I was hooked on Appare Ranman right from the start, and absolutely fell in love with Al Lyon.
From now on when I start doubting myself, I'm going to say "bite your tongue sir" in his voice.
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Appare, Hototo, Kosame, Jing, Al and Sofia.
They should be a family.
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Can we just appreciate this moment for a second
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Top 20 Favorite Females from the Spring and Summer 2020 Seasons
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20. Ashley - Lapis Re:Lights
19. Skadi Dragenfelt - Monster Girl Doctor
18. Ami Asai - Uzaki-chan wants to hang out
17. Lisa Alpacas - Peter Grill
16. Kokoro Natsume - Princess Connect
15. Sora Tenkuuji - HxEros
14. Shiko Murasame - hXEros
13. Frederica Baumann - ReZero Season 2
12. Misha Necron - Misfit of Demon King Academy
11. Jing Xialian - Appare Ranman
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I’m really loving Appare-Ranman - SPOILERS!
So, with Appare-Ranman, not only do we have nearly an entire cast of adults, but we also have a diverse cast. The characters can definitely come off feeling a bit stereotypical, I will admit that, but it fits the wacky set up, premise, and tone of the series.
Plus, the series is starting to add real layers to the characters, so they feel more like people, and less like tropes or the usual stereotypical depictions. This hasn’t happened for every character yet, but I’m hoping it will.
The series also doesn’t shy away from touching on sexism:
Racism, both overt and physical:
And more subtle and on a micro-aggression level (the more “stereotype, comes from a place of ignorance, rather than malice” level) :
But when push came to shove they all stood by Hototo. Showing signs of a “found family” element to the story! T0T
I also feel that the MC, Appare, is neurodivergent. He is shown having a tough time understanding non-logic based things, will deny himself sleep or food when he is tinkering and working on things (especially his car), he seems a bit touch adverse, and so on.
That being said, he isn’t shown as being this cold hearted logical person either. He helps the other characters in his own way, knows when something isn’t inherently okay/is morally wrong, and is depicted as being pretty adorable sometimes, and the others are learning how understand him too:
The series is still ongoing. They could end up messing things up, but I like a lot of what I see with Appare-Ranman. It’s an anime series that you don’t see too often. It may not get everything right in the end, but unless the series starts royally messing things up, then I think it will be a ride that I won’t regret taking. And I like the effort that is being put into it. The music alone is amazing!
Please give it a watch!
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Review - Appare Ranman! (天晴爛漫!)
Appare was a big surprise for me this season, after pausing because of covid, it finally continued this summer. And it turned out way better than expected!
The story is set around the late 19th Century, near the beginning of Meiji era. It revolves around an eccentric inventor and second son of a respected merchant family, Appare Soriano and the samurai Kosame Isshiki that is tasked with keeping Appare's eccentric behavior in check. Appare want to go away from Japan, so he starts building a boat, after a series of events Kosame accidentally strands them both at sea, ending up stuck in Los Angeles. To find a way back hokr Appare and Kosame decide to enter the "Trans-America Wild Race".
This is one of the best original anime series I have seen recently. At first it got me really excited because I loved since the beginning Appare's character, during episode 3-6 I got a bit bored I guess, but then again it became hella good, it started to get more dramatic and cool. The story hit the right point and every character made it even better.
Appare was the best, his cold and calculus personality made me fell for him, and I really got everything I needed from him as main, as the story goes he gets more open with his feelings to a point we saw him desparate, happy and even crying like there's no way back. Absolutely adore him.
Kosame was amazing, being a samurai makes you think he would be all heroic and serious, when he actually fears of death and gets afraid when it comes to fighting due to a childhood trauma. His development is really good to, once he overcome his fear he became the top top master of the sword. It was really really exciting.
The rest of the group was really nice too, I really enjoy every moment with Hototo, great addition to the team! Jing and Al were great too, along side the Thousand Three members.
Animation was really good, that steampunk concept went so nicely, and the music goes perfectly with this 19th century story, both op and ed were amazing.
