#ai's watching mashle

[gojoest]

me when ppl are being mean to my mutuals

[idkwuttoput101]

MASHLE - Bling-Bang-Bang-Born Spanish Version (Tricker w/Official Instrumental) - TV SIZE

w/Creditless Opening: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dJj5erkwieU_rEYfFx55aT-NNwJww1Vt/view?usp=sharing Audio/Mp3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bkIWLxQfqkdacW-bxjc8dFhnOoP45jNo/view?usp=sharing Spanish Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJOtLRgsFso&pp=ygUcdHJpY2tlciBibGluZyBiYW5nIGJhbmcgYm9ybg%3D%3 Official Instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek63SrOAnF4&pp=ygUhaW5zdHJ1bWVudGFsIGJsaW5nIGJhbmcgYmFuZyBib3Ju Extract Vocals: https://x-minus.pro/ai

[thescrapbookingscientist]

Bimonthly Media Roundup

-Reservoir Dogs (Movie) - Movie Night! I probably don't need to elaborate on why this is a pretty solid movie. Good setup, the timeline works well, it's snappy in the way it introduces characters then flashbacks to the backstories, there's good interpersonal drama in the group, ect ect. It's also interesting to see a movie set in so few locations, the small budget required the full use of a single setting and a focus on dialogue. I can't say I find any of the characters or ideas compelling outside of the context of this story (Though I do find the acting of Mr White and Mr Pink to be quite enjoyable), but they work great as the bottle episode/short story style tale of an enjoyable and memorable flick. Not my favorite Tarantino Film, but worth the watch for anyone who enjoys these kinds of movies.

- How to Refuse the Route (Webcomic) - Self indulgent Trapped in an Otome game webcomic I've been keeping up with, this ones a BL in which the MC is reincarnated as a young child in what will someday become a Otome game plot and chooses to avoid the bad endings by avoiding any ending and resolutely avoiding any romance or interaction with the game characters, which obviously fails pretty early on. This ones pretty cute, I like the art and the "possessive in the way introverts are with their one outgoing friend" love interest, I think the plot moves at a pretty good pace, and the magic school setting is one I like even if it's overused. I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone outside of the slow-burn isekai shonen ai pipeline though, there's almost no memorable characters outside the duo (and no women basically at all), the magic system isn't super well defined or focused on, and the protagonist, while likable enough, can sometimes be frustratingly dense in regard to these future prophesies he's given. Still it's cute to see a childhood friends to lovers story in this setting with a vaguely knight + wizard couple, for aesthetics alone it earns points.

- Captain Ron (Movie) - Movie Night Part 2. I did not so much choose this one as I was subjected to it when my Kurt Russell loving friend found it on Tubi after watching Reservoir Dogs and went "We're watching this now". Would I have ever watched it on my own? No. Did I think it was good anyway? Also No. Technically I had fun watching it as it was nice to rip on it with my friend but content wise Captain Ron is a mediocre to bad early 90's "Family movie" about a normal family employing wacky Captain Kurt Russell to pilot their newly acquired boat around while hi-jinks ensue. It did have a few funny moments either of the ironically bad sort (Kurt Russell's awful accent) or the actually kind of funny sort (Giving a lift to gun wielding foreign revolutionaries who then casually hang out with the family on the boat) but it really dragged in the latter half and overall wasn't interesting enough for me to label it as a good good movie or a good bad movie. Mostly boring and predictable with unmemorable characters but fairly unoffensive overall - There are far better Kurt Russell movies you could watch instead of this.

- Dungeon Meshi (Anime) - Almost done with the first season, will probably read the manga as the anime seems to be leaving out some cute jokes and world building that I would be interested in seeing. It's been great so far as I expected, likable weirdos in a well thought out and interesting setting with a well paced plot. Plus monsters!

- Community (TV) - Despite being a comedy sitcom fan I'd never actually watched this. So far I do see why it got so big, the dialogue is so witty and fun, the jokes are good, and while the cast is a bit intentionally unlikable right now they do play off eachother well. Looking forward to actually liking these guys (Outside of Abed who's already very charming).

- The Witch of Mercury (Anime) - Making my way through fairly slowly so nothing new to report. The girl's are cute together, I'm starting to get into it.

-Mashle: Magic and Muscles (Anime) - Caught up with the anime. My sister and I mostly watched this as the premise sounded funny and the OP was banging. I do think they managed to get some good comedy out of "guy who doesn't have magic goes to magic school and gets by by punching things super hard", though it did start to wear with time. It was also genuinely funny how much they got away with just ripping off Harry Potter - like the school is just Hogwarts with Hogwarts houses, they play a game that's just quidditch, they go to the same wand shop, Dumbledore is there, it's literally just Harry potter that's hilarious please keep stealing from JK fuck her. The cast is likable enough but also largely just tropes rather than engaging characters, though Mash as a protagonist is fine. The animation and plot are passable but generic and the evil organization is largely uninteresting making the 2nd half drag whenever they show up. I can't say any of the ideas or story beats are original or executed very well here, it's mostly just the absurd comedy that makes it likable, and even then it's usually more chuckle worthy than laugh out loud funny. I did have fun with it overall though as a few of the moments were pretty memorable and it was overall just pleasant.

