#i'd talk to them about animanga stuff and then characters i like and then characters i find very hot and etc

[gojoest]

one of my ex broke up with me in 2021 bc i liked eren jaeger too much LOL when they started it first on how mikasa was so hot

what a hypocrite smh :,) i'm so glad they're no more a part of your life tbh

[lmk-aus-galore]

Oh hard core agree. I can't tell you how baffling it was begging for people to actually read the source material in animanga fandoms because they would just go on trashing on the heroes and simping for the villains and making up false crimes characters didn't even do, then walking into LMK and it was the exact opposite. Everyone is obsessed with the source material, they HATE the villain. What the pepperoni. Seeing people go "well of course Wukong hates Mac what did he expect when he killed and ate a monkey and stole stuff" he didn't do SQUAT. And just because LMK combined demons with Brotherhood characters of similar names doesn't mean they were the same character in JTTW so seeing THAT and the assumptions people bring from that is. huh. I think JTTW is too advance a book for the 14 year old age demographic LMK attracts. I'd also like to study this wild phenomenon of villain redemption demands because nobody complained about Red Son and it makes me laugh everytime someone says "Macaque needs to show more actual want to change" like, fam. Maybe if he was an actual villain to BEGIN WITH instead of *checks note* a one off instance of villainy where all he did was fight Wukong post-stealing MK's powers and be a bullying jerk, another instance of ambiguous LBD warning and trauma projecting lore dumping, and then a following season of being an unwilling henchman who kept telling us 50 times he didn't want to do this, that LBD forced it bc he "already had a taste of dying" and just wanting to be free of it and never talk to MK and his friends again *points very deliberately at the "and then I'm done with you all." line. Pretty dang hard for a character to pull things out of a hat to convince others that "they no longer have those motives and desires" when they didn't have them in the first place. Love the way you're calling out the Bull Fam and Tripitaka those are so trueeee. Zhu Bajie too lmao. My thoughts exactly. Twinkle toes over there is going to be a fun character to witness when we get context on the "Monkey! No violence!" line in LMK. And by character, I mostly mean the fandom response.

I can spend all day listing how much almost all the villains hold MK responsible for Wukong’s actions nearly 90% of the time or at least shit on him all because he’s Wukong’s successor.

But that’ll take literally all day…

It’s also the same with Every SINGLE inaccuracy in LMK that gets glossed over because every single fan’s bias of certain things.

Like you can condemn Macaque and make him all villainy but what about Zhu Bajie? Or Tripitaka? One of the reasons I dislike Zhu Bajie is because not only did he not change he was a pervert. I really disliked him for that. But it looks like LMK COMPLETELY changed that because we barely see any mention of his wife and the flashbacks show that Wukong met him in the same village Tang, MK and Mei were in. So clearly there has been a change. But I barely see hate for Bajie about it because half the fandom villainizes Tripitaka already for not disciplining him as much as Wukong.

If you want to acknowledge how Macaque was in JTTW you also have to acknowledge EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER in the JTTW. If that’s how you really want it to go.

One thing I think would be the reason as to why the whole ‘Macaque cannibalized one of Wukong’s grandchildren’ was changed is because Macaque and Wukong KNEW EACH OTHER before the Journey. It is also implied that Macaque has been with Wukong the longest, (In the context of Shadow Play) and it is implied that he possibly resided or at least stayed in FFM. Which meant that Macaque is also attached to the Monkeys. Remember: Macaque’s motive is to hurt Wukong and only Wukong. Which is why he goes after MK because he knows that will hurt Wukong. But if he is attached to Wukong’s grandchildren and has lived with Wukong it’s also gonna hurt Macaque if he killed them. (Though Macaque is not overly affectionate like Wukong, the fact that the monkeys trust him enough to literally sit on top of any part of him they can sit on proves that Macaque did tend to them while Wukong was away.)

The only reason I can think that Wukong hates him is because of Tripitaka and the whole ‘using Wukong’s face’ jig.

Macaque can canonically pretend to be Wukong, he did so with MK in Season 2 and did trick Wukong into thinking he was MK in Season 1. There is a likelihood that the whole ‘pretending to be Wukong’ still happened in LMK.

Remember: In the Flashbacks of Macaque and Wukong’s confrontation, there is no circlet on Wukong’s head. This is further confirmed in Season 3 during the Samadhi Fire arc. In the Amnesia episode, Wukong confirms they are still in the Journey AFTER the Samadhi Fire was sealed (Because he said Four Rings which means the Samadhi Fire was sealed in rings already) And notice in the flashback when they were sealing the Samadhi Fire, Wukong doesn’t have his circlet, compared to the flashback with Azure where he DOES have a Circlet. No matter if Macaque’s flashback was faked, it does confirm that after some time, Tripitaka trusted Wukong enough that he removed the Circlet.

Which possibly means that Tripitaka and Wukong grew to have a mutual understanding of each other. Till Macaque showed up and proceeded to ruin everything.

So yeah if you need a reason as to why Wukong hated Macaque there’s a possibility it wasn’t about cannibalism in the context of LMK.

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (13/10/24)

It kinda goes unnoticed in the middle of all that stuff there but OPM is back, after 8 months, EIGHT, like time really does just fly Also there's a new serialization by Matsumoto that caught me completely by surprised but was really fun so I'm glad it got a real translation

Green - New series/New to me

Anime

Dragon Ball Daima Ep1

Well that wasn't as bad as I expected. I originally wasn't even gonna be watching this but since Toriyama died I changed my mind. I'll still be as critical of it as I'd be anything else tho. Even more cause I think it shouldn't exist and that they should've adapted the manga arcs that happened after DBS ended instead. Obviously they turned the cast into kids for the same reason they did in GT, so they can market it more easily to younger kids which is just annoying. Hell even the main villain looks one. Still, despite all that I think the show will be good. They always manage to make DB fun at the end of the day so I'll be looking forward to having this around (hopefully) for as long as it ends up being

Blue Box Ep2 - 3

Netflix releasing it like this is so annoying... The premiere was ep 1 for the world but jp got ep 2 too exclusively, so me and others thought the global release would just be 1 ep behind for a while. However the released ep 2 for the rest of the world just 2 days later so it's like, what's the point of doing all that? They're so annoying man. Oh well, anyway that's why there's 2 eps this week. At least we're synched up now so that's nice I guess

About the ep themselves, it's p funny to see this stuff and being like "Oh that happened now what the hell" cause I started it and caught up when it was only in chapter 34 so these early chaps blend together a lot in my brain. It's good to see that they kept up the quality from ep 1 tho, if they can do this for the whole run it'll be a good adaptation and I'm looking forward to see how they do the more intense sports stuff when it comes eventually

Manga

Monochrome Days Ch1

That was a great first chap. I already knew Matsumoto from their art on twitter, they're an incredible artist, but I wasn't sure how they'd do with an actual full release instead of the one shot comics they do on twitter but they nailed it. It did all it needed for a first chap which is introducing the characters, their motivations and the premise of the story. It's another series about making manga, which isn't anything remotely new, but the charas are really likeable (the girl is really cute) so it should be fun. Looking forward to when a romance, inevitably, starts blooming between them lol

Akane-banashi Ch130

I never saw this coming. Like I figured master was gonna be out of commission for a while, putting Akane learning The Story on hold for an underteminate time. But the school getting shut down (cause of his condition) and Akane getting picked up into the school of the man she's trying to "beat" is something I would've never thought of. Really looking forward to see how this develops next week. Akane has always been good but we've gotten used to how it structures the story and arcs so having such a huge and unexpected shake up is great, and the timing was perfect too. This is exactly why it's my favourite series in the magazine currently 🙏

[centrally-unplanned]

The Evil Orcs Debate may not have the moral dimensions in animanga space as it does in the West, but there are also large threads exploring the fictional space of that debate, even excluding shounen's "defeat means friendship" trope or mecha Buggers/Formics/Kaworu reveals.

