Anime I think I remember watching this year
I need to keep better track of this I guess.
Aggressive Retsuko: Great! Very likable characters (even the bastards), just the right amount of millennial cynicism. 9/10
Aggressive Retsuko Christmas Special: It's not about Christmas, it's about instagram. It's great and extremely real (watch the series first though).
Digimon Adventure tri 1 & 2: This is actually very boring so far. I planned to jump back in with the english dub, which is honestly how I should have been watching it from the beginning. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten around to it.
Kado The Right Answer: If this show had not been sabotaged from the inside out in the last 2-3 episodes, this would have probably been up there with classics like Bebop. WEST WING: THE ANIME, we would have called it, or something. I haven't watched West Wing, but it's all bureaucracy, right? 8/10 in this universe, 10/10 in the alternate universe where it didn't shit the bed.
Angolmois: I got halfway through this before the low budget and my own exhaustion had me drop it. Unfortunate, since anime never adapts the mongol invasion.
Planet With: In the running for series of the year, probably. A super robot show where the ultimate moral is that, actually, rehabilitating your enemies is better than killing them. Will rewatch in the future, I'm sure. 10/10.
Asobi Asobase: Hina Kino (Hanako)'s is going to go down as a legendary voice actress if I have any say in anything. Which I do, because I'm in charge of the industry now. Which means we're taking out queerphobic jokes, wrap it up people. 8/10, would rank higher without the bad takes.
Cells at Work!: Really fun concept, has *implications* of a deeper narrative to be had built into the worldbuilding, but ultimately the whole season is just "oh I bet this irl thing would translate like this in my setting" on repeat. Still, an easy watch. 7/10.
Hanebado!: There's a lot that could be good about this. Themes of toxicity in competitive spaces, overwork, abandonment, and trauma. Ending had a lot of people upset because it either miscommunicated how the protagonist moved past her trauma (best case), or just completely dropped the entire arc because...I don't know why. I rated this 9/10 on myanimelist, but it probably deserves lower. I'm still over here wanting to believe I missed something in my interpretation. Hoping for either a second season or a faster manga translation.
My Hero Academia S3: This season had some high points but I felt it was considerably less interesting overall than the second season. However, Deku vs Bakugou was genuinely one of the best moments of the series thus far.
My Hero Academia The Movie: Pretty standard shonen series movie for the sake of having one. Nothing groundbreaking here. But hey, I got to listen to "You Say Run" in a theater, which was almost worth the price of admission on its own. 6/10.
Ushio & Tora: Both seasons, thirty nine episodes. Waste of my time! Maybe this series was just meant to be consumed bit by bit, but I just found it really shallow in the end. 6/10.
Chio's School Road: Another *brilliant* comedy that is ultimately brought down by the occasional queerphobic humor. Get it toGETHER, guys! In any case, I care about these stupid children now, and hope for a season two soon. 8/10.
Angels of Death: It took about 14 out of the total 16 episodes before I suddenly stopped hate watching it and started laughing at its unwarranted self seriousness and paradoxical writing. Still, kind of frustrated I stuck with it anyway. 4/10.
Night is Young, Walk On Girl: Gorgeous movie that has to be seen, but. I wonder if it's Yuasa or the original writer of these books that insists on the resolution to all conflict being "heterosexuality". 9/10.
Haibane Renmei: I got four episodes in before the Funi/Crunchy split happened ;__; it's really good tho
Dragon Pilot: Definitely gonna rewatch this one one day too. There is a density of theme and execution here that I cannot yet fully unpack and it's just so good. Also the english dub is good, and is how I preferred to watch it. It also has a lesbian and isn't afraid of her, even if her role is very small. It's something. 9/10, maybe 10/10.
Mirai: I fucking love Mamoru Hosoda's films. 9/10.