- One Piece (Anime/TV) - Still doing the rewatch of the live action while keeping up with the new episodes. I plan on reading the manga (Colorized) in full, though I haven't made a lot of progress due to some unexpected health issues. Luffy is super cute in the new episodes. The live action is still pretty solid, though on the rewatch I did start to question why ARLONG of all people needs a map to the Grand Line. Like Arlong, buddy, you're FROM the Grand Line. Did you just forget? Did your whole crew forget? Are you only staying in the East Blue as you all got lost? I guess they have more in common with Zoro then I'd assumed.

- Genshin Impact (Video Game) - So incredibly, when I rolled to get Alhaithem, I was disappointed to get a 2nd Kequing - Only to immediately get Alhaithem moments later. Two 5 stars, unbelievable. I also got a maxed out Bennet, a couple Thomas and Sethos, and surprisingly Heizo? Didn't know you could get unrelated 4 stars on the Event banners. I finished Sumeru's main quest and will be exploring the desert a bit before heading to Fountain.

Listening To: Hope by Akano, Tounges & Teeth and Metaphor by The Crane Wives, HateKiller by WON, Dream Girl Evil by Florence + The Machine, The Red Means I Love You by Madds Buckley, Promiseland by MIKA, All the Boys by Panic! At The Disco, Bonjour Au Revoir by Joyce Jonathan, Fences by Paramore, Little Numbers by Boy, Lay All Your Love On Me by ABBA, Song of the Dead by Kana-Boon.

[ace-reviews]

SPRING 2023 ANIME RECOMMENDATIONS

Maybe it’s because I’ve begun actively avoiding isekai, but there seems to be….. Less of it? This season? And I actually watched a couple of them! One sucked in a fascinating way up until it sucked in a gross way and the other was fine, I guess.

Anyway, don't watch any of this season's isekai. Watch these, instead.

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ACE’S RECOMMENDATION: OSHI NO KO

I was originally planning on recommending the Dadime because it’s a Dadime and there’s nothing else particularly good this season except Mashle (watch Mashle) and The Dangers In My Heart (watch The Dangers In My Heart), and by the rules of the site I can’t recommend either because I read the manga. But then this one came out and it was either actually good or sunk cost fallacy kicked in because the premier is an hour and a half long (I think I was actually good but that fallacy can be a powerful swayer of opinion).

I’ve gone on record multiple times about how much there needs to be an idol anime that actually addresses how fucked up the idol industry is, and while Oshi no Ko is not exactly an idol anime (what it actually is changes about three times, hence the extra-long first episode), it sure doesn’t pull any punches about the entertainment business in general and the idol industry in particular being kinda shitty, especially to young and/or female performers. I don’t know why Ai’s eyes are like that, though.

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CHARLIE’S RECOMMENDATION: A GALAXY NEXT DOOR

It was a toss up for me between this and I Got a Cheat Skill…, which is also decent, but this one wins because it’s cuter, and a little more realistic in terms of characterization. I’ll admit the stinger thing threw me for a second, but Galaxy Next Door is shaping up to be a very sweet slice of life with a little bit of fantasy thrown in, and I’m kinda looking forward to how it plays out. Bonus points for the Female Lead not being the school girl, and also the two actually having a conversation about their situation IN THE FIRST EPISODE and agreeing to getting to know each other first.

The bar is in the Earth’s molten core.

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FEN’S RECOMMENDATION: TOUCH GRASS

[EDITOR’S NOTE: She watched at least three.]

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NOAH’S RECOMMENDATION: SKIP AND LOAFER

I briefly considered recommending My Job is Yuri! just for Fen, who insists it’s the best anime of the season, but didn’t watch it until her recommendation had been submitted.

Unfortunately watching high school girls gaybait people for money, while hilarious in concept, doesn’t really do it for me.

Instead I’m going to VERY POLITELY and with a TOTALLY NORMAL AMOUNT OF ENTHUSIASM suggest Skip and Loafer, a thus far charming little romantic comedy with a premiere that instantly won me over for showing the two leads actually hitting it off and having fun together. Shima’s charming and laidback, which actually meshes really well with Mitsumi’s hardworking ambition instead of grating against it. From the very first episode we get to see how they inspire and support each other as friends instead of wearing each other down through forced exposure. It’s not an especially groundbreaking premise, but it’s sweet and sincere and genuinely funny. I’m looking forward to seeing how things turn out for them.

