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©Pfp Credits: TOKKYU - ©Wallpaper Credits: catzz Hello there random visitor! I'm just a typical mid-20s guy from Greece. I strive to improve myself and make the most of life while facing daily struggles. Over the years, my activity on MAL has been decreasing, but even though I'm not as active as I once was, I still enjoy my time here. I'm always happy when I meet people and have some affable conversations, so if you want to get in touch, feel free to contact me. I may be late with replies, but I promise I will reply asap. I'm mostly active on Discord these days. I don't accept random friend requests. I'd like to have a chat beforehand. There's no point in adding me if you don't intend to talk. I have an INTP-T Type of personality. This is me I'm not a morning person, and I can't have a proper sleeping schedule I hate moisture and hot weather, though too much cold is also a pain in the ass. Fall is my favorite season According to some tests on the internet, I am an ambivert I like many genres of music I'm very ticklish I play video games, but not as much as I used to. Currently more interested in gacha games, Minecraft and Brawlhalla. I take my earphones everywhere I go I suck at drawing, and my handwriting is terrible (I'm right-handed) Movies Harry Potter movies, Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, Donnie Darko(my #1 favorite), 4th kind (not the best I've seen, but I like for some reason), Silent Hill, all the American Pie movies, Parasite, Gladiator, 300, Troy, Asterix and Obelix movies (live-action), superbad, Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Home Alone, Deathgasm, Just like heaven, Roadtrip, Harold and Kumar 1&2, The bounty Hunter, Juno, Dead Poets Society, Scott pilgrim vs the world, the Hangover trilogy, Get smart, Bruce Almighty, Life is beautiful (La vita è Bella). I could name more movies, but I've already mentioned more than enough. I'm not the biggest fan of superhero movies (DC/Marvel), though I've watched a few that I enjoyed. I also like Western animated movies like Shrek, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, and many others Series: Kyle XY, Two and a half men, Friends, HIMYM, Squid Game, The big bang theory, Grey's Anatomy, Doctor Who. Honestly, I'm not into TV/live-action series since I started anime, but I may pick up a series from time to time. I like quotes, especially dark/depressive quotes, about friends, happiness, life, etc... I can get along with anyone who hates my favorites, as long as you don't keep bitching to me about why you dislike them I like those who can respect other people's opinions. Taste is subjective. Better spend your time talking about what you love rather than what you hate. Sometimes I'm ok and full of fun, and some other times, angry, unexpressed, or sad. My waifu is Chitanda Eru from Hyouka I prefer darker color palettes over bright ones I like cute stuff I love taking pictures with my DSLR Sometimes, daydreaming/making scenarios in my head remind me of different things from the past. I'm extremely picky with smartphones I'm irreligious. I don't believe in anything supernatural. I like going with the "scientific way" when it comes to stuff like that It's difficult for me to get excited. Kyoto Animation is my favorite studio Not really a person who likes surprises I'm quite tall. I'm around 1,85 meters ( 6 feet) I usually don't add Hentai to my lists (with some exceptions), but I watch and read lots of hentai ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Some stuff that I love: pizza, chocolate, coffee, hazelnuts, coca-cola, pictures with landscapes and anime sceneries, music, movies, aesthetic/vaporwave stuff, mysteries/creepy stuff, nature and animals, anime-manga (obviously), video games, board games, card games, concerts, football, and walking. Some stuff that I hate: lies, noise, insects, shopping for too long, cooking all the time, smoking, heavily opinionated people, perfectionists, being too capricious, overly negative/narrow-minded people, and anyone who is against progression with conservative beliefs. I rarely drink any kind of alcohol Me after studying for 2 minutes I'm a very picky-eater person I love dank and unfunny humor. Used to be into dark and offensive jokes, but not anymore. In general, not the happiest person out there ◉ I like trying out different genres/themes because more variety is always good. That's not to say I don't have any preferences; I do, but some of them are ever-changing depending on my mood. ◉ I spend most of my "watching time" on seasonal anime, but I also binge-watch completed ones quite frequently. I also enjoy watching stand-alone movies. ◉ I read some completed manga from time to time. But I read one-shots/shorts/doujins more often. ◉ In general, I pick up and drop stuff fairly easily, depending mostly on my mood, but also the amount of free time that I have. I don't waste my time on something I either dislike or I'm simply too bored to keep up with. ◉ I started being an "actual anime fan" in 2013, but my experience with anime dates back to my childhood. I used to watch anime on TV or by purchasing VHS tapes, but back then, I couldn't tell the difference. Everything animated was just another "cartoon for kids". 