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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 29] (ani.social)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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It's a new week, which means a new general discussion thread. Have you been able to find something interesting to watch this summer season? Diving back into the archive of yesteryear to watch an oldie? Want to espouse the virtues of a hidden gem? Let's chat about it!

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[–] glilimith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Last season I made threads for every show I watched (which is all of them), but this time I figured I'd only make threads for ones I'm actually going to keep watching, so I'm going to dump all my thoughts about the dregs in his thread instead:

The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human

Quite bland and uninspired with not a lot going for it. Its politics is at least halfway decent (MC is giving the peasants more rights), but how it gets there is by implying that only humans are capable of empathizing with humans. I've heard that the original story was an isekai and the adaptation replaced real life japan with "a mysterious ancient civilization", which seems to serve no purpose and definitely made things a bit more confusing. 1/5

The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible

This seems like it's aiming for the same tone as last dungeon boonies with the "I think I'm weak but actually I'm strong", but whereas last dungeon boonies was funny and charming, this one is, uh, not. Also, 32 is not "ossan" age. 1/5

Days with My Stepsister

A more realistic take on the step-sibling romance genre. Our leads seem pretty emotionally mature and capable of having adult conversations and not drifting into hormonal drama, which is something I'm typically all for. At times I couldn't help but read the female lead as being on the autism spectrum, with how clearly frustrated she is with most social situations where people don't want to clarify the unwritten social rules, which is always neat to see (even if it's just my interpretation and not canon). The post-credits scene of her struggling to turn off the hall light was also very funny and relatable. All that said, I still didn't really like it, mostly because it was just so painfully slow. I spent most of the episode bored out of my mind begging for something to happen, and nothing ever did. I feel like there's a good story in here, but I don't have the patience to wait for it. 2/5

Red Cat Ramen

The CGI looks terrible in this show, especially the ramen, and it was hard for me to get past that. Some of the jokes worked, but it was just hard to take anything seriously when it looked that bad that often. 1/5

2.5 Dimensional Seduction

After finishing this episode and feeling like there was some probably some censorship at play, I looked up the manga and learned that it was originally basically softcore porn. It seems like the adaptation is trying to get away from that and make it into a normal romance / Dress-up Darling ripoff, but like honestly I don't understand the point of this story if it's not going full horny. The main girl does not at all act like a human person, but rather a porn character, and the plot seems to twist itself into putting them in situations to be horny at each other. And like, if that's what the anime was aiming for, that's not for me but that's fine. But without the nipples and the ass shots and the underboob, I just don't know who this is for? The main characters of this anime would be ashamed to see their story adapted like this. 2/5

A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero

The setting of this one is a little interesting, with the theme park built around a dungeon that seems to be equal parts tourist attraction and adventurer workplace, but the plot seemed a little weak and generic. My main issue with the show is the two summons the main character has, who both appear to be little girls who are basically his slaves. I normally don't trust anime very much with young girls, but this one especially seemed off, with the first one, Sylphy, calling MC "goshujin-sama" and getting a detailed close-up of her mouth while eating, and then the ED made it clear to me that yes, the audience is meant to find the child summons attractive. I learned later that they changed Sylphy's design from the manga / light novel, where she was still quite short but was proportioned like an adult woman, which makes me wonder what on earth the anime's character designers were thinking. 2/5

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Apart from the CGI rice stalks, this one was actually quite good, as far as set-up episodes go. It set the stakes and goals and characterized the main character very effectively. My issue is that I found Sakuna to be an extremely unlikable brat who I couldn't bring myself to root for. I'm sure that changes over time, but I just sort of can't stand her as she is at the beginning of the story. For those who can, it seems like it'll probably be a fun show. One last small gripe, though: there is a faint bird call in the audio track for a lot of the scenes that was driving me nuts while watching and I haven't heard anyone else even acknowledge and I feel like I'm going crazy. 3/5