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (23/04/23)

another chill week HOWEVER tuesday is a holiday and I got pto for monday AND there's not gonna be a jump issue cause of golden week so I'll some of that extra time to watch at least the first 3 eps (the good ol rule) of some of the anime this season and try to put a dent on all the old "watching" stuff I had from years ago before I start going through the stuff I've missed over the years and before I start my next big manga binge

Anime

Mashle Ep3

it was an alright episode, nothing really to note, I do be liking the voice acting tho (for the most part)

Jigokuraku Ep4

I was right it was very good, takarie going off fr this season with yuzuriha, the megumin spinoff and hoshino ai too

the quality of the anime is still consistent which is good, gabimaru did some cool flashy stuff, tho it annoyed me that the panel with genryuusai's peeled face was only a handful of frames cause it felt like it had a lot more impact in the manga, but I know I'm gonna have to get used to that since it's an anime and all that

Pokemon Horizons Ep3

nothing crazy but still a very nice episode, like I said next time, it just feels like a breath of fresh air to not have ash around, it feels like the anime isn't shackled anymore to the gyms -> championship formula and it can start exploring more stuff. roy is joining the cast next week so I hope he isn't annoying. also I thought it was strange the anime was set in kanto since this is the gen 9 anime but they ARE going to paldea so that's good

Manga

Dandadan Ch102

continuation of vamola's backstory feelsbadman. got to her mech suit tho pog

JOJOLands Ch3

decent chap, not much happened unlike the previous one but that's ok, we got the first stand fight brewing tho so that's good

Jojo: Hol Horse/Josuke Spinoff Ch15

decent chap, good to see hol's character arc throughout the whole manga finally come to it's peak, next chap is the last but it had a nice little run

Tokyo Underworld Ch38

I said some week's ago hirasaka was gonna die and they really filled this chap with red flags for him lol

The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins Ch 22

Jiangshi X Ch13

nothing of note tbh, they're still moping around what happened and not moving on fast enough

Fabricant 100 Ch19

ah, #1 finally showed up so it's finally gearing up for the end, took a bit longer than expected but saw it coming for a while

Kill Blue Ch2

decent chap, with some plot progression at the end, nice to see it progressing already instead of fucking around for too long

Witch Watch Ch106

a good chap, I figured it wouldn't work just like that but it's a good start, doesn't seem like the next chap will continue it since it doesn't say part 1 but would be for moi to realize his feelings already

Cipher Academy Ch21

a good chap, funny seeing nisio just break the 4th wall like this the cover was really cool too and, like usual, I feel bad for the translator having to explain all the code cards

Blue Box Ch98

good chap, even if things didn't go right for poor taiki, I believe in him tho, and with the big 100 around the corner I'm hoping for some development

Tenmaku Cinema Ch3

I really didn't expect her to be so silly from her introduction but it's very good, good chap too and not taking too long with developments either which is always good to see early on, ofc it should be expected from a veteran duo

Mashle Ch153

this is the classic mash we know and love, good chap

Undead Unluck Ch156

good chap, I didn't expect that development at the end but it was about time something didn't go exactly according to fuuko's plan

Sakamoto Days Ch116

good chap, it's cool to see sakamoto get serious once in a while, tho we're prob gonna lose rion soon :(

The Elusive Samurai Ch107

good chap, certainly didn't expect this, but since this happened it prob means we're closer to the end than I thought

Akane-banashi Ch59

GREAT chap, god I love akane she's such a good character, really looking forward to her doing the full story

Ayakashi Triangle Ch127

nice chap, funny to see mei act all tsundere but still helping on her own way

[comic-bastards]

Let's Anime 190 - Spring 2023 Wrap - Part 2 - Her Life Flashes Before His Eyes

Dustin Cabeal and Lindsay Mallard

Youkoso, Youkoso!! Here we go with part 2 of our Spring season wrap episode. I won't lie to you... we save our favorite shows for last and we spoil everything! Please, for the love of god, tell us what you watched, what you liked, what you didn't like and if you enjoy our terrible rating scale. Covered on this half of the show: The Dangers in My Heart, Demon Slayer, Hell's Paradise, The Legendary Hero Is Dead, Mashle: Magic and Muscle (this might have been last episode), My Love Story With Yamada at Lvl: 999, Oshi no Ko and Tengoku Daimakyo aka Heavenly Delusion. We'll see you with our summer first episodes and in ten more episodes Dustin and Lindsay switch responsibilities as we close in on our 200th episode.

Also, enjoyed this cursed AI image that was generated for Oshi No Ko… they’re terrible!

