Board 8 > Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 301: Beyond Anime's End

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Started two more anime from this season

A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring is a lazy, generic isekai without any original ideas. The opening when the god was apologizing for accidentally killing him, I swear I've seen that exact scene a few times before. It had stat screens, OP god-given powers, and a setting that doesn't question a random dude with a Japanese name and no ID traveling with two children. But that's fine, because it's also slow-paced story about a guy taking care of two cute kids and some cute animals. Even without any originality or good writing, cute things are still cute. I'll be happy as long as it doesn't turn ultra depressing like Fluffy Paradise did. This released the first two episodes today for some reason, and they were both fine.

I also started Days With My Stepsister despite originally thinking I wouldn't. Step-sibling romances run the risk of hitting all the awful melodrama tropes. There's the whole faux-incest angle, and anyone who has watched anime can think of dozens of stupid scenarios about two teens living together like the dude walking in on the girl changing or whatever. However, some stuff I read about this anime made me hopeful that it wouldn't go down that lazy road. Like, at one point while helping his new stepsister unpack, the main guy accidentally grabbed a bra. Other than a moment of surprise, no one freaked out or slapped each other or got turned on or anything. Everyone just laughed and moved on like normal human beings. That tells me that their relationship will grow slowly and naturally through actual interactions and not just because they're two teens living near each other. Some scenes were a bit slow, but others used the pacing for mood and poignancy. I'm excited to see where this story goes.

I also wanted to mention that the second episode of My Wife Has No Emotion won me over a little bit. It clearly isn't going to address the questions of sentience or ownership or anything like that. That bugs me because those are important questions for any romance. But it had a few cute moments, and if it can manage that every episode then I guess that's fine.

SEASON RANKING SO FAR (Tiers are Potentially Great/Fine/Bad)
Pseudo Harem
Narenare: Cheer For You
Days With My Stepsister
My Deer Friend Nokotan
Dungeon People
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Quality Assurance in Another World
Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools
A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring
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My Wife Has No Emotions
The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human
The Elusive Samurai
Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian

I was really worried about this season after the double-whammy of awfulness on Saturday that was Samurai and Shoshimin, but Summer is actually shaping up to be pretty good!

Ah yes. Roberta's Blood Trail. Nothing says barfight like being knifed in the balls.

Another anime on my enormous backlog.

I've seen Black Lagoon twice, you'd think In would have just watched the OVA.

https://twitter.com/MangaMoguraRE/status/1810238513561894940?t=2McjR2iZFsJunUmtOZIt1A&s=19

This is so strange.

Announce a manga is cancelled, rush to an unsatisfying emergency ending.

A couple weeks later, with one chapter left, announce a Science Saru anime adaptation??

Oh wow did it get cancelled? I was waiting for it to be done before reading it but always saw updates from her Twitter and such

Yeah and these last few chapters have been a whirlwind of nonsense. Shoving what was probably another 30 or 40 chapters down into 5. It's pretty sad.

But like....why....they knew this anime was gonna happen, it's not like this was just decided. It was leaked weeks ago right after the manga was cancelled. So what the heck was the logic here?

Was it definitely cancelled or did she just not wanted to work on it anymore?

Technically it did not say cancelled, just ending, but this certainly feels like the ending of a cancelled manga. I cannot imagine Itagaki would just tank the whole thing like this. The hyper acceleration started just after the ending announcement, too.

Absolutely fucking baffling how many people are saying they're 100% fine with the Nokotan dub and sub situation because "it's better than having it WOKEalized".

Would literally rather eat shit than accept that Nagatoro said "sus" one time.Truly pathetic.

https://twitter.com/AniNewsAndFacts/status/1810341811765784918?t=dgSZE4_dHdpD1lKjMe4wDw&s=19

For the last several days there has been some kind of movement to spam tons of current season anime with sexist and homophobic comments and downvote every anime with a female lead or LGBT character in it, so frankly not suprised. A lot of it was the same copy/pasted stuff, so clearly it was organized somewhere.

The funny thing for them is that it became super obvious real quick that there weren't actually that many of them, because once the shows actually started getting watched and voted on the downvote stuff was completely overwhelmed.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

how many people

a tiny number compared to the people who feel the opposite, unless you're in some really weird communities

Sorry Mac, but this is a case of you just, correctly, not being willing to engage on the unfortunately biggest social media platform.

90% of the comments on these posts about the situation are that it's a good thing, and that all localizers should be fired, and localization as a job shouldn't exist.

Mayonaka Punch

This show is a blast.

Someone at PA Works saw what a fumble Vlad Love was and made this out of spite.

