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didn't read the manga, but I read the first vol of the light novel and the anime, and I really loved it, one of the best yuris out there IMO

Tonari ni: 7/10: Good 1 volume yaoi by a mangaka I already liked, kinda short, would liked it for it to be a little bit longer, for more emotional impact

Futari no Lion: 7/10: Good 1 volume yaoi by a mangaka I did not know about, same opinion as above

Usuzumi no hate: 9?/10: New manga, started publication last year, this may be one of the mangas with the most ammount of potential i've read, only really behind shimeji simulation

It's a post-apocaliptic slice of life drama, about this girl that runs around and cleans corpses to avoid more deaths, I dont want to say too much about the plot, since there is almost nothing released so far, but HOLY FUCK IT'S GOOD

I personally LOVE post-apocaliptic slice of lifes, but it's not the biggest market, and post-apocaliptic slicce of life/drama are rare, but damn, this plot is honestly very original, the conflict the main protagonist faces is extremely psychological and honestly I've never seen it in another manga

This manga is a tough read, it's very dramatic, and in the single volume that it has released, it has some very emotional moments

the art is amazing, the dialogue is good, the characters are good, the conflict feels very human, even if it's a fantasy scenario, it's just a really fucking good manga

I wish that there was more released in order to talk about it more, or to talk about this first volume without it being spoilers, I did not give it a 10 since it's still early, but if this keeps going, and improves on this idea, it's actually a 10/10
Nuuskamuikkunen
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Haikyuu!! Season 2. 9/10

Animation improved, some interesting characters introduced and drama went slightly hotter, and matches were really exciting holy flick. Not to tell the development some characters underwent and the unexpected wholesomeness this anime has shown so far. Haikyuu teaches you to not to lament yourself over your past mistakes, fear is normal and that you haven't lost till the match has finished. This anime has been lifting up my mood lately.

Not giving it a 10 bc at times it felt corny.

Side note: Man why is Asahi so cute goddamnit.
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Patatitta
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Serial Experiments Lain: 7/10: Found that there was a spanish dub so I watched it.

Lain has a very dedicated fanbase, I cant just go on , give it a 7, and move on with my life, so, I will explain what do I enjoy exactly about anbime, and why I don't think that lain is THAT good

Lain is an anime mainly known for it's very complicated plot, and the way that the anime obtains this complexity is by purpousely abstracting information to the watcher, so things happen, and there really isn't an explanation to the viewer, the actual plot when you write it down isn't really that out of the ordinary, but the way it's presented is the more original part

Thing is, the reason I like lain is not exactly because of the plot, anmd mainly because of the atmosphere and the themes it covers, however, the fact that the story is so abstracted, kinda limits it IMO, there is a very important plot pont that you can realize it's happening on chapter 3 but they dont confirm until chapter 8, the actual story content is very limited as that content then has to be presented in a very specific way

I've already said this to someone and they were like "Oh you just dont like thinking while watching anime", but that is just not true, thing is, I dont want for the actual story content and themes to be limited by the fact I have to think a lot about it, my favourite manga is shimeji simulation, and that one has two storylines basically, the one you read, and then the one you understand, which is isnsanely more complicated, I just like that approach a lot more

I still think that Lain is pretty good, but I just didn't really enjoy it that much personally

Takemitsuzamurai: 7/10: This ia a manga by the creator of "Ping pong", it shares a very similar artstyle, however, for one reason or another, I quite didn't get into it, which it's a shame because it seems like a very objectively good manga

Umibe no Q: 6/10: Weird slice of life sci-fi drama manga, howeer, this manga has 4 volumes, and I just dislike the last two, dont really like where the author takes the story

Kabu no Isaki: 8/10: Slice of life about flying planes, I think this one is pretty good, the art is great, it has pretty memorable scenes, the characters are good, not too long or too short, it's just a great slice of life/adventure manga all-around, if you're into that, I would recommend it
Nuuskamuikkunen
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Patatitta wrote:

Serial Experiments Lain: 7/10: Found that there was a spanish dub so I watched it.

Lain has a very dedicated fanbase, I cant just go on , give it a 7, and move on with my life, so, I will explain what do I enjoy exactly about anbime, and why I don't think that lain is THAT good

Lain is an anime mainly known for it's very complicated plot, and the way that the anime obtains this complexity is by purpousely abstracting information to the watcher, so things happen, and there really isn't an explanation to the viewer, the actual plot when you write it down isn't really that out of the ordinary, but the way it's presented is the more original part

Thing is, the reason I like lain is not exactly because of the plot, anmd mainly because of the atmosphere and the themes it covers, however, the fact that the story is so abstracted, kinda limits it IMO, there is a very important plot pont that you can realize it's happening on chapter 3 but they dont confirm until chapter 8, the actual story content is very limited as that content then has to be presented in a very specific way

I've already said this to someone and they were like "Oh you just dont like thinking while watching anime", but that is just not true, thing is, I dont want for the actual story content and themes to be limited by the fact I have to think a lot about it, my favourite manga is shimeji simulation, and that one has two storylines basically, the one you read, and then the one you understand, which is isnsanely more complicated, I just like that approach a lot more

I still think that Lain is pretty good, but I just didn't really enjoy it that much personally
I'd recommend watching Haibane Renmei, I think it's way better executed than Lain. Pretty slow paced like the former tho.

Quoting from my MAL recommendation: You could consider Haibane Renmei and Serial Experiments Lain as sister anime, due to both being about existentialism, the protagonists are very similar in appearance and personality, there's a heavy psychological element and both also deal with sensitive topics like death or suicide. They're done by the same author as well.

Both anime have opposite characteristics as well: Serial Experiments Lain feels like the darker sister, taking place in a dystopian cybernetic world where everything is connected, while Haibane Renmei is the lighter sister which takes place in a peaceful village, isolated from the rest of the world. Serial Experiments Lain is a very complex anime, while Haibane Renmei is simple and straightforward. One rarely sees two anime complement and relate so well to each other actually.
Patatitta
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eblf2013 wrote:

Patatitta wrote:

Serial Experiments Lain: 7/10: Found that there was a spanish dub so I watched it.

Lain has a very dedicated fanbase, I cant just go on , give it a 7, and move on with my life, so, I will explain what do I enjoy exactly about anbime, and why I don't think that lain is THAT good

Lain is an anime mainly known for it's very complicated plot, and the way that the anime obtains this complexity is by purpousely abstracting information to the watcher, so things happen, and there really isn't an explanation to the viewer, the actual plot when you write it down isn't really that out of the ordinary, but the way it's presented is the more original part

Thing is, the reason I like lain is not exactly because of the plot, anmd mainly because of the atmosphere and the themes it covers, however, the fact that the story is so abstracted, kinda limits it IMO, there is a very important plot pont that you can realize it's happening on chapter 3 but they dont confirm until chapter 8, the actual story content is very limited as that content then has to be presented in a very specific way

I've already said this to someone and they were like "Oh you just dont like thinking while watching anime", but that is just not true, thing is, I dont want for the actual story content and themes to be limited by the fact I have to think a lot about it, my favourite manga is shimeji simulation, and that one has two storylines basically, the one you read, and then the one you understand, which is isnsanely more complicated, I just like that approach a lot more

I still think that Lain is pretty good, but I just didn't really enjoy it that much personally
I'd recommend watching Haibane Renmei, I think it's way better executed than Lain. Pretty slow paced like the former tho.

Quoting from my MAL recommendation: You could consider Haibane Renmei and Serial Experiments Lain as sister anime, due to both being about existentialism, the protagonists are very similar in appearance and personality, there's a heavy psychological element and both also deal with sensitive topics like death or suicide. They're done by the same author as well.

