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Oh hey, Tenrou was actually pretty good! Neat worldbuilding and fun action. Shame I have o watch it on my PC :/
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What's Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs simulcasted on? Not showing up on Crunchy mobile, which is where I'd thought it'd be.
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Oh I thought it aired yesterday
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It actually got fansubs out pretty quickly so I'LL BE THE JUDGE
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I suppose that's fair
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LapisLazuli posted...

Oh thank god, thought someone was about to come in swinging to defend Grand Blue <_<

Why would it matter? Let people enjoy what they want.
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Anyway, actual thoughts.

Happy Sugar Life
First episode was kinda dumb, and I have a feeling it's just gonna get worse. Yet to see if it'll be any fun, but that episode was pretty over-the-top without actually doing anything too crazy, which gives me contradictory optimism going forward. This'll be a weird show regardless.

Grand Blue
I would've dropped this if not for the hype surrounding the manga. Almost the worst first episode of the season, and easily the worst I finished.

I think that's it for new shows, unless someone picks up HSG. Might check out Yuragi since the manga is popular, but I don't really know much about it. Tentative rankings:

Cells At Work
Banana Fish
Chio's School Road
Happy Sugar Life
Angels of Death
Grand Blue

Top 3 all pretty great.
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I also watched Grand Blue. Finally, I now see what the word "masterpiece" truly means.
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TexasZea posted...

going to back to collections from yesterday, my fiancee wanted me to post her pokemon collection room

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I laughed when someone thought $1500 worth of figures was a lot...

Why would anyone want that much Skitty?
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon - Credits


Dandara - Weight of a Doubt


Final Fantasy VIII - Waltz for the Moon


Super Paper Mario - Sammer's Kingdom


Tales of Legendia - Sea of Rage

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"Unaired episode included with the Blu-ray release. It uses clips of the initial introduction of all three girls respectively but has them in swimsuits instead of their normal attire."
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I thought it was about "your" relationships
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Reminder that One Room has 2 seasons and Baccano has 1
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azuarc posted...

1 - Best level.

ew
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A Hat in Time was really weird on PC. Every other game I'd played on Steam needed a separate app installed to read a PS4 controller as an XBOX One controller, but A Hat in Time didn't for whatever reason. Having the app installed created an issue where I could only move at a creep, and I just thought the controller support was buggy or something. Made me put the game off for months until randomly trying again and removing the app, not even knowing the issue would be fixed that way.

tldr I am not a PC gamer

Also, I thought I posted here earliet, but fun game. I don't like it nearly as much as Odyssey, like some are saying, but it feels like solid progression from the specific types of games it was inspired by.
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Papa John's has great pizza. Probably the best major chain. Got it all the time when I lived in Louisville, since they were everywhere and always had pretty good deals.

Papa John is a silly boy, though.
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I'm just glad they didn't pick up anything I'm interested in!

yet
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I dust eveeything in my room about once a month.

Should probably do more...
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OliviaTremor posted...

TurboGrafx 16

I think this is typically seen as the best "obscure" console.
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LapisLazuli posted...

Generally was considered one of the best things at E3!

Need a definition of generally plz
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I thought it looked decent until he started sneaking while crouching. No interest now.
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LapisLazuli posted...

Angolmois was really good, complete out of left field show from a no-name studio. Dark horse of the season maybe? There was zero hype or interest from what I could see.

I didn't have any interest because of the terrible diction within the synopsis.
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My phat PS4 also ran it as smoothly as 30 fps can run.

0.2 is awesome though. Just a glorified tech demo, but the combat feels so good
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LapisLazuli posted...

Tonegawa also gets the drop.

Ditto
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Octopath comes out later this month
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Mmm whatcha say
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6. Beat a game in a completely new series
Titanfall 2
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PS2 was awesome so I'm cool with games looking like they're from it.
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WHOA

The first Darksiders was one of the best games from last gen, but I still haven't gotten around to 2 for some reason. Gonna have to get on that.
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1-3 are all pretty bad, but 3 is least bad. Never played 4 or 5.

