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- Comment on Anime General Discussion Thread, Favorite Spring Season OP/ED Edition [2025, Week 19] 6 days ago:
In non-OP/ED stuff:
I realized late that I’d missed a few anime because (for whatever reason) I thought they were sequels/spinoffs that required prior knowledge:
- Hero Aca Vigilantes - which turned out pretty good and fun, but I got really frustrated with how the whole franchise continues to be weird about women (and also I liked Shinsetsu Man when he was just helping people in mundane ways)
- Umamusume Cinderella Gray - It seemed like a decent sports girl anime, but I don’t really like sports girl anime lol
- Gundam GQuuuuuuX - (I thought it started with a movie but later learned that was just the first few episodes bundled together or something) This is definitely stylish, but I feel like the lore is a little dense for beginners, even if veterans keep telling me it’s fine. There was way too much jargon I did not understand at all
- To Be Hero X - Absolutely stunning visuals mixing 2d and 3d animation, and I’m hooked on the story, but I’m not confident it will be able to keep it up. It’s interesting that its premise is very similar to the central lore conceit of Hanako-kun (which was on my mind because the season just wrapped up)
After a lot of deliberation and some unfortunate cuts, I trimmed my list to show my friends down to: Apocalypse Hotel, Catch Me at the Ballpark, Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl, Ninja and Assassin Under One Roof, To Be Hero X, and Too-Perfect Saint. And after a lot of deliberation and some unfortunate cuts, we ended up with an overloaded schedule with: Apothecary Diaries S2, Wind Breaker S2, Apocalypse Hotel, and To Be Hero X (we usually try to stick to 3 shows)
This doesn’t really bode well for next season for us, since Dan Da Dan, Dress-Up Darling, Reborn as a Vending Machine, and Hanako-kun are all coming back, and To Be Hero X will be in its second cour.
- Comment on Anime General Discussion Thread, Favorite Spring Season OP/ED Edition [2025, Week 19] 6 days ago:
Went through them all again and here are my favorites this time:
OPs
- Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc - I love the storybook aesthetic and the overwhelming use of green. I have my issues with this series, but this OP hits a dark and oppressive tone that I think works very well.
- Hero Aca: Vigilantes - this show is a love letter to american superhero comics and the OP exemplifies that very well (and is also a bop)
- Shoushimin S2 - on the surface it’s got tons of impressive art style shifts, a fun song, and interesting visuals, but I’m sure that deeper in there are clues to the mysteries that i don’t have the context to decipher, lol.
- To Be Hero X - this shows off the show’s mix of animation styles and also its mix of superhero action with hints of darker mysteries
- Witch Watch - I love this OP so much and it makes me wish I liked the show more, lol. The characters are so expressive and them having fun is infectious
EDs
- Classic Stars - I really like the song they put together for this, and I think the boys’ singing goes well with the instrumentation.
- Gundam GQuuuuuuX - they made the interesting choice to have a bunch of shots with one camera angle and I think it worked really well. The backdrop is so detailed and we get to see a lot of really cute little scenes of their daily life (I like it when the cube falls down)
- Ninja and Assassin Under One Roof - fun and colorful, and gets extra points for heartlessly deleting characters from the ED after they die
- Rock is a Lady’s Modesty - while it’s mostly just pans across static images, the stylization and coloring really give a strong vibe
- To Be Hero X - very moody and emphasizes the way that becoming a hero often becomes a tragedy rather than a dream come true.
Mentions (honorable or otherwise)
- Normally I really like EDs with a rougher style like Ann Shirley’s, but the color flashes made this really hard for me to watch
- I wanted to like Fire Force S3’s ED, since the animation and rap parts are really good, but the autotune on the singing is just too much, it hurts to listen to.
- Himitsu no AiPri’s ED has some extremely scary live action versions of the main characters. No thank you.
- Miru’s ED features the robot character doing what looks like a tiktok dance ??
