mo_lave
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- Comment on STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure | Trailer | Netflix Anime 1 day ago:
Umazing
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 37] 5 days ago:
If Oshi no Ko S3 stops where I think it would stop, I’d watch no further. Mengo’s art carried this series. Aka could never end it strongly.
- Comment on [Episode] CITY THE ANIMATION - Episode 10 discussion 5 days ago:
I’m curious at the reverse: what are common examples of Western animation humor that would be hard to translate outside of English?
- Comment on The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity • Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku - Episode 1 discussion 6 days ago:
Cloverworks actually did it, again*. This madlad of a studio is releasing banger after banger this season across three shows. Unlikely to be replicated because of potential burnout issues, but still, mighty impressive.
*See below
After properly watching Episode One, and also watching My Dress Up Darling S2, I can tell MDUD is the studio’s passion project, sadly at the expense of this anime and perhaps Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, which I haven’t started yet. The telling sign is the inconsistency of animation quality: Rintaro’s CGI walking sequence at 0:40 of the OP, juxtaposed with the scenes depicted just eight seconds later, made me cry inside at the what-could-have-beens.
This team can draw excellent animation if enough resources are given. See Akebi’s Sailor Uniform. Here, they have to be selective on where to spend their time and money, For example, car animations are… ass, like they used Blender to move them from point A to point B and call it a day. On the other end of the spectrum, the sakuga moments like what the other users shared before are absolutely brilliant, like I can count the number of shows that have better shots than those with only one hand. Kaoruko’s reactions and faces are some of the most expressive I’ve seen yet.
Other stuff I noticed:
- Episode structure, eyecatch, and title card is reminiscent of Your Lie in April. I was half-expecting wacci’s Kirameki to play in the ED.
Eyecatches
Title cards
- Just like MDUD S2 is Bocchi-fied, the gags include artstyle changes to a lesser extent. I hope it’s not overdone here. KaoruHana’s story feels like it should be taken seriously.
- Kaoruko’s face looks like a grown-up version of Akebi Kao’s in some ways
As for the story itself, I need more time to digest it. I just finished The Dangers in My Heart and am feeling kinda empty right now.
By Cloverworks standards, the quality could be better. And yet at that state, it’s much, much better than other shows out there. That says a lot about what the studio’s capable of.
- Comment on Anime with a high death count that's actually good? 1 week ago:
Devilman Crybaby
Tokyo Ghoul
Jujutsu Kaisen
Demon Slayer
Berserk
Deadman Wonderland
Junji Ito Collection
Fist of the North Star
Attack on Titan
Dororo
Dorohedoro
- Comment on [Episode] Witch Watch - Episode 22 discussion 1 week ago:
The second part was brutal, she was set up for disappointment.
The third part is the definition of an eucatastrophe. Morihito is a lucky boy indeed.
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- Comment on [Episode] My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 • Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2 - Episode 9 discussion 2 weeks ago:
That episode felt like five minutes. I was expecting the episode to be about the dinner scene in Coffin, then the next thing I know, it ended. Boy, that meeting ended in an awkward note. The dinner scene must be that spicy for Juju to be that apprehensive about it.
The strongest accidental rizzlord of today strikes again (he’s only just buying a not!Monster drink).
Banner: It doesn’t take much for Juju to cosplay Bocchi
@rikka@ani.social
- Comment on May I Ask for One Final Thing? | Official Trailer 2 2 weeks ago:
The title reminds me of this guy
- Comment on [Episode] Witch Watch - Episode 21 discussion 2 weeks ago:
So Nico has a sex-change spell. That means… Miharu is best girl! That skit looked a lot like an average Love Live episode.
@rikka@ani.social
- Comment on [Episode] My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 • Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2 - Episode 8 discussion 3 weeks ago:
Akira is the cosplayer Gojo contacted because he wants to learn more about props
- Comment on [Episode] My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 • Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2 - Episode 8 discussion 3 weeks ago:
OC cosplays are possible? Does that mean I can live out my chuuni fantasies? ✨(☆▽☆)✨Small world. Akira apparently knows Marin. The tension is evident, yet the episode does not explain why. Maybe saving it for the next one… I feel it’s just something silly; Akira strikes me as an awkward chuuni in her younger days.