If I had to describe the overall feel of this, though the shows are pretty different, I'd say it gave me the same vibe as Zombieland Saga. All of the characters are so fun out the gate, the main girl sucks (positive), and I already love her agressive ass so much. I did not expect the Punch in the title to be literal.

You can certainly tell it's from the director of Ya Boy Konming, and I guess the success of that got him a higher budget here, which was the only real issue I had with that show.

Also it's gay as hell.

VTuber Legend

There have been a few VTuber shows now, but they're all been marketing guttertrash, so I completely ignored this. I'm glad the show seems to be catching on though, word of mouth really stopped me from skipping over a gem. I don't know if it'll hold up in the long term, but this was pretty funny stuff. I do think you need ateast a surface level knowledge of Vtubing to appreciate it, though. And it is weird that the characters....just are their avatars in real life, but it makes for better visuals I suppose.

Also it's gay as hell.

Narenare
Mayonaka Punch
Shoshimin
Stepsister
Otokonoko
The Elusive Samurai
Suicide Squad
VTuber Legend
Dahlia
Nokotan
Quality Assurance
Parry
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Russian
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Pseudo Harem
My Wife has no Emotion
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Fuckin' Wizards

https://twitter.com/AniTrendz/status/1810290237119082563?t=NKCumrvqlAS0YHnJLl8EnQ&s=19

Shin Kawasaki supremacy.

lol the Date-A-Live folks refused to go down without a fight. Can't knock them for rallying together considering Subaru pushing onto the chart here at the last minute.

I'm sad Crunchyroll got rid of comments. I didn't always read them, but there were a few shows where they enhanced my enjoyment of them. Not everything has easy-to-find discussion elsewhere on a per episode basis.

ummm so, season 2 of jujustu kaisen is a prequel??? what??? is there any direct continuation of S1's events in anime form?

Just the first arc.

SeabassDebeste posted...

ummm so, season 2 of jujustu kaisen is a prequel??? what??? is there any direct continuation of S1's events in anime form?

Isn't it just the first four episodes?

Best girl.

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Now in manga form.

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First episode of Mayonaka Punch, hell yeah this anime is great. I wasn't interested in it during the pre-season, but I blame the MAL description for saying nothing except that the main girl is a Newtuber. Once I saw the episode 1 title on Crunchyroll mention a vampire, though, I was sold. I'll give any supernatural comedy a try. There have been plenty of bad vampire anime, like Call of the Night (aka one of the most boring anime ever). Thankfully, Mayonaka Punch has so much energy in comparison. "Boring" is the one word no one could ever use to describe it. Main girl is a terrible person in a hilarious way. I love the two vampires they've introduced so far, too. It also managed to have a bit of depth with the main girl's problems, but without getting bogged down in melodrama. I'm super excited to see where this anime goes.

Robazoid posted...

Call of the Night (aka one of the most boring anime ever)

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First episode of No Longer Allowed in Another World was really good! I'm sure most people would prefer something like Konosuba, but this is the isekai parody that appeals to me. A suicidal author winds up in a fantasy video game world and he's hating every minute of it, hell yeah. It's subverting all the usual isekai tropes in a way that I'm really enjoying. Main dude is hilariously moody and I like the little harem he's accidentally forming.

Reg posted...

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I just really didn't like CotN. Even the main vampire girl somehow managed to be boring.

I am so weirded out by that show because it's apparently based on a real dude who killed himself like 75 year ago or so. He has family alive who knew him. It's be like if someone made a Kurt Cobain Isekai or something, and it's a comedy??

I am definitely going to check it outndie to pure curiosity, I gotta know.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

I am so weirded out by that show because it's apparently based on a real dude who killed himself like 75 year ago or so. He has family alive who knew him. It's be like if someone made a Kurt Cobain Isekai or something, and it's a comedy??

I am definitely going to check it out due to pure curiosity, I gotta know.

This is common, oddly enough. Bungou Stray Dogs stars Osamu Dazai and has him constantly trying to kill himself in comedic fashions.

Unlike most people apparently (looking at the ANN preview reviews for it, both of them so far are really offended lol) I don't have a problem with using dead people in fiction like this. If Elvis can fight a mummy, this author guy can get isekai'd.

I feel like using someone who specifically killed themselves then using that as the springboard for the story is a little different than just making a dead celebrity do something wacky.

I've been trying to come up with another example in fiction that could be seen as more similar in terms of using a dead historical figure while making light of their tragedy. Best I can think of is Clone High with JFK where he exclaimed that nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedys.

politicians are fair game imo

The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies

Actually, I'm glad this is half length lol.

It's perfectly cute. It's definitely one of those "1 joke" shows, so under normal circumstances I wouldn't keep it....but 8 minutes a week, eh, why not? The sequence at the beginning looked very nice.