【Rating System】 Keep in mind that my scores are purely subjective. Rating stuff is a form of opinion, and by definition, can't be objective. "Feelings/enjoyment" is the most important factor. I do, of course, take into consideration other factors as well, like story, pacing, complexity, narrative, art/animation, characters, development, world-building, plot devices, direction, music, voice acting, etc, but I prioritize the "having fun" part. 10 - Crème de la crème An outstanding experience. Everything about it was -at least- very good. An irreplaceable rare pearl of this medium, with nearly non-existing flaws within. It is presented, executed, and explored to its fullest potential, being the closest to the definition of the word "perfect" and "masterpiece", even though it's impossible for something to reach such a state. Enjoyed every single bit of it, without moments of even the slightest feeling of being bored. "Must watch/read" recommended. 9 - Astonishing Nearly perfect. Rich in content. Minor flaws have been overshadowed and become null. I probably had some very insignificant problems with it, and maybe that's why it's not ranked higher. But still, top-tier quality in every aspect. A title that went beyond its limits and is sometimes even somewhat of a masterpiece, in its respective genre. Enjoyable from the beginning to the very end. This, and the previous category as well, consist of titles that have appealed to me on a personal level Greatly recommended 8 - Great Despite having some small flaws I couldn't overlook, these titles are certainly among the best I've ever watched/read. Exceedingly satisfying titles that are significantly better than the norm, giving me a superb overall experience. Even though they aren't the best titles I've ever encountered, they still managed to fulfill almost all of my expectations, therefore they are highly appreciated. Maybe not enticing enough to become true favorites of mine, but on an extended list, many of them would be honorable mentions. Not as rare as higher-ranked titles, yet still unique and solid. This is the kind of anime/manga I would like to come across more often. Highly recommended 7 - Entertaining Rainy day entertainment. An enjoyable title with little to complain about, usually solid in everything it tried to achieve. Every title in this category is either too good to get a 6, or not remarkable enough to get an 8. Maybe a little irregular or insignificant at times, but something I can still call quite good, even if I'm not "fanboying" over it. It has a fair amount of strong points, which made it relatively memorable, but there are some flaws as well (e.g being inconsistent, the pacing wasn't that good or the ending was dull). It was a pleasant experience, and its overall quality is more than enough, but, it simply just doesn't stand out enough to merit a higher score, even if there aren't any major flaws. It just lacked that little "something" that makes a title special in my heart. Recommended 6 - Likeable Titles in this category are slightly above average. They are good at doing what they are supposed to, providing consistent entertainment, but I had a couple of problems with them, thus failing in going that one step forward to become memorable. Many of them had the potential to get a 7, but due to weak execution, or being forgettable for the most part, they felt flat and "burnt themselves". The good stuff outweighed the bad ones just by a narrow margin. Overall, decent titles that I enjoyed, and managed to hold my interest to a certain degree. However, while the experience was kind of nice, they are easy to ignore and I'll most likely forget about them after a few weeks. "Worth giving a try" recommended 5 - Passable Just a time-killer. The bare minimum I'm okay with. A mediocre experience that didn't really attract my attention. It probably had some good or interesting elements (e.g premise, animation/art, music, or some likable characters) which I liked, but, there were also some negative things going on, like being full of cliches, consisting