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Comments have made me more likely to check out a few anime, so keep them coming if my first reactions are unfair or incorrect!

Sequels:
BanG Dream 2nd Season- Early front-runner for AotY 2019, especially if they introduce all the great characters from the mobile game. Kasumi will always be the best though.

Kemono Friends 2- I haven't followed the drama surrounding this at all. I thought the first season was cute, but I didn't love it. I'll still watch this though.

Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki- A sequel to something I've never heard of.

Piano Mori 2- I hope to watch the first season on Netflix before the end of the year. I guess I'll see how it is then.

New Stuff:
Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka- aka Magical Girl Special Ops. Whether I care about this will depend on where it falls on the edginess scale. Yuki Yuna/Madoka, sure sign me up. Magical Girl Raising Project/Site, no thanks. I'll need to research it a bit I suppose.

Endro- A cutesy looking anime where girls learn how to defeat a constantly reviving demon lord. Not gonna lie, this sounds amazing.

Ueno-san wa Bukiyou- A third grader falls in love with a second grader and tries to use crazy inventions to make that clear, with hilarious results. This honestly sounds like it could be alright as long as it isn't directed at children.

Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita- A college student falls in love with a fifth grader. If they handle it like Uzamaid, I'm tentatively intrigued.

Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no ue- A writer adopts a cat to use for inspiration. Wait a minute... isn't that basically Garfield? Is this anime-style Garfield? I'm going to need to watch it just to find that answer.

Girly Air Force- People create false girls to fight in sci-fi fighter jets against aliens. Why couldn't you just use real girls in normal jets. Meh, I like Ace Combat-style dogfighting but this just strikes me as really uninteresting. I'll still probably check it out though.

Kemurikusa- Girls fight to survive against strange creatures in a world of red fog. This sounds like it could be awesome but I'm going to need to check out the production values first because it also sounds like it could be Lord of Vermilion, one of the worst things I've ever seen.

Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai- Air fighter mercenaries work to guard people on the frontier. This basically stole the one interesting thing Girly Air Force- had going for it except this sounds way better. I'm looking forward to it!

Ongoing list of what I'm actually looking forward to (not necessarily all the stuff I'll check out):
BanG Dream 2nd Season
Kakegurui xx
Endro
Yakusoku no Neverland
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai
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I'm probably looking at next season stuff too early but I'm bored at work now so oh well. After attempting to watch everything in 2018, I hope to be a bit pickier in 2019. And what better way to choose than by joining the old tradition of posting thoughts about next season stuff! Using names and plot descriptions from AniChart. I'll do these a few at a time until I finish or decide to stop.

Sequels:
Mob Psycho II- the first season is one of a great many things currently buried in my backlog. If I manage to finish it in time, I guess I'll watch this.

Kakegurui xx- Hell yes, Kakegurui S1 is a top ten anime for me and I need more Yumeko gambling in my life. That said, Netflix will probably delay this season too so I'll watch it someday I guess.

Date a Live III- I had hoped to watch the first two seasons before they left Crunchyroll but I didn't have time. It sounded neat, at least.

3D Kanojo 2- I may have tried to be a 2018 completionist but not even I hated myself enough to watch the first season of 3D Kanojo.

New Stuff:
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari- Isekai about a dude with a shield. Sounds like it's trying too hard to find an isekai angle that hasn't been done before. I'll pass on this unless it gets high praise.

Yakusoku no Neverland- Orphans learn some sort of secret. This honestly sounds like something that would be right up my alley since I like mysterious things and kids going on adventures like Stranger Things.

Boogiepop wa Warawanai- There's a legend about a shinigami, and it's true! This plot description didn't tell me a damn thing. I'll still probably check it out though, mostly because I remember people here talking about it.

Kaguya-sama wa Kokura Setai- Love is war, and the loser is the one who confesses first! I'm the kind of guy who hates drawn out romantic teasing (just kiss already you dumb kids) but I guess this could be a funny take on that since they'll be doing it on purpose. I dunno, I'm on the fence.

Dororo- A guy gets fake limbs and tries to reclaim his real limbs from demons. That definitely sounds neat, but reading the description also reminded me of Sword Gai and his edgy sword-arm, which isn't the greatest thing for an anime to remind me of.

5-Toubun no Hanayome- A guy tutors quintuplet girls. I'm not the biggest fan of blatant fanservice anime and I probably won't bother checking if this is one of the few good ones.

Revisions- People are transported into the future and control... giant... robots? Okay I've already forgotten the description, it just went on and on. I'll probably wait to see what other people think of this. I could see it either being amazing or stupid and confusing.

Domestic na Kanojo- A guy in a love triangle with his new step sisters. The step sister angle reminded me of Citrus. The teacher angle reminded me of Scum's Wish. Basically this anime sounds like it was designed to piss me off so I probably shouldn't watch it.

Ongoing list of what I'm actually looking forward to:
Kakegurui xx
Yakusoku no Neverland
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Tokoyami posted...

Killua was under the control of Illumi's bullshit at that time with the exam, remember how big of a deal it was when he pulled the needle out

I thought the needle only spooked him away from powerful enemies. I guess that means he killed the guy out of frustration? I've never really considered why he even did that and no one cared so it was never brought up again.
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Worst Sports Anime
Worst Mecha Anime
Worst Horror Anime
Worst Romance Anime
Worst Mystery Anime
Worst Fantasy Anime
Worst Isekai Anime

These are all vital categories that I will require for my negative opinions to be heard!
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I don't remember wanting positivity.