Appare is one of my new loves ^^, my final score 8.5/10⭐
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The Lesser Known Best Girls of 2020
Anime this year has had its ups and downs, but do you know what gets on my nerves? When people ignore all the amazing female characters we’ve gotten and just assume Chizuru Mizuhara from Rent-a-Girlfriend is the best girl of the year (who is also amazing and deserves to be worshiped). Sure, we have Tohru Honda, Nobara Kugisaki, Abby, and Chika and Kaguya. But when will people start noticing the other MVPs of the year?
So this is an appreciation post for all the anime girls nobody has talked about from 2020 (at least, the new ones…sorry continuing series girls like Asirpa and Chihaya and Myne).
1. Kazuya’s grandma from Rent-A-Girlfriend. Because she constantly roasts Kazuya, she’s the reason this hot mess of a show exists, and without her, we would not get to know Chizuru.
2. Makoto’s mom from Ikebukuro West Gate Park. Because she’s the perfect blend of no-nonsense mentor and pure cinnamon roll who does more to solve people’s problems than her son. Why can’t she be the protagonist?
3. Swindler/Ordinary Person from Akudama Drive. Because she has gone through some of the most character development of the year, from a somewhat bland but still sweet cinnamon roll to a crispy bun who has seen some shit and has come out the other side. Or at least I hope she does, the show’s not over yet.
4. Makoto Ohno from Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater. Really all the girls in this show are best girl material, but Makoto is the perfect senpai who is underrated and unjustly ignored…just like this show. Please watch this show, it’s the most wholesome watch of the year without being annoyingly moe.
5. Minare Koda from Wave Listen to Me! Because she’s a hilarious boss ass bitch who represents all the women watching anime as jaded adults, and she practically carries that entire show on her own.
6. Natsume from Deca-Dence. Because she’s basically an adult version of Emma from The Promised Neverland with the addition of a mechanical arm and a cute pet.
7. Catarina Claes from My Next Life as a Villainess. Because she’s so fun to be around, she accidentally turned herself in to the protagonist of the harem game…and she never has to end up with anyone to consider her ending successful.
8. Somali from Somali and the Forest Spirit. Because I would cut off my own arms to ensure her happiness. Apparently, most people don’t realize Somali is a girl and everyone forgot how adorable this show is.
9. Chiyuki Fujito from Smile Down the Runway. Because she’s a great example of a typical determined anime protagonist who isn’t annoying and is easy to root for. And she ended up getting side-lined in her own anime in favor of the male co-protagonist.
10. Arte…from Arte. Because she never gives up and constantly deals with people belittling her artistic abilities, but she’s still a kind person who doesn’t have to act more masculine to respect herself…..just ignore the hair thing at the beginning of the show.
11. Oden/Hina from The Day I Became A God. Because she’s hilarious and effortlessly endearing, and she gets bonus points for her big “love confession” being familial and not romantic…cuz that would make the show very…different
OR NOT I GUESS! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK PA WORKS? AM I THE ONLY ONE WEIRDED OUT BY THIS?!
Oh well, she’s a good girl either way, even if the show’s ending grosses me out.
*editing this in after the fact* 12. DEAR GOD HOW DID I FORGET NOI FROM DOROHEDORO!? SHE LITERALLY GOT ME THROUGH SO MUCH OF THAT SHOW! Everyone’s favorite super buff lovable antagonist. She’s the perfect woman, nothing more to be said.
And finally, the best girl of the year:
Sayaka Kanamori from Keep Your Hands Off Eizoken. Because her design is unique, she’s a shrewd, brilliant business girl, and without her, the show would go nowhere because the other girls would spend all day daydreaming about making an anime and never actually do it.
And some honorable mentions:
Michiru Kagemori from BNA. Because her design is awesome. I just can’t remember much about her…personality wise.
Jing Xialian and Sophia Taylor from Appare Ranman. Because despite being the token women in an otherwise all male cast, they are the most interesting and entertaining characters in the whole show. They just need more screen time. Seriously, I love Appare, but I wish they were the protagonists.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
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