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Robazoid
10/09/22 2:47:32 AM
#151:


Watched a few more first episodes (and one second episode)

My Master Has No Tail episode one wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't good either. The rakugo section was by far the worst thing about it, which doesn't bode well for a rakugo anime. The tanuki girl was cute, at least, and I enjoyed watching her fail at tricking people. That post-credits thing where she painstakingly explained the rakugo performance was awful, though, and I hope they don't do that every episode. It was already bad the first time, but explaining the jokes like that still somehow made it worse.

Bocchi the Rock episode one was fine. Hitori was a fun character, I like how she isn't instantly opening up and making friends. While she's really good at guitar, she also still has a lot to learn about playing with other people. Minor spoilers I really hope she reveals that she's the youtuber they were talking about. Like, there's no reason at all to keep that a secret, so if she just never says anything about it until the end of the season that's going to really bug me.

I also watched two episodes of I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills. I'm glad it isn't an isekai, but at the same time... why isn't this an isekai? Dude is leveling up and looking at video game menus and you're telling me this is just some fantasy world? In any case, I had fun with the first episode when I was imagining him as a guy playing an RPG with some minor farming minigames, and he kept ignoring the main quest to focus on that (I've been there, I once spent several hours in the middle of FFVIII playing Triple Triad). Then he didn't do anything farming related at all in the entire second episode, which sucked. I hope the farming isn't gone, that was the only thing this anime had.

I've watched enough now to tentatively rank them:

Akiba Maid War
Management of a Novice Alchemist
Do It Yourself
Bocchi the Rock
I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills
My Master Has No Tail

Other than The Little Lies We All Tell, which hasn't started yet, I'm not sure what else from this season I'll even watch (not counting sequels). I thought about that Bibliophile Princess one but it looks like a melodramatic romance, so I dunno. If anyone else finds a good anime this season, let me know!

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/22 9:28:18 AM
#152:


Not gonna watch Gundam?

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Maniac64
10/09/22 9:30:58 AM
#153:


Really enjoyed Tiger and Bunny 2.

I would love for it to continue but that's not a bad end point if it doesnt.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/22 9:56:42 AM
#154:


Speaking of which, I forgot the episodes come out at like 6am or some shit.

https://youtu.be/eeo2XsA-cTo

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/22 10:59:05 AM
#155:


Watched the first episode of Akiba Maid War AKA Moe Black Lagoon.

Jesus fucking christ.

Yeah I'm sticking with this.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/22 11:06:12 AM
#156:


Won't get copyright claimed on twitter...probably.

https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1579034933598703617?s=20&t=HwVOS8G6v0wwLUeNJyZxWw

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Robazoid
10/09/22 5:31:22 PM
#157:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
Not gonna watch Gundam?
That's gonna have a ton of episodes apparently, so I'll wait on it. If all the Gundams truly are unrelated, I might start with one that's already finished at some point (I still have a huge backlog of stuff to watch at the moment though, so not yet!)

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pyresword
10/09/22 6:31:31 PM
#158:


Watched some episode 1's. (And episode 2 also in the case of Raven of the Inner Palace)

Raven of the Inner Palace: Given the mysterious nature of the story I think it's hard to say much concrete, but I've been liking it quite a bit so far. Story is intriguing, and the characters seem like they have a lot of potential.

Management of a Novice Alchemist: This don't expect this to be making waves or anything, but I thought episode 1 was pretty fun. Given the introductory nature of the first episode I don't know how indicative that is of the rest of the show, but all signs are good so far. The protagonist seems pretty fun.

Akiba Maid War: Strong contender for worst episode 1 ever and honestly I don't know what else is even in the running. This is probably a drop, but there's some clear talent and intent with the artistic direction in the show, so I'm willing to give it one more episode. The idea behind the show seems cool, but the decision to make the protagonist an innocent girl with no idea what's going on and dedicating the episode to traumatizing her is just an absolutely fatal flaw that makes the entire experience one enormous pit of toxicity and negativity. Absolutely awful.

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MacArrowny
10/09/22 6:32:32 PM
#159:


Robazoid posted...
That's gonna have a ton of episodes apparently, so I'll wait on it. If all the Gundams truly are unrelated, I might start with one that's already finished at some point (I still have a huge backlog of stuff to watch at the moment though, so not yet!)
I mean, it has one 12 episode cour now, and another 12 episode cour in April. Not sure I'd call that a ton of episodes.

This is also the only Gundam that stars a female character, so I figured it'd appeal to you more than the others.

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Xeybozn
10/09/22 6:36:44 PM
#160:


They haven't announced anything past a second cour yet, but isn't 50 episodes or so the usual standard for Gundam? Unless WFM really bombs soon, I expect they'll probably do another season.

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MacArrowny
10/09/22 6:40:17 PM
#161:


Some Gundam series have been 50 eps, but not for a while. I doubt they're planning for this one to be.

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Robazoid
10/09/22 7:05:53 PM
#162:


MacArrowny posted...
I mean, it has one 12 episode cour now, and another 12 episode cour in April. Not sure I'd call that a ton of episodes.