Both anime have opposite characteristics as well: Serial Experiments Lain feels like the darker sister, taking place in a dystopian cybernetic world where everything is connected, while Haibane Renmei is the lighter sister which takes place in a peaceful village, isolated from the rest of the world. Serial Experiments Lain is a very complex anime, while Haibane Renmei is simple and straightforward. One rarely sees two anime complement and relate so well to each other actually.

yeah honestly, that seems more my style, may check it out in the future


Cant Defy The Lonely Girl: 8/10: cute fluffy yuri, started reading it a few years back, finally finished, so I decided to read what I had left, pretty good

Annarasumanara: 9/10: I have never seen a single manga (Or manhwa in this case) try this hard before, like, it's pretentious as fuck, but, honestly, even if it gives you a lot of reasons to hate it, I quite liked it

I think the artstyle is really good, the message is nice, it's definitively something very memorable for sure, however, it's not something I can recommend quite as easily for the reasons I said earlier, so read it, but with a bit of caution
Nuuskamuikkunen
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NieA_7

8/10

What one'd expect from ABe, nice slice of life overall.
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Patatitta
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Vinland Saga: 9/10: ultra violent viking manga, except that I liked it unlike berserk, it's true that it improves massively after chapter 100, but if you did not enjoy the first segment you're not going to enjoy the rest. Turns out, that I have no enemies

Astroid: 6/10: weird unfinished experimental manga by Keiichi Koike, it has no dialogue, I liked the art, that's about it really

Ultra Heaven: 9/10: weird unfinished experimental manga by Keiichi Koike

This is one of the most interesting mangas i've read in my entire life. Keiichi Koike is a mangaka that from their wikipedia page

Wikipedia wrote:

His style, similar to Katsuhiro Otomo and Moebius, is marked by vivid representations of psychedelic experiences.[2]

Drugs are an important part of his inspiration: "Except peyotl, I have tried almost everything: hashish, heroin, cocain, acid, magic mushrooms... From a strictly graphical point of view, however, LSD is most important by far..." He is best known as the author of manga Heaven's Door and Ultra Heaven.[1]
Ultra heaven is a manga about a society where drugs has been almost entirely legalized, and nearly everyone takes it, new advancetement in technologies are used to create drugs and devices that stimulates you phisically or your brain even more. In this manga, the protagonist is a total addict, and their exact status and resistance to existance drugs make them a candidate to "Go to heaven" (Kinda like reaching nirvana), it's more complicated than that but that's the idea

The story is fucking complicated, I was able to watch lain kinda nicely but this is nearly on the limit of feeling like it's total nosense, which honestly, i'm not really sure if it is. I'm not a particular fan of hyper complicated stories and this really isn't the exception, but I think the themes, concepts and art is so good, that it completely makes up for it

Part of the story is so complicated, because as I said, it was just never finished, which is a complete shame, it could maybe have been a 10/10 out of me if it was

Touhou Project Niji Sousaku Series: Sanae-san wa Iedechuu!: 8/10: one of my main problems with shuper short manga is that they dont have enough time to really explore the concepts it offers, but, if you base it on touhou or any other franchise, you kinda have a head advantage, and doesn't really feel that bad

This is a non-canonical story by one of the person that did do official touhou mangas about sanae trying out different jobs over gensyoko, it's a nice Slice of Life

Touhou Project Niji Sousaku Series: Shinigami wa Kyou mo Fune wo Kogu: 8/10: actually read this before that last one, same opinion, still not canon, and this time it's about Komachi's daily life
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k-on shuffle: 7/10: the sequel to k-on, it's fine, it's just more k-on, not finished, just caught up to it
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Ubume no Natsu 9/10

It has a slow start and it might even feel pretentious in the beginning, but once you get the grasp of it, then it becomes a fascinating story to read (but still dialogue-dense as hell lol). It's somewhat strong in content but I thought it was a fine experience overall. I had a long time without watching something that let me in awe.
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haven't posted here in a while becasue the things I was watching/reading were long AF

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: 6/10: watched it mainly because it was fullmetal alchemist, incredibly popular anime, super high ranked, did not know anything about it, and I found a dubbed version, so I could just put it in the second monitor while I played path of exile or something

It's a good anime, however, it didn't really have anything that blew me away, and I was also not a big fan of action scenes and stuff, so I didn't like the last 20 chapters or so as much because of that. Other than that, the characters are great, really liked them all, definitively the strongest part of the anime, and the story was pretty alright, there was a few plot points that I personally disliked, but it was overall well done

it's good, but it's just not my style

(also, just clarifying, i'm still reading primarily manga, I just watched this because I found it had a dub, already halfway through another manga, really loving it, more than fmab, so will comment on it sometime soon)
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Mouryou no Hako 7/10

Quoting from my MAL post.
Okay, the story was good, but the way they told it was pretty disappointing, the pacing was HORRIBLY slow and the fact it was told in a non-linear way was unnecessary and just made it confusing and dense (Even for me who likes confusing stuff in moderation). You definitely need to know about Ubume no Natsu to get at least a grasp of who the main characters are, as this anime barely explained anything, in fact, if compared to the Ubume no Natsu manga the characters feel considerably more flat in here.

As for the animation, this has one of my favorite aesthetics in all anime I have ever seen and the soundtrack was magnificent.

I enjoyed it tho. 7/10, good but far from great.

Would I recommend it though? Most likely not.
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Patatitta
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20th century boys + 21st century boys (bundled together because they're the same manga ngl): 10/10

my favourite mistery/science fiction manga i've read

the plot is about a couple kids that plan how to conquer the world back in the 70's, and now, nearly in the change to the 21st century, they realize that someone in their old friend group has actually been pulling those plans out

this manga is GOOD, it jumps between different time periods constantly, but never in a way that really feels overwhelming or too complex, the panel structure is perfect, the pacing is amazing, the characters are great, the setting is great, the art is not too world-breaking but it's good, the level of polish that this manga has is similar to the steins;gate anime, it's just amazing

the overall plot is weird, most apparent with the ending, but, I think this just makes the manga more unique, and I appreciate that, it has lots of memorable moments for that same reason, it's also totally unpredictable up to the end, that combined with the way the manga is written and shown just leads to an amazing experience

this manga is apparently made by the same mangaka as monster, another manga I liked, not as much as this one, but one that I enjoyed, I decided to read pluto next, since it's also made by the same person
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Owarinaki Gogo 5/10
One of the one shots of all time. Nothing much to say, there is barely a plot.
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So it's The world in colors. the original from PA works

6/10

what is good : The artstyle and the animation, Simple world setting, Quite memorable side characters

what can be better :
the plot around the ending (It very much feels like discount anohana and/or plastic memories)
the romance could be more developed. Both friendship and romance plot can go together, look at sakurasou and toradora (though bit unfair cause it's 24 vs 12eps. maybe also Silent voice) or just ditch the romance because It feels rushed af.
Patatitta
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[Manga] Pluto: 8/10: another manga by Naoki Urasawa, where they collaborated with Osamu Tezuka, so, very high level collaboration right here

Pluto is a sci-fi mystery manga, with a big enphasis on focusing on the robot's social rights. In this universe, AIs had just been given rights, but, the overall society still were very racist torward the robots. Even if this manga was written between 2003 and 2009, it makes some very interesting points about the use of AI, stuff that could be kinda applied to the current world

the art is good, the story is good, the only thing I didn't really like about this manga was that it took a more action approach, so, unlike monster or 20th century boys, there is a lot more action fluff in my opinion, which, some people may like, but it's not my personal preference

this manga was apparently also based on astro-boy, which I did not know, I would probably have enjoyed pluto more if I had read astro-boy before that, it's not needed to understand the plot, but a lot of characters and stuff are straight up pulled from there so yeah, read it before if you want to truly enjoy pluto

this manga apparently is getting a netflix adaptation this same year, so, coming in the next 4 months, let's wait and see how that turns out


[Anime] Clannad (Season 1): 9/10 Only thing I really knew of this manga is that it's supposed to be very emotional, and, while it still hasn't broken me like other animes in this same genre, I still enjoyed it, great plot, great characters, and it does seem to build up a lot for season 2, which i'm now currently watching
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Haikyuu!! S3 9/10, keeps going in quality with a short but intense season.
Patatitta
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I have a damn bunch of stuff read

[Anime] Clannad afterstory: 9/10: While I dont think the end is really that good, it's really sad and emotional, but there is a certain character and twist that I feel it could have been used better, also the last 2 chapters are filler, however, it's still very good