Edit: Oh, you didn't ask about 1 or 2. 3 then by default.
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oh ya go my Baez. Contreras too, but that's weirder. Guess catcher was weaker overall this year.
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Anyway, some other first impressions

Middle Manager Tonegawa
This was pretty bad. Not sure why we get this instead of another Kaiji season. The comedy is pretty flat and the narrator blows. I'm getting severe Handa-kun vibes again, so I'll probably drop this if the next episode isn't good either.

Banana Fish
Great start! MAPPA is doing an excellent job with the animation already, as expected, but the story is pretty intriguing, an I'm finding the characters interesting. Should be one to look out for.

Angels of Death
Horror and animation don't really ever mix, but this actually had an interesting start. The horror seems more psychological than anything, as the stalker character they introduce is super flamboyant and overacted and not terrifying in the slightest. He's also a main character based on the promo image so whoa. Anyway, i did enjoy the first episode enough to keep it, and I don't really know where they plan on taking it.

Chio's School Road
Kinda weird. I find the humor funny in concept, but I almost never laughed. I mean, I enjoyed it for the most part, but the rich guy part was the only thing that made me chuckle. I do plan to keep watching though, because it is a pretty fun show so far.

Cells At Work
My favorite show of the season so far. The personification of everyday bodily functions into a wacky battle show is an awesome concept. The dynamic between Red and White is hilarious, and White in general is a joy to watch. Really excited for this one going forward. Should be a blast!
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Oof, stopped watching Asobi Asobase halfway through. That was one of the most annoying things I've ever watched.
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40. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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2. Hinamatsuri
Wow, what a show! It was probably the show I was most looking forward to before the season began, and it didn't disappoint! Where to even begin! After the first episode, I wasn't exactly sure how to feel. The comedy felt pretty weak and awkward, with a strange mix of deadpan humor and a tinge of drama, but it vaulted off of that into a show that utilized a ton of great comedic ideas on top of genuinely sincere and heartwarming moments. Each character feels unique with their own set of quirks and storylines that change each episode, making the comedic potential nearly limitless episode-to-episode. There's not a single character that felt pointless or annoying, because they're all given decent exposure and development. Hitomi is my favorite, because the sheer absurdity of her plotline got hilarious as it kept growing, while also exploring a very real issue with many people, in that she only gets into these situations because she doesn't want to disappoint others. It does a wonderful job at mixing surreal comedy with sincere drama, and it never really lets up. I do hope we get another season, though I'm not too sure how popular this ended up being in Japan. Fingers crossed!

1. Aggressive Retsuko
I binged this show while sitting in a passenger seat driving through the shitty state known as "Kansas". Not a second went by that I wasn't enjoying myself immensely. Retsuko is a fairly down-to-earth show despite it's silly synopsis and child-friendly character design. It's about a young woman who hates everything about the daily grind of adulthood, desperately searching for a way out, failing every time, and resorting to death metal in order to vent her frustrations. I basically like everything about this show. The characters were all great in their own ways, and you could sympathize with all of them, since pretty much everyone is going through their own forms of stress. The half episode format worked really well for the style of show it was, and I don't think I was ever bored. I think the only thing that was kinda lame is that the VA is different for the death metal segments, at least in English. Other than that, it was basically perfect. Was sad to see it end at 10 episodes, but a new season was announced, so that subsided. Can't wait!
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4. Dragon Pilot
I quite enjoyed this! It had one of the most interesting and entertaining concepts I've seen in a while, though it does kinda fumble a bit at times. The main character, Hisone, is a lot of fun for the entire series. She has the issue of being extremely blunt and saying what's on her mind, much to the disdain of those around her, and it makes for some funny dialogue. The other characters are cool for the most part, but nobody really stands out, and they don't really try to develop anyone beyond, like, three characters, whiich is a shame. The romance angle had a neat spin to it, but the romance itself wasn't anything groundbreaking. But this show absolutely excelled in it's art and music. Bones did a fantastic job at making this show feel unique. The thick outlines are more akin to Western shows, which allows them to animate it's characters more vividly. The facial expressions alone are some of the best I've witnessed. It could've been a better show in places, but I think they did a good job on this one.

