Your AOTY for 2021. Why? Let's discuss! THE ULTIMATE POLL!

Jan 6, 2022 12:38 PM

#101

Erebus_Akeldama

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Nurguburu said:
Continue voting people. If we get more votes, I'll be happy.

Nurguburu said:
I need more people commenting and voting, c'mon.

Nurguburu said:
The year is almost over, so people comment and vote.

Nurguburu said:
Continue voting people. If we get more votes, I'll be happy.

Nurguburu said:
Vote Like Your Life Depends On It! Vote!

I'm getting the distinct feeling this man wants votes.
Guys, we need to help him out, he needs happiness.

Erebus_AkeldamaJan 23, 2022 6:49 AM

Jan 7, 2022 3:41 PM

#102

ceroto60

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Tough between Mushoku Tensei and 86, but I give it to 86. The war story is super interesting, and the drama in the show is unmatched. MT was awesome as well, and has been a great show that I can't wait to watch more of

Jan 7, 2022 4:02 PM

#103

ReSeinen

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I liked 'Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi' a lot, it's just your fair share of OP characters fighting but said interesting things about the formula itself. There's a lot of collateral damage and action-packed scenes. The author made the story for Interspecies Reviewers and it shows, some scenes read like a doujinshi, it was surprising to see it go as far as it did with some story elements and that might be a turnoff for a lot of people.

My second place is 'World Trigger 2nd Season', it got me to like a series I previously disliked. The tournament arc, that is, most of the show is enjoyable to watch. It's like watching a soccer match or any other sport. The Trion system has really come to fruition and the show just finds more ways to be creative. I can't call the characters all that original but they do work well for the setting, the cast is getting too bloated in terms of how many characters keep getting introduced. Excited for the 3rd season!

Jan 7, 2022 4:07 PM

#104

Jurgens

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Gotoubun no Hanayome season 2 there is no other correct choice.

Jan 7, 2022 4:14 PM

#105

TheMangaManiac

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Link Click is the best for me with Odd Taxi being close second place.
Re: Zero TV-2 Part 2 on the third.

Jan 7, 2022 4:19 PM

#106

Xileop

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Which anime is Roxy in again? uhhhh probably that one,

Jan 7, 2022 4:26 PM

#107

Sugoi-kun

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It has been a great year for the anime industry, there are so many quality animes that for me it makes the choice difficult. But my vote would be between these three Mushoku Tensei, Odd Taxi and Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season. For me it was the ones I enjoyed the most, but if I had to choose one I would pick Mushoku Tensei.

Jan 7, 2022 7:00 PM

#108

Chris_Concept

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kinda of hard year I got 3
Mushoku Tensei
86 is a close one too
Odd Taxi too

we will see who will win, Honestly feel like another over season 1 should be list "anime of the year"

Jan 7, 2022 8:34 PM

#109

SoldierDream

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Tough decision between To Your Eternity and Odd Taxi. But I guess I'll go with the former since that one left a bigger emotional impact.

Edit: now that I voted, I'm shocked to see Fumetsu not even getting 1% of the votes. I thought it was going to be one of the most voted ones and turns out I couldn't be more wrong.

Jan 7, 2022 10:50 PM

#110

AnimeDownUnder

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The lack of votes for To Your Eternity is just sad, easily the best anime of the year not even a debate or a close decision

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Jan 7, 2022 10:53 PM

#111

AnimeDownUnder

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SoldierDream said:
Tough decision between To Your Eternity and Odd Taxi. But I guess I'll go with the former since that one left a bigger emotional impact.

Edit: now that I voted, I'm shocked to see Fumetsu not even getting 1% of the votes. I thought it was going to be one of the most voted ones and turns out I couldn't be more wrong.

I know, I guess not enough people watched it. But the story telling was masterpiece, the characters are just written so well and there's not a boring part of the anime. Emotion put into that anime surpasses everything else that came out, you can really tell they made sure every character had an emotional connection to the audience and that's extremely rare for anime to do that, usually you see this in disney movies but I don't see it much in anime.

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Jan 7, 2022 11:09 PM

#112

FrostFlame8514

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Gotta go Mushoku Tensei. Not only the biggest surprise for me (I usually get dissuaded by excess hype), but man, it was a different experience from every other isekai out there. Loved it.

Gotta throw in Moriarty the Patriot too, what a masterpiece of an anime. So underappreciated, when it's so much more than just another Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

Horimiya was my favourite romance anime of the year just because of the chill atmosphere and character design. Really well-written characters. Out of what I've watched, I'd add on Reincarnated as a Slime S2, To Your Eternity (which was yet another surprise), Re:zero S2 and Idaten. From what I've yet to finish watching, Ousama Ranking is great so far, everyone who watched 86 seems to have loved it and AOT got another season, so the fanbase is gonna carry that one.

Jan 7, 2022 11:11 PM

#113

FrostFlame8514

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SoldierDream said:
Tough decision between To Your Eternity and Odd Taxi. But I guess I'll go with the former since that one left a bigger emotional impact.

Edit: now that I voted, I'm shocked to see Fumetsu not even getting 1% of the votes. I thought it was going to be one of the most voted ones and turns out I couldn't be more wrong.

Yeah, it was one of the biggest surprises of the year for me. It looked way too slow-paced at the start (and that can work against a show reaaaal quick) but as the show goes one you sort of realise that the pace works well for what it's trying to do. The way they introduced each character and built up the relationship between them and Fushi before tearing it all down was masterful. Made you feel for the MC in a way a generic shounen or something like MHA can only hope to do.

FrostFlame8514Jan 7, 2022 11:22 PM

Jan 7, 2022 11:13 PM

#114

FrostFlame8514

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ReSeinen said:
I liked 'Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi' a lot, it's just your fair share of OP characters fighting but said interesting things about the formula itself. There's a lot of collateral damage and action-packed scenes. The author made the story for Interspecies Reviewers and it shows, some scenes read like a doujinshi, it was surprising to see it go as far as it did with some story elements and that might be a turnoff for a lot of people.

