Thread #937538

Osoi!
I was starting to worry you'd overslept

i'm watching fumetsu
i have about 12 minutes left

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Bishounen Tanteidan
Boku no Hero Academia
Dragon, Ie wo Kau.
Full Dive
Fruits Basket
Hige wo Soru, Soushita Joshikousei wo Hirou
Joran The Princess of Snow and Blood
Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui
Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy
Sayonara Watashi no Cramer
Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou Desu
Super Cub

i see what you mean by tearing up
that's how it is...

I'd read a bit of the manga when it was first starting to come out years back
Honestly I was surprised they got to that point in the first episode
When I read the manga I had the impression that arc was a bit longer

so much work in my future
bang is to become busy

One of the few nice things about my job is it's consistent
They basically just need me in there normal operating hours Mon-Fri
My brother works a different part of the warehouse and they often need to have him in occasionally on Saturdays
He gets to take a day off in the week to make up for it but there's not consistency to it.

oka
any suggestions for tonight?

sorry for being late

We've got Bang so Bang shows are a good choice
Full Dive, Hige wo Soru, Joran, Koi to Yobu, Seijo no Maryoku

There is also a new show today, Osananajimi ga Zettai, etc.
From what I can tell it's a pretty garden fare LN love comedy adaptation, but the character designs are by Shigure Ui
Who you might know as the character designer for Hololive's Oozora Subaru and other Vtubers, as well as getting up to Vtuber activities herself.

oh no shit
wow
i'm 300% down for that
shigure ui is my idol

She's a very sweet girl

let's start with full dive

okay
lets start

Okey dokes

Shigure Ui also did the character designs for the recent season of Wixoss that aired last season
She got the animation studio to sneak a bunch of Vtubers, including herself, into the background characters of it

i guess she's a big deal huh

She's reasonably successful
I'd put her at about the same level as Pochi-Maru-sensei

BESUTO FURIENDO KIRA

I wonder what death is like in this game
If the full dive of the VR replicates in your brain the full intensity of pain

Honestly from a realistic consideration that would probably actually be a health concern from people suffering from the stress of experiencing fatal pain like that.

and after this

seijo
Osananajimi
koi
hige

>It's essentially a dead game
So she did just want people to play with because she's lonely.

oh no
consequences

merchants are always cool with crime
oh
but he's having to pay a premium

Yeah I figured that would be the case
He got fleeced because he's a criminal
Though I expected the merchant to take all his thirty gold

Her special outfit doesn't leave much to the imagina-

Oh no

uh oh

She sure snapped
Kind of fairly
Having your childhood friend kill your older brother probably isn't good for your mental health

i mean if i were her
i probably would've killed him right then and there

Yandere!

>>937580
It's not for lack of tryinf

Trying even

"who cares about school, just enjoy the present"
this chick is a bad influence

If only I could say the same about work

Oh hah hah he's stuck in the game until he can disengage from combat with the childhood friend

I didn't expect the fairy to be useful like that

Why would he ever log in again.

i definitely wouldn't
or i would trade my console in and get a new one
if the loophole is that easy

Because the girl's gonna persuade him to
He's gonna be a sucker for a cute girl

she's not even that cute

I dunno I think she's pretty cute
Not "I'll suffer considerable pain to spend more time with you" cute
But she's definitely cute

She's also like the only person who shows any enthusiasm to spend time with him
That's got to be pretty persuadable

oh yeah
he hates his life
that's why

Kinda reminds me of Steins;Gate's Daru

Looks like the old guy has his own fairy

Wow
The MC is kind of a dumbass and killed his best friend by accident
But this old guy sounds like a proper sociopath

He's an easygoing guy though

He killed his best friend to see what it would be like
And then strangled the girl!
How's that easygoing?

what the hell is this show

although it fits this show perfectly so i don't have a problem with it here
i generally do dislike the "mean imouto" type character
maybe because the idea of mean imoutos makes me unhappy
if my imoutos were mean
i'd be sad

okay

seijo
play
;ets start

>>937600
One of my younger sisters was a real difficult person to be around in her teenage years
These days she's much better, aside from when she's stressed out, but I also don't really have to interact with her much
The way she acted in those teen years kinda made me not want to be around her a lot, but now she lives like four hours away, so I don't see her
So I dunno, seeing how these imoutos treat their deadbeat older brothers kinda makes sense to me.

>>937602
i guess the way me and my siblings look at life from a perspective relative to eachother has an undertone of "us against the world"
if only because it really was just us against the world for a few years, due to my parents' falling out
even when we disagree, we've never been mean since we were children
maybe rude, but not mean
hard to explain

this show gives me big comfy vibes
and sei is a fun character

There's been a rise of female MC isekai series lately
Like in this way too, a show that's clearly targeted a bit more towards a female audience than the usual male bias
We haven't gotten many of them in anime form yet
But from peeking in on isekai chatter I know there's a lot of them in written/manga format

Wow
Total ikemen

Oh wait yeah
He's the one she saved

when there's nothing around
it gives me "there's something big scaring them off" vibes

Maybe she's something big scaring them off with her INTENSE MAGICAL AURA

lots of isekai still happening
I think we have a lot this season

isekai are the new high school anime

i said that jokingly but...