There's a whole sub-genre going on of "yuusha discriminated against by their own people, joins the demon kingdom", multiple sub-genres of "set from the point of view of the demon kingdom (and their king) in the first place", and even Danmachi had an entire arc questioning the (assumed lack of) sentience of monsters spawning in the Dungeon.

Hell, animangnoveltoons actually seem more likely than Western fiction to do half-assed fantasy racism storylines. By the numbers, I'd guess that there are probably far more shows in the last decade NOT doing "unquestioned inherently evil race" than there are. Certainly there are way more "the demons are the protagonists" cases than Western fiction, something something related to the ambiguity in how concepts of demons/hell differs in Asia (e.g. Houzuki no Reitetsu) something something

I don't have a Frieren point to this, but it is worth noting how "they are on the main fine with evil races" has dimensions.

Not really sure what the "but" is doing there, since I certainly never said otherwise - I CERTAINLY never said a single thing about % of shows have a given trope. But yes, once you separate out the western moral debate around Evil Orcs, when it isn't about "is it an actual, real-life sin to make this writing choice", then almost by structural necessity you get a million different takes on the topic; its no longer reduced down to it. Hell is anime, the most common take on any trope X is going to in some way involve "can I fuck it?" - its why the demons in Frieren are still mainly hot humanlikes after all. The isekai genre in particular is very interested in the "meta" of video game tropes, which almost always include enemies you fight, and so has gone to town on playing with every variation of how your slimes or orcs or undead or demons relate to society, to PCs, etc.

Frieren definitely does slot into this wider milieu. At the start of this thread, our OP remarked that people talked about Frieren like it was "subversive" in some way. That idea is silly of course, but I think it is fair to say that lighthearted fantasy anime has become the mainstream in the past few years, a lot more comedy hijinks stuff was big. Even Mushoku Tensei, which is intensely detailed on worldbuilding and "realism tone", still has its other 50% being harem comedy shit. Frieren's success probably does have something to do with its level of seriousness (which isn't 100% of course, just margins) being undersupplied recently, and so the people who wanted that back are vocally happy about it. This goes far beyond the demons of course, but they are a part of that - Frieren as a character has a hard-nosed maturity to her in her battle-earned ruthlessness. Again, a common trope, just you know few big fantasy shows of 2022-2023 had them I don't think, as those cycles go.

[linawritestwst]

congrats on 1000+ followers!! 🎉 may I request a matchup? I don't have any preference, my pronouns is she/her, zodiac sign is Virgo, and mbti is ISTP

personality: I'd like to believe I'm funny 🙏 I'm someone who laughs a lot (?) even at the most dumbest things as long I get it and I actually find it funny lol. I don't like being alone outside but at home I'd like to have some alone time, I just like to surround myself with people (ex. family) I like and I'm comfortable with outside of home (doesn't have to be a large group of friends either). I get super excited if I found someone who share the same interests as me (cause rarely all my friends do), I can probably talk for hours about my interests. But I'm also someone who gets bored easily (mostly toward games doe), and I get over things easily (like I could dislike this person's persona one moment and the next I wouldn't feel anything about them). I smile a lot around my friends but some say I have a rbf. I'm quite blunt and sometimes my mouth works faster than my brain. I find myself having a hard time trusting people with my more private worries but it's not that big of a deal. I'd like to think I'm someone who doesn't have a lot of worries (but ofc there's some days where it just hits but rarely), I just go with the flow. I'm pretty open-minded and is okay with trying out new things, I love having fun (doe I get scared by bungee jumping and stuff, I'd still try it out at least once). Although I'm not very open and chatty with strangers, I open up more if we have smth in common or we talk often.

interests/hobbies: playing otome games and visual novels, reading webtoon/manga (my fave genre is romance), reading fanfics and writing them

what I look for in a partner: someone who can make me feel comfortable, respects me and supports in what I want to do (someone who would slap some sense in me when I go down the wrong path too) and maybe someone who can make me smile and laugh, I don't have much of a preference as long I like them

what I don't look for in a partner: someone who doesn't respect me

thank you in advance if u did my matchup!! ❤️❤️ hope u have a lovely day 🌻

- 🦥

hi and thank you so much, i hope you have a lovely day too <3

the character that i think would be a good partner for you is..

idia shroud!

i'll explain why i chose him:

if it's easier for you to open up to those who have at least one thing in common with you, i think idia would be perfect to try and start a conversation with, since your interests are pretty similar. he may deny being a dating sim/romance manga and webtoon enjoyer, but i just know that he secretly likes this kind of stuff as well jdjdkdksddk. also he would probably think that you being a fan of a genre like that is actually kind of cute.

talking about your favorite games with him!! getting excited over them!! you don't have to worry about being annoying at all, honestly, idia is most likely the one who's more worried about sounding weird or making you uncomfortable. also idia might get scared of your bluntness at first, but to be honest, i think that could be a cute relationship dynamic? you two can be like 😐😥 also, maybe it would actually be better for him to know exactly what you're thinking because if you try to hide something from him or try to say it in a more polite way, he might take it the wrong way or he might start overthinking what you said.

if you like game/animanga memes or references, then sure, idia can make you laugh! he would send you a lot of these and when you tell him you laughed at them, he would go "YES Y/N NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME LIKE YOU DO >:D" but he really is happy about making you smile. he would try to support you as much as he can too, but if you think of doing something too reckless or dangerous, idia will be there to stop you.. though his definitions of "reckless" and "dangerous" may be different from yours. hey, don't judge him, he's just worried about you, that's all!