My second place is 'World Trigger 2nd Season', it got me to like a series I previously disliked. The tournament arc, that is, most of the show is enjoyable to watch. It's like watching a soccer match or any other sport. The Trion system has really come to fruition and the show just finds more ways to be creative. I can't call the characters all that original but they do work well for the setting, the cast is getting too bloated in terms of how many characters keep getting introduced. Excited for the 3rd season!

Finally, someone who appreciates Idaten for all its gory glory. It's one of those shows you think is absolutely mid from the rating on MAL, but turns out to be much deeper and more amazing (in a possibly mentally insane way) than you thought.

FrostFlame8514Jan 7, 2022 11:21 PM

Jan 7, 2022 11:22 PM

#115

Eagle1hunter

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1)sonny boy
2)aot final season
3)my senpai is annoying

To all of those who haven't watched sonny boy , go and watch it now becoz it's just amazing

Jan 8, 2022 7:45 PM

#116

NextUniverse

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How tf did MT get more votes than AOT? AOT fell off or smth?

Jan 9, 2022 8:21 AM

#117

SupChoco

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Of course I didn't watch all the 2021 anime but the one that surprised me the most was Yuukoku no Moriarty 2nd Season. It was unexpectedly good.
I feel like a lot of people might have missed this gem this year. Mostly because we had a lot of big names and manga adaptation that came this year.

So yeah watch Moriarty. Both seasons are good but I feel like the action and story gets better in the second season. I really liked all the different dynamics between all the characters and its been a while since I enjoyed an anime where the main character is a "villain". And for the yaoi enjoyers, you could say that Sherly and Moriarty are also pretty hot (best ship of this year imo). The action and the "no-u" cards made me somehow feel like i was sometimes watching a Jojo episode (more like season 1 and 2).

FrostFlame8514 said:
Gotta go Mushoku Tensei. Not only the biggest surprise for me (I usually get dissuaded by excess hype), but man, it was a different experience from every other isekai out there. Loved it.

Gotta throw in Moriarty the Patriot too, what a masterpiece of an anime. So underappreciated, when it's so much more than just another Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

Horimiya was my favourite romance anime of the year just because of the chill atmosphere and character design. Really well-written characters. Out of what I've watched, I'd add on Reincarnated as a Slime S2, To Your Eternity (which was yet another surprise), Re:zero S2 and Idaten. From what I've yet to finish watching, Ousama Ranking is great so far, everyone who watched 86 seems to have loved it and AOT got another season, so the fanbase is gonna carry that one.

This man is speaking the truth ヽ(^o^)丿

I also enjoyed Mushoku Tensei, not my favorite isekai yet but it was really really good in terms of quality (perhaps not that hard when you look at other isekais).
But the main character made me sometimes uncomfortable with how creepy he was sometimes. It felt really weird knowing that pervy Rudy was an old dude inside. Sex jokes in anime are awfully unfunny (with the exeption of some shows) and I don't know why tbey're a recurring cliché.
This time it felt like it wasn't really a joke and more like a constant character trait wich made it even worse.
But exept that it was a good show (when Rudy isn't a creep) with quality animation and story. I stan Ruijerd and simp Ghislaine.

Other animes this year that I've watched:
- Nagatoro. The story was more sweet than I thought it would be and this made me happy.

- Both Slime Isekai and Re:Zero, I literally can't get enough of them. It's always entertaining to see Rimuru and his band grow into something bigger and more impressive with each arcs. Proof that not all OP characters are bad. Also very entertainting to see Subaru going beyond the limit everytimes just to get absolutely destroyed in the next arc.

- Komi-San was alright. I'm a bit disappointed because it was hyped as much as Nagatoro (lots of memes before the anime adaptation) but the story and characters revealed themselves to be pretty weak compared to Nagatoro.

- Redo of Healer was brought up a lot this year with its bit of contoversy. Turns out this "anime" was just garbage and bait. I watched the uncensored version and honestly it seems like the show doesn't know if it wants to be an anime or an hentai. Turns out it sucks at being both. There's nothing that saves this anime. It's like watching porn but only the akward part like the conversations and without the actual sex. The show is awfully boring and honestly I couldn't wank to to a single scene because there was real sex scene. All you see is the guy's butt and close-up boob moving back and forth. No D, no P, no B ... Nothing !
I feel like the show would have done much better if it sold itself as an actual hentai and made real scenes. (They had the means to do something really good honeslty).
You're honestly better off watching something else like Rance: 01 wich I actually recommand.

- Dr: Stone s2 was hella boring compared to season 1. There was an enormous build-up for this season. I expected an explosion only to get what was like the effect of a fart in a bathtub.

- I won't speak about Promised Neverland and Wonder Egg Priority, those two can fuck off.

- Mieruko-chan was cool. Didn't expect a lot of it but it was entertaining, it seems like a lot of interesting things will happen in season 2.

- So I'm a Spider, So what ? Ahem, I have a weird love-hate relationship with this anime. I've never an anime that can be as both awesome and awful at the same time. Kumoko's personality makes up for the entire show. Just skip the classmates part, exept the final battle it was pretty funny to see those dicks getting absolutely destroyed. Also ignore the animation and trash CGI, otherwise you're going to have a bad time.

- Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi was good. Nothing much to say about it. Just watch it in the mean time if you're waiting for the next Konosuba.

Also watch Blue Period but this post is getting way too long and there's no way someone is going to read all of it.

SupChocoJan 9, 2022 8:24 AM

Jan 9, 2022 8:35 AM

#118

FrostFlame8514

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SupChoco said:
Of course I didn't watch all the 2021 anime but the one that surprised me the most was Yuukoku no Moriarty 2nd Season. It was unexpectedly good.
I feel like a lot of people might have missed this gem this year. Mostly because we had a lot of big names and manga adaptation that came this year.

So yeah watch Moriarty. Both seasons are good but I feel like the action and story gets better in the second season. I really liked all the different dynamics between all the characters and its been a while since I enjoyed an anime where the main character is a "villain". And for the yaoi enjoyers, you could say that Sherly and Moriarty are also pretty hot (best ship of this year imo). The action and the "no-u" cards made me somehow feel like i was sometimes watching a Jojo episode (more like season 1 and 2).

