No.4514
Finished Akuma-kun and finally got around to watching Overtake.
Akuma-kun was pretty fun, but I do feel like I'm missing out here and there since I don't know anything about Gegegeverse.
Overtake is better than I expected, I was worried that the mc would be a Haru rip but he's a very cute and polite boy. The other mc, Camera dude is very good too. His background story was pretty interesting.
No.4519
>>4516There's a cameo featuring a character from that recent gegege prequel movie and maybe a few references, but on the whole it felt like it's own thing.
No.4522
>>4513Watched The Boy and the Heron, it was pretty good, better than the Wind Rises imo.
It was a bit more artsy/abstract, but a lot of fun and very pretty. Worth watching for the stoic shota mc as well.
No.4546
>>4545wtf Umamusume has an actual human for their triainer? I'm so used to similar character being depicted as faceless blobs it's weird have a defined man.
Stubble is cute, though undercuts don't do much for me.
>>4542I miss Saturday morning cartoons, such a nostalgic concept. My New Boss is Goofy looks moe as hell, adding that onto my massive to-watch pile.
No.4576
>>4575I'm out of the loop. Who's this?
No.4579
>>4575I know that feeling. This type of male design and personality pushes all of my buttons.
No.4583
Slowly watching The Case Study of Vanitas
There's het kissing but there's also him blushing and following him like a puppy, hopefully the ending and all the emotional build up will work out nicely
ugh it reminds me of Noragami, such a chemistry wasted for a thirdwheel girl
No.4592
>>4557Finished this. Show got better but I still think it's weak by Trigger standards. Appreciated the ending being conclusive and not trying to make me play the game.
MC is prime hurt/comfort material but there is no one good to ship him with, feelsbad.
>>4583Jun Mochizuki's character designs are top notch, haven't seen that one yet but I hope it's good.
No.4896
I'm glad that Frieren and Dungeon meshi have seemingly gone viral cause I find that they definitely deserve to be praised. I picked up a couple of female-targeted isekai and reincarnation anime as well that I've been enjoying like Gekai elise and Loop 7. As a minor sidenote there's one anime I'm watching this season that's about a princess captured by the demon army who is subjected to 'torture' that's really just goofy shit like the torturer tempting the princess with delicious food. It's funny and cute but I've noticed that none of the male characters are conventionally attractive. I wonder whether it's a conscious decision on the author's part or whether it's just personal tastes manifesting in character designs.
No.4903
>>4583>>4592I dropped it when there was suddenly forced het including noncon between
Vanitas and Jeanne.Just a warning… I really wanted to like it but it felt so gross to me, and like I had been baited.
I wonder if the Manga is any better, since there's more of it so maybe they move past things… but it soured my view of the show so much and was uncomfortable to watch.
I feel like this came up previously around here though at there was at least one other anon who was totally unbothered, so ymmv.
No.4905
About to start To Aru Majutsu no Index, this franchise had been in my periphery for at least a decade and I can't wait to see what the hype is about.
>>4903That might of been me? I have a pretty high tolerance for dark themes and squick stuff. Definitely a ymmv and I can't complain about people being upset by it. Hope whatever you watch next is more to your liking.
No.4909
>>4905Thank you! Yeah, I might be overly sensitive bc part of why I like BL is to avoid such things (for women characters, anyway.) It's good to have multiple opinions available in a discussion.
I rewatched 2003 FMA recently, super annoying that it's not on streaming any more but I enjoyed it deeply despite worrying it hadn't aged well. There was more Ed beating than I remembered and Shambala was homoerotic as always, very enjoyable. I really like the slower, more emotion and brotherly-relationship focused pacing compared to Brotherhood.
Dunno what next, I'd be interested in hearing how index is bc I've always though Acclerator was cute. Report back!
No.4912
>>4909I have nice memories about Accelerator being cutely beaten up, and all the funny niconico videos about it. I don't think I could be able to rewatch it with all the male fanservice and most probably an annoying MC damn ignorance is truly a bliss.
No.4913
>>4905>>4912I watched it years ago so take my word with a grain of salt but the main fujo appeal was Accelerator and seeing him getting beaten up. There are a few Touma/Accelerator doujins floating around since shippers always find a way to ship, but otherwise don’t go in expecting fujobait. The Raildex series has always been for the yurifags.
No.4919
After enjoying watching JJK I'm considering watching Gintama. I checked and the last episode I watched long ago was episode 214 or episode 215. I started the anime in 2014 or 2015 when there were only 250 episodes or so but then I put that aside and more seasons came out, and I'm not using Crunchyroll anymore so I'm not sure where to watch the rest. I found the JJK on
9anime but it doesn't seem like all the Gintama seasons are in there.
>>4903I started the manga a few years ago online and the premise seemed promising but I really disliked Jeanne specifically and the het shit between her and Vanitas. It felt forced and rushed. I have no clue if I'll ever feel like picking it up again later, I usually don't mind straight canon pairings as long as I like both characters and there's some development so it might just be my personal tastes here.
No.4923
Once in a while I've taken the time to catch up on Black butler from the beginning and when I brought it up in another thread some time ago, I believe it was in a thread about age gap ships, someone complained about anime original content. I don't actually know how much of the anime is anime original but these plot points near the end of this first black butler season are absolutely insane to the point where it feels like a shitpost.
No.4940
>>4938Season 2 got a lot of shit at the time for having nothing to do with the manga, but I honestly preferred the wild ride, especially knowing how long in the tooth the manga is now. I'm interested in what your take on it will be!
No.4963
>>4940You're right, that was a wild ride. They sure got me with that twist where
the maid was masochistically loyal the whole time instead of a captured victim of some sort. Also an interesting choice to go for such a bittersweet anime only ending when it would continue with the manga canon anyway afterwards. Still need to watch the OVAs before moving on but I'm looking forward to the rest of this series.
