#I've watched that and admittedly bawled my eyes at the end

[moiloru]

🥇 My 2022 Anime Review! ✨

The year 2022 ends in two weeks, so just like last year, it is time for me to review my 2022 anime year and give some rewards! I've watched many different things this year - and it's been incredibly entertaining.

As an FYI: this is a review of what I watched this year. It will not only feature animes that aired in 2022. Also, these are my opinions, which you may disagree with. Please don't be offended if my views are different from yours.

With that said, let's begin!

First anime watched this year: Haikyuu!!

I knew my anime year was off to a good start when the very first I watched was so great. Haikyuu doesn't need to be praised any more than it already was - and the final two movies should be a ton of fun to close out this series.

Last anime watched this year: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

I finished the year with a gorgeous Netflix exclusive that aired just a few months ago at the time of this review. Though short to my taste, it was still a good show!

Worst anime watched this year: No Game No Life

I'm sorry to any NGNL fans who may read this, but this anime sucks. I went into detail in my review, but I found this anime pretty disgusting and boring to watch. The fanservice is horrendous, and the plot is uninteresting. For some reason, though, the movie was excellent. Go figure... There are better awards to get!

"Honorable" mentions: Kiss Him, Not Me! and A Whisker Away.

Prettiest anime watched this year: Demon Slayer S2

Was there any room for debate for this category? There wasn't, right? I don't need to explain this further. KNY has reached a level of animation that will probably not be equaled for quite a while...

Honorable mentions: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Kill la Kill.

Best plot in an anime watched this year: Death Note

It's a classic; I'm not taking many risks with this one. Sure, the second part wasn't as much of a masterpiece as the first one, but we're talking legendary status here. Death Note has the perfect combo of mystery, psychology, and drama. I was entertained from beginning to end, and the plot is one of the reasons why.

Honorable mentions: Attack on Titan and Steins;Gate.

Best action scene watched this year: Asta & Yami vs. Dante (Black Clover)

This choice was very hard, admittedly. It's not necessarily the prettiest in terms of animation (even if it remains gorgeous), but it had me vibrate the most. There's so much going on during that fight, and it comes at a moment in the anime that makes it even better. Close call, but it gets the nod!

Honorable mentions: Uzui & Tanjiro vs. Gyutaro (Demon Slayer S2) and Black Bulls vs. Vetto (Black Clover).

Best romance in an anime watched this year: Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane (Kaguya-sama: Love is War)

Another difficult call to make here, but the protagonists from Kaguya-sama get it. They fit their anime perfectly, and Season Three was a masterpiece, winning them my vote. Two cuties!

Honorable mentions: Rintaro Okabe & Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate) and Kyo Sohma and Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket).

Funniest anime watched this year: Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Another award for this anime. Honestly, it gets it thanks to the narrator - the best human ever to live on this planet. I laughed more than I care to admit when watching this anime - which is incredible when you know it's not only a comedy but much more than that.

Honorable mentions: Food Wars! and Spy x Family.

Saddest anime watched this year: Clannad

Clannad is known to be a tear-jerker, so this is not a big surprise. The first season may not have been remarkable, but Afterstory is a freaking masterpiece that made me bawl my eyes out like a little baby - and I'm not ashamed to say it.

Honorable mentions: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and Steins;Gate.

Best opening in an anime watched this year: Shinzou wo Sasageyo! (Attack on Titan)

Do you think there's anything to be said about this opening? It slams like every SNK opening, but this one always gives me goosebumps. It's intense, it looks beautiful, and it hits so, so hard.

Honorable mentions: Dive Back In Time (Link Click) and Black Catcher (Black Clover)

Best scene in an anime watched this year: Attack on Titan

I won't describe it here not to spoil people who may not have seen it, but it's in the second part of Season Three. It has earned legendary status without even featuring the protagonist, which is remarkable.

Honorable mentions: Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Assassination Classroom and Haikyuu!!

Worst character in an anime watched this year: Kyuubey (Madoka Magica)

Another difficult call to make here, but I've decided to go with this insufferable cat. Anyone who's watched Madoka Magica knows how annoying he is, even if there was competition!

