The Earth-san Has Leveled Up! (ongoing): 8/10: read this because it's the only CGDCT + action manga that exists, and honestly, i'm surprised by how much I enjoyed it, it's very cliche and not very deep but it was honestly such a fun read I don't know why, those girls were having FUN

The Boy and the Heron: 9/10: this movie is good, it's less adventure heavy and more slow and relaxing which is the style of ghibli I enjoy the most, I think it's very good

Gushing Over Magical Girls

9/10

52ww wrote:

Gushing Over Magical Girls

9/10

what the fuck is wrong with you

Summer Time Rendering: 9/10: Really good time travel anime, art is peak, the story is really good written, it's just good

Patatitta wrote:

52ww wrote:

Gushing Over Magical Girls

9/10

what the fuck is wrong with you

Summer Time Rendering: 9/10: Really good time travel anime, art is peak, the story is really good written, it's just good

I thought it was a pretty funny anime lol, i would recommend it to anyone who is fine with ecchi


BTOOOM! - 6/10
very mid

52ww wrote:

Patatitta wrote:

52ww wrote:

Gushing Over Magical Girls

9/10

what the fuck is wrong with you

Summer Time Rendering: 9/10: Really good time travel anime, art is peak, the story is really good written, it's just good

I thought it was a pretty funny anime lol, i would recommend it to anyone who is fine with ecchi


BTOOOM! - 6/10
very mid

I have no fucking clue what anime you've seen, because it's neither comedy or ecchi, I think you're confusing something here

Ghost Stories: 9/10: dubs are overhated, they can improve the viewing experience, this is the most extreme example, but yeah, it's important to remember dubs are good when everyone is hating on localizers

i just finished welcome to the nhk, im terrible with words and i cant express how many feelings i have about this but i will try

every single episode was great, especially episode 19, that touched my heart like you cant imagine as it is something im well to familiar about
i only cry because of fiction when i can relate perfectly with its characters and this was the case, if i saw this a few years ago i would have cried but rn i can hardly drop a tear for anything lmao

so guess who has a new favorite anime of all time

edit that no one asked for: i did cry. 7 days have passed and now i think i do understand this show, nhk has somehow given me an identity crisis, im going to talk about this with people irl so this doesnt eat me alive

nhk is peak I agree

Ore to Akuma no Blues: 9/10: This is a really good manga about the life of real world musician Robert Johnson, who is famous for selling his soul to the devil in order to learn how to play the blues, the art is AMAZING, it feels like it's very inspired by taiyo matsumoto, the story hits, it's just pretty good, underrated IMO, anyways, my shock when I learned that this is the same mangaka as fucking prison school like how the FUCK do you transition from doing that to this like what the actual fuck dude



Mo Dao Zu Shi : 5/10: and now for the opposite scenario, this feels kinda overrated, it's a very long yaoi manhua that handles the yaoi very poorly and the rest of the plot is generic shounen. Thing is, if you're reading this, it's for the yaoi, you're NOT reading this for the action, and the actual yaoi is just pretty mid, they shy away from actually making the two main characters go out, i've heard that the manhua and anime censor a lot of stuff that happens in the novel due to this being a chinese work and all, but idk man

there is a lot of dissonance between those two aspects of the manhua too, you have art of the guys being really cool and edgy and being covered in blood and then the next panels you see them in chibi form because this is still a yaoi manga and they want to make the characters appear somewhat cute, so it's just a extremely big stylistic shift I don't enjoy, + the actual art is pretty mid, I feel tian guan ci fu is just WAY better in terms of art, no point of comparasion

Eighty six 8/10.
I like the story but a bit cringy at the start

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo: 9/10: This is an anime adaptation of an 1846 novel, I think it's really cool. First of all, the animation is REALLY unique, I don't really know how to describe what the actual technique behind the animation is, but really, it's cool

The actual story tries to be futuristic, but again, it was written in 1846, so it's interesting to see what the actual predictions of the future were, the things we thought we would develop and what I find more interesting, the things that they thought would't change

