Lycoris Recoil

it's nice

lycoris recoil is a action/slice of life-ish about this group of people called the lycoris which are basically secret police dressed as high school students because it's "urban camouflage" (it's just moe)

I feel there are two main, and fairly distinct element in this anime, you have the segment where the actual plot is happening with the arms deal and conspiracy and mistery and then you have all the moments of just the two main protagonist living their life together

I don't think the actual mistery part is that well fleshed out, I think the villain motivations are weak, the plan idiotic at best, and in general I don't think it has much to say. It constantly talks about this balance between the different factions and how it must always be equivalent but honestly idk where they were going with that

every character has a marked and very strong personality, in many ways them """"camouflaging"""" as high school studetns help beacuse it's more normal for someone in that age range to behave in that way, however all the adults are the same with like 2 exceptions so I don't think they really thought about it that much

they're not exactly complex or deep or whatever, they're just cute, which works well enough for the slice of life segments but no so much for the big mistery action thing.

In many ways I feel those two things are at odds with each other, a lot of the time they just use the action segments asa a plot device to get them into cute situations at homes, and sometimes they just talk about panties for a whole episode without much explanation or plot relevance in the future

it's a anime that I respect but honestly I think they would have been better off just embracing the slice of life elements (or maybe even going full yuri because yeah there is a lot of yuri bait in lycoris), I feel they just used guns and death and destruction as a way to get audiences that aren't directly interested in that type of anime due to the negative connotation that we have here of the slife of life genre to watch it, which I can understand but I just think this anime is as inferior version of what it could have been

anyways, I still enjoyed it, placed on B rank

A Minecraft Movie

technically it's PG 13+

JLuca913 891 wrote: 336u4k

A Minecraft Movie

technically it's PG 13+

are you saying that to say "the movie is not for kids it's like adult and whatever" or what exactly

also, i'm sorry but I do not want to watch the minecraft movie

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

JLuca913 891 wrote: 336u4k

A Minecraft Movie

technically it's PG 13+

are you saying that to say "the movie is not for kids it's like adult and whatever" or what exactly

also, i'm sorry but I do not want to watch the minecraft movie

yes, I thought you like watching movies that aren't for kids sooo


oh ok

JLuca913 891 wrote: 336u4k

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

JLuca913 891 wrote: 336u4k

A Minecraft Movie

technically it's PG 13+

are you saying that to say "the movie is not for kids it's like adult and whatever" or what exactly

also, i'm sorry but I do not want to watch the minecraft movie

yes, I thought you like watching movies that aren't for kids sooo


oh ok

you're right I like adult movies, still, I don't think the PG indicator is the best measure for that

frothyyy wrote: 5s1d1v

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

frothyyy wrote: 5s1d1v

are you able to do a review of ULTRAKILL (video game)? let me know

I love ultrakill, however it's neither story focused or finished so i'm going to have to

haha that's fine! what about a review of just shapes and beats? it's a completed story and i would like to hear your opinion on it

bump in case you haven't seen this

frothyyy wrote: 5s1d1v

frothyyy wrote: 5s1d1v

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

frothyyy wrote: 5s1d1v

are you able to do a review of ULTRAKILL (video game)? let me know

I love ultrakill, however it's neither story focused or finished so i'm going to have to

haha that's fine! what about a review of just shapes and beats? it's a completed story and i would like to hear your opinion on it

bump in case you haven't seen this

I missed it, my bad

still denied, it having a story mode is different than it being story focusesd, the game is good tho

i don't know if this counts because it sort of requires music but can you do the because the internet screenplay

basically it's a screenplay that's supposed to be read while certain songs from the album of the same name are played to represent a soundtrack, i'm not asking for you to review the music but just the screenplay

here's the screenplay itself

I don't think i'm doing that one

listen to PUP's newest album "Who Will Look After The Dogs?"

IAMACROBA wrote: 1g5939

listen to PUP's newest album "Who Will Look After The Dogs?"

he doesn't analyze music

IAMACROBA wrote: 1g5939

listen to PUP's newest album "Who Will Look After The Dogs?"