"Honorable" mentions: Makoto Hanamiya (Kuroko no Basketball) and Langris Vaude (Black Clover)

Best character in an anime watched this year: Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover)

Words aren't enough to understand how much I love this dude. He singlehandedly made Black Clover unique for me, and I have no doubt he'll continue moving forward. He outclasses everyone else by a mile, and his memorable moments are numerous. Add a charismatic personality, and you get one heck of a character.

Honorable mentions: Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Anya Forger (Spy x Family).

Best anime watched this year: Attack on Titan and Death Note

I simply couldn't choose. Both are timeless masterpieces (the former isn't even finished yet) with more incredible moments than I could count. Earlier this year, my pick would have been Spy x Family, but in the end, it has to be these two. Eren Yaeger and Light Yagami are legendary characters; both plots are incredibly well-crafted, the casts are amongst the most famous ever, and the excitement I felt when watching those two animes was greater than any other this year. Simply incredible.

Honorable mentions: Spy x Family, Haikyuu!!, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Demon Slayer S2, Black Clover, Fruits Basket...

Those took me more thought than you might think, but I'm satisfied with those picks. I've watched plenty of excellent animes this year, meaning 2023 will probably be a lighter year. Nevertheless, masterpieces are still waiting for me to watch, so I'm not too worried!

To finish this post, here are my tierlists for the year! Like last year, there's one for openings, one for main characters, and one for anime entries! Just so you know, the main characters are those with that title on MyAnimeList, and the anime entries are those with a page on MAL. Also, those are organized chronologically, meaning there's no difference within the ranks between left and right.

First off, the openings!

As you can see, there are basically none I didn't enjoy listening to, and a good number of them are either great or even better.

Next, the main characters!

As you can see, there are a lot. 294, to be precise. It was not always easy to keep this one coherent, but it reflects my thoughts well.

Last but not least, the most important tierlist: the one for the animes themselves!

I think this one shows how much I require to put something into the S+++ tier, as even some animes I could praise for days fall short. Still, it shows how many beautiful things I've watched this year and all the fun I've had. Happy times, let me tell you!

Thank you for reading this long post, and I'll be back next year with the 2023 awards! Until then, let's hope we get a wonderful anime year with many unforgettable entries!

[koorinohebi]

There are times when I like to reimagine characters who existed in history because why not. Basing them from actual existing portraits or references to the best of my ability, so yes.

Happy birthday, Alexander the Great!

It's often said that his birthday happens around the days of July 19-21 but I most often celebrate it on the 20th and the 21st. Yes, I celebrate his birthday because that's what humble retainers do for their king.

Alexander the Great has such a nice smile.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[nighting-gale17]

I was wondering if you'd be interested in a prompt I've been thinking about. (So buck isn't a firefighter never was, but eddie is and he gets excepted to 118 at the same time he does in the show. And over little conversions the firefam has with eddie they release that he is married to a guy named buck and has a disabled kid). Bonus points for British buck because I live like two blocks away from were oliver stark grow up, my older sister went to school with him

Thanks for this prompt! It was really cute and tbh I had a lot of fun writing it! So basically, in this fic buck never joined the 118 and tommy is still on the team. Hope you enjoy it!

Feel free to send me more prompts you guys :) I love writing these

5 times eddie mentioned buck and 1 time the team met him in person

[1]

The first time Eddie mentioned his husband was when he first met the team and Chimney caught a glimpse of the black band with a red line on his left hand. 

“Hey, man, you married?” Chimney had asked, a curious look on his face.

Hen watched as a lovestruck smile spread across Eddie’s face and he nodded, voice proud as he responded, “Yeah. Going on seven years, now.” 

“Wow. Pretty impressive.” Tommy let out a low whistle. “You’ll have to bring her around some time, man.”

“Uh, him. Actually.” Eddie corrected, a nervous yet defensive tone to his voice.

Hen felt a grin spread over her face as she clapped him on the shoulder. “Even better, then. My wife would love to meet the two of you.”

At that, Eddie’s entire stance visibly relaxed and his smile turned genuine. “He’d probably like that.” He perked up even more when Tommy asked if he had any pictures and wasted no time in whipping out his phone and fondly showing off a few pictures of their happy little family.

