Board 8 > Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 192: In loving memory of MyAnimeList

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swordz9 posted...

Trinity Seven apparently has a super important announcement coming up. I wouldnt mind another season even though the lead girl was incredibly boring

So what was it? All I saw was that best girl's spinoff was ending
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Apparently theyre announcing whatever it is early next month.

https://sakuraanimenews.com/2018/06/17/my-hero-academia-game-has-original-content/

Huh, I would not have guessed THAT was the reason for the name change, weird
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Considering it's never been an issue for any other anime game....
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Yea I dunno, very strange
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I'm gonna stand by my idea that they thought they might get chastised for have a fighting game with Academia in it in the modern political climate.
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Robazoid posted...

I just finished Saga of Tanya the Evil (another anime I felt I had to watch based off its awesome title). My first comment is, like... not everything needs to be an isekai. The story would barely need to change if Tanya wasn't the reincarnation of a Japanese salaryman, so why bother shoehorning that into an otherwise unique character idea and setting? Just have her be an ruthless little girl who hates god and the whole anime would be better for it.

That one nitpick aside, I enjoyed it! Tanya was a fun character and I liked watching her crush her enemies even as she simply tried to find a peaceful life. This comparison isn't perfect, but I also got an Ace Combat vibe from this with all the aerial battles and the main unit steadily gaining a frightening reputation by being the linchpin of so many operations.

Tanya is one of the few isekai that totally makes sense with coming from another world because it's not just the personality. he's using his knowledge of global events, tactics, and strategies in a world that's, generally speaking, a century behind. he's also understanding similarities between major historic events from our world and theirs and adapting it - to everyone else this gives the impression that Tanya is an unprecedented genius saint but he totally does not get that at all, it's just him going through the motions. it's another part of his communication failures, which is the most amusing thing in the whole series.

i'll definitely recommend checking the novels out though. they're super long too, nothing "light" about those enormous books. and hey, barnes and nobles still has their buy 2 get 1 free sale on yen press manga/light novels so it's a perfect time for that.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

But yeah, just having her be a loli would've been cool.

Ugh anime fans
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Noted Watsuki defender Mac.

I'm just kidding please don't hurt me.
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pjbasis posted...

Mac Arrowny posted...

But yeah, just having her be a loli would've been cool.

Ugh anime fans

I mean, she's a loli regardless...
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Wanglicious posted...

Tanya is one of the few isekai that totally makes sense with coming from another world because it's not just the personality. he's using his knowledge of global events, tactics, and strategies in a world that's, generally speaking, a century behind

This is actually a good counterargument. I was thinking it could be written around in other ways (making her an actual tactical genius, for example) but I suppose that would run into a different problem of making her even more overpowered. The alternate reality knowledge is probably something that would come across more in the novels than it did in the anime, too. I might have to look into them in the future as you suggest!
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Biggest negative of the novels is no Aoi Yuuki.
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Land of the Lustrous just hit HiDive, for those lacking Amazon Prime.
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Geass might have been a masterpiece at one point but it comes away feeling really flawed in execution, especially towards the end.

All in all that was some fine episodes of anime
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Just in time...

Err, a few months early for S3.
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I don't know how I feel about that!
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so question time for PJ now that he saw the end of Code Geass

was he

The Cart Driver

In the bag

Inside the hay
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Tanya is like the one time I can give a pass on being one of those reincarnated into another world shit. It's one of the few times they actually try and make sense out of the premise. Too often it's just, OK, you ended up here, have fun. Tanya also doesn't do like half of the shit the genre usually does. One of the few occasions it actually works, and I love it for it.

should be dead, but it was actually the Ninja girl disguised that took the hit
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actually no

because he's immortal like Charles and CC
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Hot take: Isekai is a good story-telling structure and I am totally okay with its prevalence in modern anime
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As long as the show is good then whatevs.

Re:Zero has the absolutely flimsiest isekai premise imaginable, but that's hardly an issue.

Meanwhile, SAO has one of the best and it's...fuckin' SAO.
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recent isekai i've gotten around to is So I'm a Spider, So What?

it's a story about a girl who dies and gets reincarnated... as a spider.
i hope it gets adapted one day, pretty funny and cute.
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LapisLazuli posted...

As long as the show is good then whatevs.

Well, yeah. In the end, if the show is good, I can sit through it. Although I'm a bit harder on it for being one of them

Tanya just went the extra mile to make things make sense, to make everything work. And that's one of the reasons I love it so much. In addition to just being so damn good.

Wanglicious posted...

recent isekai i've gotten around to is So I'm a Spider, So What?

it's a story about a girl who dies and gets reincarnated... as a spider.
i hope it gets adapted one day, pretty funny and cute.

Sounds like potential for some laughs.

the best isekai are from h games
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Best isekai is FFTA
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WhiteLens posted...

Best isekai is FFX

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I'd give best to Tanya or Overlord.

GranzonEx posted...

WhiteLens posted...

Best isekai is FFX

Hey now, last time I checked, Spira is a "real" world.

Wait nevermind, I guess that still counts.
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FFX isekai is a bit of a meta one
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Re:Creators reverse isekai ftw
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Naw wait.

I have the ultimate idea.

Code Geassekai
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I wonder if there'll ever be another anime song as good as Ichiban no Takaramono?
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It's not even Yui's best anime single!
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The lyrics are impossibly good. Also Karuta's version is the best version.
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Oooh that's a strong contendor.
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Trying not to go Kalafina or Itou because they have too many ties songs. I may have to go with something very recent!

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when people ask for best anime songs I almost always fall back on Eureka Seven songs
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Ichiban no Takaramono has made me cry a lot. Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Yuku probably #2 in terms of songs with good lyrics that make me cry? Shounen Heart definitely not on that list.
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Lyrics don't mean anything to me in japanese.

I'm not watching subs while listening to music.
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you want to cry?

thanks for reminding me, it's almost THAT TIME OF THE YEAR

the time to remember the name of the flower I saw that day
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LapisLazuli posted...

Lyrics don't mean anything to me in japanese.

I'm not watching subs while listening to music.

Ichiban no Takaramono was subbed when I watched Angel Beats...
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I can't recall the last time I didn't ignore the karaoke in an anime either.

Reading lyrics while listening to music is always a detriment to the song in my experience, just a distraction. Guess it's different for you.
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Do you also ignore the lyrics in idol anime or whatever? Lots of the time they're relevant to what's happening when the characters on screen are the ones who're doing the singing.
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Not only did I ignore the lyrics in Love Live, I skipped some of the acts!

Ain't got time to watch CG bitches dance.
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I'm with LTM but I'm going a bit further

lyrics don't mean much to me whether I understand them or not

and I never read karaoke or the subbed insert songs
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I'm probably the only person in this topic who cares about lyrics I'd assume.

Also Roba you should watch Angel Beats IMO...
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Going back to the conversation on isekai shows, I also watched Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody today (mostly because I'm trying to catch up on more 2018 stuff). It wasn't terrible but almost everything about it felt generic and it didn't do much of anything with the few interesting concepts it might've had. For example, for a society with so much slavery, the morality of it was barely examined at all. I did appreciate a few things, though. Actually seeing the main character interact with game mechanics was nice to have. Also the bland teenage MC casually going and banging some prostitutes was just about the last thing I expected from an anime like this, so good for it on surprising me I guess!

Mac Arrowny posted...

Also Roba you should watch Angel Beats IMO...

I've got a bit of a backlog of shows going right now but it looks interesting so I'll see about trying it in the near future. Thanks!
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*Votes Tabi no Tochuu for best anime song*
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