1- I don't do music
2- you quite literally did a "quitw" topic today i'm not going to accept something of someone who is not going to read it

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

2- you quite literally did a "quitw" topic today i'm not going to accept something of someone who is not going to read it

C'mon you know he ain't gonna quit. He'll probs still chill around in forums...

IAMACROBA wrote: 1g5939

listen to PUP's newest album "Who Will Look After The Dogs?"

Still listened to 4 songs but I'm kinda digging 'em. Way more chill than the previous ones...

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/33352/Violet_Evergarden

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/33352/Violet_Evergarden

already watched will do later

Violet Evergarden

I don't that much as i've probably saw that anime 5-6 years ago by now, but I will do my best to recall everything, I also wont mention the movie as I assume you just have finished watching the anime and you've not seen it.

Violet evergarden is about this girl who was born in the frontlines, and was raised as a soldier, told to ignore any sort of human emotion, but as the war ends, she must fit in society for the first time ever, in doing so she obtains a job writing letters for people who don't know how to write

The catch of that job is that we don't write the same way we speak, and in order to be good at the job you had to write something different than they were saying, to convey the feelings in a more effective way, feelings our protagonist doesn't understand

The cards that the protagonist must write are not exactly business letters or very plain things, but instead, they're all very emotional. For someone uneducated to pay the not insignificant ammount of money required to get a letter written and sent, it requires for something big to happen. By listening on the story the protagonist is also adquiring second hand life experiences that later makes her grow as a person, and that is reflected on her writing

the appareance of the protagonit is also very interesting. In the war, she lost a arm, so she has a prosthetical arm. This works to dehumanize her, to make her feel more of a robot, the rest of the anime is trying to fight against that perception of her and really show she is still just human

there is also a romance subplot that sets up a logical climax to the story. Feeling first hand love is a good way to show the character has already reached a point where she's functional in society, that she has learned to understand and express emotion, however most of that comes in the movie.

the animation is beautiful and the constant traveling of our protagonist really allows them to really flex that.

Great anime, really enjoyed, placed on A rank

Read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

Violet Evergarden

I don't that much as i've probably saw that anime 5-6 years ago by now, but I will do my best to recall everything, I also wont mention the movie as I assume you just have finished watching the anime and you've not seen it.

Violet evergarden is about this girl who was born in the frontlines, and was raised as a soldier, told to ignore any sort of human emotion, but as the war ends, she must fit in society for the first time ever, in doing so she obtains a job writing letters for people who don't know how to write

The catch of that job is that we don't write the same way we speak, and in order to be good at the job you had to write something different than they were saying, to convey the feelings in a more effective way, feelings our protagonist doesn't understand

The cards that the protagonist must write are not exactly business letters or very plain things, but instead, they're all very emotional. For someone uneducated to pay the not insignificant ammount of money required to get a letter written and sent, it requires for something big to happen. By listening on the story the protagonist is also adquiring second hand life experiences that later makes her grow as a person, and that is reflected on her writing

the appareance of the protagonit is also very interesting. In the war, she lost a arm, so she has a prosthetical arm. This works to dehumanize her, to make her feel more of a robot, the rest of the anime is trying to fight against that perception of her and really show she is still just human

there is also a romance subplot that sets up a logical climax to the story. Feeling first hand love is a good way to show the character has already reached a point where she's functional in society, that she has learned to understand and express emotion, however most of that comes in the movie.

the animation is beautiful and the constant traveling of our protagonist really allows them to really flex that.

Great anime, really enjoyed, placed on A rank

watch the movie pls, i just finished it

czeczotka wrote: 2p683d

Read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

have you read it yourself?

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

watch the movie pls, i just finished it

I did already watch the movie, I don't think I will cover it tho since I jackshit about it, it was good tho, probably would go on A rank.