FrostFlame8514 said:
Gotta go Mushoku Tensei. Not only the biggest surprise for me (I usually get dissuaded by excess hype), but man, it was a different experience from every other isekai out there. Loved it.

Gotta throw in Moriarty the Patriot too, what a masterpiece of an anime. So underappreciated, when it's so much more than just another Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

Horimiya was my favourite romance anime of the year just because of the chill atmosphere and character design. Really well-written characters. Out of what I've watched, I'd add on Reincarnated as a Slime S2, To Your Eternity (which was yet another surprise), Re:zero S2 and Idaten. From what I've yet to finish watching, Ousama Ranking is great so far, everyone who watched 86 seems to have loved it and AOT got another season, so the fanbase is gonna carry that one.

This man is speaking the truth ヽ(^o^)丿

I also enjoyed Mushoku Tensei, not my favorite isekai yet but it was really really good in terms of quality (perhaps not that hard when you look at other isekais).
But the main character made me sometimes uncomfortable with how creepy he was sometimes. It felt really weird knowing that pervy Rudy was an old dude inside. Sex jokes in anime are awfully unfunny (with the exeption of some shows) and I don't know why tbey're a recurring cliché.
This time it felt like it wasn't really a joke and more like a constant character trait wich made it even worse.
But exept that it was a good show (when Rudy isn't a creep) with quality animation and story. I stan Ruijerd and simp Ghislaine.

Other animes this year that I've watched:
- Nagatoro. The story was more sweet than I thought it would be and this made me happy.

- Both Slime Isekai and Re:Zero, I literally can't get enough of them. It's always entertaining to see Rimuru and his band grow into something bigger and more impressive with each arcs. Proof that not all OP characters are bad. Also very entertainting to see Subaru going beyond the limit everytimes just to get absolutely destroyed in the next arc.

- Komi-San was alright. I'm a bit disappointed because it was hyped as much as Nagatoro (lots of memes before the anime adaptation) but the story and characters revealed themselves to be pretty weak compared to Nagatoro.

- Redo of Healer was brought up a lot this year with its bit of contoversy. Turns out this "anime" was just garbage and bait. I watched the uncensored version and honestly it seems like the show doesn't know if it wants to be an anime or an hentai. Turns out it sucks at being both. There's nothing that saves this anime. It's like watching porn but only the akward part like the conversations and without the actual sex. The show is awfully boring and honestly I couldn't wank to to a single scene because there was real sex scene. All you see is the guy's butt and close-up boob moving back and forth. No D, no P, no B ... Nothing !
I feel like the show would have done much better if it sold itself as an actual hentai and made real scenes. (They had the means to do something really good honeslty).
You're honestly better off watching something else like Rance: 01 wich I actually recommand.

- Dr: Stone s2 was hella boring compared to season 1. There was an enormous build-up for this season. I expected an explosion only to get what was like the effect of a fart in a bathtub.

- I won't speak about Promised Neverland and Wonder Egg Priority, those two can fuck off.

- Mieruko-chan was cool. Didn't expect a lot of it but it was entertaining, it seems like a lot of interesting things will happen in season 2.

- So I'm a Spider, So what ? Ahem, I have a weird love-hate relationship with this anime. I've never an anime that can be as both awesome and awful at the same time. Kumoko's personality makes up for the entire show. Just skip the classmates part, exept the final battle it was pretty funny to see those dicks getting absolutely destroyed. Also ignore the animation and trash CGI, otherwise you're going to have a bad time.

- Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi was good. Nothing much to say about it. Just watch it in the mean time if you're waiting for the next Konosuba.

Also watch Blue Period but this post is getting way too long and there's no way someone is going to read all of it.

Yes, finally, another lad who appreciates Yukoku no Moriarty. We're a rare breed not gonna lie.

But in response to the Mushoku Tensei stuff, I don't really think it was as much a joke as a testament to his flaw as character (I mean on purpose ofc). I thought the uncomfortableness it brought added to the anime's kind of dark undertone, basically how somebody shut off from society wouldn't know how to act around people. If it was humour though, that would've been pathetic. The moral ambiguity did lead to some discomfort while watching it at times, but I just thought the plot and the characters (except for, as you mentioned Rudy's pervy side) override that.

I share the same opinions about the shows that I've watched of the ones you've mentioned. Re:zero was a great step up and Slime keeps getting better. Komi-san was charming but the charm kinda wore off. I think it's just better in a manga format. Idk. TPN S2...screw them. After a masterpiece of a first season they go and do that. WITH AN INSANELY CATCHY OPENING TOO, WHAT A WASTE.

But I have to disagree about Blue Period. Disappointing. Such great material, but the pacing was weird and the animation for an anime about art really put me off, even though I actively tried to ignore it. The characters looked like robots.

FrostFlame8514Jan 9, 2022 10:05 AM

Jan 9, 2022 9:47 AM

#119

SupChoco

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FrostFlame8514 said:

SupChoco said:
Of course I didn't watch all the 2021 anime but the one that surprised me the most was Yuukoku no Moriarty 2nd Season. It was unexpectedly good.
I feel like a lot of people might have missed this gem this year. Mostly because we had a lot of big names and manga adaptation that came this year.

So yeah watch Moriarty. Both seasons are good but I feel like the action and story gets better in the second season. I really liked all the different dynamics between all the characters and its been a while since I enjoyed an anime where the main character is a "villain". And for the yaoi enjoyers, you could say that Sherly and Moriarty are also pretty hot (best ship of this year imo). The action and the "no-u" cards made me somehow feel like i was sometimes watching a Jojo episode (more like season 1 and 2).

This man is speaking the truth ヽ(^o^)丿

I also enjoyed Mushoku Tensei, not my favorite isekai yet but it was really really good in terms of quality (perhaps not that hard when you look at other isekais).
But the main character made me sometimes uncomfortable with how creepy he was sometimes. It felt really weird knowing that pervy Rudy was an old dude inside. Sex jokes in anime are awfully unfunny (with the exeption of some shows) and I don't know why tbey're a recurring cliché.
This time it felt like it wasn't really a joke and more like a constant character trait wich made it even worse.
But exept that it was a good show (when Rudy isn't a creep) with quality animation and story. I stan Ruijerd and simp Ghislaine.

