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Welp, Dandadan just locked in my episode of the year!

I was enjoying the show well enough, but holy shit that masterpiece was so above and beyond anything else from the rest of the show, or my expectations. I did not expect to cry today, what the hell.

It's impossible to put a 100% certain number on something anyway, the difference between high 7 and low 8 is small enough that it doesn't really matter.



I haven't seen or read domestic girlfriend, but honestly, I think I would actually enjoy that more when it comes to stuff like this. If people told me domestic girlfriend is good drama with a solid ending, I would be less interested, compared to it being known as the step incest, dumpster fire.

Bad shows and good shows are plenty, but the kind of trash that leaves a real impression and is entertaining for all the wrong reasons is exceptionally rare imo.

It honestly depends on the context, but generally I think the ending is always the most important section when it comes to the quality of a story. Not that it's a make or break, but it holds more weight than other sections.

Like darling in the franxx wasn't a masterpiece or anything but if it did have an ending that tied it together instead of.... well, that, I could see myself giving it a high 7 instead of the 4 it has now. But that ending is exceptionally shit.

For me I generally take away or add 1 score or less if the ending is a really good or bad.

But again, it really depends on the context. You have to ask yourself how much of the series was relying on that ending to be good. Like I'll be honest, the reason for paprika is a low 8 high 7 for me, but perfect blue is a 10, above everything else is because I thought the reveal of what was going on paprika was incredibly generic. It wasn't even "bad" but just from being mid alone, it took away so much.

The entire movie had the question "what is going on" and "who's doing this" hanging around it, so a weak answer, weakens that entire process.

Honestly, beyond the poster i don't even know what this one is. I've only played 13 sentinals, and persona 4 from them. I also watched a let's play of the original Cathrene on YouTube like 6 years ago, but that's about it.

Believe it or not I have actually never bought a single game on release. I don't even think I have ever bought a game on the year it came out!

It's not because I'm against doing so or anything, but I've pretty much always bought games on deals my whole life with very few exceptions. I'm also kind of broke so there is that too lol

Right now I'm playing salt and sanctuary, It's not a bad game, but I kind of hate it lol

It just has so many small annoying elements. Like being the only metrodivania I know of that doesn't have a map, or tying fast travel to having to place down limited statues in limited slots, in limited locations.

as weird as this probably is, for some reason I basically never recognize Japanese VAs. But there are exceptions, and Mamoru Miyano is actually one of them lol

Idk, I just never seem to fully appreciate voice acting when it comes to foreign languages. Like it's weird to say this, but when I don't actually understand them word by word, most VAs start sounding same-y to me.

but again Mamoru Miyano is definitely one of the exceptions, so that is definitely hype.

I'm at the "this will probably slap so I'm not going to watch trailers anymore" point with this one.

This was my first persona game, and second Atlus game (the first was 13 sentinals, which is one of my all time favourite things).

I own p5royal too, but I'm probably going to hold on playing that one for a while. I can imagine it being not the best idea to take on another 100 hour plus game right afterwards lol

I played it on playstation 4, and it was really fun. My cousin loved the game when he played it last year, and he had been telling me to play it since then, and I'm glad I did. I've heard the anime adaptation for p4 is also REALLY good, so I have that to look forward to as well!



Even from the trailer alone, if we count movies, this is probably one of, if not the strongest direction all year. I have yet to see a lot of the critical hits this year, so me saying oshi no ko is the best directed. isn't saying as much as you might think, but it DOES have extremely great directing, I'm sure of that much.



Oh my god, this looks incredible lmao

Will definitely watch this one soon.



It's a really, REALLY weird movie. I think it's best to watch it completely blind because of how absolutely unhinged and bonkers it is, but the basic premise is:

They haven't put it in cinemas here in Australia. At least not yet. I really hope they do, but I also wouldn't be surprised if they didn't, mainly due to the one hour long length.

The trailer looked incredible though, and I've been hearing nothing but praise on it, I'm really sad that I might not be able to see it on the big screen. I mean they are having sessions for the bocchi the rock recap movies but not this, like what the hell lol

This past 2 or so months I've been mainly just playing games in my free time. I basically burnt 2-3 weeks playing persona 4 golden 24/7. And I still gotta do a New game+ for a certain secret boss.

I finished spice and wolf and oshi no ko today.

Holy moly did this season of oshi no ko COOK. The directing was godly, probably the best we're going to get all year, and the man clearly had the budget to do whatever the hell he wanted! I really liked season 1, but for me this was a whole level above it.

Spice and wolf also probably gets the award for "dialogue of the year" if that's a category lol. The animation leaves a lot to desire, but the dialogue and music are just so fucking good you almost don't even care.

I also watched "the substance" in cinema the other day, which was also really good. Honestly, I've been getting too much great media recently. I need to watch some trashy dumpster fire before becoming completely spoiled lol

holy moly I had no idea this was a thing that existed. I'm hyped!



sorry I must have missed this message before, so I'll response to it now.

This just goes to show how good of an interpretive piece sonny boy is, cause I had a completely different interpretation for it. I think the clouds represented the dullness and mundaneness of the real world. They went through a multi-life time of an adventure and now that they're back it's just... normal.

as if nothing had even happened.

