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I hate this show and if you are someone with self-respect, seriously, you should hate it too.

Never have I been so uncomfortable while watching a show. What started as a promising mid 2000s high school comedy, quickly became some boy's high school fantasy. It lost all relatable things about it at episode 6 and became a mediocre comedy show with cringy kink and homosexuality jokes.

The MC is portraited as a gloomy and silent character, which results in him not having too many friends. The anime's response to that? Just don't be gloomy and silent and be really cute that even girls are jealous of your ... cuteness. And the worst is, it turns out that the MC already had friends so the initial struggle was a lie all along. While watching this, I was constantly recalling the MC of Oregairu and how good of a show it is compared to this trash.

Which is a shame. Considering the amount of love the manga gets, I would expect something not-so-shallow. Even the manga's cover image gives the impression that Miyamura is a confident guy with the way he is. I wish this was not about a full-on romance, but the deep friendship and quirky adventures of two high school students named Hori and Miyamura.

Good morning ladies. Today we are making Golden Kamuy.

Ingredients

- Seinen
- Realism
- History
- Action
- Humor
- Unique Characters
...
Directions

Fry your Seinen in medium heat. I like my Seinen with some Shounen juice so you might add some as well.
Add realism on top and cook it until you are on the edge of realism. Not everyone can pull this off.
Now you have realism in place, add some history with cultural information. You must add history accurately or it will give a bad taste.
Pick some bizarre action and mix it in.
Lastly, add the humor. If you have some running gags in the home, add it in.
Serve with unique characters, but make sure they are very unique. I grow my characters myself to make sure they are unique.
You need to have good cooking skills and cultural information to pull this off. Good luck.


Now on a serious note, you might notice I rated this 10 in every category. It is because this manga really does that well in every category. Some of the points I like most about this manga:

- Some of the most bizarre and clever and funny action sequences of manga, reminding of Western and Jackie Chan movies.
- Gray area characters. To the point where you even question the morality of the protagonist.
- Well written characters. Every character is so good in their own way. You may pick a random character, say that it is your favorite character, and nobody would question you. And somehow every character is very human. Every one of them has strong and weak points and the manga does not betray this.
- Wide list of topics it presents. Several artisanries like cooking, hunting, fishing, camping, mining, weaponsmithing, equestrianism... It is best when a manga also teaches you things.

Overall, I think Golden Kamuy is one of the best manga to date and it is under-appreciated, hence why I wrote this review.

You know how for some shows it is said that "you either love it or hate it". Based on the reviews, you might think it is also true for this show. But let me declare this, if you watch this show to the end, you are definitely going to love it.

Darling in the Franxx, Darifura for short, is another masterpiece that is greeted with mass hate. If you are in doubt because of the bad reviews, let me relieve you. The reason for mass hate on this show is not more than any other ecchi show. It is not even fan service, just a slight ... hint at sexuality.

What makes this show a masterpiece is its unique story and character development. The details will be excluded to keep this review spoiler-free. You can feel that the characters are well thought and each character serves their role as the show reaches a satisfying conclusion.

Of course the show is not perfect. Probably another reason why the hate on this show accelerated was, first few episodes were pretty much like any other generic mecha anime. Even though the show features a very rich world setting, it is only revealed in later episodes. Also despite main characters being a bunch of kids, it lacks in the enjoyable department because the kids seem to be not likable. Only later in the show, you understand that first episodes were a setting for a unique character development and story revelation.