[hokusu]

jdfhg;seghjr I can't remember the last time I actually kept up with an anime that was airing. I try every season there's something I want to be watching but I always end up falling behind... and don't even get me started on keeping up with giffing stuff lmao it's been years since I've been able to do that. I remember having a lot of fun when I was able to keep up with that stuff but it's a distant dream these days haha thanks for your words of encouragement!! ❤️ I hope the same for you~ ^-^

aaaahhhhh I love Trans-Siberian Orchestra!! their "Christmas/Sarajevo" song is one of my faves~ I also really like "Wizards in Winter"! hmmm I don't know if I have a favorite xmas song, I love too many of them haha I have a whole playlist~ what about you, do you have any favorites? and yeah typically I do get a white Christmas! this year, it started snowing mid-November I think? I really do love snow and watching it fall and stuff but driving in it is a paaaaain. do you get them where you live? and are you a Christmas decorator? my family and I have always been huge into decorating, it's a big part of the season for me!

you have some great faves!! SNK and HQ!! are definitely up there for me too~ I don't know if I could ever actually get into One Piece just because of how long it is hegr;oasergh I know people are always like "take it slow!" and "read a little bit at a time!" but I honestly don't know if I'd be able to commit to it lmao

thank you for going so deep into your love for dabihawks!! I've always thought they made a really dynamic pair but you honestly brought them into a whole new light!! also AMEN about Hawks views being skewed!! I have seen so many bad takes about his character and so many people are so ready and willing to absolve other characters of their sins before trying to accept Hawks all because he killed Twice... like I've always really liked the LoV and thought they're really well-written and fleshed-out characters, but some fans out there who drag Hawks' character through the mud all because of what he did, going so far as to say he "wasn't acting like a hero" despite the fact that he was fighting for his own life against a VILLAIN who has done VERY BAD THINGS, and then go on to glorify Shigaraki?? I love Twice and I love Shigaraki but Hawks deserves so much better and I cannot tell you how much his mischaracterization gets under my skin...

I can't say I've been a HUGE Dabi fan, I mean I've always really liked him and I think he's always been my fave of the League, but I've never spent a whole ton of time delving into his character. but he's really started growing more on me recently! same with Hawks actually, back when he was first introduced I was kinda like "oh yeah he's cool and stuff" but nothing really stood out to me, but over time I just really started appreciating him more and he's definitely one of my faves now! honestly, I'm quite behind on the manga (although I've been keeping up with major story developments via tumblr lmao) but I think Dabi and Hawks are one of the bigger reasons I want to get caught back up... Bakugou has always been a fave of mine and his character development still really stands out to me and I think it's some of the best in the series, and I also really love Midoriya and All Might and honestly the relationship between those three has always hit a real soft spot for me.

I'm trying to get back into BNHA because I do still really enjoy it and I still love the characters, but I did really fall out of keeping up with it. x_x talking about it with you is a lot of fun though!! makes me wanna go catch up right now haha

sorry again about the late response!! I'm trying really hard to be more punctual... I hope the length of my response is enough to cover some ground lmao (sorryagain) I hope you've been doing well~!! 💕

~your animanga secret santa❤️

Hello Santa!

Sorry for the later reply myself, just moved all weekend so I've been so tired 😩.

Sksjdkdjd omg I feel this in my bones too lol, I wish I had half the strength other editors do with always giffing right when a new episode airs 😭. I've only been able to do that when I try really hard for my favorites lOl and even then I'm a slow editor so I'll be lucky if I finish one set hahaha. But no pressure, as long as you're having fun editing when you are able to, who cares if it's late 😅. Which animes are you trying to watch this season? 👀

Ahhh!! "Christmas Sarajevo" is also my favorite song from them and the other one is very good too. *gonna listen to their songs now* lol. Tbh, I never really put together a Xmas playlist? I'm also a fan of covers of popular songs sometimes ^^ but I usually just pull up an Xmas radio station/pre-made playlist 😅 but I should make one now that I think about it...

Omg I can imagine driving in snow is a pain, or even having to shovel it. I live in a pretty warm place so it's never snowing here unless I head to the mountains sadly haha. 🥲 But that sounds so nice to be able to enjoy a white Christmas! Decorating (and food) is my favorite part of the holiday too!

HAHA the biggest hurdle for starting One Piece, is...literally starting 😂 and that was my problem for the longest time. Once you're in there you don't really think about it being so long, the characters have so much to love and the adventure is SO good, you just hope it never ends lol. It's pretty casual to begin and it's lighthearted so its nice to just wind down with me for lol, watch like a few here and there. Until you hit the point of pure screaming bcus the plot HITS SO HARD and you just have to know what happens next!! But for me that's one of the best parts too-- being able to binge heavily and still know there's more to look forward to. :'D I started like back in June and only have like 300ish episodes left 😭 so tbh I slowed down and took a break bcus I was sad to catch up lol. If you ever just give it a try instead of thinking of it as a long commitment, you might be pleasantly surprised. 😆

But I'm happy you like HQ and SnK too!! I wonder who your favs are there? And omg please same so much, any Hawks dragging I see is a hard nope! That's one of my biggest pet peeves in bnha fandom, seeing people stan the hell out of LoV (and like I like them and Dabi is my fav too), but then to hate Hawks? No way, he's been a victim all his life too...it's not like the HPSC gave him freedom. 😭

Or when people say he has "no character arc" or call him an "abuse apologist" (even tho he was always abused too wtf?) just bcus they see him trying to help endeavor, which lol someday I'm gonna write an essay about how it speaks way more about Hawks character and how he's projecting his own feelings than it does about Endeavor...after all Hawks still thinks HE'S the one in the wrong about turning his back on his abusive parents and he still apologizes about that. 😭 Sorry I'm so passionate about Hawks and when people misunderstand him bcus they don't get that someone who was trained all their life to be a certain way with an abusive traumatic past isn't going to just wake up and change one day? I think they're not even reading the same story.

Anyways! Please if Dabi & Hawks makes you want to catch up again, hell yeah I hope you enjoy and feel free to talk to me more about it lol. This season is also very good and paralled with what's going on in the manga is just perfect. Also ooh!! I used to think Bakugou is too hyped up and I didn't get it, but his character development esp when he finally genuinely apologized to Midoriya, was really satisfying and I like him a lot now!! Can totally see why their relationships are a fav for you! :)

And aww no worries Santa, always good to hear from you when you can and sorry my replies are also long 😭, but it's been really nice to talk with you too 💛💛

Take care dear Santa 💛

[captains-price]

Hello~~~ Sorry for being a few days late just irl stuff keeping me busy 🥹 But I loved reading your answer, it's so great that your mother is also into anime and you get that to share that experience with her!

And omg Mumen is my absolute favourite too haha, I love his VA, any character he voices becomes my instant fav 😆 And don't worry too much about running away with the replies, I do that to when I'm talking about things I like 😉

I thought I'd switch it up a bit this week, since I was scrolling through your blog a bit, and I saw that you like Stranger Things and Haunting of Hill House too! I love both these shows so much, horror and supernatural are some of my favourite genres, do you enjoy them too?

★ Animanga Secret Santa ★

You’re totally good! Always important to take care of yourself first ❤️

I love that you love Mumen too! You’re right, his VA is amazing and did such a good job with him, I love them both 😭

And definitely! I love horror and supernatural stuff, they’re the genre I usually go to when I watch something by myself lol

I really enjoy Stranger Things, it’s something else I share with my mom as we’ve watched the last 2 or 3 seasons together so they’re fond memories! And anything by Mike Flanagan is so good, I love the slower, softer moments mixed in with the scary moments, it makes it feel more personal imo what are your favorite horror/supernatural shows?