3. Megalo Box
This is another tough one to talk about. It didn't manage to do anything particularly new, opting to tell a classic underdog story within it's own sin on a classic competition. But it does everything so incredibly well that it was always a joy to watch. Joe's growth as both a character and competitor was always great to watch. Nearly every opponent he fought was given proper characterization to make them more than simple roadblocks, and bringing a new level of emotional attachment to each fight. Even though Joe was the underdog within the universe, some of these fighters began to feel like underdogs themselves once you got to know their histories and what drives them. There's a completely new dynamic in each fight, and it's great to see unfold. The old school art direction is pretty neat as well. That, combined with the hip-hop score and the general themes presented in the story gave the show a ton of character. It just feels so cool to watch this thing when it's firing on all cylinders at all times.
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GranzonEx posted...

is it the toxic otaku culture that ruined Franxxx or the western shippers that ruined it?

Neither. Franxx ruined Franxx
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KokoroAkechi posted...

Also, this is based on an RPG MAKER GAME? In any case I do think that the writing lacks subtlety.

Oh, this explains the awkward introductory thing.
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Restrooms would be fine if people stopped missing with their shits. How can you fail so bad at pooping?
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The rest is certified Good Shit, but I'll write those up tomorrow.
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6. Wotakoi
Another bit of disappointment, though not as harsh. Wotakoi had the makings for a cute romance right off the bat, especially since the couple begins dating in episode 1. But it spends the entire course of the show bobbing between quality and blandness, creating this really weird inconsistency that isn't really like anything else I've seen. Like, some shows start out bad and become good, or vice versa, but rarely is something constantly dipping in and out in this regard. It mostly comes down to REFERENTIAL HUMOR, because hoo boy do they use a lot of it. Ideally, referential humor should have a joke that plays off the references, which uses a person's prior knowledge or understanding of a piece of media, in this case various games and anime, to create something entirely unique. And it does this! Sometimes. Bad referential humor is probably the worst style of comedy, since it typically just uses the reference itself as a joke, which isn't funny. It's just a reference. Wotakoi also does this sometimes. Like, why is it funny that a computer voice is telling us the events happening on-screen? It's just a really dumb way to show the audience that the MCs are nerds without actually having an interesting, or even an existent punchline. Despite all that, I did think the development from a couple that begins dating out of sheer ease to one of true love was pretty cool. It's pretty subtle about things, and it'd have been nice to see them go a bit further like a real couple actually would, but this is anime so l-o-fucking-l.

5. The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments
So this is another weird one, mainly because recently I was talking the show up to a few people, but when I actually thought about it, I realized it had some pretty annoying issues. The biggest problem for me was the introduction of power levels. One of the cool things about the first season was how limitless every character's potential felt. You never knew how strong anyone was because there was no way to tell. Their backstories were kept tight and unknown because it allowed the author to go crazy with everyone. But when you introduce a quantifiable metric for a character's power, it loses all of that magic. When you wanted to see how strong someone was in S1, they would just show you their strength. In S2, they have a number telling you. It's just a really lazy way of creating tension with it's new set of villains. Speaking of which, they were a bit disappointing as well. I wanted to see more out of a few of them, but they just burn through them all near the end, without really delving into their capabilities in combat. Apparently half of them are still alive, so perhaps we can see more if it gets a new season. All that being said, I actually did like the dumb story turns. I don't have much of an issue with a show like this taking the writing in some crazy, almost nonsensical directions, because it's always been about the spectacle for me. Going forward though, I am pretty intrigued by two specific characters. The first is Escanor, as he basically shits all over the concept of power levels, making his combat potential by far the most enjoyable to see play out. The second is, oddly enough, Jericho. I like how she's just been sticking with everyone while also being thoroughly mediocre at everything the entire time. She still tries her hardest, but she's obviously frustrated with herself, and it'll be cool to see her development, if they actually get around to developing her. I wouldn't say I've lost hope in the show after this season, like some other battle shounens that returned after multiple years recently, but it is a shame that we probably won't get anything as cool as season one again.
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RANKINGS, DUDES

