Endmaker

A Busybody Girl, Falling in Love

Nice recommendation; followed.

Here are the couple or so frames that flashed briefly:

Lara’s sister

crying Lara

Pretty haunting / creepy…

These - especially crying Lara - would be perfect as episode banners, if not for the fact that this is the final episode. Such grim pictures don’t fit a happy ending.

Congratulations, Grandma!

“Congratulations, Grandma!” is wild 💀

Anyway, noped out after the first 1.5 mins. This is clearly the POV of alternate-timeline Rudeus, and it’s going to be tragic, ain’t it?

Imma watch this episode with the last episode - which should end on a happier note, hopefully.

Will you call me “onii-sama”?

Bro wants to be referred to as onii sama…💀

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oh yeah… this is cinema… !

standing ovation

The episode is too short is usual 😭

With only one episode left, I wonder how they will wrap this up. The story of the schoolgirls is cute and all, but I am more invested in sensei’s story. I hope it would have a satisfying ending.

The obvious happy way to end the season would be: the girls’ latest work get accepted by the editor, which in turn reignites sensei’s passion and get her back into creating manga.

It could be a red herring but right now Zettour seems the most likely to the mole.

I don’t see Rudersdorf going down that easily though. I bet he already got wind of the plan and has counters of his own.

Or maybe it’s a 300 IQ play, and the plan to have Rudersdorf assassinated is in fact concocted between Zettour and himself. I’d imagine the ruse would allow them to trace the information leakage to the mole.

If that is indeed the case, our poor Tanya is a poor sacrificial pawn and risk being made public enemy number one. Unless… there is another plot twist that reveals that all of these are in fact orchestrated by the girl herself.

Also, I forgot to mention this last episode but the Empire’s war situation mirrors Tanya’s situation with god quite a bit, doesn’t it? It could all be over if they just let go of their pride.

Banner nomination: hope this gives someone a jumpscare while they scroll their phone in the dark

scary Tanya

@rikka@ani.social

it isn’t a power fantasy

It’s not so blatant early on, but it absolute is.

Is Animal Farm a romanticization or condemnation?

Personally, I thought the title - Saga of Tanya the Evil - made it pretty clear.

The anime hasn’t reach the point where the fact that Kazuma got isekaied was brought up.

Good because it is an isekai? It’s when they address the isekai-ed character’s previous life and make it an actual plot point.

It’s probably no coincidence that some of these isekais are all-time favourites of anime fans:

• Mushoku Tensei / Jobless Reincarnation
• Re:Zero
• Saga of Tanya the Evil

Personal favourite:

• Isekai Office Worker (actively worked on getting back to original world)

Typical villain bahvaviour

You made me wait a whole five minutes.

I’m speechless. This episode is so good.

Live for love, not for the laws.

Wise words.

If I have to take a stab at how the finale will pan out: maybe Mari would offer to turn herself into a mermaid for Lara’s sake. This would in turn moved Lara, triggering her princess light, which would then restore everything to how things should be. And finally, they all live happily ever after.

…

That was anti-climatic.

Oh wow I was not expecting Shizuka’s serious arc in this season 😮

But in hindsight, it makes so much sense to use this arc as a climax. Such a good call from the director.

Banner nomination: ShizuNano

Shizuka x Nano

@rikka@ani.social

went into boring social interactions

That’s one issue I find with stories written to be realistic. I tend to find these relatively boring (too?).

Probably not just me (us?) who feel this way, which explains the popularity of battle shounens, fantasies, isekais, etc.

Yep, they knew all along. Not just Boraqchin, but Ogedai too.

Reminds me of the quote “The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”

This was, in some sense, a recap episode 🗿

It’s been a fun ride.

Embrace it

Be like Saitama from One Punch Man

Holy twist 🤯

Of course Hebichika is Hikaru’s mother

Relevant: Japan’s favourite chord progression and why it works

So Viola’s motivation was simply envy? It’s kind of weak ngl.

I’d say I prefer Ave Mujica with its twists.

See: Draw This, Then Die! (or the manga it is adapted on)

It could be recency bias but this is one of my favourite episodes of this Tanya season.

We all know diplomacy is going to fail, but I enjoyed the drama and process leading to the outcome.

Their suffering feeds my sadistic streak 😈

What demographic labels did people gave to each of these?

Ah yes, the classic fallen angel / magical girl trope.

Why is this giving off Madoka vibes…🗿 maybe the goddess would be revealed as the big bad towards the end, and our main cast would revolt against her.

don’t change according to reception

I cannot remember the title off the top of my head but I remember reading about at least one manga that changed the magazine it was serialised in to reach a different audience segment.

Doesn’t seem very meaningful for us.

Disagree. I found it useful.

After watching a substantial amount of anime, I noticed - based on my AniList stats - that I enjoy seinen anime more than those of shounen and shoujo. (You can guess which demographic I am a part of.)

This made it easier for me to seek out anime that fit my taste - though it certainly is a self-reinforcing loop.

I’d still check shounen / shoujo anime out; they simply have a higher bar to clear.

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