[Anime] Kino no tabi (2017): 9/10: I love everything related to kino no tabi, so, I decided to watch the adaptations, Kino no tabi is a shtiroty about ae girl, kino, that in combination with their motorcycle, hermes, go exploring the world, staying 3 days in each country, this version of the story also focuses a lot of the seconday characters, really smooth animation, really thought-provoking stories, really good anime, recommendated

[Anime] Kino no tabi (2003): 10/10: The 2003 adaptation has a .ot of similarities to the 2003 version, there aare a lot of stories that repeats with almost no changes, however, while the 2017 focus more on the characters, the 2003 version is a lot stranger, mainly focusing on kino herself and the world, it's personal preference which one do you like more, I just wanted to give it a 10 to an adaptation of kino no tabi, because I feel it deserves it

[Anime] Haibane Renmei: 9/10: eblf recommendation, I did enjoy this more than lain, I really liked the characters and the plot and what it stood for, the animation was good, I've had no problems with this manga and really enjoyed it quite a bit

[Anime] Madoka Magica movie 3: Rebellion: 8/10: I'ts been a long time since I actually watched the original madoka series, however, I think I enjoyed this less than the original series, cant really say why, still a good movie tho, really good ost and animation

[Anime] Anohana: 8/10: the sad anime about schizophrenia, this was a very cool and emotional anime, however I didn't click with it as much as other sad anime. It's still good and enjoyable however, so it's still an 8



[Manga] Daichouhen Doraemon: 9/10: As a child I loved doraemon, and a while back, I realized I could read the doraemon mangas and flex to my 6yo me, and I did that, however I read daichouhen instead of original, as the original isn't completely scanlated. I enjoyed reading through doraemon, the nostalgia combines with the fact that the actual sci-fi concepts and the stories are actually quite good, I liked it


[Manga] New game!: 8/10: CGDCT that was on my plan to read since forever, it was alright, I dont have a lot to say about this one LMAO

[Manga] Solo leveling: 7/10: was on discord once looking at what animes were coming out soon, and we saw that solo leveling was getting adapted soon, remembered that this was a pretty popular manwha, my friend was interested in seeing too, know it's going to be a conversation topic when it does get animated, so I read it.

Solo leveing is the shounest shounen, after the actual plot is resolved in chapter 70, the next 130 chapters are just pure fight scenes, powerscaling, plot armor, and pure uncontrolled energy, I did not really like solo leveling, it's good for people that like shounens, I'm not that person, however there really wasn't anything on it that made me hate it like other manga, like, I've actually been able to finish it and stuff

[Manga] Heisei Umare: 8/10 Comedy 4koma that no one has ever read, it had some funny stuff, I've laughed, pretty good

[Manga] Slam dunk: 8/10: I like Takehiko Inoue, read vagabond, liked it, read real, liked it, and now i've read slam dunk, and while it is a lot more sport-focused that what I normally enjoy, it's still good, characters are interesting, however I feel that unlike real, you must already like basketball in order to actually love this manga, as it is very much really focused on that, it is also the first serialized manga that they wrote so the art-style is a lot less polished than their next two mangas, read it if you like sport mangas
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[Anime] The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya: 9/10: this was a weird one for me, for one, I thought this was a standalone fild, I did not know that you were supposed to watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, however, surprisingly I understood the film well enough, even if I had a very different watching experience to everyone else. HOwever this experience was positive so eh

[Manga] One Piece (Holded at volume 16): 6/10: I don't know what to say about one piece, the first time I tried reading one piece, I actually enjoyed it, read the first 10 volumes, however it didn't make me want to keep reading it, so I switched reading other stuff, after that, i've given 3 more attempts to try to finish one piece, however, the same happens, continuing from where I left, I read 2 volumes, and I just dont have the need to read anymore, it's not that I dislike it, it's just that I dont want to read it anymore

I holded it instead of dropping because I know that I kinda liked the start, so, maybe in a future I give it a fith try and this time I actually get up to date with it
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Patatitta wrote:

[Anime] The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya: 9/10: this was a weird one for me, for one, I thought this was a standalone fild, I did not know that you were supposed to watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, however, surprisingly I understood the film well enough, even if I had a very different watching experience to everyone else. HOwever this experience was positive so eh
Haruhi is very slow paced in general and it isn't till the movie where you start seeing noticeable development. It's sad that they didn't adapt anything further, it would have been great.
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[Manga] Chainsaw Man: 7/10: it was alright, kinda weird manga, for sure memorable, art was great, not too into action tho, this manga is not finished. just caught up to it. Read it since a friend liked it
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[Anime] Initial D: First stage: 9/10: I started watching Initial D since I kept seeing all these songs from the anime and it being referenced constantly, and i'm really liking it

I'm not a car person, the only car I know is the toyota corolla (which happens to be the one the protagonist drives according to wikipedia), never ever watched a race IRL, and the closest to a driving simulator i've played is mario kart

however, seeing the over the top dramatic driving scenes with this blood pumping eurobeat in the background is just great. So far, initial D manages to do what a lot of sports/action animes/mangas fail to do, and that is, get me, someone with no interest in those stuff, actually feel tense and excited during one of those scenes

also, the animation feels really weird for some reason, but not really in a bad way, just that it's very unique at times and I don't think this was intentional

excited to keep watching, want to see where this goes
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Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo: 8/10.
Good Anime. It has quite a realistic portrayal of hard work vs talent. Although it's too melodramatic in some parts and "romance", one of this anime supposed genre, is quite lacking.



5-toubun no Hanayomeโˆฝ: 8/10
THE QUINTS ARE BACK. After the horrendous sh*tshow and the shocking revelation of the promised girl that was the movie, we got the "adaptations from the manga that is not in the anime", which mostly took place between the second season and the movie itself. The good thing is, this is adapted by SHAFT STUDIO. Yes THE studio that made monogatari. For the style of animation and direction, welll.. It's quite different from the two seasons but come on, it's Shaft studio we're talking about! It seems that Shaft have gotten their quality back. I mean, look at this.



THIS is wallpaper-worthy.

Story wise, I think this is a must watch after you finished the second season and before the movie. Since this OVA explains more about key plot that shouldn't have been rush by the author. As one MAL commentator said it, Shaft is doing wonders to convince me that shitty ending is good, the last 10 minutes alone is better than the last 2 seasons and the Movie man
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[Anime] Initial D: First stage: 9/10: I started watching Initial D since I kept seeing all these songs from the anime and it being referenced constantly, and i'm really liking it

I'm not a car person, the only car I know is the toyota corolla (which happens to be the one the protagonist drives according to wikipedia), never ever watched a race IRL, and the closest to a driving simulator i've played is mario kart

however, seeing the over the top dramatic driving scenes with this blood pumping eurobeat in the background is just great. So far, initial D manages to do what a lot of sports/action animes/mangas fail to do, and that is, get me, someone with no interest in those stuff, actually feel tense and excited during one of those scenes

also, the animation feels really weird for some reason, but not really in a bad way, just that it's very unique at times and I don't think this was intentional

excited to keep watching, want to see where this goes
I second this! I am not a car fanatic at all. I started watching it actually because of the Eurobeat <3
It's pretty enjoyable even if you don't care for cars. The scenes are exciting and it's different from many other shows I have come across.
I still have to finish 5th stage :c

I just finished Oshi no Ko. I have to say, it was not what I had expected at all but it was good, I love the animation and the characters. I feel like the show did not resolve the "main idea" or at least I thought it was the main idea based on the prologue... I am sure the second season will get to all that. Very good build-up.
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[Anime] Initial D: Second stage: 9/10: same thing as first stage really, really liked it

[Manga] 3-gatsu no Lion: 9/10: 3-gatsu no lion is a very weird manga, one of the most apparent ways is on the ammount of text displayed at once, I mean it, I have never seen a manga with more text, (except shimeji simulation chapter 44)

the ammount of texts displayed at once reminds me of japanese ads, thing is, even if you have the dialogue of the characters, you also have this black stripes with a internal monologue of the protagonist, which is not necessarily related to the theme, and it forces you to first read all the dialogue, and then re-read the page reading the monologue