[2]

The second time Eddie mentioned his husband was when the earthquake hit. Hen had already gotten ahold of her wife and been reassured both her and Denny were safe in the house, just a little shaken up. Eddie had been staring at his phone while they sat in the ladder truck, eyebrows furrowed together in worry.

“Everything okay?” Hen asked, shouting to be heard above the roar of the engine and the sirens blaring through the air.

“Yeah.” Eddie glanced up briefly before staring back down at his phone. “Just trying to get through to my husband.”

“I’m sure he’s fine.” Hen reassured him. “The phone lines are probably just too busy for anyone to get through them.”

He gave her a small smile but it didn’t reach his eyes.

“Where’s he supposed to be?” she asked, because some buildings in LA are more earthquake-resistant than others.

“At school with our son,” he said after a minute, his smile softening a little. “He’s a special education elementary school teacher.”

“The school buildings here in LA are the safest place your family could be,” Hen promised as the ladder truck came to an abrupt stop outside of a high-rise. “They remodeled all of them a couple years back. They’re practically indestructible.”

“Thanks, Hen.” Eddie gave her a small smile, looking a little less tense than he had moments before.

“Anytime, Eddie. You’re part of the team, now.” she gave him a cheeky grin before she hopped out of the truck to survey the damage done by the earthquake.

[3]

“Hey, Bobby, can I talk to you for a second?”

Bobby glanced up to see Eddie standing on the other side of the counter, looking a little nervous. “Sure kid,” he put the bowl of meat he had been working on for dinner to the side and wiped his hands off in the sink. “What do you need?”

“I know I’ve only been working here for a few months,” Eddie began, rubbing the back of his neck. “But I was wondering if I could take a few days off in a couple weeks.”

“Is everything okay?” Bobby asked with a small frown. It was a little unusual for Eddie to make this request—he hadn’t taken a single sick day since he started, much less ask for a day off.

“Yeah, no, everything’s great.” He smiled a little sheepishly. “It’s my husband and mine’s wedding anniversary coming up and I wanted to take him someplace special for the weekend. If you can’t give me the time off, I understand,” Eddie rushed to continue, that nervous look reappearing in his eyes. “I know I haven’t exactly been here long enough to—”

Bobby raised his hand, cutting Eddie off in the middle of his ramble. “Take the time off, Eddie,” he replied with a fond smile. His heart ached for a minute when he thought about his own wedding anniversary—how excited he always was to spend the day with his wife every year.

Eddie breathed a sigh of relief and gave Bobby a bright grin. “Thanks, Bobby. I really appreciate it.”

“No problem.” Bobby’s smile turned mischievous. “You can thank me by helping me get the rest of dinner ready for the crew.”

“Yes, sir.” Eddie laughed, rolling up the sleeves of his uniform and joining Bobby behind the kitchen counter.

[4]

“So, Hen, you and Karen are going to be— what?” Tommy asked one day, tossing a bite of popcorn into his mouth and grinning proudly when he caught it.

“We’re going to be Sally and Jack Skellington.” Hen informed them, a small smile on her face. “Denny is going to be the skelly-dog, Zero.”

“Chim and I are going baseball players.” 

Chimney felt his cheeks flush hotly at the thought of the costumes Tommy had shown him the other day. He was never going to hear the end of it after the part, but, fuck, he had to admit they both looked hot in them.

“What about you, Eddie?” Tommy asked, craning his neck back to peer at Eddie sitting in the reading chair to his left. “What are you and your boo dressing up as?”

“Well, Christopher has been on a Pirates of the Caribbean kick recently,” Eddie admitted, a small smile on his face. “So we’re going as pirates. Buck is, as usual, going all out with this. He started seeing the costumes almost two months ago.”

“He’s sewing them?” Chimney asked curiously, a little impressed.

“Yeah.” Eddie’s gaze softened as he spoke. “He volunteers on the weekend at the children’s hospital to dress up as superheroes to cheer them up. He makes all his own costumes because he insists it’s cheaper for him to make them himself then buy it on the internet.”

Chimney let out a low whistle. “Damn, Eddie. Did you marry a Disney prince or something?”

Eddie let out a groan at that, a smile pulling at his lips. “Don’t say that around him—he’ll start getting ideas.”

[5]

Tommy loves Thanksgiving.

