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[Polaris_Tae]

So, I found a new anime merch shop here in Australia that has great deals. They do cheap deliveries and I got a new merch delivery from them today! I gotta say, I didn't think there'd be a day when I'd be forking over money for novelty fridge magnets, but I guess I was wrong after all.
I could watch them spin all day long ~




don't look at the fingerprints on my fridge

 

[Stannie]

I finally got around to finish Blue Lock S2 since im not picky when it comes to animation, the drop in quality didnt bother me much. Overall, the U20 match was pretty thrilling to watch.

My complaints...Rin and his brother's storyline was overly dramatic but guess that's expected in anime. It just felt a bit pointless because at the end, seems like Rin still failed to gain his brother's approval (since Sae still praised Isagi over him)? Also, imo, i feel like because they tried to split the focus between portraying Rin's struggle/conflict and showing Isagi as being special in the final match, they weren't able to fully and effectively deliever either.

So, I found a new anime merch shop here in Australia that has great deals. They do cheap deliveries and I got a new merch delivery from them today! I gotta say, I didn't think there'd be a day when I'd be forking over money for novelty fridge magnets, but I guess I was wrong after all.
I could watch them spin all day long ~




don't look at the fingerprints on my fridge

Thats such a fun merch!

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I finally got around to finish Blue Lock S2 since im not picky when it comes to animation, the drop in quality didnt bother me much. Overall, the U20 match was pretty thrilling to watch.

yepyep it was fun to watch but there were some pretty glaring issues w/ it aside from the drop in animation quality
My main gripe w/ the story rn is that it's starting to feel more like a battle fantasy shonen over a psychological sports anime (among other things)
The blue lock subreddit is literally 75% power scaling enjoyers / 25% everything else
I'm curious to see how they end up adapting the current arc, since I can't see that being constrained to a single season like U-20 was

Thats such a fun merch!

it really is! I make sure to spin it every time I walk past the fridge sksk

 

[Stannie]

yepyep it was fun to watch but there were some pretty glaring issues w/ it aside from the drop in animation quality
My main gripe w/ the story rn is that it's starting to feel more like a battle fantasy shonen over a psychological sports anime (among other things)
The blue lock subreddit is literally 75% power scaling enjoyers / 25% everything else
I'm curious to see how they end up adapting the current arc, since I can't see that being constrained to a single season like U-20 was


it really is! I make sure to spin it every time I walk past the fridge sksk

Oh yes, that i agree. This feels pretty much like a shonen now...it did in S1 too but at least it focused more on the psychological aspects. This season, when the rainbow haired dude got incarcerated and made it seem like he's some kinda shonen villain, i was like hello??? lol But oh well, it's still entertaining.

Anyhow, i started watching Solo Leveling up to episode 3 (i saw you spazz) and so far it's pretty interesting

 

[RussianRoulette]

I started watching “7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!” And it’s actually pretty good!

It’s not dramatic and very wholesome so far

 

[Beefy]

omggg queen Desscaras, so gorg @soozie

thank you for reminding me of Ichi the Witch’s existence…I need to catch up!

 

[soozie]

omggg queen Desscaras, so gorg @soozie

thank you for reminding me of Ichi the Witch’s existence…I need to catch up!

yeess i love her so much im really enjoying the series so far

 

[RussianRoulette]

WE ARE FINALLY GETTING THE ZOMBIELAND SAGA MOVIE THIS YEAR IM SO HAPPY I COULD CRY

 

[soozie]

just checked out the latest chapter of conan for funsies and i had to laugh this series has been ongoing for 30 years now and conan is still a kid with no ending in sight

maybe ill check again in another decade and see if we finally get an ending then

 

[Vampire]

WE ARE FINALLY GETTING THE ZOMBIELAND SAGA MOVIE THIS YEAR IM SO HAPPY I COULD CRY

I completely forgot the series was getting a movie!

 

[boo]

just checked out the latest chapter of conan for funsies and i had to laugh this series has been ongoing for 30 years now and conan is still a kid with no ending in sight

maybe ill check again in another decade and see if we finally get an ending then

Honestly they should just finish up the manga in a few years and just continue with movies once a year. A lot of Japanese people keep up with the movies but don’t necessarily keep up with the manga or anime.

 

[uika]

i remember finding out about detective conan when i was a 1st grader and at that time he was also a 1st grader. im now in my mid 20s and hes still a first grader. is he just stupid

I see Ichi the Witch talk glad to see the people here have taste

this is probably the first series i ever followed this early when i started reading it only has 9 chapters.
as a fan of Iruma-Kun i just have to check out the author other works

