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SnK Episode 65 Poll Results (for Manga Readers)

The poll closed with 318 responses. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Please note that these are the results for the Manga Readers’ poll. If you wish to see the results for the Anime Only Watchers’ poll, click here.

RATE THE EPISODE 309 Responses

Overall the episode was a hit with viewers, with the majority ranking it a 4 or higher. Over half of all respondents rating it a solid 5. The hype is real!

I thought this was a great episode. A lot of hype moments and the CGI worked for me, for the most part. Looking forward to the next episode!

All around exceeded my expectations if mappa keeps this up this will go down as the best anime in history

Chef's KISS!!! 10/10 episode, i was extremely hyped the entire time.

It was amazing and I hope MAPPA keeps up with the same quality for future episodes

Amazing episode really hype

I thought the voice acting was amazing! :)

Great episode, not perfect but neither was WIT. No adaptation is perfect. This was fantastic.

It was pretty good just maybe good have been done better but I’m just happy it was done at all.

I’ve lowered my expectations to rock bottom at this point

An enjoyable time.

I think it was great! I was very excited and left me wanting more tbh

It was a very good episode!! I'm so happy to see the survey corps again!

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOMENTS WAS YOUR FAVORITE? 310 Responses

Mikasa’s reintroduction to the series takes the largest piece of the pie, with 31.6% enjoying the scene the most. In second comes the coordinated attack from the Survey Corps against Porco, with 14.8% feeling that scene really brings the hype. At 10.3%, Levi’s first appearance in the season takes 3rd place, and with 9.7% is the overall fight between Eren and the War Hammer Titan.

Ackermans ran this episode as they should. They're on a whole different level.

Why isn't the Sasha-Gabi moment in the list of favourite moments? That's my actually favourite moment. Gabi seeing Sasha through the fire and smoke, Sasha's reflection in her eyes...chilling.

THE CGI CONTINUES TO BE A POINT OF CONTENTION. BE HONEST, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF CGI SO FAR THIS SEASON? 309 Responses

In general, the fandom appears to be understanding of MAPPA’s usage of CGI, with 38.2% being completely unbothered by it, 20.1% feeling that while it’s not ideal, it could be much worse, and 18.8% not particularly caring for it but not faulting MAPPA for it either. A handful of people just wish that there would be more appreciation that it’s getting animated at all, while others continue to be a bit salty about the usage of CGI this season.

Did people forgot the god-awful Colossal titan's CGI from WIT? Well, I didn't so I wasn't surprised by the same level of CGI in Eren's scene (thankfully just one of them). I rarely have issue with CGI in SnK except for truly awful looking ones so like couple of times in the season, usually.

I honestly wouldn't even know there's CGI if everyone wasn't complaining about it. I honest to god can't see where they use it.

It's mostly fine

I thought the war hammer titan looked AMAZING, the only CGI that looked odd was the scouts in the background, but that’s really it...?

A few sore spots (e.g. Erens titan looked kinda off this ep), but it's not season-ruining yet.

CGI Titans >>>>>>>> CGI Survey Corps

It works fine for titans that already look somewhat mechanical (Armor, Jaw), but it looks incredibly awkward for the others, to the point of taking me out of the story.

Sometimes great sometimes shit

Maybe I've been spoiled by studio orange and the previous seasons, but I know for a fact that they can do better. This is not a new anime, this is the final season of one of the greatest anime of all time, so yeah I expected much better CGI, it was poor and unecessary.

i think it’s gr8/unnoticeable,,,,,like we all put up with the colossal titan in s1-3 lmao

Some Titans like Eren and Beast look a little weird but I just really like how they made effort to make it blend with the art style. Maybe if they had found a way to cut the animation down to 12fps it might not look so bad? Anyways I think it’s good for what it is, MAPPA is doing their best!

I barely noticed it. The animation looks BOMB. Top 5 episodes of the whole series for me and BEST action episode of AOT easily.

I'm always going to prefer 2D but I understand why they're using it. Still sad about what could've been if they were given enough time to work on the season. Definitely going to lower my expectations.

My dumbass wouldn't even notice, I just want to see the pretty people

I think the CGI for the Titans is completely fine. It's the CGI for the Scouts that was a bit off putting for me. Still, not enough to ruin the episode. And if we continue to get animation of this standard I will be fine with it.

At this point after episode 7 onward eventually AOT CGI is going to be worst than EX-arm's CGI

I love it because it makes the titans scarier and more eerie? I also miss the 2D ones because they feel more natural. Overall, I think it's fine!

I think the CGi is well executed (for the most part), I just don't like that they had to use it so much.

It's a great job. They manage to execute it very well and go to a normal animation when it's needed. It doesn't bother me tbh

HOW WAS EREN’S ROOFTOP SWAN DIVE? 309 Responses

Eren’s dive in the anime was a bit different than in the manga, but it seemed to get a few laughs out of the fandom, so we asked you all to rank it. 58.3% felt it was the most beautiful dive to have ever dived, while only 5.5% think Eren really needs to work on his form. He did his best.

WHICH RETURNING CHARACTER’S ENTRANCE WAS YOUR FAVORITE IN THIS EPISODE? 310 Responses

Mikasa stole the show this episode, with 53.5% enjoying her entrance the most. Levi wasn’t too far behind though, with 29% of respondents hyped over his return. 11.6% were very happy to see Sasha again, while smaller chunks were glad to see Jean and Connie.

They massacred my Jean-boy’s entrance 🥲

WHICH RETURNING CHARACTER HAS THE BEST MAPPA-STYLE GLOW UP? 304 Responses

We got a more colorful and evened out pie for this question. Overall the largest chunk, at 24.3%, are enjoying MAPPA’s take on Eren’s iconic “hobo chic” look. 21.1% think Sasha looks the best out of all of them, while Mikasa trails just behind her at 20.1%. 16.1% are grateful for Connie’s design, leaving 9.5% favoring Jean, and smaller handfuls appreciating MAPPA’s take on Levi and Floch.

Chubby Floch

Here I am watching the trailer all over again because that's probably the only way to see Jean animated handsome and with his actual manga face. MAPPA what happened?

Levi has a thicc ass

I’m a big fan of all the time skip character designs, it was hard to pick just one favourite :)

Jean looked stupid... Floch too but that's not important.

OG characters designs feels a bit off to me. I understand why they use CG for some parts and I have mixed emotions about it. I hope they won't rely on it too much on the upcoming episodes.

#ITSTIMEMIKASA WAS TRENDING ON TWITTER BEFORE THE EPISODE AIRED. ON A SCALE OF 1-5, HOW MUCH DID IT LIVE UP TO THE HYPE? 304 Responses

One of the most anticipated scenes of the Marley arc was the return of the Survey Corps and the way Mikasa paves the path for their reintroduction. The fandom appears to be very happy with MAPPA’s execution of the scene, with 60.9% of respondents rating it with a 5, with 27% rating it a 4.

EEEEEEEEEEK MIKASA

Mikasa! Mikasa! Gosh love her!

im so glad mikasa is back owfejgrnrkdfs

MAPPA INCLUDED FILLER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE OF WILLY HESITANTLY DEPARTING FROM HIS TEARFUL FAMILY. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE ADDITION? 310 Responses

The series isn’t known for having too much filler, but typically what filler does exist seems to be appreciated by the fandom, and this was no exception. 56.8% of respondents were happy for a little more fleshing out of Willy’s character (also learning that those kids were his!) and being able to sympathize more with him. 19.7% appreciated the more sympathetic addition until they remembered he was willing to throw Liberio under the bus for his plan. 13.5% are appreciative of any and all additional Willy content. A small amount didn’t like the filler and would rather have had MAPPA put their effort into other things.

I liked it. Got to see more of his fine ass. lmao

Don't add extra 2d animation if You can't even handle what's in the manga

It would've been better to show before he was dead. Fleshing him out after the audience already know he's dead doesn't hit as much imo

Wasn't one of the scene itself, but then again I'm always interested in scenes I haven't seen yet.

I am so grateful, willy for is one of my favourites and omg we got to see his family and how is he a lovely papa 😭💕 I can't ask for more bless you MAPPA🤘

fuck them kids

Why should we feel bad for him? He tried to unite the world against Paradis. He got what he deserved.

this was a benefit. as manga readers, we had time to know willy. anime onlies will only ever have these 2-3 episodes and it was very humanizing

How is that possible that Tybur little kids in few seconds were louder nad more chaotic than THE WHOLE CITY DURING THE ATTACK??

It's very regrettable he left so many children fatherless because of what he chose to do. Really saddening..

I’d have rather seen more of the manga animated

I knew why they added it, but I (personally) think willy is crud. Not mad it's there tho!

He did his duty as a Tybur to the very end. Honestly I wish he could have lived longer, he’s a really compelling and interesting character.

I feel like some viewers have carelessly misunderstood Willy because of that scene in the carriage. They're like 'wow, he really hates and shames his own people huh?' but at the beginning of the episode we all saw his abundance of children. Would it not have been extremely contradictory if he had truly wanted the extinction of all Eldians and then at the same time did the complete opposite by mass-reproducing a small army of Eldian children? Maybe that's why that scene was added to the start of the episode, to keep people away from mischaracterising him. Unfortunately, this may have simply been missed or overlooked by some.

they should had polish the damn episode instead of fillers.