Zombieland Saga: I have the sneaking feeling that they wanted a few more HOT PROGRESSIVE TAKES to be fit in before the season ended, but restraints got in the way. We had a sex worker idol who never got her backstory episode, and actually Tae never got hers either. It's still a 9/10 for me, but I'm hoping for at least a followup OVA. And a movie.
Granblue Fantasy: I finished the full season, save for the "omake" episode that I assume takes place in the alternate universe where Protagonist Is Girl. This was somewhat throwaway cozy saturday morning nostalgia for the old days of Final Fantasy before that game series became more grounded in contemporary and sci-fi settings. It was also something I watched as a primer for the incoming Platinum and ArcSys games, because I'm not gonna play two gacha games at the same time. Hilariously, the--like--twenty new characters from the gacha that showed up in the last episode were all more interesting than the cast of the full season. 7/10, 10/10 for having a race of hot girls with horns (there are also guys but who cares).
Hi Score Girl: This show is a love letter to growing up with arcades in 90s Japan and also struggling with making friends and ohhh my god every time the idiot main boy stops paying attention to important interpersonal plot and just starts infodumping about a game, I tragically see myself. It's very good, the girls are GOOD GIRLS and deserve better and the writing seems fully aware of that. The series unfortunately ends on a stock romantic plot beat cliffhanger that I have to wait until March to have ultimately resolved in THREE EPISODES. Despite that, it's easily a 9/10. I list a lot of 9/10s but it's been a good couple seasons and there's just...a lot of range there. Number scores are bullshit. Watch anime.
Shin Getter Robo: Probably the last show I'll have finished before the year end. It's my second exposure to Getter Robo (my first was reading Getter Robo Go, which actually takes place after this), and it's still good, but oh god. These guys are dumb bastards but there's a note early in that has aged particularly badly in the MeToo era. Not sure if the show got better because I switched audio tracks to English with VAs I have nostalgia for, or because they broke through the bottom of a lake and wound up in alternate history Heian era Japan, stranded for multiple years. With a giant robot. I liked that part. 8/10.
Shows I took a break from due to burnout and need to pick back up: Run with the Wind, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Vento Aureo, SSSS.Gridman, Hinomaruzumou, Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood, As Miss Beelzebub Likes It., Devilman Crybaby, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san. SO MANY!!
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Xav: I'll talk to you on Steam but won't join tipchat again
Chinye: whats wrong
Xav: I dunno
Xav: I'm yelling a lot
Xav: Keep on changing what I want to do
Xav: Keep on fidgeting
Xav: So I'll talk after this shower
Chinye: ok
Chinye: i hope u feel better
Chinye: is something about tipchat bothering u?
Chinye: something i said?
Xav: No, it's me
Xav: I got upset in the shower. When I'm calmed down I'll tell you
Chinye: can i help?
Xav: I just need to unload on you
Xav: Sorry in advanced
Chinye: ok
Xav: Just here's the jist
Xav: I'm lazy
Chinye: lazy?
Chinye: i dont really get that impression with you
Chinye: did you forget to do something?
Xav: okay im back on
Xav: this might take a while
Xav: because i just have a horrible feeling in my gut
Xav: but the main reason why i am in my current life circumstance is that I'm lazy
Xav: 2010, first year of high school
Xav: everything was okay besides friend
Xav: 2011
Xav: i couldn't develop a study strategy
Xav: because I didn't feel like it
Xav: and pushed away the worries by either talking to people, playing games, watching things, etc.
