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There is enough good anime out there that I don't foresee slop like this gaining much popularity outside the very dedicated niche that it speaks to.

That stands in contrast to a historical example like Birth of a Nation, which was actually a bit of a technical marvel when it was made. It was listed on the AFI list despite the extremely problematic content because of the technical contributions to filmmaking at the time.

If you hit the gear in the upper right (Settings), it lets you change the titles from Romaji to English, even if you aren't logged in.

Here is my breakdown at first glance for next season:

Must Watch

• Dan Da Dan Season 2
• Bunny Girl Senpai: Santa Claus Edition - I love the Mai/Sakuta dynamic, so I am hoping we get a good dose of that this season.
• City - By the same author as Nichijou and it looks great.
• Mikadono Sisters - I think I made a promise to watch this one in the past over in !manga@ani.social, so this is me fulfilling that promise.

Definitely Giving a Chance

• 7th Prince Season 2 - Curious to see how the production holds up to season 1.
• Silent Witch - I am reading the manga and enjoying it a lot. Nero 😻!
• Vending Machine Season 2 - Hoping it stays as oddly compelling as the first season.

Time/Reception Permitting

• Tsuyokute New Saga - I read the manga and...it was ok. Mainly curious to see what the adaptation is like.
• The Summer Hikaru Died - I have only heard fantastic things about the manga. Waiting to see how the reception of the anime is.
• Nyaight of the Living Cat - It sounds so ridiculous that I think I might wait to see if people are vibing with the humor or not.

I would normally remove comments using the r-word, but for those unaware, this is basically a paraphrased quote from the Ghost Stories dub that was mentioned. It was definitely a product of its time and would never be able to be made like that today.

I just caught up and this show has been an absolute gem.

Her whole journey I was preparing myself for the worst. Then, just when I am finally feeling ok, she hits me with that line. For an episode that had remarkably few spoken lines of dialog, that was an effective one.

So, the past couple of weeks have been a bit crazy for me. You may have noticed my posting activity has been way down compared to normal. I have had a series of trips over the past couple of weeks that has kept me on the road most days. Some for work, some for personal reasons, and only some of them were planned. So, I haven't really had the energy to do too much in the way of watching subbed media, and for most of my time traveling, my internet connection was extremely spotty at best.

So, I haven't watched too much anime in the past 2 weeks or so. One thing I was able to watch (after I listened to a podcast about it on my travels), was Project A-Ko. It was a nice and compact standard definition, so I could still watch it on a crappy mobile connection out in the sticks.

Overall, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't one of my favorites. The thing that I liked the most about it is just how much all of the main characters completely ignored the plot. It made for a good amount of humor that there are metaphorical giant flashing signs all around them that this thing is important, and just none of them care or even acknowledge it. They are all too wound up in their own little thing and end up influencing the world around them only coincidentally.

I really, really wish that mods were empowered to just toggle that themselves.

Apologies, but you will have to wait a day or two for my normal comments in these threads due to traveling on my part. I just don't have the literal or figurative bandwidth to do much atm.

Haha, true! This does bug me in this series. Like, you have one or two little burners and a frying pan. You aren't making giant piles of food that quickly.

So, I've gotten a couple messages/reports about this post being not anime. I concede that this is strictly true, but in the past we have tacitly allowed some posts that are pretty anime-adjacent to remain standing. There are previous posts about the One Piece live action show that have remained standing in this community with active discussions, so I am allowing this one to stay. This is similar to the recent post about a Peruvian animated show that isn't strictly anime by the community's rules, but it's close enough that I decided to let the trailer stay up so that people can check it out.

If posts about this adaptation are too frequent, or if I get a big backlash about this, then things might change going forward. However, it is difficult to deny the tremendous impact and reach that One Piece has had on the medium of anime (and manga), so I completely understand that there is likely to be a high degree of intersection between anime fans and live action One Piece fans. So, an occasional post with a big PV or news item I think is fine. I would not allow something like episode discussions.

As always, I am open to feedback (please keep it civil). So, feel free to reach out to me or hitagi either here in the comments or privately.

Fruits Basket is amazing and I hope you enjoy it. However, don't expect it to scratch the harem itch. It is more of a love triangle, and I feel like romance isn't much of a focus for many episodes either when the story tends to focus on things like supernatural elements or family trauma instead. I absolutely love Fruits Basket though.

As a side note, I remembered that you mentioned Misuzu from Tomo-chan in your post last week. Well, prepare yourself for Saki Hanajima, the obvious character inspiration for Misuzu. I don't think the ways that the male characters interact with her are as annoying though.