Suzuka’s a closet pervert lmao.
This week’s banner, Akira’s M E N A C I N G aura
just before she activates her Stand. There’s a lot of unsaid communication done here. Suzuka (and Miyako a few frames before) gazed at Akira, as if they’re egging her to join the Coffin group. Akira folded her arms like she wants nothing to do with them.To add more to the awkwardness while trying to fill the missing members, Gojo was aghast that Marin would invide Juju.
@rikka@ani.social
- Comment on What is a perfect anime? 3 weeks ago:
I love 90% of the ending but this seemingly intelligent being letting himself drain to nothing
Father may be intelligent but he’s not omniscient. Evil has a way of defeating itself.
LOTR spoiler
It never occurred to Sauron that Frodo would destroy the Ring.
- Comment on What is a perfect anime? 3 weeks ago:
spoiler
The fight against fake Frieren alone made it a great arc for me
- Comment on What is a perfect anime? 3 weeks ago:
Takopi’s Original Sin
A Place Further Than The Universe
Spirited Away
Liz and the Blue Bird
Ghost in the Shell
Mob Psycho
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 34] 3 weeks ago:
Jujutsu Kaisen
Death Note
Your Name
One Punch Man
Attack on Titan
Demon Slayer
Chainsaw Man
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Fullmetal Alchemist
My Dress-Up Darling
Kaguya-sama
- Comment on [Episode] Witch Watch - Episode 20 discussion 3 weeks ago:
Nemu and Keigo-focused episode: Nemu wants to open up to Keigo, but she remembered what her mom taught her. She lost control of her floating magic. But on the other hand, Keigo, struggling with controlling the levitation ring Nico gave him, remembered his figure skating skills to finally utilize it and save Nemu.
Perhaps, that’s the moment Nemu fell in love with Keigo. Great episode.
@rikka@ani.social
- Comment on "3-Z Ginpachi Sensei" Key Visual 3 weeks ago:
Yes
- Comment on [Episode] My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 • Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2 - Episode 7 discussion 4 weeks ago:
Marin went full Bocchi mode when she learned she gained weight.
The park
datescene is so cute. Marin is so happy there.@rikka@ani.social
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- Comment on [News] Takopi's Original Sin becomes first anime to have each episode rated over 9 on IMDb 4 weeks ago:
My rating of Vivy is 9, and thought Takopi is much, much better overall. I may agree with you that in terms of twist endings, Vivy (and also 86) could be better. As to why? Perhaps it’s better explained there. Certainly, in terms of the plot twist, Death Note and Steins;Gate did it better than both of them.
As to why I would rate it a 10 (not just that, but the best anime, period), I took into account the totality of the work. Long story short, once all factors are considered, the conclusion is that Takopi’s just built better.
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Format: It didn’t force itself to last a whole season. The staff deliberately chose to adapt a whole story in six episodes. Remember how we wish Death Note ended sooner?
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Consistency in storytelling quality
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Consistency in art style and quality. Even more impressive is the studio choosing to stick to 2D. Their 3DCG in Spice and Wolf (2024) is ass. They made the right decision to keep that to a minimum. I may be biased on hand-drawn animation styles since upon retrospect, I tend to rate those works highly (Frieren, Shinkai’s works, the WMT series, etc.).
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Amazing episode direction, all of them
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Amazing music direction. Very few times do discordant music (the mood of the scene does not match the music) work. They did it. Very well.
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Comparing the manga and anime ratings, I don’t recall another animation that stayed faithful to the source material AND elevating the experience at the same time.
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Takopi made me feel emotions that I’ll remember long after I watched it. Vivy didn’t evoke the same. Perhaps a lot of those who rated Takopi that highly thought likewise
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- Comment on [Episode] Witch Watch - Episode 19 discussion 4 weeks ago:
Nemu and Keigo getting shy implies they like each other. Nico unintentionally friendzones herself by writing a letter of friendship with Morihito, but Nemu theorizes it could be broaken by eliciting a strong enough reaction from Morihito.
He doesn’t know better, but Nico’s smile that reminds him of their childhood selves is a neuron activation. Strong enough to break the curse, it looks like.
@rikka@ani.social
- Comment on [Episode] My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 • Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru Season 2 - Episode 6 discussion 4 weeks ago:
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