Loved it! Mappa is killing it with the episode additions

Reading the manga, I truly didn't even consider the possibility that these were Willy's children because he is so obviously a ~*bachelor*~. Like, it didn't even cross my mind that those children weren't his little nieces and nephews because he is suuuuch a Theater Gay. Nothing can change my mind.

Wait a minute, are these the kids in that ending slide from season 3?

IN THE ORIGINAL CHAPTER 101, MAGATH IS THE ONE WHO ADVOCATES FOR KILLING EREN INSTEAD OF EATING HIM (IN CONTRAST TO HIS SUBORDINATE KOSLOW) AND NOTES THAT “THE AGE OF TITANS IS OVER.” IN THE ADAPTATION, MAGATH INSTEAD ADVOCATES FOR EATING EREN, NOTING THAT KILLING HIM WOULD ONLY PROLONG THE PROBLEM. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CHANGE? 305 Responses

A minor dialogue change didn’t seem to have much of an effect on nearly half of respondents, with 47.5% saying they’re indifferent to the change. 43.3% like the change much better, feeling that it works a lot better with future story developments and makes more sense. A handful didn’t care for the change and felt it tampered with Magath’s overall characterization.

I think the change was logical and more consistent with the story, but I'm naturally skeptical of any AOT manga-to-anime change.

I forgot this.

It ovewrites the flaw of Magath's original plan. Even if I think its unfitting of him, it makes sense.

I'm not sure what I feel about it. Kinda like how they added Falco having a dream back in episode 1. For now, let's just see.

I suppose the new change is a little contradictory because Magath dislikes Marley’s reliance on Titan power and rather just wishes th ey had prowess in other ways.

Realistically eating him makes more sense for them to eat Eren so they gain control of the Founder but I think Magath accepting the age of Titans is now done for is more in character.

It obviously makes more sense logistically, but I think it's important for Magath to stand opposed to Marley national policy on this front, like, symbolically.

BETWEEN UDO AND ZOFIA, WHO WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED TO SURVIVE TO RECEIVE MORE STORY IN THE MANGA? 304 Responses

Though they are minor characters, the anime seems to have made some of the fandom a bit more fond of them. Still, 38.5% wouldn’t change anything about their fates, stating that they were necessary for Gabi to develop further as a character. 28% would rather neither of them died and are curious about how they would have developed if they lived to see another day. 23.7% say if they had to pick only one of them, it would be Udo due to his relevant commentary. A handful leaned toward Zofia, wishing they could have learned more about her.

Udo. But at the same time Isayama can barely handle all the characters that are still alive so Udo probably wouldn't get a lot of screen time anyway.

Zofia. I didn't care about her while reading the manga, but in the anime she was more unique. I liked her stoic voice a lot. Zofia and Gabi should have switch the places.

None cus i don't like Gabi

Both or neither. One would be just a third wheel to Gabi and Falco. I would love to see more of Udo and Zofia but I think their deaths were important

Udo and zofia's deaths hurt so bad. I didn't particularly care for either of them when reading the manga but i grown attracted to them in the anime. Udo's in particular breaks me. He was such a energic kid and he... got trampled to death. I'm just...

Neither. Both were serving an enemy nation and deserved what they got.

They weren't important to me so I don't really care

OPINION ON HOW THE ATTACK ON LIBERIO WAS PORTRAYED? 306 Responses

47.1% of respondents didn’t want to pick sides, stating that the attack was tragic in both mediums of the story-telling. 25.8% felt that it was much more devastating in animated form alongside the sound, music and voice acting. 18.3% felt a bigger impact while reading the manga.

Both versions are devastating, but Manga hit harder bc I just was so confused and couldn't stop trying to figure out wtf Eren was doing and why. Watching it knowing what I know made it somehow more devastating and yet also more palatable (bc I have a better understanding.)

It was more devastating in the manga. Especially Udo's death scene

I think I have to wait until the battle is over. So far it's alright.

Loved it

It gave me more emotions in the manga.

They got what they deserved

It was far more devastating in trailer 🙄

WE FINALLY HAVE A NAME FOR LADY TYBUR - LARA! THOUGHTS? 307 Responses

One of the few characters left with no name after the large guidebook released a few years ago, Lady Tybur was all we could call her (aside from fan-given names). Now she has an official name! 26.7% found it neat that we finally got this official detail. 25.4% feel that now they can finally sleep at night. 17.6% are forever grateful for the name drop and hated waiting so long for it. 15.3% don’t care at all and 11.7% feel this confirms that Isayama is a fan of Tomb Raider.

Not what I was expecting and wasn't expecting her to get a name. At least people can stop calling her Emma or those other dumbass meme names.

Cool. Next up: names for the Blouse kids, right? Right right?

I'm not kidding when I say I literally jumped up and screeched "SHE HAS A NAME!!!"

she didn't need it. she was the mysterious lady t.

Lara was more lucky than Traute, who got more panels in the manga but her name was mentioned only in the guidebook.

Still died

WHICH SCENE FROM THE PREVIEW ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? 306 Responses

Of all the shots in the preview, 45.1% of respondents were most looking forward to Levi’s staged attack on Zeke. 17% favored seeing Mikasa assist Eren, 15% were most looking forward to seeing Falco emerge from the basement to see the carnage outside. 10.1% were stoked to see Pieck enter the battlefield. The episode has aired as of the publishing of these poll results - we hope these scenes lived up to the hype (even though we guessed one wrong lol).

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE EPISODE?

I enjoyed the episode very much. I felt that the CGI was handled fairly well given the time restraints. However, there were a few instances where it was a bit jarring like Eren eating Willy, Eren pulling the WHT's cord, Mikasa landing on Eren, and Jean climbing up on the roof. Also some of the CGI models looked a bit weird for the scouts. I'm hoping some of these issues can be improved on in the Blue-ray version. Overall, these issues were noticeable but didn't take too much away from my enjoyment of the episode.

As much as I don't like the CGI, episode was great.

Just that it was fantastic and I can't wait for the next one!

The music is top notch. I love it. Especially the new version of XL TT near the end

After re-visiting the trailer we got for this season, it's just....saddening. Everyone was wondering how Mappa was gonna animate AoT and after seeing that trailer, all that effort by the animators, I thought "it's in good hands!". Now that we're getting the episodes and it's underwhelming. I don't blame the Mappa animators at all and cgi is unavoidable at some moments. But whoever are the higher ups who said "animate this in the shortest amount of time" ARE the assholes. It's so upsetting for this anime and the workers of it to be brought down like this :'(

Continuing to enjoy the pictures on the page come to life in the anime.

It was pretty amazing, I was waiting for so long to see this part animated! Aaand I'm so happy I got to see again the scouts! (expecially Connie, my personal fav)

Erwin should had lived instead of Armin, so Erwin can nuke Marley dropping from a blimp

I really liked it! I don't understand all the critics about the animation. It looks really neat and smooth

the SC backlit in that final scene was sickkkkk

It was different from the manga, but all the differences just improved the storytelling and fleshed out the people in Marley. Well done, MAPPA!

aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I’m just grateful Mappa actually gives a shit about adapting the story properly. That alone makes this season a 9/10 for me cause that’s rare to see in the anime industry these days.

THE OST WAS FIRE

Gabi's voice acting was amazing this episode ! Also, it feels good to hear the ODM gear sound effect again. The CGI didn't keep me from enjoying the fight, we got awesome camera movements and good choreography, I'm very hopeful for next episode ! Also best boy Onyankopon might appear soon ?

I seriously do not know why people are complaining. It was amazing! Can't wait for the next episodes, it's going to be action-packed and intense!

I don't know if I liked the episode or not. I usually prefer manga so even episodes I like I prefer their manga versions but there is something in off with the episode and usually, Titans fight are more excited but this one Nah it was not at all. War hammer was great in animation it served a better understanding of its powers but the fight, in general, was like boring?? idk maybe because I am a manga reader so the titan power/character's introduction was not as thrilling as they were when I've read the chapters. anyways, there is still more of the attack on liberio in the next episode so I'll give my final thought when we conclude the arc

I really enjoyed and the CGI doesn't bother me.

I think the reason Attack Titan looks a bit off is it looks a bit thinner! Warhammer looks amazing because it's a true copy of the manga. If Attack Titan was a bit buff, I think nobody would have that much of a problem. Overall the chapter is amazing!

as much as i adored everything else i must admit... what is wrong with the character design? what happened to everyone's jaws?? i think jean, mikasa and pieck were the worst drawn. in the manga, they look flawless.

I just hope we would get actual discussions in the sub instead of circle jerking or bitching about the cgi/ost etc.

The soundtrack was epic as hell

Mappa is doing a good job, with the little time they had. But sadly, they had the capacity to do way better and I will always regret this situation. And the Jojo memes on Mikasa are on point: in that specific panel, she looks ugly and unlike her cute face in the manga. For the rest of the episode, she's well portrayed

I think this episode is a taste of what is to come. It’s one thing to read still, silent pictures of complete devastation, and it’s another thing to hear the explosions, the screaming and crying. Seeing the blood painted red instead of black and white. When Eren rumbles the world, more people will realize how evil it is, how completely irredeemable. Less people will be #teameren once they get to see it in the anime. I can’t wait to see what MAPPA has in store.