No.5017
Watching a slightly obscure western cgi cartoon and the villain and his son look so fucking gay. I'm having fun with the wacky designs and the animation style, it looks better than disney and pixar shit nowadays despite being released in 2004.
No.5018
>>5017You can't just say this and dance around the series title! What show nonna?
No.5032
>>5018Dragon booster. Hesitated about sharing because I was afraid someone would say it looks ugly, but this show was my childhood and I like the studio art.
Anyways the father and son I was referring to. Their hair is naturally white because evil or something, they seem to have eyeshadow but could be another because evil. The son has a SNATCHED waist, while the father has that flamboyant outfit, heels, and weird claw things and long nails. He also talks and moves like a British fag. The son is just a rebellious American teenager. I kinda like his dynamic with the hero and the corny ~there's good in him~ shit, it's cute. Wanted to see some fan art on tumblr but got visually assaulted by TIF gay old men with tit chop scars fan art, furfags lusting after the dragons, and the cringy "ethically accurate" fan art that's just racial caricatures. There was some ok redesign fan art but it's not worth that much.
No.5033
>>5032Interesting looks like How to Train your Dragon combined with Motorcity.
Can definitely see the appeal of the guy just from the art, he's got that scrawny gay villain energy. Who do you ship here father/son or is there another guy you didn't mea tion you ship one of them with?
No.5034
>>4963I'm fully caught up now. Honestly I shouldn't have slept on this series for so long cause I'm totally into these aesthetics. Yana-sensei is based.
No.5035
>>5033I like the son with the hero of the story, picrel. Basic ass skinny white guy but he's adorable. The villain son has some sweet moments with the hero's alter ego, and he helps or saves him sometimes but gets all tsundere about it. He also saved the hero's kid brother once.
The hero rides a special 3000 years old dragon from an ancient war between humans and dragons, and he's the chosen one to ride it, but he challenged the villain boy to try and ride the dragon because he was confident the dragon would reject him. The dragon didn't, and it turned out the villain son has a good side to him and can be heroic if he wants to, he just chooses not to kek. The villain boy is also in a sort of rivalry with his villain dad, and secretly gained his own magic power and is being guided by an evil ancient spirit, I'm curious where would that go. Picrel is the hero and his alter ego. Bonus, some shipping fan art from tumblr.
No.5036
>>5034Nona are you going to watch the new season once it comes out? I've been waiting to see this arc animated for years it's like a dream come true!!
Also, definitely read the manga if you get the chance. The anime is pretty good imo but the manga is just something else entirely.
No.5037
>>5036Of course! The whole reason I started and caught up with this series was due to hearing the news of a new arc being adapted so I took it as a push to finally go for it. Getting into manga is harder for me than getting into anime because manga scanlations can sometimes wildly vary in quality as multiple groups pick up and drop something, or sometimes it's hidden away in some livejournal group or licensed by a company that does questionable work and I'd rather not get physical manga either cause it takes up space. Though in this case I may consider looking into the manga if I end up wanting to see more.
No.5038
>>5032Holy shit, you just unlocked some memories! I think Word and Moordryd might have been my first father/son ship, I'm a sucker for dudes that want to please their evil dad.
No.5041
>>5038I didn't expect my post to interest anyone, so I'm glad it brought you memories back!
No.5069
>>5061Nonnie the ED grabbed me by the throat and slammed me into a wall. It was so unbelievably romantic I still can't stop giggling about it. Absolute peak yaoi! It was well worth the wait for me.
>made me wonder if you can draw a direct line from this to Yana Toboso working on Twisted wonderland.It does absolutely feel like the public school arc was a sort of warm-up for yana. It's also not unheard of for artists to recycle their ideas for their other works. Rightfully so imo, bishies at school is a tried and true trope that people eat up all the time.
No.5071
>>5069I didn't realise there was an art countdown going on on Yana Taboso's Twitter for the release of the first episode. I love the art she posted.
I think the episode looks gorgeous so far, and I'm so excited to see this arc play out on screen. I hope they take the time to indulge in the fan service and bl moments.
We deserve it
No.5073
>>5071Yes, agreed. They also put so much love and effort into sebastian bowing at the end of the episode. Whoever made that happen must be down bad for him. I've seen some 4chan anons claim this arc is bad but I'm personally interested to see where it will go.
No.5074
>>5071>fan service and bl momentsThis particular arc has so, so much of that I'm practically beside myself with anticipation! God bless the yaoi queen yana toboso for preparing this feast for us.
>>5073>sebastian bowing at the end of the episodeI must've replayed that little animation where his hair slips out from behind his ear about 50 times. The animators for that scene definitely wanted to fuck sebastian kek.
>4chan anons claim this arc is bad4chan loves being contrarian. I remember seeing a poll
on twitter some years ago asking which arc was the most popular among fans, and this arc ranked first.
I guess I can see why people might dislike it though because it is a bit different from the rest of the story tone-wise. But that's just a surface level observation imo. I think it makes perfect sense for this part of the story to seem 'lighter' because Ciel is infiltrating this normal school and pretending to have a normal life as a normal boy. Obviously they're not going to jump straight into the grimdark meat and potatoes of the story right away. That's just my two cents though kek
No.5144
I started watching Grandmaster of demonic cultivation. I went into it almost entirely blind and I was surprised at how much Wei Wuxian appealed to me as an MC. He's such a cheeky little shit.
No.5183
>>5181is this the makeup wearing canonical fag
No.5184
>>5183No, that's a different blondie.