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

czeczotka wrote: 2p683d

Read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

have you read it yourself?

yes, that's why I am asking u to read it, it's a good book imo

czeczotka wrote: 2p683d

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

czeczotka wrote: 2p683d

Read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

have you read it yourself?

yes, that's why I am asking u to read it, it's a good book imo

okay then I will read it, whenever people ask stuff like that I usually ask because it's not exactly common here in OT

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

czeczotka wrote: 2p683d

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

czeczotka wrote: 2p683d

Read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

have you read it yourself?

yes, that's why I am asking u to read it, it's a good book imo

okay then I will read it, whenever people ask stuff like that I usually ask because it's not exactly common here in OT

icic, I hope you enjoy it, its not too long so shouldn't be an issue to get through

The Master and Margarita (sadly dropped)

this is going to be a weird one, TLDR, I sadly could not get through this book, although, I don't think the book is bad by any means, and it's definitively not going to stop me from talking at length from a related tho largely not directly relevant to the books topic.

The Master and Margarita is a masterpiece of global literature, a part of the literary canon, one of the best and most important novels from the USSR and in general that entire century, it's been discussed at length by many scholars, but sadly, myself, a 19yo, it student in a medium size city in spain, wasn't really vibing with it

whenever I made this thread I made it under a certain thought and philosophy, even tho I actually didn't directly think all of this back then. I just like to talk about stuff, not only that, but I do think of myself as someone who, compared with the rest in OT is well cultured, therefore making my thoughts and general analysis of certain works remotely interesting. In addition, it gets me to break new ground, get out of my comfort zone and try new things.

most media I interact with, and most media that was requested on this thread, are very friendly to that type of conversation, however, classic books are a different beast, not because they're long or wordy or complex, but because they feel solved, as I said earlier, this is a book that has discussed at length by people way smarter than me. The edition that I got from the book even starts with a fairly long prologue that is just an essay of the editor about the book themes and message, that completely changes the way I engage with it, not just because the essay puts a certain expectation and ideals onto my mind, just that concept of that essay existing, and it having a wikipedia page as long as it is, that changes the dynamic

The way I feel is that I can't just read the book, enjoy it my way, and just interpret it here (which there probably will be a lot of very bad interpretations that just have not been corrected by other people, be that indifference, people not reading the review, or people thinking I was onto something, I do not know, probably a mix of all of them). But instead, it feels like i'm just trying to get and understand and follow that official explanation. That opinion feels like a authority, it feels like an exam

I don't read that many books, I enjoy them, but it's not my primary fix, and I feel that these people writing the wikipedia and the essay and the reviews are completely right. If I come to a different opinion, that's a failure on me as a reader, on my reading comprehension, at the end of the day, they got the historical context, they got a better view and general understanding on the medium, hell, they even studied that at university

I can't possibly come up with anything that they haven't alraedy said, and if I were to do so, I would probably feel like i'm reading it wrong. This thread has kinda conditioned to actually just look at everything with a critical eye, and just doing that in this book is stressful, that doesn't really happen in any other medium. The whole concept of the literary cannon and universal literature, the culture surrounding it, just doesn't exist in movies for example. Even if there are people who have studied movies as much as people do literature, and even if there are movies that have been discussed to earth and back, it stills feels legal to give your opinion, the sentiment is different

so what's my actual opinion on the book?, well, i've not got much of one, I actually just started reading this book during dead time in class, like I normally do with most literature. But be it the pressure of the final exames or whatever, I didn't get completely hooked into it, and I grew a bit distracted reading it, at some point my brain just stopped ing the words, and while I tried to get back in the groove, reading this book felt like a slog and I just wasn't enjoying it. I got to chapter 20 before dropping it. I bet that if I were to give the book a second chance, starting again from page 1, and force myself to not try to read it like I would a typical book I could probably enjoy it, I just don't reall want to do that.

it's just, i've learnt I don't like reading books like this, again, they just feel stressful man. Don't take it against universal literature tho, I think that's just a personal problem of me having the wrong mental, i've not met or read anything online that shares a sentiment like the one I have on this topic, so it's probably just a me thing.