Note that some of the descriptions and events of the novel have been recontextualized a little bit, there is a scene in the anime where a modern computer is shown, this is not really exactly what the novel said, it probably said a different sort of device that had the same goal for that scene, but it got replaced by a computer for it to be easier to understand to the public

with our modern knowledge of technology you can probably spot 5 billion plot holes, but the fun of this anime is seeing the predictions of the future and the sick ass anime, and it really accomplishes that


The boxer: 6/10: not very good, I feel it kinda reduces all of their characters to their physical strength, it has this mentality of "the strong must step on the week" and "personality is built on suffering" which kinda misses the point of a lot of the nuances of human interactions and society

This manwha also has some tropes I dislike, like having a superpowerful protagonist that climbed with the top with almost no effort and doesn't even seem to care about boxing, I don't like characters that just seem to have 0 passion in what they're doing

Most of the manwha is focused purely on the boxing but near the end it tries to answer philosophical questions and I just think it does a very poor job at it

I've finished Lucky Star and it's a 10/10 (for me)

the plot twists, initial D parody(there's other parody too if I'm not mistaken!) and the crap ton of references of Haruhi Suzumiya(might not be a cup of tea for some people).

I'm sure KyoAni was having whole lotta fun animating this and, yes, I obviously did enjoy watching it!

I dont really watch anime that much but i did watch all of my dressup darling. thought that was 8/10 with alot of fan service.. but it was funny fan service lol

Aisopos: 7/10

It's not bad, I did not dislike it, but it didn't grab me, I think it tried doing some interesting stuff with the setting and all the time skips but in the end, it just didn't do it for me, it felt way too long and a bit generic at times, it's all stuff i've seen done already way better in a lot of other places

VTuber Legend 9/10

Vtuber Legend is an anime that I will always hold dear in my heart. It's a show that is such a heartwarming love letter to vtubing culture.

It really feels like what would happen if you turned vtubers into an anime. The story, character inspirations, the culture, it's all there! Like they even made actual vtuber models which is such a cherry on top.

And did I talk about the culture yet? There's no way I wouldn't love this show as it portrays the culture so well, with each episode having a different aspect of vtubing being shown like the Marshmallow Q&As, collab events, vtuber struggles, and live concerts.

What I also especially love about Vtuber Legend is that Awayuki is not our only protagonist. We get to see everyone and their quirks that make them stand out in their own way. Everyone in Live-On is a protagonist in their own right, and it reflects on their (presumably) real-world counterpart of Hololive.

It's not just a reference-fest that's only purpose is to only make you look and point, "Hey, I know that!" It's an actually fun show that every vtuber fan would appreciate. It might not be enjoyable for those who don't engage with vtubing, but it's precisely because of that reason why it's enjoyable for the rest of us. It's an anime made by vtuber fans FOR vtuber fans.

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Tower of God Season 2 5/10

Mid as always

nah that shit is not a 9 i stopped at ep 10 may catch up soon but its not that great, just because it shows part of vtubing culture doesnt mean it actually understands it as much as we think. First 2 episodes did a really good job but when we get to meet the characters more it doesnt feel that real anymore. Im probably the only vtuber fan that feels this way tho, this could have been peak

Reyalp51 wrote:

nah that shit is not a 9 i stopped at ep 10 may catch up soon but its not that great, just because it shows part of vtubing culture doesnt mean it actually understands it as much as we think. First 2 episodes did a really good job but when we get to meet the characters more it doesnt feel that real anymore. Im probably the only vtuber fan that feels this way tho, this could have been peak

this is actually a problem I had with oshi no ko, it references thigns but it doesn't understand them or really go deep into it, htey just acknowledge that they exist



Kabushikigaisha Magi-Lumière (ongoing): 7/10:

shounen jump manga about magical girls, this is getting adapted this fall, it's not bad but it's more of the same, it's not very different than any other shounen you've seen, still, the concept is nice and I did enjoy it so I wouldn't not recommend watching the anime when it comees out

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 8/10

I'm surprised that this show doesn't have an 8 score at the very least. It checks all the boxes of your average romcom of the season, but on the other hand, I can also see why. Alya-san has these good characters that appeal to so many people, especially with how good the visuals look. It's just that the plot is just lacking to a certain extent.

