I honestly don’t think anything with the pacing issues of Dragon Ball Z should be on this list. I can’t imagine actually suggesting to someone that they sit through all that when they could be watching Gurren Lagann or something instead.

Also, Love is War is great. Was actually just reading through volume 11 a minute ago.

Ah, that makes far more sense.

Wait, you watched and enjoyed The Promised Neverland season 2? Or just the first one? Because those were very different experiences.

Is LINE actually as bad as Twitter though? I don’t know much about it.

Twitter is unfortunately still very big in Japan.

Oh heck yeah my favorite from the manga is in there. I’m both excited to hear her insane way of speaking voice acted and curious to see what the English dub does as an analog.

I swear we’ve seen this already.

Great show btw. I really enjoyed this one.

Things seem to be going downhill, but superior subtitles was one of their big selling points.

Exciting! Hopefully the delays gave them enough time to give this the care it deserves.

Redline is the movie that proved to me that an anime doesn’t need a super clever plot to be a 10/10 experience. What a blast.

I have good news for you: this may seem impossible, but you haven’t even gotten to the coolest part of Kill la Kill yet. The last third of that show is incredible.

I finished The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity today, and while I did like it I didn’t love it. It didn’t really feel like Waguri had a personality beyond being nice, smiling a lot, working hard, and liking Rintaro. It felt like a downgrade after enjoying personalities like Momo and Maomao. I loved Rintaro’s parents and friends though.

Closed captions and subtitles aren’t the same thing; closed captions specifically are made for people who can’t hear. That’s why they include things like “phone ringing”.

Well that was an extremely average episode to round out an extremely average show. I just about died from second-hand embarrassment though!

I mean, there wasn’t even one attempted genocide! No mass murder at all! Have you seen Victory Gundam? IMO it’s a lot more bleak, though also not as good tbh so if you haven’t watched it don’t feel compelled to.

You think so? Considering that it’s a Gundam show with such an edgy name it ended up being downright lighthearted compared to what I was expecting.

I think it’s one of the better Gundam shows, and since it takes place in an alternate universe from most other Gundam stuff you can watch it without needing any context from other shows. Shame it’s only the first season, but maybe they’ll put Season 2 up later.

I know the name might make you think otherwise, but The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity is actually shounen!

Also, “enjoyable” sure is a way to describe Takopi. It was great, but I feel like my heart was in my stomach the whole way through. Maybe I’d enjoy it more on rewatch.

Still watching:

• Dan Da Dan - I haven’t finished this yet because I’m watching with a friend. Anyways, 10/10 anime. They took what might be my least favorite fight in the manga (the music room) and turned it into something spectacular. The manga was already great, but I cannot imagine a better adaptation.
• Witch Watch - It’s fine. The comedy? Average. The fights? Average. The characters? Average. This one gets a 7.5/10 C grade from me.
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity - What I’ve heard is that this story is generic but well-executed. I’m down for that. What I’ve seen so far seems to match up, though it’s just a tiny bit too “sweet” for my taste. Maybe bordering on saccharine, but I’ve only watched 3 episodes so I’ll give it a chance to further impress me before giving it a score.

Completed:

• City the Animation - Maybe Dan Da Dan will do something to change my mind, but this was the anime of the season for me. 10/10 perfect show. I was really happy to have something cheery and well-executed to turn towards with all the darkness in the world these days.
• Takopi’s Original Sin - This was another great adaptation of a great story. It wasn’t entirely without its flaws though, and it was kind of a hard watch. Still, 9/10 great anime.
• The Summer Hikaru Died - Not every day we get a horror anime that doesn’t suck, but this one was a lot of fun! Nothing like some doomed yaoi to spice things up! 9/10
• Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express - A neat piece of indie animation. Fun dialogue, was almost always able to make me laugh. 8/10
• Clevatess - It’s rare that we get a cool fantasy thing that has actual effort put into its worldbuilding. I enjoyed this one; 8/10.
• bâan: The Boundary of Adulthood - When Gigguk announced he was making this, all I could say was “of course it’s a fucking isekai”. TBF, it was better than at least 95% of isekai which makes it a slightly above average anime. 8/10

Dropped:

• Turkey! Time to Strike - The characters and story were all kinda boring. I didn’t find myself looking forward to watching it, so I stopped watching it. 7/10
• Nyaight of the Living Cat - I only watched 1 episode of this. The jokes were mostly funny and the voice acting seemed decent but it was barely animated. 6/10

Overall I had a good time. Looks like next season will be a bit more relaxed, so I look forward to catching up on some older stuff instead.