You've been pretty consistently absent Sunday nights for a while now. I know things are wonky for you right now but I'd appreciate it if you'd make a concerted effort to try and be here, or otherwise just be clear you won't.
I'm more than a bit stressed out and kind of taut right now myself and this uncertainty is really not a welcome addition to that.
Yuu
Yeah, my bad. The lack of structure is really killing me.
Anno
You're a competent human being! Now more than ever it's important to make sure you've got your own self-routine. It's hard to establish but on a mental level it really helps to have that stability. Set a schedule into your phone, or double down on alarms to make sure you're waking up at the time you want to.
Anno
Brand New Animal Appare-Ranman! Arte Fruits Basket Fugou Keiji Balance - UNLIMITED Gleipnir Episode 1-2 Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Hamefura Honzuki no Gekokujou Episode 15-16 Houkago Teibou Nisshi Jashin-chan Dropkick' Episode 3-11 Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai S2 Listeners Nami yo Kiitekure Episode 1-2 Plunderer Episode 12-13 Princess Connect! Re Dive To aru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 10-11 Yesterday wo Utatte Episode 1-2
Yuu
Everything is falling apart a bit, not just my anime schedule. Can't be helped, hoping things get back to normal soon.
sec while i get organized
Anno
I meant a broader personal schedule, not just anime. A lot of people are encountering a similar problem with life now. They've been supported for so long by external schedules of school or work or similar structures that now that it's been pulled away they don't have supports to rely on.
I can't speak perfectly reliably about your neck of the woods but most forecasts for North America don't see safe, reliable return to normal for another couple months at least. At that point I think just hope is a fool's errand. If you really want normalcy back, you're going to have to take some initiative.
We should be Kaguya-sama in there somewhere. I've been warmly anticipating its return.
Yuu
let's make it last instead
okay fruits okay lets start
Anno
Flutes
Anno
Had a Yuki episode last time, this week's a Kyo episode.
Anno
Man this is a really luxurious house.
Anno
What a nice father, referring to his son as "that thing".
Yuu
You know they're bad when they have that red shading on their eyes
Anno
He's just really a hateful man. Literally full of hate.
Anno
Tohru's survived this long being unflailingly positive that things will work out. Not thinking about the hard things is a pretty effective survival strategy.
At least until the hard things are all inescapable.
Anno
I've never liked this metaphor, or similar ones, for when you're overwhelmed with too much that it seems to drown you.
People always say you just got to start with what you can do. But I don't understand how that's supposed to take your attention away from the fact that there's still a monumental pile ahead of you.
Yuu
I think it's a do your best to survive kinda thing.
Anno
The first half of this series was a lot more focused on the character exhibition and building up the world of the Souma family. Almost makes you forget it is a shoujo series. And you know how it goes. Can't have a shoujo without romance drama.
Yuu
time for baka hour I put these two shows together on purpose
hamefura okay lets start!
Anno
Hah hah nice. I didn't catch that at first.
Anno
I've REALLY come to like this OP. I mean it was great in the first episode but I've been listening to it a lot in the week since and man it's so good.
angela's OP/EDs are always excellent.
月
hey, did you finish dorohedoro
Anno
>>830135 Not yet, no, we still have episodes eleven and twelve. I forgot to put in the remaining Winter 2020 shows into today's list but those episodes are still part of what's remaining.
Anno
Catarina already has two boys chasing her. What a talented young girl.
Yuu
She's ruined this girl's image a bit since she's remembered her old life.
Anno
From how her mother talks it feels like even the previous Catarina was a bit of a troublemaker though. But I bet more of a spoiled brat than this agent of chaos she's become now.
>>830145 they're okay but also all over the place because of social distancing my work/life balance is a mess
月
my whole life is a mess i feel stuck and dunno what to do
anyway, i have dorohedoro 11/12 it doesn't have to be tonight but let's watch it soon
Anno
Catarina is going to take a sledgehammer to all the structural background to the game she's stuck in now.
>>830147 We can probably do the episodes over the next few days.
Yuu
>>830147 Yeah, since you're here let's do that next.
You should catch up on hamefura! This show is good.
Anno
... Why are these subs translating the text in the dialogue UI. When it's literally just what the characters are saying.
Anno
Wow Alan. Girls can't love girls, you know.
Yuu
Wow she made a mess there.
Anno
Looks like Alan's enjoying the situation though.