So many nice details in the battle that weren’t there in the manga, the war hammer animation was particularly great

I feel bad complaining, but this was the first episode of the season that has disappointed me at all. Every other episode I feel has elevated the manga. I don't want (and never expected) to be that person, but the CGI, especially on the humans (WHY??) was so awkward it was distracting. We also lost a little bit of expressiveness from Eren, which is kind of a big deal when there's so little from him to begin with.

Soundtrack was lit!!!!

It is what it is. But after I finished the episode I went back to watch the trailer and got sad that the season just isn't going to look like that. It's not bad by any means and I understand that these are people, not robots working on this with an extremely tight schedule. This entitled fanbase is super embarrassing with it's behavior and harassment of the people working on it. I kind of hope the final arc doesn't get animated now because these people don't deserve it.

Awesome! I was a bit distracted how the pacing was, cutting a bit weirdly from one episode to another, but I really enjoyed it!

That closeup of Eren's Titan after he nom'd Willy is NUTS.

It was emotionless and almost boring. The sound director keeps fucking up big time. I didnt feel anything close to the hype I felt watching the Armored/Colossal reveal animated. There were no exciting goosebumps, or tears. Nothing. Also the CGI was terrible. There were good things, but I expected much more for suck a climatic episode

It was a good episode after all, graphic was ok but i think that if they continued with the same titan 2d animation of first episodes and maybe changed a bit some sound it would have been waaay better. Still a good episode imho

The episode was very average. I'm not trying to complain, I know that the anime is mostly for anime-onlines, while we have a manga, but I expected better. I imagined the titan fight to be smooth, but in reality both - WHT and AT - moved like two, fat elephants. In the manga I felt that WHT was fast like a wind. In the anime Lara was slow, she looked like she had a hard time to even hold her hammer. The moment between Eren and Mikasa was disappointing. In the anime when Mikasa was upset about Eren's actions, he was completely unfeeling, while in the manga we see him being full of emotions and almost crying. I know he will turn into a cold bastard but MAPPA shouldn't dehumanize Eren so much now. I was surprised by Connie's glow up. MAPPA has done better job with him. In the manga he still looks like a kid, while MAPPA made him more mature-looking and masculine. That's good for underrated Connie. I'm grateful for the scene between Willy and his children. This way he feels more sympathetic and isn't ""just a guy who declared a war and was eaten by Eren"".

I really like how the warriors and Marleyans seem to be getting a somewhat equal amount of screen time as the scouts have gotten after they've come into the picture. I hope this helps to make clear for the anime-onlies that understanding the experiences, emotions and the development of the other side is just as important as understanding those of the scouts/Paradis.

WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES? 279 Responses

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Dino Watches Anime (Nov 15)

BOI, I HAVE A MIDTERM ON TUESDAY AND TEST ON WEDNESDAY. SCREW THAT. I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ANIME I’VE BEEN WATCHING IN BETWEEN STUDY SESSIONS! Yeah, the studying is like 2% while the anime and games are like 98%... I’m working on that, okay? Anyway, I’m going to cover mostly seasonal stuff with some other stuff.

Let’s go over the seasonal stuff first. Summer had so few anime coming out whereas Autumn/Fall came in like, “OPEN THE FLOODGATES! LET’S GO!!!” I haven’t even gotten around to all the anime airing this season that I want to like Yuukoku no Moriarty, Majo no Tabitabi, and Adachi to Shimamura. I missed some last season too like Deca-Dance which I just didn’t want to commit to if it was only for the good animation.

Taisou Samurai (DROPPED)

I dropped it after two episodes. MAPPA has two major series this season, but they clearly gave more time and attention to the one that was actually going to make money here (which I’ll talk about later). This one seems like a passion project without the passion in it anymore. It’s like opening a bag of chips and finding out they went stale long before you even reached into the bag.

Taisou Samurai, at its core, has a premise that I found really promising. I happen to like watching gymnastics sometimes, and the idea of an athlete who doesn’t want to retire is interesting. They went wrong with the execution. I don’t know what they were trying to pull here, but with unlikeable characters and a terrible run at it, it’s like they weren’t playing with a full deck of cards here.

Also, if you don’t know what a gyaru is, one of the supporting characters will look like a racist caricature. Also, this bird has no other point than to try to make up for this show’s lack of usable humour by using Kappei Yamaguchi’s range and going, “Please, save this show. I beg you.”

I didn’t even bother giving this show three episodes to drag me in because I just couldn’t see myself wasting another 20 minutes here. Maybe I’ll have a change of heart, but for now, I should be having better things to do.

Munou na Nana (WOULDN’T RECOMMEND)

I know everyone has made this joke already, but this is really just My Hero Academia x Among Us. I feel like if there was some more... budget put into this anime, they could’ve made it a lot better. The manga had a lot more detail, so a lot of the gruesome scenes with zombies or killings, etc. were muted and toned down beyond belief. Not to mention, I guess watching it after I read the manga just made me feel stupid. This is such a junkie show that pulls tricks that everyone knows is coming. Nonetheless, I can’t find some big reason to say “do not watch this” because it’s still a very mediocre show. It has its good points, but its presentation devalues it, the voice acting is meh (especially since Yuuichi Nakamura is playing THREE overpowered main cast characters this season), and the jig is up after the first episode, so the twists are just to make you sympathize more with the imposter. I haven’t seen a show like this for a while though, so I guess you can watch it if you want something refreshing like that. I don’t think you’re supposed to like this cast of characters, so I won’t say anything against not liking this cast.

Kamisama ni Natta Hi (CONDITIONALLY RECOMMEND)

Jun Maeda... the man who manages to incorporate baseball into every anime he does... seriously, every anime I’ve watched by him has it from Angel Beats to Charlotte to that unfinished Little Busters I just left on hold. Anyway, Kamisama is no exception. Jun Maeda has a reputation for building touching stories that start off strong then really lose their footing once he realizes that he’s not going to get 24 episodes and needs to squeeze all of those 16 episodes of story left into 4 episodes or so. It also doesn’t help that sometimes he goes off on useless storylines that pay no use to the story.

Hina is really funny sometimes (but can be annoying). Narukami is funny. Really, everyone has some valid point about them that makes the show better compared to the previous entries.

Seriously, some little kid comes up to you and goes, “The world is ending, I am God, and I’m going to stick by you.” Meanwhile, you’re just a simp that’s trying to get your childhood friend to fall for you.

Honestly, I’m still having a blast watching this. As much as Maeda’s writing can really suffer from tonal shifts (mostly in the end), I still wanted to watch this anime simply because I always like his storytelling in the beginning, and the laughs it brings can sometimes still muddle out the bitter taste that’s left in your mouth when the series finishes. I can already feel this train going down a slide and off a cliff. I already paid for my ticket though, so I’m obligated to stay on this shootshow until the end.

Seriously, I do not like where some of these relationships are heading.

Maoujou de Oyasumi (CONDITIONALLY RECOMMEND)

This anime is relatable. It can get stale fast for a lot of people, but every time I think I’m going to get sick of it, it pulls one of the same gags that makes me go, “This. This is why I’m sticking with this.” I’m not sure how much more there is to say. It’s just an abducted princess who couldn’t care less that she’s a hostage and instead, takes this newfound time to take some good ZZZs. What a life.

Oh yeah, this princess is also willing to commit murder, mutilation, theft, and assault to get the sleep she wants.

Tonikaku Kawaii (CONDITIONALLY RECOMMEND)

I’m not dropping this show... even if it makes no sense. The premise is astoundingly stupid, but it pulled a Zombieland Saga on me. It sounded so stupid, but once I gave it one episode, I found myself being entertained and almost rooting for the characters and their relationships.

Imagine this: You are about to get into the high school of your dreams when you see the girl of your dreams cross your path. You want to ask her out so you jump over the barricade and get hit by a truck. You’re on the brink of death when you realize you can’t die there without confessing your love. You chase her down with blood coming out of your head and confess. She says that she’ll only go out with you if you marry her. You then... somehow survive, drop out of school, then get a job to search for her. I kid you not. This is the setup. It’s as stupid as it sounds, and the anime knows this. It doesn’t try to fool you into thinking that this series is supposed to be anything but some highway fast-track way to convince you into watching a married couple. I think what irked me the most is that the character designs didn’t change from when they were in middle school to when they were adults. It wasn’t the being hit by a truck and not being sent to another world, it wasn’t this girl who stopped the truck without ruining her hair, it wasn’t anything else but their character designs staying the same.

Anyway, this anime is cute as long as you can jump some hurdles. It’s basically puppy-love marriage with anime stupidity through and through. I don’t know what about this series people, including myself, find charming.

Jujutsu Kaisen (RECOMMENDED - BUT DON’T COMPARE TO DEMON SLAYER TOO MUCH!)

