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I'm waiting for the dub to come out to watch with my sister^^ I love mob so much lol hes such a goof
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I would've waited for the dub of the second season, as I tend to prefer dubs and I think the first season has an excellent one, but I wanted to stay up to date with the anime. However, I will eventually go back and watch the dub when all the episodes of the dub release. Also, yeah, Mob's great. He's even better in the 2nd season, so you'll probably like it a lot.
 
Bump.

Watched JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Episode 19 and I'm currently halfway through SSSS.Gridman.

Well, that fight was something else. Ghiaccio used the sea to his advantage and used the cold air to his advantage as well. But by the power of JoJo asspulls, Giorno and Mista defeated Ghiaccio and his stand, but not without Mista almost dying again. He got filled with 18 or 19 bullets but still somehow lived. Because logic. And it looks like this arc is coming to a close. Overall, great arc, and I like Giorno a lot more now.

Short thoughts so far, one: very unique for a mecha anime from the past decade or so (not that there have been many notable ones, and Studio Trigger's ventures into mecha have sort of stood out as many people at Trigger are former Gainax employees), two: the main character is kinda boring, but not like I expected anything different, and three: Rikka has best thighs. Other than that, it's just a mecha anime with kaijus featuring high/middle schoolers and thighs. Not much else to say here.
 
Watched the most recent episodes of Black Clover and gen:LOCK.

Black Clover episode 70:

The Magic Knights Star Festival reached its conclusion as the Wizard King revealed the rankings for stars for the year, with the Black Bulls shockingly (although not quite shockingly if you watched the show) taking second place behind the Golden Dawn Magic Knights. Yuno and Asta were revealed to have received the most stars for the year in first and second for having helped people so much. They then put on a display of magic and anti-magic to show the people after the Wizard King had revealed that they’re peasants and rookies, and the people cheered them on. Finally, the king made an appearance and revealed that a new squad, the Royal Knights, would make its debut after the current Magic Knights participate in an event to decide who will be picked for the squad. Parts of the episode were really hilarious too, like when Asta started talking about how the king wasn’t all that special or did anything for the Clover Kingdom out loud, and Yuno kind of just followed up with saying, “Wait, Asta. You shouldn’t tell the truth.” To which Asta responded, “Wait, that’s true?!?” The looks on Asta and Yuno’s faces as they were talking were priceless as well. The two new Magic Knight squad captains are revealed, and at the end of the episode we find out that the Crimson Lion Kings Magic Knight captain is belittling her squad members for the squad having placed fifth in the rankings, with Asta and Yuno stumbling in on the rage-filled captain. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

gen:LOCK episode five:

Cammie tried to cope with having had to deal with the Union mecha by modifying her settings in her Holon, but it caused her to freak out. gen:LOCK 1 ended up receiving enhancements to their Holons and were sent on a new mission, an offensive one, to attack a place where Union was taking scientist prisoners. The vanguard, or resistance, and gen:LOCK carried the mission out well, but the Union mecha showed up again and gen:LOCK had to battle against it hard in order for it to retreat on a Union airship. Oh, Chase’s Holon also has the ability to fly now too. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

I didn’t get through all of season two of HunterxHunter yet, but I decided I might as well post my thoughts/a recap about what happened in the episodes I watched here now.

HunterxHunter episodes 27-30:

So Gon and Killua arrived at Heavens Arena and made their way up the floors by battling and knocking out opponents. They eventually met Wing and Zushi, where Zushi is a martial arts student who was being trained by Wing. When Gon and Killua tried to go across the floor on floor 200 to register for the next matches, Hisoka made an entrance and stopped them by using Nen. Gon and Killua went back with Wing to learn about Ten, Ren, Nen, and Hatsu, and their micropyles were opened so that their auras could be released and they could use Ten to defend against Hisoka’s Nen. They registered for their matches and Gon faced a Nen user by the name of Gido, who used Nen to control spinning tops that would attack anything in their path and each one hurts like a hammer. Gon had nine points scored against him by Gido, but eventually figured out how to dodge the spinning tops by releasing his aura and using another principle, one that he learned when he was trying to conceal himself and steal Hisoka’s ID tag back in the Hunter Exam. Eventually, Gon made a wrong move in mid-air and got hurt badly by the spinning tops, now having to stay out of matches for two months. Looking forward to binging the next episodes.
 
Finished SSSS.Gridman and watched the latest episode of Mob Psycho 100 II.

I will admit, as meh as that ending was, it did give me feels afterwards. It wasn't a bad ending, I guess, but it was a very expected and just okay ending, imo. That being said, this is still a great series and it's worth checking out. The animation is probably this show's best high point, though. It absolutely nails the animation, this whole show looks stellar. Even though this show uses CGI, it's honestly not that big of a deal. The Kaijus and Gridman/Gridknight look fine. Speaking of Kaijus, Akane is a great antagonist and that's another high point of this show. I initially thought "oh look crazy waifubait" but there's more to her character than she's a crazy waifu. She is crazy and many people have her as their waifu, but I think the fact that she's basically a god is interesting, especially in this case because unlike other anime antagonists who may lust for godlike powers or possess godlike powers (well, in theory, Akane is no stronger than a normal human being, without her creation and destruction Kaijus she's nothing, which makes her even more interesting), she's not necessarily evil for the sake of being evil. She's just insane, kind of childish, and she's being taken advantage of. Not saying I agree with her acts or sympathize with her, but I can understand why she does what she does. Easily one of the best antagonists of Fall 2018's anime season, imo. Wow, most of this was me gushing about Akane, wasn't it? Well, the other main characters are all pretty great too. Okay, maybe not Yuta, he's kinda boring. He's not bad though. I like Utsumi a lot even if his character isn't particularly complex or anything as well. Also, again, Rikka is wonderful. So are her thighs. Best thighs of 2018. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being appalling, 5 being average, 10 being an absolute masterpiece, I give Rikka's thighs an 11. As for this show itself, I give it a 7. I recommend at least giving it a shot if you're into mecha shows or monster of the week kind of shows or even just action shows in general. It's pretty great, I enjoyed it a lot.

