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Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 36]

Completed Terminator Zero and Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Terminator Zero

Probably top show of the season for me, tied with Makeine (unless Rick and Morty can pull off a surprise).

First off, I liked how well-animated it is. The first 6 minutes of the show convinced me to watch it, and quality of the animation remained consistently good.

It is its own self-contained story, but it still faithful to the style of the Terminator series. The iconic “dun dun duh dun” is nostalgic.

What I liked the most of it is

Terminator Zero spoiler

the multitude of plot twists / reveals. I know that going into time travel + AI sci-fi, a plot twist is to be expected. What I did not expected is the sheer number of reveals: - Misaki is a cyborg (that’s cool) - Kokoro is built upon Misaki (ok, removal of Misaki’s core component explains her strange behavior) - Malcolm came from the future (alright, that explains his nightmares) - Eiko is Malcolm’s mother (now that’s a surprise) - IIRC: the Terminator was sent by Kenta (surprise number 2) I thought that the show would reveal that Reika would grow up to be the prophet, but turns out that didn’t happen.

Overall, it’s really good.

I’ve got to knock a point off due to some annoyances I have with the show though, so 9 / 10

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wjs018@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Bunny Girl Senpai is fanstastic, and I am glad you enjoyed it! Sakuta is a fantastic MC, and the chemistry with Mai feels so natural, despite all the supernatural things going on in their lives. Have you watched the sequel movies yet?

About the physics, I think that is one of my least favorite parts of the show. I think it goes too far to try to tie the phenomena back to real science. I think it would be better to just lean into the supernatural, but…I actually studied physics, and am a professional physicist. In talking about the show with non-physicists, it doesn’t really bother them at all, so it is probably just me.

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- Endmaker@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Have you watched the sequel movies yet?
  
  Yeah, they are all great
  
  I think it would be better to just lean into the supernatural, but…I am a professional physicist.
  
  I bet it’s like watching hacking scenes as a programmer.
  
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