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Nadesico 26- For The Lady We Will Meet Someday: Well heck, the Ai twist came way outta left for me! ...And that's that! I kinda feel like maybe they shoulda wiped out the ruins? You lose memories, but you get peace, and you get dead folks back. Ah well, I guess. Shipping didn't play out the way I wanted either, but I didn't really expect that either! Was a nice ending despite my gripes. I thought there was a second season, but on closer inspection it looks like just a special! I'll have to watch that sometime....and in the meantime it looks like time to pick a new animoo!

Y'know, the world is a dark and stressful place these days, and sometimes I just need to get away. Anime can be fantastic for that, with shows like Azumanga Daioh and Non Non Biyori that just move at their own pace and don't have major drama to them. Cute girls doing cute things has always been a soft spot for me, but I kinda feel like the anime industry has gone all in on that stuff, churning out endless soulless iterations of the theme and shifting more to the fanservicey side than just a nice time that happens to have girls. I feel like moe slice of life used to have more heart to it than it does now. Hey, y'know what manga I kinda forgot about until recently, and got an anime adaptation in the meantime?

ARIA the ANIMATION 1- The City of Miracles...: I can't yet tell if this is a sequel to the manga or an adaptation or a side story or what. (which should tell you how plot-driven it wasn't) In a future where terraformed planets are a thing and everybody has names that start with A for some reason, 15-year-old Akari has come to Neo-Venezia on the planet Aqua. As one would expect, Neo-Venezia is a water city with a lot of gondolas, and that's Akari's calling in life. She and her tsundere buddy Aika are trainees at rival gondola companies, striving to become full Undines. Akari's mentor Alicia is a super yamato nadeshiko type, and Aika has a big ol' crush on her, as does token male Akatsuki. Also each company has a cat as their "president" and mascot, Akari's company having an especially derpy one. And that's all the context I expect you'll need for a good ten episodes at least! Undines are closer to tour guides than taxis, and pretty much every bit I remember from the manga is Akari exploring (or helping a customer to explore) Neo-Venezia and winning everybody over to its slow, pleasant vibe. Like, if this was a place that existed, I would assume that this anime was a product of its tourism office, and then I'd probably keep watching it anyway. I didn't get SUPER far on the manga but greatly enjoyed what I read, and this episode gave me no reason to doubt it'll live up to that feel. It's just...nice. And relaxed. (well, this one perked up for a few minutes after the cat fell in the river and we had to snag him)

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LP DDLC 7: Oh lol I forgot about (or maybe missed?) the Mon-ika joke! The LPers are making jokes that Monika is bullying Sayori in the secret convos "whoops." Yuri's really winning me over so now I like everybody except probably Monika :\ And the PC. "Humans aren't 2-D creatures. I think you'd know that better than anyone." hmmmMMMMM. On the one hand I am kinda bummed that I have a vague idea what's going on in this game, but on the other hand there's lots of stuff I'd be missing if I didn't! I like Natsuki's beach poem! Once again I thought we were going to get to The Thing, but alas!
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