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Dagnabbit! I was all hype for new Goblin Slayer after the ending last week, but it’s just a “.5” recap episode this week!

 AduroT wrote:
Dagnabbit! I was all hype for new Goblin Slayer after the ending last week, but it’s just a “.5” recap episode this week!

Yeah. And a very lazy one at that. It was literally 100% old footage strung together.

They did clearly state it was a recap episode this week ahead of time, plus they're almost totally caught up with the manga. They MIGHT be able to squeeze another 12-13 episodes if they take a long break before season 2.

Did they ever explain why they did the arcs out of order?

Don't think so, which did they do out of order? Or are you talking about the recap? I just skipped that, I HATE recap episodes.

 Wolfblade wrote:
Don't think so, which did they do out of order? Or are you talking about the recap? I just skipped that, I HATE recap episodes.

The farm arc was before the sewer arc in the manga as I recall.

Yeah, the village defense was before he got a party and went to water town. They probably flipped the arcs so they can have the village defense as the finale. Which makes sense I guess.

Episode 10.5 is a recap episode. Don't waste your time with it.

I think we should all not waste our time with it and watch Bunny Girl Sempai instead.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Wolfblade wrote:
Don't think so, which did they do out of order? Or are you talking about the recap? I just skipped that, I HATE recap episodes.

The farm arc was before the sewer arc in the manga as I recall.

Ahh right, I totally forgot that. It's probably because the farm would make a better season finale.

 Wolfblade wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Wolfblade wrote:
Don't think so, which did they do out of order? Or are you talking about the recap? I just skipped that, I HATE recap episodes.

The farm arc was before the sewer arc in the manga as I recall.

Ahh right, I totally forgot that. It's probably because the farm would make a better season finale.

Indeed. The story arcs are also pretty independent of each other so doing them out of order doesn't cause any issues.

So after having every single anime youtuber I follow say to do so along with several friends, I watched Episode 10 of Violet Evergarden.

Violet Evergarden is hands down one of the best shows in the last decade at least.

Watched the first episode of Rising of the Shield Hero, mostly out of spite more than any actual interest (Streisand Effect).

The first episode is pretty good, the "controversy" a total non-issue. I hear that the original source material was pretty good also.

Just watched the first episode of Black Clover.

It's Naruto, with wizards.

That's... literally what it is. Except with worse pacing.

I watched the first season of Hi Score Girl on Netflix.

It’s well done but pretty much paint-by-numbers. Slacker Guy is crushed on by both Perfect Girl and Not So Perfect Girl. Put it another way, what if Betty was Mortal Kombat and Veronica was Street Fighter?

New season is starting up, so decided to just pick up the first episode of everything and watch when I've got the time, so I can weed it all out.

In the meantime I'm watching the first season of Mob Psycho 100 again in preparation for season 2.

Anvildude wrote:
Just watched the first episode of Black Clover.

It's Naruto, with wizards.

That's... literally what it is. Except with worse pacing.

Don't you mean Black ClovAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Seriously, I don't understand how you can screw up that badly without genuinely trying to screw up.

Saw Shield Hero last week. Rather liked it and plan to keep up with that one.

Was introduced to Black Cover a few weeks ago. I have binged the entire series up to current. It’s less Naruto but Wizards, and more One Piece but Wizards, due to everyone having their one power kind of deal. The main dude’s yelling definitely started off super grating, but I just kind of got used to it.

Having just finished the Shield Hero Mango, one thing I noticed was that the anime was not shy about saying "screw the source" when it came to the details, ordering or shots and instead told the story in a way that fit the medium rather than falling into the trap of trying to just shot for shot matching the manga, and I am happy about that.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
Having just finished the Shield Hero Mango, one thing I noticed was that the anime was not shy about saying "screw the source" when it came to the details, ordering or shots and instead told the story in a way that fit the medium rather than falling into the trap of trying to just shot for shot matching the manga, and I am happy about that.

I am hearing more and more evidence I should give Shied Hero a try.

I finally got around to finishing my dvd of JoJo season 1, and... the Nazi was a good guy. Still dealing with that.

Oh! Konosuba is getting it's dub on crunchyroll, and Mio is Darkness and Astolfo is Aqua, so I see nothing wrong and look forward to it (and the next Heaven's Feel movie when that gets stateside.)

Speaking of, how is the winter season panning out for folks?

Ooh, sounds good.

About the Shield Hero, not the Nazi.

Rising of the Shield Hero's manga is great. Loved to see it animated, especially since it tackles many of its related cliches in inventive ways, and goes a completely opposite route from most "transported into another world" hero stories. The series can be a little wangsty at times, but the quality of the story more than makes up for it.

EDIT: Additionally, super DUPER excited about Lord El-Melloi Case Files getting an anime adaptation. Probably the best series to come out of the Fate Franchise since Fate/Zero by miles.


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 Manchu wrote:
I watched the first season of Hi Score Girl on Netflix.