8. Darling in the FranXX
So this one hurts. I was a pretty big defender of all the innuendos when this show was just gaining steam, because I felt it was building up to something legitimately great, or, at the very least, outlandish enough to warrant a decent amount of excitement. FranXX was hitting all the right notes with me. I love slow, methodical worldbuilding, mysterious lore, and ASSCAMS. And hell, it kept up the intrigue for a good 75% of it's duration, even with a few weird drama episodes thrown in. It felt like you were slowly growing to understand the characters and empathize with their situation. It also had some cool SYMBOLISM concerning abusive relationships that anime never really pulls off in a healthy way. But, like, once episode 19 hits, things get really, really stupid. And not the fun Code Geass kind of stupid. Just a really bland mecha with a plot that didn't have much thought put into it. Like, I wouldn't be surprised if they came up with all these cool ideas to show what the world is like before actually coming up with an explanation for how things got that way. Episode 19 is a sloppy mess of infodumping in a show that had been lauded for it's excruciatingly careful method of worldbuilding, and it just never recovers. The direction the plot takes isn't very exciting or original, relying on the audience either not really paying much attention to the weak writing, or simply settling for the waifubait. This is a segway, of course, as it brings me to talk about the absolute worst part of FranXX's eventual collapse: Zero Two. She starts out as this mysterious, almost villainous entity who leads Hiro down a path of desparation and self-destruction. I thought this was an allegory for how abusive relationships have pretty complex layers, as Hiro is putting himself in harm's way in order to feel needed, on top of all the other sex shit going on. But then, suddenly, that just stops. Zero Two stops being mean, and Hiro just gets stronger from being used like a rag doll. They end up with one of the most cookie-cutter forced relationships imaginable, and it completely kills anything interesting about either character. There's a lot more to complain about like the exclusion of it's most interesting subplots and supporting characters in the latter half, the bad pacing that takes over near the end, or the final episode feeling like an unironic self-parody, but I don't really want to complain too much. If the show did anything right, it was that it made me see just how bad the misogyny is within the anime community. I knew it was bad, but I didn't realize the extent of the bitterness. Glad we don't get much of that here, thanks guys.

7. FLCL Progressive
Not nearly as much to say here. I was pretty iffy about FLCL getting a sequel, ultimately realizing it was probably gonna be extremely mediocre, and yeah, that's what happened. I had a small amount of fleeting optimism after the first scene, since it was pretty good, but I spent the rest of the series thoroughly bored, which shouldn't be happening with FLCL. I just didn't care bout anything going on on the screen. Animation's advanced lot since 2000, so nothing here really felt as creative or inventive, so it had to rely more on it's writing than anything, and I wasn't even super into the original's story. It covers adolescence and the emotional whirlwind it creates, which is basically what S1 did but better. Not sure if I'll check out Alternative. Leaning no.
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Whoa, they put SephG in Chio's School Road
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I had tons of combat items for the SH final boss, so he was super easy
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School Rumble
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These topics get made because people hope Ulti sees it and feels bad, but he actually doesn't give half a shit.

He DOES give an incredibly large amount of shit about being called bad at Dark Souls, but nobody else jumped on that train.
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Corrik posted...

I don't use the ignore list. It is for people who can't deal with everyday life and situations.

No longer an everyday situation if I ignore it. Checkmate, bro.
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Steiner posted...

i like how 0 isn't an option, did we all collectively agree on vlado?

Fucking small
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God its huge
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Oh my god these topics are so damn dumb
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