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23. Girls' Last Tour
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@Robazoid

Oddly enough, GLTs a show I was really hyped for before it came out, and I was disappointed in it at first. Im a real big fan of slice of life shows that have some sort of fantasy or sci-fi twist to them, and this seemed like a perfect fit. But I just didnt find the first couple episodes very interesting. I also found Yuuri to be a bit more mean-spirited that I wouldve liked. Thankfully, the show greatly improves in basically every respect as it goes along. Yuuris terribleness becomes a lot funnier, and the episodes get much more interesting. I think practically every episode from 6 or so on was amazing. The two mains have a pretty great dynamic between them, where Yuuri will do stupid things to get them involved in entertaining situations while Chito keeps them alive and pushes the story forward. Those stories vary in quality (there are some hits early on among the less exciting episodes), but the cast basically makes them good regardless once you come to like them. The art of the show is surprisingly good for a show that looks like, well, this, particularly the architecture. The abandoned city looks fantastic, totally unique from most any other post-apocalyptic series (mightve been a bit influenced by Blade Runner or Coruscant I guess, but it still has its own unique feel). By the end of the show, I was a big fan of it all, and definitely cried a few times.

Would also like to talk about the manga for this one, since I read it later. For the most part, I think the manga and anime are pretty much equal. There are a couple parts that are better in the anime (the rain segment and the final episode, which tried for a much more climactic feel in the anime, due to being the final episode and all), but the manga has its superior interpretations as well. The biggest difference is just whats covered. I mentioned earlier that the anime basically got better as it went along, and that continues to be true in the manga. The anime covers 28/42 of the mangas chapters (I think it skips a couple of those, but whatever), and does a great job of it. However, those last 14 chapters are among the mangas best. Some of them are total stunners, and I cried a few times. The last couple chapters were incredible and blew me away even more than anything in the anime. Itd be great if they made another anime to cover whats left at some point, but until then, all fans of the anime owe it to themselves to check out the remaining parts of the manga. Those chapters were enough to make it one of my favorite manga period.
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