Other animes this year that I've watched:
- Nagatoro. The story was more sweet than I thought it would be and this made me happy.

- Both Slime Isekai and Re:Zero, I literally can't get enough of them. It's always entertaining to see Rimuru and his band grow into something bigger and more impressive with each arcs. Proof that not all OP characters are bad. Also very entertainting to see Subaru going beyond the limit everytimes just to get absolutely destroyed in the next arc.

- Komi-San was alright. I'm a bit disappointed because it was hyped as much as Nagatoro (lots of memes before the anime adaptation) but the story and characters revealed themselves to be pretty weak compared to Nagatoro.

- Redo of Healer was brought up a lot this year with its bit of contoversy. Turns out this "anime" was just garbage and bait. I watched the uncensored version and honestly it seems like the show doesn't know if it wants to be an anime or an hentai. Turns out it sucks at being both. There's nothing that saves this anime. It's like watching porn but only the akward part like the conversations and without the actual sex. The show is awfully boring and honestly I couldn't wank to to a single scene because there was real sex scene. All you see is the guy's butt and close-up boob moving back and forth. No D, no P, no B ... Nothing !
I feel like the show would have done much better if it sold itself as an actual hentai and made real scenes. (They had the means to do something really good honeslty).
You're honestly better off watching something else like Rance: 01 wich I actually recommand.

- Dr: Stone s2 was hella boring compared to season 1. There was an enormous build-up for this season. I expected an explosion only to get what was like the effect of a fart in a bathtub.

- I won't speak about Promised Neverland and Wonder Egg Priority, those two can fuck off.

- Mieruko-chan was cool. Didn't expect a lot of it but it was entertaining, it seems like a lot of interesting things will happen in season 2.

- So I'm a Spider, So what ? Ahem, I have a weird love-hate relationship with this anime. I've never an anime that can be as both awesome and awful at the same time. Kumoko's personality makes up for the entire show. Just skip the classmates part, exept the final battle it was pretty funny to see those dicks getting absolutely destroyed. Also ignore the animation and trash CGI, otherwise you're going to have a bad time.

- Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi was good. Nothing much to say about it. Just watch it in the mean time if you're waiting for the next Konosuba.

Also watch Blue Period but this post is getting way too long and there's no way someone is going to read all of it.

Yes, finally, another lad who appreciates Yukoku no Moriarty. We're a rare breed not gonna lie.

But in response to the Mushoku Tensei stuff, I don't really think it was as much a joke as a testament to his flaw as character (I mean on purpose ofc). I thought the uncomfortableness it brought added to the anime's kind of dark undertone, basically how somebody shut off from society wouldn't know how to act around people. If it was humour though, that would've been pathetic. The moral ambiguity did lead to some discomfort while watching it at times, but I just thought the plot and the characters (except for, as you mentioned Rudy's pervy side) overrides that.

I share the same opinions about the shows that I've watched of the ones you've mentioned. Re:zero was a great step up and Slime keeps getting better. Komi-san was charming but the charm kinda wore off. I think it's just better in a manga format. Idk. TPN S2...screw them. After a masterpiece of a first season they go and do that. WITH AN INSANELY CATCHY OPENING TOO, WHAT A WASTE.

But I have to disagree about Blue Period. Disappointing. Such great material, but the pacing was weird and the animation for an anime about art really put me off, even though I actively tried to ignore it. The characters looked like robots.

Yeah him being pervy is definitely a character flaw. I hopes it get better because honestly I really really don't want to see him getting pervy with Sylphiette in the next season. But yeah, its definitely a geat show, I won't argue with that.

Blue Period didn't feel too off for me. And the pacing was alright for me. I don't know if there are mutliples arcs or if there will be later seasons but it made sense that the character was quickly accepted into school after only one season because it's probably only the start of a bigger story. It would have been worse to waste another season on this imo.

I think doing an animation about it is more fitiing, because it feels weird for a manga to speak about colors for a good part of it and only be drawn in black and white (one of the main reasons why I prefer european comics over japanese, I tend to skip mangas entirely and only watch tjhe anime).

I can somewhat understand what you're saying about the characters, some seem generics and other uninteresting. Definitely a weak point of this anime. The story with Ruijy felt out of place because the main character and him didn't seem to have spent a lot of time togheter. It felt a little bit forced.
But overall, I think it's an anime that did its job well. Perhaps because I didn't have a lot of expectations for it and binge watched it quickly.

Jan 9, 2022 10:29 AM

#120

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SupChoco said:

FrostFlame8514 said:

SupChoco said:
Of course I didn't watch all the 2021 anime but the one that surprised me the most was Yuukoku no Moriarty 2nd Season. It was unexpectedly good.
I feel like a lot of people might have missed this gem this year. Mostly because we had a lot of big names and manga adaptation that came this year.

So yeah watch Moriarty. Both seasons are good but I feel like the action and story gets better in the second season. I really liked all the different dynamics between all the characters and its been a while since I enjoyed an anime where the main character is a "villain". And for the yaoi enjoyers, you could say that Sherly and Moriarty are also pretty hot (best ship of this year imo). The action and the "no-u" cards made me somehow feel like i was sometimes watching a Jojo episode (more like season 1 and 2).

FrostFlame8514 said:
Gotta go Mushoku Tensei. Not only the biggest surprise for me (I usually get dissuaded by excess hype), but man, it was a different experience from every other isekai out there. Loved it.

Gotta throw in Moriarty the Patriot too, what a masterpiece of an anime. So underappreciated, when it's so much more than just another Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

Horimiya was my favourite romance anime of the year just because of the chill atmosphere and character design. Really well-written characters. Out of what I've watched, I'd add on Reincarnated as a Slime S2, To Your Eternity (which was yet another surprise), Re:zero S2 and Idaten. From what I've yet to finish watching, Ousama Ranking is great so far, everyone who watched 86 seems to have loved it and AOT got another season, so the fanbase is gonna carry that one.