Well series fads are definitely a thing
In the mid-late 00s high school drama/comedy/club antics series were definitely the fad
Then they moved into a "trapped in a game" fad, or maybe it was teenage battle harems first
Those two fads happened in the early to mid 10s
And then isekai has definitely been the biggest fad since like the late 10s

wow she cooks so well it's causing trouble

wow is he really going to princess carry her on a horse

He is definitely princess carrying her on a horse
What a lucky gal
What a lucky dude

oh no
she's gonna make super-makup
makeup
and then it's gonna make her 50% more pretty or omsething

That would be kind of funny if she can even enchant make-up supplies by infusing it with mana

Well if it's a skin condition then maybe normal skincare pharmaceuticals can help
But if those are a medicine

Yeah even make-up that helps her hide her eyebags buff her eyesight
So yeah cosmetics and pharmaceuticals also get powered up by her magic

She's definitely going to help her fix it

Freckles are pretty cute
I hope that's not her acne problem they were talking about
Because losing freckles would be a shame

this show makes me feel okay
it's especially nice after watching both episodes of full dive tonight, and the first of fumetsu

That's probably the acne

but if she';s going to start wearing makeup, foundation covers up freckles too

This ojou is a good female friend for the MC
She's good-natured and kind of mischvious

Ice Knight

seijo is great
a show that's hard to recommend easily, because most people aren't into this kind of show
most the people i know at least
but this is exactly my kind of jam

okay
Osananajimi

okay
lets start

i was already going to watch this when i saw it has "Love Comedy" in the name
knowing Ui-mama did the character designs and art for the manga is just icing on the cake

RabuCome

The premise kinda reminds me of that other love comedy featuring a girl the MC is crushing on and his childhood friend who's crushing on him
I've totally forgotten the name of it, but it had a silver-haired girl in it and there's a picture I think Rika likes posting occasionally of her holding a banana like a telephone

confession festival lol
it's not even an unbelievable idea in Abe's japan

oh wait he's wearing a yellow tie
but the other guy isn't
is this school less strict about that kind of things

These days a lot of Japanese high schools are more lenient about stuff like that
Unless it's like a private high school or somewhere with prestige
As long as you're wearing the appropriate top/bottom combo for the school, and your additional articles of clothing don't offend the school's sensibilities, you're pretty free to wear a variety of things

what the
is she a psychopath

While I do love Shigure Ui and I'm glad she's getting work, these character designs aren't really anything special.

yeah i have silently taken note that these designs are pretty
uhhh
normal

I think they're normal-cute

the only thing i've noticed that's noteworthy is the color palette is pretty good
the blue of their pants and there were some effects earlier

I'm guessing she was playing it safe since it was a big job.

also I don't know if this is an adaptation or what
it may just be that she was given these characters, alraedy created by the author, to work with
if that's the case she's stuck with the plain details

I said it was an adaptation when I introduced it!
It's a LN series originally

they're hers
she did the art for the manga, and an author did the writing

Oh is it a manga
I assumed it was an LN because there's a lot of colour illustrations for it

i do like clover-chan here

I think the
Oh this is the wrong fileformat thanks Twitter
One moment

okay now i really like clover-chan here

oh no he's gonna explode

I think the original illustrations showcase Ui's capacity much better than this anime does

Which is weird because this is Doga Kobo doing the anime, and they can usually make a much better use of cute character designs than this
I guess this is their B-team working on this anime
But they're not doing anything else this season?

OH NO HE'S GONNA EXPLODE

what a baka

Like I get anime usually requires some tweaking of designs to fit the work
But Doga Kobo are normally fully capable of animating designs like this
I dunno why the anime's designs are dulled so much compared to these

damn this guy is an idiot
best girl is clearly right there and likes him

Childhood friends are always best girl and always lose
That's the absolute rule of manga, LNs, and anime

i guess the whole premise is this but damn

what the hell
penguin ice

this frame
i really like the colors

It's very SHAFT headtilt-poi

Clover is definitely a dangerous type

Sounds good in my books then

clover is my new seasonal waifu

Kimoi

She's playing a clever game here
Make him think he can make the girl he's crushing on feel sdhashjkdasgas
Ah
Augh
Fuck

HES DYING
HAHAHA

OH
oh
oh mo
ymn
my
this girl is
very dangerous
high-spec

She's powerful
Overwhelmingly powerful

holy hell
what is
JESUS
HELP
HELP
HELP ME
SOMEBODY

TERRIFYINGLY powerful

wow
big danger

but I hope she does it cause it's interesting
oh
he stopped her

More like big YES

What a dweeb
Absolute loser

i would've applied for marraige papers that same afternoon
or maybe evening
or maybe the next morning
it can be hard to prioritize in the moment
>>937701
waking up in that same classroom the next morning is more likely