[conflagrate]

Winter 2024 Anime + TV Season

I can’t believe it’s another year, another season!

Anime

Thanks to the Hollywood strikes I watched a fair amount of anime this past autumn~

Top shows

1. Sousou no Frieren 2. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 3. Atarashii Joshi wa Dotennen =. Seijo no Maryoku S2 5. Jujutsu Kaisen S2

Shows completed: 10 Continuing: 2

New year new season new batch of shows to bitch about-

Must Watch: Dungeon Meshi, Yojitsu S3, Hikari no O S2, Yami Shibai S12 [FOOOKK WHY!!!!] (4)

Sounds Interesting! Hope It Doesn’t Suck!: Pon no Michi, Yubisaki to Renren, Gekai Elise, Metallic Rouge, Snack Basue, Meiji Gekken:1874 (6)

3episode Taste Test Needed: Sasaki to Pi-chan, Momochi-san’chi no Ayakashi Oji, Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari, Dosanko Gal, 30sai made Dotei da, Gekkan Moso Kagaku, Bucchigiri, Ishura, Majo to Yaju, AraFou Onsen Mania (10)

Do I Have To…? (No I Don’t): Mato Seihei no Slave, Maho Shojo ni Akogarete, Kyujitsu no Warumono-san, Hime-sama, Fomon no Jikan desu, Oroka na Tenshi, Sengoku Yoko

Sequel/Spinoff Hell: Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun S2, Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu S2, Mashle S2, Kingdom S5, Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen, Shin no Nakama S2, HIGH CARD S2, Tsukimichi S2, Synduality Noir S2 (I give up I don’t wanna sit through another season of this tripe), Shaman King Flowers, Cardfight Vanguard Divinez

Light Novel/Isekai/Villainess/Mecha Hell: Isekai de Mofumofu, Sokushi Cheat, Chiyu Mahou, Ore dake Level Up na Ken, Saikyo Tank, Loop 7-kaime, Nozomanu Fushi no Bokensha, Akuyaku Reijo Level 99, Bang Bang Bravern, Saijaku Tamer

Idol/Vtuber/AI/Musical Hell: NONE! WOW! HALLELUJAH!

Continuing: Sousou no Frieren, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Expected Load: 8-9

Looks manageable!

TV & Streaming

I’ve actually been watching precious little TV over the quarter thanks to the strikes and the increased amount of palatable anime…and because I spent the last 3 months overly obssessed with PDJP3. MY HEART STILL HURTS COS MY OSHI DIDN’T DEBUT LEAVE ME ALONE

Disney+/Hulu: Loki S2, Culprits*, Murder At The End of The World* Netflix: Bodies Apple TV: Slow Horses S3, Lessons In Chemistry Amazon Prime: Reacher S2* BBC: Boiling Point, Time series 2, Vigil S2 Others: Kinou Nani Tabeta S2, The Irrational (NBC) Gameshows: Only Connect Reality: Produce 101 Japan The Girls

Total series completed: 9Full-length films watched: 18

Strike’s over and shows are cranking up production for a super-truncated half-order season so I’ll be there to check out my favourite shows as they return to air in Jan/Feb…

CBS: NCIS S21, NCIS: Hawai’i S3, Tracker? Netflix: The Brothers Sun?, The Tourist S2 [also BBC], 3 Body Problem?, The Gentlemen? Disney+/Hulu: Death and Other Details Apple TV:Criminal Record, Masters of the Air?, The New Look?, Constellation, Manhunt? Amazon Prime: Expats HBO: True Detective: Night Country?, The Regime? Others: The Irrational (NBC), Will Trent (ABC), Mr Bates vs the Post Office? (ITV), Truelove? (Channel 4), Sexy Beast? (Paramount+)

[starlight-phantom]

Have you watched anything lately? If so what are your thoughts?

I actually just finished watching Kamisama Hajimemashita a couple of hours ago. It was really cute, I enjoyed it. A little disappointed that there's only two seasons because I am curious about where the story goes now, especially in regard to Kirihito, I am very interested in him. Unfortunately it's pretty difficult to track down older manga series online, especially if they're not one of the big ones so... Bummer.

And you might have noticed but earlier in the month I watched Mashle and Oshi No Ko, and I really, really enjoyed those too.

Mashle was funny as hell and I can't wait for season 2, I may have to check out the English dub because I found out it has Aleks Le and Stephen Fu so that already sounds fantastic.

Oshi No Ko was not what I was expecting at all. I knew nothing about it but because of how people were talking about it, I thought Ai was the main character... She's not. Like... The end of episode 1 made me bawl my eyes. And the series as a whole really surprised me, I was expected a typical idol series which is a genre I've never really got into, and I found a mystery series with a manipulative as hell protagonist that tells you how much the entertainment industry sucks. Also, the opening and ending themes slap.

