What a great episode. This is really shaping up to be the anime of the season for me, perhaps excluding sequels.

I find this paneling to be incredibly cool.

It reminds me of screen tearing. There’s the panel before the slash, then the infinitesimally quick slash, represented by the thinnest line dividing the panels. The reader’s eye is drawn to the point where the line goes through Chihiro’s eye, and it’s implied that in that moment he was able to see the slash and react to it.

I swear I had exactly the same chair when I was in college, and it sure did look like this when I finally got rid of it.

Well you’re on Lemmy so your odds are better than most at least.

This felt like a return to form to me; much more like the first half of season 1 than the second half. I wonder how long they can keep this up; I read the manga but that was ages ago and I genuinely can’t remember.

Also because only people who liked season 1 of Frieren enough to watch season 2 will vote on season 2. Sequel seasons always have some inherit bias as a result.

Not really. It might’ve helped if I’d watched it when it was new or if the fandom weren’t so far up their own asses.

I hope Nutmeg-kun treats her right.

The beginning of Redline gave me the impression that the whole movie would just be a sequence of cool shit happening, and then the whole movie was a sequence of cool shit happening. It ended up being one of my all-time favorites, and proved to me that an anime doesn’t need a complex story to be excellent.

Not a fan of how everything is a gacha in Japan. I saw some cool Dan Da Dan figures in a store in Japan once but of course it was a random draw and my wife had just told me “don’t get anything that would embarrass me if my mom visited” and Evil Eye was one of the prizes so I decided to refrain.

I can sympathize with the photo posing issues. When I first started dating my wife we both had no idea how to pose and ended up looking awkward together in photos.

It’s always a good time watching these shitheads have a bad time.

Anime largely doesn’t have this.

There are a few. Kaguya-sama: Love is War is arguably best in its third season and imho the first several episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood are its weakest part. Eureka Seven, Umamusume, and Gintama also come to mind. I had to wrack my brain for those examples though; they really are the exception.

Gifts are hard! I keep scrupulous notes; every time someone in my family mentions wanting something I write it down. It’s nice to have a list when birthdays & Christmas come up.

The Office and Fairly Oddparents were both big shows when they were current though.

Started watching Golden Kamuy this week so I could get caught up with the new season that’s airing and I’ve got to say it’s a wild time. Shame the first episode having that horrible-looking bear turned so many people away.

Edit: Just watched the first episode of You and I Are Polar Opposites. Not sure how I feel about the story yet, but wow. What a gorgeous adaptation. Also worth noting that the subtitles are well-executed with good typesetting and everything!

2nd edit: Just watched the first couple episodes of Ikoku Nikki. Seems like a good, chill, well-written story with a competent adaptation. Unfortunately the subtitles in the first episode had at least one error and I noticed while watching the second episode that Crunchyroll didn’t bother with typesetting for this one. I guess since it’s not a big shounen thing they don’t care much about doing a good job.

Been reading Moriagaranai Date/An Unexciting Date lately; currently 16 chapters in. There’s a certain charm to how awkward these main characters are. Each character’s awkwardness just bounces off the other character’s awkwardness so well; very charming and humorous.

Also been reading Magic Knight Rayearth 2. After Magic Knight Rayearth finished with one of the endings of all time I’m glad to see that the story continues. Gonna be honest though, the story doesn’t seem to be anything special so far. Still well-worth reading for the gorgeous art!

Oh yeah, Apocalypse Hotel was a lot of fun.

LOOK BACK is super good, and it’s a short movie so it’s not as much of a time commitment.

If you’re into sports anime my favorite recent one is Medalist. Now is a pretty good time to pick it up since the second season starts airing in just a couple weeks!

Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon is also super good if you want more of an adventure.