The world isn't reflecting Nagara's thoughts, the world is just what it used to be. Nozomi never changed the world, she just had a different viewpoint. One that lead her to believe there is a light, which.. there is. in the final episode, there is still a shot where she reaches into the sky to get the light.

A literal interpretation would be that her reaching to the sky, is using the symbol of her seeing the sun from behind the clouds, to show that she still sees the light. While from our or Nagara's pov... it's just cloudy. there is no sun to reach for.

so in a way, the light is just as present in the finale, but we have to look passed the clouds to see it. As Nozomi has been doing during the entire series. I mean she first saw said light in a setting that had a literally pitch black sky. Nothing has changed in that sense. Nozomi has just always been better than us at finding the light.

but again, sonny boy is partly interpretive by design, so there isn't really a "correct" answer here.

Sorry for the late reply, I've had a lot on my hands recently lol

tbh I have seen only like half of his works, so thankfully I still have a few titles to go through If I'm itching for more natsume goodness!

It had been a while since he worked on something though, so I am still waiting for a new title to be excited about.

There is a good chance that I wouldn't have read it anyway, at least not anytime soon. I still haven't finished a single manga that is more than like 25 chapters long lol

It is true that you can never grasp the feel of a long story with a youtube video, but Tale Foundry is probably the closest thing to making that happen.

Both his analysis and retelling (with analysis) videos are really great. As a self proclaimed creative, his videos are actually some of my favourites.

So while I obviously didn't get the full picture of the story, or got the entire emotional weight, I think you would be surprised by how much of it I did get.

I suggest watching one his videos: https://youtu.be/i44KnocYsno?si=bqfD8r5tDIfIokiC

this one is really great and the video that made me get into his channel. I promise is better than you expect.

And here's the homunculus video, you can be the judge of how much he does it justice: https://youtu.be/yS6QDg9vm-0?si=kT-ADYFoWTCOy7aN

The problem with that one is I know pretty much the entire story despite not having read it cause I watched a Tale Foundry video on it lol

I had heard great things about the manga, and from the poster alone I already love the aesthetic.



bro you already forgot about look back lol

I haven't finished girls band cry so don't quote me on it being AMAZING, but given how it's score only went higher as it went on, it probably stuck the landing. Dungeon meshi I do genuinely fully recommend though. probably more than everything else that I named.



Oh you will be extremely but pleasantly surprised with episode 1. It had so many cool directing choices that it has already surpassed s1 in terms of production imo

from minute 1 the director is going all out with making this season something special, for more reasons than just the story.

Honestly, I don't mind waiting. There is a constant stream of shows and movies that I am excited about, and even when there isn't there are a ton of top tier classics that I can catch up on. So I honestly don't mind waiting at all lol



I'm not exactly from Australia, but I've been living here for about 6 years now more or less. I was born in Iran.

But yeah this place slaps, my favourite person working in the anime industry Kevin Penkin is from here, so, I couldn't be more proud lol



Will check it out after I binge girls band cry then!



At first I was going to throw a huge WHAT and start saying why would you say this. but then I checked and I don't blame you considering how you seem to have missed the vast majority of the great anime from this year.

So here's some stuff that you have got to watch instead of the random seasonals:

Spice and wolf: As far as a romance couple go, I have a hard time seeing anything else coming even close to this one. The writing is REALLY good and the music is kevin penkin, so you know it's a 10/10 soundtrack. It also has brilliant voice acting in the dub, Idk about the sub. I saw Tatum as the MC and I knew I was watching this one in english lol.

Dungeon meshi: Probably my anime of the year as of now. It's a visual feast with loveable characters and fantastic music. It starts as a fun wholesome show about cooking monster, and it still is that, but as it goes on, the serious plot points kick in and it gets REALLY fucking good. It's world building is some of the best in all of anime. It would not be a lie to say it's just as good as something like made in abyss when it comes to both the world building and the adventure aspect.

It's genuinely brilliant, and absolutely deserving of it's high critical acclaim.

Konosuba season 3: it's more konosuba, and konosuba is great!

My hero academia s7: this is shaping up to be either the best or second best season of the show. so it's great.

Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction: I haven't started this one myself, but I can already tell you it's going to be one of the best anime this year. This is a sci-fi from one of the most legendary mangaka out there. The acclaim of this guy isn't that far behind Urasawa or Takehiko.

His most well known work is Oyasumi pun pun, but Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction is also a massively beloved title. from what I've heard, it's a good adaptation too, so I can easily see it getting to the top ranks of mal by the time it ends.

From the few episodes that I have seen, girls band cry is also really really good. and apparently it gets even better.

I also loved the first episode of a sign of affection, but I put that one unhold for now.

And I didn't even consider the stuff from this season which have just started like oshi no ko s2.

And along with all that, there are a ton of highly beloved stuff that I haven't seen, and know very little about, but are apparently really good according to the people who have seen them.

Kaiju n8, Kingdom s5, The Dangers in My Heart Season 2, Sound! Euphonium 3 and Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master.... just to name a few.

I'm not really a manga reader, and honestly I am fairly confident in all of fujimoto's works getting a high quality adaptation. I don't doubt you, from the few things I have read or watched, he is absolutely incredible to say the least.

I really hope they put the look back movie in cinemas here in Australia, I would LOVE to see it in theatres!

btw do you still recommend the jelly fish can't swim anime? from what I have seen the reception has turned a lot more negative since it ended.