Honestly this may just be a manifestation of my academical stress in book form LMAO


not placed on tier list

next: nothing

Could you do Persona 4? I'm a little over halfway through the game according to howlongtobeat and I'd be pretty interested in seeing what you think of it compared to p5. hopefully you don't mind it being 70h since there's no queue

179bpm wrote: i2b3t

Could you do Persona 4? I'm a little over halfway through the game according to howlongtobeat and I'd be pretty interested in seeing what you think of it compared to p5. hopefully you don't mind it being 70h since there's no queue

while I did enjoy p5, I don't really plan on playing any more persona soon, they are really just too long. There is no queue right, but honestly I don't think i'm going to play what could probably the second longest game i've ever beaten (just behind p5) based on a recommendation of someone who hasn't even completed it

Radiation House

CLICKMACHINE wrote: 3u1g1k

Radiation House

accepted

Radiation House

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I think the core of this manga is really good, it's just maybe there is too much fluff, the good is too diluted

Radiation House is a still ongoing medical drama manga following a radiologist who is very good and very skilled. The structure of the manga is quite reminiscent of a CGDCT manga, as it is fairly goaless. It's not a murder mistery when, whenver they catch the killer that's the end of the manga, instead patients just come and go, and the manga showcases different problems and different diagnosis and tries to educate the reader.

This is a manga with A LOT of exposition dialogue, because again, I feel a lot of the focus of this manga is purely educational. The protagonist will dedicate a whole chapter about monologuing about the specific intricacies of a diagnosis citing real world cases, I think it's a very interesting read in that regard, and again, reminds me of CGDCT anime, as those are also very educational.

At least for the first third or so of the manga, it also humanizes the profession of a radiologist quite a bit. First of all, they just do diagnosis, they aren't doing the surgeries or curing the patients, and sometimes you just got to say to the patient "lmao you're going to die", which is sad, and I really like that. Another aspect is that it shows that medical professionals can also make mistake, that health science is complicated, that while the career may be long, there are still new advancemetns and things that are not taught, and that the medics may not yet understand

What I do dislike is that there is a subtle powerscaling on the manga, I feel the cases do get more intense, kinda abandoning what I said of humanizing the radiologist and having the protagonist be extremely heroic and superhuman, like in one section where they solve a crime, I don't know, I felt that was excessive, they start trying to add more character arcs and drama between the cast and I just think it pushes the manga away from what it does best, that is all the actual medical stuff

the art is really solid but I don't think the manga takes much advantage on it. I , it was around chapter 35, I there being some s that quite shocked me in how good they were, and further along the manga you can spot really subtle techniques and stuff that are REALLY good but the manga doesn't really allow the art to shine, I don't think there are many big s or moments where you can go "holy shit the art is GOOD" which is a shame because really, the mangaka can draw very, very well

so yeah, just a solid manga where I don't think all the potential is realized, the good segments are really good but I wish there was less stuff between the good segments you know

placed in A rank

Read Akane Banashi.

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

Radiation House

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Review

I hella agree with allat. The author did his research very well. Apparently he even did a mammogram on himself too.

Kobold84 wrote: 4w4j26

Read Akane Banashi.

accepted

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

have you watched it yourself?

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

have you watched it yourself?

yessir

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

have you watched it yourself?

yessir

I watched it while it was airing and I greatly enjoyed it

chi is a anime about the discovery of the astronomical model of heliocentrism, and all the problems that created with the church. While it's very known that the church wasn't exactly a big fan of changes like this, there aren't really all that many movies or animes about it

chi offers once again a really detailed picture of not only how the research was conducted, but of how it was to live in that era, the anime shifts between many characters and I feel every character offers a different perspective on the society of it's time, from the priviliged to the poor, from men to women, from believer to non believer, etc.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say chi is a very brutal anime, like i'm surprised at the ammount of characters that die, and I really enjoy how death is portrayed in this anime, it's not always dramatic or like the climax of the character arc or whatever, most of the deaths in this anime and unceremonious and unfair. This anime isn't supposed to have "hype momenst and aura", it's just a portrayal of it's era

the art is fucking amazing, like the sky looks STUNNING, you see it and you understand why every character in this anime is seemengly interest in astronomy LMAO, I don't really have much to say other than that

