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kateee posted...

ok i say that but i remembered Kokkoku OP which was not that long ago! maybe two weeks or so since i finished that. (edit: it has actually been about 3 and a half weeks)

Hell yeah, the Kokkoku OP is super catchy

Watched three more first episodes:

-Pass The Monster Meat, Milady is about a noblewoman who creeps people out because she likes to eat monster meat, but then she meets another noble who likes hunting monsters and they naturally hit it off. I enjoyed this well enough. The main guy and girl are both dorks in their own way, and it was endearing seeing them open up to each other. I doubt this will be anything super special, but it looks like it'll be a fun watch with some decent fantasy action.

-Shabake is a show about a kid in the Edo period who can see spirits. I typically enjoy spirit supernatural shows, and this one has some good vibes right from the start. I like how the supernatural elements are woven into the worldbuilding. The little troll spirits are super cute too. Still, my one complaint is that this first episode was paced really slowly. I still have almost no idea what it's going to be about. It's tagged 'Mystery' but he didn't do much to solve anything this episode. I'll stick with it though.

-May I Ask For One Final Thing is about a noblewoman who likes punching things. This first episode had ups and downs. I didn't like how lots of it was dedicated to her getting bullied by her fiance, but then it made it a lot more satisfying when she went violently nuts. Hopefully the bullying portion is over and the rest of the show can be dedicated to her beating people up. I like the main girl overall, she has a fun personality. My only real complaint is that, for some reason, the subtitles on Crunchyroll were twice as big as they usually are. It was genuinely hard to watch. Shabake, which also aired today, had normal subs, so hopefully this was just a goof and not the start of a trend.

Season Ranking So Far
-Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
-Kakuriyo S2
-This Monster Wants to Eat Me
-May I Ask For One Final Thing
-My Awkward Senpai
-Pass the Monster Meat, Milady
-Shabake
-A Wild Last Boss Appeared
-A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai
-Let's Play

If possible, I want to use my money to instead buy some of your time. In your anime watching topic you said you'd watch at least three episodes. I recommended Dark Gathering. Assuming you don't absolutely hate it, I'd like to parlay the $10 into whatever that amount is worth to you to watch further. For me it really clicked in episode 6 but three episodes is like an hour and I doubt $10 buys an hour of your time lol. But whatever you think is fair.

Also if you absolutely hate it after three you can still drop it, this is just if you're on the fence.

pjbasis posted...

I am completely fine with how things are going.

1 person being upset at a result isn't an negative indication of the contest.

It will be when Rebecca eventually goes out and I am the one who is upset

I may as well try #drawing too

I was glad you listened to the other Luna songs

Alyssa Ashcroft

Yay, you're starting the song ranking. I'm at least glad to see Launch and Sting low even if they're still ahead of several decent X3 ones (Blast Hornet's song is great)

MegaWentEvil posted...

Do you guys plan on doing a Maverick/stage/theme ranking for X4-X6 too?

I can't speak for Para, but I definitely don't have any plans because I haven't played them, lol. I played X and X2 to death as a child but I only played X3 over the last year and I haven't gone beyond that.

Watched two more first episodes:

-My Awkward Senpai is about a lady who works in an office. She seems to have a terse personality but really she's just unsure of herself, and that awkwardness comes out a lot while she tries to train a new hire. It was fine. It was cute seeing the contrast between her internal thoughts freaking out while her outer self is being cold and grumpy. Not much else to say, should be a fine show.

-This Monster Wants to Eat Me has potential to be great. A girl who lost her family in an accident is depressed as she enters high school, including suicidal thoughts. Then she meets a monster who wants to eat her eventually. That's... honestly great. I sympathize with the main girl's depression and the monster angle is an interesting twist. This is shaping up to be really toxic yuri, which I normally dislike, but making one of the two girls a literal monster makes it more appealing somehow. There's always the chance this could go too far or fall apart, but for now I'm cautiously optimistic and would recommend it to yuri lovers.

Season Ranking So Far
-Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
-Kakuriyo S2
-This Monster Wants to Eat Me
-My Awkward Senpai
-A Wild Last Boss Appeared
-A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai
-Let's Play

Maniac64 posted...

Nope. My wife really liked it and i enjoyed it as well. We are excited for the new season.

I'm glad at least one other person here is hyped for more Kakuriyo!

You just made an enemy for life!

Watched a few more first episodes of new shows this season:

-A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai is an extraordinarily generic isekai. Given the title, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Man, some isekai don't even bother trying to be creative anymore. It opens with main dude sitting on a couch in his apartment and then he's instantly transported into a god's domain for the generic conversation of "yeah you died lol I'm going to make you super overpowered and send you to a fantasy land". I don't know how he died and even he doesn't seem to care. He makes the fantasy equivalent of a million dollars in the first episode so I'm not expecting any stakes in this show. Still, I like the idea of a dude wandering around gathering stuff to sell. I always find that calming in RPGs. I'll stick with it. It's inoffensive at worst.

-Let's Play is about a girl who made a video game in her spare time, released it, and then her favorite streamer trashed it. Then the streamer moved in next door for, presumably, rom-com shenanigans. I say presumably because the first episode was mostly about her getting sexually harassed at work. They don't call it that, but I have no other words to describe what happened to her in this episode. Ugh. It had so much potential in the opening moments and had a creative OP, but then it introduced her creepy manager and fell apart. She has a cute dog, and the Crunchyroll description literally says "Come for the plot, stay for the doggo". The doggo had maybe sixty seconds of screentime and did nothing special. The main girl's father was amazing though. He was in two scenes and actually made me laugh both times. I dunno, maybe it'll get better when it focuses on the streamer guy more. The ED made him seem like less of a jerk than his stream implied.

