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- Comment on I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History • Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naruzo - Episode 4 discussion 4 weeks ago:
It was nice to see Alicia actually acting like an antagonist.
Also the timing at the end got a laugh from me:
“No, Alicia said all that for my benefit.”
😮 … 😟 … 😠 “Alicia Williams!”
- Comment on Yarinaoshi Reijou wa Ryuutei Heika wo Kouryaku-chuu • The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor - Episode 2 discussion 5 weeks ago:
Knowing what I know about why the emperor’s wife’s age is important, I can see that they’re trying to build it up into a mystery that we will slowly unravel, but without that knowledge it definitely seems like just a running gag
I have no knowledge outside what’s been shown in the episodes, but I think it’s fairly obvious that the age is some specific condition from his curse (or similar thing). At the same time, the age gap is definitely pandering to a specific audience. The author knows exactly what they’re doing, it doesn’t matter if there is some in-story pretense. For better or worse, this is the story they wanted to tell.
Jill did establish that their relationship should be platonic, which is nice. Hopefully that’s not just a front. The fact that the Jill is mentally older does help make it a little less gross (but at the same time, it feels like the author is trying to make an excuse for degeneracy).
- Comment on Yarinaoshi Reijou wa Ryuutei Heika wo Kouryaku-chuu • The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor - Episode 2 discussion 5 weeks ago:
Huh, I set my expectations pretty low after the first episode, but this episode was interesting. The emperor is hiding some aspect of his curse, which sets up some intrigue that probably isn’t going to be resolved right away.
I wasn’t expecting the FMC to be able to throw a ship. This show seems like it’s going to be a FMC power fantasy (both with physical power and intellectual prowess), which I think I’ll quite enjoy.
- Comment on Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naruzo • I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History - Episode 2 discussion 1 month ago:
Yep, the age gap passes the realm of strange and lands in incredulous. I’m not actually sure how much older Duke is, 5 years? Most of the comments on MAL are saying that Duke is way out of line.
Episode 1 dropped heavy hints, so it’s not so surprising. Reincarnation romance is almost always going to be a little hairy, just not usually in this way.
- Comment on Top 10 Anime of the Season - Summer 2024 (Anime Corner) 1 month ago:
but if you believe AC
Every time I see an AC ranking with shows I’ve watched I’m reminded that I shouldn’t trust AC.
- Comment on Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 - Episode 1 discussion 1 month ago:
An 86 minute start to the season. You gotta love it. There was a lot of setup, a half-dozen story threads started (or maybe a full-dozen), but they got to a very impactful scene at the end and left us with a good hook.
- Comment on Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! • Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! - Episode 12 discussion 1 month ago:
- Comment on "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" Season 4 and New Movie Announced with New Visual, PV 1 month ago:
I liked season 3’s talking around a table more than season 2’s talking around a table, for the most part.
But if things finally shake out in the next season, that sounds like a lot of fun.
- Comment on Summer Anime Season Wrap-up and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 39] 1 month ago:
Ossan Newbie Adventurer
I just binged this show on a whim and I had a great time. It’s rather generic and the animation was not great, but it was charming and funny. By the end I was invested and that last fight was a ride. Though I probably wouldn’t have liked it as much if I didn’t binge it.
- Comment on [Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season • Oshi no Ko Season 2 - Episode 11 discussion 2 months ago:
Hmm, it’s not so clear to me what the obvious loophole is. There’s 2 reasonable loopholes that come to mind, but neither strike me as something that Akane would so viscerally react to. (This is not an invitation to explain, as that invites spoilers-camouflaged-as-theory.) The abstract visual does bias me slightly towards one explanation.
Also, the guy at the end… I almost laughed. Maybe that’s intentional, I can’t tell.
- Comment on Isekai Shikkaku • No Longer Allowed in Another World - Episode 9 discussion 2 months ago:
I just realized the title of the show is a play on Ningen Shikkaku 🤦.
- Comment on Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! • Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! - Episode 7 discussion 2 months ago:
I got a chuckle out of the middle one.
The middle one I could find somebody mention online before the episode came out, the other two don’t show up at all. So the middle one I think is from the LN, the other two might be anime original (or maybe just not funny enough to post online). I have a feeling these are just referencing LNs this time. The cover arts feel inspired as well.
- クラスの１軍女子に、赤スパ投げられてます！
- 借りた部屋にJKが付いてきたけど、食費が高くてもう限界です。
- 銀河皇帝の娘さんは、丁寧な暮らしを望んでいる。
- Comment on Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! • Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! - Episode 5 discussion 3 months ago:
- Engage Kiss
- Silent Witch
- 86
- WORKING!!
- This one is apparently in the novel, so it’s probably not a direct reference to an A-1 anime.
