[Serenity]

The debut episode of VLADLOVE has been released via the official YouTube page, with subtitles. The only reason I know this is because Lovebites have done the theme song. They even appear in the opening titles

[LinearPhilosopher]

Finally managing to get caught up on everything (expanse, mandalorian, attack on titan)


Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 9

Spoiler

NO WAYYYY!!!!!!!! THAT BOMB AT THE END!!!!!!!!. IT WAS TSURUMI???????

I did not see that coming!

2 more episodes and i am up to date.

[D'rek]

Haikyuu Season 4 ended. The last game dragged on a bit, perhaps, but the last 2-3 episodes really finished things very nicely with lots of big surprising moments you can rewatch again and again, and then they ended the season with a hype hook into the match for season 5. That said, season 4 got to be first-half summer training, second-half tournament matches... but season 5 will have to start with the next tournament match, so I wonder if/how they'll be able to balance it out.

Attack on Titan final ep 3:

Spoiler

Holy hell that shot with Reiner and the rifle

Not a lot of new info or plot today, but still really cool seeing season 1 from the other side, so to speak.

Eren at the end there looks very cool, but also very dead inside. Preview seems like Reiner and Eren are going to run into each other next episode in the city!

[Maark Abbott]

D, on 20 December 2020 - 09:46 PM, said:

Haikyuu Season 4 ended. The last game dragged on a bit, perhaps, but the last 2-3 episodes really finished things very nicely with lots of big surprising moments you can rewatch again and again, and then they ended the season with a hype hook into the match for season 5. That said, season 4 got to be first-half summer training, second-half tournament matches... but season 5 will have to start with the next tournament match, so I wonder if/how they'll be able to balance it out.

Attack on Titan final ep 3:

Spoiler

Holy hell that shot with Reiner and the rifle

Not a lot of new info or plot today, but still really cool seeing season 1 from the other side, so to speak.

Eren at the end there looks very cool, but also very dead inside. Preview seems like Reiner and Eren are going to run into each other next episode in the city!

Spoiler

The perspective switch to Reiner showing how he went from an idealistic, zealous soldier to a PTSD-wracked shell that questions everything he knew but can't speak out against it is really well done. As to what comes next, well. I'm looking forward to it!

[LinearPhilosopher]

Maark Abbott, on 21 December 2020 - 12:57 PM, said:

D, on 20 December 2020 - 09:46 PM, said:

Haikyuu Season 4 ended. The last game dragged on a bit, perhaps, but the last 2-3 episodes really finished things very nicely with lots of big surprising moments you can rewatch again and again, and then they ended the season with a hype hook into the match for season 5. That said, season 4 got to be first-half summer training, second-half tournament matches... but season 5 will have to start with the next tournament match, so I wonder if/how they'll be able to balance it out.

Attack on Titan final ep 3:

Spoiler

Holy hell that shot with Reiner and the rifle

Not a lot of new info or plot today, but still really cool seeing season 1 from the other side, so to speak.

Eren at the end there looks very cool, but also very dead inside. Preview seems like Reiner and Eren are going to run into each other next episode in the city!

Spoiler

The perspective switch to Reiner showing how he went from an idealistic, zealous soldier to a PTSD-wracked shell that questions everything he knew but can't speak out against it is really well done. As to what comes next, well. I'm looking forward to it!

Spoiler

really makes you feel sympathy for him, really love how we went from thinking everyone in the walls was the last of humanity... to now seeing the hell that is going on outside of it.

[D'rek]

LinearPhilosopher, on 21 December 2020 - 06:11 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 21 December 2020 - 12:57 PM, said:

D, on 20 December 2020 - 09:46 PM, said:

Haikyuu Season 4 ended. The last game dragged on a bit, perhaps, but the last 2-3 episodes really finished things very nicely with lots of big surprising moments you can rewatch again and again, and then they ended the season with a hype hook into the match for season 5. That said, season 4 got to be first-half summer training, second-half tournament matches... but season 5 will have to start with the next tournament match, so I wonder if/how they'll be able to balance it out.

Attack on Titan final ep 3:

Spoiler

Holy hell that shot with Reiner and the rifle

Not a lot of new info or plot today, but still really cool seeing season 1 from the other side, so to speak.

Eren at the end there looks very cool, but also very dead inside. Preview seems like Reiner and Eren are going to run into each other next episode in the city!

Spoiler

The perspective switch to Reiner showing how he went from an idealistic, zealous soldier to a PTSD-wracked shell that questions everything he knew but can't speak out against it is really well done. As to what comes next, well. I'm looking forward to it!

Spoiler

really makes you feel sympathy for him, really love how we went from thinking everyone in the walls was the last of humanity... to now seeing the hell that is going on outside of it.