the ending is just also really good, it turns out that at the end of the day, what seemed like to be the big moment where the theory was complete and was going to be released to the public... never ends up happening, the anime ends with a message that goes "oh yeah this shit went on for another 200 years lmao" or something like that, I don't the exact timeframe, but you didn't feel cheated out

the anime carries this concept of that while you may die, your ideas may persist. The first protagonist basically commited suicide due to that mindset, them failing doesn't come to great surprise having seen the brutality of that era, but it's hopeful, we live in the current day and you know their research does end up making it big and revolutianizing the world, the anime didn't want to show the full process, it didn't just want to show the life of the final guy, they wanted to depict the era, and they do an amazing job at that

really solid anime, great animation, really interesting story of astronomy, great commentary on the era, super cool narrative structure, great finale, I don't know what else to say, this is a S rank.

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

have you watched it yourself?

yessir

I watched it while it was airing and I greatly enjoyed it

chi is a anime about the discovery of the astronomical model of heliocentrism, and all the problems that created with the church. While it's very known that the church wasn't exactly a big fan of changes like this, there aren't really all that many movies or animes about it

chi offers once again a really detailed picture of not only how the research was conducted, but of how it was to live in that era, the anime shifts between many characters and I feel every character offers a different perspective on the society of it's time, from the priviliged to the poor, from men to women, from believer to non believer, etc.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say chi is a very brutal anime, like i'm surprised at the ammount of characters that die, and I really enjoy how death is portrayed in this anime, it's not always dramatic or like the climax of the character arc or whatever, most of the deaths in this anime and unceremonious and unfair. This anime isn't supposed to have "hype momenst and aura", it's just a portrayal of it's era

the art is fucking amazing, like the sky looks STUNNING, you see it and you understand why every character in this anime is seemengly interest in astronomy LMAO, I don't really have much to say other than that

the ending is just also really good, it turns out that at the end of the day, what seemed like to be the big moment where the theory was complete and was going to be released to the public... never ends up happening, the anime ends with a message that goes "oh yeah this shit went on for another 200 years lmao" or something like that, I don't the exact timeframe, but you didn't feel cheated out

the anime carries this concept of that while you may die, your ideas may persist. The first protagonist basically commited suicide due to that mindset, them failing doesn't come to great surprise having seen the brutality of that era, but it's hopeful, we live in the current day and you know their research does end up making it big and revolutianizing the world, the anime didn't want to show the full process, it didn't just want to show the life of the final guy, they wanted to depict the era, and they do an amazing job at that

really solid anime, great animation, really interesting story of astronomy, great commentary on the era, super cool narrative structure, great finale, I don't know what else to say, this is a S rank.

finally an S rank after awhile

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

have you watched it yourself?

yessir

I watched it while it was airing and I greatly enjoyed it

chi is a anime about the discovery of the astronomical model of heliocentrism, and all the problems that created with the church. While it's very known that the church wasn't exactly a big fan of changes like this, there aren't really all that many movies or animes about it

chi offers once again a really detailed picture of not only how the research was conducted, but of how it was to live in that era, the anime shifts between many characters and I feel every character offers a different perspective on the society of it's time, from the priviliged to the poor, from men to women, from believer to non believer, etc.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say chi is a very brutal anime, like i'm surprised at the ammount of characters that die, and I really enjoy how death is portrayed in this anime, it's not always dramatic or like the climax of the character arc or whatever, most of the deaths in this anime and unceremonious and unfair. This anime isn't supposed to have "hype momenst and aura", it's just a portrayal of it's era

the art is fucking amazing, like the sky looks STUNNING, you see it and you understand why every character in this anime is seemengly interest in astronomy LMAO, I don't really have much to say other than that

the ending is just also really good, it turns out that at the end of the day, what seemed like to be the big moment where the theory was complete and was going to be released to the public... never ends up happening, the anime ends with a message that goes "oh yeah this shit went on for another 200 years lmao" or something like that, I don't the exact timeframe, but you didn't feel cheated out

the anime carries this concept of that while you may die, your ideas may persist. The first protagonist basically commited suicide due to that mindset, them failing doesn't come to great surprise having seen the brutality of that era, but it's hopeful, we live in the current day and you know their research does end up making it big and revolutianizing the world, the anime didn't want to show the full process, it didn't just want to show the life of the final guy, they wanted to depict the era, and they do an amazing job at that

really solid anime, great animation, really interesting story of astronomy, great commentary on the era, super cool narrative structure, great finale, I don't know what else to say, this is a S rank.