No.5186
>>5181The context makes it so much worse kek
can't wait to see Harcourt piss himself a couple of episodes from now No.5191
I'm the type of person who's fine with both shoujo and BL but I had to drop Vampire dormitory cause in practice the "Girl disguised as a guy" premise ended up just making me wish it was BL instead. I hadn't thought I would feel this initially but funny how that works out.
No.5193
>>5191oh I fully understand that, I tried to get into OHSHC and Hanakimi which I would have enjoyed a lot more without the aspect of the crossdressing female mc
Like off topic, but I do really like reverse trap/androgynous girl characters but when they're used to create the false visual of a homo couple or to make a character who's actually just a straight man (like one of the love interests in hanakimi and Kanji arguably) have a "b-but I'm not gay!!" moment it kinda pisses me off
I really like haruhi as a character but honestly i would have preferred if she was a guy to have a gay harem or even just have it as a homobait show with the subtext between the twins being unmolested by het
Kashima from Nozaki-kun is a good example of a reverse trap character done well since she isn't used to emulate a false image of a bl couple and her love interest isn't treated as a "closet gay character who's actually just totally straight and in love with a girl you guys!!"
No.5194
>>5193Yeah, I get it. Back when I watched ouran myself I was a little tween and didn't even know what BL was and it wouldn't have mattered to me but if I were to watch it today I could see myself having the same reaction as with Vampire dormitory.
No.5195
I am rewatching Ranma 1/2 after a long time, and I just want to say, I love Shampoo, I love her so much, and I love how much she makes Akane self-inserters seethe. Obviously Rumiko Takahashi was worried about creating another Lum, so she deliberately undermined Shampoo's character several times.
Anyhow even Ranma and Ryoga are more compatible than Ranma and Akane.
No.5204
>>5203Are you going to check out the light novels?
No.5210
>>5209Can't say I blame them, who doesn't love a detective?
Cute looking show nonna! Is it youkai of the week episodic?
No.5211
>>5210This picture reminds me of some screenshot I saw long ago from a Chinese (?) drama about a girl who's a Sherlock Holmes fan and in the screenshot she was in a room with a cardboard cutout of Sherlock from the BBC series and Sherlock from Ace Attorney, it looked surreal. If anyone knows where it's from please tell me.
No.5212
>>5210>Cute looking show nonna! Is it youkai of the week episodic?It's Tonari no Youkai-san. It's basically a slice of life anime about a world where humans and supernatural beings live together in a modern day setting. Same show as where
>>5185 is from. I just found it funny because not too long ago I was stunned at how Meiji Gekken: 1874 managed to squeeze in a Sherlock Holmes reference as well even though it's a historical fiction anime set in japan.
No.5229
Just got back from the Haikyu movie. I sure was grinning like a maniac a lot. I was obsessed with these boys during my tumblr years and all those emotions came tumbling back. Good stuff.
No.5230
>>5229Nice! Glad it was playing near you nonna! Was the theater packed?
No.5231
>>5230Not at all. There were 18 other people, half the room was empty. Though it's also showing on Saturday and Sunday and it wouldn't surprise me if most people would prefer to go then as opposed to 7 PM on a thursday.
No.5269
>>5268For some reason I remember being like, 5, and pretending I was orange sunglasses guy going undercover as a secret agent. I have no idea why.
No.5270
>>5268Samefag, found picrel, and I like this idea…
Valmont is such a cutie I want to see him assraped so bad. Even in his catboy form he's so cute. I also want Jackie and Captain Black yaoi.
>>5269That's adorable, anon! He has a cool design so it's understandable.
No.5286
This week's Black butler episode was great. Sebastian really just imagined a whole scenario of his pet victorian orphan being stolen and freaked the fuck out.
No.5291
>>5286>spoilerHe's such a pathetic loser kek! He's had one (1) bad run-in with another immortal pedophile and he's scarred for life.
Someone mentioned after this incident Ciel and Sebastian avoid eye contact for the remainder of the chapter in the manga. Big if true..
No.5292
>>5291Yeah, I heard that as well. I've only recently gotten into kuro but I've gotten so attached to those two losers. Can't believe that not only this anime season is almost over but the manga is going on hiatus now too cause Yana wants to rest and prepare for the ending. Can't imagine what the people must be feeling who got into it as 13 year olds.
No.5293
>>5292OMG nona I can't believe your reply is how I found out about the hiatus. I guess it's been a long time coming considering Yana's been going at it for 20 years with no rest. And no chapters at all is better than 10 pages a month for 5 years, so I understand. I still can't help but feel a sense of ennui though, like what am I supposed to look forward to every month now? I hope she rests up good and gives us a good finale.
Oh this makes me wonder anon, since you're anime-only, how do you predict this story will end? Personally, I'm hoping for Sebastian to take Ciel's soul as planned and then regret it. I don't want a happy ever after at all. It's the doomed yaoi enjoyer in me kek
No.5294
>>5293>Oh this makes me wonder anon, since you're anime-only, how do you predict this story will end? Honestly, I can easily see it ending in a depressing way like what you suggested or alternatively Ciel getting released from the contract due to Sebastian getting killed, assuming it's possible for a demon to get killed by a death scythe. If we're talking what I actually want, though, my extremely delusional fantasy is that Sebastian realises beforehand that he'd regret eating Ciel so instead he spins it as the contract meaning that he owns Ciel's soul and Seb turns him into a demon and keeps him as his eternal boywife. I can understand the appeal of angst but in this scenario I just want these two to be happy in the end.
No.5303
>>5302There's not much to it, honestly. It's about pretty hotblooded teen boys who beat each other up. I've been having a good time with it.
