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Ended with 504 and 356. I was on the leaderboard for a while, but I was doomed because of how little faith I had in Cloud.
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Mobilezoid posted...

I think everyone prefers CS1 over CS2.

I didn't get that impression from board 8, though in general it's probably the consensus, yeah.
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I like Cold Steel 1 more than Cold Steel 2 does that count?
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Trails also has a fair number of rankings happen whenever people talk about it, though probably not to the same degree as Monogatari in this topic.
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Senjougahara=Hanekawa > Araragi > Kaiki > Nadeko > Shinobu > Karen > Kanbaru > Sodachi > Ougi > Hachikuji > Ononoki >>> Tsukihi > Gaen

Just saying.

Also shoutouts to Meme Oshino who should probably go ahead of Nadeko but behind Kaiki. Most underrated Monogatari character
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I'm going to dip out of this topic after this post because I don't think it's supposed to be a place for negativity, but I do think "soulless" is a somewhat apt description of this show. "Generic" not so much, but yeah.

My irrational levels of hatred for Studio Trigger are probably well-known in the anime topic so take whatever I say with a grain of salt, imo.
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Too busy playing Smash to watch anime.
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Ryuji wishes he could be as good as Junpei.
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Best Persona game hype
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All countries get 1 vote which is placed towards whichever character a majority of users in that country voted for.
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Sploosh guy da best
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Robazoid posted...

Just a lot of back-and-forths that didn't go anywhere.

Monogatari in a nutshell.

Yeah I wasn't a huge fan of this stretch of episodes either. In retrospect it's also probably these episodes, if anything, that led to my current state of disillusionment with the series.
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I'm liking Alicization, though I haven't watched the most recent episode. (More because of Smash than anything. That's also why I haven't watched any more Devilman)

But yeah I think it's pretty good. It's fallen a bit by the wayside in terms of shows I'm talking about because Bunny Girl, Slime, and Bloom Into You are all better than it, but that's more a statement of how many good shows there are this season than anything.
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Aw yeah gimme that Dunban spirit. I've been using Marth as my main guy to go through World of Light with to so the sword boost helps a lot.
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And yeah True Tears is a good answer actually. I forgot that was PA Works.
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That's what I was thinking, but it wasn't an original show I didn't think.

Edit: referring to The Eccentric Family
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I can't be too disappointed no matter what happens because uh I'm probably going to buy the manga regardless of whether or not this ends conclusively >.>
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Anyway my top 5 right now is pretty comfortably this.

1. Antarctica
2. Bloom Into You
3. Steins;Gate 0
4. MHA Season 3
5. Bunny Girl Senpai

...with the disclaimer that I'm still only 2 episodes into Devilman, and that has a very very good chance of breaking into this somewhere by the time I'm done with it.

Also Bloom Into You probably drops a couple places if it goes with a hardcore "read the manga" ending, which is a definite possibility. Don't see it dropping below 5th regardless though. (Again, before Devilman comes into the picture--might be 6th after that depending on what happens)

I could do a top 10, but I've only seen 15-20 shows, so I'm not sure it's worth it.
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Second half of MHA S3 had the best scene in the anime though (Deku vs Bakugo). I agree on it being generally weaker than the first half, but I liked it way more than the weak halves of S1 and S2.
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Let's go Estelle x Joshua.

Also shoutouts to Rean x the entire female population of Erebonia, and also Crow.
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Oh hi.

If I disappear from b8 vgm for the next several weeks it's because of Smash okay.
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Safer_777 posted...

I always baffled when I see this kind of results. This site is mostly Americans right? Aren't Americans Christians?

I think that the subset of people who regularly use the internet for communication forums like this one is not representative of the American population as a whole, in a number of ways.
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*raises hand*
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Oh neat. Speaking of Distant Worlds, it looks like they just announced a show that is near me and on a Friday night, which means I can actually go to it probably. (Not the same one Leon is going to, as tickets are not even available for this one yet)

Pretty excited about this. I've gone twice before, but both of them were something like 7 or 8 years ago at this point.
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I just want Memories of You, Burn my Dread, and Heaven. (ok and Rivers + Life Will Change)

But yeah I'm guessing it would only be P5 music, probably.
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My first reaction was "why is this a thing?"

My second reaction was "holy shit does this mean Persona music is going to be in Smash Bros?"
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Started watching Devilman Crybaby.