-Yano-kun's Ordinary Days is the highlight of the season so far. It's about a guy who is accident-prone and keeps getting injured, which catches the attention of his reliable seatmate. The main girl is amazing. She had A+ facial expressions and reactions for pretty much the whole episode. This is shaping up to be an adorable romantic comedy. I also enjoy this clumsy kind of humor (reminds me of Anne-Happy, another anime I loved about being accident-prone). I just hope it builds the relationship between the characters and isn't just comedy set-pieces of main dude getting injured. Still, I have high hopes.

-Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits is getting a surprise second season seven years later. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person here who enjoyed the first season (Mac gave it a 2/10 on MAL lol, guessing I won't see you coming back for this one). It was just a nice show to watch. Nice fantastical vibes, a main girl who wasn't a pushover, relaxing cooking scenes while she solves problems for people. I liked it when it aired and I liked it even more when I rewatched a few years later. Kakuriyo was the perfect binge show, but I'm also excited to get a weekly dose of it now. The first episode of season two was more of the same. Aoi cooked food and chatted with people and it was great.

Season Ranking So Far
-Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
-Kakuriyo S2
-A Wild Last Boss Appeared
-A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai
-Let's Play

It was funny for me to try and find something. You picked up most of the things I would have suggested already when you read my old anime ranking recently. But there were also a bunch that seemed like good kateee shows, but inevitably you'd already dropped them after one or two episodes, lol. Keijo seems like something you should enjoy, too, but even it got dropped after two episodes.

I guess I'll go with Dark Gathering for my nomination. I watched it after my ranking that you read, but it's my new #2 of all time.

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Scratchy

I didn't watch much anime after finishing Apocalypse Hotel because I played Silksong, but I figured I'd come back in earnest when the new season started. And now it has!

I watched the first episode of A Wild Last Boss Appeared. It's an isekai about a guy who gets pulled into the role of a character he played in a video game. Kind of a generic isekai so far, a typical power fantasy. Has shades of Overlord because it's set in the game's distant future and they're trying to figure out if anyone else got pulled into the game and whatnot. Still, at worst it was average. I'll stick with it.

The other anime that started today was The Fated Magical Princess but I'm not sure I want to watch that one until I hear more about how good it is. Romance anime are hit-or-miss for me.

Looking forward to more shows starting so I can get back into anime.

kateee posted...

(some days i listened on youtube where plays aren't tracked)

My Luna song is only on Youtube so nobody should use her for the challenge thing

I will listen to the songs again and vote for sure. This was a fun thing to participate in, thanks for doing it kateee

Smarf (Too Many Cooks)
Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Hello Kitty
Timber

Cheetor (Beast Wars)
Smarf (Too Many Cooks)

Hello Kitty
Timber

kateee posted...

Submit 13 (THIRTEEN) total answers. For the first 6 (SIX), pick either ROCK, PAPER, or SCISSORS. If you beat your opponent for that #, you will get 1 point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SoKWLkmLU

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Scratchy

Combee deserved better and will win next year

Was a fun contest

Neat, Chaeix and I both got idols for 24. I'll probably hope for the best today and use my idol tomorrow

I've got a pretty good score already, but I'll play it on my phone at work tomorrow and see if I can do better.

I spent SO LONG looking for the two 2014 ones (5 and 9) but I never even considered to check those shows while skipping through seasons on MAL, lol. Oh well. It was a fun challenge.

You know, in Survivor, top seven is right around when eliminated contestants are added to the jury who decide the final tribal council! Now that everyone only has one song, that could be a fun thing to incorporate as we get knocked out. Not necessarily us deciding the winner between the final two but something maybe to keep people engaged as this winds down.

Oh I thought you meant you were going to change how hint points were allocated, turning them into half points (which for me would mean 6.5 or 7 depending on if we get three or four)

Well, now that I'm home and can more easily listen to songs, if you give me a bit of time I can find another song or two to make up for potential lost hint points

Me: I've watched over 400 anime I'll do okay
Video: Only one I recognize is the one that literally says its own name
Me: Oh no

I'll see how I can do with Youtube throughout the day though lol

Damn I missed Vincent and Cindy. I included all three male villains just because I knew two of them were there for sure. Plus I figured Celes instead of Cindy.

Curious to see what FF guesses I got wrong too!

Rowlet

I was glad that Hated By Life Itself grew on you as much as it did. It definitely has a bleak vibe but if you've ever been in that type of depressed headspace it's definitely relatable.

kateee posted...

i think easily the standout part of the song/vid is around 3:40 where the "just live" part is being written but it gets more frantic/scratchy echoing the desperate urging of the speaker

That's my favorite part of the song too. Really creative use of the visuals there.

Puck (Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World)
Timber (Diddy Kong Racing)

Hello Kitty
Scratchy (The Simpsons)

Oh it's two saves per

Snow (cat) (Final Fantasy XIII)

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Treecko

Trading for Combee, can't get Emolga. I can save a few seconds after 22:06

I don't see why Snake wouldn't use the idol, Roots effectively acts as an idol too in the same way. My only hope is Snake doesn't show up for twelve hours!

Hated By Life Itself had a good run though, I'm glad it almost made the top 10.

I think OP just means overpowered in this case but I haven't watched Survivor in over a decade so I dunno.

Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Scratchy (The Simpsons)

Snow (cat) (Final Fantasy XIII)

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Jigglypuff

The Bailiff

ChatGPT got like 70% of those right on the first guess when I uploaded the image but I knew none of them personally. Following the honor system, I will respectfully PASS with both of my songs and hope for the best.

#search

Judge of the Old Bailey

Excelsius Winner

Juror 3 (Young Man)