The initial episodes were just great, as there wasn't any aspect of drama behind it and it really did feel like your fun episodic romcom of the season. The problem is when the student council drama start and suddenly the show starts losing its focus.

The setup and Yuki and Kuze's background were very intriguing but the execution wasn't the best. As the later episodes go on, it felt like I was watching the show just to find some funny moments or actually have Alya speak russian like bro she rarely spoke it in the second-half.

I think it would've been way better and have more consistent quality if the show had removed any drama and conflict and went full on for its romcom aspect.

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Pseudo Harem

Y'know what Giji Harem is actually pretty sweet. Rin and Eiji's romance feels so casual and comfy it's really relaxing to watch when you had a busy day.

Now here's my problem is with Eiji's voice actor. Okamoto Nobuhiko's most famous roles are usually loud and antagonistic characters and this voice acting reflects in Eiji. But the thing is, it just doesn't fit at all. He could totally voice Eiji more calmly like his role with Himmel in Frieren, but I guess someone at staff decided being more obnoxious was good for Eiji's character (which is not at all).

Reyalp51 wrote:

nah that shit is not a 9 i stopped at ep 10 may catch up soon but its not that great, just because it shows part of vtubing culture doesnt mean it actually understands it as much as we think. First 2 episodes did a really good job but when we get to meet the characters more it doesnt feel that real anymore. Im probably the only vtuber fan that feels this way tho, this could have been peak

I mean really as a show in general it really is not that good but I am heavily biased for anything vtubers so...

Stomiks wrote:

I mean really as a show in general it really is not that good but I am heavily biased for anything vtubers so...

yeah i know i got kinda emocional when i first saw it lmao, just wished it was a bit better

Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! 8/10

Undeniably best romcom of this season. Alya-san only had Yuki going for them but everyone in this show are so grounded and likeable even with how exaggerated the jokes are played for laughs.

It's refreshing to see a cast of characters that act like people you would be able to find in real life who have their own situations to deal with that you would rarely find in other romcoms. It really gives you a sense of relatability and makes you care much more about them.

Even if Makeine ends up without Nukumizu getting together with anyone, it would still be a really enjoyable SoL with the 4 of them remaining as best friends.

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu: 8/10: I'm mixed on this one, on one hand, the anime is pretty average, on the other hand, the spanish dub is actually so fucking good it hardcarries this anime, so 8/10 seems fair

Wistoria: Wand and Sword 8/10

I think I read too much power fantasy manga because its ridiculous how many I remember reading from this season alone.

But speaking of, my GOD did I not expect Wistoria's adaptation to be so damn peak. In a season full of new anime coming out, nothing else comes close to this level of quality aside from Oshi no Ko S2.

The fluid and expressive animation to the impressive tracking shots feels so damn good. It's a blessing that we actually get to watch a power fantasy with this great visuals as it can really express the power these protagonists put out, making it so much more satisfying to watch.

The visuals did get worse compared to the first episode but it's still pretty good.

The Elusive Samurai 8/10

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Patatitta wrote:

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu: 8/10: I'm mixed on this one, on one hand, the anime is pretty average, on the other hand, the spanish dub is actually so fucking good it hardcarries this anime, so 8/10 seems fair

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu season 2: 7/10 No spanish dub for this one, so what we have left is just a very typical romcom heavily relying on otaku culture very male fantasy/self-insert focus really slow in the romance and fairly plain in the characters some drama that just doens't really hit and overall an anime that doesn't have much to say

tho, I will say, this is probably the closest we're getting to male oriented fruits basket

Welcome to The NHK: 10 out of motherfucking 10.

Yesterday I read the book "No longer human", so I thought to check the manga adaptations, for context, if I had to rate the novel, I would give it a 9.