of predictable tropes, uninteresting characters, or having an unimpressive ending. Maybe I enjoyed a few moments here and there, but other than that, it's a forgettable title that I probably forced myself to finish towards the end. If I didn't drop it, it's because I either liked it a bit more than I usually like a 5/10 title, or I was too bored and I just wanted to occupy myself with something. I don't feel like my time was wasted, but the title's issues gnawed away at the good side significantly and depending on my expectations going in, I might have been slightly disappointed. Another fitting name for this category would be "the lowest passing grade" Cautiously recommended 4 - Underwhelming Maybe, there is still something here. Maybe there is still something good, but it exists purely in the "potential' stages. There might be a decent effort or an interesting idea behind them, but these titles were mostly disappointing, due to either being poorly executed or consisting of characters that I couldn't care less about. Not quite a disaster...more like a minor car accident. Unpleasant, but not harmful. Didn't like them, but also didn't hate them. I can probably find some features that I appreciate, but for the most part, they are subpar titles that I didn't enjoy, and many of them have been dropped. Despite most of their positive attributes being -at best- negligible, they still managed to prevent them from being considerably worse. Most titles in this category are dropped, although, as with the previous category, there are some exceptions for various reasons. In conclusion, a below-average title that is closer to being considered a bad one Probably not recommended 3 - Repulsive At best, these titles are boring, and nothing more. But most of the time, they were so disappointing, to the point where I couldn't care less about them. They failed too much, where any appealing attribute, be it artwork, music, or a certain character, isn't enough to salvage them, and they ended up being "cringe", to say the least. At this point, it's becoming increasingly difficult for me to finish anything that I dislike this much, therefore most of the scores from here on out will be for movies/shorts/OVAs/one-shots, etc. The only positive thing I can say about these titles is that, even though they are somewhat bad, I don't consider them as "my worst experiences of all tme" because, at the end of the day, they had "something" to offer, so I didn't mind their poor quality all that much. This has to go for the next category, which brings us to... Definitely not recommended. 1 & 2 - Horrendous We finally reached the abyss. A cold and dark area where there's no way back. Humanity's worst nightmares lurk in this dystopian place, where only loneliness, emptiness, and sadness exists. A special place reserved for titles that aren't just awful, but also offensive. The worst and most unpleasant encounters I've ever had. Titles in this category are either extremely bland, or outright bad, and nothing is strong enough to save them. Absolute trash. There's nothing to gain from anything given these scores, aside from laughing about how miserably they failed. Titles that I gave 2/10, are almost on the same level as the 1/10 ones, with the only difference being that they were a little less painful. Titles that I haven't dropped from this category must have a very specific and decent reason in order not to drop them, which tbh, most of the time they are either too meme to drop or I'm just bored and I have nothing else to watch/read instead. There are also titles that I don't drop because I am morbidly curious, and I want to see how they will end, hoping that they won't be as horrible as I expect. But unfortunately, I just end up wasting my time. "Don't even bother" recommended Unrated Unrated titles usually fall into at least one of these 3 categories: 1) I haven't decided yet on the score. Maybe I will, maybe I won't 2) It's been a while since I last occupied myself with the specific title, so I can't give it a thoughtful score that reflects my current opinion 3) It's too insignificant to rate, so I don't care. This goes for: -Extra "filler" content from a franchise, like random spin-offs, OVAs, specials, one-shots, etc (unless they are part of the main story) -something with a small number of episodes or short duration, and when it comes to manga, it usually goes for one-shots and random unpopular manga with only a few chapters. In general, something that just isn't your typical anime/manga for some reason, and it makes it harder to give it a score since I have to rate it with a "mindset" that differs from the traditional scale I