I've got a whole list of anime I've been meaning to watch for a while but after watching Kamisama Hajimemashita, I'm really in the mood to check out more romance series. I've got a few on that list like Horimiya, Akatsuki No Yona, Akagami No Shirayuki Hime, and Tomo-chan Is A Girl, but if anyone has any recommendations, I'd be happy to hear them. I've already got a long list of series to watch, why not make it longer?

[gojoest]

i've known him for exactly 10 secs but your honor I LOVE HIM

[gojoest]

he's literally me

[variabels]

Thanks for the tag!

Ten fav chars (no order, not even my real top ten, it’s just the first ten that came to mind):

Seishiro Nagi (Blue Lock)

Izaya Orihara (Durarara)

Ai Hoshino (Oshi no Ko)

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Ryouta Kise (Kuroko no Basuke)

Kazuha Kaedehara (Genshin Impact)

Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Roy (Fire Emblem Binding Blade)

Belphegor (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)

Lanzhu Zhong (Love Live Nijigasaki)

15 questions

Named after anyone? Yes

Last time I cried? When Oshi no Ko episode 1 aired and the door scene happened.

Do you have kids? No

Do you use sarcasm a lot? I have never used sarcasm in my life. It is physically impossible for me to even make a sarcastic remark. In fact, I don’t even know what it means.

What sports have you played? Ski is the only one I’m good at unless dodgeball counts.

What do you notice first about other people? Hair

Eye color? Extremely dark brown. I might as well not have pupils.

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings. Scary movies might as well be renamed to snooze fests because they’re just boring at best and annoying at worst. I’ve yet to be scared by something on a screen.

Any special talents? Good at coming up with plots

Where were you born? Tokyo

What are your hobbies? Daydreaming, karaoke, shopping for anything but clothes, coming up with ideas, planning, writing long comments on Reddit

Do you have any pets? No, unless my 3 cacti count.

How tall are you? 164cm

Fav subject? In school, English (easy good grades as the only native speaker in a class of French people). In uni, idk. I didn’t like any classes this year.

Dream job? Being paid to exist or professional shitposter.

Currents:

Current time: 10:03pm

Current mood: Bored

Current activity: lying in bed

Currently thinking about: what I’m gonna write here

Current fav song: Cha cha cha by Käärijä

Currently reading: Blue Lock, Oshi no Ko, Chainsaw Man, Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun, Tokyo Aliens, Seraph of the End, Walking Dead, Sakamoto Days, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, a bunch of other manga I’m not caught up to yet

Currently watching: loving Yamada lvl 999 (I can’t remember the name), Better Call Saul, Sunshine in the mirror, Mashle

Current favorite character: Nagi, Kaiser and Isagi. All from Blue Lock

Current wip: a fanfic chapter. Not telling what it is unless someone finds the fanfic, sends it to me and writes an essay about why I am the only person who could have written it.

Picrew:

Anyone can join. My phone is starting to burn my hands so I won’t bother tagging people.

TAG GAMES!

i’m so behind on all of them so i’m putting them all together

mention your ten favorite characters from any media - tagged by aki @tanchirou ♡

sugawara koushi (haikyuu)

nakahara chuuya (bungou stray dogs)

yor forger (spy x family)

kuroko tetsuya (kuroko no basket)

roy mustang (fullmetal alchemist)

kugisaki nobara (jujutsu kaisen)

hyakuya mikaela (owari no seraph)

chigiri hyouma (blue lock)

fushimi saruhiko (k)

nagisa shiota (ansatsu kyoushitsu)

choosing was hard gdi. i limited myself to one character from each series and even then i couldn’t choose aaaaaa

15 questions for 15 mutuals - tagged by aki again ❣️

are you named after anyone? nope

when was the last time i cried? last week (i was very emotional about my uni ending even though i was cursing it’s existence before)

do you have kids? noo thankfully

do you use sarcasm a lot? just a normal amount

what sports do you play/have you played? i have tried many sports but the one i played the most is basketball (before it ruined my life fsgsj)

what’s the first thing you notice about other people? face expression

eye colour? brown

scary movies or happy endings? happy endings (i would never choose scary movies lmao)

any special talents? i’m good at remembering dance choreography

where were you born? india

what are your hobbies? watching/rewatching anime, listening to music, organizing stuff

do you have any pets? my catmom era hasn’t happened yet

how tall are you? 5 feet only :(

fav subject in school? MATH!

dream job? no job XD but in seriousness, i always dream of working in a cute cafe

currents tagged by tobias @kokushibe 💕

current time: 4:30 pm

current mood: in pain

current activity: listening to music

currently thinking about: upgrading my pc

current fav song: QUEENCARD by (G)I-DLE

currently reading: fullmetal alchemist

currently watching: just finished mdzs yesterday. im choosing what to pick up next

current fav character (if any): wei wuxian my beloved!