Masaaki Yuasa really is the best in the business, or at least damn close to it. That was probably the strongest start of the now 3 shows of his I've seen, but on the other hand this genre is much less my type of show than Tatami Galaxy or Ping Pong. So, we'll see where this ends up. (This also reminds me I need to find some way to watch his two recent movies...)

Also holy shit could this guy have found a shittier person on the planet to put his trust lmao

"I trust you!"

*friend takes him to heavy drug party, starts violent riots eventually inciting literal devils to brutally massacre everyone in attendance, and then turns him into a devil himself*

woops
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I've probably said this to you before, but I do think Taiga is kinda bad in episode 1 specifically but then is much better after that.
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Toradora is my favorite anime, so I'm not complaining!

SAO is...not. It's pretty solid though.

I also watched Kokoro Connect on the same spring break (after the other 2), which is definitely one of my least favorite anime I've seen. That's the one to feel sorry about, if anything.
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In fact, I think Toradora was the first anime I watched on my own. It was either that or SAO. (Watched both anime over the same spring break and don't remember which was first)

I'd seen a few before that but it was all stuff I was watching with my roommate because he wanted to.

(Also I'm not counting stuff like DBZ that I saw as a kid)
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In contrast Toradora is probably a large part of the reason why I started watching anime in the first place >.>
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You could do what I did the first time I watched it and watch 20 episodes in 1 day >.>

Ok I think it was actually 18 but same thing.

To give an actual answer, I don't it's a show that particularly lends itself either to marathon-ing or watching slowly. Just go with however you feel like watching it imo. If the question is "should I watch it at all?" then uh yes. Very yes.
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Paratroopa1 posted...

Rudy Giuliani literally knows less about cybersecurity than I do

TWITTER ALLOWED SOMEONE TO INVADE HIS TEXT

Not even the most egregious misuse of the word "invade" by this administration.

Ok if I'm being honest it actually probably is because lol, but at least this one has much smaller (if any) real repercussions.
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I've never seen Scrubs--I'm just here because I'm curious if Steiner will actually do it.
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Shoutouts to the one madman who still has a perfect Second Chance bracket. (Meaning they correctly predicted Pikachu/MM flipping while still getting everything else right)
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I voted in the context of Smash specifically, though I don't know that was the intent
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No, but the series' music is well-regarded by this board in particular.

It's also a known series among JRPG enthusiasts, but not really outside of that.
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For what it's worth MARIA sounds like a song I would enjoy in context more. Especially if it's a boss song, which I didn't know until this topic? I always thought it was like an opening theme or something. This actually improves my opinion of the song somewhat if I'm being honest.
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I hadn't heard of Atelier before joining b8 vgm, for whatever that's worth. I also had only heard of Trails in the Sky referred to by name, and never by its Japanese name.
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Alluka was pretty easily my least favorite part of HxH. Fuck that entire last arc. I did like some of the other stuff but it hardly matters.

Chimera Ant > Yorknew > Exam > Greed Island > Arena > Election > Zoldyck, is my ranking for the record.

Chimera Ant and Yorknew are legitimately fantastic. Exam and Greed Island are solid anime but not really anything special in the grand scheme of the things. The rest are varying degrees of bad.
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I just realized the only things in this list I've even seen in any form are Slime and MHA.
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Hasn't Hulu always gotten almost all Funimation shows?

I at least know they did during the period when I was in college (2011-2015) and too cheap to pay for subscription services elsewhere. I don't know what happened during the period when Crunchyroll and Funimation were merged. I also don't know the timeliness with which series got added to Hulu, as I didn't really watch airing anime then.
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I picked Slam Dunk because it's a sports manga which means it is almost for sure not my favorite.
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Shield Hero is not White Fox, if that's what you mean.

Shield Hero is being done by Kinema Citrus. (Most notably the studio that did Made in Abyss, and it also has the same composer as MiA)
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I looked at next season and I think the thing I'm excited most for is fantasy Yuru Yuri, to be honest.

I will probably also watch The Promised Neverland, as well as likely Shield Hero and maybe Dororo. (Shield Hero I will mention I am only interested in because of the staff behind the anime, but whatever it looks good.)
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Also about HxH:

I hate pretty much everything involving Gon in the finale of Chimera Ant. It's been too long to say exactly why, but I wasn't engaged by any of it.

Pouf also sucks horribly.

Fortunately Meruem/Koumugi is enough to make up for those faults and more.
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