This man is speaking the truth ヽ(^o^)丿

I also enjoyed Mushoku Tensei, not my favorite isekai yet but it was really really good in terms of quality (perhaps not that hard when you look at other isekais).
But the main character made me sometimes uncomfortable with how creepy he was sometimes. It felt really weird knowing that pervy Rudy was an old dude inside. Sex jokes in anime are awfully unfunny (with the exeption of some shows) and I don't know why tbey're a recurring cliché.
This time it felt like it wasn't really a joke and more like a constant character trait wich made it even worse.
But exept that it was a good show (when Rudy isn't a creep) with quality animation and story. I stan Ruijerd and simp Ghislaine.

Other animes this year that I've watched:
- Nagatoro. The story was more sweet than I thought it would be and this made me happy.

- Both Slime Isekai and Re:Zero, I literally can't get enough of them. It's always entertaining to see Rimuru and his band grow into something bigger and more impressive with each arcs. Proof that not all OP characters are bad. Also very entertainting to see Subaru going beyond the limit everytimes just to get absolutely destroyed in the next arc.

- Komi-San was alright. I'm a bit disappointed because it was hyped as much as Nagatoro (lots of memes before the anime adaptation) but the story and characters revealed themselves to be pretty weak compared to Nagatoro.

- Redo of Healer was brought up a lot this year with its bit of contoversy. Turns out this "anime" was just garbage and bait. I watched the uncensored version and honestly it seems like the show doesn't know if it wants to be an anime or an hentai. Turns out it sucks at being both. There's nothing that saves this anime. It's like watching porn but only the akward part like the conversations and without the actual sex. The show is awfully boring and honestly I couldn't wank to to a single scene because there was real sex scene. All you see is the guy's butt and close-up boob moving back and forth. No D, no P, no B ... Nothing !
I feel like the show would have done much better if it sold itself as an actual hentai and made real scenes. (They had the means to do something really good honeslty).
You're honestly better off watching something else like Rance: 01 wich I actually recommand.

- Dr: Stone s2 was hella boring compared to season 1. There was an enormous build-up for this season. I expected an explosion only to get what was like the effect of a fart in a bathtub.

- I won't speak about Promised Neverland and Wonder Egg Priority, those two can fuck off.

- Mieruko-chan was cool. Didn't expect a lot of it but it was entertaining, it seems like a lot of interesting things will happen in season 2.

- So I'm a Spider, So what ? Ahem, I have a weird love-hate relationship with this anime. I've never an anime that can be as both awesome and awful at the same time. Kumoko's personality makes up for the entire show. Just skip the classmates part, exept the final battle it was pretty funny to see those dicks getting absolutely destroyed. Also ignore the animation and trash CGI, otherwise you're going to have a bad time.

- Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi was good. Nothing much to say about it. Just watch it in the mean time if you're waiting for the next Konosuba.

Also watch Blue Period but this post is getting way too long and there's no way someone is going to read all of it.

Yes, finally, another lad who appreciates Yukoku no Moriarty. We're a rare breed not gonna lie.

But in response to the Mushoku Tensei stuff, I don't really think it was as much a joke as a testament to his flaw as character (I mean on purpose ofc). I thought the uncomfortableness it brought added to the anime's kind of dark undertone, basically how somebody shut off from society wouldn't know how to act around people. If it was humour though, that would've been pathetic. The moral ambiguity did lead to some discomfort while watching it at times, but I just thought the plot and the characters (except for, as you mentioned Rudy's pervy side) overrides that.

I share the same opinions about the shows that I've watched of the ones you've mentioned. Re:zero was a great step up and Slime keeps getting better. Komi-san was charming but the charm kinda wore off. I think it's just better in a manga format. Idk. TPN S2...screw them. After a masterpiece of a first season they go and do that. WITH AN INSANELY CATCHY OPENING TOO, WHAT A WASTE.

But I have to disagree about Blue Period. Disappointing. Such great material, but the pacing was weird and the animation for an anime about art really put me off, even though I actively tried to ignore it. The characters looked like robots.

Yeah him being pervy is definitely a character flaw. I hopes it get better because honestly I really really don't want to see him getting pervy with Sylphiette in the next season. But yeah, its definitely a geat show, I won't argue with that.

Blue Period didn't feel too off for me. And the pacing was alright for me. I don't know if there are mutliples arcs or if there will be later seasons but it made sense that the character was quickly accepted into school after only one season because it's probably only the start of a bigger story. It would have been worse to waste another season on this imo.

I think doing an animation about it is more fitiing, because it feels weird for a manga to speak about colors for a good part of it and only be drawn in black and white (one of the main reasons why I prefer european comics over japanese, I tend to skip mangas entirely and only watch tjhe anime).

I can somewhat understand what you're saying about the characters, some seem generics and other uninteresting. Definitely a weak point of this anime. The story with Ruijy felt out of place because the main character and him didn't seem to have spent a lot of time togheter. It felt a little bit forced.
But overall, I think it's an anime that did its job well. Perhaps because I didn't have a lot of expectations for it and binge watched it quickly.

I don't think the pacing should be faster either, that's kind of against the point of the series, like you mentioned, but I just felt like it burst into these moments of urgency out of nowhere at times. It seemed a bit erratic then, but looking back, it wasn't a major flaw.

By animation, I'm not referring to the character design or the art created in the show, no those were great. I'm talking about he movement and dynamics of the characters, as in specifically the "animation" aspect of it all. It just took a lot of the show's seriousness away for me. Like when Ryuji and Yatora took that crucial train ride to the beach. The scene of them painting naked portraits of themsleves was so insightful and I would've loved it if not for YATORA'S ARMS BEING DISLOCATED FROM HIS ELBOW OML I COULD NOT IGNORE IT FOR THE LIFE OF ME. There's this beautifully written epiphany and Yatora's forearms look like they're attached on some sort of slider and not a joint. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but it just felt so unnatural. And the dull colours too...I just always imagined an adaptation to have these vivid colours and fluid movements in the moments of introspection that basically make up the series. Again, that's why I prefer anime as a medium over manga too. They really could've used colours better, perhaps by increasing or decreasing their intensity according to the emotion portrayed, or by contrasting cooler colours with warmer colours to show Yatora's state of mind. Maybe I was too hopeful, but I really think stuff like that could've been used easily but wasn't.