Give us more negative categories, if anything!
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I really liked Nanbu in Megalo Box, as far as characters go. He was interesting and had a solid arc.

I can see liking the overall visual style, but I'm surprised to see praise for the actual animation. I thought it was rather weak from a technical standpoint. The fights for me were carried by the emotion involved, never how they looked.
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LapisLazuli posted...

Man, poor Franxx. I still like it and all, but so squandered. I barely even think about it anymore.

Just make sure you remember it when it comes time to decide Most Disappointing
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AoT will probably win, yeah. AICO will almost certainly have my support, though!
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Posting mostly to bump the topic. Uhh, what should I say to keep the post from being meaningless...

BanG Dream S2 is the anime from next year that I'm most hyped for! Kasumi is best girl
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I hated KnK 7 so much.

Speaking of it being super dumb regarding murder, don't forget how when Shiki finally does kill the deranged psychopath, the glasses dude's reaction is basically 'lol that's fine' even though he spent the whole movie being adamantly against it. Ugh, it couldn't even be consistent.
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I really need to catch up on Zombieland Saga. Maybe I will tonight.

I got caught up on Goblin Slayer over the weekend, too. I'm enjoying it still, especially since they added more characters.
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pyresword posted...

So what good shows from this year did I miss?

AICO Incarnation

I wouldn't make it a Netflix priority if you only have a month trial, and I doubt that anyone will ever like AICO as much as I did, but it's a solid anime and more people should give it a chance.
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Vanil
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Huh, I like Midorin quite a lot. She seems to fit in perfectly with the rest of the cast.

As a side character who was there every so often like the school friends she would be fine, but I really like the dynamic between Misha and Tsubame and I don't want Midori to be in the middle of it all the time.
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Vanil

Ain't no rule against ambiguous saves
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I wonder how many more times GMUN will feel the need to remind us that he has a pathetic obsession with hating a video game and the people who enjoy it.
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Dankey Kang 1
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Brandon "Badger" Mayhew (Breaking Bad)
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https://mobile.twitter.com/antibullyranger
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I read that the ending would have originally implied that they were still stuck in the red room but the director decided he liked the characters too much so they were given a happier ending.
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Fang
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Leblanc was definitely a key character in the X-0 lore.
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LapisLazuli posted...

Why...why is Mrchen Mdchen on this chart?

The last two episodes will finally come out! They were delayed after the production fell apart. I'm unironically looking forward to finally seeing a conclusion.
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Yeah Kakuriyo wasn't the greatest anime in the world (it hovers around exactly average for me, bouncing back and forth between 5 and 6/10) but I have a soft spot for fantastical settings/stories like that, so I enjoyed it. Even in that regard, though, Kakuriyo was nowhere near the greatness of Konohana Kitan, which I think I remember you didn't really care for either? Without enjoying that element, I can definitely see someone disliking it.

I also thought Aoi was great. The plot had her doing more than was believable at times but as a character she was determined and resourceful.
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I think the biggest downside to getting an NR near the end of the round instead of a fulfilled trade earlier is that it probably delayed charon offering his own NRs (ideally a character would only need two morr saves before they're offered, if you offer three NRs at this stage you might not be able to fulfill them all). Charon seemed to offer right away after Seymour only needed two but it just wasn't fast enough by that point.
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Seymour
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Rikku
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Shaduln posted...

Trading for Rikku auto

For Fang
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Fang
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B8 vs PotD
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I like the Bunny Girl OP. Not my favorite OP/ED of the season or anything (that would probably be... I dunno, Uzamaid ED?) but it's fine.
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Kefka
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tennisboy213 posted...

auto-trading for Kefka in 11 minutes, already got Rikku

For Vanille
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Fang
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Vanille
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Cid P
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th3l3fty posted...

auto for Cid P; already got Vincent

For Vanille
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Fang
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Vanille
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Fang
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Vincent
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I think I'm going to try and finish the last 39 episodes of HxH this weekend. I put it on hold awhile ago to try and keep up with airing stuff, but after focusing on Funimation stuff for the last few weeks I'm hilariously behind on everything except Bunny Girl anyway. I think finishing HxH and Monogatari should take priority to finally get those big shows out of the way.
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If I could watch anime at work I would, believe me! Sadly I don't get home until after midnight.
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Well, tomorrow is the deadline for Funimation stuff leaving Crunchyroll and they never did provide a full list of what's going. I wonder if everything will just disappear at midnight or will I have a bit more time to maybe finish Haganai S1?
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You never know, even if you admit breaking the rules on purpose you might just get a stern warning not to do it again.
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Fang.
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Fang
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I guess seeing the difference between a character going out in the natural flow of things, vs going out in a lawyering, requires more empathy than some of you possess.
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CelesMyUserName posted...

Shadow isn't shoved in your face for years

I'm sure it's been very traumatic for you, having a fictional character 'shoved in your face' in a save-my.

I can't speak about celebrations over lawyerings I didn't see, but I got a real good look at how you reacted yesterday. There might be a genuine argument about not blaming Edea for her saver's mistake, but please, show enough self-awareness to see that such an argument has absolutely no place coming from you after how you acted. I'm not happy about any of this, but if I was I would have every right by your own twisted logic.
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Shadow is my least favorite FF character and if he was ever lawyered out I would feel nothing but bad for his supporters. Most people aren't so petty and obsessed about hating a fictional character to take something like that and throw a party.
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