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It is kinda funny though. Slime and goblin slayer are almost the exact opposite in tone even though they deal with similar worlds. Slime is quite lighthearted and fun. It's nice to have them both in one season for the juxtaposition.
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dragon504 posted...

Saturdays don't come fast enough, I need my Goblin Slayer.

I feel the same way, although I also can't wait for slime datta on monday IIRC.
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Monogatari still stands as king but bunny girl is still a good watch. if you liked monogatari, chances are pretty decent that you will like bunny girl. It's definitely a level or two down in the strangeness department though, even outside of not being shaft made and directed. Still, a more grounded approach to the same concept isn't bad.

I finished up the last 7 episodes of HeroAca. Decent I suppose. I'm really confused as to how they didn't realize that one guy was just phasing through the floor and thought he could actually warp. Like wtf, do they not have eyes? It was also a really lame attack when they taped antigrav bolders and then dropped the tape that way. How does that have any benefit over just shooting out tape and why did no one even attempt to evade it since it was pretty slow.

It's kind of frustrating how little the powers actually matter. Like how people can take brutal punishment with no defensive quirk and no explanations for why they aren't instantly dead when say, deku punches them or massively burned when bakugo blasts them. Really makes it feel like none of the fight actually matters.
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Watched episode 2 of bunny girl now. It's actually feeling more and more monogatari. At the very least it's taken inspiration. While the mechanism is different (aberration vs adolescence syndrome), the actual story is practically the same set up.

Also I must praise this show for something small that I feel like I never see done. One character noticed something and looked at it, the other character saw her look at something and followed her gaze to see what it was, the first person noticed and looked away and the other person didn't say anything about it till later. So often you see some character visibly notice something and no one seems to notice their obvious facial expressions and eyes looking somewhere else. The show in general feels like it expects more from the viewer than most anime and it's refreshing.

Although I gotta criticize the way they brought up shcrodengers cat. The dude made up that example of the cat being both dead and alive as a way to make fun of how absurd that principle is but it just keeps getting misrepresented as him actually supporting the idea. "Schrdinger did not wish to promote the idea of dead-and-alive cats as a serious possibility; on the contrary, he intended the example to illustrate the absurdity of the existing view of quantum mechanics". The show continues to misrepresent it as him saying the cat is half alive and half dead. The idea of quantum superposition is that all states FULLY exist until its observed at which point it collapses into a single state.
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Watched episode 1 of bunny girl. I quite like the main guy. The show sorta reminds of a much less shaft version of the monogatari series. It's just got that sorta dialogue and slow paced strangeness to it. Of course, shaft is a huge part of monogatari so I'm not putting this on its level or anything. I'm interested to see where it goes though.

So far it looks like all the things I was planning to watch have turned out quite good. A much better anime season than I thought it'd be when I looked over the list a few weeks before it started. Even SAO has started off better than I expected. Slime datta and bunny girl have both definitely exceeded my expectations.
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Just watched the first 3 eps of slime datta. This anime is great. I'm actually a little bummed I started it cause now I have to wait for more. The episodes are pretty light so far so I feel like it'd be easy to marathon a lot at once. I wonder when rimura turns into the human looking girl from the intro.

Also got valkyria chronicles 4. Not too far in but it really bugs me that the story cutscenes are randomly broken up the way they are. It really kills the pacing to get kicked back out to a menu after every single scene. Gameplay has been pretty fun so far but quite easy. I assume that will change later on. Currently it feels really OP to stick an engineer in a corner and then park my tank to completely block them off so they can't be hurt and can repair the tank every turn but I guess a lot of missions seem pretty aggressive so you can't really sit in one spot too much. The battle potentials are hilarious and its a fun system.
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Yeah, to a lesser extent I agree. I mean, I'm not sure how the show would actually stay interesting if he just keeps killing low tier fodder goblins and nothing else. I think the mention of a goblin king and of significantly increased goblin activity are the hints for where the story will go but it feels really directionless so far. Really just feels like things haven't started yet.
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Finally I'm Free!!!!