No.5324
>>5294Ok so this has been marinating in my brain for a while and after seeing a certain headcanon tweet chain I've been thinking I'd be totally fine with it if Sebaciel endgame were to be a toxic codependency situation where Ciel is forced to be the eternal boywife and Sebastian figures that it's fine cause he has all of eternity to either make amends or just wait until Ciel gets stockholmed into accepting it. I still doubt Yana is gonna go this direction, though. I'm just keeping this as my personal delusion.
No.5384
>>4513Seasonal stuff. In this case Elusive Samurai. I can't believe that there is a WSJ series that I like. Last one must have been something that ended in the 90s.
I also watch Dead Demon, Losing Heroine and Sengoku Youko but they aren't male centered. Don't think like there is anything else worth watching.
Also, catching up with Bullbuster. Ignored it when it aired after a while but it's not bad. Not much old stuff to watch. I follow seasonal anime since 2003 so there isn't too much that is good that I skipped or many anime from the 90s and before I didn't watch yet. Recently watched Ruin Explorers, also nice. I dig classic fantasy anime, can't wait for the Rayearth remake/adaption.
No.5385
>>5384I should watch Elusive Samurai, I have free time this week so maybe I'll even watch the first episodes today. I've seen some scenes out of context but no details about the plot aside from a short summary and it seems pretty good.
No.5414
>>5385Hope you enjoy it. A bunch of episodes have top tier animation and a great sense of aesthetics. The adaption honestly made the manga even better for adding a lot of nice details and even full scenes and experimenting with the art styles when it makes sense. Rewatched some of the episodes for the visuals alone.
It surely helps that the characters are either funny, cute or charismatic (or a mix of all three) and that there is a lot of blushing and male friendship content.
No.5418
>>5414Yeah, I'm willing to look past some of the awkward CG moments cause clearly there's heart and soul being put into this. I picked this up without knowing anything about the source material and I found myself pleasantly surprised. Also this is my "I'm not a shotacon but…" show.
No.5527
>>5525I am, it's enjoyable but I don't consider it fujo, at least not from what's been out so far. All the male characters are fathers with kids and the story is more to do with them raising them than really having chemistry with each other.
It is fun if you want to see sexy vampire cops bumbling parenting though.
No.6102
There's an anime I've been watching called Bye bye earth that I picked up for being a fantasy anime but as it went on I got shoujo vibes from it cause the female MC ends up bonding with three cute guys. It's been difficult to follow sometimes cause it throws worldbuilding terms at you without explaining much but it's still been entertaining. What happened in the most recent episode definitely gives me 'classic edgy shoujo development' vibes, though. The guy who seems to be MC's primary love interest, a brooding white haired catboy, gets plunged into despair cause of plot reasons and during his mental breakdown he attempts to rape MC and in the process hurts her with his cursed hands that corrode everything he touches. Another guy intervenes and he runs off.
No.6319
>>6284I see a lot of fujos (including myself) saying the exact same thing. It's basically people bringing their own OCs into a foreign fandom by slapping labels/names of canon characters onto their OCs and pretending to make fan content.
There is a difference between headcanons that fill the gaps of canon or making a character slightly softer (or hornier) when he's alone with the guy you ship him with and blatantly rewriting characters. Especially since these types of posters usually make up a whole past for them that sounds nothing like canon. Like I knew one that headcanoned an alien dude from a space sci-fi to live on a farm near a town that is totally not exactly the town the fan herself came from. She even copypasted her own family story into it and made his grandma the catholic matriarch of the family and they also had a dog that the fan owned herself etc. Guy was basically an OC self-insert by that point.
No.6320
Not gay, but besides the few popular series like Samurai and Oshi no Ko I'm watching Dead Demon Dedededestruction and I like it a lot. I miss more realistic depictions of coming of age, especially with girls. Ontan reminds me a LOT of my female gamer friend I had in my teens and both MCs are relatable and fun to watch IMO.
I miss series that touch this subject and also give you a full view of the chaotic modern environment they grow up in, including stupid political fights and beliefs, radicalization, pop-culture, sexual aspects and broken families. And it's girls being girls without being written as waifu bait. They just enjoy acting retarded for fun, hanging out with each other and playing FPS.
Regarding men/boys I admit that I also like some of the characters from Elusive Samurai. Sadly nothing else besides this anime that has mentionworthy guys. Couldn't get into the BL show and every other anime that is decent is centered around girls. I hope that Orb, the Shinsegumi anime and a few other autumn shows will provide something next season.
No.6346
>>6345Oh I definitely recommend it, it's a very entertaining watch and the initial D comparison is pretty accurate. It's gay as fuck as well and has numerous flaming homosexuals outside of the main pair too
No.6358
>>6345If you're looking for shameless shipbait it's worth the watch, it's also getting a second season. Like anon above said there are other ships aside from the main couple too (I prefer the adult pairings over the main ones tbh). It reminds me of old fujobait series like Servamp/K/Free! where they give you an entire cast of gays. Utsumi always delivers.
No.6360
>>6345I mostly found it mediocre at the time but maybe it was cause I had been fatigued with sports in general back then. I will say that I found the antagonist the best part of the show.
No.6369
>>6368The protaga were adorable and I really liked the pink haired guy and the manwhore together but these two are my favorite. I'm a massive sucker for parings were one character patiently pines after the other who's in homolust with another
Hopefully in the second season Miya gets a boyfriend too
No.6370
>>6368They need to give Miya an onii-san to ship with.
>>6369These two are my favorites as well. My wish is for the OVA to be entirely about the older cast in high school. If that's the case I'm looking forward to it more than the second season lmao.
No.6371
Nothing right now. Finished the three series I considered worthy and waiting for the next season but no idea what to watch then.
