She has influenced an entire industry.

What a colorful new character.

Not even remotely enough. I’m not happy.

Okay, I think I pass. But thanks for clarifying.

That map is showing a Buddhist temple. Nazis co-opted the sign for a Buddhist temple and just flipped it around. A mnemonic would be that the arms on the swastika are pointing right (as in right-wing) and the Buddhists are pointing left.

What’s your speculative / non-obvious take on a K-On! romance?

Has anyone seen Nukitashi The Animation? Or “Bizarro Shimoneta” how I call it. It’s an ecchi show (skirting the line on hentai really). Think how in Shimoneta every bit of erotica is forbidden and the protagonist fights to bring it back. In Nukitashi it’s a complete reverse and everyone is fucking everywhere and the protag fights to save his virginity. The humor plays just to the extremes like in Shimoneta (just flipped) but the animation goes really hard. They have put a real animation budget behind this ecchi gag show that isn’t even streaming on most services. It’s a miracle.

And here is the OP (creditless, SFW)

I mean, Iori is a man of impeccable taste. Nanaka and Azusa are clearly overshadowing all the other girls.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Ruri has some dwarf mixed in. And a bit of dragon as well.

I guess my prediction that Seika was the girl who accused him in the real world was wrong. I shift my prediction now to the blond girl.

Easily one of the most beautiful shows of the year. The “galaxy in a cave” scene was almost as stunning as Nagi there at the end.

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My favorite is Ore Monogatari!. It’s less reliant on drama than most other romance shows and the main couple only need 2 episodes or so to get together.

I can’t start rewatching Strawberry Marshmallow without binging every episode in one go. It’s just not possible.

I’ve asked for beach episodes without fan service for years, but now that I finally get one I feel somehow dirty. Like I’ve seen something that I wasn’t supposed to.

Those expressions and animations add so much to the story. I enjoyed the light novel but I think this is one of the very few cases where the anime is actually better.

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Oh God, the stupid banter. Make it stop.

Not a single good party in the entire town.

I was hoping for fantasy. That aside the OP visuals were wild.

Lamis pretty much had him there in the end.

Now I’m happy that I dropped that show early on.

I don’t mind dark and gritty, but I very much mind it when there is a prolonged torture porn to make make something dark & gritty. We got it the first time, the girl is mistreated and raped for her entire life. No need to show it a second and third time. And really no need to throw in the miscarriage to make it even darker. We would have looked forward to the revenge part of the story without this already. Writing like this pisses me off so much.