No Longer Human (Junji ito): 5/10: what the fuck happened here?, this doesn't even feel remotely related to the original book. For context, the original no longer human is not horror, it's just basically a autobiography of osamu dazai, who shortly after would commit suicide, there are some weird/unsettling moments in the book but it's never horror, junji ito took some elements of the original book like the spectral-style paintings and just went OFF with that, it's not really an adaptation, it's more just junji ito doing his typical style of manga just with the skin of no longer human, can't say I liked it

No Longer Human (Usamuru Furuya): 7/10: I liked this one, it's basically no longer human but set in the modern day, but it's close to the original work and it's actually really cool, my only complain is that they really skip on the youth of dazai and they basically just start when the drama starts, but I think that is a bit of a shame, yes, the first 20 pages or so of the book are pretty uneventful, but I think that is still an important part of the book that heavily affects the interpretation of the work later



edit: Ningen Shikkaku (Variety artworks): 8/10 the least popular one and the worst rated, somehow, my personal favourite, this is the most faithful, it's not a reimagining, it's itself just a direct adaptation, this isn't better or worse, reimagining are fine, I like them. Point is, my complain with the previous two mangas is that they kinda forced a certain interpretation on the story, junji ito turned it into horror furuya usamuru mainly focused on the drama and the exciting parts, this keeps the soul intact, tho it's by far the shortest, being only 1 volume instead of the 3 the other two are, so it doesn't really explore it as deeply, but that is not the point of the manga

Variety Art Works is a production company that provided artists to work on the Manga de Dokuha series (まんがで読破, Reading Through with Manga). Manga de Dokuha is a series of manga versions of worldwide classic literature with the aim of introducing average manga readers to important literary works they would otherwise not be aware of or willing to read.

so it's just a introduction, and it works, it does feel like the original book and if you hadn't read it, reading this may be a good push

there is another one I will read today probably

JJK (Manga): 7/10

honestly i'm a bit disappointed as I actually enjoyed the anime and consider it one of my favourite shounens, it's just that the pacing of the manga does feel kind of bad. Honestly, the anime overall feels less smug and feels it gives more time to character moments, the manga feels edgier and faster which may be a good thing for some but not for me

I think the action scenes are pretty bad NGL, mainly because it feels like you were meant to read it as it was publishing and have a break every chapter. The magic system of JJK is complex, and while it does make sense, it's hard to keep track of, this isn't a problem if you're reading while it's being published, you get time to analyze the fight and talk about it with your friends and overall understand things better, but just reading it at a normal speed uninterrupted, every fight feels like RANDOM BULLSHIT GO as there is a brand new attack followed by a flashback of how they learnt that skill and it's just there is also not any real point of reference for any of the characters power level anyone could do anything and any point and win so it never really feels like a tight fight

Now, every chapter ends with a cliffhanger, again, good for the weekly reader, not so much for like literally any other point in time, I feel they give such importance to the last page that honestly devalues the rest of the chapter,

now, what I said about the manga being edgier. JJK has a thing which is also present in many modern shounen which is to be cool is to be smug, to not really give a shit about anything, honestly, make it look that you're even bored of the fight, which I do get, it's kinda cool, but honestly that only works in certain circumstances like maybe when there is an aura of mistery around the character, as it can make the character feel hateable. If you see every other character putting effort in or suffering and they just don't really care that doesn't make them cool that makes them look like an asshole, in the anime this feels better because there are more scenes that humanize the characters, at least they get more screentime, while in JJK they feel like one in a billion

I don't like how this was marketed either, they kinda went like "oh we're going to kill EVERY character that is because JJK is adult and cool and better than the rest" and that just doesn't make a good story, the quality of the story isn't proportional to how many characters you kill

Remember Tokyo Ghoul RootA. That was a shitshow and a half!

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card: 8/10: I don't have much to say about this manga, the story is okay, it's def not as good as sailor moon or other magical girl stuff i've seen/read, probably weaker than a lot of other CLAMP stuff too, however, god the art is GOOD and carries the whole manga, specially the last arc it's just peak

Just finished every chapter of the Kaiju No. 8 manga, definitely a 10/10, one of the best I've read so far.

I also read all of Oshi No Ko, it's great too!!!!

Neither manga is finished, but they were great. Watching the animes now

Terror In Resonance: 9/10: this is the best shinichirou watanabe anime i've seen and i'm willing to die on that hill, this anime is GOOD, also shoutout to the unabomber

Wow, it's been so long since I found myself writing stuff here, but I got plenty to go through, so to avoid clutter, I'll use spoilerboxes.
There may be series I'm reposting or forgot...