It’s Shonen Jump. “Will it be the next Kimetsu no Yaiba? The next big Shonen Jump series? One of the next big three? Five?” No, I don’t think so. I’m not enjoying this nearly as much as I did binging KNY. The cast isn’t nearly as likeable, but I’m still having a good time. It’s not all that fair to make that comparison anyway. The cast for Jujutsu Kaisen is passable. I like some of the main cast, but I feel like they lack the same kind of depth with its main heroine. I know she gets more stuff done in the future chapters, but her backstory so far is, “I had a friend once... No, she’s not dead. She just left our small town.”

The fight scenes are actually so much fun to watch. MAPPA gave this series a lot more time and budget than say that first anime I mentioned. It’s fluid, the camerawork is amazing, the choreography is on-point.

The voice acting for this anime is spectacular among the main cast... when character dialogue allows it.

I feel a bit of imbalance, but Yuuji does offer a good protagonist template. Junya Enoki makes his lines so funny and gives this nonchalant approach that is the polar opposite of his performance in Tonikawa. This is definitely his season.

Junichi Suwabe voicing the main demon thing is amazing too. It fits so well, and he sounds so cool and evil. It’s great.

Gojou is also one badass mentor played by Yuuichi Nakamura. Overpowered, part of the main cast, etc. Insert your reverse Kakashi joke here. Just give him more Sharingan genjutsu, I dare you.

Yuuma Uchida is back playing another tragic character that’s serious and uptight. I can’t say much more about him.

The opening and ending are both worth listening to even if you don’t want to watch the anime. Lost in Paradise by ALI has been on repeat for me.

Besides that, I’m going to go over some other anime that I’ve been watching.

Hunter x Hunter (AS IF THIS HASN’T BEEN RECOMMENDED ENOUGH)

Slowly. Slowly but surely. 11/148.

I know this is going to be amazing... I just want to be in the right mood to full savour it. I don’t want to be consumed by stress and not pay attention. The reason why I like a lot of those seasonal anime is because I don’t pay the same kind of attention.

If you told me these characters’ ages, I probably would’ve believed everyone... except Leorio. The guy looks like a middle-aged money-hungry gangster.

What I would give to have the energy and serotonin of a Shonen Jump protagonist.

Haikyuu (YEAH, IT’S GOOD)

I’m watching this one with my mom and sister as they go “OMG OMG OMG” as we watch while I’m sitting there like -_-

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good show, but sports anime are made like shounen battle anime (because they are in a way) with different stakes. I’ve felt more “nervous” about some of the Haikyuu matches than I did with some of the Hunter Exam. Worst case scenario in Haikyuu, you lose the match. Worst case scenario in Hunter x Hunter? You die.

I knew what I was going to get into when I was watching Haikyuu, and it’s given me what I remembered (since I did watch 10 episodes of it a few years ago) and expected.

SKET Dance (HIGHLY RECOMMEND)

Unfollow me. Unfollow me right now. This is what I’m going to be talking about for the next month. I can feel it. I’ve had this show for like 3 days and watched around 33 episodes along with some of these other titles. I have a problem. I know that, but I don’t feel like fixing it. This show is just too good.

I get why people call this a poor man’s Gintama, but it’s not quite that. I can get the similarities, but it’s like eating an empanada and saying that it’s just like that dumpling you tasted last week. It looks alike on the surface... if you’re not that great at... telling the difference between things... but once you get to the meat of it (PUN HAHA), you realize that they are completely different, and you were a fool for thinking otherwise.

That’s our main heroine! Go go go!

Dude, episode 25 hit me out of nowhere, AND I READ THE SPOILERS! I won’t say any more than that.

The cast is one of the best that I’ve seen in a while. Their chemistry is basically the entire show. Without one of the main three, you wouldn’t have the show anymore. It handles its female characters better than some of its fellow competitors at the time, and it may have what some may call a “token fat character”, but the character never makes fun of her for being fat. They make fun of her for saying “Yabasu” every single sentence. It hurts that the manga ended with some loose ends, and this anime isn’t getting a season 2.

But at its weird and mushy core, this show is about three people with heavy and complex pasts who simply want to help people work out their issues in their own... unique ways.

I don’t want to say much else, but I wish more people would watch/read it and create/post most content for it even if it’s a bit old because it deserves it. I’m almost a decade late, and this anime still holds up.

I gave Mairimashita Iruma-kun its own post.

#dino watches anime #seasonal anime #sket dance #haikyuu #hxh #hunter x hunter #tonikaku kawaii #tonikawa #kamisama ni natta hi #Jujutsu Kaisen

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hii!!

even if i’d prefer to see all aot at once i think it’s better for everyone to have episodes that way (almost) everyone can see it at the same time you know? movie means released in cinemas which means having to wait for your country to get the movie or for someone to leak the movie and it takes waaayyy longer and spoilers get impossible to avoid. also it means dub version in cinemas and armin and eren’s voices are way too irritating in french for me to watch 2 hours of it lmao but what you said is true and more important imo!! mappa has so much work to do this year (and has already done a lot these past years) and people are always asking them for more, so if they can get it done with the story easier that way then this is what they should do. the only thing i’m excited about for the ending are the titans fights, for the ending ending i think i’ll just watch how my favorite characters look like and don’t even read the subtitles aksjsdkjhd thirst only.

yep, okay, i hear it. i forget that you're in the EU and they've got so many online viewing restrictions. i take for granted my US American ability to look up whatever i so desire on the internet and watch it on my laptop. also to be fair i can't watch any dub either... idk if this is a controversial thing to say or not so don't roast me but. in English, Hange's voice doesn't match up with her voice AT ALL and it bothers me so much that it ruins the entire experience. i watched the first few episodes and tapped out 30 seconds into her introduction. the actress who does Annie is great tbh and i never had too bad an issue with most of the rest of the cast. but i can't get past Hange's voice.. i'll never ever again watch the dub. plus the japanese cast is really iconic anyway and their performances are a big part of why i enjoy the anime as much as i do.

ALSO YEAH LETS BE REAL I'M JUST GONNA THRIST OVER ANNIE IN THE FINALE AND THATS IT. SHE'S GONNA BE SOOO PRETTTTYYY😍🥰

THE OPENING OMG i wasn’t expecting to see annie out of the crystal, mappa got very generous 🙏, pieck and reiner were also very beautiful in that episode i feel so blessed. also i saw this tiktok after watching the episode and it made me think of you lmao

SAAAAME I SCREAMED BC I JUST WAS NOT EXPECTING TO SEE HER. i love the LIVING FOR IT. everyone is TOO beautiful... mappa had no right to make everyone look so damn sexy like what am i supposed to do with this ?!!!@?!?@!!??

lkasjdfhkdjf the tiktok is me and @marsbutterfly for real, i'm the one busting the door and she's coming behind with the camera hfmcs;kjn

NOW THE NEW CHAPTER

WHAT A GOOD CHAPTER (as usual) but the difference between the beginning, annie getting better and feeling alive again, and the ending, reader and annie not communicating anymore…. you really love hurting us. this is needed for the story but damn it still hurts. (dw we still love you). on top of that annie getting better while reader is still struggling and keeping it to herself to not hurt annie is not helping. “She's fine so you’re fine”, right in the feels!

hehe *blushes* stop it... also a mandatory apology. it gets better i promise it gets better! (thank you thank you 😭). i'm glad you noticed reader isn't okay either, bc that gets lost in the chaos sometimes. both of them are struggling and both of them need to deal with their individual issues before they can get anywhere.

(gonna put the rest under a read more as i feel myself rambling)

and pieck was here!! the reason of her visit was not very welcomed but it’s still good to see her. she was acting smart as usual and even planned a strategy, it was such a good characterization! my girl always knows what she is doing. oh and jean and connie were unexpected! it was a bit of fun before angst coming at full force. though even during the argument connie was trying to make things easier and it was really cute (like with the bits of grass). moments like this really show the work you put into your writing.

i know 😥 it's not a one-and-done appearance! pieck will be a major player throughout the story. thank you ❤ people seem to really enjoy the boys and i love that! i'll find a way for them to come back, i didn't realize i'd love them as much as i do now. connie is SO underrated he's really empathetic and he gets pain because of his mom.

i also think that Connie, Jean, & Armin would be pretty protective of reader since they've had so many of their friends die, and Mikasa is ??? genuinely not sure what happens to her post canon, i'm still deciding how i'll write her into the story. some of them like Connie come to realize it more quickly than others, but in the end they're just happy she's 1) alive and 2) relatively easy to visit. he's a good boy.

about the situation, i tend to agree with reader, this is not their responsibility to fix what eren did, even though it’s probably just me wanting annie and reader to live a happy life in peace asjkhe. but then annie accepted to go while reader was so sure she would refuse and i think i was as shocked as her. i have a bad feeling about this trip, you’re not going to let us relax next chapter either uh akshfjhjfd

i'll go into a LOT more about that, it's a whole ass plotline. Annie also wants Annie and Reader to live a happy life in peace. in time it'll become clear why she doesn't just say "no, and go fuck yourself" from the beginning. communication isn't happening so reader is just having to come to her own conclusions.

next chapter is probably gonna be a little bit sad, but it's also going to be mostly about Papa so. you'll catch a slight break?

annie cuddling so easily is such a change from cold hands cold heart, it’s nice to see her so comfortable with someone. making reader feel safe and remembering the years in the crystal was such a soft moment betweens two storms (lol).

