Board 8 > Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 173: Someone had to

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Citrus starts in winter
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As Yuki Yuna season 2's first episode finishes airing, I hold my breath refreshing youtube to see if even one fucking show I care about is going to have an OP in episode 1 this season.
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Having no OP in episode 1 is a sign of a good show.
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poisson posted...

According to MAL I haven't watched anything since....July of 2016? I feel like this is becoming an annual thing for me, but what notable shows have I missed in the last 15 months or so?

Re:Creators
Kizumonogatari + Owarimonogatari S2
Titan S2
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows

Are some of the ones I've really liked since then.
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Gonna start Titan S2 tomorrow I think. I only have one story arc of Senran Kagura PBS left and then all of the Paradise Episodes to do which are short. After that it's the GRIND for skill cards since there are almost 900 of them. Some of them have pretty sexy art too

Ah, Amazon added the missing Kara no Kyoukai stuff, was worried about that.
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Oh man My Hero Academia is good. This tournament arc is hype as hell. Also the character design in this show is impeccable. Like the main class has 20 people in it all with uniquely defined personalities and abilities, and I like almost all of them.
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Titan S2 ep1 - holy shit this show is still so good. Curious to see where these new developments go

Love Live tiiiiiiime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP2adrWqFtM
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Oh, Code:Realize is otome. That's unfortunate.
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Why unfortunate?
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I don't like otome
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tazzyboyishere posted...

Oh, Code:Realize is otome. That's unfortunate.

I knew it was gonna be because I think there's a game series of it on Vita and it looked otome as fuck

I'd just read the description and it sounded neat. Didn't get an otome vibe in the slightest.
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tazzyboyishere posted...

I'd just read the description and it sounded neat. Didn't get an otome vibe in the slightest.

Yeah, the display art and description on anichart don't give off the otome vibe at all. It's pretty misleading

I also watched other new shows

Konohana Kitan
I can see this getting old after a few eps, but as of now it's a nice enough show. Reminds me a bit of Aria.

Girls' Tour
Not sure on this one. Character art blows despite some amazing backgrounds. The two characters seem fun, but it's looking like it'll be reliant on just them, which I'm weary about. Not a bad start though.

Kino's Journey
Fantastic start. Watch this show guys
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Have to watch Kino S1 first.
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So the new Kino is a sequel then?

Yeah.
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Girls' Last Tour was solid, but a little slow and the one girl kinda seems to cross the line to being too much of an asshole. I dunno why, but Konohana Kitan didn't really do it for me. I think it's partly the setting. Don't really like the inn worker thing at all.

tazzyboyishere posted...

I'd just read the description and it sounded neat. Didn't get an otome vibe in the slightest.

Is it possible that this is just good and the other otome stuff you've seen is just bad? Though the first ep didn't get a very good reception, so this could be bad too.
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Oh my god this season of Titan is so good. Just beated ep4

swordz9 posted...

So the new Kino is a sequel then?

no

LapisLazuli posted...

Yeah.

no
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Is it possible that this is just good and the other otome stuff you've seen is just bad? Though the first ep didn't get a very good reception, so this could be bad too.

Possibly, but yeah, the first ep isn't selling it well. Pretty comfy drop.
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What?

How is it not a sequel? Is it a reboot?
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Yes. We will getting some of the same stories and some different. Not sure if we'll get everything redone from S1, but it might depend on how many episodes this gets.
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I mean Kino's Journey is almost entirely episodic, so you could easily make a season of all new content that doesn't depend on the first season at all and could be watched independently.

I don't know what they're actually doing with it though. Haven't watched the first episode yet.
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Huh, well there's some good news then.
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First episode was new, but the next one was in the original
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tazzyboyishere posted...

First episode was new, but the next one was in the original

Which one is it?
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The colosseum
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Reusing content from the original is pretty lame
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Huh. That's a weird choice to me and definitely not one of the ones I was hoping for. Oh well. I guess I could see that one standing to gain a lot with modern animation capability as compared to the other episodes.
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Oh didn't realise we were getting a hollywood remake of your name.

Could be good.
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Reusing content is kind of expected of a reboot.
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Yeah I'm not thrilled either. What I was hoping was that for example maybe they were going to build off of the Kino origin story in this season, but they wanted to reinclude the original episode so that the season could still be understood by new watchers. I think something like that would be fine.
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tazzyboyishere posted...

Reusing content is kind of expected of a reboot.

Yeah, but it's lame that it *is* a reboot. Would be better if it were just all new episodes. Kino's not the kind of series that really requires familiarity with earlier parts anyway, so it'd still be friendly to new watchers.
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For what it's worth, they've already announced which stories are being adapted in the Kino's Journey remake. Coliseum, Land of Adults, and A Kind Land should be the only repeats from the original anime, most of which have very good reasons to be remade for new viewers.
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I remember last time I was getting caught up on shows a new Monogatari was airing/had aired, but I never got around to it. Then and still now I think I'm kind of over the series. I was a big fan of the first season but other than moments here and there that were truly excellent the next few series never interested me as much. I'll be checking out these other shows though.

Was B8 as obsessed with Your Name as the rest of the internet seemed to be? I watched it on a flight and was pleasantly surprised. In my opinion, everything Shinkai has done after 5 cm has been a steady decline, so I really enjoyed this return to form.
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I can't believe I put Titan S2 off for so long. This is getting so ridiculously hype right now. Just finished ep6 so I'm already half done now :(

Oh my god this fight is amazing. Might post some crazy long post/s about this show when I finish either today or maybe tomorrow. Might have time to finish it today before I'm obligated to stuff

poisson posted...

Was B8 as obsessed with Your Name as the rest of the internet seemed to be?

It was big here, but not the phenomenon it was elsewhere. Pretty in line with A Silent Voice.
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Man I don't think I've been this excited watching an anime since the first season of Titan maybe. I mean there was a lot of great stuff since then, but this show just handles action and tension and stuff so damn well

swordz9 posted...

Man I don't think I've been this excited watching an anime since the first season of Titan maybe. I mean there was a lot of great stuff since then, but this show just handles action and tension and stuff so damn well

Yeah, it's amazing
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Fuck I have to stop 2 episodes away from the ending. Literally suffering right now

Guys, Garo is fucking awesome
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Is it a sequel to the other Garo shows or what.

no
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I just assumed it was. Knowing it's not maybe I will check it out eventually. I forgot how hot Mikasa's lips were in Titan. Might have to check out some Titan doujins soon >_>