I also hope things are a little easier for you this week!

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (06/10/24)

I think this is the most yapping I've done in one of these posts by far good lord, tho it's cause so much shit started this week.. Like I watched 7 out of those 8 new shows back to back yesterday weh (I blame this on there not being subs for the thursday shows on time) But anyway, a new season is always a fun time, I wish the shows were a bit more spread out through the week but I'll live

Green - New series/New to me Blue - Finale/Completed

Anime

Acro Trip Ep1-2

Well those certainly were 2 first eps huh. I decided to watch this cause people described it as "gushing but sfw" and I thought the pv wasn't bad but gotta say I was p disappointed. I didn't even know the premiere was gonna be 2 episodes and was even more surprised about that fact when I found out this was the studio's first show. After watching them, I get it. The animation was the bare minimum it could be, there was a tiny crumb of sakuga in ep 1 but even that wasn't very impressive. They have good expressions tho I'll give them that. And Mikku and Nobu as the mains is a fun duo. But yeah it's very hard for me to describe what was wrong with it, it was just weird. They didn't get to her joining the baddies, which is the whole premise of the show, in the first ep, like?? The audio also felt off cause there was a buncha scenes that just didn't have any BGM and it felt really weird and it's not like they were even scene that should not have it. But anyway, that's enough rambling. I'll keep watching, at least ep3 to see if the main girls actually transforms and stuff and we'll see from there

Mecha-Ude Ep1

Hey that was actually really good? Like I decided to watch this on a whim cause I thought it looked cool and didn't look into at all or saw any pvs or anything and was pleasantly surprised. Considering the intro and it's humour, if you told me it had Trigger staff working on it I'd belive you (they even have Sawano doing the ost lol). Of course, it didn't look as flashy and polished as that but it was still impressive. Was checking it on a "we'll see if I continue it" basis but this ep was good enough that I'll stick with it for sure.

Blue Box Ep1

That was a good first episode. There was nothing too impressive but it's a sports romcom so it doesn't really need that at the end of the day. They did a great job with the art for the more important panels, the voices were great and the ost was fitting and not too intrusive. I completely forgot that it was already confirmed 2 cour so it'll be fun having this around for a while. Hopefully they can keep up the same quality the whole time. Both the OP/ED show the promise bracelet they get eventually so it'll get quite far into the manga Also, I went to watch this and saw that it was a double ep premiere and was like "Oh shit I didn't know that" but only found subs for ep 1 and was very confused and then learned that only netflix JP had 2 eps and the rest of the world only got the one???? So weird. Also they called this a "netflix show" like usual despite having no hand in it's production, I hate them so much it's insane

Dandadan Ep1

When they originally showed footage in PVs I said I wasn't really a big fan of the art for the anime but that the animation looked great, and after watching the first ep my opinion is still the same. The animation really is impressive tho, especially in the climax, even the little character moments they had with Okarun and Momo bickering at the start were great. Not sure if it was the mixing being off or a conscious decision but the music was hard to hear at times so it didn't really stick with me, tho it did fit the vibes. Also the scene with the aliens molesting Momo made me SUPER uncomfortable when I started the manga to the point I wasn't even sure I was gonna continue (tho I did push through obviously) so I was worried about how it'd be in the anime but I found that it wasn't nearly as bad so that's good I guess. The anime is only gonna have 12 episodes but it had 2 specific charas in the OP/ED so we'll get far enough to get some cool arcs

The Idolmaster Shiny Colours S2 Ep1

Well there's not much to say here really. S1 aired earlier this year and it's still CG and the same quality so it's just more of the same. Tho, of course, with the addition of the new girls which is fun. Also I gotta admit they went off with the song MV in this ep, was way better than anything in S1. Will be looking forward to seeing Madoka soon 🙏

Magilumiere Co. Ltd. Ep1

It's JC Staff so I went in not expecting much from this adaptation but it was pretty serviceable which I'm glad for. I was very curious to see how they'd handle the transformations cause they usually get 2 or 3 whole pages dedicated to them in the manga. Thankfully they did it justice with a whole very good 1 minute sequence, tho they added some fanservice at the start but whatever (video linked below) Other than that there's not much to say. Both OP and ED were alright and the music on the show itself wasn't impressive but it was good. The voice cast is great. Also the ep ended exactly where I figured it would (the pic below) which is for sure the most fitting end point, tho I almost thought they weren't gonna do it since it happened after the ED. Anyway, we don't know how many eps it is yet but I assume it'll only be 1 cour. We won't get that far in the story but at least we'll see Akane eventually so I'm happy

You are Ms. Servant Ep1

Another show that I decided to watch on a whim cause I saw it on my schedule site and like "Maid POG" and the synopsis didn't sound bad. I had no expectations cause I'd never heard of it but it turned out great, tho that might also be my bias for kuudere maids speaking. It was very cute and wholesome tho so I'm def watching it til the end

Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Arc Ep1

Well, there's not much to say here to be honest. It was the start of a new season but it felt like just any other episode epesically considering how the ep started right into the aftermath of the previous finale. I wonder if they did that on purpose so it feels more seamless for people binging it in the future? It also feels even more like just another ep since this came out so shortly after the last season instead of years later like we were used to. It's the same quality as usual so can't complain at all. Also wanted to add that this is getting into territory that I haven't read yet now, this is right about where I stopped keeping up with the manga cause I was reading it physically and caught up with the english releases at the time. My plan was to catch up with it soon, it's on it's final arc as well, but haven't gotten around to it and then they announced the follow up season was gonna be so soon... My plan was, and still, to catch up to it after I started Lumiere so I'll be doing that sooner rather than later, hopefully

Mission: Yozakura Family Ep27 (Finale)

That was a solid adaptation. I was on the fence between a 6 and 7 but ended up giving it a 7 since I gave Mashle a 6 and I consider this better. Yeah Mashle had the 1 sakuga scene in the finale (for s1) and this had none, but the overall quality was better through the whole show and they at least had the balls to change the chapter order to make things flow better instead of doing it 1 to 1. It really is a shame that even the flashier and cooler scenes didn't get anything special, the best looking one was the train fight, but oh well. At the end of the day it was still a very solid adaptation, well worth watching, for those that refuse to read manga for whatever reason. They already announced S2 too so that's cool, will be looking forward to it whenever it does come out

Wonderful Precure! Ep36

It's crazy to see the main guy confess directly like this, let alone having 3 whole episodes dedicated to it, but the stakes in wonpre are so low that they have plenty of time to do this. Ofc they copped out of them actually becoming a couple BUT next episode they're going on a date so we'll see. Would be kinda funny if this was one of the few series where it actually happens but I doubt it. Still this is more than enough to solidify them as a couple in a lot of people's mind, not like people weren't already doing it for ages already lol