there are intentional parallels in chapter 6 with cold hands !! yes! to illustrate that now Annie is comfortable with reader and willing to open up about everything she never did. except for, achieving that communication hasn't been the emotional fix-it reader wanted and expected. nothing is 'fixed' or 'better' yet but at least now they have the tools to figure out what's wrong in the first place.

when reader talked with papa and he said “At least I know she’ll come back this time, with you here” the fact that he thinks she wouldn’t come back just for him is heartbreaking. i know it was a way to be comforting but it sounds like he thinks that if annie didn’t come back the first time was because he wasn’t a good enough motivation, it is really sad, even if justified as annie has a complicated relationship with her father. they need to put their stubborness aside and have a father daughter talk.

oh it shatters me. i've actually already started writing a scene where he and reader talk about what it was like for Papa the first time Annie for Paradis, so we'll definitely see that addressed.

oh they'll talk. and you're gonna be so mad at me when you see how it happens...

then, the whole storm/weather doesn’t seem to announce something good. considering how annie is acting and feeling right now i really hope pieck will be true to her promise and keep an eye on her. or that one of the other warriors do it.

on the same note, i hope annie sees that reader isn’t doing good either and that both of them need help, and what she is doing might not be the best for reader. but it’s a delicate situation for everyone involved.

our girl is really going through it right now 😩😓 i don't think Pieck would make a promise she couldn't keep.

you're so right. i wish that i could tell you i wasn't gonna take the story in the angstiest direction i can think of to get them there! 🤪

there were so many nice details : like the weather being different in a different country and the characters not prepared for it fully, annie wearing flannel (gay), the car arriving and the black smoke in a way of showing bad news coming in a perfect setting, characters still interacting during dialogue (like connie and the grass again), papa being suspicious going just “in town”, and how the cats were acting during the storm! well some of them aren’t really details but you know.

i know what you mean! and again thank you, you nailed it with your interpretations and i love hearing your commentary you beautiful soul. it's interesting that you to say it read as suspicious for Papa to be vague about where he was; you may be onto something there!

finally, the ending… i would just be repeating myself and this ask is long enough but everything hurts in this chapter. thank you for providing us such a long, well written and beautiful chapter.

i hope you have a good week! -j

THANK YOU AND YOU KNOW I LIVE FOR YOUR SUPERLONG MESSAGES ! AND I FUCKING LOVE PLEASE THEM NEVER CHANGE. and also so sorry that i hurt everyone so early in the year but if y'all stick around i swear it'll be worth it

it's off to a nice start already! you too 💕

#j anon #tsuki answers #annie-isms #trnt annie

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mysticdragon3md3 · 3 years

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JJK ep6-13

My reactions while watching Jujutsu Kaisen ep 6-13. Please ignore my idiocy. This is more for my own fandom memories. . . .

6:49 PM 12/20/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep6

Haaaaaahhhhh~ Crunchyroll crashed at the beginning of the first commercial break. Now I remmeber. I decided to stop watching thru Firestick and reconnect my laptop to my Tv.

6:53 PM 12/20/2020

Let's try this again.

I forgot how great this animation was in this series. I should have paid attention to studio MAPPA before Yuri on Ice.

"rotten mikan"?

7:18 PM 12/20/2020

The great thing about watching on my laptop instead of Amazon Firestick, is that I can rewind and pause when I need to get food, and I don't have to worry about the Firestick crashing Crunchyroll. ;u;

Oh now...Fushiguro is talking to that guys' mom... ;o;

Y'know, everyone keeps describing Fushiguro as "cold", but he's REALLY nice. A LOT.

Wait. She doesn' thave a PE uniform?

Oh, that's cool. The other freshmen need someone good at close combat, and Yuuji is good at it.

Oh no...! SUNSHINE SMILE!!!! MY HEART...!!!!!!!!!!!!! GODDAMNIT!...

"I couldn't save anyone...I want to become strong." Endearing shonen protags!!!! ;U;!!!!!!

This paper silhouette of Yuuji is hilarious. Which is really odd, becasue just the other week, I was complaining and complaining about how KNY's drawn-out humor got on my nerves. Yet this joke has been going on for a while, and it wasn't annoying. O_o?

Wow. So many references! ^O^ Spirit Gun, Bankai, Rasengan,...LOL

Gojou-sensei says he's not suited to being a teacher, but he's good at being encouraging and focusing students on what they need to study.

"Negative emotions are the source of Cursed Energy." Well, nice to get confirmation on that other episode's implied world-building.

I really like so far how this movie-watching training is about practical, mundane emotional control. I always liked magic systems that alluded to real life emotional experience, and just added some "supernatural", but kept the way emotions work in reality.

Also, I like how often Yuuji does something foolish or silly, and Gojou not only goes along with it, but often also agrees. In so many other past series, it would be an excuse to chastise the silly protagonist for some "comedy". You know the routine. They go back and forth arguing...One gets insulted or angry at the other's lack of sympathy, the other either gets angry that they're getting yelled at for the other's incompetence, or they're stoically dismissive and then the protag gets insulted at that lack of respect, or the protag tries to justify their foolish actions as reasonable, then the other character argues with them about that,...blah blah blah. Gojo getting along so well with Yuuji is so incredibly refreshing, you don't understand.

7:44 PM 12/20/2020

I'll save ep7 for later. Watching anime takes so much effort when I keep wanting to write reactions AND eat at the same time I'm reading subtitles. Maybe if my eyes were as fast as they used to be...Ah well. . . . 10:28 PM 12/20/2020

JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 7 – Assault

I thought this guy got warned not to fight Gojou head-on? No, wait. It was just to seal him vs killing him. Is he ready to seal Gojou?

Gojou's asking this guy to hold up his hand, while he's drawn all cartoony... This series' humor---! LOL ^O^

That is CLEARLY LOTR... How is this series getting away so many references! lol

Gojou is really consideratee, compared to a lot of past mentor characters. I always appreciate compassionate characters. ^-^ If this series keeps slipping these traits into most of it's characters, I'm going to really love this series even more than I already am starting to. ^^;

"New Humanity"? Is that what Curses think they are? Talking like it's superior? But if they're made up of primarily or only negative emotions/energies/Curses, then they have a limited spiritual/experiential range. That's stagnancy and evolutionarily inferior. This series is more and more sounding like my Personal Myth's magic system. lol And if they start talking about Domains cancelling each other out by one overtaking the same space with its own energy density...Well, this series may be more in sync with my type of thinking than I realized. ^^;

He can still interrogat Jougo after decapitating him? Did they establish that Curses can still function a little after being torn up? Or am I remembering Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba instead?

Well, I guess that guy is a former student.

Flower attack and they're both cartoony again. LOL This freaking show and it's humor blended into the tense scenes! ^O^ ...WAit a sec. How the hell did MAPPA find a director that could so seamlessly blend all that?! ...Well, it's anime and anime ahs been doing that blending of tones for years, so why is this so surprising to me? I guess the contrast is a lot more stark. And yet, it's not jarring AT ALL! O.O!

I like that the attack spell was to take away their will to fight. Usually, I've only seen that concept with humor instead of a peaceful setting. It's interesting.

Suddenly it's classroom ettiquite. These dorks!!!!!!! ^O^ I love them so much already! LOL

Halloween? Are they going to explain why sealing Gojou on Halloween is advantageous? I love Halloween mythology.

Wow, this omake has a LOT of animation! O.o . . .

3:43 AM 12/22/2020

JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 8 – Boredom

I skipped watching this earlier because I thougth I coudlnt' eat and write reactions simultaneously. But that just made me not watch anime all day. ;_; So I'm going to eat while I watch again.

Odd they're going for a tournament arc when I thought fans were getting tired of it. But I guess it's only some anime critics.

Even stranger that fellow students are being set up as antagonists, when there's already such a strong threat established outside of their comrades. But I guess it's to futher establish the "higher ups" are corrupt and more of a problem than Curses.

Okkotsu's place? Was that the person Fushiguro implied died with him on a mission but wasn't in the same year?

I guess not.

"Boring tastes in women"???? What if someone says they like a feature and in Aoi's opinion that's a "boring" trait but in that person's opinion, it's a great trait? I can't believe this guy recognnizes it's ok to like guys instead---he'll understand someone else's differing opinion on that level, but not in how subjective a trait can be valued. -.-; Well, "ridiculous character introduction" achieved.

"Unshakable character" is a good answer.

See? What'd I tell you. Subjective perception.

I'm starting to like Nobara. She deciphered Maki's weakness already an just started insulted it. lol Not even bothering for a physical attack.

"I panda. I no understand human speech." lol

Interesting how Renin makes sure to insult both herself and her sister instead of just insulting her sister.

Is it weird I like Nobara even more because she's seriously choking Maki? Naw. Must be my pet peeve against bullies making me really want to see Maki suffer.

Liking Nobara more, seeing how calmly she takes these new antagonists.

