#Gintama Season 4

[enamamesan]

Was Zura with Takasugi?

He didn’t deny jack.

[psy-ay-ay]

finished gintama. started gintama' immediately and i was not ready for that video quality spike- the hd ginchan scared me for real

[skittyscans]

Kamui - Spring

Summary (based on machine tl)

*DEFINITELY take this one with a grain of salt because kamui’s speech didnt make sense at times

Kamui is up relaxing on a tree and spots Reader down below. He calls her “kitten” and asks what’s she doing in a place like this. He hops off the tree branch and wonders if she’s a spy from an enemy organization, which she quickly denies.

It turns out reader wanted to see the cherry blossoms but ended up getting lost. He jokingly calls her a “stray”, but when reader asks about him, he claims that he’s just a rabbit sunbathing. He gets asked about why he’s carrying an umbrella around when sunbathing, and he laughs it off, saying it’s because of the cherry blossom petals (liar). Without an umbrella, he’ll get buried underneath the petals like a corpse.

He changes the subject and starts leaning closer to the reader. Without warning, he kisses her. He notices that reader has a couple of cherry blossom petals on her head and brushes it off. When asked why he kissed reader, he explains that he simply took it as an advance payment of thanks and thanks her for the meal (kamui pls).

Someone starts calling for him and Kamui mentions that someone troublesome has arrived. Abuto appears and starts scolding him for lazing around since he had been looking everywhere for him. He’s also pretty peeved to find Kamui flirting with a woman.

Kamui bids farewell to the reader and before he leaves, he warns, “Be careful. Don't get carried away by the cherry blossoms.”

[gintama-polls]

Gintama Episode Tourney

Episode 305, "Sworn Enemy" Emotional anguish expressed in violence. Gintoki and Takasugi fight to the last. The sixth episode of the Shogun Assassination Arc.

Episode 111, "There's Almost A 100% Chance You'll Forget Your Umbrella And Hate Yourself For It" Kagura gets a cute umbrella during the rainy season.

[haveyouseenthisanime-poll]

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9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better

Thank you to @godotismissingx for the tag! <3

3 Ships You Like: Of course my number one love, Han Jaeho x Jo Hyunsoo from The Merciless. Then Sakata Gintoki x Hijikata Toshirou from Gintama and Zoro x Sanji from One Piece.

First Ship Ever: Probably SasuNaru. Or Stella x Brandon from Winx.

Last Song You Heard: I just started to listening to some random playlist on YouTube. It’s called '80s japanese city pop playlist' and first song on it was 'Flyday Chinatown' by Yasuha. Didn't know it before but it's catchy.

Favourite Childhood Book: 'Winnie-the-Pooh' by A.A. Milne is my all time favorite. Also 'Horrid Henry' by Francesca Simon and 'Little Nicholas' by René Goscinny.

Currently Reading: Going through 3 books at the same time: Mariana Leky's 'What You Can See From Here', Agatha Christie’s 'And Then There Were None' and Gu Byeongmo’s 'The Old Woman With The Knife'.

Currently watching: I just started ‘Jojo Bizarre Adventure’ (I’m on episode 4 of season 1) and I have to also finish ‘Welcome to Samdalri’, ‘Shop for Killers’ and ‘Captivating the King’.

Currently consuming: a biscuit with honey from Popeyes and Earl Grey tea.

Currently craving: time and will to finish my wips. Other than that I would eat an apple. A nice, tasty apple.