Was really stalling out at working on stuff so I banned myself from all anime/games/tv/friends/forums/whatever for a week. First 5 days were productive, last 2 felt like torture. My brain is mush. Still have tons more to code. Feels endless.

Caught up on goblin slayer and its still quality although there was a random awful cgi scene when goblin slayer was walking away from the camera towards red haired girl who was in the window. Felt like it was 5 fps. I don't fucking understand why they don't put anime cgi at higher frame rates. It desperately needs more than the 24 fps of standard tv to not look hideous. It's not like it even takes any more effort either.

Still have no idea where goblin slayer plans to go. This last episode kinda felt like it was wasting a lot of time and it kind of bugs me to be 2 eps into an anime and still not to know what to expect from it. It's also getting increasingly hard to believe that people wouldn't know about the dangers of goblins. I mean, they destroy villages and routinely rape and kill people in large numbers. Theres no way these kinds of stories wouldn't have spread more. They all remind me of the chosen from the last sovereign.

Probably about to watch new SAO episode. To the people talking about it before, it seems to be back in a more serious and fantasy direction and for years light novel readers have been saying this is when it gets good (and that it'd be too long to adapt, this one arc is literally longer than everything before it put together). No idea how true it is but the first episode was a good one.

Senran Kagura is always censored. Annoys me to no end. No oppai, no manko. You even get black sensor bars when you fully nude up the girls. Extra censoring is just...why hit em when their down? Course its kinda nice that PC gets the full game. Hopefully it continues the trend of japanese PC ports long enough for the japanese companies to stop sucking complete ass at porting to PC.
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ifnsman posted...

Still haven't watched that. :P

It's a visual novel. It does actually have some of the typical yuri ultra melodrama but it also has plenty of sweet and great yuri in there too. They also make it look like you can romance two characters but you actually don't have a choice and I was left with the one I liked the least of the two.

There's also some lesser VNs out there that do fine (sakura gamer is probably my favorite but even it isn't safe from melodrama, don't buy it though, the guy running that company is actually evil).

Oh yeah, I guess VA-11 Hall-A is yuri even though thats kind of a minor part. That was really good. It's just annoying that they feel like every yuri romance MUST contain melodrama. Bringing it back to my last post its like how every MMORPG MUST have hotbars and cooldowns for no reason.
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To be fair, I didn't initially enjoy the manga. The set up was worrying but there were ways it could have gone that would have been satisfying. Instead they just stayed stuck on main girls inability to feel "love" which is obviously at even a cursory glance just a case of not understanding what love is (she keeps describing it as expecting everything to get all shiny and for her to magically fly, like almost literally). She comes across feeling unrealistic or at the very least extremely dumb in a way thats not intended.

To make a better synopsis, its the story of a girl who expects love to feel like a shoujo manga and doesn't (for a very very long time) understand why it doesn't feel that way for her in real life. None of the other characters have the sense to bonk her in the head and say "yo, thats not how it is in real life, change your expectations dumbass". Other main girl (the senpai) is also a sociopath.

I ran into a similar issue with some yuri hentai VN recently as well. Why is it so hard to make 2 enjoyable female characters and then have them fall in love without making one for no reason hate the other one or act like a robot or decide they have to die or decide they are so unlovable that they just refuse to be with anyone? Regular romance figured out how to do it (occasionally). Just do the same shit but two girls. How fucking hard is it?!

The "best" yuri manga thats hailed as being so much better than everything is basically just one bitchy human and one reasonable human misunderstanding each other for 5+ hours of reading time before one finally develops a brain cell and says "hey, we both like each other, lets just stop being unreasonable bitches for like two seconds and get together" and then it works out perfectly.

But no. We can't have even that much ever again. They have to do their absolute best to make at least one of the girls utterly hateable so that I can't even want the two girls to end up together. It's infuriating.