This is also the only Gundam that stars a female character, so I figured it'd appeal to you more than the others.
That was my mistake. I looked up that Iron Blooded Orphans one someone mentioned, saw it had 75 episodes on Crunchyroll, and assumed all Gundam shows were long. Of course it turns out I was just confused by Crunchy stupidly sorting dubs as separate episodes, so it's only 50. I'll definitely watch this new Gundam at some point, it just feels like the sort of show I'd prefer to binge once it's finished.

pyresword posted...
Akiba Maid War: Strong contender for worst episode 1 ever and honestly I don't know what else is even in the running.
Dang. I've seen some truly awful first episodes, so this is a harsh criticism! I really enjoyed it, but I can see how the thing you complained about could ruin it for people. Personally, I'm hoping the future episodes go a direction where the main girl gets more onboard with what's going on.

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pyresword
10/09/22 7:11:23 PM
#163:


Honestly I shouldn't have opened that the way I did even though the experience was bad for me. As I said there's a clear artistic direction which in some sense is a good thing and more than many anime can claim. The issue is that in terms of viewer experiences the worst ones tend to not be things that are just passively boring; they tend to be things where writers take artistic risks that don't pay off for that particular viewer.

(Yes, I'm sure there's some truly awful stuff out there that's just bad through-and-through like EX-ARM or some of the other infamously terrible anime, but I tend to just stay away from those entirely)

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UshiromiyaEva
10/09/22 7:41:10 PM
#164:


I really loved the first episode of AMW, lol.

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SockoressKnight
10/09/22 9:27:13 PM
#165:


Didn't love the first episode of Akiba Maid War, but I thought it was funny at times. Odd that I could reconcile with that but not Blue Lock

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UshiromiyaEva
10/10/22 1:02:07 AM
#166:


I'm in brainrot mode.

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SHINE_GET_64
10/10/22 11:11:21 AM
#167:


twitter please I can only take so many Bleach episode 367 reaction posts

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GANON1025
10/10/22 11:21:34 AM
#168:


Can you believe that the Chainsaw Man anime is so close now??

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UshiromiyaEva
10/10/22 11:58:20 AM
#169:


Ichigo's VA sounds so different than I rememeber. I would have sworn it was a new guy.

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SHINE_GET_64
10/10/22 12:07:24 PM
#170:


Having rewatched all of Bleach last year.....

sounds exactly the same to me

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UshiromiyaEva
10/10/22 12:09:17 PM
#171:


He sounds the same when he's fighting and such, but his casual conversation stuff seems really different. Could just be my imagination.

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SHINE_GET_64
10/10/22 12:16:09 PM
#172:


Fullbringer arc got maybe 15 seconds of the whole 4 minute rewind ending

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UshiromiyaEva
10/10/22 12:17:35 PM
#173:


It got enough for me to know I don't need to go watch/read it.

Holy shit what a stupid outfit for Ichigo lol. The nosegaurd??

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SHINE_GET_64
10/10/22 12:19:16 PM
#174:


I would recommend watching hte last 2-3 episodes whenever the soul reapers show up and immediately dunk on the fullbringers

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pjbasis
10/10/22 1:25:34 PM
#175:


The start of this one piece arc is giving me those old school feels.

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MacArrowny
10/10/22 2:13:19 PM
#176:


Shadows House S2 - This started kinda slow. The slow parts of S1 were good since we were learning all about the world, but they weren't as interesting here. Thankfully, the season's last few episodes were quite strong, and I ended up enjoying it just a little less than S1 overall.

Summer Time Rendering - Everything about this was quite good! But like Edgerunners, it was lacking that special something that would make me love it. Very compelling series regardless. Always found myself wanting to watch more to see what would happen next.

I've got a couple more shows to watch, but I'll probably go through them fairly slowly, so this'll be my final summer update. Despite a few shows disappointing, the season ended up being a lot better than I expected at first, with the top 7 shows here all being series I gave 8+ scores to.

  1. Made in Abyss: Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  2. Isekai Uncle
  3. Call of the Night
  4. Bastard!!
  5. Cyberpunk Edgerunners
  6. Summer Time Rendering
  7. Shadows House S2
  8. Parallel World Pharmacy
  9. Lycoris Recoil
  10. Yakuza Babysitter
  11. Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  12. Classroom of the Elite S2
  13. When Will Ayumu Make His Move?
  14. The Devil Is a Part-Timer S2



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Mobilezoid
10/10/22 2:54:52 PM
#177:


Did you pirate STR or has Disney finally released it?

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MacArrowny
10/10/22 3:45:44 PM
#178:


Pirate. Hopefully they'll actually release it sometime, but I dunno what they're waiting for. Bleach is up, but I guess they're waiting on STR for...reasons.

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Strife2
10/10/22 5:20:06 PM
#179:


Shadows House S2 was better to me because the darker tone, mystery, and focus on Kate. Emilico has he place, but for a show with a weird macabre sensibility and visual style, S2 was what it needed.