Chi interests me the most since it's historical shit, niche but well animated and I like the art style. Dandadan probably too since it seems to be a decent action story with occult stuff but other than that no idea. Probably the angler original since I almost always look into originals. Maybe Blue Miburo too but I don't like twink MC and it gives off similar vibes as Wind Breaker so I hope I am wrong.
No.6377
>>6376Second image boy has a cool design. I'm seeing this show was Kickstarted with a pilot? Good on them for making it big. It's cool to see small projects actually get off the ground and deliver.
No.6418
It took me three fucking years but I finally finished watching Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. I'm not sure how to feel, it feels like the end of an era in a way. Kind of bitter-sweet. I did like the story a lot more than I anticipated, though the power scaling shit got a bit out of hand at the end, which is to be expected from a shounen anime. The ending was pretty satisfying, all things considered. I just wish it didn't have to end with a ham-fisted wedding.
As for the shipping side of things, the cast of characters was so huge and varied I couldn't just pick one pairing I liked. Every time I'd get invested in one ship, another possible pairing would pop up and I'd get sidetracked kek. Personally, I liked ObiKaka, SasoDei, ItaSasu, and MadaHashi best. Although SasuNaru was practically begging me to ship it, it just didn't click for me, I'm not opposed to it though.
I have discovered the best part about being a mainstream shounen fujo is the unending supply of fanworks for every possible pairing. Naruto fujos have been feasting like kings and will continue to feast for the foreseeable future kek.
Now that I'm done with Naruto though I don't think I'm going to watch the movies or Boruto. I need a break from shounen anime for a while actually. I need something less mind numbing to wash it all down. I'm open to any recs from nonnas.
No.6419
>>6418>I have discovered the best part about being a mainstream shounen fujo is the unending supply of fanworks for every possible pairing. Naruto fujos have been feasting like kings and will continue to feast for the foreseeable future kek.They have and I've always been jealous since I've never been able to get into Naruto even when I was younger but I can admire the cute art from afar. Do you think you'll ever get into Boruto later once you're in the mood, or does it just have no appeal?
>I need something less mind numbing to wash it all down. I'm open to any recs from nonnas.Have you seen Penguindrum yet? If your like Utena you'll probably like it starts confusing but slowly reveals its plot as it goes on. If that doesn't have enough gay ship potential then I'd rec X the 2001 adaptation of Clamp's manga.
No.6427
>>6420I actually enjoy the Oshi no Ko anime a lot as well. Guess that says something considering that I usually neither like (het) romance nor idol stuff. But I just consider it decently written and would even call it a rare case where women who love the MC are strong characters on their own and not just fanservice fuel and haremettes. Plus it looks fantastic and the whole drama part interests me as much as the integrated education about the show biz (something I know basically nothing about).
Well it's not fujo, but it was my favorite Summer anime besides the few other anons already mentioned.
Now I am watching and liking Dandadan, Orb and Mecha Ude so far.
No.6428
>>6418>spent 2 years fujoing out for some dogshit obscure fighting manga to the point where i had to make my own ship art and fics>randomly get into one piece, where there's so much art and fic that even my unpopular favorite has mountains of fanworks I feel like i went from eating trash in a dumpster to living in a castle
No.6436
>>6432I'm watching this too! Good to hear Iida's VA as a genki boy. I know the anime's gonna
wreck me in parts but I'll keep watching. No.6442
>>6419Thanks for the recs nonna! I was thinking of getting into clamp stuff so I'll give that a try.
>Do you think you'll ever get into Boruto later once you're in the mood, or does it just have no appeal?I talked to my friend who originally got me into Naruto and she didn't have anything good to say about Boruto, neither plot-wise nor character-wise. I get that shounen is for a younger audience in general but Boruto seems like it's actually aimed at children. Also, all the cute characters are now fugly as shit kek
>>6428Kek anon the same thing happened to me. I was gaslighting myself into believing I don't mind being literally the only person into this one obscure ship but now I don't even know how to deal with the sheer amount of amazing fanart for my ships.
No.6450
>>6449>junjo romanticaanona please tell me your thoughts on it, is it your first watch?
No.6451
>>6449I've been watching through Junjo Romantica as well, though I skipped some episodes I don't care about as much cause I saw it when I was younger, but I find it oddly comforting. Idk, I really love them for some reason.
No.6453
>>6449I guess this a sign to continue this season of Precure, they look precure cute in those fanarts.
No.6454
>>6450It's so cheesy, but I love it so far. I also laugh while looking at the yaoi anatomy. technically a rewarxh, but i never finished it
No.6455
I watched episode 1 of Raise wa Tannin ga ii (yakuzafiancé) and saw a tweet that was like, it’d work better as yaoi or yuri. Totally agree. I don’t think I like arrogant masochists like that unless they’re actively getting dicked/pegged down.
Dandadan - very colorful fever-dream that’s got a really sweet female MC. quite a graphic abduction scene till it’s interrupted.
Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita! - surprising 24 episodes vs the usual 13 for this season. It’s a bit hyper but moderately entertaining. The only fujobait I’ve watched this season.
Movie - Her Blue Sky - I went in without reading any synopsis and was very pleasantly surprised by how much it moved me.
No.6458
>>6451It's so comforting. The humor is nostalgic too
>>6455Dandadan -
I really hated the rapey abduction scene and fanservice even though I normally tolerate anime stuff quite wellAnyone watching Re:Zero this season? Fall 2024 kinda sucks
No.6463
So it seems like Crunchyroll isn't doing season 4 of thunderbolt fantasy and a bunch of 4chan anons had to put together speedsubs. How retro.