4:04 AM 12/22/2020

Crunchyroll is buffering. ugh. I hope it doesn't crash. I'm watching thru my laptop and everything, so it shouldn't crash like the Amazon Firestick. ;o;

4:14 AM 12/22/2020

Ok. Looks like Crunchyroll froze. Finsihed an entire YouTube vid, waiting. I'm going to reset the episode then. ~_~;

4:15 AM 12/22/2020

Oh wait. It's working. ---No, wait. Buffering again. Ugh. It's so hard to watch this series! Lucky I like it more than Demon Slayer KNY. Makes watching worth the buffering/crashing. But Yuuji hasn't been in this ep so far, and it's trying my patience without him.

4:17 AM 12/22/2020

omg. It unbuffered for only one second. o__o;;;;;;;

4:19 AM 12/22/2020

Refreshing the page.

There's stil buffering, even after reloading the ep. Ugh. I'm tired of this. I can try to watch this ep later. I'm going to watch YouTube.

5:28 AM 12/22/2020

I kinda miss my other fandoms. Persona 5, FE3H,...Much simpler, or rather relationships between characters felt less vitriolic, even when they disagreed. Even Akechi got dealt with and eventually taken off screen permamently. I didn't have to spend (much) time with characters I hated. At least those series didn't have bullies. Bullies reallly tick me off. Which again, is weird pet peeve for me to have since I've never been bullied before. But certainly makes sense in terms of my depression. How can people go out of their way to make life miserable for others, when life is already miserable on it's own? I can't forgive that Malice.

These so-called classmates from the Kyoto school don't even know what True Strength is, if they're wasting their time bullying their underclassman or any comrades in general, instead of focusing on fighting Curses. No wonder the number of Curse-related deaths is so high.

Ugh. I need to get past this episode soon, before I get soured on this series and drop it, despite its excellent protagonist, like HeroAca. There are enough horrible things/people in real life. Why would I put up with fictional people who aren't a joy to be around, in any way? . . .

8:41 AM 12/23/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep8

AND CRUNCHYROLL JUST CRASHED AGAIN! LOL

I was just trying to re-watch ep8, even that first half that I didn't like, and Firestick crashed again. I thought it'd be ok since it was the first thing I had the Firestick do this morning, but dang.

Anyway, I just wanted to reiterate my annoyance with Todou Aoi. Just because he thinks "tall" and "big ass" are interesting traits and that "taste in women" supposedly reflects an interesting person, doesn't mean those are objective assessments of those traits. There are no objective assessments of sexually appealing triats! A trait that could be "boring" to Todou could mean everything interesting to someone else! What a jerk. If he wants to fight so badly, he should stop hiding behind excuses and come out and fight. Idiot.

And the worst thing is that ridiculous antagonist characters like this are probably going to turn out to be really buddy buddy with a "silly protag" like Yuuji. Goddamnit. ~_~;;;; . . . 12/25/2020 ..During breakfast, once again tried to finish Jujutsu Kaisen ep8, but Crunchyroll crashed again on Amazon Firestick. The other day, Crunchyroll crashed on my laptop too, so I didn't have much hope for watching thru my laptop, which is why I bothered watching thru the Firestick/TV in the first place. It crashed only after the first few minutes; not even reaching the mid-episode commercial break. ..Got fed up an watched Jujutsu Kaisen ep8 on YouTube, but it was an edited version that skipped every few seconds. . . . 11:45 AM 12/26/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep8

During breakfast today, I completely gave up on trying to watch on Crunchyroll. It's crashed on me too many times on Amazon Firestick/TV and too many times on my laptop. So I just straight up went for the YouTube bootlegs. I didn't even try this time. Because I've tried to watch this episode 8 at least 5 times by now, and I'd like to finish it before Nendoroid Fushiguro's preorder window closes, so I can decide if I should preorder him or not! How many times do I have to watch this first half of ep8?!?! And it's full of bullies, no less! Bullies are my pet peeve! I've dropped frickin BNHA because of just ONE reoccurring bully character, and the first half of JJK ep 8 has TWO. So no, I don't want to keep watching the fist half of JJK ep8 over and over and over again!

Miwa was cute and the gag about her being a Gojou fangirl was funny.

But it made me stop and wonder why this episode had 2 fanboys/fangirls: Todou Aoi and Miwa. What are they trying to say? Since the traditionalist Kyoto school leader was visiting, is it a statement against blindly following something?

Another thing discussed in this episode that struck me was the very non-traditionalist, antagonistic towards "the olds" way that Gojou spoke. It clashed against a lot of the popular Shonen series lately that have background messages about "working hard", "simply accepting things", unquestioning,...and something else I can't quite rmember. One Punch Man, Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba, and maybe even Boku no Hero Academia I'll have to watch the 2nd half of this ep again to solidify this thought. But I did notice something in this episode that made Jujutsu Kaisen seem more counter-culture than a lot of the other popular Shonen series I've seen in recent years.

Also, what's up with that one month future time skip, only to go back to the present to return to Miwa getting her photo with Gojou? What? What was wrong with just showing the sequences chronologically? The curiosity is going to drive me nuts if I dont' stop thinking about it. lol

I also really liked Nobara's cute head lean onto Zenin Maki when she realized how much she respected her. I'm sorry, but I'm always weak for kuudere girls unconsciously making all the other girls fall for them. ^.~ . . . 1:59 PM 12/27/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep9

I"m not going to type so many reactions, until maybe after the ep is over, because I'm going to focus on eating instead. Hopefully, I'll remember all the points I reacted to.

2:29 PM 12/27/2020

Episode over. Let's see what I remember.

I liked how in depth it portrayed how real life emotions and grudges can fester until they become these supernatural curses. That first part of the ep, just about Yoshino's supressed anger, getting bullied, feeling harassed, etc. got a whole lot more screentime than most other demon-hunter or yokai series. (Maybe it's just because he's going to become a kind of major character, seeing as he gets to be in the opening theme sequence.) Usually that type of emotional backstory to explain supernatural phenomenon, does get a poignant exposition, but even though it's effective, it's often pretty quick. (Though, I am referring to the more frequent one-shot characters of each supernatural escapade.) Especially in action demon-hunter series, like Ushio & Tora. Still emotionally effective, but very short screentime. But this guy, Yoshino's bullying scene goes on, intercuts with daily slights, for that chaotic feeling of compiling grudges everyday, and then he gets onscreen monologues of his specific thoughts while getting beat up. It's all very viceral and I apprecate that. I mentioned before how I like that Jujutsu Kaisen seems to portray real emotions to explain its magic system, instead of just making up a fake mystical power source. I mean, I'm usually fine with that type of purely imaginary magic system that has only vague explainations (in real life emotions), but JJK feels like it more directly translates grudges into Curses/magic and that feels interestingly refreshing.

This scene with Yuuji and Gojou introducing Nanami was so funny, I was instantly laughing out loud, several times. I'm so glad I ended up preordering Gojou's Nendoroid and not just Yuuji's. lol

I love how whenever Nanami says he doesn't care, the direction returns to the exact same angle, frame, etc. Really makes the joke hit each time. LOL

But again, like I was writing earlier about my growing suspicion that a lot of current popular Shonen series seem to fetishize hard work (without considering people disadvantaged by the same systems) and even sometimes outright parodying people who expect hand-outs (like One Punch Man)---(though I will append that BNHA does have a character like Shinso that demonstrates how the system is stacked vs people no matter how hard they could work)---It may be just my misunderstanding, but I feel like JJK seems to criticize the system, in contrast. I suspect JJK may be more counter-culture than other popular Shonen series right now. While checking out other current series like OPM, Demon Slayers KNY, and BNHA, I often run into a moment that makes me uneasy in how eagerly a protagonist throws themselves into accepting the abuses of a system, instead of criticizing the system, and how "heroic" that unquestioning or submissiveness is portrayed. In contrast, Gojou straight-up explained he doesn't believe in the Jujutsu community's current authority systems. But now we also have Nanami here pointing out that no matter which system you submit yourself to (whether Jujutsu sorcery or office work), it doesn't matter. Nothing matters...towards happiness or fulfillment, anyway. Therefore, he explicitly says that he doesn't put excess effort into anything. But at the same time, he states that he agrees with Gojou about the current system of Jujutsu authority to be wrong. I'm sure there was a time when themes of fetishizing hard work, without question, worked for me, but I've gotten too old and seen how the system is stacked against people even when they work hard, and how blind followers of the system fetishize "hard work" as an excuse to not show compassion towards others. It seems especially important in recent years.

I liked that Nanami mentioned that explaining your technique can actually make it stronger. It's an idea I liked to play with but didn't used much until Persona 5. The idea that the reality people build in their heads can be influenced by external forces. It's why in Kingdom Hearts II, just thinking about Maleficent, remembering her, resurrected her. Everyone's thoughts about her, together combined, adding energy for whatever traces of her to finish manifesting. It's like how some entities come into existence, simply by enough people sharing the same thought or pouring energies into the same beliefs/images. Some yokai series use this idea to explain why some entities manifest out of prevaent thoughts/emotions that happen in the same place or centered around a specific object. It's nice to see JJK also use this idea in both to explain Curses that manifest out of fears people have had for centuries about the mountains/forests/ocean, and also to reinforce a magic attack. Because seeing this technique used in a magic system for the purposes of combat, and not just exposition to explain an entity, doesn't appear often. (Until Persona 5).

