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That sounded rough. We may try to understand, but inevitably, we don't know exactly what we each personally went through, as our brains process information differently. You may as well still live contiguously with your distorted self (aren't we all?), but I'm glad that you feel somewhat better now, or hopefully at least. Sometimes we overcomplicate things around the simple answer. I also feel that way more often than I'd like to, unfortunately. It's fine to either just float or keep wandering in the sea of thoughts, but when the waves come in from all directions, we become directionless. Keep your feet on the ground, find the balance, and reform the peace within yourself.

Yeah, as for myself. I'm also quite excited for City The Animation. Love the art style! really vibrant and, overall, reminiscent of Nichijou because of the same author, and of course, I'm glad Kyoto Animation handled it again. I hope everything turns out well. I'm looking forward to My Dress-Up Darling S2 as well. For now, I just finished Takopii no Genzai's first episode. It's pretty good! It's devastating and beautiful. There's also a little bit of nostalgia for me personally, a la Doraemon with the gadgets and stuff. Nice start to the season.

By the way, I see you added Hakase to your favorite characters as well, even though it's probably only a temporary addition hehe. I hope Nichijou helps brighten your days. Have a nice weekend! :)

It's been a while, Kugeki-san. I hope you're doing well. It seems you haven't watched any anime lately.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Hope you have a great day!! Glad to see monogatari/Lain fans out there xD

I wish you all the joy and happiness!

Happy Birthday! 🎂🎂🎂

Yes bro I fucking love Kaiji 😁 it’s so good thank you

Hey love ur list btw 😄

Halfway point. Nano goes to school :) The two worlds collide.

I'm pleased to hear that. I didn't realize it's been a year already. Time goes by so fast, like the Nichijou sequence. Gotta go fast!


By the way, you're still early in the series. As the series goes on, I think it becomes even better, in my opinion. Hopefully, you'll feel the same way as I do.

Hey, sorry if I'm bothering you. If I'm being honest, I only commented because it enticed me that you've started watching Nichijou. I'm glad that you're having fun with it. Tell me if you've found your favorite skits/segments yet hehe. As you probably know, I love Nichijou! Personally, it's my favorite comedy series, maybe alongside Golden Boy, even though they're vastly different comedy type-wise. Nichijou is more innocent and chill but surreal sometimes, while Golden Boy is dirty and lustful, to put it mildly, but of course educational haha.

Anyway, if you have some more thoughts in your mind regarding our last conversation overall, not just social psychology, take your time and feel free to pour it down later. I'm more than happy to hear it. I'll just add shortly here. As a fellow introverted person myself, I'm more introverted, I think. Generally, I feel exhausted sometimes to socialize with other people, whether offline or online. So, it's pretty clear for me, as I personally need to recharge myself with alone time, if you know what I mean. Have a refreshing day! :)

I hope you're having fun with it hehe.

There is certainly a diversity of perspectives regarding any show, but particularly shows that do not cater to the common person. The thing is, if you find the show pretentious and are unable to appreciate it, I think that person is better off avoiding arthouse shows altogether. Not being able to understand or appreciate avent garde shows doesnt make you a worse person, and understanding them doesnt make one an intelluctual, it is just a matter of preference, which is why I agree with you that pretentious being used negatively is quite annoying.

Except for some really really poorly made shows, most of these "pretentious" shows just require more time and effort for you to dig beneath the surface and connect with their themeing, its just some people who do not enjoy doing so. Personally, I am willing to see what themes and creative ways each series has to offer, and I totally agree that many of these experimental works divert from the norm of storytelling and thats what makes them a masterpiece.

You're right, what is pretentious is indeed subjective. That is with a lot of things in anime, and my apologies for stating it like a fact, since everyone appreciates media differently. However, what I meant by pretentious is not mutually exclusive from that thing being interesting. I dont think Sonny Boy has a complex set of characters or an overarcing team, but it gives itself incredible complexity through its story arcs, which are often not clearly connected to each other. That would be "assigning more meaning that what it would typically be worth", as pretentiousness would be defined. However, the fact that it is pretentious in this sense makes it highly interesting to watch. Sure, maybe it is an overcomplicated way to explain something simple, but if it got me thinking, what could be bad about it?

I think the first half of Sonny Boy is more focused on power, the nature of control, for example the baseball game episode was really really weird but also intriguing. Moreover, it speaks to more grand themes such as war and loss. The second half is more personal as it covers death and what it means to live, but most importantly, the need to move forward and live life.

I see, you'll definitely love Mushishi and Yuru Camp then. I'd say aria is not so much relaxing as it is wholesome and uplifting, but certainly belongs in the same genre and category of greatness.

I am a big fan of the works of Mamuro Oshii I have seen so far, such as Jin-Rou and Angel's egg. He is a master at constructing atmosphere and using symbolism to tackle deep philosophical issues. Thank you for the information regarding Patalbor, I was wondering if I was supposed to watch the tv series first too. I will keep that in mind.

By the way, I see that you are watching Sonny Boy. Personally, I am quite a fan of the show despite how convluted and frankly pretentious it could get. It is a show that demands your patience, understanding and deep thinking

I think she was meant to take a passive role in the show, pushed around by her circumstances and being constantly lost. But as you mentioned, she keeps a positive altitude and has a good banter going on with Araragi, which I get never tired of listening to. I love how she is one of the few characters that begins in a terrible situation [while other characters often create their own downfalls/ missteps], yet she is able to keep up a positive alttiude. Even when the law of the world in the "void" thing swallowed her in Shinobu Time, she came back as a master of her circumstance and many others as a God, suitably replacing Nadeko.

For sure, I am aware of patalbor and I am quite interested in trying ghost in the shell, particularly the standalone complex series.

What are some Iyashikei you have personally enjoyed so far? Or is this a new genre for you