Xav: this manifested
Xav: i started to not ask for help
Xav: because I didn't want to
Xav: and it was so much effort
Xav: this started spilling into everything
Xav: in life
Xav: today
Xav: i didn't eat breakfast
Xav: because i didn't want to
Xav: i didn't walk peggy
Xav: because i didn't want to
Xav: didn't do washing, the dishes, clean up
Xav: didn't go outside
Xav: it goes into video games
Xav: i can have more fun in Granblue if I looked up what I should do next and grind
Xav: but I'm lazy
Xav: and don't want to put in effort
Xav: so I just whine about my current situation
Xav: i would put more effort into trying to rebuild friendships
Xav: but I'm lazy
Xav: t would require too much effort
Xav: and make me anxious
Xav: and runin mty day
Xav: so I resort to staying inside
Xav: I was in the shwower
Xav: I was too lazy to get out
Xav: i just let the water envelop me
Xav: Like a wet and slippery cocoon
Xav: I don't try to develop new hobbies
Xav: Because that requires me to fail first to improve
Chinye: you sound like me
Xav: and I don't want to do that
Xav: I am too lazy to get up
Chinye: thats exactly how i am
Xav: too lazy to get dressed
Xav: too lazy to look for a job
Xav: too lazy to seek help from free government services
Xav: too lazy to tell mum and dad my real inner problems
Xav: too lazy to even start a conversation with my surviving friends
Xav: too lazy to become alive
Xav: too lazy to defend myself
Xav: i just take each blow
Xav: too lazy to do these stretches which will stop me feeling pain
Xav: too lazy to stop any of this happening
Xav: too lazy to believe in myself
Chinye: do you have anything that motivates you
Xav: i dunno
Xav: i just wanna go to sleep
Xav: because im too lazy to figure out what to do for the rest of the day
Xav: Too lazy to even try to find someone to fuck the pain away
Xav: I'm too lazy to find out if I even like dick
Xav: I've just masturbated to some dumb doujins online
Xav: had one boyfriend
Xav: who hadn't even transitioned yt
Xav: and i label myself as bi/pan
Xav: too lazy to get to the root of the problem
Xav: too lazy to get better at video games
Xav: doesn't that just make your skin crawl?
Xav: i want to do all these things
Xav: but this little thing in my head just makes me this walking zombie
Chinye: it doesnt really make it crawl but it makes me lock up a bit
Chinye: because i have exactly the same problem
Chinye: no motivation to do anything
Chinye: too lazy to fix my problems
Xav: i can feel my energy leak out
Chinye: I dont know what to say about it
Xav: all the positivity
Chinye: cause like im exactly the same
Xav: i want to cut off my limbs
Chinye: I wish there was a magic fix
Chinye: :(
Xav: and im too lazy to stop talking and think about your feelings
Chinye: you dont need to stop
Xav: i just keep on going
Xav: and impede negativity onto you
Chinye: negativity doesn't bother me
Chinye: I can handle it
Xav: even though i know how you feel because i've been in your spot so many times
Chinye: I just am thinking about it
Chinye: I dont know how to solve problems i have myself
Chinye: its good to know im not alone though
Xav: i'm too lazy to tell people what they say makes me feel horrible but i bottle it up and struggle to help them but all i can do is hit these plastic objects
Chinye: I thought other people just had motivation to do things
Chinye: and that things were just harder for me
Xav: which then sends an impulse to wiring then goes through all of these devices
Xav: to someone else
Chinye: Do i make you feel bad?
Chinye: with anything i say?
Chinye: I can stop dumping emotional stuff on you
Xav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mWotngJBcc
Xav: i can't stop talking to you though
Xav: because then you will have to talk to someone else
Xav: and gothrough the same process
Chinye: I can keep it in
Chinye: and deal with it myself
Chinye: like should've done in the first place
Xav: you;'ll hurt yourself in the
Xav: process
Chinye: i'm sorry i've been dumping stuff on you
Chinye: I wont anymore
Xav: no
Chinye: thanks for all the help so far though
Xav: i want to be strong
Xav: i want to be strong for you
Xav: but i'm just so squishy
Xav: and take everything to heart
Chinye: i told you before
Chinye: i can handle it myself
Xav: i dont want you to be in pain
Chinye: i just got weak
Chinye: and let it fall on someone else
Chinye: dont worry about it anymore
Xav: i failed
Chinye: how?