- Princession Orchestra’s OP’s melody strongly reminded me of D.N.Angel’s
- Comment on Duo 1 week ago:
That’s rapunzel from Disney’s tangled
- Comment on A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof • Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi - Episode 3 discussion 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 • Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season - Episode 16 discussion 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know if Suirei understands exactly how many powerful and capable people she’s bringing down on herself by kidnapping Maomao, but she’s about to find out, lol (and it’s more than usual with Luomen in the palace). Not sure if it’s related or just a simultaneous scheme, but Lakan’s taunting of Shishou was great - it’s clear he’s testing some theories (like with the juice) and setting up some bait to see if he’ll take it (I don’t believe for a second that the interrogation was botched).
Meanwhile, I’ve been suspicious for a while that Shisui has some connection with Loulan (they look too similar), but now we’ve got a more direct hint. My guess currently is that she’s Loulan’s alter ego she uses to run around the palace freely, but she may instead be her sister or some other relative or a backup/body-double or something.
- Comment on The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom • Kanpeki Sugite Kawai-ge ga Nai to Konyaku Haki Sareta Seijo wa Ringoku ni Urareru - Episode 4 discussion 3 weeks ago:
I hope Himari sticks around in Mia’s half of the story for a while. I think she could use an ally and a character to play off of (and maybe a girlfriend? They did have a meet-cute, after all). Meanwhile Philia is getting more used to people being nice to her, and it’s very cute to see.
I suspect that the thing Osvalt was alluding to is that the first prince may have been in love with, or even engaged to, the previous saint who recently died. At least, that’s what I’m guessing from the shot of him staring at the vase of flowers.
- Comment on "Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon" Season 2 New Teaser Visual, PV 3 weeks ago:
No joke. This is orders of magnitude more sincere and touching than any of the generic isekai slop its title is parodying. I’m eager to see more of our best boy Boxxo.
- Comment on The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl • Gorilla no Kami kara Kago sareta Reijou wa Ouritsu Kishidan de Kawaigarareru - Episode 3 discussion 3 weeks ago:
Squirrel-senpai saying “I think I can see why you were chosen” is such a refreshing reaction to OP main character powers. Like, he isn’t complimenting the blessing, but her as a person and how she’s been using it. Unrelated, but the boy sure loves his nut-based desserts, lol.
I’ve been having fun trying to work out everyone’s powers, and this week was especially easy because their names were mostly just regular words, lol.
French, German, & Russian vocab lesson
- Cheval: French for horse - Qualle: German for jellyfish (makes sense for the maritime squad commander, lol) - Adler: German for eagle (and we got to see him in action) - Volk: Russian for wolf
- Comment on The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 • Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season - Episode 15 discussion 3 weeks ago:
Trying to decide how awkward I think Jinshi is going to end up being around Luomen once he learns that’s Maomao’s father (if he doesn’t know already). Will he turn on the charm and be offputtingly sparkly? Or will he crumble to dust and be unable to function? We shall see, lol. I’m sure Luomen will recognize Jinshi instantly, considering their history, but he’ll also probably clock his crush on Maomao too, so it’ll be interesting to see them interact.
- Comment on Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- • Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time. - Episode 1 discussion 3 weeks ago:
I was hoping for something a little more substantial than this, but I guess it’s the best we’re gonna get until the next season…
- Comment on Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? • Danjo no Yuujou wa Seiritsu suru? (Iya, Shinai!!) - Episode 3 discussion 3 weeks ago:
I like how they’re portraying Yu’s main flaw: that something preserved cannot wither, but also can’t grow. Meanwhile, Himari needs to do some maturing and realize she’ll never get what she wants if she never actually asks for it, and she can’t expect Yu to read her mind.
I thought this last time too, but Shinji is a really fun character. He clearly knows the girls very well and is having fun stirring the pot.