No Longer Allowed In Another World

Ignoring the elephant in the room, honestly enjoyable. Thought it was pretty funny that they took a character that was commiting suicide but then had him get by a truck anyways, then they straight up just said "oh yeah that's the Isekai truck". I got worried about what this show would be around the middle, but by the end, especially after the oddly placed OP, it got a lot more energy. The elf girl in particular was pretty funny at the end there. I'm also not sure what the tone moving forward will be from this OP, I imagine still mostly comedy, this is that same writer as the Red Ranger dating the Villainous anime from a couple years ago. We'll see how it goes!

It is funny to me that both of these series today have an death aspect to them on near opposite ends of the spectrum: one a show adapting a manga writer's series post-mortem and celebrating it and her, the other making a comedy anime based on a guy who killed himself and them avoiding name-dropping him directly.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Just the first arc.

KamikazePotato posted...

Isn't it just the first four episodes?

didn't realize. there was no indication what was going on at the beginning of the series and wiki just said the names of the arcs that this would adapt lol

thanks

UltimaterializerX posted...

Uh, why did the Namekians wish for a new home instead of the restoration of their old one? Surely a dragon could bring a planet back.

maybe it was just too damn big

I dont think they specifically mention a reason, but youre probably supposed to reason that because Namek wouldve been in the same spot it means anyone like Frieza looking for the Dragon Balls wouldve found Namek again and potentially just repeat what happened when Frieza did.

Started watching Wind Breaker. Not quite what I expected, really enjoying it.

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It is my sincere hope that this show blows up, and in a best case scenario actually ends up being able to finish the series properly.

I feel like there's at least one example of an anime fixing a manga's ending, but I'm drawing a blank.

No, Usagi Drop doesn't count.

Is that supposed to be Santa?

pjbasis posted...

Is that supposed to be Santa?

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thanks to the positive reviews of "No Longer Allowed in Another World" from Roba and Ushiromiya, but what tipped me over the edge was youtube decided to serve up "Cat girl gets Violated ~ Isekai Shikkaku Ep 1 " which I mean, I had to watch. Damn algorithm.

...will wait for episode 2 reviews before I start watching it myself but it is looking likely!

Maniac64 posted...

Started watching Wind Breaker. Not quite what I expected, really enjoying it.

but he's a lone wolf....

Santa is looking shredded and cool lately with that JK Simmons Santa coming up

Positive....yeah I would say positive, at least. It's gonna be closer to the bottom of my watch list for now, burn definitely safe from the drop risk section.

I think the season is good so far, much better than expected at least. Several shows I actively was against turned out to be good. Sure, I had my nonsensical hate rant earlier about a show that doesn't deserve it out of spite, but frankly that's just a me thing.

There's no Girls Band Cry standout yet as far as first episodes that make me instantly fall in complete and total love, but even the best shows can rarely manage that kind of out of the gate adoration from me.

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Wooooow OK maybe I'm starting to get it.

What an enormous improvement in episode 2 of Russian Girl, stocks on that going way up.

MartinFF7 posted...

thanks to the positive reviews of "No Longer Allowed in Another World" from Roba and Ushiromiya, but what tipped me over the edge was youtube decided to serve up "Cat girl gets Violated ~ Isekai Shikkaku Ep 1 " which I mean, I had to watch. Damn algorithm.

...will wait for episode 2 reviews before I start watching it myself but it is looking likely!

The catgirl one was quite the scene! I hope No Longer Allowed in Another World stays as good as it was in ep 1.

It looks like the early web release of Shikonoko is still happening.

....The difference between now and last week is suddenly I'm wondering if the quick MTL subs that are already out will be better than the official subs on Sunday....

I read that they apparently fixed some of the Nokotan subs for ep 1 on the YouTube version (which isn't available in Canada, so I can't confirm). Not sure if they'll ever change the ones on Crunchy though. It makes me wonder if they'll do ep 2 better the first time. Gonna give them at least one more shot before I consider looking elsewhere.

I should check if they ever fixed the subs for Tonbo's final episode on Prime. Having two different versions of the same line and including both in the subs was so bizarre.

Considering even the dub is fucked, I think we're beyond anything being done about the license. It doesn't matter if everyone knows they suck, Remow has the license to distribute and Remow doesn't care. They fucked the subs up in multiple countries and languages.

I feel bad for the dub VAs. It's not their fault, really. You don't mix up the Ls and the Rs in words and not notice, I'm sure they had to follow orders to a T. They were excited to announce their roles last Sunday and then.....bluh.

And yeah, Remow is responsible for Tonbo, too.

Hell yeah 6 chapter drop of Girl Meets Rock

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