current wips (if any): there is a sarumi sketch i should colour

picrew tagged by emma @crimsonrosee , tobias @kokushibe and oroshi @silversoulsociety 🥰

i need people to know that i had to use a vpn to make this, why was it blocked for me have no idea. on the other hand, this is a cute picrew so it was worth the effort

tagging (no pressure): @mx-sinisters @ghostbkg @kimdokjas @yyh @princesskazuya @alphonseelriic @fangrui @natsutakashi @yooasobi @nobasmaki @apparently-artless @upperranktwo @kanbayashis @liliumdragomir @vivianvivvia plus anyone who wants to do any of these❤️

[gojoest]

im going to give him my last name

[gojoest]

he's literally me

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (25/06/23)

a new series and a finale today wao tho next week will be quite busy with 3 anime finales and 1 manga one and the 1 hour premier of the ryza anime let alone any stuff I might catch up to too since I'm on vacation from work, should be fun

blue - finale/completed green - new series/new to me

Anime

Megumin Ep12 (Finale)

I made a TLDR post about it the other day but the show is finally over. As I said a billion times since then, it should've ended after ep6, I felt like everything after that was very weak, especially ep9 when they were just cramming as many konosuba references as possible. As a disclaimer I don't like konosuba or find it funny, I find kazuma, aqua and darkness extremely annoying, tho I like megumin (even if the main show makes her a bit too dumb). "Oh why did you watch the spinoff if you don't like it then?" cause, again, I like megumin and I figured it being a spinoff prequel to the main show it'd be better since she wouldn't be such an idiot, and hey I WAS right the first 6 eps were really good, but as soon as her and yunyun left their village it started going downhill. but ANYWAY. Art/Animation: I know konosuba usually looks like ass but since this was a different studio and all I had some hope but I was wrong. now, it looks a lot better than konosuba but it's still barely animated, the only impressive thing was megumin's explosions but I mean, they better be right? Music: was alright I don't really remember anything to write home about, OP was alright as much as I'd like to praise it more cause I love machico and the ED was really good, always let it play every time Story: story was alright, I wish they stayed longer at the school/village or only arrived at the noob town in the last ep and spent more time traveling different places but oh well. finally the voice acting carried the show HARD. takarie and aki had great performances and stole the spotlight but a lot of the other charas were good too, fairouz ai as cecily and nazuka kaori as arue for example at the end, I wish I could say I liked it more but it simply isn't the case, oh well at least it wasn't a complete waste of time like some other stuff I've watched in the past

Idolmaster CG: U149 Ep11

holy moly amazingly good episode, just WOW, can't really make justice to how good it was with my words. tho I do wanna point out how early in the episode there's a long scene with absolutely no music or dialogue, only sound effects and it was really really good

Mashle Ep11

WOW there was ACTUALLY some sakuga in this anime that's crazy, honestly with how disappointing the anime has been visually, from the start I'd given up hope, I was like "well they'll just have sakuga at the end for the big fights right haha" and then when there wasn't any, even for the razor fight I lost all hope so I was extremely shocked when I saw a clip of the scene linked above getting posted. tho I highly doubt there's gonna be any in the finale, there's gonna be a fight but I don't remember it having anything impressive but anyway. finale next week, which is lining up with the manga finale so that's neat, it was also funny that the episode had the first instance of the victory dance pictured below, when it was also on this week's manga chap lol

Pokemon Horizons Ep12

new milf dropped let's goooo alright episode otherwise, some lore drops to set up the overall plot for the show which is traveling around to find the shiny ray and the rest of the party of this legendary adventurer guy, they found one in paldea and next they're going to galar so I'm guessing there's gonna be one per region, or at least an excuse to travel there, since they've been in 3 so far. tho, ep titles referenced iono in some weeks so they're gonna go back to paldea? we'll see how it goes

Jigokuraku Ep12

decent ep, action was p basic tho it's a cool fight and still better than a lot other stuff. I thought this ep was gonna cover the whole fight, including after daddy shion shows up but I was clearly wrong considering he showed up right at the end. looked at the manga again and now I think it's gonna end on ch44/45 with yuzuriha telling sagiri about ninja genjutsu and how gabimaru's wife might not be real and all that stuff, but honestly that depends on how fast they do the fight cause this ep ended at the end of ch40 so they'd need to do 3 chaps of fighting plus 1 of the aftermath at least... well we'll see how it goes next anyway. hopefully they also announce s2 p soon tho with s2 of jujutsu and csm too it'll prob be a while