Tagging (no pressure): @daxianme @yardmargs @frayed-at-the-seams @sofarraway @katierosefun @inashoe @try-again-bissh @thorneofacre @requestomaestro

[embossross]

2023 in anime

i give ratings out of 10 stars based on a rubric that considers the following:

2 points / ambition of what the anime is trying to achieve 3 points / effectiveness of the anime in achieving its aims 4 points / my personal, subjective enjoyment 1 point / pacing +1/-1 miscellaneous

so with that said… ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (2 anime)

revolutionary girl utena – heavy breathing panting crying what a fucking roller coaster nanami the child you are anty the child you were utena the child you choose to be – just one of the true masterpieces of all anime. took a few episodes to realize that this show understood tone and comedy perfectly and wasn’t just a wonky children’s show and by golly! the nanami in season 3 gutted me unlike anything else

attack on titan: final season (for real this time) – decent conclusion to maybe my favorite anime of all time

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (10 anime)

school rumble – so goddamn funny and i cared about every goddamn character. it’s witchcraft!

trigun – good ole saturday morning cartoons

golden kamuy s3 – how does it keep getting better???!?!

fruits basket – i was a certified hater after s1, but slowly but surely i gave into the melodrama. akito and shigure were EVERYTHING

nana – the most disappointing ending of all time! for one of the greatest anime of all time. manga pls save me!!!

rascal does not dream of bunny girl senpai – i’m embarrassed. i cried.

princess tutu – expressionistic, dedicated to storytelling, tremendously kind-hearted. you have to let it move you

blue lock – i’m officially a sports anime girlie

cyberpunk: edgerunners – this was just so slick!

chainsaw man – nothing needs to be said here

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (8 anime)

yamada-kun to lv999 no koi wo suru – adult romance that hasn’t been stripped of all conflict and maintains momentum nearly to the end

oshi no ko – my expectations were non-existent after ep 1 but then it crept up on me. i can’t even fully put my finger on what works so well? but it does! it knows when to take itself seriously and when to be nonsense.

demon slayer s3 – best season of demon slayer to date, i actually cared

durarara!!x2 shou – this is a confession. my inner edgy teen loves durarara. i appreciate huge casts of characters acting in opposition in atmospheric tokyo.

gintama – i finally finished gintama one of my favorites of all time. the end pulls all the threads together but it does so at the expense of the laughs so loses some points

chihayafuru – amazing background anime. just consistently fun and engaging.

perfect blue – i feel stupid and uncultured to not give this a 10

vinland saga – askeladd is so hot wow

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (7 anime)

buddy daddies – funny and sincere in degrees but a truly annoying little girl character

serial experiments lain – god you’ve gotta appreciate the wild swings creatives were taking in the 90s

durarara!!x2 ten

great teacher onizuka – ugh he’s a creep but also heh he’s funny

trigun stampede – they yassified them!

mob psycho 100 s3 - meandered a bit but the characters are forever favorites

to your eternity – the first 3 arcs are extraordinary. march is one of the great child characters of all time. the end drags.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (8 anime)

zom 100 – crazy good first episode that earns its premise and then a slow descent into mediocrity; cool colors though!

terror in resonance – utterly forgettable

dororo – way too long with way too many hit or miss episode arcs

bungou stray dogs s4 – the cracks are showing but the rampo backstory is dope

lycoris recoil – those cute girls shoulda been lesbians

classroom of the elite – is it edgy? yes. are the quotes frustratingly misused? oh yes. is it fun? ugh yeah actually

romantic killer – pretty cute and the edge of danger at the end really sells it

free – solid watch but it left my brain like sand in a sieve

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 anime)

wolf’s rain – what passes as deep when children are your primary audience

hell’s paradise – boring and i liked the manga so.

durarara!!x2 ketsu – the conclusion falls short

land of the lustrous – bold but was too slow for me

⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3 anime)

tomo-chan is a girl! – sometimes funny but the conceit does not justify 13 episodes and it loses steam fast

mushishi – some of the vignettes were beautiful but felt repetitive

bleach: thousand-year blood war – sleek, hype, plagued by all the old bleach problems

no game no life season 1 - confused that this was such a phenomenon when it came out. it’s fine i guess.

