No.6891
>>6890Fucking kek didn't know. Thanks, sorry for the off-topic pic then. Just saw the screenshots and honestly have issues telling the gender of most of them.
Might still be cute but I am watching too much this season (well six series but this is a lot for me these days and I want to draw and game)
No.6892
>>6889This awoke something in me, sorry to say
No.6908
>>6907Is that so? I've only ever seen people talk about this in the context of waifu wars and fanservice aimed at men so I just dismissed it by default.
No.6911
>>6907I fucking love Monogatari, but I also love everything Akiyuki Shinbo has ever done after watching SZS all those years ago so I'm bias. If you like the directing style in it check out Maria Holic or Hidamari Sketch for similar feeling Shaft works.
I will say I think Monogatari starts really strong with Bake and Nise but some of the later parts are more varying in quality. Also don't be fooled by any of those "Watch Order" guides, release order is the best with the exception of possibly placing Kizu after Bake since the that is the way the novels were released.
>>6908It is very fanservice heavy, some of it adds to the show and characterization and some of it doesn't. I really couldn't care less about how much lolibait or huge knockers are in a show since I've been watching harems for years, but if it bothers you I can't really recommend the series since it is an overwhelming part of it. There is a good character-focused drama in there though if you're more neutral on it.
Really the saddest thing about the show being so female-dominated is the fact that Araragi has almost no shipping material out there despite being a cutie voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi. Some people pair him with Oshino Meme but imo that's yaoi for yaoi's sake and the two don't have much romantic chemistry.
No.6913
>>6908Understandable!
I think if those are aspects you truly can't over look it, you won't enjoy it, but if you can watch with indifference towards those elements at least, you may find something enjoyable!
I'm a person that's very immune to nudity and sexuality in general, so I have hard time gauging what others will find acceptable lol.
I would say, give it a try if you can! I think I will report back a keep watching.
>>6911Yess, I love SZS as well! And plan to watch Hidamari sketch in the future, it looks so cute TT
I never understood the watch order stuff. If they directed things in that order, and most people were able to watch it in the order as it was airing and understand it, why wouldn't that be good enough?
I find Araragi pleasing so far!
>voiced by Kamiya HiroshiI could tell instantly when he was fucking yelling LMAOOO. I love Itoshiki Sensei and his voice ><
Idk what going on cause I haven't gotten that far but I love Araragi's new long hair look.
No.6915
>>6908It was the other way around for me. I saw a lot of screenshots that seemed interesting as fuck but it turned out to be too waifu and geek focused to me.
Tried watching it three times and always gave up during episode 3 I think where the whole episode was just (for me) boring discussion involving anime tropes. I always wanted to get into it since some of the later parts seemed interesting but nothing about the first few episodes was really exciting IMO and three killed me so I gave up.
A friend I have had the same issue with Crest of the Stars though and THAT is something I rated pretty high and the political discussions genuinely interested me.
That said I miss political sci-fi and space shit. I tried G Witch but that was unwatchable as well IMO kek
No.6935
>>6913>I never understood the watch order stuff. If they directed things in that order, and most people were able to watch it in the order as it was airing and understand it, why wouldn't that be good enough?I don't either. We all know to point and laugh when Mother's Basement or some shitty youtuber puts out a video suggesting watching Jojo parts out of order, but then those same people will turn around and make weird convoluted watch order charts for Toaru, Monogatari, Fate, ect.
Even if a series isn't told chronologically all the time the writers are usually anticipating you knowing something the character doesn't and play with dramatic irony.
No.6974
>>6777It's so funny how the fujo fans of these two are tasting some weird bugs now because these dudes were shown boiling and eating them together in a panel. I've counted five fujos so far (not posting photos since some might hate them kek).
For how loud otaku are crying about waifus they're pretty fickle lmao. Fujos might dedicate every free hour to their ship, draw fantastic art, write (sometimes novel-length stories), make dolls, talk about their gay shit and, sometimes, apparently even eat bugs if the dudes they like have done it before, for the full experience.
I know a fujo that learned to draw because her favorite ship had no artist.
No.6988
Finally picked up the dandadan anime, I remember really liking the manga a while ago but never finishing it, the almost alien rape scene is deeply off putting but it's so super rare for a shounen to have a good and mostly unsexualised female lead that I can overlook it, it's also one of the rare series where I actually care about the het romance between the two leads, still need to get up to date with the oshi no ko anime, my senpai is an otonoko and tasogare outfocus (though I kinda wanna get the physicals of the manga first) might also pick up that magical girl anime you ladies mentioned
No.6992
>>6950I am glad you like it. I didn't expect all this fanart for such a show. But looking at the streaming numbers for Japan it seems to do well in that regard too. #3 after Dandadan and Re:Zero s3 I think.
>>6988I feel like Dandadan is a show for women lol even though it's a shounen. The vibes, the designs and how the characters act and everything makes it feel like an action show for girls lmao
No.7174
Negaposi angler is one of those shows that I picked up with no expectations and it ended up surprising me. Even without the homo potential between MC and pink guy I just enjoy the character dynamics. Meanwhile I picked up Ao no Miburo cause I've enjoyed shinsengumi-themed anime before and I'm a total JP history weeb but it never really grabbed me and I ended up dropping it after episode 3.
No.7183
>>7174Same and same. Negaposi is decently written, doesn't rely on fanservice and is pretty down-to-earth. Ao no Miburo simply has a crappy adaption, the manga panels anons posted looked much better so I might eventually pick up the manga. Dropped the anime as well.