Manga

Ice-Head Gill Ch1

the newest series, debuting on jump today. it was.... alright. I quite enjoy that it's based on norse mythology, not something you see often in manga but on the other hand I don't like how young the mc is. "oh but wsj is for kids it shouldn't be that weird" yes yes the same old tired argument, but he's even younger than the usual jump mcs. but anyway, not much to say about chap 1 tbh, the art's not impressive but it is solid and the designs are good, story is p simple, the kid had to flee his home cause supposedly his dad betrayed the kindgom and now after getting his hands into the dad's diary, he's setting off into the world to find him and stuff, p standard adventure manga type of stuff in the vein of red hood or ginka not that long ago, hopefully for the artist it can last longer than those but we'll see

Blooming Love Ch7

cute chap, it started off with them exchanging contacts after the date at the start (moving fast) and then the lad asking his friend for advice about texting since he's not used to it, culminating in him messaging her mistakenly instead of him.. been there brother

Dandadan Ch111

VERY cool chap, the first half had 0 speech bubbles focusing solely on the action, culminating on okarun finally arriving at the battlefield in a cool ass spread, after which the text bubbles started again, the final spread was vey cool too with our cast getting ready to finish up the aliens, really looking forward to next chap since it should be just a lot of cool action

Choujin X Ch38

not only was the chap 50 pages but it also had a TON of exposition so it felt extra long, it could've probably been cut into 2 separate chapters, at the halfway point when they go to the meeting, and we coulda had those chapters more spaced out instead of waiting a billion years for this huge one but oh well

Kaiju 8 Ch88

not much to say about this chap, was just the wrap up of the narumi fight and the start of the hoshina one tho I just wanted to be smug about saying it was gonna be hoshina next on the last chap, very pogged up for this fight I always like his style

ST☆R: Strike it Rich Ch5

nice chap, the rest of the "fight" with nozomi and hina was nice ending with this shot down here of hina lifting her with her leg monka. they also set up the next few opps for hina and hopefully they should last more than just 1 hit so looking forward to that

The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins Ch30

haven't talked about ichinose in a while but it's just been floundering about, rehashing things over and over, we've only had some real developments the previous and this chap with the sota guy from the dream being revealed to be the older brother of the family. should be ending soon now (hopefully) since there's really not much else to cover so that's good

Kill Blue Ch10

uh oh, it's a bit early for you to be figuring that out isn't it? tho the series has been doing quite fine in ratings so I don't think it's heading to cancelation but help but think that when there's a development like this yknow

Witch Watch Ch114

good chap, I didn't expect to get a 1v1 battle arc so soon but I'm really looking forward to this now

Blue Box Ch106

very cute chap with taiki and natsu going back to school after their break and the tension that comes (mostly for taiki) from them hiding the fact they're dating. this is exactly the kinda stuff I was hoping for when they got together so I hope we can get a few more chaps like this. also it's good to see that despite this happening, they're both still focused on their respective sports and the series isn't throwing that to the wayside in favour of romance. tho miura is trustworthy so I wasn't worried

Tenmaku Cinema Ch11

another nice chap but sadly it's still doing p badly in ratings, even with mashle ending next week and ichinose seemingly ending soon I don't know if it'll survive, which is a big shame. can only cross my fingers and hope but not holding my breath

Martial Master Asumi Ch2

oooh, good chap, really keeping the momentum from ch1 that's good that's good. anyway I'm predicting nito is gonna lose so we can get some more backstory™ for okiba but despite losing the dad will still let her participate in that tournament thing but we'll see

Cipher Academy Ch29

good chap like usual finishing up the first class vs class battle with our protags winning without the leaders even having to participate. also wanna praise how good cipher's composition is in general, you can see it in the page I picked but also on the final page of the chap where they introduce class B the next enemies for the class battle. cipher was in the middle of the ratings this week, so I would be p pogged up if next week is the same, giving me some assurance that it won't get canceled suddenly anymore

Sakamoto Days Ch124

nice and action filled chapter, the battle against slur's goons has finally started and with quite the bang, looking forward to some quality setpiece scenes in the next few chaps

Mashle Ch161

next chap is gonna be the last and it's weird seeing it go even if I wasn't here from the start, chap was alright not much to say, just wrapping up the after fight stuff and what was gonna happen with all the people that died and stuff. expecting the finale to have what everyone ends up doing in the future and that kinda stuff

Undead Unluck Ch164

what the hell they made mui busted in this loop let's go, it was always a shame she didn't get to do much til the end in the previous loop. it's a shame 2 of shen's fights against union were resolved so quickly like that but knowing this makes it ok, looking forward to them fighting

The Elusive Samurai Ch115

it's refreshing finally having a full chapter with out protagonists after so long, tho the manga is indeed following historical fact which is quite worrying for our boy tokiyuki. but nevermind all that, a new cute girl is joining the cast and that's what matters baby