finally an S rank after awhile

after requesting quite literally every anime you've seen the moment you finish watching it

also, if you wanted an S rank that bad, you could just have looked at my MAL profile or something you know?

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

have you watched it yourself?

yessir

I watched it while it was airing and I greatly enjoyed it

chi is a anime about the discovery of the astronomical model of heliocentrism, and all the problems that created with the church. While it's very known that the church wasn't exactly a big fan of changes like this, there aren't really all that many movies or animes about it

chi offers once again a really detailed picture of not only how the research was conducted, but of how it was to live in that era, the anime shifts between many characters and I feel every character offers a different perspective on the society of it's time, from the priviliged to the poor, from men to women, from believer to non believer, etc.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say chi is a very brutal anime, like i'm surprised at the ammount of characters that die, and I really enjoy how death is portrayed in this anime, it's not always dramatic or like the climax of the character arc or whatever, most of the deaths in this anime and unceremonious and unfair. This anime isn't supposed to have "hype momenst and aura", it's just a portrayal of it's era

the art is fucking amazing, like the sky looks STUNNING, you see it and you understand why every character in this anime is seemengly interest in astronomy LMAO, I don't really have much to say other than that

the ending is just also really good, it turns out that at the end of the day, what seemed like to be the big moment where the theory was complete and was going to be released to the public... never ends up happening, the anime ends with a message that goes "oh yeah this shit went on for another 200 years lmao" or something like that, I don't the exact timeframe, but you didn't feel cheated out

the anime carries this concept of that while you may die, your ideas may persist. The first protagonist basically commited suicide due to that mindset, them failing doesn't come to great surprise having seen the brutality of that era, but it's hopeful, we live in the current day and you know their research does end up making it big and revolutianizing the world, the anime didn't want to show the full process, it didn't just want to show the life of the final guy, they wanted to depict the era, and they do an amazing job at that

really solid anime, great animation, really interesting story of astronomy, great commentary on the era, super cool narrative structure, great finale, I don't know what else to say, this is a S rank.

finally an S rank after awhile

after requesting quite literally every anime you've seen the moment you finish watching it

also, if you wanted an S rank that bad, you could just have looked at my MAL profile or something you know?

no, it's not bcs i REALLY want that S rank, it's only that you rarely give an S rank on this thread

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

reffty_gag wrote: 1u2g2r

https://osu-ppy-sh.tvgratuite.org/anime/52215/Chi_Chikyuu_no_Undou_ni_Tsuite

have you watched it yourself?

yessir

I watched it while it was airing and I greatly enjoyed it

chi is a anime about the discovery of the astronomical model of heliocentrism, and all the problems that created with the church. While it's very known that the church wasn't exactly a big fan of changes like this, there aren't really all that many movies or animes about it

chi offers once again a really detailed picture of not only how the research was conducted, but of how it was to live in that era, the anime shifts between many characters and I feel every character offers a different perspective on the society of it's time, from the priviliged to the poor, from men to women, from believer to non believer, etc.

