and Palm were so good. The three big-time hunters were also clearing out the ant problem in a really badass way during this section, which was also great.

The next part was after the King was born, and I thought this section was good too. His relationship with Komugi was really intriguing, and everything that happened as the hunters slowly closed in on the palace was interesting and badass. Then the palace attack started and... man, parts of this section felt really bad. Most of it was the pacing, which felt slow even for an anime that frequently had long training sections in previous arcs. At one point after five episodes Knuckle was like 'oh jeez less than ten seconds have passed' and I was like 'I know, it's awful'.

It really didn't help that the Royal Guard ants were all my least favorite characters on the show. They kept trying to do stuff with Youpi during this section and I didn't care about any of it. I didn't care about Pitou aside from wanting her to die horribly (and she did, yay) but that wasn't the focus until way later. Killua became a wet blanket, too. Just let Gon murder the evil cat-ant even if it kills a random girl, jeez. Why do you care about her. Pouf was also legitimately terrible but I'll get to him later too. The only good parts of this section were Ikalgo's adventures underground.

Things picked back up with the King/Netero fight, that was legitimately awesome. Gon's fight with Pitou was great too. I expected that duel to take a lot longer than a single episode, but the way he absolutely stomped her was so awesome that I didn't even feel cheated. I hope Gon comes out of that okay. While I'm talking about good things, the finale with Meruem and Komugi was so heartfelt, I enjoyed the end of the arc a lot.

Sadly, Pouf did absolutely everything he could to ruin the last stretch of the arc. His misadventures to try and kill Komugi were so bad. Everything felt so pointless since it seemed obvious to me that the King would eventually see something that sparked his memory whether he ever saw Komugi or not, yet episode after episode were dedicated to that stupid butterfly getting outwitted. Ugh, worst character of the anime by far. I'm glad he died.

Anyway this post went on a bit long. In conclusion, I enjoyed the Chimera Ant arc overall but it was long enough that it encompassed both my favorite and least favorite parts of HxH. Now I hope the final few episodes provide a decent conclusion!
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It may be eight weeks late, but I finally focused enough to finish the last few episodes of two shows from last season.

Planet With was pretty great! My favorite thing about this anime has to be the pacing, it was always impressive just how much action and character/plot development it managed to fit into each episode. I also want to mention how nicely it blended humor and seriousness. This is an anime where a weird cat mascot thing can be goofy trying to look at a figurine's panties and then a few minutes later I'm 100% invested in some deep plot moment. I also really liked the characters, especially Soya and Nozomi. Overall, I really liked it.

Hanebado, meanwhile, was a piece of shit from start to finish. I don't think I've ever seen something with such muddled and (quite frankly) offensive themes as this story. It made en effort to drain the fun out of literally every scene, always playing people to their most despicable while keeping the plot consistently grim. Things that should have been foreshadowed appeared out of nowhere. Things that should have led to something later were forgotten or fell flat. To put it simply, the writing was atrocious in every aspect. I hated every single character and everything that happened in this anime. It looked kind of nice at times, I guess, but that simply wasn't enough to salvage this from being a dumpster fire. Anyone who feels like watching this, just watch Scorching Ping Pong Girls instead. It's better.
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My exciting quest to slowly catch back up on airing stuff continues!

Slime is still solid. I like all the powers that little slime has, and the fun interactions with the various characters. My only real issue is that the setting doesn't feel like it has anything going for it, it's just a generic fantasy land for the most part. There are elements that could come together into something unique, though, so I guess I'll see where it goes. I hope control of the forest becomes a bigger thing with different sides and tactics and he doesn't just go off on a generic adventure or something.

Zombieland Saga is still a lot of fun. I feel like they've toned down on the craziness since when I stopped. The bit with the lightning strike was awesome though. But they also expanded on the characters so it was a decent trade-off. I like them all and I'm excited to continue watching.

Ranking of stuff I'm caught up on:

Bunny Girl
Anima Yell
Zombie Land
Uzamaid
Ms. vampire
Goblin Slayer
Slime

Those are all good shows though. I should probably catch up on one of the shitty ones next. I wonder if Conception ever managed to rise above being completely terrible.
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Vanil
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Thank you to everyone who supported the Year of XIII. We all stuck together through a lawyering, rallied behind Fang once she was the last one standing, and then we made the miracle happen. There were too many of us for me to thank individuals without feeling bad for inevitably leaving someone out, but I think most would agree that Inviso was the one who started this crazy dream. So, thank you Inviso.

Final Fantasy XIII is my favorite FF and I'm so happy a character from that game finally made it all the way.
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**R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D**

I'm caught back up in four airing anime now. I still haven't finished HxH like I hoped I would by now, but at this rate I'll conquer my backlog someday! Season ranking of stuff I'm caught up in:

Bunny Girl
Anima Yell
Uzamaid
Ms. vampire

Bunny Girl still the unquestioned best. The three cute girls shows are all good as well, but the bottom two have fallen a bit since the start of the season. Both Uzamaid and Ms. vampire added new characters who aren't as good as the characters who were already there, which sadly dragged them down. Anima Yell has stayed consistently uplifting and fun, though.
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Fang 10

That's all I can do, good luck Fang!
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Fang 9
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Bump
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Fang 8
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Fang 7
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Fang 6
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Fang 5
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Fang 4
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Fang 3
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Fang 2
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Fang 1
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the Year of XIII. We made it to all the way to the finals! Now it's time to support Fang one last time with everything we have.
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Fang
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Cid P
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User, all of Lightning's remaining historical savers are backing Fang, we aren't angry about it. I would have preferred a chance at a Lightning win, sure, but I saved all of them equally because this is the Year of XIII where that whole awesome game gets my love!
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Tokoyami posted...

See things like this baffle me

If Lightning had ever won, I wouldn't support her either! I'm very consistent on no repeats! Or no more repeats now, I suppose.

Anyway, are we good on our Cid/Fang trade deal tomorrow? I believe in a small second hour
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MartinFF7 posted...

If it's a Fang/Anyone Else finale, he might have always intended to save Fang so it would've been no harm.

He mentioned Fang being his least favorite so I assume Fang wouldn't get the votes normally in any scenario. I could be wrong though, people do sometimes vote strategically in finals. I voted Locke over Vivi a few years ago because I didn't want a repeat champion even though I liked Vivi and hadn't played FFVI yet.
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Tokoyami posted...

I'll take one of those Fang H1 for Cid P

I'll take this if that's alright MI. I'm going to actually put in an effort to get in early so I want to make sure I have a trade just on the off-chance there's a second hour.
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Well I'm just glad that Fang the character doesn't seem to be getting blamed for the result anymore.

With that hopefully smoothed over, I am also interested in an H1 trade for Fang tomorrow
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Okay guys, even accepting the premise that Karo acted under spite and deserves some sort of punishment... he was backing Rikku literally yesterday. Fang isn't his main or anything. Why is Fang being blamed for this?
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A few rounds ago when Koala killed a character with an NR, that was all good. Why does Karo killing a character with an NR suddenly demand vengeance?
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