Akane-banashi Ch67

EXTREMELY good chap, sheesh akane never ceases to impress me, don't got anything to say other than wow they didn't show her score at the end of the performance at the end of the chap but it'll be at the start of the next one and I'm still very confident in my prediction. this performance being so good just made me more excited for akane's tho, can't wait for it to start

Ayakashi Triangle Ch134

argh quite the cliffhanger to leave on when there's not gonna be a chap next week, good chap tho it was nice seeing shadow mei help despite her still being tsun about it

[conflagrate]

Spring 2023 Anime + TV Season

Anime I thought I would watch more shows (lol the target of 15) but as usual, I always get derailed by something or the other…

Rankings

1. Tsurune S2 2. Buddy Daddies 3. Bungou Stray Dogs S4 4. Tonsuki 5. Trigun Stampede

Shows Completed: 10

Spring is here! As always, totally unready :D

Must Watch: MIX S2, Maho Tsukai no Yome S2, Gundam Witch S2, Kimi wa Hokago Insomnia. Golden Kamuy S4 (restart) [5]

Sounds Interesting! Hope It Doesn’t Suck!: Tengoku Daimakyo, Skip to Loafer, Jigokuraku, My Home Hero, Otomari ni Ginga (Well it’s the Amaama to Inazuma author….), Ao no Orchestra, Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen (I’m actually bored af of Kimetsu now lol), Birdie Wing S2 (I didn’t looove S1 but I guess I might tolerate this for the stupidity…), The Marginal Service (THAT PV) [9]

Not My Thing but Who Knows!: Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi o Suru, Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! (I’m not that fond of the manga…), Opus.COLORs (art anime but looks like idol shit lol), Edomae Elf

Do I Have To…? (No I Don’t): Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu, Tosochuu: Great Mission, Jijo o Shiranai Tenkosei ga Guigui kuru, Alice Gear Aegis, Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudo, Yuusha ga Shinda, Kawaisugi Crisis, Mashle, Megami no Cafe Terrace, Rokudo no Onna-tachi, Maho Shojo Magical Destroyers, Kanojo ga Kosakutei ni Itta Riyuu, Dead Mount Death Play, Niehime to Kemono no O, Bosanimal, Chibi Godzilla

Sequel/Spinoff Hell: Edens Zero S2, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear S2, Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni S2, Tokyo Mew Mew S2. KonoSuba Bakuen, Dr Stone: New World, Tonikaku Kawaii S2, Gunma-chan S2, Osama Ranking S2, Pokemon (2023)

Light Novel/Isekai Hell: Tensei Kizoku, Isekai de Cheat Skill blah, Isekai One Turn Kill Nee-san, Isekai Shokan wa Nidome desu

Idol/Vtuber/AI/Musical Hell: Kizuna no Allele, Idolmaster CG: U149, World Dai Star, Oshi no Ko (IT’S JUST NOT MY THING OK)

Expected Load: 8-9

TV & Streaming Seems a huge chunk of my time is still going here…

What I’ve been watching over 1Q23:

CBS: NCIS S20*, NCIS: Hawai’i S2*, NCIS:LA S14*, Fire Country*, East New York* Disney+: Gannibal, Alaska Daily (ABC), Will Trent* (ABC), Devs Netflix: The Night Agent, The Recruit* Amazon Prime: Swarm*?, The Consultant*? Gameshows: Only Connect S18* Others: The Gold (BBC), The Chosen S3 (app), Poker Face (Peacock), The Terror: Infamy (AMC), Cunk on Earth (BBC), Broadchurch S1 (ITV), The Future with Hannah Fry (Bloomberg TV)*

Series [to be] completed: 10 Series Ongoing: 10 Full-length Films watched: 24

What I’ll hopefully be watching in 2Q23:

CBS: NCIS S20*, NCIS: Hawai’i S2*, NCIS:LA S14*, Fire Country*, East New York* Disney+: Will Trent* (ABC), American Born Chinese, The Good Mothers? Netflix: The Diplomat?, Florida Man?, Sanctuary?, Black Knight? Apple TV: Drops of God, The Last Thing He Told Me?, Silo, City on Fire Amazon Prime: The Power, Citadel, Dead Ringers HBO: Love & Death Gameshows: Only Connect S18* Others: Rabbit Hole? (Paramount+), Maryland (ITV), Mrs Davis? (Peacock), Six Four? (ITV), Malpractice (ITV), Blue Lights (ITV), TWD: Dead City? (AMC)

* - continuing series or a marathon of old series, ? - will try, no guarantee of watch

Expected TV/Streaming Load: 13-14

WELL on the plus side, all the network shows are coming to an end this quarter! Summer will be quite quiet (thank fook)