⭐⭐⭐ (5 anime)

kamisama kiss – trite imo

given – god save us from anime about perfect people being perfect with each other – but this time set to music!

tokyo revengers s2 – 🤷

natsume’s book of friends – i don’t need vibes this cozy

sasaki to miyano – and i really don’t need vibes this cozy

⭐⭐ (0 anime)

⭐ (0 anime)

& then ongoing shows that i’m not going to rank until i finish them (but actually all are pretty good so far) – skip to loafer, heavenly delusion, spy x family s2, apothecary diaries, jujutsu kaisen s2, frieren: beyond journey’s end, vinland saga s2

[animechick2015]

Anime I Watched in 2023, Part 1:

1. God Troubles Me 5/5

This is technically called a donghua but we’ll consider this an anime for this list. This show is the Chinese version of Gintama and I am for it. It so hilariously charming that I got addicted quickly. There wasn’t a single character that I disliked. In fact, there wasn’t a single episode that made me bored. The animation style was godly that it definitely gave a lot of Japanese anime a run for their money. Please, please, please give this one a chance.

2. Mob Psycho 100 100/10

Epic. Brilliant. Heart warming. Those are not enough to describe how much I loved this anime but it’ll have to do. Seriously, this one blew me away. I thought it was just a quirky anime about a middle schooler going psycho whenever he’s pissed but I’m so glad I was wrong. The second season caught me by surprise; it’s definitely my favorite of the three. Mob’s character development happened so effortlessly that I actually had to take a moment to let it all seep in on how much he changed. Also Reigen is the best Master in the anime universe, hands down. His confession to Mob at the end brought tears to my eyes, he truly cared for Mob.

3. Charlotte 4/5

Absolutely loved this one. The reason that this didn't get 5 stars was because the ending felt a bit rushed. Also, I didn't like Kumagami dying. He was such a vital character that I felt like we should've explored more. If I was the MC I would've definitely travelled back in time just to save him. Overall, I highly recommend this anime.

4. Barakamon 5/5

After watching a depressing anime like Charlotte, you definitely need something lighthearted to watch and this was really got me out of my funk. I wasn't expecting this to be so funny, honestly. This was such a warm, funny, slice of life that made me crave living in the countryside.

5. Blue Lock 5/5

Ok I have to admit I didn't start off liking this one. Isagi's whining was grating on my nerves. Thankfully, I have learnt the error of my ways and have now come to realize that Isagi is HIM! Holy crap the development of this boy was crazzzzyy. There are so many interesting characters in this show that I was confused who was the real main character. Also, it was so refreshing to have an anime without the power of friendship; it was every man for themselves and I was absolutely there for it.

6. Play It Cool Guys 5/5

Ahhhh this was such a cute wholesome anime! If you're stressed out with life please just watch these adorkable group of young men try to navigate their lives. It was so nice to see the uncool side of guys for once. The episodes were short and sweet and I really hope we get another season of them.

7. Tomo-chan is a Girl! 5/5

This was such a funny and sweet show. I'm always a sucker for friends to lovers romance so this was right up my alley. This anime also had so many charming side characters that I couldn't but fall in love with them also.

8. Ice Guy and his Cool Work Colleague 5/5

I felt so single watching this. How do I sign up to work at their company? I swear everyone was finding love and being all happy while all I get in my workplace is stress and more stress. It was also so refreshing to have a romance anime with adults and not high schoolers.

9. Demon Slayer Season 3 5/5

Another great season to another great anime. Can I just add that I loved the OP from episode one while everyone was hating on it; it was such a banger! The animation was once again top tier that I can't wait to see what the studio does when animating the last arc. This was a tough season to compete with the flashy brilliance of Tengen's last season but they did wonderfully. I'm glad I got to see my baby girl Mitsuri finally animated.

10. My Love For Yamada -kun is Lv 999 5/5

I watched the first episode right after it aired and I knew I couldn't hold out for another week. I devoured the manga! It was that good. The anime definitely didn't disappoint. This was such a sweet, comforting anime that put my cynical heart at ease. I really hope that we get more seasons because my boy Yamada is the standard!

[keroppidreams]

👉👈 I made a side blog to post the gintama kareshi 4 seasons scans. You can find it right here. I uploaded scans of the first Sakamoto scenario a couple minutes ago.