- Vividred Operation
- Kaguya-sama
- Persona
- Watakoi
- Comment on Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! • Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! - Episode 5 discussion 3 months ago:
There’s so much going on in this episode, lots of jokes. I liked the cafe scene with Yanami.
- Comment on Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai • Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools - Episode 6 discussion 3 months ago:
Ah, friends. Of course. Friends.
looks at the genres on MyAnimeList
Genres: Fantasy, Slice of Life
Little did I expect that this anime is about 2 asexual people becoming friends.
- Comment on [Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season • Oshi no Ko Season 2 - Episode 6 discussion 3 months ago:
It was great to see he finally getting his moment, to see him pulling that move from the Tokyo Blade manga out of nowhere and making the crowd go wild.
It’s always nice to see the underdog succeed with hard work and dedication. And in this case, it’s an underdog story for a side-character that began back in the previous season, so it has more impact compared to if Melt was introduced for this arc.
If this was real, Melt’s sword kick & flip performance would be absolutely insane to watch, compared to his previous acting. I guess the show shows this with the Sweet Today’s author’s initial dumbfounded reaction.
- Comment on Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! • Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! - Episode 4 discussion 3 months ago:
I really like the mix and comedy and drama that this anime creates. Somehow the comedy punchlines to the drama scenes make the world feel more grounded.
- Comment on Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai • Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools - Episode 5 discussion 3 months ago:
The way Wolf resolved the situation with Emilia and Tobias, by inviting Dahlia out, felt strange and unnatural to me. Tit-for-tat, I suppose. It did show how Wolf was immediately able to see the twisted game that Emilia was playing and was also immediately able to resolve it, while still getting implicit consent from Dahlia in the process.
And then the follow-up scene where they both geek out about magic tools, establishing that their personalities match quite well.
Oof, the sentimental part at the end hit me. 🥲 Watching again, I think the animators did an excellent job of displaying the emotions here, despite feeling like the animation has a tight budget.
Also, is that meat-wrapped fruit that I spot? I know this is a fantasy world, but even fantasy has limits… Image
- Comment on Top 10 Anime of the Week #05 - Summer 2024 (Anime Corner) 3 months ago:
Note that some shows have had their episodes delayed/postponed due to the Olympic broadcasts happening. So, there might be more green on the chart this week than normal due to that.
Notably Wistoria’s Wand and Sword and My Hero Academia Season 7 were delayed. Additionally, Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season 2 just dropped from 5th to 24th. Altogether leaving 3 spots open in the top 10 this week.
- Comment on Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken 3rd Season • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 - Episode 17 discussion 3 months ago:
The lightspeed hero has an interesting ability. I wonder how it’ll come into play in Tempest. Masayuki doesn’t hold any ill-will towards Rimuru, but maybe the “The Chosen One” ability has other plans. It seems like Shion’s ability to break rules would be a good match, not that I really understand Shion’s ability.
- Comment on Ore wa Subete wo [Parry] Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyou wa Boukensha ni Naritai • I Parry Everything - Episode 5 discussion 3 months ago:
a) Mystery demonkin guy is moved by Noor’s attempt to “save” him from the dragon, and saves him
Perhaps the poison reserve in the dragon has been depleted. This would give a chance for Lynne and Ines to strike down the dragon. Afterwords the demonkin would recover Noor from the poison. This would give an excuse for Ines to not immediately arrest the demonkin. The demonkin is likely to have a way to resist the dragon’s poison for personal use. This feels like the traditional fantasy anime answer to this setup.
From Ines’ attitude, I don’t think Ines or Lynne can save Noor from the poison. So alternatively, maybe Noor uses something like low-recover to recover from the poison. Though I think we’ve only seen Noor use low-heal, not low-recover.
But what is this show if Noor doesn’t parry the poison out of his body? And then downplay his abilities? My vote is C!
- Comment on Ore wa Subete wo [Parry] Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyou wa Boukensha ni Naritai • I Parry Everything - Episode 5 discussion 3 months ago:
Next episode title: I Parry Death.
Noor: “What was with that hooded skeleton with the scythe? Where did he come from and why did he try to come at me? That was pretty rude of him if you ask me, but I guess that’s just how some skeletons are.”
- Comment on Isekai Shikkaku • No Longer Allowed in Another World - Episode 4 discussion 3 months ago:
Oh! I liked this episode quite a bit, which is surprising because I thought the first 3 episodes were bland.
Things just came together in a way that felt satisfying. We have a pretty nicely animated conflict, Sensei being a novelist finally fits into the story, we get to learn about the villain’s motivations, and we get the title drop.
- Comment on Ore wa Subete wo [Parry] Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyou wa Boukensha ni Naritai • I Parry Everything - Episode 4 discussion 3 months ago:
I’m torn. On one hand the fight was pretty good. On the other hand I feel like we’re stuck watching an infinite loop of ignorance.