No.6473
>>6458>rezeroi've wanted to get back into it, i kinda lost my spot in it during Rem falling asleep, at some point i'll get back into it since i miss the mc and the surprising amount of gay ships in it
No.6475
>>6464>that spoileri always wondered why there was so much /ex/ content for the men in that show. had no idea there was shit like that in canon kek. almost makes me want to watch it.
No.6478
>>6477So incredibly based, Julius is cute too but these two are the sweetest together, love when Otto gets all blushy
No.6485
I recently started watching the new ranma, and it led me to explore the original manga and anime as well. Honestly, I don't understand how some people think Rumiko is a misandrist, when all of her works are around men being the center of the universe. Her first work I watched was Inuyasha, still an avid fan because I like the world building and the characters. I watched a bit of Urusei Yatsura but didn't enjoy it as much. Now that I've seen Ranma too, I'm even more confused. Sure, the male characters aren't depicted well, but almost all the female characters seem to have them living rent free in their heads. There's hardly any female friendships aside from Sango and Kagome, and in Ranma and Urusei the female characters just fight over men all the time. Doesn't really come off as misandrist to me.
No.6487
>>6485People really think this? Why? Like you said, all her works fail the Bechdel test immediately for they don't involve any female friendships and every female character is just obsessed with their moid of choice with little to no other personality besides a slapstick character assigned to them.
No.6491
>>6487People say that based on how the male characters always get mistreated, but I don't really see it as misandry tbh, just as comedy
No.6495
>>6485It's just people being upset that she's a popular female mangaka, none of the gags in her works are out of place for any harem comedy written by a man.
I like the original Ranma but haven't checked out the remake, it just came out right? Is it good so far?
No.6500
>>6495It's definitely loyal to the manga but kinda misses the charming designs of the original
No.6504
Genuinely surprised that I enjoyed the first episode of Maou 2099. Also, the MC aka demon lord is pretty as fuck I thought he was a woman. I usually don't like this but here it works for me. Plus he's wearing some cool dark armor.
Positively surprised about the season so far. I expected nothing and since I am still obsessed with two dudes from the famous samurai show last season I thought of skipping it first. Though now there are five series I enjoy which is a lot for 2020+, so that makes up for the loss. The second big surprise is that Dandadan of all things is boring me. Good FeMC, but that's it. People praise it for the animation but even that pales compared with the good parts of Elusive Samurai IMO, especially with how experimental it was. DDD was the series I expected to be the best but it feels very generic to me. Not my thing.
>>6464I dropped the anime early so redpill me, nonna. How come this series became so gay? Did the otaku drop it so the author started pandering to fujos instead?
No.6505
>>6504>How come this series became so gay? Did the otaku drop it so the author started pandering to fujos instead?Honestly, it's strange but I wouldn't say that's the case. Even as far back as the first season, Subaru described Reinhard when he first met him as having "looks so attractive that this work of God would charm any beholder." and there was the incredibly tsundere relationship with Julius that started with pic related.
Also I've heard the web novel for arc 2 had Roswaal kiss Subaru. That being said, it wasn't necessarily trying to pander to fujos from the start either, the het romance was pretty strong and still is.
Imo it's more that the author wanted to write characters with complicated feelings and mentality and that unfortunately called for a great deal of patience and set up, which the first two seasons basically are.
Basically tldr the anime flubbed on what could have been fujobait scenes out of the first two seasons and Subaru is a bit of a whore.
No.6511
>>6504I started watching Maou 2099 because of you, Nona. Very strong start, I love futuristic cyberpunk/magic settings like these. Giving me really strong Blade Runner/Almost Human/Batman Beyond vibes in terms of city design too.
No.6576
I've been watched dead dead demons. Breezing through it because it really captures how I'm feeling about the world at large right now. I know plenty of people love Asano's works, but I'm surprised it isn't even more popular with general audiences cause it just feels so relevant. I was skimming through the manga and I wish I had read it obviously because it cuts alot of stuff out and the art is even more beautiful, but I'm a slow reader.
>>5414I need to watch this so bad TT It's so gorgeous it really makes me jealous as an artist LOL Also that boy is cute… I really want to draw the boy haha
>>5069Oh god, thank you for alert me to this ♥ I had no idea because I don't like the art direction of this season compared to book of circus so I haven't seen it TT
No.6642
>>6576DDDD is great. I think it's just niche because the audience for this kind of social commentary is usually not watching anime since they rarely thematize it, especially not nowadays. It's a great show though and I love the characters, particularly Ontan and Kadode. It reminds me that I actually like coming of age series. A lot of the things the MCs of DDDD do remind me of my own teen years and my best friend back then.
>It's so gorgeous it really makes me jealous as an artistNice that this got a s2 announcement. I pray it will have the same directors since they're obviously fans of the manga. Quality varies though, so there are some mediocre looking episodes, good looking ones and a bunch that blew my mind. I came for the war setting and stayed for the animation and the freaks. Really, I crave freakish characters, I wish they weren't so rare.
No.6645
>>6642I guess you're right, though what drew me to it originally was the character designs, they really are so moe! And then recently I read an interview where he said part of why he designed them that way was to draw in readers XD He got me! But I guess that isn't enough to sustain continual reading/watching. Highly unfortunate. I really really relate to Ontan. There's plenty of wacky anime characters, but seeing how she's using that personality to over come her meek character as a kid made her special. I'm not a teen anymore, but being in my early 20's, I still relate haha. I love his characters in general. Just so many real types of people I rarely see depicted but you see in life. They all feel so real. He has the eye for things things.
Nice to here a more measured description of the anime. I heard so much hype, I think it's good to be reasonable lol. And freaks! How fun! Yeah, I've really go to watch lol
No.6668
I get why people are making fun of Blue lock's bad animation but at the same time I can't help but think there's a big chance these animators were having a miserable time. I feel too bad for them to laugh at the powerpoint with sound.