It reminds of MMOs how it seems so constrained by the common tropes of the genre, but for no reason, making yuri or MMOs an extremely specific thing instead of a broad area with a variety of approaches. It's so strange to me because other genres don't have that problem. Even something like shonen that feels trapped in its genre conventions still manages to pump out stuff like hunterxhunter.
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Watched episode 1 of bloom into you (I dropped the manga after a bit). I forgot just how much I fuckin hate the main girl. Like, I really despise this character and hope misfortune befalls her. Why the author chose to write about someone as annoying as her is beyond me. In the anime she has only briefly shown the depths of her awfulness but it gets worse. I might hate watch this but I doubt I'll get any legitimate enjoyment out of this. Why can't they make good yuri? Production quality wise it looks ok. A tiny bit of odd CGI hand at one point but mostly the characters look fine. The direction isn't anything special but its passable. Voice acting feels appropriate especially for the main girl (which is kind of an insult but she brought that hateability to life effectively).

Probably watch bunny girl next and not really feeling reincarnated slime guy anime today.
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dragon504 posted...

tempted to actually watch goblin slayer weekly

I plan to. Seeing a lot of fantasy brutality lately with overlord S3 into goblin slayer into sorta the first half of the SAO S3's episode one (which is 47 minutes btw). Enjoying it quite a lot. Wish I could find a similar game to play. It's either bleak darkness and everything's dead with dark souls or PG fun time fantasy world for children as far as games go. No game seems to hit that grimgar, made in abyss or now goblin slayer level of life and color plus grim brutality, at least that I can think of. I guess something like FFT:WotL or tactics ogre: let us cling together are the closest but they are very plot/war focused with almost no sense of adventure. Why will no one make the games I want to play?
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Watching episode one of SAO: Alicization right after goblin slayer was intentionally scary. I actually really liked the set up and am pretty interested to see where this goes.

I Intend to also check out episode 1 of bunny girl, slime guy, and bloom into you. I'll probably wait for index to finish before watching it (and maybe rewatch the first two seasons since its been so long). Considering how down I was on this season a few days ago, I've really come around. Kinda of an odd season really. Several shows I really want to watch and then thats it, everything else seems far below for now. No middle ground.
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Goblin Slayer episode 1 is out and I just watched it. Never read the manga but it feels like a quality production and its every bit as brutal as expected. Definitely looking forward to more. Think I might watch a bunch of first eps today although I still do have 8 or so eps of BnH and 5 or so eps of that slave demon lord thing that I may or may not finish. Given how long the new SAO season is (4 cour) I might as well watch it weekly. The first season was actually one of the few I watched weekly back then.

All the anime I expected to perform well from researching some of them seem to be highly rated after their first episodes so thats a good sign.
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Just finished overlord S3. Honestly liked the direction it was going in S2 better. Basically the show without demiurge is superior IMO. Still, I don't hate what it is now. It's kinda strange, all the parts about ains are the least interesting parts of the show. I think I just got tired of his overpoweredness.
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I'm watching S3 right now. Very tempted to read the spoiler text but I should be patient. It is interesting how this anime has gone from somewhat generic isekai into clearly its own thing. It far exceeded my original expectations which were pretty low to be fair.
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I_Abibde posted...

$1.99 U.S. at normal price, $1.39 U.S. on sale. The devs are pretty generous.

I know, its the price that always almost gets me.
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Finished grand blue. I'm sad its over. It did a good job of cheering me up and then encouraging me to drink too much so I'd end up depressed again.

I've got overlord S3 up next unless I want to finish the slave demon lord thing first. I really need to get in the mood to get some work done though. Hopefully I'll manage.
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I've almost bought a Deep Space Waifu game like 5 times. I probably will at some point.
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I tried watching super but I could not get into it at all. I was hoping nostalgia for DBZ would carry me till I was invested but it didn't.

Unrelated to that, I'm finishing up grand blue now that the seasons over (on ep 10 right now). I really like the OP. It just gets me in a good mood. The visuals of the nice blue ocean and cute girls along with the song itself just work, at least for me. The show itself did get a little stale but its still enjoyable.I watched some of the demon king slave thing (can't remember name) a while back and ran out of episodes. Not sure if I'll finish it or not. Looking forward to finishing up my hero acadamia and watching all of overlord S3. I'm not super hyped about any of those but they should be worth the watch time.
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That is pretty upsetting and the voices are clearly different. To hear they didn't even ask him back is bizarre. I'd really like to hear why that happened. The only thing that made even a tiny bit of sense was some comments about him being more expensive or something but still...