Oh, and I REALLY LOVE the art style/animation on Yuuji's Divergent Fist. *U*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting that they're starting to alreay discuss the concept of humans turning into Curses. But I guess it's more a display of "some villain's horrifying technique", than the climactic change that a lot of other series use this trope for. ...I love this trope, by the way. Just villainizing antagonists as "monsters" always feels flimsy to me, so I like plot reveals about "the random enemies you've been fighting all this time are actually human victims transformed into monsters". Madoka Magica, Claymore, Kamen Rider Heisei phase 2, Bleach, Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba, etc. But most of all, I love how this trope forces protagonists to use more empathy, since my favorite ideal is "Compassion as the ultimate True Strength".

That omake---! LOL I really thought this was a flashback about Gojou asking Nanami to help with Yuuji, like he mentioned during the episode. But it turned out to just be a penis joke! LOL!!!!!!!!!! I laughed out loud, "WHAT?!" . . . 2:26 AM 12/28/2020

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Isn't Yuuji going to be sent to infiltrate Yoshino's school. I hope he can protect them.

This poor kid Yoshino. Never been validated before. He has to hear that it's ok for him to go vs his ideal of Indifference by hating people.

The body came before the soul. On this planet, anyway. And at the very beginning. Of course now, there's been so much history and accumulation and entities evovled on Earth that there can be entities that begin as souls first and maybe they stay that way or maybe they get souls. But I think you'd have to go to a whole other star system to find a species that was first on their "planet" that evolved as energy/souls first. But I'd think most of those species actually started in nebulae than planets. ..Unelss we're talking about gaseous planets.

omg I can't believe Yuuji pants'ed that teacher. It's true that dragging Yoshino along with him woudl've been more expected. I'm glad the writing called that out.

Can Yuuji see negative energy on people better now? Can he see how much Yoshino hates that teacher? Or was he just reading his expression?

Interesting that Mahito is distinguishing between protecting the body vs protecting the soul and reinforcing this idea about needing to be aware of one's own soul in order to protect it.

Aw. Episode over already? ;o; This series is good, but I am trying to catch up, since there are spoilers for this series all over social media and I already ran into a few of them.

What the hell is this omake. Why is Nobara's uniform being worn by Panda and Inumaki...And Gojou---Actually Gojo makes sense. I get the feeling he'll do anything for a laugh sometimes. lol . . . 8:38 PM 2/19/2021

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Started Jujutsu Kaisen ep11 around 8:10pm.

8:41 PM 2/19/2021 Just finished. Hm. 2 sets of previews. I wonder why.

I finally managed to watch anime again. ;_; For many years now, I've had this problem where I can't get myself to watch anime, becaus eI know it's so good and I know it'll be totally engrossing and distracting, that I get preemptively guilty for being so unproductive. I mean, a lot of times, I can't even multitask _eating_ during anime, because I can't read subtitles as fast as I used to. So I haven't really watche anime on a regular basis in a long time. Even though I know I love it. I guess this is why a lot of my recent fandoms have been videogames instead of anime series. which I guess doesn't make sense, considering games take as much or more time than watching a series. Anxiety is wierd.) There's the inability to multitask, there's pausing every few minutes to write reactions, there's the inevitable daydreaming I have whenever I watch something that's SOOO good that it demands my mental interaction, and if I manage to not write while watching, then there's writing reactions after the episode. watching anime just takes a lot of time out of me. I wish I wasn't afraid of that. Because I'll lose time, wasted on YouTube instead, and a lot of that is just "empty calories" compared to anime watching. Anyway, I finally managed to watch anime without sitting at my computer, pausing to write reactions at every few minutes. Finally! I was searching for a YouTube vid to watch, and everything I clicked was so uninteresting, that I ask myself, "why arn't I watching anime?" If I wanted something interesting, then go watch anime!"

Since I'm writing my reactions AFTER watching the episode and I have a very bad memory in general, these are by no means all my reactions:

Sometimes I get confused when Mahito's dialogue slips in some kind of exposition thing about how the magic system in this series works. Like, a soul's connection to its vessel, effecting the shape of a body. Yeah, that makes sense, but then he also talks about the reverse not being true---and I'm like, "No, both have to be true, otherwise it doesn't make sense. I watched FF7AC; there was logic behin Kadaj not being able to house Sephiroth until his body changed to be able to fit Sephiroth. But psychosomatic effect is a thing that exists in the real world." Much more than Mahito torturing/experimenting on random people, I was more perplexed by him not recogizing the body/spirit connection not going both ways. Or like in this episode, when he explained something about his surprise that he really could do something with the shape of his soul. Didn't he already know he could do that? But then later in this episode Nanami's internal monologue explained that Mahito must be a new entity and is essentially just a kid playing around, still trying to figure their powers out. Makes sense.

Not that I don't understand this magic system, but there seems to be a funamental work around on its restrictions. Like, Curses/negative energies can't be the only strong magics in a magic system that translates emotions into energy/magic. Series after series, we see magic based on negative emotions as being outclassed by magic based on positive emotions. I keep expecting that to be the big twist in Jujutsu Kaisen. Because a magic system based solely on negative emotions seems strangely restricted.

Yuuji continues to prove himself to be really sweet an IMMEDIATELY smile-inducing. It was really nice to see him getting along so fast with Junpei Yoshino.

I was worried about Yoshino and his mom being on bad terms, because of all his repressed anger asides. I was afraid that maybe she used to abuse him with cigarettes and maybe that was why he had made her promise not to smoke around him. I can't believe I had _completely forgotten_ that the bullies burned Yoshino's face with cigarettes. So I was relieved when Yoshino admitted to Yuuji that his mom was nice. Too bad she immediately was murdered. I feel like Mahito did it; just another experiment. In the flashback, it was really surprising to see a Japanese mom being ok that Yoshino take time away from school for his mental health, and being so supportive about it. This manga-ka sure knows how to portray characters as uickly endearing (except Nobara).

I liked that Yuuji's explaination for his reluctance to kill felt a little more nuanced that the usual answers I hear protagonists give to that uestion. The line (Yoshino) repeated from Yuuji's monologue was about "being afraid of killing tainting one's soul". But I preferred how Yuuji explained it before that line. Something about the temptation of having killing as an option in your arsenal, until it becomes too commonplace, and you lose a sense of taking lives as having any meaning, also losing the sense that lives have value (in preserving or appreciating).

9:56 PM 2/19/2021

well, that's all I remember so far. . . .

5:45 PM 2/21/2021

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6:12 PM 2/21/2021

So the good news is that I actually got myself to watch anime while eating---guilty about distracted unproductivity be damned. The bad news is that the episode was so good that I stopped eating. Thsi is my first meal of the day so I really do need to eat. But I"m not the type of person who can eat popcorn while watching movies. when I watch something, I give it my full attention. I don't eat while I'm concentrating.

Ok. I guess I should say something about how odd this omake is. o.o? Usually you'd have a chibi cameo of a known character. But I guess we're just getting metaphor instead...or just nonsense. ^.^;

Since I avoided sitting at my computer while watching, I'll have to retroactively write reactions again.

i really loved that this series just had our protagonist TALK to the antagonist, get junpei's story, his reasons for attacking the school, sympathize with him, solve the conflict by promising to help him. Any other past Shonen series would have had them just fight and then later, after the protag kills the antagonist, he'll learn the "tragic truth" and then carry that regret into his next battles. I'm glad thee genre is evolving past that. Not that I don't like that old style---hell, I love that vanilla Persona 5 killed Akechi, instead of redeeming him like P5R---but it's nice to have a variety in the genre. And Yuuji has proven himself to be a highly sympathetic personality, and curbing genre tropes to accomodate his best qality is really nice. ;u; in fact, a lot of the top series in modern Shonen have highly empathetic, visibly emotional, and vulnerable protagonists: Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba's Tanjiro, Boq no Hero Academia's Midoriya, and now Jujutsu Kaisen's Yuuji Itadori.

I had been considering for a while the idea that people in this series' would coul be turning other people into Curses on purpose. not just the soul-shape transfigurations that Mahito is doing. I mean like, manipulating people to be so full of negative emotios that they become a Curse. Like, is that how Suqna became a Curse? It's interesting to see this episode kind of foreshadow that idea through Mahito's monologues explaining his manipulations of Junpei.

I'll admit it. As a Kingdom Hearts fan, when Junpei was repeating what Mahito taught him about hearts not really existing, all I could think of was Xehanort lying about that to Organization XIII, in order to manipulate them. ^.^;

I will say it's really wierd to watch this series act like being able to influence others' souls and being aware of one's soul energy, is a novelty or a rare high level skill...after watching so many series in my life, where that was basic. Like, in Claymore, that's pretty much HALF of what they do! There's even a warrior Galatea who is DEFINED by manipulating other's energies. And I don't mean Jujutsu Kaisen has a bad magic system. it's really exciting that it's kneecapped its protagonists so much so the audience can anticipate how far they're ascend. Instituting harsh level, restricting magic system rules, to establish the characters' growth throughout tackling the conflicts of the series' battles, is something I'd wish videogame seqels would do instead of just taking away the protagonists powers. Don't make the protag start at zero just to give them an up to go to! Make the system/environment more difficult, to match their increasing power level! So I'm not frustrated at Jujutsu Kaisen doing this. But it is strange when your brain is buzzing with, "well, why don't they just do this?" after having watche so many other series' solutions to similar conflicts. Like, if this was Claymore, any warrior with enough training woul have been able to sync up with Junpei's soul energy and reform him into his body's original shape. So it feels very odd to be in the POV of a protagonist like Yuuji who doesn't even realize that's a thing that's possible, or at least seems possible within this world's rules. I mean, Mahito is doing it. But Yuuji is still a novice student, so he gets a pass; he doesn't become a frustrating protag to follow. But this series does give the impression that Mahito's ability to transfigure people's souls/bodies is like a power specific to him. I wonder if his character is just establishing this techniqe into this world's magic system or if it really is just Mahito. Because so far, it feels like only Mahito. Only time will tell if Mahito was just an establishing point for this function of this magic system.