Also, the pattern structure is non-standard, which I like, and it has some very pretty art, that can get very psychological at times

3-gatsu no lion is a manga about a load of stuff, the story itselfs mainly revolves around shogi, but it's not just about shogi, it's about why do they want to be a shogi player, why are they a shogi player, what is he going to do with the winnings, what does this other character think of them, what is the backstory fo that character, etc

this manga tackles a lot of ideas, it talks about love, competition, money, school, bullying, etc, and it keeps flipping from one to the other in a really quick fashion

honestly if you're into shogi/chess, and like dramas, this manga is absolutely insane, I really enjoyed it

also, manga is not finished, just caught up
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[Anime] Initial D Third stage: 9/10: more initial D, I like, nothing else to say

also, I bumped my score of usuzumi no hate to 10, it has past enough time, a new chapter released, and yeah, it deserves it
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[Manga] [Dropped at volume 16]: GTO: 4/10 (Sorry anaxii): I liked the first 3 volumes, were it was the backstory of onizuka, however, after that, I feel it kinda does become a pretty predictible, ecchi, comedy manga, which is not what I expected. And I dont see it really changing it much, so I dropped it. I had the impression that it was something more drama/plot focused, but after the start it's not really, onizuka recieves plot armor and it's just funny scenes with the students, not something I enjoy


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I normally dont edit my posts to add new stuff, but I wanted to write this review now since I want to link it on a OT topic, and I don't know how much time will pass until someone else posts here, so I will just do this now

Termina: 8/10: Just to make clear, this manga is not fully translated, which is a shame, since I was liking it

Termina (Or terumina) is an avant-garde manga about a small catgirl journiying through the bizarre world on a train, she just gets in the train, and while on the travel or in the stops, she mets weird people in weird circustances,

The art-style is really good, I think it was by far the strongest element, the panel structure is really good too, everything on the visual side is pretty strong, and complements the story perfectly

about the story, it's weird. It doesn't have an overarching plot, at least one I've seen in the chapters that are translated, instead, every destination and chapter it's standalone, kinda like a panpanya manga, and I like panpanya, so I liked that

in fact, I feel the panpanya energy is very strong on this one, in many ways, it's like a more hardcore/extreme version of their works. panpanya a lot of the times bases their stories on true stuff, and then explains it on a wall of text at the end of the chapter, and in termina the same happens! giving explanation of mainly the trains that are featured in the manga

It's a really good short read, it wasn't as impactful as ultra heaven or as breaking as shimeji simulation, but comparing anything, specially avant garde works like this to those, it's a really high bar, I would recommend reading it, and if you like it, consired reading panpanya's work or shimeji simulation, maybe even ultra heaven if you want an even more hardcore experience

also, this thread has given me an idea about making a thread entirely about the avant-garde, that would be interesting, I feel a lot of the best avant-garde works is missing that tag on myanimelist, and I think it's a problem

edit: I did do that thread
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Azumanga Daioh THE ANIMATION (2002, J.C.Staff)
9/10

"Please don't cry anymore, GOODBYE SADNESS" - This anime's OP.

I wondered why people loved this anime, why there were so many shitposting of it, and most importantly...



WHO THE HECK WAS HER?!

Well, my questions were answered quite satisfactorily, by showing me one of the most unexpectedly wholesome comedies I have ever witnessed. It showed one of the best portrayals of friendship one could ask for, friends you can trust, friends you can joke with, friends behaving stupidly, and most importantly a genuine and organic feeling of belonging. The protagonists might seem pretty stereotypical, but they eventually grow to be better people and achieving the goals they propose. Azumanga Daioh is pretty lighthearted for the most time but it isn't devoid of thoughts like the fact that youth isn't eternal and that you got to enjoy it with the people that love you.

On the comedy side, this anime didn't stay behind. I laughed REALLY loud at every chapter, most of the jokes are white humor (with a few black comedy in there which was funny too). It's impressive how first, they didn't try to overwhelm the audience, and second, how jokes didn't felt repetitive, although, there were a few jokes that didn't land or were dragged for way longer than they should have, but overall, a great comedy from which I understand why many other anime were inspired by the formula and how CGDCT surged from it.

This anime will have a place in my heart surely, my faith in humanity is restoring.
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[manga] Kaguya-sama: Love Is War: 8/10: This was one of te first mangas i've ever read, I watched the anime, first season, I liked it, and then a friend bought the physical mangas continuing from where the anime left off, the last they bought was volume 14, and that was where I left it

currently, I decided to actually finish it, as by the 14th volume, the plot, the actual thing the manga is about is resolved by that volume, so I expected it to be one or two more volumes, however, there were 14 others, there was a total of 28th volumes

it was alright? I guess?, since theplot finished, there really wasn't any of those incredibly over the top funny mind ghames, which were my favourite part, and other than that, it just goes for way longer than it should, this manga would have been a lot of better if it was only 20 volumes or even 16 IMO


[manga] Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: 8/10: pretty good manga, it's just very relaxing, I really love the theme and the setting, the art was nice too, just a pretty nice, relaxing manga

[manga] Kagurabachi: 6/10?: I mean, it only has 1 chapter so far, and I read it for the memes, I dont even like the genre
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Golden time 8.5/10 the story was decent
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[Anime] Initial D: Fifth stage / Initial D: Final Stage: 9/10: finally finished initial D, really good, cars drifting with an amazing ost, it was very enjoyable, apparently there is a sequel coming soon called MF ghost, apparently the manga isn't as good as initial D but the trailer does have eurobeat, so I will probably check it out when it comes out
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FLCL: 7/10: was alright, good animation and some cool scenes, but I didn't really get into the plot or the characters, mainly the later chapters, wont watch the sequels
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(Anime) Monster: 11/10, itโ€™s really awesome, the plot is fantastic and interesting, in some scenes it made me cry but anyway u must watch it!!
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Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence

7/10. A cute, heartwarming, depression-curing romance slice-of-life anime that unfortunately have neither plot progression nor a plot itself. BUT who cares about plot when this is literally a cute, heartwarming, depression-curing romance slice-of-life anime?!

Anyways Cecilia-sama >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Index Librorum Prohibitorum. full stop.
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Boogiepop wa Warawanai (2019) - 8/10

I'd say that this version of Boogiepop was also good, with a more understandable story yet, the horror elements were toned down a bit and the pacing was really weird to follow. I really liked the arcs in general but I feel like many pieces were left.

I learned recently that this only adapted 4 of the 24 volumes of Boogiepop novels that have been released so far.
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Uchuu Kyoudai: 9/10:

This is by far the longest manga i've read, not only it's longer on volume count than anything else (43 volumes), but it's also a lot more dialogue heavy than the previous super long mangas I had read, not 3-gatsu no lion or shimeji simulation chapter 44 levels of text heavy, but it's still more than something like vagabond or vinland saga. Also, this manga it's not finished, it's still ongoing

about the manga itself, it's really good, it's a story about two astrounaut brothers, which takes place in the utopical year of 2025, where apparently nasa still has good enough budget to make moon missions and have had it for a long time, which is sadly not something that has really happened

it's mainly a drama, and a really good one at that, the story flow is basically perfect, everything connects so well with the rest of the story, and it also has very interesting and memorable scenes, the art is nothing out of this world but it's still good.

It's just overall a really good manga about astronauts, would recommend
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Heppoko Jikken Animation Excelโ™ฅSaga 7/10

Started really strong but the comedy fell apart in the latter half, second to last episode was a great ending and the controversial episode 26 was... euh... well, might upset some people but it's far from the worst stuff I have seen. Most overrated last episode imo.
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Penguindrum: 9/10: I love penguins, they're my favourite animal, so I watched penguindrum

The first half is pretty typical comedy/drama anime with penguins doing silly stuff, I enjoyed that, however, the second half is wild

they kinda just take all the concepts of the firsrt half and push them into the extreme, and it turns into a very complex and deep plot where the drama element is a lot heavier, I like the concept of penguindrum, I like where the story goes and what ideas it tackles. Honestly, this is an anime that if it really clicks with you, you're goin to absolutely love it forever, but if it doesn't fully click, it's still pretty enjotable. It's overall a good anime, I would recommend it
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Mononoke 9/10

Okay, I had a long time without an anime leaving me in awe, the animation was strong and consistent, a nice set of stories, a great protagonist and the fact that this could have had more seasons... but it didn't. Really, I need more of this, but sadly this is an original anime so that means there's no source material and the manga was just an adaptation of what we saw in the anime. Either way, I am impressed that they managed to put FIVE well-developed stories in a matter of 12 episodes without it feeling rushed as well.