I don't think it's a spoiler to say chi is a very brutal anime, like i'm surprised at the ammount of characters that die, and I really enjoy how death is portrayed in this anime, it's not always dramatic or like the climax of the character arc or whatever, most of the deaths in this anime and unceremonious and unfair. This anime isn't supposed to have "hype momenst and aura", it's just a portrayal of it's era

the art is fucking amazing, like the sky looks STUNNING, you see it and you understand why every character in this anime is seemengly interest in astronomy LMAO, I don't really have much to say other than that

the ending is just also really good, it turns out that at the end of the day, what seemed like to be the big moment where the theory was complete and was going to be released to the public... never ends up happening, the anime ends with a message that goes "oh yeah this shit went on for another 200 years lmao" or something like that, I don't the exact timeframe, but you didn't feel cheated out

the anime carries this concept of that while you may die, your ideas may persist. The first protagonist basically commited suicide due to that mindset, them failing doesn't come to great surprise having seen the brutality of that era, but it's hopeful, we live in the current day and you know their research does end up making it big and revolutianizing the world, the anime didn't want to show the full process, it didn't just want to show the life of the final guy, they wanted to depict the era, and they do an amazing job at that

really solid anime, great animation, really interesting story of astronomy, great commentary on the era, super cool narrative structure, great finale, I don't know what else to say, this is a S rank.

finally an S rank after awhile

after requesting quite literally every anime you've seen the moment you finish watching it

also, if you wanted an S rank that bad, you could just have looked at my MAL profile or something you know?

no, it's not bcs i REALLY want that S rank, it's only that you rarely give an S rank on this thread

yeah that's fair

Akane Banashi

I need to stop reading the shounen jump, this is truly going to be the what kills me

The previous manga that I read on this thread, radiation house, started publication in late 2015, and now, almost 10 years later, it has released 12 volumes, pretty impressive, nice, steady rate. Akane banashi started publishing in early 2022, and now, 3 years later, it has 17 volumes.

I very much didn't enjoy akane banashi. It is a manga about rakugo, in the same way ping pong is a anime about football. Akane banashi follows akane, a young promising rakugo star, rakugo being the old japanese type of theater where it's just one guy sitting and doing all the characters and telling a funny or interesting story. Mangas about rakugo or featuring are nothing new, in fact, I think this is the third i've seen. It is a very ancient way of storytelling, and frankly, a dying one, it's popularity is limited and most of it's audience is old, it's not something new generations generally engage with.

However, the essence of rakugo, the one guy sitting talking, I feel that even in 2025, there is value to that, like, hell, you could probably replicate the whole 1962 movie harakiri in rakugo format, and that shit is amazing, so it's not like you can tell a compelling story with rakugo.

Whenever rakugo is usually displayed on screen, it's usually very slow, very calm, very introspective, as this type of ancient theater is considered noble by society standard.

So how does akane bashi deal with rakugo? well, they just use it as a medium to have different characters fight. Instead of a fist fight, or a fight with magical powers, or even playing volleyball, they just do rakugo. Again, this is nothing new, maybe the specifics are, but using a third thing to make characters fight without actual violence is a tale as old as time.

In most manga, whenever they're explaining something, they just do some narration or exposition dialogue, of the character calmly explaining how something works, like for example, in radiation hosue, they explained a lot of medical science, in yuru camp, they teach about camping and local views, however, akane banashi isn't like this, if you end up learning about rakugo, that ends up being a side effect.

There is a difference between going "He is currently doing a technique known as [...] which involves doing small talk before telling the story to see the moods of the audience", and, HOLY SHIT, HE IS DOING THE [...] TECHNIQUE?!?!?! HE IS TALKING TO THE PEOPLE TO KNOW THEIR MOODS!!! HE IS TO BE FEARED... if you couldn't already guess, the second is what the manga uses.

It's not only the dialogue that is like that, but the art too, the lighting and shadows are menacing, the way the characters are introduced feels like they're talking about enemies to be feared, sometimes they do these imaginary backgrounds, which is a very common technique don't get me wrong, featuring skeletons and generally unpleasant things to show the power of the adversary

so yeah, this is just a typical battle shounen, just with a layer of abstraction. That battle shounen story isn't particullary interesting either, I don't feel like it's trying to say a message, it isn't making me any strong emotions, in fact, I was just bored half the manga, the story is exceedingly typical. If i'm being cynical, I would say the rakugo layer just tries to give a artsy feel to the manga, whenever it isn't like that.

placed on D rank

did i ever requested bobobo

Reyalp51 wrote: 6m1t2o

did i ever requested bobobo

no you didn't, manga or anime?