My other two positive surprises are Maou 2099 and Orb, which I expected to be good but not that good. It also gives me my seasonal history fix now that Ao no Miburo disappointed. Wish Elusive Samurai had had 24 episodes instead of 12. But at least it's getting another season and Orb is thankfully two cours, so it will still air in winter.
Another series I enjoy (despite the so-so adaption) is Sengoku Youko. Starts generic like most Mizukami shows but I enjoy the way antagonists are written, the tragic parts involving the MCs and while it's het I like the girls and some of the dudes are very handsome. PLUS, it has an Inada character, they are always super cool.
>>7181It's a shame. Orb, Vinland Saga and Elusive Samurai showed how successful historical series can be if they're adapted by a good director. The first two didn't even have a high budget and no sakuga like EluSam, but they are great because they're done by a competent team that knows how to adapt and convey things even without much action.
No.7184
>>7183Maou 2099 would have been a hit were it not for the isekai and maou (just how many of them have been made in recent years? Maou-sama, Retry!, Hataraku Maou-sama!!, Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha, Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta, Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu, Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha, Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii?, Shijou Saikyou no Daimaou, Murabito A ni Tensei suru, Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou…And the list goes on.) anime oversaturation.
No.7185
>>7184Yeah I almost ignored it for the "Maou" in the title. It was only because I checked the /a/ threads that I saw screenshots that looked very different from what I've expected. It's a shame because the isekai fags won't enjoy it and the fans that aren't into isekai will ignore it, assuming it was a generic isekai (it's technically not even isekai but a world clash with time skip).
It feels like the type of anime that would have been way more popular if it aired in the late 00s.
No.7192
>>7186Are you Makina?
Which maou anime would you recommend? I tried watching The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human and it's crap. Didn't like Hataraku Maou-sama much. I don't want big-tittied/loli maou, so Maoyuu Maou Yuusha or Shinmai Maou no Testament are out of question.
No.7330
>>7320Wow, I never hear people talk about this anime. I watched it cause a friend at the time recced it and I had a good time with it.
No.7331
>>7320This was a decent show and very fun to discuss with /a/ while it was airing back then. It was a time when studios tried to push originals again after the anime industry got flooded by adaptions and they usually had 11 episodes. Some of that stuff was pretty good.
No.7343
>>7330>>7331Wasn't expecting a single reply let alone two! It's one that's been on my backlog for ages but I've never seen any discussion of it in the wild. Good to know about 11 epsiode count, I had assumed something must have happened during production to cause them to miss a week, didn't know that was a common thing for anime-originals at the time.
No.7525
>>5144Read the novel - the TV series is censored.
>>6432Is this gayer than Tsuritama?
No.7570
>>7525>Is this gayer than Tsuritama?I watched this such a long time ago I honestly don't remember anything about the plot anymore.
If it helps Negaposi centers around MC and his friendship with the pink dude whom he's sharing an apartment with right now. There is no blatant fujo pandering so far. It's more of a down-to-earth series developing friendship and drama between the two dudes but het is out of the question (he's openly disinterested in one girl, another girl is a lesbian and the woman is more of a funny/bizarre sidekick with no romance plot).
I think whether you like it or not depends on whether you like the two characters and hobby centered SoL. The drama only started last week.
No.7642
>>7641>It had a very persistent hate following when it aired and every time fans speak up on image boards about liking it someone revives that.NTA but why would that be?
No.7644
>>7643okay i haven't actually watched blue lock and i know sports anime by definition are homofests but there is genuinely no straight example for the way this guy behaves from the cgs ive seen of him
No.7652
>>7651Anon who's planning to watch it and Mozart's design is the reason I bought it in the first place lol. Was expecting you to say something like the ending sucked but it sounds like most of the complaints are from people who aren't even the target audience? I'll check back when I'm a little ways in but it looks fun and I'm sure it'll be good.
No.7653
>>7649I actually used to love the Ubel Blatt manga but I haven't read it in years. It is super edgy but if you like dark fantasy I'm sure it'll be great. I'm incapable of keeping up with anime when it's ongoing, but once it's done I'll check it out for sure.
No.7654
>>7652Mozart is an absolute shitlord of a faggot and miraculously rescues his own worst episode in its last minutes, I hope you enjoy. To be honest Japanese comedy is controversial in western fandom to begin with, and usually this kind of 2-cour mostly episodic show would go under the radar save for a handful of fujos, but because it had classical music associated with it people saw an opportunity to be snobby. The pockets of Classicaloid fandom I've met over the years have always contained total diehard classical fans who do pilgrimages around Europe and collect obscure books on composers. I feel like the odd one out because I just think dogs in Bach wigs are funny and Schubert deserves a kiss (no STDs).
>the ending suckedWell, despite calling it episodic it does have finale plots and may make or break a few characters. S1's ending builds up with a villain plot at first and is goofy as all shit, but elements of it are foreshadowed and the tone in my opinion matches the first episodes. S2 in general had the western
fans divided, because after sitting through Mozart and Sousuke for an entire season, Wagner being a whiny bitch shota was too much for them (not even the sumo wrestling episode, just the announcement that Wagner would be in the show as a shota). Wagner has one of the worst vocals in the entire show (arguably part of the intentional parody of manufactured idols) but I've always liked the S2 ending because it's visually dramatic and feels to me like a natural escalation of
"we made these magic beings that can literally conjure stuff, how could it possibly backfire when they're upset." It also forces some unusual match ups and tries to settle on a second theme for the series overall
(S1 = music is good, everyone should have music! S2 = family is family, music expresses the self).
Sorry if I can't contain my autism. And happy birthday, Beto-san.
No.7655
>>7646That's fine, but for me the shameless and over the top nature is the appeal. It's like my version of big titty isekai slave girls.