As for the characters, well I don't hate them. I never really adored any of them like with idk, Tower of God (please don't raost me for liking ToG), but that's not what I love about Blue Period. Maybe you're right, they can be pretty dull and depressing at times. Then again, that contributes to the reflective tone of the series.

FrostFlame8514Jan 9, 2022 10:33 AM

Jan 9, 2022 10:56 AM

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SupChoco

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FrostFlame8514 said:

SupChoco said:

FrostFlame8514 said:

SupChoco said:
Of course I didn't watch all the 2021 anime but the one that surprised me the most was Yuukoku no Moriarty 2nd Season. It was unexpectedly good.
I feel like a lot of people might have missed this gem this year. Mostly because we had a lot of big names and manga adaptation that came this year.

So yeah watch Moriarty. Both seasons are good but I feel like the action and story gets better in the second season. I really liked all the different dynamics between all the characters and its been a while since I enjoyed an anime where the main character is a "villain". And for the yaoi enjoyers, you could say that Sherly and Moriarty are also pretty hot (best ship of this year imo). The action and the "no-u" cards made me somehow feel like i was sometimes watching a Jojo episode (more like season 1 and 2).

FrostFlame8514 said:
Gotta go Mushoku Tensei. Not only the biggest surprise for me (I usually get dissuaded by excess hype), but man, it was a different experience from every other isekai out there. Loved it.

Gotta throw in Moriarty the Patriot too, what a masterpiece of an anime. So underappreciated, when it's so much more than just another Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

Horimiya was my favourite romance anime of the year just because of the chill atmosphere and character design. Really well-written characters. Out of what I've watched, I'd add on Reincarnated as a Slime S2, To Your Eternity (which was yet another surprise), Re:zero S2 and Idaten. From what I've yet to finish watching, Ousama Ranking is great so far, everyone who watched 86 seems to have loved it and AOT got another season, so the fanbase is gonna carry that one.

This man is speaking the truth ヽ(^o^)丿

I also enjoyed Mushoku Tensei, not my favorite isekai yet but it was really really good in terms of quality (perhaps not that hard when you look at other isekais).
But the main character made me sometimes uncomfortable with how creepy he was sometimes. It felt really weird knowing that pervy Rudy was an old dude inside. Sex jokes in anime are awfully unfunny (with the exeption of some shows) and I don't know why tbey're a recurring cliché.
This time it felt like it wasn't really a joke and more like a constant character trait wich made it even worse.
But exept that it was a good show (when Rudy isn't a creep) with quality animation and story. I stan Ruijerd and simp Ghislaine.

Other animes this year that I've watched:
- Nagatoro. The story was more sweet than I thought it would be and this made me happy.

- Both Slime Isekai and Re:Zero, I literally can't get enough of them. It's always entertaining to see Rimuru and his band grow into something bigger and more impressive with each arcs. Proof that not all OP characters are bad. Also very entertainting to see Subaru going beyond the limit everytimes just to get absolutely destroyed in the next arc.

- Komi-San was alright. I'm a bit disappointed because it was hyped as much as Nagatoro (lots of memes before the anime adaptation) but the story and characters revealed themselves to be pretty weak compared to Nagatoro.

- Redo of Healer was brought up a lot this year with its bit of contoversy. Turns out this "anime" was just garbage and bait. I watched the uncensored version and honestly it seems like the show doesn't know if it wants to be an anime or an hentai. Turns out it sucks at being both. There's nothing that saves this anime. It's like watching porn but only the akward part like the conversations and without the actual sex. The show is awfully boring and honestly I couldn't wank to to a single scene because there was real sex scene. All you see is the guy's butt and close-up boob moving back and forth. No D, no P, no B ... Nothing !
I feel like the show would have done much better if it sold itself as an actual hentai and made real scenes. (They had the means to do something really good honeslty).
You're honestly better off watching something else like Rance: 01 wich I actually recommand.

- Dr: Stone s2 was hella boring compared to season 1. There was an enormous build-up for this season. I expected an explosion only to get what was like the effect of a fart in a bathtub.

- I won't speak about Promised Neverland and Wonder Egg Priority, those two can fuck off.

- Mieruko-chan was cool. Didn't expect a lot of it but it was entertaining, it seems like a lot of interesting things will happen in season 2.

- So I'm a Spider, So what ? Ahem, I have a weird love-hate relationship with this anime. I've never an anime that can be as both awesome and awful at the same time. Kumoko's personality makes up for the entire show. Just skip the classmates part, exept the final battle it was pretty funny to see those dicks getting absolutely destroyed. Also ignore the animation and trash CGI, otherwise you're going to have a bad time.

- Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi was good. Nothing much to say about it. Just watch it in the mean time if you're waiting for the next Konosuba.

Also watch Blue Period but this post is getting way too long and there's no way someone is going to read all of it.

Yes, finally, another lad who appreciates Yukoku no Moriarty. We're a rare breed not gonna lie.

But in response to the Mushoku Tensei stuff, I don't really think it was as much a joke as a testament to his flaw as character (I mean on purpose ofc). I thought the uncomfortableness it brought added to the anime's kind of dark undertone, basically how somebody shut off from society wouldn't know how to act around people. If it was humour though, that would've been pathetic. The moral ambiguity did lead to some discomfort while watching it at times, but I just thought the plot and the characters (except for, as you mentioned Rudy's pervy side) overrides that.

I share the same opinions about the shows that I've watched of the ones you've mentioned. Re:zero was a great step up and Slime keeps getting better. Komi-san was charming but the charm kinda wore off. I think it's just better in a manga format. Idk. TPN S2...screw them. After a masterpiece of a first season they go and do that. WITH AN INSANELY CATCHY OPENING TOO, WHAT A WASTE.