I'm debating whether or not to post the scans in order, or to focus on the characters that me or friends/mutuals are interested in. Definitely going to prioritize Gintoki, Hijikata, Sougo, Kamui, and Takasugi first. Or any scenario that tickles my fancy. but if anyone has any particular requests, pls send them to the skittyscans blog!

[miraclesnail]

Hiiiii, how are you doing ?? Good I hope 😊

I wanna start watching animes but I don’t know anything about it so could you recommend me some of your favorites if it isn’t a bother ?

Honestly? I’m going back to school on August 19th and I’m like terrified. It’s been like 4 years since I graduated from college 😅 Plus everybody I spoke to said the first 4 months is nothing but studying all day long. Like you can't even get a part-time job with how much material you'll be learning. So I'm a bit anxious about that...

But it's okay! Anime is my destresser and my list of recs is kinda long because I watched a decent amount of anime.

My all-time favs that I neglected all responsibilities to finish the season/catch up on the manga:

Attack on Titan (my favorite ❤️)

The promised neverland (season 1 only)

Blue lock

School live

demon slayer

Haikyuu

Great anime that I also like:

My hero academia

Kanata lost in space

Re:zero

Zombieland saga (my tumblr icon)

Frieren

Erased

vivy fluorite eye’s song

A place further than the universe

Violet evergarden

Slow and boring start to set it all up but it gets amazing towards the middle

Steins gate

Mob pyscho

Funny/wholesome:

One punch man

Spy x family

Romance

Kagaya-sama Love is war

Your name (but this more of an anime movie than an anime series)

Sad/depressing/seriously messed up/dark anime with some sweet moments sprinkled throughout:

Wonder Egg Priority (my ao3 icon is from this anime)

Heavenly Delusion

Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is also a good anime to watch! I only like the first 25 episodes but most of the anime community agrees Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is one of the best anime out there.

There's also the older ones like Naruto, Bleach, Gintama (the funniest anime imo 😆) and probably a lot more I'm not remembering. But this is the list off the top of my head.

[best-anime-tournament]

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Hijikata Toushirou - Autumn

Summary (based off of machine translation)

Reader is viewing the autumn leaves and trying to take a picture of the view. Hijikata tries to warn them, only for reader to fall (I think they were up on one of the trees?).

Moments later, Hijikata is bandaging their injury, explaining why he’s here in the first place. It turns out one of the higher ups wanted to go on a trip and the Shinsengumi is in charge of guarding him. It turns out said higher up is the Shogun, who got roped into some Yorozuya shenanigans much to Hijikata's confusion and irritation. He complains that it's one irritating thing after another, but changes the subject and asks why reader is here and whether they're alone. He agrees that now is the best time to see the autumn leaves and starts to lecture reader about safety since they're alone, but is interrupted by the sound of a camera shutter.

Hijikata asks if reader took a picture of him just now, and gets embarrassed. He threatens to arrest them for taking a picture of an officer without permission before snatching the camera. He grumbles a bit before returning the favor and pointing the camera at an embarrassed reader. He teases and shows them the picture before remarking something along the lines of, "Don't the autumn leaves look good?" with a knowing smirk.

[zurajanaizurakoda]

Katsura Biologist Post

I haven't finished a fic in forever but I wrote 1k words about Katsura and his constitution and how him being a genius politician is actually really smart and well supported by the story. This contains major spoilers for season 4 of Gintama.