Spoiler: the most beautiful woman

mein gott

some series i recently finished/watching
finished reading Surviving Romance. i personally recommend this a lot one of my favorite stories, has a lot of not what i expect plot. cant believe i heard about this in like 2022 but only started reading it this year. but atleast when i read it its already completed so i dont have to wait & suffer

another webtoon i finished is Pyramid Game that i check out bcs i watched the drama a while ago. there are some pretty big changes, some plot i prefer the webtoon versions, and some i prefer the drama. both are pretty good. bona looks so cute in the drama ugh. the mc in the webtoon reminds me of nami tho

finally got some time to finish Puella Magi Madoka Magica, you know what i get it why my friends recommend this to me a lot esp as a link click fan too i saw ppl comparing them to lu guang & cheng xiaoshi
i also read Normality and Monsters’ that Beefy recommends for the toxic/doomed yuri series
i really do found the talk about what normal is quite interesting, the latest chapter really ends when something interesting
when another monster arguably more powerful than takahashi's monster since they didnt need to eat ppl to disguise themselves as human and can just transform, cant wait to see her to get toxic jealous or something like that

as for new series
decided to give Orb: On the Movements of the Earth a try this is definitely not the kind of anime i usually watch but i was thinking to myself maybe i should try something different for a change and surprisingly i quite like it, i didnt know ppl in the 15th centuries thinks that the sun revolved around the earth and not the other way around if you suggest otherwise you'd be punished. even so, those ppl dont believe the earth is flat loooooool

Link Click: Bridon Arc. this series just always ends like that eeverytime huh

lastly Sakamoto Days. i followed the manga and so far im liking the anime its really not that bad. i saw ppl complain but ppl always do nitpick little things, Nobunaga Shimazaki is voicing Shin and its giving Kaidou from Saiki a lot so im not gonna complain about that

i guess thats all for now. i yap too much already

ALSO AHHHH THAT HAIKYUU SPINNING MAGNET IS SOOO CUTEE

 

[Polaris_Tae]

Just when I start finally liking the postal service again and FedEx decides to deliver my goddamn Haikyuu manga to a house that's TWO LITERAL STATES AWAY



It'd take over 13 hours just to pick this parcel up by car. I hope the delivery person receives all their online parcels late as karma


I guess I'm never finishing Haikyuu anytime soon at this rate

 

[Polaris_Tae]

To people who've watched the OG Dragon Ball series, is it worth, or does it get better? I tried to watch it but the sexism & general perviness of the show made me quit after 10 episodes.

I just skipped to the DBZ series instead bc I like Vegeta. I'm ~60 eps in so far

Also, what long-running anime shows would you recommend? Off the top of my head, I've seen:

• Naruto
• FMA & FMA Brotherhood
• OG Yu Gi Oh! & the Yu Gi Oh! series where the duel on motorcycles
• Bleach
• Cowboy Bebop
• Samurai Champloo (everyone should watch it, it was peak)

I'm in the middle of:

• One Piece
• HxH
• DBZ
• MHA

 

[Chomiczewska]

long-running anime

Cowboy Bebop

Girl, this has less than 30 ep. asdfghjk

 

[Polaris_Tae]

Girl, this has less than 30 ep. asdfghjk

I'm counting the movie sksk
Plus my attention span doesn't go past 12 eps these days

 

[Chiharu]

To people who've watched the OG Dragon Ball series, is it worth, or does it get better? I tried to watch it but the sexism & general perviness of the show made me quit after 10 episodes.

I just skipped to the DBZ series instead bc I like Vegeta. I'm ~60 eps in so far

Also, what long-running anime shows would you recommend? Off the top of my head, I've seen:

• Naruto
• FMA & FMA Brotherhood
• OG Yu Gi Oh! & the Yu Gi Oh! series where the duel on motorcycles
• Bleach
• Cowboy Bebop
• Samurai Champloo (everyone should watch it, it was peak)

I'm in the middle of:

• One Piece
• HxH
• DBZ
• MHA

I wouldn't consider samurai champloo or cowboy bebop longrunning, gcfxzswgbhn

Some recommendations I have are nana, fruits basket, monagatari, yugioh gx, demon slayer, detective conan, cardcaptor sakura, legend of the galactic heroes, natsume's book of friends, bungou stray dogs, and rurouni kenshin. I also started watching tokyo revengers not too long ago, and since u like shounen, you'll probably enjoy it tho, imo, the mc is very annoying and I would've dropped it if I didn't like the other chars

 

[RussianRoulette]

Project sekai movie coming in April!!!

 

[Seriously]

I've finished all 13 volumes of City!

Adored it!

Shame the anime is still months out...

 

[Polaris_Tae]

Eva just turned 30 a few months ago. I think it's cool how it still holds up.
I'll probably start watching Fate/strange Fake this week bc despite knowing very little about the LN/game series, I really liked Apocrypha and my sibling recommended the latest show plus, thirsting over Gilgamesh is a bonus

Now moving on to the new leaks for Bluelock 293:

Spoiler: spoilers

All I can say is it's been a goddamn year and PXG is finally over and I can say that I personally followed along weekly since August. It was a weak goal compared to OG twin volley, or no look pass, but I don't think everything needs to be a super goal. I think we're getting to the point where Isagi will start legitimately surpassing Rin. I'd like to see him devour Rin again turn into 3rd selection puppeteer Rin and use his skills against him. But since we'll be moving into U20 WC soon, I doubt that'll happen since they need to work together if they want any chance at winning.

Well, I'm hoping we get an arc somewhere down the line where we see players join clubs that bid for them during NEL. My delusion of Isagi x Sae @ Re Al, trust