But I have to disagree about Blue Period. Disappointing. Such great material, but the pacing was weird and the animation for an anime about art really put me off, even though I actively tried to ignore it. The characters looked like robots.

Yeah him being pervy is definitely a character flaw. I hopes it get better because honestly I really really don't want to see him getting pervy with Sylphiette in the next season. But yeah, its definitely a geat show, I won't argue with that.

Blue Period didn't feel too off for me. And the pacing was alright for me. I don't know if there are mutliples arcs or if there will be later seasons but it made sense that the character was quickly accepted into school after only one season because it's probably only the start of a bigger story. It would have been worse to waste another season on this imo.

I think doing an animation about it is more fitiing, because it feels weird for a manga to speak about colors for a good part of it and only be drawn in black and white (one of the main reasons why I prefer european comics over japanese, I tend to skip mangas entirely and only watch tjhe anime).

I can somewhat understand what you're saying about the characters, some seem generics and other uninteresting. Definitely a weak point of this anime. The story with Ruijy felt out of place because the main character and him didn't seem to have spent a lot of time togheter. It felt a little bit forced.
But overall, I think it's an anime that did its job well. Perhaps because I didn't have a lot of expectations for it and binge watched it quickly.

I don't think the pacing should be faster either, that's kind of against the point of the series, like you mentioned, but I just felt like it burst into these moments of urgency out of nowhere at times. It seemed a bit erratic then, but looking back, it wasn't a major flaw.

By animation, I'm not referring to the character design or the art created in the show, no those were great. I'm talking about he movement and dynamics of the characters, as in specifically the "animation" aspect of it all. It just took a lot of the show's seriousness away for me. Like when Ryuji and Yatora took that crucial train ride to the beach. The scene of them painting naked portraits of themsleves was so insightful and I would've loved it if not for YATORA'S ARMS BEING DISLOCATED FROM HIS ELBOW OML I COULD NOT IGNORE IT FOR THE LIFE OF ME. There's this beautifully written epiphany and Yatora's forearms look like they're attached on some sort of slider and not a joint. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but it just felt so unnatural. And the dull colours too...I just always imagined an adaptation to have these vivid colours and fluid movements in the moments of introspection that basically make up the series. Again, that's why I prefer anime as a medium over manga too. They really could've used colours better, perhaps by increasing or decreasing their intensity according to the emotion portrayed, or by contrasting cooler colours with warmer colours to show Yatora's state of mind. Maybe I was too hopeful, but I really think stuff like that could've been used easily but wasn't.

As for the characters, well I don't hate them. I never really adored any of them like with idk, Tower of God (please don't raost me for liking ToG), but that's not what I love about Blue Period. Maybe you're right, they can be pretty dull and depressing at times. Then again, that contributes to the reflective tone of the series.

Oh okay that's what you meant by it. I didn't realise the default of animation LOL.
Also true that the artistic direction of the show was a bit generic for something about art. But the scene when he's painting or when they're showing art pieces are quite colorful.

PS: Tower of God is poop :)

Jan 9, 2022 4:22 PM

#122

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SupChoco said:

FrostFlame8514 said:

SupChoco said:

FrostFlame8514 said:

SupChoco said:
Of course I didn't watch all the 2021 anime but the one that surprised me the most was Yuukoku no Moriarty 2nd Season. It was unexpectedly good.
I feel like a lot of people might have missed this gem this year. Mostly because we had a lot of big names and manga adaptation that came this year.

So yeah watch Moriarty. Both seasons are good but I feel like the action and story gets better in the second season. I really liked all the different dynamics between all the characters and its been a while since I enjoyed an anime where the main character is a "villain". And for the yaoi enjoyers, you could say that Sherly and Moriarty are also pretty hot (best ship of this year imo). The action and the "no-u" cards made me somehow feel like i was sometimes watching a Jojo episode (more like season 1 and 2).

FrostFlame8514 said:
Gotta go Mushoku Tensei. Not only the biggest surprise for me (I usually get dissuaded by excess hype), but man, it was a different experience from every other isekai out there. Loved it.

Gotta throw in Moriarty the Patriot too, what a masterpiece of an anime. So underappreciated, when it's so much more than just another Sherlock Holmes adaptation.

Horimiya was my favourite romance anime of the year just because of the chill atmosphere and character design. Really well-written characters. Out of what I've watched, I'd add on Reincarnated as a Slime S2, To Your Eternity (which was yet another surprise), Re:zero S2 and Idaten. From what I've yet to finish watching, Ousama Ranking is great so far, everyone who watched 86 seems to have loved it and AOT got another season, so the fanbase is gonna carry that one.

This man is speaking the truth ヽ(^o^)丿

I also enjoyed Mushoku Tensei, not my favorite isekai yet but it was really really good in terms of quality (perhaps not that hard when you look at other isekais).
But the main character made me sometimes uncomfortable with how creepy he was sometimes. It felt really weird knowing that pervy Rudy was an old dude inside. Sex jokes in anime are awfully unfunny (with the exeption of some shows) and I don't know why tbey're a recurring cliché.
This time it felt like it wasn't really a joke and more like a constant character trait wich made it even worse.
But exept that it was a good show (when Rudy isn't a creep) with quality animation and story. I stan Ruijerd and simp Ghislaine.

Other animes this year that I've watched:
- Nagatoro. The story was more sweet than I thought it would be and this made me happy.

- Both Slime Isekai and Re:Zero, I literally can't get enough of them. It's always entertaining to see Rimuru and his band grow into something bigger and more impressive with each arcs. Proof that not all OP characters are bad. Also very entertainting to see Subaru going beyond the limit everytimes just to get absolutely destroyed in the next arc.

- Komi-San was alright. I'm a bit disappointed because it was hyped as much as Nagatoro (lots of memes before the anime adaptation) but the story and characters revealed themselves to be pretty weak compared to Nagatoro.