Spoiler

Mhmm, exactly.

I'm intrigued by this last titan they've teased and haven't shown yet - the hammer titan. I guess since the five Marleyan titans are all getting some degree of relatability/remorse/etc development the hammer titan is going to be the final big boss they need to defeat, to some degree.

[D'rek]

Gaaaaaaah what a bait they only put the meeting at the end and we have to wait another week boooooooooooooooo!

[LinearPhilosopher]

D, on 29 December 2020 - 07:02 PM, said:

Gaaaaaaah what a bait they only put the meeting at the end and we have to wait another week boooooooooooooooo!

I KNOW RIGHT!, was a nice little info dump with respect to marleys inner workings, but stillll


Next episode is gona be straight fire!

[Maark Abbott]

OH LAWD HE COMIN

[LinearPhilosopher]

what an episode.... what a revelation

[D'rek]

Ahhhh that was great

Spoiler

No way does Tybur guy go down that easy though. He's gonna be the hammer titan and throw down for sure.

[Maark Abbott]

Me, who has read past this point in the manga: eating popcorn

[LinearPhilosopher]

D, on 12 January 2021 - 02:15 AM, said:

Ahhhh that was great

Spoiler

No way does Tybur guy go down that easy though. He's gonna be the hammer titan and throw down for sure.

Spoiler

that would explain all his knowledge

[D'rek]

I caught the first episodes of Horimiya and SK-infinite. The former is a high school romcom, but it's pretty cute so far. The latter is about skateboard racing and strange but also fun. Plus one of the main duo is a Canadian transfer student so I *have* to watch it now. Both have really good looking visuals.

[LinearPhilosopher]

D, on 12 January 2021 - 04:32 PM, said:

I caught the first episodes of Horimiya and SK-infinite. The former is a high school romcom, but it's pretty cute so far. The latter is about skateboard racing and strange but also fun. Plus one of the main duo is a Canadian transfer student so I *have* to watch it now. Both have really good looking visuals.

O.O

sign me up for canadian char in anime. So far all we have is IM THE KING JJ

[D'rek]

LinearPhilosopher, on 12 January 2021 - 05:11 PM, said:

D, on 12 January 2021 - 04:32 PM, said:

I caught the first episodes of Horimiya and SK-infinite. The former is a high school romcom, but it's pretty cute so far. The latter is about skateboard racing and strange but also fun. Plus one of the main duo is a Canadian transfer student so I *have* to watch it now. Both have really good looking visuals.

O.O

sign me up for canadian char in anime. So far all we have is IM THE KING JJ

[Maark Abbott]

Horimiya seems like it'll be fun.

Couple of shows you might be interested in D'rek:

Otherside Picnic - exploring parallel worlds inhabited by eldritch realities with a very specific handgun and blossoming friendships

Wonder Egg Priority - ID Invaded level dream weirdness with the same lucidity but it's very much more "my dreams are trying to kill me and those in them" psychological horror rather than murder mysteries.

[D'rek]

Ya, I'll definitely be watching Wonder Egg just haven't gotten to it yet. I saw the trailer for otherside picnic a while back, kinda waffley about it, we'll see.

I need to watch the first episode of Ex-Arm, too. Everyone is going nuts joking over how utterly terrible it is and that I have to see it to believe it.

[Maark Abbott]

Redo of a Healer is out, the 'edgy oh my god why' anime of the season.

Despite all roads pointing to bad times, the first episode was pretty damn good and it has the hallmarks of a revenge rampage story like my book. Let's see if it continues to impress...

[D'rek]

Maark Abbott, on 14 January 2021 - 08:47 AM, said:

Redo of a Healer is out, the 'edgy oh my god why' anime of the season.

Despite all roads pointing to bad times, the first episode was pretty damn good and it has the hallmarks of a revenge rampage story like my book. Let's see if it continues to impress...

I am not impressed at all. I tried watching the first episode of this just to see what all the fuss is about and IMO this is the blandest attempt to be edgy I've ever seen. I had to turn it off halfway through the episode, it was just so boring.

"I'm a healer so everyone literally beats the shit out of me and I'm addicted to drugs and everytime I heal someone I have massive existential breakdowns and I can't stand it."
3 seconds later...
"Being a healer makes me a literal god and those existential breakdowns don't matter at all and also I somehow know everyone's evil plans because I overheard them from the manure trench where I was forced to sleep every night now watch me be the bestest best that ever bested"

And they really couldn't think up a better way for the main character to get his superpowers/learn his true identity except for "one night I went for a walk in the woods and a fairy unlocked them for me for no reason"

This writing is just so basic. They even do the stupid over-used "ahhhh I can't control the power in my right hand" trope that is synonymous with little kid power fantasy stories from like two decades ago.