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

so yeah, this is just a typical battle shounen, just with a layer of abstraction. That battle shounen story isn't particullary interesting either, I don't feel like it's trying to say a message, it isn't making me any strong emotions, in fact, I was just bored half the manga, the story is exceedingly typical. If i'm being cynical, I would say the rakugo layer just tries to give a artsy feel to the manga, whenever it isn't like that.

placed on D rank

Your review pretty much echoed my thoughts, though I think it's a decent manga for what it is. I feel like Akane-banashi is a poor man's act-age (rip), but it focuses too much on shounen instead of rakugo and personal stories. The constant power levels were especially annoying.

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju had a much better rakugo story, can you review that too? Either manga or anime, but I only watched the anime.

Kobold84 wrote: 4w4j26

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

so yeah, this is just a typical battle shounen, just with a layer of abstraction. That battle shounen story isn't particullary interesting either, I don't feel like it's trying to say a message, it isn't making me any strong emotions, in fact, I was just bored half the manga, the story is exceedingly typical. If i'm being cynical, I would say the rakugo layer just tries to give a artsy feel to the manga, whenever it isn't like that.

placed on D rank

Your review pretty much echoed my thoughts, though I think it's a decent manga for what it is. I feel like Akane-banashi is a poor man's act-age (rip), but it focuses too much on shounen instead of rakugo and personal stories. The constant power levels were especially annoying.

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju had a much better rakugo story, can you review that too? Either manga or anime, but I only watched the anime.

tbh I did watch it but I frankly don't shit, I enjoying it tho

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

Reyalp51 wrote: 6m1t2o

did i ever requested bobobo

no you didn't, manga or anime?

anime goes hard, i would suggest spanish dub because im biased

Reyalp51 wrote: 6m1t2o

Patatitta wrote: 4y1w

Reyalp51 wrote: 6m1t2o

did i ever requested bobobo

no you didn't, manga or anime?

anime goes hard, i would suggest spanish dub because im biased

sure

Watch the first season of video game highschool

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsMtUWKCmBPRFzqglpk4YQlNFy8wzSXBN

abraker wrote: 5u2f3m

Watch the first season of video game highschool

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsMtUWKCmBPRFzqglpk4YQlNFy8wzSXBN

denied that sounsd awful

exile pata

I didn't find this in the list of finished maybe I'm blind there is no way no one mentioned it

«How Do I Improve!?»

Fujiya wrote: 3p3pl

I didn't find this in the list of finished maybe I'm blind there is no way no one mentioned it

«How Do I Improve!?»

I did read it when it initially came out but it wasn't requested

it's kinda bad, art is extremely plain, and kinda uninspered, it's all very standard ing, and the character designs/backgrounds, outside of the obvious references aren't exactly polished, it's no usuzumi no hate it's my point. The oneshot just repeats a lot of anime tropes repeating it to osu, which I know it's supposed to be the comedy but it just doesn't land, repeated with the osu memes which eh. I don't think shounens work well on a oneshot format, given that you don't have the emotional weight of the training arc or frankly care about any of the characters.

It's just a funny "haha it's osu!", but there really isn't anything else going for it. D rank.

fair enough

Deltarune chapter 3 (not the 4 didn't started it yet!)

Corne2Plum3 wrote: 2mx5n

Deltarune chapter 3 (not the 4 didn't started it yet!)

can't talk about 3 without talking about 4

Apothecary Diary

Rezq Gokou wrote: 4s1u5x

Apothecary Diary

anime is still not finished

really? I thought it's already finished. Well, I'll leave forum again then

Rezq Gokou wrote: 4s1u5x

really? I thought it's already finished. Well, I'll leave forum again then

even if it had finished i'm not going to talk about it if you've not watched it you know

skipping bobobo, too long for my body rn and also reyalp watched it when he was 7 which does not count in my books

initial d first and second seasons

179bpm wrote: i2b3t

initial d first and second seasons

I assume you've not seen the rest?, idk if I can't recall eaxctly what happened in season 1 and 2 to not spoil the rest, been a while since I watched it