Manga

Hima-Ten! Ch13

This series is so frustrating to read cause unlike other romcoms we already know who he's gonna end up with. It was in the damn synopsis before the series even came out. It's just a waste of time to be setting up the other girl (and even the other they introduced a couple chaps ago) just for them to lose to the main girl anyway. Of course they could pull a twist and go against what they said originally but I highly doubt that considering the difference in screen time between the heroines

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (07/04/24)

new season starting and a new serialization round on wsj too next week fun times fun times also there's some shows that I haven't started that should be on the list, those being: - Shinymas, which started on friday and CR supposedly picked it up but still hasn't posted subs yet 😒and there's no fansubs either - Jellyfish, dogakobo's new show that I posted about when it got announced. I wasn't sure about it so haven't watched ep 1 yet, but my buddy mega liked it and said it has promise so it convinced me to actually do it next week in one of my days with no shows - Girls Band Cry, similarly to jellyfish I posted about it when it got announced. I love the character designer and have followed them for years so I was curious about the show but learning that it was gonna be CG was a huge turn off. Since it came out I've seen some clips and the cg is actually really good so I'd like to check it out regardless of it being like that. There's just a huge problem, that it's not officially licensed anywhere and the subs fucking suck ass (whole drama thing around them I won't get into) so unless it gets proper subs in the next few weeks then I'll have to pass on it

BUT ANYWAY

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

Anime

Mission: Yozakura Family Ep1

that was a good first ep. there wasn't anything impressive but if they keep up this quality throughout the whole run and just have some sakuga crumbs sprinkled in every now and then I'll be content. from the PVs the first few eps all looked good and it's been confirmed for a while that it's 2 consecutive cours so that gives me some hope. Also the whole voice cast is very good but that's to be expected from such a star studded cast but anyway yozakura is a very fun manga with a very likeable cast so I'll be looking forward to this every week

Blue Archive Ep1

well that was about as good as I expected, really good ep 1. TERRIBLE subs tho so I'll be hoping a fansubbing group picks it up soon. It's been a billion years since I saw these early parts of the story since I've been playing the game since launch but I still remember it p well. I'm assuming they'll cover the whole abydos arc and only that from what we know from pvs and stuff, so should be a fun time, especially when aru and the crew show up too. Looked really good, animation was nice too, voices were good too ofc and hearing the game tracks in the anime was nice too. I'll be looking forward to this while it airs for sure

Metallic Rouge Ep 13 (Finale)

MR was bones' 25th anni show so I had some good expectations and I thought the premise was neat too (felt like blade runner) but it turned out very lackluster. I shoulda known that the glut of bones' talent is allocated to mha but I still wanted to have some hope for the show. my buddy mega gave it a 4 and that's probably fair, the show is riddled with issues but I liked the performances enough to be a bit softer with it (miyamoto yume and kurosawa tomoyo [the two mains] especially) but anyway, animation was pretty weak all through the show, even having times where it felt off model. there were some crumbs of sakuga but never anything actually impressive like you'd expect from bones, even in the finale. the story was pretty hard to follow for a good while too cause they decided to start mid journey so there was a ton of stuff the characters talked about like everyone should know but we'd have no way of knowing and then also did a not great job of explaining things until way later on. also the finale was looking like it was gonna end on a sequel hook which made me ??? but it actually didn't so that's good the music was actually p good and I enjoyed a buncha tracks from it and the voice performances were good too anyway, not a terrible show but not worth the watch too, which is a shame for an anni project like this, oh well

The Witch and the Beast Ep12 (Finale)

well that was alright. I had higher expectations for it cause like I said on ep 1 I heard good things about the manga but it was alright. Doesn't help that the show didn't have very much in the way of animation. It had a lot of cool drawings but the animation itself wasn't much to talk about. The cast was good tho and the music was also nice albeit not that memorable. As for the story, I don't mind anthology series like this but all the world explanations and reveals that they did at the end of this finale shoulda been waaaay earlier in the show, cause it actually made me a lot more interested in the world, but maybe that's just me and my DM brain being like that and most people like how it was already. My favourite of the stories/arcs was the sword witch one, not just cause swords pog (tho it helps), but just cause it had some really cool moments and I liked the charas more Anyway, the finale ended on a sequel hook but there hasn't been one announced (at time of writting) and I don't expect to see one either but I also said that about wedding rings and chained slave and was wrong about those so who knows really. Dunno if I'll ever end up reading the manga but the anime didn't put it completely out of question and I did like the lore they gave this ep so we'll see

Bucchigiri Ep12 (Finale)

well that was nice. it's funny how I only learned about this show like a week before it started while I had been looking forward to MR for a while and MR turned out a lot weaker. it was a bit unfocused at times but it was still good. I didn't go in expecting much out of the animation cause it's mappa and jujutsu s2 had just ended and you know all the stuff that was being talked about it around then. and I was right not to, cause there was never anything impressive really, tho the few fights that did have coreography looked cool oh also it had the best OP/ED of the season like I said on this post show felt pretty old school too, not just cause of the designs but the general low tech (no smartphones or anything) so that was nice not really much more to say about it, it's not a show I'd recommend watching but it also wasn't a waste of time. it was just a way to spend some 20 mins having a fairly enjoyable time every saturday

Dungeon Meshi Ep14

man I've known kabru is a little freak from all the posts I've seen about him here but he's even worse than I thought. and worst of all is I could relate to him in some parts 😔 tho knowing some of the stuff that's coming I know there's more differences than things in common but still good ep tho, even if I'm not a big fan of him or his party (yet?) the new op is a banger tho like it a lot more than the first one, tho I prefer the first ed over the one so equivalent exchange I guess

Manga

MamaYuyu Ch29 (Finale)

I know it's weird for a finale to end of a cliffhanger like below but it's cause the actual final chap will be in the volume release. shame that it turned out like that but not much you can do about it. it was a good series tho, from the start you could really tell from the designs that the author worked as an assistant to horikoshi. their panelling is super creative and unique and the art was really good too. the action was clear and easy to follow for the most part and the power system was neat as well. I'm totally convinced that this author could have a hit in the future if they keep doing serializations. I've said this a billion times for the last handful of series that have ended but it's a shame that something like nue keeps trucking along and doing decent in the rankings while good series like this get axed. the 7 score is provisory cause we don't have the actual finale, but I doubt it'll be bad enough to make me downgrade it to a 6 so it'll prob stay like that. I'll be looking forward to whatever hayashi does next, like I said before they certainly have a lot of potential

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (14/04/24)

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper late post this week, not only cause I started a buncha new stuff but I was also traveling on the weekend which cut off a ton of my free time (imas could've been last week but subs were late for a whole week 😒) also GBC and BA might not be on the corresponding sunday post for the ep that aired that week cause of their sub situation. Should be fine for GBC, but I ain't putting up with terrible subs for BA so I'd rather wait a couple days for better ones (even if I could watch the bad ones and understand it no problem)

but anyway, lots of yappin this time around, next week should be a lot more chill