The only other thing that I didn't like apart from the extremely short story (I NEED MOAR ;w;) were the overuse (and misuse) of screamers. And basically none of them work, they rather felt like something disgusting to hear rather than something scary, with the notable exception of a few ones that were indeed disturbing.

A final note: the opening is SENDO CUMBIร“N.
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[manga] Game-bu: 9/10: this technically isn't a manga but a doujinshi, however it's pretty good

I initially learned about this manga a year back when I was talking to zizou, the developer of undertale 2 and the upcoming gimmiko (wishlist gimmiko on steam), since the manga is a SoL about game development, and he saw a pretty funny scene

for the most part, this a pretty normal and cute SoL, however, near the end of the manga, there is certainly a very very amazing story arc, one that is normally very risky for this genre, and they pulled it off perfectly, making for a really above average SoL, would absolutely recommend
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Don't Toy me Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack 7/10

It's a very funny and a romantic anime, and would recommend it to people that like slice of life and a little sign of romance. some scenes were also emotional, and I also seemed to choke up to some of them. I was quite disappointed at the ending though, but ehh, the manga is still going, so I can't really blame lol.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica 9/10

A well delivered suspense I must say, it had the right amount of angst and excitement that I expected. Sorta mindblowing too, especially in the animation side.
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Nickelodeon: 6/10:
Nijigahara Holograph: 5/10:
Shimotsuki-san wa Mob ga Suki: Hitomishiri na Kanojo wa Ore ni dake Dere Amai: 7/10:

talk about everthing in detail in this thread
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The Promised Neverland 9/10

The ending of the season 1 is such a masterpiece.... GLORY FOR EMMA AND NORMAN <333

I'm going to watch the season 2 tomorrow
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Anaxii wrote:

The Promised Neverland 9/10

The ending of the season 1 is such a masterpiece.... GLORY FOR EMMA AND NORMAN <333

I'm going to watch the season 2 tomorrow
I dont normally post just to respond


please for the love of god do not watch season 2, act like it does not exist, read the manga if you want to (I haven't done so but heard it's better), really, save your time
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Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon/My Happy Marriage
Rating
  1. Music: 9/10
  1. Characters: 8/10
  1. Animation: 7.5/10
  1. Story: Started 8.5/10, fell to 7/10 :/
My opinion
I started watching this show during airing (Summer) around the time episode 7 was released. I binged the show up to episode 7/12 in one day and then finished it today (About 2 months, maybe less after starting). Sometimes after returning to a show after weeks of postponing, I tend to lose interest, yet I still had an interest in this show since I enjoyed the characters, the story, and the animation. Unfortunately around episode 8-9, I feel as if there was "filler" episodes, that weren't as great as the beginning, I still think it is an anime that is enjoyable. I will still continue season 2, hoping it gives the closure and continues the story as I hoped and expected. If you enjoy romance anime I would recommend it but honestly don't get your hopes up too much, as I said, started off great then the writing and storyline descended.
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Mashle

I think the animation on this anime is better than some anime in this current time (or maybe just me) but feels like the quality decreasing each episode. I have read the manga, and quite enjoy it. I would say overall it's good for me.

7.5/10
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Shimotsuki-san wa Mob ga Suki: Hitomishiri na Kanojo wa Ore ni dake Dere Amai: 7/10
Billy Bat: 10/10

[anime] Texhnolyze: 7/10

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The Promised Neverland S2 6/10

The story there was really interesting but the ending was kind of disappointing...

It's a happy ending and they all manage to go to the real world of course, but I feel like they could have make something even bigger.

I wish there's a S3 to raise the level because it felt kind of clichรฉ.

Patatitta wrote:

please for the love of god do not watch season 2, act like it does not exist, read the manga if you want to (I haven't done so but heard it's better), really, save your time
Sorry I'm not a manga reader :/
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Anaxii wrote:

The Promised Neverland S2 6/10

The story there was really interesting but the ending was kind of disappointing...

It's a happy ending and they all manage to go to the real world of course, but I feel like they could have make something even bigger.

I wish there's a S3 to raise the level because it felt kind of clichรฉ.

Patatitta wrote:

please for the love of god do not watch season 2, act like it does not exist, read the manga if you want to (I haven't done so but heard it's better), really, save your time
Sorry I'm not a manga reader :/
the fact you gave it something above a 2 is surprising
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Patatitta wrote:

Anaxii wrote:

The Promised Neverland S2 6/10

The story there was really interesting but the ending was kind of disappointing...

It's a happy ending and they all manage to go to the real world of course, but I feel like they could have make something even bigger.

I wish there's a S3 to raise the level because it felt kind of clichรฉ.

Patatitta wrote:

please for the love of god do not watch season 2, act like it does not exist, read the manga if you want to (I haven't done so but heard it's better), really, save your time
Sorry I'm not a manga reader :/
the fact you gave it something above a 2 is surprising
What's so wrong about the season 2 btw? I just think that the story is not good enough but that's it. The characters are well written
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Anaxii wrote:

Patatitta wrote:

Anaxii wrote:

The Promised Neverland S2 6/10

The story there was really interesting but the ending was kind of disappointing...

It's a happy ending and they all manage to go to the real world of course, but I feel like they could have make something even bigger.

I wish there's a S3 to raise the level because it felt kind of clichรฉ.

Patatitta wrote:

please for the love of god do not watch season 2, act like it does not exist, read the manga if you want to (I haven't done so but heard it's better), really, save your time
Sorry I'm not a manga reader :/
the fact you gave it something above a 2 is surprising
What's so wrong about the season 2 btw? I just think that the story is not good enough but that's it. The characters are well written
from the top of my head. The first like 3 chapters it sets up a story, then randomly timeskips skipping what seemed like an arc entirely, to then resurrect one dead character with no build-up to it in a way that just seems like a deus ex machina, to then start telling a plot totally different from the manga with increasingly worse animation and absolutely no pacing, creating no tension and drama. Add taht with the fact that the first season was a masterpiece and this season just killed the possibility for a season 3 or whatever.

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Insomniacs After School: 9/10: had already read up to chapter 90, a while back but there wasn't any more chapters released, recently it finished so I just finished the rest of the manga. Probably one of the best romance stories, very good art and themes, very likeable characters, great setting, this is a very high 9

Neeko wa tsurai yo: 7/10: cute SoL about a neet, already read most of it, just read the last volume that just recently got translated. IT's alright, dont really like the ending tho
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Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum: 7/10

Compliation movie with re-recorded voices, new scenes for (non-sexual) fanservice that enhance the story (by a little bit) and a new opening. I'd say it's a bad idea to watch without having watched Penguindrum first and only to watch if you really liked Penguindrum but are too lazy to rewatch. I kinda wish they added these scenes to the original series (maybe in a rerun) and make a perfect version.



The OP bangs tho.
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Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo: 8/10: weird SoL with a paranormal creature, nothing new but it's still fine, enjoyable short read, still ongoing
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Panty and Stokcing with Garterbelt 9/10

Very funny, even though the humor is kind of bordeline-
I really like Panty's behavior in this anime; not the fact that she's a... yeah... but the fact that she expresses her feeling more than everyone (mostly in the epsiodes 12 and 13!!)