No.6677
>>6645No you are right. It was the designs that got me in first. I cannot overstate how important character designs are to me. Designs aren't just looks, they represent what type of series and character it is. For most anime I only look at the art style and designs and know whether it's bad or potentially great. I watched Odd Taxi for the designs, DDDD, Orb and basically every anime I still download.
The designs of DDDD are cute and expressive. It's a great show and its strongest point is the realistic character acting but it would never work that well if it they used typical moe designs. Hell I actually think that a lot of anime fail to convey their themes properly because of the generic designs they use.
No.6678
>>6477I feel you, anon. Ottosuba is my favourite pairing from this series. I have a few dozen fanarts of them, and with this season airing, it's not slowing down. The potential angst of both of them being self-sacrificial to the point of killing themselves for their lived ones, yet criticise the other for risking their lives, is just perfect.
It's unfortunately a pairing that makes more sense in the novels and side stories, so animeonlys are missing a good chunk on what's appealing about it. But hopefully, with this season in particular having something of note about Otto being adapted, people can see this ship having a solid foundation.
No.6682
>>6463Yeah, fuck Sony. Before the buy-out they had gone out of their way to purchase the rights for the two films. Now we can't even get the TV series.
No.6693
>>6683Very nice anona I'm glad you enjoyed, I need to finish the anime being I'm somewhere in the chimera and arc but have completely forgotten the episode I'm on and not sure if can be arsed to figure out which, I'm at the part where the Yankee guy is flipping one of the chimera ants off and they do that quirky shounen thing where what would be a five minute fight in real time is five episodes mostly consisting of the characters thinking about their attacks lol
No.6694
>>6693The ant arc was my favourite but I don't blame you for getting bored with it lol, it's very long after all.
No.6734
>>6345Better and gayer than Free!!.
>>6370>>6369I prefer Adam x Eve. SJWs hate me.
>>6418>The ending was pretty satisfying, all things considered.At least somebody liked it, eh. The escalation to aliens was not needed and the ending itself is quite shallow. Nard becomes the hokage eventually, even though the politics of the village have been discredited throughout the whole show, so him coveting the seat because it's a symbol for him or whatever doesn't make sense. (And he sucks at his job in Boruto, so what was the point?) World peace happens (because everybody is exhausted from the war), but it ain't gonna last as long as ninja villages and people who hire them are around. Only the tailed beasts got good ends.
No.6737
>>6736I'm not but the art you posted is very evocative is it medieval?
No.6739
>>6735>>6734Oh this scene had me gagged, love what a massive creep Adam was
He and Langa are actually pretty hot together… I really like series where there's several almost canon ships but within those ships there's characters lusting for other characters in the other almost canon ships, gives the impression of a big homo free for all
No.6741
>>6740Other anon but agree. The best series in the world pander multiple ships. I think this is one of the reasons for why I actually prefer non-BL series with fujo fanservice since you can choose your favorite pairing or be a dirty multishipper like me. It's also fun having other pairings not even involving the same characters, like background dudes with good chemistries. Fandoms for such series usually last long because there are multiple pairings with different characters and dynamics, it's just fun.
No.6746
>>6740The difference in body types is so delicious
>>6741Oh absolutely, don't get me wrong there will always be a ship I'm drawn to the most but being able to enjoy multiple dynamics in a series is so fun as a multishipper
I get cute autistic boy meets keet boy and then autistic boy gets touched by freaky skater man as a more edgy dynamic and then Adam and his manservant for when I want pining and childhood friends in different castes being fwbs with feelings attached
No.6757
>>6754This is one of my favorite autumn shows as well. I like it way more than Dandadan which was hyped to no end.
>I'm shipping mechanical arms more than humans.BASED
No.6758
>>6757This is one of those seasons where I went in with low expected and have gathered 10 different titles to watch.
When I made the post o hadn't gotten to ep 4 yet and didn't
see Jun and Aki literally fighting over Hikaru. They're all cute!
>DandadanOne of the few I watch on the big screen rather than my phone. Beautiful animation, if a little noisy due to the constant screaming. I love reading the theories and lore, gives me a light horror fix.
I'm also watching MagiLumiere and them hiring Deku's VA to be a green-haired nerd/guy in the chair who mumbles a lot is a little too on the nose kek. I expect some angst between the two company presidents in the future. For now, I'm really liking the Yuri that feels like a Yaoi dynamic between the two leads (unless this is a common yuri thing and I've just not watched enough) . Never had an instant liking to a GL ship before.
No.6759
>>6756I can only consider it being a thing in a fucked-up way - Adam using Reki to get closer to Langa.
>>6736Do they use any Latin in the show? I want to hear Japanese people pronounce it.
No.6761
>>6758The season is better than I thought. I would never made it to 10 anime in this day and age but I enjoy around 5 which is more than expected.
Dadandan has yet to impress me with its animation though, but I didn't watch episode 4 yet. But unless it's as good as Elusive Samurai ep. 2 I will give up and drop it. It doesn't help that I don't care about any of the characters. I like occult stuff but it doesn't work for me here, feels more like a 90s episodic shounen so far. Mob 100 was more to my liking an it was actually funny (and had at least one great male character).
>I'm also watching MagiLumiereForgot that was airing. It might be too SoL for me but I wanted check it out at least and I said the same about NegaPosi Angler which turned out to be decent.
>>6759>Do they use any Latin in the show?It's a story about smart peasants in Poland so the only thing you heard so far were Polish names and words IIRC.