月
>>830149 i'll see if i can catch up on some stuff everything's so bleh right now so i dunno
Anno
Fruits Basket is running again if you want something healing-y. We haven't gotten around to the new Honzuki no Gekokujou episodes this season since there's just so much to watch through but there's also that this season.
Yuu
Looks like hse used stupidity to befriend this one too. but now the boys are fighting.
月
what's the time on hamefura? i got ep 2
kay thanks
Anno
17:30 Er wit 17:25 17:30 17:35 17:40
Anno
>>830157 I feel more than befriending she's outright getting points with him. If it keeps up he'll totally be crushing on her by the time the game's starting.
Anno
In Geordo's case Alan might be spot on. He is supposed to be the black-hearted prince who hides his cruelty behind a gentle smile.
Yuu
So the premise of this moon is that she got isekaied into a girl in a VN but it was the bitchy rival who always gets the bad end of being killed or exiled
and she's trying to be nice and avoid that but she's really stupid
月
oh yeah i think i heard about it i heard there was something like that but i didnt know it was this
it sounds fun
Anno
She really is a super baka Though to her credit she -is- managing to throw the backstory to the game she's been isekai'd into off its rails.
月
aren't we all
Yuu
oaky doro 11
okay lets start!
月
thanks for saving dorohedoro ready
Anno
Door-to-door
月
is ebisu supposed to be one of those youkai things
there's some mythical japanese creature that's just like a tiny snake i dont really know what's mythical about it aaa what's the name
Anno
SHOKINGU
Anno
>>830169 Tsuchinoko She kinda resembles it but they don't have legs.
To me she kinda looks like an Ebi(shrimp)su
月
yeah that one
月
i hope we get more of this
we haven't really even touched the overall plot...
Anno
It was a decently long series, right? It's defintely the kind of thing that would need more than a single season.
月
i think it'd need at least 6 cour if it wanted to cover the main stuff at the pace they're going anyway
月
wow that's pretty intense metal, as the kiddos would say
Anno
Whoever could imagine the entrance to hell resides in a dumpster.
月
at least we're finally seeing some of en's story i dont remember any of this stuff honestly
Anno
En really embodies that fictional romanticization of the Yakuza it feels like. Tough and violent mob boss but someone who's loyal to his minions and is trying to make the world a better place.
月
yeah en doesn't have any of the generic villain feel to him he's more like an antihero or something
this series has really deep and interesting characters
Anno
Poor Nikaidou She's become just a doll for En's purpose.
Anno
Kaiman what the hell.
月
pieman lmao
Anno
Maa, ikka
Anno
Hah hah Kaiman's even using "atashi" like a proper feminine person.
Yuu
That's a really wild hat.
月
oh wow she's jealous jealous of kaiman
月
this other guy still skeeves me out he's got like a sweater made of skin that covers his face too it's weird
Anno
He kinda reminds me of that blue furry guy from the X-Men.
月
it's really fun watching shin go wild with his hammer he certainly seems to enjoy it
Anno
Oh that was a stylish transition.
月
that's a pretty relatable somber mood of kaiman's when someone's moved on and you just have to let go he doesn't know she's controlled though
Anno
Kaiman's pie mask doesn't make sense. His eyes are really close to the goggles but his actual face has the alligator snout which means his eyes would be further back realistically.
月
oh no hypno pies
月
WHAT oh goodness that's pretty gross
Yuu
That's weird I don't want to eat pies made like that
Anno
They're also just frozen microwaveable pies too. All around low-quality food.
Anno
This fuzzy guy is weird but he is a really, really nice dude.
月
oh this guy knows his stuff that does sound good
Yuu
Yeah, that sounds really good.
月
i wanna run a meat pie truck that'd be fun
Anno
A good quality meat pie sounds nice.
月
mushroom pie! that's a good choice too
Anno
Hah hah hah Sasuga En. All it takes is one good mushroom pie and a winner is declared.
月
i wonder if you can live off only mushrooms i really like mushrooms >>830206 the thing is, he's probably doing it purely for selfish reasons but they have that kinda connection i guess
i don't think kaiman considers other people's feelings much, if at all
Anno
Kaiman is such a good friend.
Anno
Sore ga DOroheDOro
Yuu
fun eo ep okay ep 12!
okay let's start!
月
ready for 12
Anno
Oh both of them Okey dokes
月
i want the soundtrack
月
ow
Anno
>>830211 Looks like the soundtrack, OP single, ED singles as well as full album, are all on Nyaa.