- Stocking is cool too, she's kind of like me: a petty person lol
- Brief is kind of the nerd of the anime, but he's caring so I like him!
- CHUCK KEEPS SUFFERING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo: 8/10:

cute paranormal slice of life, still ongoing, definitively has some potential, but being honest I expect this to just be another nice little slice of life and nothing particullary special, only has one volume out yet so cant really say much


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Revolutionary girl utena: 9/10
Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei: 6/10

both in this thread
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[manga] Hotel: 6/10:
[Anime] Gilgamesh: 5/10:

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JoJo Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo 10/10
Pros: Banger Soundtrack And Opening, 7 Page Muda, And many more

Cons: None, idk the cons is
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AxisPraxisMDS wrote:

JoJo Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo
Pros: Banger Soundtrack And Opening, 7 Page Muda, And many more

Cons: None, idk the cons is
Cons: too perfect to have cons
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[Anime] Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku: 7/10: explained in my analysis thread
[Anime] cyberpunk: edgerunners: 7/10: explained in my analysis thread
[Anime] Shinsekai yori: 8/10 explained in my analysis thread
[Anime] Flying Luna Clipper: 6/10: explained in my analysis thread

[Manga] bakuman (dropped): 4/10: I had overall high expectations for this manga, it was about mangakas, so I assumed it would be something similar to blank canvass, this autobiogrophical manga telling their life in a very dramatic and exciting way, however, I was wrong, this is not autobiographical but purely fiction, which on itself is fine, however, I just dont agree with the philosohpy behind this manga. Basically it's about two teenagers who start drawing manga and they apparently are incredibly talented and they're amazing and etc etc. At that point I didn't realize it, but this manga was written by the same people that wrote death note, which to clarify, I disliked. This on itself isn't bad, however, the way the actually talk about existing manga really pushed me over the limit. It felt like in a way it kinda shitted on non-mainstream mangas, and the things they listed for a manga to be "good" I completely disagreed with, and given I was not enjoying the manga at that point, and that I disliked the mangakas, I just dropped it

[Manga] Hakumei and Mikochi: 9/10: really good and cute SoL, it has amazing art, a really adorable setting, perfect to just relax and read, nothing more to really say than look at these panels



[Manga] Kurayami Dance: 7/10: this is another weird shitโ„ข manga, and it was really weird, not my personal favourite, I feel it's a little bit too short and some of the concepts could have been explored more, but it was still good

[manga] Somari and the Guardian of the Forest: 8/10: really good SoL seinen manga that was discontinued due to the author health problems, however it is sad to not see this story finished
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Gin no Saji 9/10

Oh dear, Gin no Saji is such a hidden gem among slice of life. The story is pretty simple but the way the story is told is magnificent, just like Haikyuu!!, it does a fantastic job in teaching the viewer about the topic of the anime, plus the drama feels relatable and realistic. Excellent anime overall.

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru 6.5/10 - 300th completed anime milestone!


I decided to watch a movie I wanted to watch since some time ago, which... wasn't as good as I expected. This movie should be classified as Avant-Garde in my opinion due to how the story is told. It features a lot of surrealism, a focus on non-conventional narrative and it's heavy on allegories.

The biggest problem with this film is the pacing, it's SLOW, like, they could have made the story 20-30 minutes shorter if they made some scenes less boring. There were parts that could perfectly be cut, like the protagonists walking from point A to B without anything relevant happening. I surely find a brick wall interesting, thanks director.

Also, it's one of the few anime movies (if not the only one) that has the text in ESPERANTO, yes, esperanto (alongside with Japanese). Mi volas lernan la esperantoj, dankon! (how the heck I still remember some of it? xd)
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eblf2013 wrote:

Gin no Saji 9/10

Oh dear, Gin no Saji is such a hidden gem among slice of life. The story is pretty simple but the way the story is told is magnificent, just like Haikyuu!!, it does a fantastic job in teaching the viewer about the topic of the anime, plus the drama feels relatable and realistic. Excellent anime overall.

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru 6.5/10 - 300th completed anime milestone!


I decided to watch a movie I wanted to watch since some time ago, which... wasn't as good as I expected. This movie should be classified as Avant-Garde in my opinion due to how the story is told. It features a lot of surrealism, a focus on non-conventional narrative and it's heavy on allegories.

The biggest problem with this film is the pacing, it's SLOW, like, they could have made the story 20-30 minutes shorter if they made some scenes less boring. There were parts that could perfectly be cut, like the protagonists walking from point A to B without anything relevant happening. I surely find a brick wall interesting, thanks director.

Also, it's one of the few anime movies (if not the only one) that has the text in ESPERANTO, yes, esperanto (alongside with Japanese). Mi volas lernan la esperantoj, dankon! (how the heck I still remember some of it? xd)

I actually had the manga for ginga tetsodou in my plan to read, honestly, I don't even know if they're the same story or they just happen to have the same name

boogiepop 2019: 8/10: as always, explained in this thread

Doomsday with My Dog: 8/10: Okay, so there is actually a bit of context to me reading this manga. I was browsing myanimelist, looking what should I read, and then I found this list called "Potato Manga". This list was composed of a hyperspecific subgenre that is honestly one of my favourite genres all together, that being, world-centered slice of life were the characters just run around a world that is most often than not post-apocalyptic and disscuss philosophy. That means, girls last tour, kino no tabi, shuumatsu touring, etc.

I know the name is a reference to how the community calls the main character duo for girls last tour, gay potatos. However, given that name, the composition of the list and the fact that I had read everything in that list except blame!, the LN for kino no tabi and doomsday with my dog, I felt morally obligated to finish it

first I tried blame!, I don't ususally talk about mangas I just read the first volume to see what is it about and decide to read it or not (I don't even note them as read in my MAL account), but I didn't really connect with blame as it was very much more action focused, and given how long reading all of the kino no tabi novels would take me, I decided to just read doomsday with my dog

and the manga was in fact a potato manga (honestly i'm going to start calling this subgenre that tbh), it's about this girl who just wanders around this calm, post-apocalyptic world with their dog (kinda like the start of the movie I am legend but more chill), however the dog talks and they just disscuss philosophy, dog facts and interpersonal drama for 3 volumes, and I enjoyed it

The manga is also full color, which is pretty rare to see. I assumed it was self-published like a webtoon but it's apparently liscenced by ComicWalker, honestly will read about them, since it's really not common at all for serialized mangas to be full color

the manga starts being full 4koma, but after a special chapter at the end of volume 1 where the mangaka tries to test the waters for a non-4koma version of the manga, the following volumes mix 4koma and regular illustration, kinda like a work by tsukumizu yuu but without the panel-breaking shenanigans. Which I personally really enjoy

now, the actual manga is more close to a shuumatsu touring than a kino no tabi, it doesn't go that in depth with each philosophical thought, however, it is a very relaxing and enjoyable read, kinda like shuumatsu touring but more focused in the relationships between the two characters. And yes, i'm aware that no one other than me and the person that did the potato manga list has read shuumatsu touring, however it is a good comparasion, they're probably around the same level of quality and same type of feelings

pretty good read, will have to find more potato mangas since apparently I have basically finish the list as i'm not really going to read blame or the LN for kino no tabi just now

PD: I do not believe made in abyss is a potato manga as that list says, honestly, when I read more potato mangas I may consider making a potato manga list for myself, that would be cool
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Patatitta wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Gin no Saji 9/10

Oh dear, Gin no Saji is such a hidden gem among slice of life. The story is pretty simple but the way the story is told is magnificent, just like Haikyuu!!, it does a fantastic job in teaching the viewer about the topic of the anime, plus the drama feels relatable and realistic. Excellent anime overall.

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru 6.5/10 - 300th completed anime milestone!


I decided to watch a movie I wanted to watch since some time ago, which... wasn't as good as I expected. This movie should be classified as Avant-Garde in my opinion due to how the story is told. It features a lot of surrealism, a focus on non-conventional narrative and it's heavy on allegories.

The biggest problem with this film is the pacing, it's SLOW, like, they could have made the story 20-30 minutes shorter if they made some scenes less boring. There were parts that could perfectly be cut, like the protagonists walking from point A to B without anything relevant happening. I surely find a brick wall interesting, thanks director.

