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.