Another headcanon I don’t think is true but really like is the idea that Elizabeth has been slipping various antidepressants and other medicines to Katsura the whole time and the day she chose space Adderall he drinks his tea as usual, goes to his office as usual, locks his door and doesn’t come out for three days.  No one knows what to do, but hell, it’s Zarump, who knows what he’s thinking?  And three days later he leaves his office and he doesn’t look any different from when he went in, and he drops about a ream of paper on his secretary's desk and announces he’s taking the rest of the week off.  And she thumbs through it listlessly and there’s writing on every single page, front and back, with no corrections, and she asks him what it is, and he replies, “It’s a constitution.  I was thinking we needed one,” and then he walks off.  And she reads a little bit and it’s absolutely incomprehensible to her, so she calls someone who deals with legal jargon and he starts reading it and it’s absolute nonsense and he thinks, “Zarump-san is playing a joke,” and he decides he’d better read it so he doesn’t get in trouble but he’s not looking forward to it…

…and a few pages in it’s like a magic eye poster and it clicks-

It’s brilliant.  Everything works, the jargon makes it sound like incomprehensible bullshit but if you cut away the red tape then you get a perfectly balanced constitution.  It won’t insult the Amanto, but it retains autonomy for Japanese citizens.  What looks like a tough policy on criminals hides plans to offer services to marginalized and unhoused people.  It promotes equality.  It has long term plans to help ease the populace into the more radical changes.  It provides relief to citizens whose lives were upended by the battle of Edo.  It shouldn’t work, and if you took out a single paragraph it would fall to pieces, but it works.

He calls an emergency meeting and all the heads of state get together and they can’t explain it but it solves all the problems that people had been trying to foist onto others for months.  None of them can believe that idiot came up with this.  Of course they’re going to put it into action, but they have innumerable questions.  They call Zurump’s villa and gets a servant who announces that he’s not taking calls right now, and turns the camera to show Katsura in Elizabeth footie pajamas in the middle of the day, watching a Korean drama on the theater TV, eating popcorn and explaining to Elizabeth that the real killer is the porter in the first scene that didn’t even get a face reveal.  He’s right but his logic is 100% unhinged speculation.  Elizabeth is hanging on every word like it’s a religious manifesto.  The servant informs them that he’s not taking calls for the rest of the week, not because he’s avoiding them but because it’s over and it never occurred to him that there would be questions because it addressed the issues.  

And they just shake their heads and are glad he’s on their side.

Like I don’t think he’s a savant (I do strongly believe he’s autistic, but that’s another post) but I do believe he’s normally the smartest and the dumbest person in the room.  And  I think the constitution is baffling on purpose because he didn’t want anyone to mess with it (for instance, less accepting officials can’t just cut out the equality because it’s woven into the constitution) but it’s also oblique because he does not think like other people think. 

And I think the series does establish that, strange as he is, he’s a great leader and a strategist, and he’s also very good at getting people to underestimate him.  Especially in the episode Zura, Sakamoto says the war would be lost without Katsura’s guidance.  The soldiers agree and even refer to him as the leader of the Joui 4 but it never occurred to them that he was strong because he likes to give the impression he’s not important.  He was a total dumbass when he got taken by Prince Hata in the end arc, but he also shows shrewd strategizing when he wants Hata to declare war and then flee.  He doesn’t want unnecessary loss of life, even when it’s not his men, and he rightly choses plans that are more destructive in terms of property damage if they result in less loss of life. He wants to buy time, and of course, he has 100% faith that Gintoki will take care of the mess on earth if they can just give him the time.  He didn’t become Prime Minister for power, he became PM because there was a need for someone to do a lot of thankless work and be hated for it.  I think he’s in his best element when he’s handling jobs that would drive other people crazy, because it’s the only thing that can occupy his mind enough to get him to focus.

Anyway, I could keep going forever, but if I don’t stop I will go forever.  It seems like a lot of people think that Katsura is just a silly character and  trying to assign meaning to his actions ruins that, but I think they can both be true. He’s a brilliant war hero with  a traumatic past and crippling PTSD (I actually think he has CPTSD because of the homelessness, but that’s also another post)  and he’s also a goofy dumbass who manages to get through life despite having no self awareness.  He’s both.  Get you a guy that can do both.

Anyway, just my personal views and not to be taken as my argument that these things are canon.