- Redo of Healer was brought up a lot this year with its bit of contoversy. Turns out this "anime" was just garbage and bait. I watched the uncensored version and honestly it seems like the show doesn't know if it wants to be an anime or an hentai. Turns out it sucks at being both. There's nothing that saves this anime. It's like watching porn but only the akward part like the conversations and without the actual sex. The show is awfully boring and honestly I couldn't wank to to a single scene because there was real sex scene. All you see is the guy's butt and close-up boob moving back and forth. No D, no P, no B ... Nothing !
I feel like the show would have done much better if it sold itself as an actual hentai and made real scenes. (They had the means to do something really good honeslty).
You're honestly better off watching something else like Rance: 01 wich I actually recommand.

- Dr: Stone s2 was hella boring compared to season 1. There was an enormous build-up for this season. I expected an explosion only to get what was like the effect of a fart in a bathtub.

- I won't speak about Promised Neverland and Wonder Egg Priority, those two can fuck off.

- Mieruko-chan was cool. Didn't expect a lot of it but it was entertaining, it seems like a lot of interesting things will happen in season 2.

- So I'm a Spider, So what ? Ahem, I have a weird love-hate relationship with this anime. I've never an anime that can be as both awesome and awful at the same time. Kumoko's personality makes up for the entire show. Just skip the classmates part, exept the final battle it was pretty funny to see those dicks getting absolutely destroyed. Also ignore the animation and trash CGI, otherwise you're going to have a bad time.

- Heion Sedai Idaten-Tachi was good. Nothing much to say about it. Just watch it in the mean time if you're waiting for the next Konosuba.

Also watch Blue Period but this post is getting way too long and there's no way someone is going to read all of it.

Yes, finally, another lad who appreciates Yukoku no Moriarty. We're a rare breed not gonna lie.

But in response to the Mushoku Tensei stuff, I don't really think it was as much a joke as a testament to his flaw as character (I mean on purpose ofc). I thought the uncomfortableness it brought added to the anime's kind of dark undertone, basically how somebody shut off from society wouldn't know how to act around people. If it was humour though, that would've been pathetic. The moral ambiguity did lead to some discomfort while watching it at times, but I just thought the plot and the characters (except for, as you mentioned Rudy's pervy side) overrides that.

I share the same opinions about the shows that I've watched of the ones you've mentioned. Re:zero was a great step up and Slime keeps getting better. Komi-san was charming but the charm kinda wore off. I think it's just better in a manga format. Idk. TPN S2...screw them. After a masterpiece of a first season they go and do that. WITH AN INSANELY CATCHY OPENING TOO, WHAT A WASTE.

But I have to disagree about Blue Period. Disappointing. Such great material, but the pacing was weird and the animation for an anime about art really put me off, even though I actively tried to ignore it. The characters looked like robots.

Yeah him being pervy is definitely a character flaw. I hopes it get better because honestly I really really don't want to see him getting pervy with Sylphiette in the next season. But yeah, its definitely a geat show, I won't argue with that.

Blue Period didn't feel too off for me. And the pacing was alright for me. I don't know if there are mutliples arcs or if there will be later seasons but it made sense that the character was quickly accepted into school after only one season because it's probably only the start of a bigger story. It would have been worse to waste another season on this imo.

I think doing an animation about it is more fitiing, because it feels weird for a manga to speak about colors for a good part of it and only be drawn in black and white (one of the main reasons why I prefer european comics over japanese, I tend to skip mangas entirely and only watch tjhe anime).

I can somewhat understand what you're saying about the characters, some seem generics and other uninteresting. Definitely a weak point of this anime. The story with Ruijy felt out of place because the main character and him didn't seem to have spent a lot of time togheter. It felt a little bit forced.
But overall, I think it's an anime that did its job well. Perhaps because I didn't have a lot of expectations for it and binge watched it quickly.

I don't think the pacing should be faster either, that's kind of against the point of the series, like you mentioned, but I just felt like it burst into these moments of urgency out of nowhere at times. It seemed a bit erratic then, but looking back, it wasn't a major flaw.

By animation, I'm not referring to the character design or the art created in the show, no those were great. I'm talking about he movement and dynamics of the characters, as in specifically the "animation" aspect of it all. It just took a lot of the show's seriousness away for me. Like when Ryuji and Yatora took that crucial train ride to the beach. The scene of them painting naked portraits of themsleves was so insightful and I would've loved it if not for YATORA'S ARMS BEING DISLOCATED FROM HIS ELBOW OML I COULD NOT IGNORE IT FOR THE LIFE OF ME. There's this beautifully written epiphany and Yatora's forearms look like they're attached on some sort of slider and not a joint. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but it just felt so unnatural. And the dull colours too...I just always imagined an adaptation to have these vivid colours and fluid movements in the moments of introspection that basically make up the series. Again, that's why I prefer anime as a medium over manga too. They really could've used colours better, perhaps by increasing or decreasing their intensity according to the emotion portrayed, or by contrasting cooler colours with warmer colours to show Yatora's state of mind. Maybe I was too hopeful, but I really think stuff like that could've been used easily but wasn't.

As for the characters, well I don't hate them. I never really adored any of them like with idk, Tower of God (please don't raost me for liking ToG), but that's not what I love about Blue Period. Maybe you're right, they can be pretty dull and depressing at times. Then again, that contributes to the reflective tone of the series.

Oh okay that's what you meant by it. I didn't realise the default of animation LOL.
Also true that the artistic direction of the show was a bit generic for something about art. But the scene when he's painting or when they're showing art pieces are quite colorful.

PS: Tower of God is poop :)

I’ve gotten used to people hating ToG XD, but hey it just spoke to me.

Jan 9, 2022 4:33 PM

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subahokke

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2021 was a huge disappointment for me, a lot of stuff i looked forward to fell flat. i really only stayed hype for aot and link click.

Jan 9, 2022 11:56 PM

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TheMangaManiac said:
Link Click is the best for me with Odd Taxi being close second place.
Re: Zero TV-2 Part 2 on the third.

Dude I really really want to watch Link Click but I saw the second season poppin off soon so I'm putting it off... But holy crap, it's good right? It looks amazing...

yo

Jan 10, 2022 7:42 AM

#125