- Comment on Please don't stop horny 3 weeks ago:
While I generally agree, I think it’s always worth keeping in mind that sexualizing every female character all of the time can make women and fem-presenting people feel unwelcome in our communities. It’s especially important to remember that when there’s a decent-sized group of cis/het men who consider that part of the point of fanservice - just look at the gamergate crowd.
- Comment on Lazarus - Episode 3 discussion 3 weeks ago:
… Was that Skinner hiding in plain sight at the homeless encampment? Doug, maybe look a little closer, buddy.
Jill has some good mama bear energy and I’m glad to see some trans rep that feels natural instead of mean-spirited.
- Comment on CLASSIC★STARS - Episode 3 discussion 3 weeks ago:
Love to see my boy Choppy shine. I think his song was really well done and I’m looking forward to more from him.
- Comment on The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom • Kanpeki Sugite Kawai-ge ga Nai to Konyaku Haki Sareta Seijo wa Ringoku ni Urareru - Episode 3 discussion 4 weeks ago:
I really like that this is flipping between Philia’s iyashikei-style romance and Mia’s spy thriller plotlines. They’re both being executed well and the contrast is quite funny.
- Comment on Catch Me at the Ballpark! • Ballpark de Tsukamaete! - Episode 3 discussion 4 weeks ago:
I was thinking owner as well
- Comment on Catch Me at the Ballpark! • Ballpark de Tsukamaete! - Episode 3 discussion 4 weeks ago:
I like that we’re continuing to add characters and side stories. This show is just so cozy!
- Comment on Apocalypse Hotel - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
Wasn’t quite sold on this last week, but this episode was SO GOOD. I loved that they didn’t try to explain what the alien was up to and just let them continue to be mysterious.
- Comment on [Meta] Bot Updates, Related Communities, and Discord 4 weeks ago:
Very good updates. Thanks for the work you do!
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 16] 4 weeks ago:
Really depends on your taste. For me it was super boring, but I could see it being funny to someone else.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 16] 4 weeks ago:
Now that (almost) all of the anime have premiered, I’m in the phase of cutting down my list to a manageable size and selecting my picks to present to my friends as a tasting menu for what to watch together this season. This time we’ve got two of our three (sometimes four) spots locked in already (Apothecary Diaries and Windbreaker), so the competition will be tough, lol. Currently, the new stuff I’m excited for is Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl, Ninja and Assassin Under One Roof and Too-Perfect Saint, but Moonrise is also looking promising (I’m not a binge watcher, so no spoilers!), and it’s good to have Shoshimin back.
And, as always, here’s my trash pile:
Summer Pockets - 3/5
I swear to god I’ve seen this exact anime several times before but I could not tell you what or when. I go into anime blind, but within a few minutes I knew for sure this was based on a dating sim visual novel and it was going to attempt to make the audience cry, which is a genre I truly cannot stand because it always feels so cheesy and so sloooowwwwwwww. It has great production values and it seems like the visual novel is popular and beloved, but personally I just could not bring myself to care about any of the characters.
Compass 2.0 - 1/5
Extremely bold choice to make a video game adaptation where the characters know that they are video game characters and players interact with them. However, it seems a choice made more out of laziness than a desire to do anything interesting, and they don’t even make up for that with impressive visuals. The entire show feels like a cheap and thoughtless ad for the mobile game and an absolute waste of time.
- Comment on The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl • Gorilla no Kami kara Kago sareta Reijou wa Ouritsu Kishidan de Kawaigarareru - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
It seems like they ran out of budget for this episode, but it was kinda funny how they got around it sometimes, with things like the fight noises over top of Sophia’s mostly static reaction face.
Regardless, I’m really enjoying this one. Definitely one of my favorites for the season.
- Comment on YAIBA: Samurai Legend • Shin Samurai-den YAIBA - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
I enjoyed the first episode, but this one i felt was dragged down by the characters just not being very likeable. The action continues to be exceptional, and it seems like the plot is getting rolling, so I’ll give it another episode.