[onereallygoodlambonastick]

gintama season 4 episode 40, oscar wilde, rainer maria rilke, nikki giovanni “habits” & “mirrors”

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Shipper Tag Game

Thank you @godotismissingx for the tag! ❤️❤️❤️

Sorry that it took so much time 😅

Okay let's go!

1. What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don't care anymore?

There were some k-pop ships I used to ship but as time went by I just stopped. Maybe because I’m not as much into k-pop as I used to be.

I also don’t ship any of Hetalia’s characters anymore.

2. Which ship would you consider your first one?

Stella and Brandon from Winx Club or Kevin and Gewn from Ben 10: Alien Force. That was even before I was aware of what shipping was.

While I was aware, I think it was Shizaya? Durarara was one of the first animes I watched. And Heiwajima Shizuo and Orihara Izaya's love-hate relationship was so good for a 12-year-old me.

Or it could be SasuNaru…

3. Your first fanfic belonged to which couple?

Written it was Merciless. 

But read? That was so long time ago...

I remember I found some Ben 10 stories on the Internet and I read a lot of them as a kid.

But when I read and I was aware I was reading fanfics it was most likely SasuNaru or Darry. It was most likely still on Wattpad or fanfiction.net. On or those self-publishing blogs. Those were popular back then.

4. Do you remember the first couple you saw a fanart over?

Probably SasuNaru. Or another ship that was popular at the beginning of the 2010s.

5. Did you ever get into ship discourse?

I try not to. I mostly believe that fiction is fiction and when I don't like something I just don't read it.

I like to read people's points of view though.

6. Did you used to have any no-otp or have it currently?

Not really. I used to hate UkFrance from Hetalia but now I just don't care. And I never really shipped Destiel. But I'm not sure I would call them a no-otp.

7. Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read?

A new chapter of Merciless fic that I'm always waiting for was published. It's called Hidsight by duty_free. AND IT'S AWESOME, GO READ IT. It's a wonderful continuation to The Merciless that can actually fix those two morons (I have hope, it's still ongoing)

Before it, my friend @frayed-at-the-seams published her fic about Junho and Hoyeol from D.P. It's called Dogs and Cats. It's an interesting supernatural spin on the original story and it allows Junho and Hoyeol to be cute ❤️

8. Currently, do you have any OTPs?

Of course. My absolute favorite obsession is Han Jaeho x Jo Hyunsoo from The Merciless

But there is more:

Roronora Zoro x Sanji (Zosan) from One Piece

Sakata Gintoki x Hijikata Toshirou (GinHiji) from Gintama

Shizuo Heiwajima x Orihara Izaya (Shizaya) from Durarara!!

Oga Tatsumi x Furuichi Takayuki (OgaFuru) from Beelzebub

Lee Dongsik x Han Juwon from Beyond Evil

Kang Yohan x Kim Gaon (GaHan) from Devil Judge

An Junho x Han Hoyeol from D.P.

Miyuki Kazuya x Sawamura Eijun (MiyuSawa) from Ace of Diamond 

James T. Kirk x Spock from Star Trek 

Merlin x Arthur Pendragon from BBC Merlin

James Bond x Q (00Q) from James Bond movies

Harry Hart x Gary "Eggsy" Unwin from Kingsman movies

Tony Stark aka Iron Man x Steve Rogers aka Captain America from Marvel Comics (comics only.)

Peter Parker aka Spiderman and Wade Wilson aka Deadpool from the Marvel Comics

Loid Forger x Yor Forger from SPY X FAMILY

Hino Eiji x Akhn (EiAn) from Kamen Rider OOO

Shijima Go x Chase from Kamen Rider Drive

Kiryu Sento x Banjo Ryuga from Kamen Rider Build

and many many more

Also as an exception to my k-pop rule, I still ship ChanBaek from EXO.

9. Is there any couple that, to this day, you are extremely mad about not getting together?

Robin and Barney from How I Met Your Mother. I get that it was planned from the beginning for Ted to end up with Robin but did they have to make Robin and Barney so good???