月
yeah im gonna get it then it's been an S-tier soundtrack
Anno
Know_Name do some great music composition. It's a shame Fairy Gone ended up being such a weak series because I was looking forward to their music for it. Grimgar was made way better by their contribution and they've been a great addition to this too.
Anno
This is a serious fight but Kaiman's going around in a super cutesy dress.
月
i think this guy's just wishing for nikaido to die because he's jealous? i can't tell
Anno
Yeah he was En's paatonaa and now he's been ursurped by Nikaidou. He's totes jealous.
月
uhhhhhhh
Anno
That was not Kaiman's head there. What a mystery.
Anno
What an interesting coincidence. And what a nice devil.
Yuu
Really makes you think.
Anno
I could go for some crispy gyoza right now.
月
yeah... im pretty hungry too
i wish i had a bunch of groceries to cook with
Anno
At least Kaiman's consistent.
月
they haven't even touched on ebisu's story at all she's been 100% comic relief so far
Anno
Ebisu is always so genki.
>>830229 She's had a few heartwarming moments too at least.
月
yeah she has i guess that was an oversight on my part
whoa what's he doing
Anno
Oh gosh.
月
WOW how lucky
Anno
He should be happy though. En seems more than happy to be chummy with Nikaidou. Finally En will return this nutcase's affections.
月
this is the final episode right? it doesn't seem like they're going to end on a resolution or even have a climax for that matter
Anno
I'll go check for a thirteen but I can't recall there being that many. But yeah there's a lot of stuff left untied.
Anno
Nope, ends on episode twelve. I guess they'll use "Relationship repaired" between these two as the triumphant note for the finale.
月
yeah what a strange spot to leave off
stylistically it works well i really hope we get some more
Anno
Oh, there are going to be six OVA episodes. Can't be certain if those will be actual content or just like episodic shorts. That's all I see regarding
月
they could do a character arc with each OVA probably that'd be good
Anno
>>830239 more adaptation for the time being though.
i wish i could stay and visit a while longer i need to drive to the hospital in the early AM though
hope you two have a good night thanks for dorohedoro
Anno
Time for the return of the best rabukome running right now.
>>830243 Thanks for being here! Hope your mom's still doing okay. At least if that's what the hospital runs still are. Best of luck.
月
she's been doing okay given the circumstances chemo kept getting pushed back due to an infection and another cyst that had to be removed, and some other complications
at this point, chemo still hasn't started, which im going to conclude is a good thing given that coronavirus came along this would be a bad time to be in the middle of chemo treatment
it's maintenance chemotherapy since it's HER2+ which is aggressive and might come back, but the surgery already removed it so maintenance chemo is standard protocol afterwards. that's the only reason it's been able to get pushed back
she's having some complication though which we're going to get checked out tomorrow morning it might be nothing or it might be something, we dunno yet
thanks for asking
Anno
Oh no she fucking poisoned him
Anno
Hayasaka is the real strongest
>>830245 Cancer is scary and a lot of uncertainty. Hopefully things keep okay.
Anno
Oh yeah this series is kind of fun since they totally don't beat around the bush that highschool students fuck.
Anno
All four of them are spying on these two now gosh.
Anno
Oh right. Fujiwara's board games.
Anno
>It's your fault for having such a beatable body Gosh
Yuu
haha yeah that line
Anno
RIP Ishigami.
Anno
Poor Kaguya. She gets all the lucky squares but it's really Fujiwara that wins.
Anno
Kaguya was really a totally different person back then. Plus the whole student council room has livened up a lot.
Yuu
Fujiwara is chaos so she always gets to win
Anno
She discovered early that the only reason -the only way to guarantee a happy life is to enjoy whatever situation gets thrown at you.
Anno
Funny that they've got to do a disclaimer on them doubting the reality of fortune telling.
Yuu
I bet that sort of thing is popular in japan
Anno
It really is. They come up with weird fortune predictions for all sorts of stuff. That's why you always see things like blood type come up, for people that want to do compatiblity or personalty fortunes for blood typing.
Anno
I'm looking forward to Iino's appearance this season. She rounds out the student council with a certain autsy bitchiness that it lacks.
Yuu
It's nice to have that back, it was a good show.
Thanks for anime.
Anno
Mhm, thanks. I hope you get some decent rest tonight.