Submitted 6 days ago by wjs018@ani.social to anime@ani.social
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So, the past couple of weeks have been a bit crazy for me. You may have noticed my posting activity has been way down compared to normal. I have had a series of trips over the past couple of weeks that has kept me on the road most days. Some for work, some for personal reasons, and only some of them were planned. So, I haven’t really had the energy to do too much in the way of watching subbed media, and for most of my time traveling, my internet connection was extremely spotty at best.
So, I haven’t watched too much anime in the past 2 weeks or so. One thing I was able to watch (after I listened to a podcast about it on my travels), was Project A-Ko. It was a nice and compact standard definition, so I could still watch it on a crappy mobile connection out in the sticks.
Overall, I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t one of my favorites. The thing that I liked the most about it is just how much all of the main characters completely ignored the plot. It made for a good amount of humor that there are metaphorical giant flashing signs all around them that this thing is important, and just none of them care or even acknowledge it. They are all too wound up in their own little thing and end up influencing the world around them only coincidentally.
This is one of the biggest disappointment for me, given its high rating and how much I enjoyed season 1.
In hindsight, I should have seen it coming. I have noticed that whenever a mystery anime involves
supernatural / scifi elements, especially when an antagonist has bullshit overpowered supernatural /scifi powers
I dislike it. It was just like when I watched
Death Note and Steins;Gate.
Perhaps it’s because it feels very unfair to the protagonist. Perhaps it’s because I can’t play detective as I follow the show. Whatever the case, this trope - and by extension, any anime that employs this trope - pisses me off.
But that’s not all. It was so lame
that the villains here are just 3 losers / incels. And in the end, they nabbed one of them in the season finale through… drumroll… a fistfight.
W.T.F. So anticlimatic.
Now that I recognised that this subgenre of supernatural-mystery is not for me, I’d probably just avoid them in the future, even the popular ones such as
::: multiple popular anime titles; trigger? warning
Tokyo Ghoul and Bungou Stray Dogs.
:::
WIP
Despite its flaws Jujutsu Kaisen will probably always be one of my favorite battle shounen. I love so much how
::: Season 1 Jujutsu Kaisen power system spoiler
Characters canonically power up by monologueing about what their powers do in the middle of battle, and there are even instances where characters hold back information while doing so to trick their opponent.
The only shounen that does not follow this formula off the top of my head is
Don’t forget Fullmetal Alchemist!
astro_ray@piefed.social 6 days ago
Finally finished Cells at Work!! (S2). Also, after a long time this is the season when I actually up to date with anime I want to watch. Lately, anime are not clicking with me and I generally prefer to not watch anime adaptation of the manga that I am already reading or have read. Apothecary Diaries have been a great anime so far.
Endmaker@ani.social 6 days ago
What are your thoughts?
astro_ray@piefed.social 6 days ago
I really liked it. They kept their comedic element from their previous season and characters were as likable as they were before. Would have liked if the season was a bit longer and the story had more new recurring characters.