Also, Merthur, like they had a whole story about them? All 5 seasons?

And Sterek. 

10. Is there any ship you used to dislike but now you think they are kind of interesting?

Zeke x Levi from Shingeki no Kyojin. I used to not be much into it but there is an amazing reincarnation comic AU on twitter (here) with them and I have to say that they have a potential.

11. Do you have any ship that, in the past, was considered normal but now you would be canceled over?

Not sure... There were some ships that I wasn't aware of age. I don't mind ships with big age differences but I like for both parties to be over 18.

So maybe as an example Levi x Eren? Eren was 15 and now looking back I'm not sure if I would ship it. 

12. What was your favorite crack ship?

Tried to think of something but my head is empty. I don't believe I don't have any crack ships!

13. Who is the couple you read more fanfics of?

Shizaya, GinHiji or ChanBaek. They have big fandoms so I could just move from one fic to another. 

Also YoonMin. I used to ship them a lot but now not really but I read a lot of fics with them.

14. What most of your ships usually have in common?

They usually banter or tease each other. Those love-hate relationships are my favorites. And more of them lately have an age difference.

15. What you absolutely hate in a ship?

Lack of chemistry? I hate too much drama but also don't like where everything is fine. And cheating.

tagging (no preassure): @daxianme @yardmargs @frayed-at-the-seams @bobafvcks @babischlong-six @stanaclown @igonecrazy @chhagiya @lovemevermore @ilikeallthepenguins @manproposes-goddisposes @backtomanyang @inashoe @darktecno @areththeimagine and everyone who wants :)

[aleng-neng]

tagged by @recentadultburnout. What are my fave top 9 shows in no particular order. I finally have time to do this since I'm finally not homeless.

1. Gintama!!!

Whenever I'm feeling down I just watch this show. It does it's comedy really well. My favorite arcs are the lottery win arc and the reunion/kuroko no basuke parody mini-arc.

2. Doraemon

. . . Don't judge me! It's the first comic book collection I owned since it's relatively cheap. I still remember sobbing to the volume 6 ending when I was in 4rth grade. I thought it was the angstiest shit. Also my introduction to Japanese folktales.

3. Bad Buddy

Recent addition. Just something about the family dynamics that makes me writhe in an unpleasant personal way. 11/10 would torture myself thinking of Pran's family dynamics.

4 and 5. Julie and the Phantoms/My School President

This list makes makes me look 12 doesn't it? Ah who cares! I love a good musical. Especially a classic highschool teen as a protaganist. Musically, I like My School President's OST better but I really really love Julie. (Also both of these won't get a season 2).

6. Bocchi the Rock

A recent addition! . . . And another high school musical. I love fluff, friendships, interpersonal, and internal conflicts. My love for musicals like fulfills my need for real life friends who are attentive to your needs and wants and is there when you need them.

7. Oh No! Here Comes Trouble!

Anyone remember the time when Taiwanese dramas were all the rage back in early to late 2000's in Asia? Taiwan came in clutch and showed us how great they are at acting, writing, and nuance. Sobbed myself to the point of dehydration during the John Doe arc. I really like dramas with a slice of life-ish feel to it.

8. Avatar: The Last Airbender

I spend too much of my idle time arguing the pros and cons of different elements as if I can actually become a bender. So far I settled on earth as my element. It's just so fun. I hope there's an atla interest revival every 5 years.

9. Good Omens

One of my forever fandoms. I have a copy of the book that looks like shit but that's only because it is so loved. Everytime I crack it open, intending to only read the first few pages I end up nearly halfway to rereading it. And the tv live adaptation was so good. It's like Aziraphale and Crowley walked off the fandom's collective imagination and into the screen. I hope we get season 3 and I hope it's smooth sailing. I always wanted to write something for this fandom but watching the television made me realize British English is a whole 'nother beast and I'd rather not make a fool of myself.

Tagging @melto @indieedgycool @writerwithoutsound @lovesickfolly and @jazzingalive