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

Anime

Girls Band Cry Ep1-2

this one is quite the ride for me. when it first got announced I was gonna watch it cause nari is the character designer and I love their art and it's a cute girls show. then it was revealed it was gonna be cg and I changed my mind. then the ep came out and people were praising it so I was like, "ok maybe I could watch despite it being cg". but then I saw a clip where it looked really bad so I was like "oh ok I was right not to watch it nvm" BUT THEN I saw a different clip that looked super good so after some deliberation I decided to watch it anyway and it turns out it's actually REALLY GOOD? like if every cg show was this level of quality I wouldn't be such a hater the op and ed(s) were really good too but they better be when it's a show about a band lol. the real ed (the one from ep2) has all the art done by nari which is super cool ep 2 was really good too, ep 1 had already convinced me to watch all of it, but still nice to see 2 being good as well

The Idolmaster Shiny Colours Ep1-2

while I was watcing GBC I was thinking "man the cg being this good is gonna make SC look even worse" and sadly I was right. Now, it's not terrible mind you but just like the ML anime, coming in the heels of something like the U149 anime which not only was traditionally animated but also had incredible direction with the quality art to back it up, it feels very bland. Luckily for it, it has the imas spice and, repeat it after me, I Am Not Immune To Idols. It's amazing how they get my ass every damn time... It's a shame that my lantica girls already had their episode so early since they're my favourites of the launch units but I'm sure they'll get at least one more at some point, along with a little more screentime every now and then like the others did on ep2 but anyway Ep1 was basically teasing the different units while introducing mano and getting her together with the other two. While ep2 was mostly about lantica with some small bits with the other groups spliced in. After ep1 I thought they weren't going to follow the usual formula of dedicating 1 episode per girl and/or unit but after 2 I'm not sure anymore. There's only 12 eps so if they do 1 ep per unit, while having little bits for the other ones, that would take us up to ep 5/12. We already know that there's gonna be a s2 with straylight and noctchill so we know they're not gonna show up in this season. I guess they could do a wing episode for each of the units which would put us up to 9/12 leaving the remaining episodes for big group episodes with everyone but we'll see.. Also speaking of s2, there's still 2 more units that weren't confirmed for it and since this s1 has 4 units you think it'd make sense for s2 to have 4 units as well. However the 2 units that haven't been confirmed are related to each other, in a way, so I could totally see them doing a s3 with just those units, since I don't think they'll introduce another unit any time soon. But anyway I'm starting to ramble and talking too much about meta. TL;DR: show shouldn't be cg and bandai can damn well afford a traditional show but they're greedy. other than that it's good ofc. like I said with ML, if you like any of the imas anime you'll like this. if you like the game/girls you'll like it as well

Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Ep1-2

this got announced around the same time as GBC and I posted about it as well. I was going to watch it just because it was a dogakobo original and I like the studio and it seemed like a nice cute girls show. As the season came closer I wasn't sure about watching it anymore but was thinking of giving it the good ol 3 episode rule just out of respect to dogakobo. When it did start, something had happened that caused me to change my mind and decide that I wasn't going to watch it. I don't remember what it was anymore but anyway. However my buddy mega did watch it and said it was really good so I decided to give it a shot like originally planned and... it's really good too. The mains being takarie and mikku is a rare combo but very welcome and the show also has that characteristic dogakobo polish to it and the direction is very good as well. I also appreciate the yuri vibes but I'm me so yknow ep 2 was nice as well, both the op and ed are good, and kimura might be a little freak but she's fun. I guess the next episode will be dedicated to the vtuber girl but we'll see

Kaiju 8 Ep1

that was a solid first ep, there wasn't anything too impressive to show off so I guess we'll see how it goes in the next episode, but it looked good enough that I'm not too worried about it. shame it's only 1 cour but I'm sure they're planning on adapting it all since the manga is almost over too it'll be nice revisiting these early parts of the story, it wasn't that long ago that I caught up but it's been long enough because it's not weekly that I don't remember the early parts with that much clarity but yeah, ep was nice, good voices, good music, good art (for the most part I thought some shots of mina looked off) and the animation wasn't bad either. if they keep up this quality until the end it'll be a respectable adaptation but I hope they at least give us some sakuga crumbs during the big iconic scenes

Manga

Astro Royale Ch1

tokyo revengers' wakui ken as left kodansha to come to shueisha with this new series and you can really tell it's the work of a veteran author I didn't know what to expect since I never read/watched TR, outside of seeing some clips and caps here and there, but this was actually really good. the setting and the characters were all set up very well, along with the main trigger that sets off the story. really great use of spread pages as well I've been saying for ages that wsj needs a new hit with some of their biggest hitters ending soon and they seem to think so too since no recent series have really popped off (except kagurabachi [the power of memes]) so they decided to grab another veteran (there's a bunch more in the mag currently). We'll have to see the next handful of chaps but just from this debut I can see this series having the potential to be a hit for sure. I've been doing this long enough that I got a pretty good intuition for this kinda stuff, tho there's always exceptions like me thinking red hood would last and that nue would get axed but I'm usually right for the most part.. anyway the series seems like it'll be fun so looking forward to it, I know people complain that TR went downhill after a certain point but this isn't TR so no point comparing this to it on chapter 1. just trust that the author learned his lesson from whatever went wrong with TR and enjoy the series for what it is, not like it's a sequel or something

Two on Ice Ch28 (Finale)

well that's over and I don't really got much to say tbh I don't really care about skating so I wasn't interested in this from the beggining and the artist didn't do a great job showing it off either. it was informative but not engaging. there were a few good panels/pages but a lot of big spreads got wasted with tons of expostion instead of showing off the art. I also didn't care about the "villain" at all despite how much the artist loved and pushed him still not one of the worst things I've read on jump that's for sure, just not for me and not interesting enough for me to change my mind and care about. an opposite example of this would be blue box which is a romance series and I thought I wouldn't like it when I started catching up to it and ended up loving it cause it's a lot more engaging

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (21/05/23)

no mashle this week cause there was no ep (it was a recap so lol)

forgot there was a 30 pic limit per post woops, had to remove one and combine the series list to make do, something for me to keep in mind for the future, tho I don't expect this to happen super often, it just happened that a buncha non weekly stuff lined up all together

blue - finale/completed

Anime

Megumin Ep7

no wonder aqua is so useless when her followers act like this I know last week I said it coulda ended on ep 5 or 6 but this ep got one (1) "chuckle" out of me (when yunyun showed up) so I'll give it this one

Imas CG: U149 Ep7

great episode, like always. koharu is one of the cast members I knew the least about (only really "she's that goofy girl with the lizard") so it was nice to learn more. the insert song in the middle was her character song so I was wondering what the hell they were gonna do for the ed but it was a solo version of onegai cinderella which is extremely fitting