Theres no way they don't come out behind on this decision and they would be madmen to think it wouldn't end up being a huge deal.

It really just seems to make no sense.
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I'm sure someone already mentioned but it's hilarious to me that conception is getting an anime this season. Only a week or so away. I'm somewhat hopeful the SOA anime will be decent. I liked the first arc of the first season and the last arc of the second season a decent bit. I remember hearing alicization was supposed to be "where it gets good" quite a while ago.

We get a yuri anime of a manga that I dropped cause the characters were fucking stupid and obnoxious. Maybe the anime will be better? With my luck I'll hate it but this is the one that'll do well despite citrus getting a lot of hate.

Theres quite a few original anime this season but almost all of them look really bad from the synopsis and have stupid names.

Goblin Slayer is about all I'm really looking forward to. After a super lackluster season it feels like we immediately get another one. Oh well, we had several good season recently starting back with made in abyss.

Also now that I'm looking, jesus theres so many game based anime this upcoming season. Theres like 10. The only game based anime I can think of recently that was any good at all was the first season of shingeki no bahumut and as far as I know it had almost no connection to the game. Kinda bummed to be honest. At least the season after has some good stuff. Maybe I'll even get lucky and there will be some surprise hits this season.
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I liked wolf's rain quite a bit when I last watched it but its been quite a while. Strong characters and utterly unique. Heading for paradise... its kind of obvious how the ending was gonna go. While it had a little manservice its not a yaoi show or anything.

Moribito was sort of hit and miss for me. The beginning really got things going before the anime decided "ok, fun parts over" and then it slowed down and never again reached those heights. Kingdom's first arc had a similar story structure (intro, hectic escape, travel period, finale) but handled it much better IMO. Also it pissed me off irrationally with that spear move balsa does they keep bringing up. The move does nothing. Theres no reason it should have helped remotely in a fight but its treated like some ultimate dangerous move. Considering most of the fighting is very on point and well choreographed that just made me rage.

I liked eden of the east decently. The beginning especially was really strong IMO. The most fun amnesiac character I can think of. Been a long while since I've seen it as well.

Zeus posted...

I also wasn't nearly as into FFTA as FFT, although humorously enough I finished FFTA but not FFT (got sidetracked by quests, etc). I think the format and setting just didn't appeal to me as much, since FFTA framed everything as a kind of game whereas FFT framed things as battles in a war.

Also, as much as I liked FFTA the first time around (although the game admittedly had some issues), I could never get into a replay.

I've full completed FFTA twice (all 300 missions and the bonus cid questline afterwards). Despite the story being stupid and laws being also stupid, I loved that game. I feel like it and FFT got opposite things right. FFT:WotL has one of the most enjoyable game storylines and characters but the gameplay aspects are unrefined and cumbersome. The random battles are obnoxious as hell and a lot of the maps were pretty annoying as well.

FFTA has much better maps and skills and class balance and quests and gameplay set up but its story is actually stupid and the characters are boring children that naively stumble their way through the story. Was still stupidly excited to get the pink/white hair girl in post game. Also it's great that you can kill off monteblanc in the jagds. All the ivalice games ended up being my favorite FF games in general.
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Not an uncommon opinion. Anime really finds a way to jam a highschool into almost anything.
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Just rewatched crest of the stars cause I wanted some kinda war drama. Not sure whether I'll watch banner of the stars next or look for something else since I've seen the whole series before. I'm ready for a new good (full length) gundam series about a direct military conflict and not some kinda terrorists or child mercenaries or whatever.

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I checked out early into season 2 but I'd still kinda watch a season 3 if they did one.

The first half of season 2 is definitely the weakest part but the last half is IMO some of the best episodes of anime that exist. The ending especially is probably my favorite (minus the ambiguous cart scene).

Code geass in general has somehow remained in my top 5 anime since I've seen it despite several drastic changes in taste. It's just straight up compelling and engaging on several different fronts.
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Woah, I totally missed out on the news that the new code geass thing will not be season 3 but will instead be a movie. Kinda disappointed but at least they can't have an awful season 3 now.
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Most of the good anime out there got pretty popular IMO. Usually right under the shonen hype and idol shows in japan. I'm kinda hard pressed to think of anything I thought was really great that ended up being unsuccessful.