usually use. Notes: - In random order - I tried to include as many different titles as possible, otherwise, both lists would be filled with my favorite anime only. Same goes for titles that are part of the same franchise - Lists include some of my all-time favorite songs, not all of them - Mostly based on the music/song part, with visuals and "feelings" playing important roles as well - Limited to anime I've watched Openings Tommy Heavenly "Pray" - Gintama TK "Unravel" - Tokyo Ghoul Kuniaki Haishima "Grain" - Monster Masami Okui "Rinbu Revolution" - Shoujo Kakumei Utena Survive Said The Prophet "MUKANJYO" - Vinland Saga Origa "Inner Universe" - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Lia "My Soul, Your Beats!" - Angel Beats Kumiko Noma "Lilium" - Elfen Lied Coldrain "We are not alone" - Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin Ryouta Komatsu & Charlie Kosei "Kagen no Tsuki" - Mononoke Karen Aoki & Daisuke Hasegawa "Great Days" - JJBA: Diamond is Unbreakable Asian Kung-Fu Generation "Re:Re:" - ERASED Jae Joong "Breaking Dawn" - Noblesse UVERworld "Touch off" - The Promised Neverland Aimer "Brave Shine" - Fate/Stay Night: UBW livetune adding Takuro Sugawara "Sen no Tsubasa" - Re:␣Hamatora Man with a Mission "My Hero" - Inuyashiki SiM "EXiSTENCE" - Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis BOA "Duvet" - Serial Experiments Lain Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas "Let Me Hear" - Parasyte: The Maxim Endings Oda Kaori "Calling" - Baccano! Monkey Majik "Eden" - Fruits Basket (2019 remake) Chitose Hajime "Haru No Katami" - Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror Miho Fukuhara "LET IT OUT" - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood redballoon "Yuki no Tsubasa" - Gintama Ilaria Graziano "I do" - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Heart of Air "Blue Flow" - Haibane Renmei NoisyCell "Last Theater " - Death Parade YUZU "REASON" - Hunter x Hunter (2011) Denki Groove "Shangri-La (Y.Sunahara 2009 Remodel)" - Kuuchu Buranko Roundabout "Yes" - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure milet "Prover" - F/GO Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia ReoNa "Nai Nai" - Shadows House Utada Hikaru "Beautiful World" - Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Maki Otsuki "Memories" - One Piece Nightmare "Alumina" - Death Note rionos "Viator" - Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Susumu Hirasawa "The Girl In Byakkoya" - Paprika Luck Life "Kaze ga Fuku Machi" - Bungou Stray Dogs MIYAVI "Other Side" - ID:Invaded The images displayed on this page are solely for illustrative purposes. They are used to enhance my profile's content. I do not assert any ownership over them. All rights belong to their respective owners/creators, and I do not intend to infringe on them.
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(I'll reply to your comment soon, I'm kinda tired right now, sorry ^^")
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(Btw, your past few profile pictures have been really lovely! ^^)
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Enough joking, sorry for being so late again. I will try to be concise here, so you don't have to write too much in response :P
I'm kinda less busy now, but I do have to study and practice for that entrance-exam in October!
Thanks for complimenting my profile! It's always such a relieving feeling whenever I finish a new one ^^
Forget about the "semblance of certainty", reading through it now, I phrased that so confusingly >.< Here's the deal:
It's not really the pandemic that made me change my field of study, it's more that the pandemic froze my life (and many others' lives, too, I think). Time seemed to stand still for the last few years - sometimes still I feel like my first semester at uni (2019/20) was only months ago. Because of that, I didn't really question my path going forward a lot - whether I was suited to be a teacher, whether I got good grades, whether I finished all the internships I had to do in time - I was constantly at home and only really did what was necessary in the short run, and sometimes I didn't even do that. I ended up putting some semesters off, so basically right now I'm by far not as deep into my studies as I could be. The uni does allow students to discount Covid semesters from the maximum number of semesters, but that's not really the point if I'm not going to be fully committed anyway. So with Covid slowly coming to an end, I considered my other possibilities and came to the conclusion that I should take this exam for a public office, which is something I'm pretty sure I am way more suited to.