He loved other holidays as well (Christmas held a particularly special place in his heart) but at Thanksgiving, there was so much food. 

“I’m telling you, man, stuffing is one of the best dishes.” Tommy insisted, twisting and turning to look at Chimney for back up.

“It’s good.” His boyfriend acknowledged though it lacked enthusiasm. “My favorite is the turkey, though.” he shot Tommy an apologetic look.

“That reminds me,” Bobby cut in before Tommy could reply. “You’re all invited to our home for Thanksgiving this year. Athena insisted and it would be nice to be with everyone outside of work.”

“Yes!” Tommy replied immediately. “We’ll be there. Athena makes the best stuffing…” he sighed, his mouth-watering slightly just at the thought of the sergeant’s cooking.

“You can count us in too, Cap.” Hen answered with a small smile.

“What about you, Eddie?” Bobby asked, wiping his hands on a kitchen towel as he finished washing up the dishes.

“I would love to, Bobby, but Buck and I are hosting my family for Thanksgiving,” he said apologetically. “Buck tends to go a little overboard on holidays. He didn’t have the best childhood growing up so holidays are always a little extravagant at our house.”

“How extravagant?” Chimney asked curiously, his curiosity only growing when Eddie’s smile turned sheepish and he ducked his head.

“Well, I have a lot of family, so we usually have to end up cooking at least two turkeys, not to mention the side dishes. My abuela usually comes over to help but Buck refuses to let me into the kitchen.” he rolled his eyes fondly. “He practically takes over our kitchen for the entire day.”

“Remind me to send you my mashed potatoes recipe,” Bobby told Eddie, a small smile on his face. “I guarantee it’ll make his life a lot easier if he follows that.”

“Thanks, Cap!” Eddie shared his smile. “Mashed potatoes are his favorite so I think he’ll enjoy it.”

“Okay, but, onto the more important question.” Tommy broke in, face serious. “Does he make stuffing?”

[+1]

The first time Hen actually got to meet Eddie’s husband, Evan, or Buck, as they’ve been told he prefers to be called, it was at the annual Christmas party in the station. She’d been chatting with Karen about what color to paint the nursery when she spotted Eddie walking up the stairs with an, admittedly gorgeous, man at his side with an eye-catching birthmark on his left eye and a young boy on his shoulders.

“Eddie!” Hen greeted, smiling as he walked towards them in the kitchen and placed a casserole dish on the counter.

“Hey Hen, Karen.” He smiled, leaning forward and hugging Hen’s wife and placing a friendly kiss on her cheek. “You look radiant.”

Oh no, Hen thought to herself, watching as Karen blinked back tears and hugged Eddie tightly before she let him go. She was extremely emotional from the pregnancy and any time someone complimented her while she was pregnant she just about started bawling. It was as endearing as it was embarrassing.

“This is my husband, Evan, and our son, Christopher.” Eddie introduced them, a proud look in his eyes and a fond smile on his face.

“Hello. It’s lovely to finally meet you both.” Buck said, a friendly smile on his face.

Oh. OH.

If Hen wasn’t so gay she might’ve swooned.

“You’re British?” Karen asked, a note of surprise in her voice.

Buck’s smile turned shy. “I grew up in London—that’s where I met Eddie, when he was overseas during his first deployment.” he turned and looked at Eddie with a lovesick expression on his face. “We kept in touch and started dating when he was on his second deployment. Then I moved here to LA with him.”

“That’s so romantic.” Karen sniffled, leaning her head against Hen’s shoulder.

“Papa, cookies!” Christopher tapped on the side of Buck’s face, pointing to the decorated sugar cookies laying out on the table.

“Yeah, I see them, buddy.” Buck laughed, reaching up to grab Christopher and set him on the ground. “But you can’t have any cookies until after dinner, remember?” he crouched down and stage whispered into his ear, glancing up at Eddie. “But you and I can split one when your dad isn’t looking.”

Christopher nodded, giggling into his hand before Buck led them away, exaggeratedly checking to see if Eddie was looking before nabbing a cookie off the counter and scurrying away towards the couches where the rest of the team was gathered.

“He’s cute,” Hen told Eddie. “Like a puppy.”

Eddie’s reply was lovesick. “Yeah, he is, isn’t he?”