Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 46]
Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 46]
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We're about midway the season. I'm still not too stoked with what we got but oh well.
I'm still watching since the start of the season:
- Dandadan: great anime. Love the style and chemistry between characters.
- Acro trip: fun little anime that's like Gushing Over Magical Girls, but wholesome (and imo, not gross)
- 365 Days Till Wedding: comfy adult romance. Like it a lot except last episode, which was weird... Hopefully not a trend...
- Negative Positive Angler: oddly wholesome fishing anime with a terminal MC. I like the character dynamics.
- Demon Lord 2099: took a while to get somewhere, but it's somewhere now. It's fine, but not much more.
- 2.5D Seduction: ongoing from previous season. Good fun still.
Picked up later on:
- Do-over Damsel: it's interesting enough to keep my attention, but is a little.. uncomfortable at times, which keeps me in a state of 'to drop or not to drop'.
- Mecha-Ude: 3 eps in. Feels a little overhyped so far, seemingly just because the studio has a nice underdog-ish story, because the anime itself isn't that great. Bad organisation is bad because the anime says so? Like, little to no reason is given to believe so. So far the good guys don't seem to be so good either. Doesn't feel like that's supposed to be on purpose. Feels like they forgot to give reasons. Also, what point do the Mecha-Ude serve? This also doesn't feel like it's purposefully withheld to leave suspense. Setting is futuristic, but like, this has only really impacted the look, not much else. So far it's like a less developed and less angsty Tokyo Ghoul, but the kagune/quinque's are mechs.
On hold:
- Re:Zero S3: just couldn't get into it for some reason. Will probably wait and binge.
I've dropped a fair few, more than usual:
- Yakuza Fiancé: only watched one ep, but I didn't like the characters at all. I like the idea of the FMC kicking the MMC down, but no way that's actually going to happen. She's just giving him what he wants. Not interested in watching this insane people romance. Not in this form anyway.
- Nina the Starry Bride: yeah uh, not a fan of them kidnapping a girl from the slums only to never address that fact again and the FMC behaving as if she went along (semi-)willingly. Dropped after 4 eps.
- SAO GGO Alternative 2: liked the 1st season, but the 2nd season gives no reason to care. There are no stakes or mysteries. But not in a SoL way where it's fun to watch. No fun strategies, no new character dynamics. The special rule could've been interesting, but it sucks and would suck in the type of game it is too if it a were real game, contrary to the last season. Dropped after 5 eps.
- Villainess Who Goes Down In History: animation is wonky and so is the pacing. I prefer the manga. Dropped after 3 eps.
Hearing a lot of good things about Orb, so will probably check that one out if I can.
I think Re:Zero is following the same episode structure as last season, where Subaru is thrown down the pit of despair into a seemingly insurmountable problem, and then he'll find some way to get out of it.
That's why it's really hard to watch right now, and honestly it's about the same time when I quit watching last season. I haven't even watched how that ended, but it looks like he survived the rabbits okay.
Yeah, maybe take a break from torturing yourself, then wait until all the episodes are out and find out how he survives this time....
No, I don't think that's why I can't get into it this season. The pit of dispair didn't happen yet when I stopped watching (ep 3 or 4).
It just hasn't really managed to intrigue me yet.
Hearing a lot of good things about Orb
Give it three episodes and see what you think. The first three episodes provide a nice little arc and set things up for the future. Next to Dan Da Dan, Orb has been my favorite of the season.
Mecha-Ude
This one is weird to me. When it's trying to be funny or charming I think it almost always succeeds. When it's trying to be cool or edgy (most of the time unfortunately) it almost always fails.
It almost gives off the vibes of a 20th-century Western-made Saturday morning cartoon (except that for some reason the MC's relationship with his mecha-ude reminds me of the one between the lead in Kill La Kill and her seifuku). I'm not quite sure why—maybe it's the lack of any real moral ambiguity? Anyway, many of those could not do cool or edgy to save their lives.
Agreed, I enjoy the fun stuff. Serious stuff less so