Also, it's one of the few anime movies (if not the only one) that has the text in ESPERANTO, yes, esperanto (alongside with Japanese). Mi volas lernan la esperantoj, dankon! (how the heck I still remember some of it? xd)

I actually had the manga for ginga tetsodou in my plan to read, honestly, I don't even know if they're the same story or they just happen to have the same name
Apparently it's another independent adaptation of the fairy tale it's based on. It's like comparing Disney and Del Toro's Pinocchio. Based on same story, told differently. Also seemingly there are several manga adpatations.
Patatitta
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eblf2013 wrote:

Patatitta wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Gin no Saji 9/10

Oh dear, Gin no Saji is such a hidden gem among slice of life. The story is pretty simple but the way the story is told is magnificent, just like Haikyuu!!, it does a fantastic job in teaching the viewer about the topic of the anime, plus the drama feels relatable and realistic. Excellent anime overall.

Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru 6.5/10 - 300th completed anime milestone!


I decided to watch a movie I wanted to watch since some time ago, which... wasn't as good as I expected. This movie should be classified as Avant-Garde in my opinion due to how the story is told. It features a lot of surrealism, a focus on non-conventional narrative and it's heavy on allegories.

The biggest problem with this film is the pacing, it's SLOW, like, they could have made the story 20-30 minutes shorter if they made some scenes less boring. There were parts that could perfectly be cut, like the protagonists walking from point A to B without anything relevant happening. I surely find a brick wall interesting, thanks director.

Also, it's one of the few anime movies (if not the only one) that has the text in ESPERANTO, yes, esperanto (alongside with Japanese). Mi volas lernan la esperantoj, dankon! (how the heck I still remember some of it? xd)

I actually had the manga for ginga tetsodou in my plan to read, honestly, I don't even know if they're the same story or they just happen to have the same name
Apparently it's another independent adaptation of the fairy tale it's based on. It's like comparing Disney and Del Toro's Pinocchio. Based on same story, told differently. Also seemingly there are several manga adpatations.
damn didn't know it was just a fairy tale, that's interesting
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ef - a tale of memories 8/10

As I said, this is more or less your typical Nakige anime but with a fantastic animation. Despite the melodrama and sometimes exaggerated reactions from some characters, the series was enjoyable and the pacing was excellent. The topics it touches are well developed too.
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Attack on Titan, 10/10

This anime raised me, so I have a strong bias towards it. I loved everything about it, I've been thinking about the ending for a week now.

I hope to get a ticket to the Shingeki AfterParty, and I want to buy the rest of the mangas. (I only bought Volume 1, years ago).

I don't even know if I want to watch any other anime anymore.
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dr. stone new world part 1 7/10 its pretty mid compared to previous seasons but still nice
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K4N44 wrote:

[๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š] [๐Ž๐ง๐ž-๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ]
๐€๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ”/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

๐ˆ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ˆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž. ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐š ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ข ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž.


the legendary manga, actually did read it


[Manga] Heavenly Delusion (ongoing): 8/10:

apparently this got adapted last season, I was not aware when I started reading the manga.

The manga is fine, reading the first chapter I was like "oh this is going to be like the proised neverland" and then I read chapter 2 and was like nvm

manga is a post-apocalyptic adventure manga, however in many ways it feels unfocused? It does have tons of interesting ideas, however, it doesn't really explore them. For example, the manga starts with the first chapter where you learn of these kids stuck in a school, and talking about escaping, and the second chapter, which is from the perspective of two scavengers on the outside, and you were like, ah the manga is ging to be about the contrast of these two ways of living

however, the manga isn't really about that?, like each two volumes or stuff the focus of the manga changes. And it's not like they aren't foreshadowed, it's just kinda has these cool concepts but they dont go in depth on anything, so while it is an enjotable read, it 's not really something that's really anything more than it
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Nuuskamuikkunen
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Henkei Shoujo 3/10



I want to drink gasoline now unironically. Lost 5 minutes of my life.
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NieA Under 7: 8/10: as always, explained in this thread
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eblf2013 wrote:

Henkei Shoujo 3/10



I want to drink gasoline now unironically. Lost 5 minutes of my life.
Why is there only 6 characters OOF
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Anaxii wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Henkei Shoujo 3/10



I want to drink gasoline now unironically. Lost 5 minutes of my life.
Why is there only 6 characters OOF
https://myanimelist.net/anime/35838/Shoujo_Shuumatsu_Ryokou
You can make a whole anime with just 6 characters.
Patatitta
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eblf2013 wrote:

Anaxii wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Henkei Shoujo 3/10



I want to drink gasoline now unironically. Lost 5 minutes of my life.
Why is there only 6 characters OOF
https://myanimelist.net/anime/35838/Shoujo_Shuumatsu_Ryokou
You can make a whole anime with just 6 characters.
glt in reality only have 2 characters and nuko (and is also fucking amazing god bless tkmiz)

also, kino no tabi only has 2 characters that have more than 1 chapter of screentime, being kino and the motorcycle, hermes
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eblf2013 wrote:

Anaxii wrote:

eblf2013 wrote:

Henkei Shoujo 3/10



I want to drink gasoline now unironically. Lost 5 minutes of my life.
Why is there only 6 characters OOF
https://myanimelist.net/anime/35838/Shoujo_Shuumatsu_Ryokou
You can make a whole anime with just 6 characters.
Crazy
Patatitta
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+Anima: 8/10: adventure slice of life manga following a dumbass bird and other similar creatures

really cool really cute, nothing that special, however it is an ejoyable read from start to end

normalize having dumbass bird characters in anime
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ef - a tale of melodies 8/10
The second season of ef was darker than I expected, and very much unlike the 1st season whose main focus was a romance-drama, here the focus shift somewhat to solving the mysteries that season 1 left, which was done excelently. However, the 2nd season went stronger with the melodramatic reactions, like, PLEASE, THAT'S BORDERLINE CRINGE.... either way, taking that aside, the animation staid strong and the overall story was more emotional. I recommend ef if you're into romance dramas.
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angel beats: 8/10: considered pushing to a 9 due to the end, but decided against it, explained in the usual thread

tokyo ghoul: 6/10: I expected to drop it. I did not, surprising, read more here
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[DROP] Hibike! Euphonium - 5/10

Drop reason, also spoilers.
Drama felt too forced, pacing was awfully slow, characters are flat, it fails at being motivational like Haikyuu!!, Gin no Saji or Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho did as... well... unlike these three anime where protagonist is a nobody with no goals in life, the protagonist ALREADY plays the instrument (and is great at it) and the other main characters who are just starting don't get any screen time, and finally, watching this felt like a chore.

Also, the series start with a premise of "Oh, their friendship relationship is tense because they failed (well not too hard of a failure either) in a concert in highschool, I wonder how will they manage to deal with such a tense relationship while being on the same band" Well, guess what? it gets solved in 5 chapters.

I have no idea where is this anime going, and frankly, I don't care anymore. Animation was great and music was excellent purely because of Kyoto Animation, if it was made by another studio this anime wouldn't have such a high score.

ALSO, DON'T BE TRICKED, THIS IS QUEERBAIT. EMPHASIS ON BAIT.
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forgot to post woops

[Anime] Tenkuu Danzai Skelter+Heaven: 1/10: this doesn't count, it's like watching los balunis to like the 2 person on the forum who will get that reference

[Anime] The Tatami Galaxy: 9/10: one of the most unique animes i've seen, [url=https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/topics/1829424?n=280] explained on this thread as usual [/ur]

[Manga] Shadow house: 7/10 (ongoing): I had tried reading this a long while ago, read the first volume, didn't catch my attention too much, so I didn't continue it (there are currently 15 volumes), however, recently, I had a friend talk about this manga, and they claimed it was pretty good, so I gave it a second try, got to the second volume, but had the same reaction as the first time

was like on discord pinging person 2 like "hey, gave this a second try, didn't get into it", which they responded "that's fair, no worries", and then person 3 comes into play like OH IT JUST THAT IT GETS GOOD LATER, AT AROUND CHAPTER 70 (so volume 6/7). I didn't dislike the manga or whatever, I just had found it alright, and they really really really insisted on it. I personally dont ever believe in the "it gets good", if you just dont really get into something in chapter 1, it's very hard to get into it later

however, I decided to say fuck it, and read it, and guess what, my opinion really didn't change that much, it's true that there is a genre switch from pure SoL to mistery, however, if you dont care for the SoL part you wont for the mistery.
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Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou 10/10.