Why not on the way home from school right away?

i do have to respect his willpower though
he really really wants hime-cut

I didn't expect to encounter such a 10/10 girl in a show like this
She's amazing

it's not even like hime-cut isn't a top-tier waifu from ep1 either
but clover is too powerful

Maybe hime will be interesting too

okay koi
play
okay
lets start

Kimo

I'm gonna have to do a re-watch of Osananajimi because phew

>>937708
yeah i'm definitely gonna need to take screenshots
there's like 5 shows this season
that are screenshot worthy

I'm gonna sell it to Kirara so he watches it as soon as possible
Not that I really need to sell it to him
All he probably needs to hear is it's Shigure Ui's new show and he'll be down
But a bit of extra motivation is always good

lol rio

He took a ball to the head and now he's smitten with her

Honestly he's not a bad catch himself.
And it would probably be better for her to date someone more her age than the guy here

jeez

oh
i see

I bet he wants to walk her home gently

uh oh
picking a fight with a high schooler

this guy really has no chill, huh

You've got to stalk out your territory ahead of time
Gotta nip things in the bud
Before they grow out of control!

She kinda doth protest too much

I do like her design
very plain cute

Yeah
She's got some good expressions too

The imouto's just happy to be along watching them be difficult with each other

Poor guy
I mean he should probably reconsider pursuing a high school girl
But he's obviously pure about his feelings for her
The fact that they're kind of concerning is a different matter than that.

i mean yeah, i dunno

yeah
i dunno

Hah hah
She's got the wrong Amakusa

What kind of parents name their children Ryo and Rio
That's just being mean

he brought an entire pharmacy

Why is this guy working an office job when he can clearly put together excellent study guides
Should just get into the technical writing business

But maybe that's what his office job is

everything was okay until he touched her face
i didn't like that

Touching the face is whatever
Cupping his hand behind her ear is a bit excessive if you're not actually dating

>>937734
Yeah, that's a big personal space invasion

The guitar in this ED has a nice sound to it
I'm not familiar with distortion effects so I can't pin it
But I like how it sounds.

alright
it's past bang's bedtime

fumetsu - absolutely amazing, all that in one episode
crazy emotions

full dive - this show is suffering but it's pretty cool

>>937739
i did
i like hige more out of the two age-gap romances

seijo - super comfy and contender for favorite

love comedy - waifu material

oh night bang
yeah we ran late today

yeah fumetsu was good

did you watch hige with us last week?

Fumetsu shows that author wasn't a one-hit wonder with A Silent Voice
They really know how to level direct hits at heart strings
I can respect a quality writer like that

okay
since we're losing bang let's do fruits
okay
lets start

Yeah I figured it would be that or Super Cub
Fruits is good

>>937737
I certainly wasn't expecting to get as absolutely side-winded by Osananajimi as I did
Thought we'd get some standard cute love comedy antics but instead, well

Shigure's a really good nuanced character
He's always more perceptive than he lets on
And despite being kind of selfish and cynical, he still looks out for the people he's in charge of.

It's neat coming back to this series now that I'm older and more perceptive of things
I pick up on subtleties I totally overlooked as a teenager

>>937751
His name always strikes me as odd because I'm used to kancolle shigure.

>>937753
It's not a particularly common name, so it usually only shows up when there's a reason for the character to be named after it
Kancolle's Shigure is obvious, of course, but this Shigure is named after an old calendar month, back when the calendar derived its names from the Chinese Zodiac
All the Souma who are cursed by the Zodiac derive their names from that calendar
Except Kyo of course, since the Cat's not actually a part of the Zodiac

In fact I think Kancolle's Shigure and this Shigure have different Kanji spellings for their names
I think Kancolle's Shigure, and the boat, has something to do with rain?

Poor Kyo
He had a good moment with Tohru there but then everyone showed up

>Are you saying people over twenty aren't young anymore?
;_;

People over 20 are definitely still young.

Maybe if I keep repeating that to myself I'll eventually believe it's true

Oh yeah
Shigure slept with Akito's mother
Considering the relationship between mother and daughter that's probably a good way to make her haaaate his guts

>I only slept with her because you slept with Kureno
The whole Souma family is like one big soap opera

Yeah, this show is very like a soap opera.
Always such high drama
and here's a soap opera development right here

You gotta wonder if Shigure's attraction to Akito is entirely the Zodiac curse
Or if he likes her independent of that
But either way when you've got the psychic compulsion to love someone for like twenty years straight
Can you really love someone completely separate of that?

I'm pretty sure these ED illustrations are by the original mangaka
Ever since the original manga serialization she's really improved her artstyle
It's a big improvement from this.

yeah, that's a nice tough

touch

thanks for anime!

Yup yup, thanks for anime
Have a nice night Rika

good evening here rika
god I am bad at timezones