Also I too prefer the original FMA to brotherhood. It felt more mystery horror compared to the more blatantly shonen action of brotherhood. Also much prefer the origin of homunculus in the original.

It's a little crazy to me how much hate the original gets in some circles. That anime was in a LOT of top favorite lists before brotherhood came out.
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dragon504 posted...

I borked my pc, no idea when/if I'll get it fixed. Best case, only the psu died.

Recently had mine die. Thought it was my PSU but it turned out it was my GPU. Just got it fixed yesterday. Was such a big pain in the ass trying to figure out what was wrong only to be incorrect the first time.
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I almost forgot twelve kingdoms exists. Good show. Even though we got a bit of it, I'm sad we didn't get more.

I remember dropping it after the first episode the first time I saw it but fortunately that episode might as well be from a different anime with how different the rest of the show is.
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No way I can list any definitive top anything except maybe top 1 and even then it kinda depends so I'll just list and talk about some of my favorites.

Monogatari series. I currently say this is my favorite anime. It's one of the few anime to be both incredibly unique and incredibly well produced. It's still an absolute mystery to me how this managed to become very popular. It feels as niche as texnolyze or SEL or something and yet it keeps selling like hotcakes and getting more made. I'm not complaining though. Owarimonogatari S2 especially is my favorite ending of any anime. Like, the whole season. It was all just a perfect wrap up of everything, at least for me.

I'm a little unusual in that I like nisemono best and like monogatari second season the least. Seems to be the opposite reaction of just about everyone else. I can't wait for more.

Code geass was my previous number 1 anime and its still up there. It's also the anime I've rewatched the most (I think I've seen it about 7 times). It has everything. Comedy, action, drama, FEELS, strategy, tactics, waifus, pizza, and so much dramatic flair. The sound design especially is easy to not focus on but I think it's what ties it all together. Theres honestly so much I could talk about here. I feel like lelouch is the correct version of light yagami (from death note). Also JYB as lelouch takes that character to the top. Aside from the ambiguity leading to a season 3 it was also my favorite ending up until owarimonogatari. Very cautiously optimistic about upcoming S3.

Legend of the galactic heroes also occupied my top spot for a time. There really is no story on as grand a scale. It was great on every level really. For a show with so much polictics, it manages to stay impressively impartial. It's almost like watching a documentary on the romance of the three kingdoms or the warring states era, just more interestingly handled and with more thematic weight. It does kinda get boring at times though. Also kinda feel like a certain character not dying would have made the show better in the long run. Oh well.

HXH 2011. I credit it as the only good shonen. Thats somewhat hyperbole but I feel like it really manages to actually solve almost every problem that plagues shonen. It feels like something that almost anybody would like as long as they aren't put off by the episode count. In recent years we have really seen the value of putting out shonen seasonally so they can maintain good pacing and production quality but somehow hxh 2011 actually managed to have it all with a nearly 150 episode run AND solid pacing as well good production quality.

Neon Genesis Evangelion. It has almost everything I came to anime to find in the first place. As a teenager especially I was very into the psychological and philosophical anime out there, especially the dark ones and I feel like this one is still the best. It also just has this really unique atmosphere. I've never really seen anyone talk about that. Just the way its filmed and how they talk and the noises and stuff make it feel unique in a way that I think really compliments what the show is all about. The main message of the show also resounds so powerfully for me. I've been depressed and had trouble connecting plenty. It's just kind of the perfect look at that with the message that even though it's all painful and difficult, it's still worth it, and presented in a way that feels earned and not patronizing.

Made in Abyss is something I sorta feel like I shouldn't put on a top list yet, but only because its not over and the ending will be so very important. Theres nothing in all of anime that I'm more curious about than what is at the bottom of the abyss. On the other hand, that means it better be fucking good. I kinda feel like I'm setting my expectations impossibly high but thats the shows fault for being so good. Favorite soundtrack in all of anime. Kevin Pinkin did such a great job.

Character limit approaching so thats all for now.
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