- Comment on Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria • Wistoria: Wand and Sword - Episode 3 discussion 3 months ago:
I liked this episode better than the previous two. Though it did feel like I was watching what should’ve been episode 1.
The mysteriousness in the story’s world around the Magia Vander and the Fated Day still feels rather unnecessary. We got some information on both after the credits, but not much that we unexpected. There’s 5 chairs, so perhaps there are only 5 Magia Vander. All 4 of the Magia Vander present at the “meeting” (where they all have silly chairs pointing in the same direction, and Elfaria is facing away from everybody, lol) appear to be rather young. Whether that has an in-universe explanation or it’s just a shounen anime thing, I don’t think we’ll find out any time soon.
Cariot’s line was a bit confusing to me.
As usual, we’re holding a boring meeting merely for the sake of it. If the barrier were breached now, the world would be lost.
Why are the Magia Vander having a meaningless meeting? What does that have to do with the barrier being breached? Do meaningless meetings support the barrier? Or was that just a crazy non-sequitur to let the Magia Vander do some basic exposition?
- Comment on Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai • Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools - Episode 3 discussion 3 months ago:
Their marriage would’ve been pretty miserable as well. Definitely a stroke of luck for Dahlia that Tobias called it off.
- Comment on Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai • Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools - Episode 3 discussion 3 months ago:
Dahlia has so many allies.
They spent so much time showing the logistics of how the engagement gets nullified, and surprisingly it was pretty engaging to watch. It felt like getting a glimpse into this fantasy world. All the people involved with the legal work seemed to be allied with Dahlia as well, which seems like a bit of a conflict of interest… I expect Tobias got a high interest loan.
Glad that Dahlia gets her protagonist hair color back.
At the end it looks like Dahlia meets the man featured in the OP and series poster. From the OP I was not expecting him to be a knight. Their meet cute is an interesting situation; I’m curious in how this will fold out.
- Comment on Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria • Wistoria: Wand and Sword - Episode 2 discussion 4 months ago:
Your post wraps ups my concerns with these first two episodes.
Sure, I could just accept that Will needs to do what he’s doing… but there already was an exposition on the tower this episode! They could’ve helped us understand the world better. Nope, instead we get a “hey, remember that you need to graduate to move up!”. And because of that we get a battle test that Will has to pass because… because he has to graduate! And he needs to graduate, we just learned that’s how you move up!
They showed one of the classmates becoming mangled. Presumably the other took a good hit as well. They chose to keep both classmates alive. No explanation. I guess it’s magic!
Maybe it’s leaving out details intentionally. I doubt it; it feels sloppy. (I mean, we did just see a teacher go to the principal to ask for permission to give a student a surprise extra-difficult test where failure means expulsion because the teacher doesn’t like that the student can’t use magic.) It feels like they don’t want to bother fleshing out the world. Let’s just move the plot forwards. Am I supposed to care? I feel like the answer might be “no”.
A lot of the rest is done fairly competently. I’m willing to ride along and maybe it’ll get better. I’m expecting it won’t.
- Comment on Ore wa Subete wo [Parry] Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyou wa Boukensha ni Naritai • I Parry Everything - Episode 2 discussion 4 months ago:
Noor knew about the warrior job but he didn’t know what one looked like?
This had me confused as well. The only reason I can think of for mistaking Ines for a maid is her servile attitude towards Lynne.
Also, was the King living in just a large house?
Large enough to be a palace, I’d say. It has 5-6 above-ground floors and a large enclosed garden. It seems to be larger than Buckingham Palace.
I wonder how long this show is going to keep him so dense and information somehow not getting to him.
He really is next-level dense. To be fair, he is probably uneducated and only cares about being an adventurer. Even so, you’d think he’d know about a thing or two about the (adventurer?) royal family.
Also, the king never got properly introduced and never asked for Noor’s name. Ines had to ask afterwards. And Noor just thinks of the king as Lynne’s father. It’s a little silly, but the silliness is what makes the show fun. If somebody doesn’t stop Noor, he’s going to use a national treasure / ultra greatsword to clean drains.
- Comment on Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai • Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools - Episode 2 discussion 4 months ago:
It’s a bit strange watching this episode while knowing what’s going to happen from the Crunchyroll series description, the series poster, and the OP. It might’ve been nice to binge the first 3 episodes, like how some shows (like Oshi No Ko) have extended first episodes.
I like Tobias, in the way that he is self-centered and exceedingly unlikable. I already want him to go away.
Without Carlo’s guidance, what will Dahlia do? I want to get to the meat of the series. Hopefully we’ll get a taste in the next episode.
