I can hear this comment!

After season 3, we are going to be almost exactly 3/4 the way through the manga, so you wouldn’t have much left and could probably knock it out super quick. I know the manga ending gets lots of shit from people, but I really don’t think it is half as bad as its reputation. When the final chapter came out, I wrote my thoughts about it at the time (spoiler warning).

That said, the anime has been an absolutely stellar adaptation; the kind that I could have only dreamed of. So, I don’t blame somebody for wanting to experience the anime blind, because it has been excellent from beginning to end.

I don’t remember any others this season.

Ah, you might be right about this. I hadn’t thought about them dropping support for the .ass sub format.

I think what is going on here is an anti-piracy measure. When subs are delivered in a separate stream in the browser, pirates with the proper tools can save them separately, making it easier to redistribute as a video file with a range of subtitle options. By hardcoding them, CR is basically making a prospective pirate’s redistribution life harder because they need to do a separate video for every sub language (or go to a different source).

I think the main thing that soft subs offers is that you can customize size/color options in the player. When they are hardsubs burned into the video, then you no longer have that ability.

Not as much as Campfire Cooking iirc. Extremely minor spoilers ahead:

I have read some of the manga (until it stopped getting updates on MD). It’s a very chill series, similar to something like Campfire Cooking. The main difference in this case is that her companions are an adventuring party instead of monster familiars.

Youtube link if you don’t want to go to twitter. Also, the quality is better since it actually goes to 1080p.

Premieres in a couple weeks.

Alright, here is the list of things I have my eye on for next season:

Definitely Watching

• Witch Hat Atelier - basically all the source readers are saying this is a must-watch.
• Kirio Fanclub - I love this manga and I cannot wait to see these delightful weirdos on screen

Watch Curious

• Akane-banashi - I have heard good things about the manga, so I want to check this out time depending
• Needy Girl Overdose - I have a friend that was really into the game this was based on. I will be interested to see how this gets adapted.
• Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction - This is a short anime, but the manga it is based on is absolutely nonsensically silly (in the best way). Might try to keep going with this since it will be quick.

Might Watch

• Daemons of the Shadow Realm - Same author as Fullmetal Alchemist…it deserves a shot
• Goddess: “What Do You Want to Turn Into When You’re Reincarnated in Another World?” Me: “Into a Hero’s Rib” - I mean…this sounds just crazy enough to work…

Just a reminder to folks not to link directly in this community. I don’t want to get ani.social in trouble. Feel free to check out !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com instead.

In a blink and you’ll miss it moment, they did a crazy foreshadow this episode that was anime-original. This isn’t the first time they’ve done this either. It really makes me wish the manga wasn’t on indefinite hiatus because the closer the anime gets to the manga, the less opportunity they will have to drop some awesome foreshadowing in.

Genau is basically what a stoic tsundere looks like. On the outside he stays cool as a cucumber, but he is aware enough to know that he has had to do some messed up shit and doesn’t want others to get their hands dirty like he has. He keeps saying how unaffected he is by his home village being destroyed, but he was certainly compassionate in dealing with his friend’s final moments, and cares a lot about their bodies being protected.

AFAIK, it’s just hitagi since gaen is a bot. More admins wouldn’t necessarily solve the issue that lemmynsfw faced since it had to do with billing on their infrastructure. I am an admin on a couple other instances, even with ssh access, but don’t have access to the billing side of things. That is a big jump up in trust I think that many are hesitant to make.

I feel for lemmyposter, it’s not a great situation to be in. I sit in a couple matrix channels with them and they have been fighting all the gremlins while trying to spin things up. I do think it is funny that fedinsfw has now shot up to be (I think) the second most populous piefed instance in the span of like two weeks.

I enabled this show with the bot, so it should post like normal as this show airs.

It was nice to get a whole episode devoted to one of the girls. I imagine they probably rearranged some manga chapters to consolidate this story a bit since there were three separate title cards during the episode. I wonder if we are likely to get whole episodes about the other girls coming up.

Yep! Looks like CITY is on Prime.

Yeah…it won’t be private messages next year for sure. Lesson learned!

Apocalypse Hotel, the overall winner, is available on Crunchyroll (at least in the US, it can vary by market). Honestly, if you are in the US, most of these are going to be on Crunchyroll I think. CR are continuing their “take over all the things” arc within this niche. So, if you only subscribe to one service, it should be the one (unless you just sail the high seas). Other places you find some quality titles from time to time would be Netflix, HiDive, Amazon Prime, or Disney+.