Yes, I have some preferences, and preferences are also the only things I can pick at the moment, since there is a limited number of positions afterwards, and only the best participants will get one, so the better I do, the higher my chances of getting exactly what I want. The preferences I picked were, in that order, 1) a librarian at a scientific library, 2) a general interior administrator (basically an administrator in a municipality), 3) a law-enforcement officer at an ordinary court of justice or prosecution, 4) an administrator in forestry.
Thank you so much for all your well-wishes, they make me want to do really well in the exam =^^=
That's great to hear! Best wishes to your relatives!
I've not been to that many hotels either, but that one just happened to be particularly bad :P No, that was the first time. But it's okay, it was livable. I'm fine. We all were... except for the one that got Covid. And all the ones that had Covid afterwards. (Not me.) But that wasn't because of the hotel.
Florence was international, so I guess it was more special than Trier or Paderborn, but I think equally as special as Barcelona. But not because it was delayed two years, it's more like it was just especially badly organized as a result of that :P
Yup, Waterfairy is great. It's Romantic, my favourite period of music ^^
"Classical music" is a vague term. It can refer to either the classical period of the arts (so the late 18th/early 19th century), which Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven fall under. And then there is also the the tradition of Western European art-music (that is, not folk-music), which can be called "classical music" to distinguish it from the traditions of modern musical genres (i.e., everything that came out of America, like for example jazz, rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, and their descendants). All three pieces only fall under the second definition of classical music.
Waterfairy is late 19th century, the other two are early 20th century. None of these are religious, although all three composers also wrote religious music. Regardless, religious music can certainly also be categorized into the above traditions and periods. There's Romantic religious music and Romantic secular music, for example.
Ecce Gratum is just about how spring is cool, The Fiery Rider is just a creepy ghost-story about a specter riding a horse setting fire to a mill but burning himself (I guess? I don't entirely get it myself xD). And oops, looks like I gave you the wrong file for the Waterfairy. It's basically about a sexy fairy in a lake who leads a sad existence because she can't be delivered after death anyway, so she wants to at least find pleasure in sleeping with a human.
Short comments to some of the movies:
Metropolis looks interesting, I'm very curious about it.
Totsukuni no Shoujo is one I'm looking forward to a lot, too!
A Whisker Away was really sweet. Second half gave me some Ghibli vibes. I thought it was a good film overall.
Baoh Raihousha I did enjoy, but I didn't really take a lot away from it, so it didn't really mean much to me :P
Didn't know Saint Onii-san had a movie! xD
And The Wind Rises is a must-watch anyway, I'll surely watch it someday!
Thanks for recommending me Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san! It looks really special :D
Thanks! Your point of view obviously makes sense, too, especially if what you're worried about is runtime/watchtime in general.
And here's just a quick list of everything I'm definitely watching from next season:
- Spy x Family - The first half was a very good first impression, but I hope to see more serious stuff in the second half!
- To Your Eternity - I know you didn't really like how the first season turned out, but to me it was interesting enough to keep watching.
- Akiba Maid War - New P.A. Works working-girl show? In that case, 2 cours or I riot. If not (and it might not be, since it was produced by Cygames), then it's still a new show from one of my favourite studios, so a definite watch.
- Do It Yourself - Woodworking isn't a spin on CGDCT we had before, right? Anyway, the artstyle to this looks really unique and the backgrounds remind me of earlier eras of anime, so I have high hopes for this!
- Bibliophile Princess - Looks like a classic shojo, so I naturally gravitate towards it. Hope it'll be good. I think it's set in a fantasy-world? If so, I'm curious if they have books that directly parallel certain books from our world.
- Chainsaw Man - Everyone is hyped about this. It's not exactly my type of thing, but it seems like it's going to be pretty good, so I'm still curious about it.