It’s well done but pretty much paint-by-numbers. Slacker Guy is crushed on by both Perfect Girl and Not So Perfect Girl. Put it another way, what if Betty was Mortal Kombat and Veronica was Street Fighter?

I think I enjoyed this series solely because I actually knew most of the games being referenced, and it's very obvious the story was written by someone who was that age at that time so it comes off as really authentic. The author of the original source material claims it's based on a youthful romance he had in the early 90s.

Spot on comments, LoH. How does it feel that your own childhood is now fodder for nostalgia?

I thought it was funny to see Clinton winning an election used as a milestone marker.

The best I can say for Hi Score Girl, and most anime these days, is that the usual chracterizations, plots, and conflicts are all delivered with good pacing. There’s not much new here.

Also the character design for the blonde girl ... Those eyelashes are irritating to me for some reason.

 Manchu wrote:
Spot on comments, LoH. How does it feel that your own childhood is now fodder for nostalgia?

Probably not a great example. You really feel the enthusiasm of the period watching the show. Games making massive leaps and bounds in design, graphics, and style year to year. Arcade culture at it's height before home gaming wiped it out.

When it comes to milking nostalgia for entertainment I think Hi Score Girl goes about it the right way most of the time. Sure there's this melodramatic love story mixed in that's more than a little cheesy, but I didn't care about that so much as I just sat back and enjoyed how "real" the main character feels when he's being excited about the games he's playing and what it was like to be alive in that era of gaming. To be sure there's still lots of great games out there, but the industry isn't moving at anything near the speed did in those years.

Also the character design for the blonde girl ... Those eyelashes are irritating to me for some reason.

I will say I'm not a fan of the character design in the series, or the really obvious CGI that pulls you out of the moment frequently episode to episode.

So the first half of the Konosuba dub is out, for those who are into dubs.

I'm only one episode in but liking it so far.

 Hoitash wrote:

I'm only one episode in but liking it so far.

I know this might sound oddly specific but episode two is one of the best second episodes ever.

Mario wrote:

 Hoitash wrote:

I'm only one episode in but liking it so far.

I know this might sound oddly specific but episode two is one of the best second episodes ever.

I do not doubt this

I am really looking forward to Mio as Darkness

 BaconCatBug wrote:
Watched the first episode of Rising of the Shield Hero, mostly out of spite more than any actual interest (Streisand Effect).

The first episode is pretty good, the "controversy" a total non-issue. I hear that the original source material was pretty good also.

It is. I read the manga after seeing the first episode, and its a pretty solid story.
It reminds me a little of Berserk, where terrible (though arguably not as bad) stuff happens to the main character, so he becomes this bitter, violent individual who doesn't trust anyone, and ends up regaining his humanity through the few reputable companions he encounters.
Its a lot lighter and not as great as Berserk, but it follows the same sort of concept and is still better than most crap on the market nowadays.



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Anvildude wrote:
Just watched the first episode of Black Clover.

It's Naruto, with wizards.

That's... literally what it is. Except with worse pacing.

Apparently it gets better later on. By later on I mean something like 30 episodes in. Which means you have to endure 29 episodes of Asta's ear raping screeches.
So feth that noise.


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 Hoitash wrote:

I am hearing more and more evidence I should give Shied Hero a try.

I finally got around to finishing my dvd of JoJo season 1, and... the Nazi was a good guy. Still dealing with that.

Speaking of, how is the winter season panning out for folks?

Season 2, technically. Battle Tendency is the second part of Jojo Bizarre's adventure.
Stroheim is pure meme gold and I love it.




You can easily apply that line to Warhammer. Just replace German with Necron, Tau or Imperial (because of course the Ad Mech would think so), and it will fit thematically.

He's not really a good guy though. They made it pretty clear early on that he's a bit of a gak, considering how he treated that mexican woman and supervised human experimentation, and the series didn't shy away from slaughtering nazi soldiers en masse. I don't think a single one, except for Stroheim, survived an encounter with the Pillar Men.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

Anvildude wrote:
Just watched the first episode of Black Clover.

It's Naruto, with wizards.

That's... literally what it is. Except with worse pacing.

Apparently it gets better later on. By later on I mean something like 30 episodes in. Which means you have to endure 29 episodes of Asta's ear raping screeches.
So feth that noise.

I didn't really bother to watch Black Clover, but I read the manga when it came out and thought it was a pretty galling copy paste. Pretty amazed it went anywhere at all, but there was a fair amount of desperation as Bleach and Naruto were both coming to an end. Then again, I didn't really care for a lot of Naruto's early stuff, though that's largely due to the pacing of the show. I quite liked the manga but mostly skipped to the highlights when it came to seeing it animated. Maybe someday BC will find its footing too?

I think Black Clover benefited a lot from the timing of it's release which may not have been coincidental. It's definitely a lot like Naruto and when it first started up Naruto was in its closing chapters. Fans jumped ship from one story that was ending to another very similar story that was just starting. Personally I lost interest because the quality just wasn't the same, but I can see how Black Clover survived despite feeling extremely derivative.

I find My Hero Acadamia much better personally.