- Comment on Lazarus - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
Now that the plot is getting rolling it’s a little underwhelming, especially since it seems like a suicide squad knockoff. It feels a little like no one except our crew of misfits is really taking this “find Skinner” thing seriously, which seems really strange; it’s not like it’s a secret, after all. It also seems strange that hapna was so widely available when it can get you high. Even if it isn’t chemically addictive and didn’t have side effects or overdose risks, you’d still want to keep it pretty well regulated to prevent abuse or like DUIs or whatever, right? And I’m really hoping that they don’t end up ignoring Skinner’s point about trying to save the planet, since it’s really easy for stories to counter “we need to make drastic changes to stop bad things from happening” with “it’s wrong to kill people!” - true, but like, also, we should save the planet from climate change.
- Comment on Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? • Danjo no Yuujou wa Seiritsu suru? (Iya, Shinai!!) - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
I’m glad they revealed Enomoto as the childhood crush so soon. I had assumed it was her, but expected them to drag it out for at least half the season, lol.
It’s interesting having a show explore the differences between romantic and sexual attraction, because society conflates them so much that it can be really confusing to have one without the other (especially for teenagers).
- Comment on WIND BREAKER Season 2 - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
It’s always so fun to see how different everyone’s fighting styles are. They express their personalities so well just in the way their bodies move, and Cloverworks is really showing that off very well.
- Comment on The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 • Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season - Episode 14 discussion 4 weeks ago:
That new eunuch is definitely Suirei, right?
Also, the talk of getting Maomao onto Jinshi’s side makes it sound like he’s gearing up for a large political struggle - potentially a more direct conflict with Loulan’s father?
- Comment on CLASSIC★STARS - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
I really didn’t enjoy the song this time and it inspired me to actually look up some classical music, since I’ve never really paid attention to who wrote what within the field.
Well, it turns out I just sort of don’t like Mozart’s bright and cheery style and none of his stuff really hits for me, lol, which means I’ll likely be having a bad time whenever Mozart (the character) is taking center stage for an episode. I ended up really liking Beethoven’s stuff (moody and dramatic), as well as Chopin’s (complex and layered). Liszt I liked less, since its complexity felt more like showing off than anything else.
I do find it interesting though that Mozart and Beethoven seem to have swapped vibes from their composer namesakes. Mozart’s music seems largely upbeat, while Beethoven’s feels very brooding, which doesn’t match at all the characters from what we’ve seen.
yet to be revealed character names
I also took a peek at our enemy band’s composers - Schumann, Vivaldi, and Beethoven (which explains his framing in Mozart’s backstory). I ended up finding Schumann and Vivaldi a little too boring, but I also couldn’t find very many short clips and compilations (classical music is too long, lol), so maybe they have stuff that I would actually like, we’ll see. (But i am 90% sure Vivaldi will only be allowed to do four seasons)
- Comment on Kowloon Generic Romance - Episode 2 discussion 4 weeks ago:
After being unimpressed last episode, I found this one really engaging… up until they decided to throw in the creepy gay villain trope. I seriously can’t stand that kind of character, and it was sort of surprising after Yaomay appeared to be coded as trans in a fairly positive way (though that might turn out to be incorrect). I really like the ways that the various characters are interacting with the themes of identity and memory, but if there’s gonna be some undercurrent of homophobia I’m not sure I’ll be willing to stick around to see how the mysteries unravel. Might give it one more episode, though.
- Comment on Food for the Soul • Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi - Episode 1 discussion 4 weeks ago:
This seems like a perfectly good CGDCT anime, but I’m not really seeing any substance beyond that. I found Shinon’s antics to be much more annoying than endearing, and while Mako’s social anxiety was likely meant to be relatable and cathartic, but it just stressed me out. For those who like CGDCT, I’m sure this will be a good time, but I don’t think it’ll do much for people outside that audience. I give the premiere a 3/5.