That would be it ^^
Hope you're doing well! Thanks for being so patient with my reply ^^"
Το Texhnolyze ήταν αρκετά μοναδική εμπειρία. Δεν ξέρω αν έχεις δει το Serial Experiments Lain αλλά είναι από τους ίδιους creators, αν και δεν είναι τόσο avant-garde ή αόριστο όσο αυτό. Έχει καθαρή πλοκή αλλά είναι και πολύ αργό. Η δύναμή του για μένα ήταν το πόσο εμβυθιστικός ήταν ο κόσμος του. Σίγουρα είναι ένα anime που δεν είναι για όλους και θα το καταλάβεις από το πρώτο επεισόδιο. Επίσης, είναι αρκετά καταθλιπτικό οπότε καλύτερα να φροντίσεις να είσαι στην κατάλληλη διάθεση για αυτό.
Ευχαριστώ ρε Κώστα 💖
Hey Orion, hope you're doing well! ^^
Thanks for telling me about all these things, I hope talking about them helps you process them.
That contemplative mood of uncertainty is a familiar feeling for me. Since beginning my studies, I've been pretty reluctant about actually being a teacher. Originally, I meant for it to be a sort of launchpad into several fields of study, but as Covid raged, it dragged on and I didn't really want to change course in that constantly shifting environment to preserve a semblance of certainty. But now that I've finally taken a step in a different direction - I've applied for an exam to become a public official), my feelings of uncertainty increased by a large degree again, of course. Idk, the future is just a bit scary...
Oh, I wish your relatives all the health they can get, need and deserve! Personally, I'm not very close with many of my relatives outside of my nuclear family, but I really get what you mean by "you know, they are my relatives".
Sometimes hoping is all you can do in the end, and that's fine! Of course, I wish you all the best too, and I hope you made/will make the right decisions!
The Florence report! The experience was phenomenal, but the organization was terrible. Our hotel was pretty bad (i.e. the lights didn't work in my room, the beds were super-small and each room had a different bad smell), and the packed lunches we got fed were a joke (what a great idea to put tuna in a breadroll, give them out at noon even though they're meant for supper, and leave them to be carried around in the scorching sun for the better part of the afternoon). (Btw, I had been on 3 of these kinds of festivals before and it was never that bad xD) But you would kind of forgive everything bad, since everything else was such a great experience: singing and also listening to concerts and accompanying the mass with song.
That one concert with that one choir also went really well.
Yes, I have no doubt that rewatching Utena will be wholly worth it, it's so intricate. I think Utena does symbolism and allegory exceptionally well, and I really enjoyed this aspect of the show. It's just so fulfilling to read into a show when you know it's doing these things and doing them well.
I've been told so ^^ I hear it's something of a "lighter" Utena and a bit more slice-of-life-esque. And I'm really looking forward to it! It already has a fixed spot on my queue :P (Sarazanmai as well!)
You can list those random movies if you want, I don't watch movies too often, and I doubt it'd be a bad idea to watch them more often ^^
Paradise Kiss is something I'm interested in the back of my head, but not immediately or anything.
And Nichijou is obviously something I have to check out at some point, after all, it's my mission to watch every Kyoani show there is! ^^
I might be interested to check out more of Asano's stuff once I'm done with Punpun, but currently that manga has priority! :D
This is a really interesting question: At which point does something become a long-runner? Like One Piece and Bleach and things like that are clearly long-runners, but is Shaman King? I'm not sure. But thinking about it, I've come to the conclusion that it has less to do with the actual number of chapters/episodes and more with the question of whether it's one story or several stories. By that, I mean this: It's a long-runner if there is a point in the middle of the manga/anime when all currently set-up plot-threads are resolved and later, new ones are brought about; which, to my knowledge, applies to One Piece and Bleach, but not to Shaman King (or Kaguya-sama). I think this is the reason why I'm like "I do like long stories, but not long-runners".
Sorry for the tangent haha.