How to make a 12 episode anime, a slice of life, with practically only two characters and manage to make not only the bare minimum (as most SOL do), but rather, an excellent work? It's a series of factors: Starting by the fact they're the only survivors of a war and are exploring the world, and getting amazed by stuff that, while we might take them for granted, for them it's the most amazing thing they've seen. This made me reflect on my own life and made me aware on how fortunate we are of having everything we have. The second good thing is the direction, both in animation and music, none of both faltered at any moment. Detailed landscapes and great depiction of a futuristic destroyed world. The score is also fantastic, portraying the sense of curiosity and adventure, the fear of the unknown, the sadness of something disappearing... It's just fantastic and difficult to forget. Last but not least, the worldbuilding is excellent and, while leaving some questions open for interpretation, it answers you little by little on how both girls are trying the best to survive. I am impressed by Girls' Last Tour in basically every aspect and I look forward to continue the manga as well.
Patatitta
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eblf2013 wrote:

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou 10/10.

How to make a 12 episode anime, a slice of life, with practically only two characters and manage to make not only the bare minimum (as most SOL do), but rather, an excellent work? It's a series of factors: Starting by the fact they're the only survivors of a war and are exploring the world, and getting amazed by stuff that, while we might take them for granted, for them it's the most amazing thing they've seen. This made me reflect on my own life and made me aware on how fortunate we are of having everything we have. The second good thing is the direction, both in animation and music, none of both faltered at any moment. Detailed landscapes and great depiction of a futuristic destroyed world. The score is also fantastic, portraying the sense of curiosity and adventure, the fear of the unknown, the sadness of something disappearing... It's just fantastic and difficult to forget. Last but not least, the worldbuilding is excellent and, while leaving some questions open for interpretation, it answers you little by little on how both girls are trying the best to survive. I am impressed by Girls' Last Tour in basically every aspect and I look forward to continue the manga as well.
tkmiz is just a fucking god, I haven't seen the anime but I gave the manga a 10. I hope shimeji get's the same treatment.

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Shimeji Simulation: literally my favourite work of fiction ever created / 10: It's finally over

edit: wrote a full review

i'm sorry
Shimeji simulation is my favourite work of fiction of all time. It's the first manga i've ever really followed live, reading the new chapters the day it came out, and just recently, it ended.

I don't believe objective criticism of any film or anime is possible, and shimeji is the maximum example of this in my humble opinion, as it goes contrary to most of the typical structure and rules other works seem to follow, so I will only be talking about how shimeji made me feel.

Shimeji is a philosophical slice of life by the creator of Girls last Tour. In many ways, it's very similar to this previous title, as it borrows much of the narrative structure, however, it turns it up to the max. There isn't a single unimportant line of dialogue in this entire manga, everything has at least 6 layers to it. However, in contrast to other mangas considered complex or deep, (Let's take for example Lain or Evangelion), you don't need to understand the depths this manga touches in order to enjoy it. The depth is an addition, not their whole identity.

At the start of the manga, shijima says the line "I wonder if this is a metaphor for something." This sets the tone for the rest of the manga. Let's analyze for example chapter 4. This chapter is divided into 3 scenes. In our first scene, shijima and majime are buying lunch, and majime describes how her mom didn't prepare lunch for her today, and she feels kind of sad because of it.

In our next scene, they're in art class. They're given a metal wire and told to represent "Sadness". Of course, every student has a different interpretation of "sadness", and that can be seen in the way everyone's project looks. This entire scene is very absurd, and can be funny because of it. In our last scene, shijima and majime are outside class, and they go talk to one of her teachers.

In this section, it's shown that the teacher is an alcoholic, however, they cant drink in school grounds, so they made a hole in the fence, so they can go outside a second to legally drink and then go back in. This is also kinda funny

So what we have now, a little bit of SoL conversation followed for comedy, however, it all keeps the same theme of "Sadness", first scene, majime is sad, second scene, they're representing sadness, last scene, the fence with the hole on it was made of the same metal wires, so we can extrapolate that the wire fence is also a metaphor for sadness

However, is there anything intrinsic about sadness that makes it follow these ideas?. there really isn't, this is just how feelings work, they don't have a set manifestation, it could be sadness, happyness, etc. I won't spoil anything, but this is the grounds for something in a later chapter.

In one scene we have comedy, character development, philosophical undertones, and setup for the future. Chapter 4 is NOT the exception, this is the rule with the manga.

Tkmiz art is very surreal too, it ignores regular anatomy and changes the shape of the characters to express their feelings, this was also the case with girls last tour. But in shimeji simulation, this doesn't only apply for the characters, but for the world too. The world of shimeji simulation is impossible, if you notice closely, the shape of some roads are optical illusions and impossible shapes.

This isn't just because it's cooler, it makes sense. In our previous analysis of chapter 4, everyone's representation of sadness varied a lot. Depending on the life experiences of each student, the materials they had at hand, the language they spoke, and many other factors changed their interpretation of sadness. In a way, the world changed the way they understand feelings, and since people are the ones that create the cities that they live in, it's a feedback loop. We change the world and the world changes us. In this case, the world is surreal, so everyone's thoughts compared to us seem surreal, which on itselfs, creates a surreal world.

It's also worth mentioning that in this manga, the world is as much a protagonist as all the other characters, and this idea of how the world changes someone is explored in great detail earlier.

The fact that shimeji is as surreal as it is, gives tkmiz total creative freedom. They can push anything they want to the maximum. In fact, I would personally say that the only mangas I've really read that are this level of experimental and crazy are weird little anthologies, I mean stuff like panpanya's works. However, shimeji simulation is the only manga i'm aware of that takes that level of insanity and madness and polishes it into a complete, not nonsensical story.

The actual storytelling is also fairly interesting, while more mangas give you plenty of information of the plot and the worldbuilding. Shimeji simulation only gives you as much information as shijimas knows. If shijima doesn't know how something works, neither do you. The world, while absurd, makes total sense. The characters aren't just there for the plot, every character has a life, and if their life doesn't intersect with shijima's life, they wont appear. By the end of the manga, there will be MANY unresolved plots, however, it does not matter. The actual plot that shijima follows is the only one you need to know.

I feel there is a certain culture on the internet, where every piece of media has 200 theories, and every time, more writers appeal to that idea. Shimeji simulation is the total opposite of that, if you don't understand something, it's fine, you probably didn't have to get it. If some really small detail goes over your head, it's fine. If the story ends and there is much unresolved, it won't bother you. In life. You won't always have all the answers as everything that happens, this is the same thing.

All of this combined makes for a story that is complex yet simple to understand. Incredibly original but not impossible to approach. Funny, yet sad.

Shimeji simulation is the most ground breaking and original work of fiction i've ever put my eyes into. I really hope this gets animated in the future. I want people to know something like this is possible, to be exposed to a new form of writing, to enjoy the same joy I did while reading shimeji simulation. And above all else, future writers take inspiration from shimeji simulation and make something even greater.

Thank you for reading this.

edit #2: Someone else in a discord I'm part of dedicated to shimeji simulation did another analysis that I believe it's worth reading

not mine

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Joined October 2022
AxisPraxisMDS
Attack on titan, From season 1 to the S4 P2, 10/10 (not included junior high, and OVA, im gonna watch it soon)

I finally Ended Entire Attack on titan, man, that was awesome, there lots of funny, sad, Actions, and many moments,
theres alot thing i missed,

anyway, thats it.
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Patatitta
1,380 posts
Joined February 2020
Patatitta
helck: 6/10, it's a mess, check here
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Rhythm32
94 posts
Joined July 2020
Rhythm32
My latest completed anime is Attack On titan and the ending was very bittersweet.

10/10
anaxii
15,185 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii
I FINISHED KILL LA KILL YESTERDAY

GREAT CHARACTERS
AMAZING PLOT
THE ENDING WAS A BANGER
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE INCREDIBLE IF MAIKO WAS THERE AT THE END

MAKO AND NUI ARE MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS

9/10
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