Chinye: we're still gonna hang out
Chinye: and talk
Chinye: just not about sad stuff
Chinye: unless you need help
Chinye: maybe it'd be good to get some sleep though
Chinye: you said you were tired
Chinye: and i dont want you ot be upset
Xav: i donm't know
Xav: do we even have anything else to talk about?
Chinye: ofc we do
Chinye: are u joking
Chinye: i think were really good friend
Chinye: s
Chinye: we can talk about games
Chinye: and shows
Chinye: and things going on in discord
Xav: every day i just feel weaker and weaker
Xav: yesterday was fine
Xav: i don';t know why
Xav: everything felt different
Xav: but just
Xav: thinking of anything
Chinye: its my fault
Xav: makes me collapse
Chinye: you have been dealing with other peoples problems
Xav: no
Chinye: in addition to your own
Chinye: ofc its gonna be hard
Xav: please no
Chinye: ???
Xav: i don't wnat it ot be like this
Chinye: what to be like what
Chinye: im confused sorry
Xav: i dunno
Chinye: oh ok well
Chinye: if you wanna play games
Chinye: or anything
Chinye: let me know
Chinye: get some rest tho
Chinye: noob
Xav: i want to be stronger for you
Xav: for everyone
Chinye: then get there
Chinye: prepare yourself
Chinye: but that doesnt mean you gotta deal with everything at once
Xav: i want this feeling in my chest to go away
Chinye: sleep
Xav: it's 4:30 pm
Chinye: its the best way to get rid of feeling like that
Xav: it will ruin my day
Chinye: listen to music?
Chinye: im not sure
Xav: none of my music is particularly good at making me feel better
Chinye: you could finish koboyashi
Xav: i watch it with friends
Chinye: watch an anime from my list
Chinye: anything 8 and above is good
Xav: im too lazy to do anything new
Chinye: have you seen no.6?
Chinye: its shonnen ai
Chinye: but its really lite
Chinye: and good
Chinye: im thinking about going to sleep
Chinye: im really tired
Chinye: despite sleeping a bunch
Xav: okay
Chinye: not sure yet
Xav: dont ruin your sleep schedule this weekend
Xav: i want you to go to work on monday
Chinye: thanks dad
Chinye: :P
Xav: sorry, just can't think of anything funny atm
Chinye: lol you dont have to
Chinye: go eat a sanger
Chinye: or whatever u called them
Xav: i just feel frail and stale
Chinye: stale?
Chinye: you are a really nice person
Chinye: and i really think you brighten people around you
Chinye: a mood booster
Xav: it;s not enough
Chinye: its some though
Chinye: better than being someone who brings others down
Chinye: if everyone was like that
Chinye: things would be great
Xav: i;m going to be a pig and order food now
Chinye: wish i did that
Chinye: the sub i had when i woke up was gross
Chinye: lol
Xav: hoping mum won't look at the credit card bill
Xav: she was suggesting i make something for myself
Xav: but im just so weak
Xav: i didn't even make that sandwich i said i was going to make
Chinye: want me to paypal u money
Xav: no
Chinye: so u can order food
Chinye: and u just pay me back somehow
Xav: somehow will be in 2 years
Xav: maybe more
Chinye: it doesnt have to be with money n
Chinye: nerd
Xav: i've given you all i have
Chinye: what would food even cost
Chinye: like $20?
Xav: this place's minimum order is $20
Xav: the HSP was 13.50
Chinye: just let me know if u want me to
Chinye: and i'll paypal u it
Xav: i got a milkshake but it was shit
Chinye: you dont even have to give back
Xav: i can't let you do that
Chinye: i dont want you to get yelled at
Xav: Mum doesn't yell
Chinye: sorry
Chinye: shamed at
Xav: i can deal with it
Chinye: you dont have to if u let me help
Chinye: but ok
Chinye: its up to you
Xav: i just can't sorry
Chinye: ok...
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