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NewerShadow
10/10/22 10:11:55 PM
#180:


HxH returns in 2 weeks, and **ALL** back chapters have been added to the Viz vault:
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SockoressKnight
10/10/22 10:40:34 PM
#181:


Love Live Superstar S2 beated. Hated all the drama, and it's easily my least favorite season. (Spoilers)

And we're getting a third season with this group - https://anitrendz.net/news/2022/10/09/love-live-superstar-season-3-announced/

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SHINE_GET_64
10/11/22 3:06:20 AM
#182:


I thought the pacing of Bleach seemed very fast and yeah that episode covered 5 chapters

I guess you gotta do what you gotta do if you want to fit it all into 52 episodes

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LordoftheMorons
10/11/22 3:13:56 AM
#183:


NewerShadow posted...
HxH returns in 2 weeks, and **ALL** back chapters have been added to the Viz vault:
https://twitter.com/shonenjump/status/1579639921471803393
Oh damn, thats the one series I actually bought digitally! Oh well, awesome that hes resuming so soon and itll be nice to get the upcoming chapters for free (or close to it if I fall more than three weeks behind)

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WhiteLens
10/11/22 3:33:45 AM
#184:


SockoressKnight posted...
Love Live Superstar S2 beated. Hated all the drama, and it's easily my least favorite season. (Spoilers)

And we're getting a third season with this group - https://anitrendz.net/news/2022/10/09/love-live-superstar-season-3-announced/

Yeah, same. It was so underwhelming. Like all the new characters pretty much got push aside after they're introduced.

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SHINE_GET_64
10/11/22 5:16:39 AM
#185:


They really want One Piece Film Red higher on that all time list so in Japan they're rereleasing the movie next month with commentary from Oda

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swordz9
10/11/22 7:24:13 AM
#186:


https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-11/apparently-disillusioned-adventurers-will-save-the-world-tv-anime-premieres-in-january/.190711

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UshiromiyaEva
10/11/22 8:46:49 AM
#187:


SHINE_GET_64 posted...
I thought the pacing of Bleach seemed very fast and yeah that episode covered 5 chapters

I guess you gotta do what you gotta do if you want to fit it all into 52 episodes


If that was 5 chapters, that says more about the bad pacing of the manga at that point than it does the anime.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/11/22 11:45:57 AM
#188:


https://youtu.be/dFlDRhvM4L0

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOO

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pjbasis
10/11/22 12:19:07 PM
#189:


Was that first half of the bleach episode real chapters?

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SHINE_GET_64
10/11/22 12:33:40 PM
#190:


CGI Man Episode 1 beated

that seemed alright as an origin story to his power

8/10

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UshiromiyaEva
10/11/22 12:34:29 PM
#191:


God the episode was better than I even DREAMED.

Chainsaw Man is so fucking good.

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SHINE_GET_64
10/11/22 12:35:25 PM
#192:


pjbasis posted...
Was that first half of the bleach episode real chapters?

480. The Blood Warfare
As a recent spate of Hollow disappearances is recorded by Seireitei, a new Shinigami is sent to Karakura Town as a replacement for Zennosuke Kurumadani.

481. The Tearing
Yuki and Shino have recovered from their injuries, but as they are chatting, a stranger suddenly appears.

482. Bad Recognition
As Asguiaro reveals his identity to Ichigo, Ikkaku and Yumichika investigate disappearances in Rukongai.

483. KriegsErklrung
As Ichigo battles Asguiaro, the group of strangers declare war on Yamamoto and Sasakibe is fatally injured.

484. The Buckbeard
As the masked strangers leave Seireitei, Ichigo's battle with Asguiaro comes to an abrupt end. Asguiaro and the masked group arrive at their headquarters.


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Bane_Of_Despair
10/11/22 12:51:26 PM
#193:


I haven't watched the episode yet but the end of the opening with Denji and Power dancing is A+

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UshiromiyaEva
10/11/22 12:56:25 PM
#194:


Bane_Of_Despair posted...
I haven't watched the episode yet but the end of the opening with Denji and Power dancing is A+

https://twitter.com/D_Kumii/status/1579856312745459713?t=0fYK1c6qIlfqnvRgBh062A&s=19

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Strife2
10/11/22 2:21:35 PM
#195:


Finally got around to Lycoris Recoil. Not sure what to think yet. It has some charm, but Chisato kinda annoys me. She's likeable, but in the "Ruby Rose on crack" kind of way. It's almost too much. I also think the happy go lucky comedy is at odds with what this show is trying to do. Not everything has be "Black Lagoon" gritty, but this is almost going way off in the opposite direction sometimes.

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UshiromiyaEva
10/11/22 3:43:48 PM
#196:


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Bane_Of_Despair
10/11/22 4:27:23 PM
#197:


alright episode 1 watched

my sweet baby Pochita they did you right

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pjbasis
10/11/22 5:28:02 PM
#198:


I wish the ending had animation, the song is so hype

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LordoftheMorons
10/11/22 5:38:25 PM
#199:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
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What's the third movie?

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MacArrowny
10/11/22 5:44:08 PM
#200:


Sadako vs. Kayako

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