Code Geass is one of those series that I haven’t watched yet, but I have only heard great things about. So, it’s interesting to see a different take on it. From what I do know from clips and discussions is that Lelouch is meant to be that way, an over the top character. I can see how that can be polarizing though (I don’t have a lot of love for Light either tbh).
I have been super busy irl with work, so I haven’t really gotten a chance to watch anything this past week. I think that is partly because of how busy I have been and partly because nothing this season has really grabbed me. I have enjoyed some series, but nothing has made me try to absolutely jam it into a packed schedule. As an example, Campfire Cooking is one that I continue to enjoy, but I have already read past season 2 content in the manga. So, I know what is going to happen, and it will always be there for me in the future. Touring After the Apocalypse is the one I am probably most engaged with this season, but it’s not the kind of show that makes me really prioritize it when I am busy.
This season is going to stand in stark contrast to next season though. Winter 2026 looks crazy stacked. I just did a quick scroll through the Anichart page and there are at least 6 that I am way more excited about than anything this season.
This is the only series in the history of running the episode discussion bot that has hit the lemmy character limit in titles. An infamous distinction.
I haven’t been watching it, but from what I understand about it, perhaps Gachiakuta has absorbed all the edge this season. Its second cour is airing right now.
I haven’t watched Land of the Lustrous, but I have seen plenty of clips. I think that is the show that really helped Studio Orange find their style which then carried into Beastars, Trigun, etc. It’s very distinctive and I think it serves the lighting effects of Land of the Lustrous very well.
I don’t really have many shows I am watching this season, so basically my whole list is from shows I am not watching. Overall, nothing really jumped out at me as the OP/ED of the season, but there were still some fun ones mixed in:
Yeah, I think that’s the thing that kills me about this pivot to a romance story. The romantic chemistry just isn’t there. The Towa/Akira relationship was by far the most compelling romantic plot they have had so far, everything else just isn’t satisfying and it just makes you want to push Akira to find Towa faster. You know…instead of getting sidetracked constantly.
It truly would be an apocalypse if the whole world became Alabama…
This show is becoming more and more of a romance series first, anything else second. I think the main issue is that the leads just don’t have great romance chemistry. Akira is constantly telling them and everybody else that will listen that he doesn’t want to be in a romantic relationship with them. Meanwhile, Yugure basically just ignores him while demanding they get married…but then gets super shy if anything actually happens with Akira. Then Amoru acts like and is treated like a child that is a younger sister of Akira.
Like…what kind of romance are they even trying to build between these characters? Episode 0 had a much more compelling romance narrative than anything they have put together since. At this point, my expectations for this show have basically evaporated into nothing. It has basically become a better animated version of My Wife Has No Emotion in a different setting.
For the record, operating rooms are far from sterile, it’s more like they are just really clean. They lack a lot of the controls and mechanisms in place to maintain a truly sterile space (also humans are your biggest source of contaminants in any kind of cleanroom). If you want to look at spaces that are maintained to be truly sterile, you would want to look at Grade A GMP Cleanrooms. I work in pharmaceutical manufacturing, and things like vials and syringes need to be filled in a Grade A space to ensure it is sterile before it is opened by the patient/clinic.
There are a range of classifications of clean areas, and the Grade A space is usually just within a sealed chamber inside a lower class room. Specifically, usually the Grade A space is inside a piece of equipment called an Isolator (picture here). The way that materials and supplies move in and out of the isolator is very well controlled. As an example, something might be packaged with multiple layers of packaging and each layer is shed as it moves from one Grade of cleanliness to another through a specific port. For liquids, they are passed through a sterilizing filter before being allowed into the Grade A space. To sterilize the interior, the interior of the isolator is inundated with vaporized hydrogen peroxide for a set amount of time and flow rate (it depends on the specific geometry of the isolator, these are usually custom builds).
If you are interested in sanitizing your dishware (not sterilizing, that is different), then a much cheaper method would be to use a sanitizing cleaner like Star San. Just spray it on your dishes, let it sit a minute or so and your dish is now sanitized (though it is now wet).
I did! I actually didn’t find it as grueling as I had heard it made out to be. That is most likely because I was able to watch all eight episodes over the course of maybe two weeks at most instead of waiting for each episode to release over the course of two months. I was honestly amazed at how they put so much effort into animating the same episode (roughly) eight times. They put way more effort into them than I thought since they were doing stuff like changing angles/compositions/lines/outfits, meaning there wasn’t that much they could just copy/paste from week to week.
To start things off, the shows I am looking forward to week to week has dwindled down to two at this point (but I will probably keep watching the third just because I am watching so few shows this season):
Now…I was able to finish Haruhi this past week, including watching the movie. Some spoiler-free thoughts…it was fine. I do think that the movie was the best that Haruhi had to offer, but the whole show never really connected with me.
What the hell is happening? The first couple episodes promised a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, travel series in search of Towasa. Instead we have taken a hard turn into some kind of love/mafia/incest plot? I don’t know man…I have no idea what this show is actually trying to accomplish with its story.
Yeah, as much as I like Zombie Land Saga, if you aren’t vibing with the idol storyline, then it isn’t for you. The show is an idol show first, everything else second. They do get into backstories of other characters from time to time, but it is always secondary.
Alright, I didn’t get a chance to watch more Haruhi this week, so I am not quite to the movie yet. I think I have just 2-3 more episodes to go until then. In the meantime, some thoughts on the seasonals so far:
It might be a typical paragraph of a light novel title, but I actually really like this one. I have read some of the manga and enjoyed the female lead a lot. Prepare yourself for some hardcore fantasy paleontology!
I guess that is one interpretation of a boxer engine.
First off, I have only really watched the two shows so far this season (edit: forgot Campfire Cooking, added):
Alright, in the downtime between seasons, I often try to binge a series of old that I missed. This break, I have been working my way through The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I am currently fairly deep in season 2. Some quick non-spoiler thoughts: it has been both fun and infuriating at times and, frankly, I don’t think I really get this series. Spoilers ahead…
I will just say up front that I am watching things in chronological order rather than broadcast order. I feel like it has helped me follow the plot a lot easier based on what I have seen.
I have really liked the ideas within the show. Granting Haruhi the ability to bend the world to her will, but trying to keep her unaware of it is a great mechanic. I also like how the weirdness flares up whenever she is bored, reflecting her inner desire that the world is more interesting (whatever form of interesting she fancies at that point in time). In that way it very much functions in a similar way to Adolescence Syndrome from Bunny Girl Senpai. I think that Kyon and Sakuta are extremely similar characters as well.
The thing that keeps killing this show for me though is the titular character. Haruhi is such an overwhelming personality that it is off-putting. She constantly disregards the opinions/feelings of those closest to her and exerts her will at all costs. I can appreciate that Kyon is basically the only guard rail that Haruhi has, something the Koizumi keeps reminding him about, but it doesn’t help me connect with the story when Haruhi is constantly harassing Mikuru et. al.
I have seen elsewhere that the sequel movie is really peak Haruhi, so I am hoping to finish that up before this post next week…but my feelings so far are mixed.
I am unreasonably excited about the new GITS.
This series had a couple of manga chapters translated and I liked it a lot. However, the SL dropped the series, so it has been a year or so since the last chapter was translated. I’m looking forward to more of the story.