Also, Yuuji, don't rely on that jerk, Sukuna. lol . . . 6:24 PM 3/29/2021

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Let's see if Crunchyroll will finally let me watch this series. Well, it's not crashing atthe first commercial before the episdoe starts. That's a good sign.

6:32 PM 3/29/2021

Well, look at that. Crunchyroll didn't crash at the 2nd commercial break, right before the opening theme.

6:39 PM 3/29/2021

LOL Yuuji totally just punched through that Domain? LOL!

Whatever potential Fushiguro has that Sukuna is interested in, the story is certainly setting this up this foreshadowing early.

It's really has been a while since I watched this series. I can't remember where Yuuji got those holes in his back.

Love these little resolution talks after a big fight in a story. Impressed that Nanami sidestepped actually answering the philosophy of Yuuji's question and just commented that Yuuji saved him and can save others. It's that type of good writing I can't do, that always makes my writing get bogged down. Like in Kingdom Hearts II when Xehanort was asking all these philosophical questions and Riku got caught up in answering them, but Sora had the wisdom to see that the whole line of questioning was faulty or a distraction to begin with.

Playing a vocal song during the last scene? Makes it feel like a season finale. Well, it is ep13, so I guess it's a halfway mark for the season.

6:52 PM 3/29/2021

I'd had to stop watching when Crunchyroll is actually working well for me right now. But I've got other stuff to do. ;o;

Ha! You were going to skip the previews! I forgot this series has an omake segment after the ending theme!

So if Yuuji taught Fushiguro to make meatball...Oh yeah, they think he's dead.

6:55 PM 3/29/2021

How odd. Crunchyroll automatically brought me back to teh episode selection screen intead of autoplaying to ep14. I appreciate it. But I wonder why that happened. Is it part of Crunchyroll crashing and glitching on me all the time? Or did they change their UI?

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My Favourite Shows of 2017

Happy New Year! It’s time again for my list of favourite shows of the year. Here’s to another year of good anime. Thank you for following and I hope you are enjoying the good anime we had this year. I present the list, in no particular order.

ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka

Political intrigue, double crossing, and a secret coup. This show was excellent at world building and making the world seem like a real and interesting place. It’s rare to find a nicely wrapped up show in one cour especially when there were so many different plot lines going on with the characters.

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen

Continuing off a few years after the first season ended we get to hear the rest of the story. Focusing more on Konatsu and Yotaro, we see the story of Yakumo taking on an apprentice and trying to keep rakugo alive. The second season was a roller coaster of emotions and had some of the most beautiful scenes.

Little Witch Academia

Trigger back to save anime again! This time making a series out of an OVA. This show is charming and adorable. Akko is a genki girl with so much spunk and the supporting cast is just as awesome. In typical Trigger fashion the show amps up the stakes in the final arc and we get a grand finale that is both wonderful and sweet. The animation is great as expected in a Trigger production, and the various little Easter Eggs always make me smile.

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon / Miss Kobayashi’s Maid Dragon

An otherworldly creature takes up residence in a office worker’s home and decides to live with her. Hi-jinx ensue. This show is full of warm fuzzies and Kana is the cutest. Plenty of jokes to be had here and the animation is very smooth, as expected of Kyo Ani.

Re:Creators

Take the isekai trope and reverse it, that’s what you get with Re:Creators. Fictional protagonists get transported to the real world.Add a dash of Sawano and you have an entertaining series with quite a few twists and turns. I enjoyed that they pulled in different types of protagonists from different genres of shows as well. A mech pilot, a chivalrous knight, a magical girl, and a mage to name a few. I was thoroughly amused by this series and it was good fun. The antagonist was a little too much for me at times with their over powered abilities. But just a minor annoyance in an otherwise great show.

Uchouten Kazoku 2 / The Eccentric Family 2

The long awaited sequel to a show I never thought would get a sequel, but I am so glad that it did. Rejoining the antics of Shimagomo family we get introduced to a few new characters. I love the colours in this show and how vibrant everything looks. Yasaburo is also a babe <3.

Made in Abyss

Wow, this show took me by surprise having heard virtually nothing about it before watching the first episode. The world building is fantastic, and the character designs are so unique. The creatures living in the abyss are also terrifying. Also the soundtrack is PHENOMENAL and inspired. Do yourself a favour and watch this show. The suffering depicted throughout their journey into the abyss was pretty gut-wrenching as well.

Mahoujin Guru Guru

Where do I even begin with this show. I think it was one of the most consistently funny shows that I watched this year. Every episode has me laughing out loud at one joke or another. The gags don’t get stale even when re-used. Kukuri is so precious and her smile must be protected. The animation is really smooth and consistent and they occasionally use 16 bit animation. It actually feels like I’m watching an RPG, they even have status bars that show up throughout the show that sometimes show their levels. It’s really quite hilarious.

Princess Principal

Female spies in an alternate universe steampunk-London. If you can handle a non-linear story progression then you should take a look at this show. The soundtrack is done by one of my favourites, Yuki Kajiura. The episodic nature of the show allows some of the side characters to really shine and I actually like a side character as my favourite character because of their backstory. It’s rare that an original show like this manages to be so captivating so early on in it’s run.The artwork and character designs are nice and Victorian England makes for an exciting setting for spies.

Garo Vanishing Line

I know this show is 2 cour and will spill into 2018, but the first cour was excellent and warrants it’s inclusion on my list of faves. I really am getting into the Garo franchise and Mappa is doing an incredible job of showing their strengths with this franchise. It’s got plenty of action and an interesting plot line. The first cour was mostly episodic in nature, introducing the characters of the series and now the second cour I think will delve into more lengthy story arcs. But so far it has me entertained.

Houseki no Kuni / Land of the Lustrous

OMG this SHOW!!! I think I can say that it is my number 1 favourite show of 2017. Everything about it is so stunning and gorgeous. The choice of using CG has some people divided, but I love it. I’ve been a fan of CG shows since Knights of Sidonia and Ajin, and Houseki no Kuni demonstrates the epitome of awesome things you can do with CG. The camerawork is stunning for fight scenes and you can do things that you’d never see in 2D animation. I think CG is the perfect format for a show like this. The colours are gorgeous and the characters are so endearing and full of life. The show’s universe is mysterious and I desperately want a season 2. I could literally talk about how much I love this show for hours, but I’ll just tell you that you have to watch it. It’s criminally under-watched in my opinion. Story wise, you have these genderless gemstone characters who fight against the Lunarians who are trying to kidnap them, break them into fragments and use them as weapons to capture the remaining gemstone characters. There is also an air of mystery going on and you barely scratch the surface of the truth behind this universe. I love this show it’s a masterpiece of art.

Inuyashiki

Well this show was a pleasant surprise. Not only does it have a complete adaptation, but it’s a pretty badass show. So this old man and teenager get turned into super powered robots. Then you see how different they react with their new found powers. They mix a little CG in when they use their robot powers. It’s a bit clunky at times but the story is compelling enough to make me not notice it. Also the OP is sung by Man With A Mission, one of my favourite Japanese groups so that’s a bonus.

Kekkai Sensen & Beyond / Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond

I didn’t think it was possible to top the first season of Kekkai Sensen because it was so cool. But this second season is WAY better. Now you have to be a fan of the episodic format as each episode is pretty much standalone except two two-part arcs. We get a lot more time with side characters and learn more about the background of my favourite character, Chain. <3 <3 Also Steven (total DILF) gets a lot more screen time which is great. It has the same humour and upbeat zany atmosphere as the first season but it really feels more like a labour of love where the characters are given time to shine. And the characters are the strong point of this show. The OST is also really great as it mixes jazz, RnB, rap, hip hop style songs as it’s supposed to be a take on New York. It also has some amazing sakuga scenes because it’s got the BONES people working their magic.

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou / Girls’ Last Tour

This show really surprised me. It was so comfy, yet melancholy. Two girls are just travelling around in a tank in what appears to be a post-nuclear/apocalyptic Earth. The background and atmosphere is really great, it reminds me of Blame or the city of Sidonia with layered city structures and industrial almost steampunk type environment. It’s kind of a lonely show with just snippits of their lives together roaming the wasteland. The OST is glorious and relaxing though. I’d say it’s kind of like a slice of life except not heavy handed with the jokes. You really feel that they are the last few remaining people on Earth. The voice actors also have excellent chemistry as it’s just those two girls talking to each other essentially the entire episode, yet the show remains engaging.

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