Pokemon Horizons Ep7

not much happened in the episode other than riko and roy learning how to actually battle and some stuff with bocchi dot. I had my hopes up when the cook said she's his niece so I was hoping she'd have dark skin too but I forgot I'd already seen a cap from the next ep preview and she's white so rip. I do hope she becomes more part of the cast, other than her gurumin appearance, after she gets revealed to the kids so yoppii can show off her talent more. it's a super cool opportunity for her to do a show like pokemon after blowing up with bocchi so would be a shame if she didn't get more screen time, even if gurumin shows up every ep, her performance as dot will be different since it's basically a whole different chara

Jigokuraku Ep8

this episode added a LOT of scenes from tenza's backstory that just straight up weren't in the manga which was extremely cool to see, ofc you can say that was just to inflate the episodes lenght and make this fight/flashbacks sequence last a whole episode, and you'd probably be right, but it was still good. I know the anime has been a pretty cookie cutter loyal adaptation, without any real eye popping scenes of note, but at least with consistent quality since it's mappa, but seeing them do some original content like this actually gave me hope that maybe, just maybe, this adaptation can be a bit more than what it has been so far, I really hope so because Kaku deserves it

anyway next episode is guaranteed to be gabimaru at The Door, there's no episode next week so I'm hoping that means the fight there will have some sakuga but I know it's foolish to think so considering how the anime has been so far but a man can dream

Manga

ST✰R: Strike it Rich Ch 2

since I couldn't end up finding a scanlation or the like I ended up paying for it, to be fair it's only 2 bucks for 6 chaps (basically a whole volume) so it's pretty decently priced (lmao at kmanga's 3 bucks per CHAP the hell are they smoking over there). anyway, not a bad chap, expected the fight to be longer but tbf hina IS a monster so ofc it ended after just 1 shot or nozomi coulda actually died. I was expecting her to just break the cuffs she was put in, but what she did was even scarier tbh

Dandadan Ch106

vamola's flashback is finally over, it's been going for so long I kinda forgot everyone else was experiencing it too tehe. like I said last time, it was good, albeit perhaps a bit too long. hype to get back into the current fight tho, especially with upgraded okarun arriving soon

Blooming Love Ch4

damn this is the fastest moving romance series ever, it's only ch4 and they're already going on a date let's go

Kindergarten WARS Ch4 - 6

they ARE indeed doing 3 chaps a week to catch up, that's very good it'll help expedite catching up quite a bit. my buddy mega said some spoilers for one the newest chaps so some of the scenes in 4 and 5 were p funny with that info

Saihate Quartet Ch12

not much to say about this chap, it was a continuation of the previous but not much happened

JOJOLands Ch4

rohan taking out 3 stand users on his own was nice to show off the skill difference between them since he's a veteran, tho 2 of them didn't even use their stands. anyway, curious about the diamond, I don't think it'll be a major plot thing like the rokaka fruit BUT I do think it'll be tied to whatever the equivalent to that may end up being

Jojo: Hol Horse/Josuke Spinoff Ch16 (Finale)

the spinoff wasn't bad, I wasn't sure about it at first since hol horse and josuke seems like such a weird combination but it was nice seeing these familiar characters again. the art wasn't anything crazy but I think it was serviceable, unlike mega who seemed to dislike it. the story was pretty simple, hol horse goes to morioh to find a parrot, meets josuke cause "stand users are attracted to each other" and jojo stuff happens. my favourite bits of the spin off was all the looks at dio we got from the perspective of his goons from part 3. ofc this spinoff isn't canon or anything but it was still neat seeing that. if you like jojo, you'll most likely like this spinoff and it's only 16 chaps so doesn't even take that long to read.

Pension Life Vampire Ch6

I knew I was right to trust the author and expect some yuri considering their previous series 🙏

Tokyo Underworld Ch41

alright chap, it's nice to see the rest of the cast do something for once other than just running around, leonidas fight should be done next time too

The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins Ch25

man I thought it'd be going towards the finale but more stuff keeps popping up, annoying. I've said it a billion times but I just want it to end already (no pic for this cause there's a 30 pic limit per post so I had to get rid of something)

Fabricant 100 Ch22

yeah and that's the problem with the whole series from the start since she's supposed to be so OP so there's no stakes

Jiangshi X Ch15

not much to say, just some backstory for the girl and the overall plot and for one of the protags. tho I guess the X in the title is for these 10 super strong ones

Nue's Exorcist Ch2

another weak chap, it has no chance of lasting on jump like this, it's sad but I'll enjoy how cute nue is while it's still around

Do Retry Ch3

good chap, some very good matsui style panels in here too, really showing who he learned under, and finally some real boxing which is what the series is supposed to be about

Kill Blue Ch5

hey this chap was actually p good, instead of just doing the "oh he's an old man in middle school joke" they actually talked about the difference in values between someone his age and the new generation and had him overcome those preconceptions, the scene with his kid was cute too. ending's very HUH tho

Witch Watch Ch109

it was mostly another kengo bullying chapter for the most part but the ending gag made it all worth it

Blue Box Ch101

AMAZING chapter, 100 was already good but I didn't expect to get something similar for natsu. all the little details were so good and then the final page was just *chef's kiss* incredibly good chap, really gives me hope the confession will ACTUALLY happen cmon miura I believe in you

Cipher Academy Ch24

nice chap, was cool seeing iroha mad for once and this is an interesting unusual trio to take the spotlight in the coming arc, looking forward to it

Tenmaku Cinema Ch6

very good chap, got exactly what I said I wanted out of it last week and it's good to see that they're moving onto actually filming it already not wasting any time

Mashle Ch156

I always like the "old villains become allies and help defeating the final boss" trope so it's nice to see it here too

Undead Unluck Ch159

good chap, fuuko's plan may have gone off the rails but things are still working out somehow

Sakamoto Days Ch119

considering how long we've been in this flashback sequence it's kinda weird to just suddenly zoom to the end of it like this but I don't mind it. it did it's job of explaining what it was supposed to it and now we can move on with the current story, tho next chap will still be the flashback (prob the last one)

The Elusive Samurai Ch110

nice chaps, the ending gave it very "ending of a series that got canceled" vibes but ofc that isn't the case. interest to see where it's going from here now that tokiyuki has lost all his armies and only has his handful of retainers

Akane-banashi Ch62

good chap, the journalist girl made a good point at the start of "isn't this just gonna be a popularity contest if the audience and people online can vote for performances" which is something us the readers would think too but they had a good way of going around that, fully expecting akane to be the last to perform so I can't wait for that

Ayakashi Triangle Ch130

it's pretty funny to see matsuri on the attack for once tho it led to a very unexpected development, guess guy matsuri is gonna stick around for a while longer after all

[hokusu]

tbh I wouldn't even say I'm "trying" to watch anything this season lmao I gave up trying to keep up a very long time ago. the only one I even remotely tried keeping up with was Spy x Family, but even that one I fell behind on after a few episodes despite how much I enjoy the series. I'll definitely catch up with that one once the season is done airing though.