But I share your opinion! I'm really looking forward to what Kaguya-sama has coming for us. I mean, in the final episode, the two main leads said it best themselves that the series is far from over: "SAT scores, convincing my father, applying to university", "there is so much to think about and take care of" and so on :D
Oh, and for this season, I've set my eyes on Made in Abyss (obviously), the Tokyo Mew Mew reboot, and maybe Lycoris Recoil. I've already started Tokyo Mew Mew, but I'll save my thoughts on it for when this season is over, though, since my thoughts are all over the place at the moment xD
Thank you so much for your birthday-wishes! You were the first person to wish me a happy birthday today, hehe ^^"
Oh, not to worry. I've been off MAL for some time as well. Being actually able to go to uni in person this semester has increased my motivation, regularized my work-rhythm and I've put in a lot more effort, which I'm all very happy about.
You can of course share details if you want, but don't feel forced to! On the other hand, if you want to, I'll gladly listen ^^
I've been well overall. Summer has been okay so far, the end of June was very hot and dry, but July has been pretty cool and kinda rainy so far, which I greatly appreciate haha. Apart from uni, my summer this year is especially full of choir-stuff.
In June, I visited Leipzig on a Mendelssohn-themed trip (he's my favourite composer) along with the sweet (more or less) old ladies from the parish-choir, as well as my dad and a few other people. That trip had been in the planning for two years and I'm glad it finally happened. Leipzig is a really nice city.
That's not the only choir-trip, though. There's an international Catholic choir-festival held in Florence this year (rescheduled from 2020, Wednesday to Sunday this week) and my youth-choir is going there, and I plan this to be my last big event with the choir which I've been a member of for 11 years now, seeing how that isn't exactly my agegroup anymore. Italy is going to be hot, but if I have the chance to visit Florence, I don't think I can miss that :P
Because I'm about to leave that choir, I'm on the lookout for a new group to sing in, so I've been getting some impressions of other nearby formations, one of which I've joined for a wedding recently and the other one I'm joining for a concert later this month.
I know my profile says I'm off the anime until the end of July, but I actually have more time at my disposal than I realized, because I actually wasn't slacking off and procrastinating all semester; so the past few days, I've been binging a bit :P
Oyasumi Punpun is fascinating, but quite different from what I had imagined. With its exaggerated drawings, grotesque faces, wacky situations and out-of-left-field lines, it reads to me like a dark comedy at times, when I had expected it to be nothing but bleak depressingness. All things considered, I think it's a very well-put-together work. I'm in the middle of Uncle Yuichi's backstory at the moment and it's pretty heavy. It's definitely not something one should miss out on.
And yes, there are a few other shows I would love to share some thoughts on. For example, I'm utterly impressed by last season's Dance Dance Danseur, the ballet one. It's a seinen, but it feels a bit like what I'm expecting a 70s drama-shojo to feel like (à la Glass Mask, Oniisama e...). Obviously, I haven't seen any of those yet, and therefore can neither pin down the element of the show that makes me feel that way nor know if my comparison is even appropriate; but for some reason, Dance Dance Danseur has made me even more excited for exactly those series.
It's admittedly the first-ever show by Mappa that I've seen, and my gosh, that studio is capable of some things. I've rarely seen so much movement shot on that framerate in a TV-anime. The visualizations are beautiful, apt, and dynamic. And the story, while it is pretty fast-paced in the anime, which worried me in the beginning, is very well-developed, many-layered and never static.
The anime has about reached the point the manga is currently at, so this one-cour season is all we're going to get for now. But I really, really hope that it will get a continuation when the time comes. It's so good that it would be a waste otherwise, in my opinion ^^"
Yesterday, I resumed Lovely Complex after putting the series off like 7 years ago. And it's such a joy to watch. It's another romcom that is actually funny, although it is admittedly not as smart about that as Kaguya-sama. But it still has my whole-hearted recommendation!
And a few days ago, I started Symphogear, you know, that trashy idol-magical-girl-music-thing with a lot of yuri-teasing. Turns out it is all that, but it's also very genuine, well thought out and has some very not-bad-at-all character-writing, I'm impressed so far. And the first season is supposedly the worst, so I think it can only go uphill in later installments. Have you ever thought about Symphogear?
Okay, that's all I have to say for now! If you want to talk about another show I'm currently watching, just pick it out of my CW list! ^^