#Bokurano

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Bokurano Opening

Uninstall by Chiaki Ishikawa

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EVE - Kororon

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I'm back from the anime club, where we finished everything we were watching. It's always fun to finish a lot of shows at the same time, you get a sense of accomplishment and completion. Here are my final thoughts on what we watched.

I really liked Gankutsuou, it's up there with one of the best anime ever made. I don't have anything to add to what I've said already, the last episodes were very emotional and hit hard.

Great Pretender ended with a pair of crazy episodes. Earlier I questioned their last heist, but the last two episodes made it work. Personally I wouldn't have minded if some of the negatives in the character's lives would've stayed, but I can see why they went for the "he was a good guy all along" and "they didn't die after all" approach.

Bokurano's last episode was a bit drawn out and then the end card came abruptly, but otherwise it was another anime I liked a lot! Some characters/episodes were clearly better than others, but it was a cool journey to get to know them all along with the mysteries of Zearth. One guy at the club kept comparing each episode to the manga, which was apparently a little different, and I'm curious to give it a try too, although knowing me it's probably not going to happen lol.

It was a treat to get to rewatch Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road, because I liked it so. much. better. this time around!!! Now I GET Akari and she was compelling to me, rather than flat and annoying. I'm a huge fan of the "I need to kill you" "I need to be killed by you" and "I need to kill her for you" dynamic we ended the series on. As for the villains, I love how both Orwell and Flare had/have personal relations to the characters, that makes their betrayal so much more significant, whereas Pandemonium was just batshit insane in a very fun way. Sometimes it's cool to see massively powerful characters fight, but unlike other overpowered isekai protagonists, there's a clear cost to Akari using her powers, so it doesn't feel like they'll get through anything no problem at all. I also like how she's had to save Menou countless of times, not to have her feel too powerful and invincible either, considering how tough their foes have been and you want to continue to see them as near invincible. Enough rambling, just give us season 2 please!!!

Lastly I largely stopped paying attention to Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo because I found it so dumb and needlessly drawn out. It's a shame, because I liked the theme of Ureshiko, a 26 year old magical girl refusing to let go of her powers, along with the memories of her mother (and her youth/innocence in a sense?), and they could've done great things with that, but instead we got a boring anime that was entirely too predictable in a shallow kind of way. The op and ed had that 2000's charm tho!

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Me when there's billions of masterpieces on Ao3 but my fandom only has a few dozen fics and I've already read them all:

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Bokurano ED2

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Do You Know This Anime?

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the fact that Bokurano translates to “Ours” and is evidently from Bakugou’s pov is so near and dear to me as now he sees Midoriya as an equal and someone to be like, not someone who’s below him

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bokurano; mohiro kitoh

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the food in anime always looks so delicious~

babe come get your Squares

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My Hero Academia Opening 11

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this is so funny. I wonder how much director/mangaka beef of this kind exists.

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I stayed to watch anime because I have zero desire to watch anything on my own these days lmao, and I'm glad I did because we saw some good episodes!!

We watched the gacha episode of Odd Taxi. I've seen clips from it, so I knew what was coming with the dodo, but I was not expecting the YJA bidding bit. It killed me, because I too have gotten stuck in bidding wars (last spring I spent more than twice over my limit on a gorgeous fukuro obi ahahaha rip me altho it was worth it in the end).

I'm really liking Odd Taxi, I love how contemporary and human it is (despite the animal characters heh), especially how they've managed to include social media in a way that feels real and not overly forced or ridiculed. I'm also a huge fan of stories with a big cast of characters with their own separate story lines that eventually mix. I think it's very neat and cool to see how one seemingly small action ends up being significant for someone or something else. The only problem with this is, that because I watch this show with two weeks between each episode, it's a bit difficult to remember everything that might be of importance, or how one thing came to be. It definitely feels like a show with a lot of rewatch value to catch all the connections and foreshadowing.

I was also very happy to stay and watch more Gankutsuou. We're only on episode 3, but so far I've loved every single minute of it. I can't wait to see where this goes, because I can tell that the tension and drama will be delicious and heart wrenching.

Great Pretender was a lot of fun as well. It's cool to see characters outsmart each other and satisfying when it looks like they're about to get caught, but it turns out that they've thought and prepared for everything in advance. I don't know how Edamura will get out of preparing sakura magic in front of the director, but I'm sure he'll find a way.

I did sneak out a bit during Kamichu! to see the final minutes of TRHPS, because I had to see what kind of vibe they were having. I could barely hear anything from them, so at times I questioned if they were even watching it?? But they were, just in complete silence. I guess that's one way to do it.

Earlier I talked about not liking Kamichu! a whole lot, and while it's certainly not a favourite of mine, some episodes have been decent. The episode I missed half of had Yurie negotiate with a martian on behalf of the prime minister which was/seemed fun! The second episode we watched had her be sick and lonely for a few days, which felt incredibly pointless and boring to me, although I get how it might feel significant for someone in middle school.

Then we watched episode 4 of Bokurano where the kids finally learn that Zearth runs on their life forces. I liked this episode, and I'm glad to see how Kodama got to learn his lesson and then die. I'm curious to see what will happen next and how the whole series will end.

Finally, we watched two episodes of Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko! In my last post I was cautiously optimistic about it, and now I can confirm that it's a good show! It's funny, the bits are short enough not to get overplayed, it has very nice character dynamics and interactions and it doesn't solely focus on the romance, so that part hasn't gotten stale in any way. It really helps that Tomo and Jun are best friends, so they bounce back from all the misunderstandings and awkwardness without it becoming a huge deal. It's also sweet to see how clearly Jun likes her back, making the show a wholesome slow-burn. Also, it's really cool to see a tomboyish lead who's very comfortable with themselves and their style, and how whenever she does try to be more feminine (to catch Jun's attention as per the premise of the show) she tends to do it on her terms.

Overall I'm happy with what we're watching (except for Kamichu! which I could live without).

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tfw you realize that kodama and kyouko had polar-opposite upbringings yet it caused them to have almost the exact same “dog-eat-dog world” perception of life.

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Just finished the last episode of Bokurano, and yeah, that whole show is gonna be living rent free in my head for a while.