yeah Christmas music is such an important part of the season for me but I have a pretty specific taste in that genre of music haha which I why I have a playlist. living in a place that gets lots of snow can be really nice because it's so pretty and it makes the Christmas season even better, but it can definitely be a huge hindrance too for sure. we hardly ever got significant snowfall back where I grew up, so white Christmases were never really a thing when I was a kid so it's been nice to have them as an adult~

I mean, I struggle to even watch the shorter stuff that's been on my to-watch list for YEARS so I honestly doubt One Piece will ever happen for me. xD but hey, who knows! I know plenty of people who absolutely love it, and my brother also enjoys it, so who knows what the future will bring haha.

as for faves regarding HQ!! and SNK, Hinata and Kageyama and my babies and I adore them with every fiber of my being, but I also really love Kuroo and Nishinoya, and Mikasa and Levi are my queen and king~ what about you?? we've talked a lot about BNHA but who are some other fave characters of yours?

and yeah I totally agree with you regarding Hawks, he deserves so much more love and appreciation. he's been through so much shit throughout his life and he tries SO HARD to do good however he can despite constantly being manipulated by the HPSC and forced to do things that he doesn't necessarily want to do. speaking of Endeavor though... what are your thoughts on him? 👀 I personally can't stand him and the fact that Hawks as a character is so linked to him throughout the story just... hrg;kahgrjabs I absolutely hate it and I do wish we had seen SOME sort of backlash after Dabi's broadcast, especially from Hawks himself, but nothing seems to have changed at all?? I'd love to hear your thoughts regarding that whole situation~

please don't ever apologize about being passionate about a character or anything!! you deserve to be as engrossed in a character or a story or whatever as you want, and I love it!! thank you for sharing your thoughts with me~❤️

~your animanga secret santa❤️

Hello Santa! It's almost Christmas, so going to wish you a early very merry one until reveal day!! 🥰

Aww I love spy x family too, its the perfect balance of heartwarming and funny. Really enjoy the whole forgers family, but even the other characters like Damien I just want to learn more about them!! Hope you'll enjoy when you catch up!

What's your fav music genre? That's so cool you get white christmas now! I'd like to spend one with that one day too. But omg I keep hearing about everyone at freezing temperatures for xmas this year but apparently where I'm at it's going to be quite warm this week. 😅 At least traveling is easy here ha ha.

Ahaha again, totally understandable about OP. There's a ton on my watch list that I'm still waiting for the "right mood" for and haven't started either. I wonder what your favorite animanga is? 👀

Oh hell yeah, all your HQ favs are my favs too!! lol. Hinata is a complete sunshine and literally deserves everything good in the world. I think he's so motivational and really makes you feel like you can do anything haha. And Kageyama was my love at first sight in HQ bcus I have a type and his misunderstood personality speaks to me alsjdkkdd lol. I also love his character development a lot. And Kuroo, his personality, his looks...he's perfect. I also predictably loved that Kuroo's VA in japanese is also Hawks'. ^^ And Nishinoya is just so damn cool and reliable, he's the best! Anyways I really love almost everyone in HQ tho, sports anime always makes me feel that way lol. Idk if you've seen Run with the Wind, but it reminds me a lot of HQ too, so I highly recommend. It's only one season and the main character is such a Kageyama clone too but the story is very satisfying. 💛

And for SNK, Levi and Eren have been my favs since 2013 lol. I love their tragic pasts bound by duty, the way they grew up how no one should've, their personality and need to be free, I love that they never give up and their dynamics with each other. SNK's plot of no clear cut black and white of villains, but watching Eren go from hero to antihero, was incredibly interesting. And at the end of the day, despite what he does is unforgiveably wrong...he just wanted to protect the people most important to him and its really an impossible choice. And Levi is one of the biggest badass so I liked him instantly. When you think super cool character, its easily him!! But you also learn his mistakes, his flaws, his emotions that crack through his inital cold exterior when he's anything but. And like that just makes me feel things, they're both very much human with the weight of too much on their shoulders despite the monsters they're described to be. So I have a very soft spot for them even though I don't paritucularly enjoy the fandom anymore (it turned too toxic). 😅

Besides the favs I mentioned on my last ask, hmm to expand on some of them, one of the reason I like Trafalgar Law from One Piece is because he reminds me a LOT of Levi tbh lolol 😉. The tragic past, the personality, the way he's so damn cool when he fights ...and they even have the same VA too. 😂

And to mention a few more favs,

FMAB - I loveeee Roy Mustang and Ed Elric most but also Greed/Ling.

MP 100 - Ughh I'm deep in feels since the anime just ended 🥲 but MOB is so precious.

TokRev - I loved Mikey and Draken almost instantly alsjdkd im very excited for s2. Also Baji?? 😭😭

Anyways!! OH MAN, my thoughts on Hawks and Endeavor..hahah. So I don't like Endeavor at all, but I also don't really think about him much and it doesn't bother me that Hawks is there and interacts with him in the plot because to me it speaks volumes about Hawks' character and not Endeavor. I know there's a lot of people mad that we don't see Hawks react negatively to the situation after Dabi's broadcast. But I also think people have to realize they're in the middle of literal war. Hawks, who has always been manipulated, conditioned and grew up in non conventional ways, who had probably never processed anything in his life—from his personal abuse from his parents and HSPC to what he had to do as a solider and probably a lot more if we look at Lady Nagants' hints, I think hes very good at ignoring his own feelings. He's the fastest hero literally also because I think he never takes a moment to stop, to breathe. He's always in fight for survival mode, he's always trying to do the next thing, to "be of use" (and I think after being told "what use are you" as a kid, he can't help but do this) and it shows. Even when we see him after the injures from Dabi, he's barely recovered but he's already up and about without his voice before, and now with prosthetic wings on a battlefield with the main villain. He'll really do anything including shoving his own feelings away if it means helping everyone else and he's just doing what he's always been taught to do—focus on the mission (AFO in this case). Given the war, of course he still helps Endeavor fight. But beyond that I think he says if he wants to change he'll help is because think about it -- Hawks own parents never did this. He never got answers, he never got any form of redemption from them, they never so much as apologized or recognized him in his entire life. So seeing Endeavor trying to do that? I think Hawks is very much projecting himself into Todorokis family, because he never had someone even try in his own family to reconcile on him. And he himself feels like *he's* the one that turned his back on his parents, when it was obviously the other way around. There's a lot of complicated layers and history that I think people have to understand about Hawks that makes him do what he does. I of course would LOVE to see him break down and react to everything that's ever happened to him and I hope they'll show it, but we'll see. I like mostly of where the plot is and I think there's still room for a lot of what's to come including Hawks changing/processing everything.

I feel like there will be a breaking point soon, where the "old" heroes and society will see how they've been wrong all along. It's not heroes vs. villains when a lot of the villains have been mistreated and discarded by society. I very much think the theme here is, changing and helping people like Toga, Dabi. Shigaraki who was not inherently evil the way AFO is. And that includes Hawks changing, consequences for Endeavor (I hope, after this basially apocalypse theyre fighting to end.) That's my thoughts anyways lol.

Thanks for reading Santa and can't wait to see you soon! 💛