At the end of season 1 I felt the gimmick has been spread too thin and ran its course. Very funny in the first few episodes but grew stale fast. When I gave S02E01 a go I immediately got the same sense. Do they switch it up a bit in later episodes by adding a new gimmick/joke setup/etc. ?

If you are offended by this, you haven’t been paying attention.

I second this. It’s been my favorite of last season.

I love the comfy vibes of the show. I would have loved it even more if they had included a bit more about the feelings behind the Japanese Doll. I think they did a good enough job with the fisher’s flag without being too “on the nose” about it, but in this episode it felt like “yeah thanks, now go soak” when she gave the doll back. Just a line or two about the memories tied to the doll from the owner would have made the episode perfect.

Also, I had to check the QR code. It leads to the anime’s website. I ad hoped for some small easter egg or the like. Maybe something like a special end card illustration.

Unrelated: Demon Slayer is worth watching. The hype is irrelevant.

I see where he is coming from. It’s a battle shounen and if that’s not your cup of tea then they’re all equally worthless. It’s like discussing the differences of blended and single malt whisky with a non-alcoholic.

Sure, there aren’t that many shows that are just one thing (none come to mind at all). I just put what I considered the main genre. Though putting Strawberry Marchmallow into the iyashikei genre is a new one for me. I obviously get “CGDCT” and “comedy” but I would say it’s only iyashikei if one generally considers watching CGDCT as healing/comforting. Different strokes and all that.

Hey, if we’re shilling communities, come join !lightnovels@ani.social as well. Probably the least active community around a single medium.

I never succeed in getting anyone to watch it

On one hand, I’m always shilling it, on the other, I feel a bit gate-keepy about it and don’t want a flock of tourists shit all over it.

Your Name. in “mid” is a take you don’t see often.

If you take suggestions, put Haibane Renmei and Fune Wo Amu on your PTW list. And try out some of the highlights from other genres. For example, Non Non Biyori (iyashikei), Strawberry Marshmallow (CGDCT), Nana (josei) and Monster (suspense). Bonus: Sweetness & Lightning (cooking,iyashikei)

Sorry that I post again in this thread, but I just can’t scroll past this thread picture without stopping, expanding, and then chuckling. It’s just so perfect. It there was a frame of the year contest, it would be a seeded contender.

I see. Kinme follows the Frieren school of sleep.

hot take incoming

I see where you are coming from. But having gone through raising two daughters myself, I would come to the exact same decision as Makio, even knowing perfectly well what hardships raising kids entails. Having family fall into foster care is unthinkable, even if it means that there is some personal sacrifice. I also don’t see Makio ever interpreting her current hardship as an error.

Also, it definitely felt like they were planning to do a seamless ED transition.

So much so that the actual transition felt jarring.

This was my favorite episode yet. In a show that has almost no episodes that I didn’t like they still managed to raise the bar. I especially loved all the Frieren mannerisms they put in this episode.

Terrible adaptation. Not only was Panamera’s real personality spoiled in the last episode, in this one Arte’s is completely fucked up. She sounds and behaves more like a 4 year old orphan than a 10 year old raised to be a noble. As already stated in this episode, she is in the same situation as Van and while he acts older than his age (isekai yeeeeah) they are both raised as nobles with all the necessary decorum drilled into them since birth.

The personalities in the source are completely flipped, with Van being more silly and Arte being more noble-lady-like. She has low self esteem, yes, because her type of magic let her house to abandon her, but she shows her upbringing behind her timidness born from low self esteem. Without a better way to describe it: the vibes are completely different.

Also, maybe someone is ESL and runs his replies through a translator because they’re not confident enough in their English proficiency. Attacking someone because of that is just the same mindless and blind anti AI gatekeeping that’s the current group-think.

Another great episode.

Hope she gets some WX1000 for Christmas.

The Panamera introduction is completely fucked. Reminds me of the Ascendance of a Bookworm adaptation where they put Ferdinand in the first episode because he’s a fan favorite even though he doesn’t even show up until part two in the source.

Thought this was getting dark real quick for a moment, but turns out it’s still wholesome and cute. I don’t need those scares. It’s unnecessary and didn’t add anything to the plot.