Submitted 1 week ago by wjs018@ani.social to anime@ani.social
It’s time for a new general discussion thread! Hot takes, recommendations, questions, cautionary tales, all of it is welcome here.
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Some quick thoughts on what I watched this past week:
Non-seasonals:
The last thing I wanted to write about this week is that there is a new community for sharing anime videos, !avid@ani.social, founded by @kiri@ani.social. There have been a couple videos posted already, so make sure to check them out and contribute if you have anything you want to share. I have added a link to the community in the sidebar of this community as well. In an effort to help out, I will be crossposting at least the next several clips that I make for this community over there as well.
I haven’t read the manga, but based on the show, the end is…alright.
The Trigun Maximum manga wasn’t finished at the time the series aired, so their endings are unrelated. The last 4-5 episodes of the anime are complete originals. (There were two different manga series, and I think the original Trigun manga had more of the goofy-villain-of-the-week stuff, while Maximum, which picked up where the first series left off, was more serious.)
Things make so much more sense now. It all kind of lines up with where the shifts happened. Thanks for the explanation! Those old days where anime would blaze ahead of the source material were sure interesting sometimes.
We’re about midway the season. I’m still not too stoked with what we got but oh well.
I’m still watching since the start of the season:
Picked up later on:
On hold:
I’ve dropped a fair few, more than usual:
I think Re:Zero is following the same episode structure as last season, where Subaru is thrown down the pit of despair into a seemingly insurmountable problem, and then he’ll find some way to get out of it.
That’s why it’s really hard to watch right now, and honestly it’s about the same time when I quit watching last season. I haven’t even watched how that ended, but it looks like he survived the rabbits okay.
Yeah, maybe take a break from torturing yourself, then wait until all the episodes are out and find out how he survives this time…
No, I don’t think that’s why I can’t get into it this season. The pit of dispair didn’t happen yet when I stopped watching (ep 3 or 4).
It just hasn’t really managed to intrigue me yet.
Hearing a lot of good things about Orb
Give it three episodes and see what you think. The first three episodes provide a nice little arc and set things up for the future. Next to Dan Da Dan, Orb has been my favorite of the season.
Mecha-Ude
This one is weird to me. When it’s trying to be funny or charming I think it almost always succeeds. When it’s trying to be cool or edgy (most of the time unfortunately) it almost always fails.
It almost gives off the vibes of a 20th-century Western-made Saturday morning cartoon (except that for some reason the MC’s relationship with his mecha-ude reminds me of the one between the lead in Kill La Kill and her seifuku). I’m not quite sure why—maybe it’s the lack of any real moral ambiguity? Anyway, many of those could not do cool or edgy to save their lives.
Agreed, I enjoy the fun stuff. Serious stuff less so
Completed season 2 of Attack on Titan.
Just like @ReluctantZen@feddit.nl, I found season 2 to be way better than season 1 just based on the plot alone.
The flaws that I pointed out previously are still present, but I felt that there have been improvements e.g. less narration and exposition, reduced recaps (no recap for some episodes).
I like it a lot, so I’m closing one eye to its flaws and giving it a 10 / 10.
Also watched Look Back. It’s good.
It being only 1 hour long makes it an easy watch too.
I had similar criticisms of AoT season 1 and dropped it. I might have to find time to pick it back up again sometime in the future.
I found season 2 to be way better than season 1 just based on the plot alone.
Awesome!
Weekly ranking roundup:
Credit to /u/Abysswatcherbel for making the chart for reddit karma and /u/Nooble5 for the Anime Trending chart.
Lots of karma drops on the reddit chart this past week. I am glad to see Orb still gaining karma. Hopefully that is a sign that more people are picking up the series and catching up. It also doesn’t surprise me that Villainess in History gained karma this past week as the episode was a lot between the antics of the heroine and the prince.
zabadoh@ani.social 1 week ago
My midseason tierlist (after 6-7 episodes)
S Tier
A Tier
B Tier
C Tier
F Tier (dropped)
I feel like I should be watching:
Watching randomly:
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 5 days ago
Yeah, I feel this. Started off quite good, but now it’s kinda bumbling around