No.6763
>>6762I remember loving junjou terrorist as a kid because I really enjoyed Shinobu and how endearingly deranged he is but after a rewatch earlier this year I think egotist is my favourite instead, I think it's because the two of them look a bit less like the typical seme/uke dynamic if that makes sense, Nowaki's brand of autism setting Hiroki off all the time was cute as well
You could tell jr was set during the tsundere craze with every couple containing one
No.6764
>>6762God it's been so long since I read/watched Junjou Romantica, I had to look up which was which. I remember liking romantica.
>Very tame by BL standardsI'm honestly trying to understand what exactly would be so problematic about it. Is it the rapeyness?
No.6767
I'm watching the X anime to cope with the manga being on hiatus for more than 20 years right now. I hope the ending isn't too half assed, but it has enough episodes to not be as rushed as the movie at least.
No.6768
>>6767>being on hiatus for more than 20 years right nowGod I wish there was some worldwide law that if your series is unfinished or cancelled after 10 years you HAVE to give a summary of what you had planned.
No.6769
>>6768Vote for me and I'll make it happen. Jokes aside, I hate how Clamp is pretending that nothing is wrong here and they can still pretend the series is simply not finished yet, with new editions coming out in Japan once a year with new covers but no new announcements besides that. By the way during the CLAMP Exhibit in Tokyo this summer they showed the whole illustration planned on the side of the original volumes and the last volumes would have had Fuuma's face, just like Kamui's face on the first volume.
I also want to know what Ai Yazawa planned for Nana but at least in her case it's not her fault at all if we don't have new chapters, I just hope she's getting some rest and hopefully healing a little bit but her condition must be chronic at this point.
No.6770
>>6764Yes, it's the rapeyness and the agegaps. Everyone has their limits but it was very mild to me. Love Egotist is the best
>>6767I wish they would actually make a Tokyo Babylon anime, finish X, remake X, etc. Older CLAMP works would be great for new anime projects. There's the new Magical Knight Rayearth which is nice
No.6778
>>6761>feels more like a 90s episodic shounen so far. This comment feels really strange when the first story arc took four episodes to complete. My friend saw the theater preview and was griping for weeks that they cut it off one ep short of concluding it.
>>6768You hear that, Matsushita Yoko?
No.6781
>>6777>I wonder if the director of ep. 6 is a fujoYeah, I thought as much right from episode 1. And into shota too.
>>6778Why did she even stop? It's not like she has a health excuse (I hope) or an editorial situation like CLAMP.
No.6788
>>6781Jepp, the shota too. Much more blushing and they improved a bunch of related scenes a lot. Tokiyuki calling for Kojiru was a normal boring panel in the manga for example, the anime added blushing, made him more passionate and the scene lasted longer. It would be funny if the series had both, shota and old men shippers kek
>>6770Words cannot express how much I miss old CLAMP. They made me a manga fan to begin with. CLAMP stands for everything I loved about series, I was obsessed with their stuff. And it wasn't just good and often gay shippy, their series were also incredibly diverse, showing how creative they were. And now for 15 years nothing but milking of CCS and xxx (which crosses over with another Sakura series). The only good thing coming of all of that IMO were Fye/Kurogane but their series ended ages ago as well.
I pray that the Rayearth remake will be a success. I would kill to get a RG Veda or Tokyo Babylon anime. Also, not gay but I am looking forward seeing Zagato animated in HQ.
No.6789
>>6777I watched it with a male relative and we instantly made gay jokes. They are baiting fujos hardcore with this series. I'm sure the Japanese fanbase is busy making fucked up Takauji x Tokiyuki material lmao
No.6793
>>6781The rumor for many years was that a car accident mangled her drawing arm, but I've never seen any Japanese fans discuss it. It's only English sources that mention an injury.
No.6803
>>6789There is a lot of shipping with this thanks to the big amount of diverse male characters kek. I see Ichikawa/Sadamune the most often though (or Sadamune with whoever is male, really, even Tokiyuki was fucking him in some fanarts), together with Yorishige/Tokiyuki but Takauji is also popular and most commonly shipped with his brother or Moronao. Tokiyuki/Fubuki and the elf guy and his scary man are getting quite much as well. Takauji x Tokiyuki might exist I could swear I saw a doujinshi in the making.
Speaking of it, the next weekly shounen jump issue will contain an "ojisan" sticker sheet for this series aka the adult dudes fujos are commonly shipping lmao they know I am watching it
No.6826
>>6825I genuinely miss series like Loveless. It was the BL that I started in denial until it became a guilty pleasure and lastly finally made me give in and accept the fujo side in me.
The moody atmosphere, great memorable OP/ED, tragic, dark story, some fantasy, action and attractive characters and all that tied to gayness. THis is how I want canon BL to be. Make the gayness important and romantic but intertwine it with an engaging story full of light and dark parts.
I also loved that the main relationship had this sense of forbidden love to it. Partly due to the age gap and Ritsuka being innocent albeit not naive, but also the kinky aspect of the collars and chains and last but not least due to the past involvement of Seimei that none of them can get over.
For a long time I actually thought his name was "Seme" not "Seimei" lmao
No.6840
>>6837It's not really good and the plot's lost any semblance of coherency, but it keeps going off the rails in oddly gay ways. Last chapter I read Mika and Yuu went back in time to hang out with dinosaurs.
No.6848
>>6837It has good homobait, can't deny that. The story is standard shounen stuff.
>>6840>hang out with dinosaursFor real? I stopped reading a while ago. What the hell are the authors thinking?
No.6854
>>6849Thought this was Cage of Eden wtf.
No.6856
>>6849what an absolute win for yuumika shippers
No.6890
>>6889It's about reverse traps, so that purple haired boy in your picrel is a girl, so not a gay show (this is not spoilers). It's a low stakes romcom.
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.