When the next update will be is beyond me, because I'm not REALLY down for NEW anime nowadays, due to the commute that's freaking 40km, which means more than half of my day is spent on work or the commute to and from home, to the point I'm just down to rewatches of "eternal" ^1 series for me or pretty much Himitsu no AiPri.

Rizumu Tenshi wrote:

Wow, it's been so long since I found myself writing stuff here, but I got plenty to go through, so to avoid clutter, I'll use spoilerboxes.
There may be series I'm reposting or forgot...

One Room, Hiatari Futsuu, Tenshi Tsuki.

6/10
DO NOT confuse with the other One Room
There, big. The other One Room with Harumachi Clover is not what I'm looking at.

Harem. Supernatural. SoL. An odd combination, I'll be fair with you, especially with "Supernatural" being there.
In fact the background setting really takes this a tad bit too far with, say, Hisui, but eh, fantasy is fantasy, just don't think overmuch. Although I'll have to admit, Towa is on a whole new level.

This could've been 7/10 if not for few tsukkomi points, though, especially coming from Noel.

R-15

2/10
Stupid anime. Period.

Eromanga-sensei

2/10
Many people dread this series, but I don't, except I'm not going to be lenient. 2 is how high it can go.
Either you're here for Sagiri or you're getting out. No buts or questions or ands or ifs.

Amagi Brilliant Park

1/10
I was hoping I'd see good stuff here but......idk how to put this, this thing kind of looks fucked. I don't even remember this anime now.

Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara

2/10
The background setting killed everything. I thought I may be down to a nice harem series, but the later episodes seriously destroyed the entire thing. My mind kinda crashed trying to understand this, so I just went braindead and continued on......until I found myself wiping the anime from my storage. Please, I don't want overly complicated background settings.

Joukamachi no Dandelion

5/10
Manga Time Kirara series. What this means? SoL. (not all Kirara series are SoL iirc)
There's also another ""general consensus"" where "Kirara = yuri" and this is also not true--in fact Joukamachi no Dandelion CHALLENGES this notion, and it really pushed well, but at the end of the day it's an SoL, which means you may as well kick back, because this series is indeed an SoL at heart, despite the background setting. Well, it being an SoL with the setting is why I decided to rate 5/10, since if not for the setting I'd have kept this series and rated, say, 7/10.

Ongaku Shoujo

5/10
Who. In. PriPara. Brought. In. Santa Matsuri-sensei??? ?? ?? ???????
This series was kind of SoL-esque despite being an idol one, so it being hit-or-miss was a given, and it's a miss for me actually, as one who digs music in general, but man are you kidding me? As a VN player seeing Santa Matsuri as the artist who handled the character designs had me just dumbfounded to the point I don't know if I want to wipe it or not. I kid you not, Santa Matsuri is a godly artist.
Oh, the music is not really that good, it's decent at best.

When the next update will be is beyond me, because I'm not REALLY down for NEW anime nowadays, due to the commute that's freaking 40km, which means more than half of my day is spent on work or the commute to and from home, to the point I'm just down to rewatches of "eternal" ^1 series for me or pretty much Himitsu no AiPri.

^1

1. PriPara
2. THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149
3. Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzoo

dude you got to start watching anime that you don't profoundly hate

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(Manga) The World Is Mine: 8/10: this manga is weird as fuck, it's a really hard manga to follow, had to reread sections multiple times, however, it is very ambitious, it has really memorable dialogue, it's a manga that changes and develops a lot during the course of the anime and really tries to convey a message and honestly I think it does it pretty well, it's just that you need to put in the time and effort

(Manga) Kiichi!!: 8/10 Same author, I liked it more than the world is mine, it's easier to follow, better art and again, it's actually complex, it actaully does stuff, it's just a really good and solid psychological manga, will read the sequel now, but I'm really liking this mangaka

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kiichi vs: 9/10: peak, heavily underrated, but mainly because it just only got translated a few months back, honestly I only expect the MAL score of this manga to go up from here

oshi no ko: 6/10: start is acceptable, middle is mid, ending is a plane crash (as it undermines the start)

Aku no Hana: 7/10: this mf cant write

bloon the tracks: 9/10: nvm

Den-noh Coil: 9/10: good, episode 12 is peak