Reigen got exposed as a fraud on live TV, and now all of Japan hates him. There even has to be a press conference for Reigen to explain himself. His entire career is about to be flushed down the toilet, so it's fitting that Mob comes to his rescue once again. And with that, they are back together once again. Not much to say, aside from it was a pretty good episode.
 
I finally started watching Clannad After Story. It's been a while since I finished Clannad and I kept letting other priorities get in the way. But now I'm finally ready to finish the story.
 
Bump.

Watched the most recent episodes of Black Clover and gen:LOCK.

Black Clover episode 71:

The new captain of the Crimson Lion Magic Knights, Mereoleona Vermillion, scolded the Crimson Lion Magic Knights for placing fifth in the rankings for the year. Asta and Yuno just happened to stumble upon the scolding and Asta and Yuno were captured with them. Meanwhile, Yami and the other Magic Knight captains were at a private party and Yami was laughing at the other captains for their squads having placed below the Black Bulls. Mereoleona showed up and Yami, Charlotte, Sol, and Noelle were captured as well. Everyone was taken to a strong magic region, the Ultime-Volcano, in order to do some training by trying to make it to the summit of the volcano where a hot spring awaits. A concept was introduced in this episode, which is mana skin, where a Magic Knight uses their magic and releases it in order to protect themselves. Everyone went on ahead climbing the summit while Asta is currently stuck at the bottom because he doesn’t have any mana. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

gen:LOCK episode six:

It was revealed by Dr. Weller that when Chase was recovered from the plane crash in New York, they made two copies of his electronic brain. The Union had captured Chase while in his new Holon with gen:LOCK and turned that Holon into the Union Holon that has been attacking the group. Chase was understandably upset with the doctor for not having told this information sooner. Just then Union forces attacked the resistance’s base and the vanguard and gen:LOCK 1 were deployed. A giant Union robot plus smaller forces and the Union Holon were all there, and Chase fought against the Union Holon while the vanguard and Cammie, Valentina, Kazu, and Yasamin fought the smaller forces in their Holons. Eventually Union infiltrated the base and Cammie, Valentina, Kazu, and Yasamin had to return to their bodies from their Holons because Union was headed their way. Dr. Weller bought them some time by setting off an explosion as they escaped. Meanwhile, Chase deflected a missile headed at the general’s place atop the base. The giant Union robot was destroyed, but it released nanotechnology after it fell, causing the resistance and the base to be swallowed up in darkness as Chase, Cammie, Valentina, Kazu, and Yasamin escaped in an airship. Chase was still in his Holon at the end of the episode acting as cover fire for the group, and his body in the tank is in the airship with the rest of the group. Now I’m just wondering where they go with this from here, as I wasn’t expecting the resistance to take heavy losses like this. I wonder where the gen:LOCK 1 team will head now? Looking forward to the coming episodes.

Haven’t been able to binge anymore of HunterxHunter, but I’ll get to it when I can.
 
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Finished Monster and Diebuster recently; both were quite interesting watches.

Diebuster is not my favorite in terms of Mech anime but is quite good overall.

Monster I have been meaning to watch for ages and was a enjoyable watch.
I am not too big a fan of watching longer things but it was definitely worth it.
 
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Watched the latest episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind and Mob Psycho 100 II.

HOLY HELL, WHAT AN EPISODE. From the start, I knew something felt off. So, the gang is traveling to their destination, and they arrive. They've made it to the end of their mission, so Bucciratti and Trish walk into the tower together. Trish wonders what's going to happen to her next, when Bucciarati comforts her and they even hold hands going up the elevator (lewd). Suddenly, the boss's plans have been revealed right in front of Bucciarati - the boss planned to kill Trish. Bucciaratti is furious about this, so he pursues the boss. However, he ends up getting Kakyoin'd in the process, but not before we find out what the boss's Stand is. Not to mention, we also learned more about Bucciarati's dark past and why he hates drugs and drug dealers. What an episode, man.

ANOTHER EPISODE THAT STARTS OUT PEACEFUL-FEELING, YOU WANT MORE NICE AND RELAXING MOB PSYCHO HUH, WELL ACTUALLY IT'S DARK AND DEPRESSING AS HELL NOW. I went in expecting more mostly peaceful adventures and misadventures in Shigeo's life, and we got that throughout most of the episode, Shigeo wanted to practice running so he could win the race and ask his crush out, right? Well, we get that, but we also get SHIGEO'S ENTIRE FAMILY BURNING TO DEATH. Not that I'm complaining, not at all. I'm not mad, this is just...tugging at the heart strings is all.
 
About a month and 50 anime later (including specials and OVAs, don't worry!!) I'm back with some more of my favorite shows that I'd like to share :)
I've been recovering from a pretty big surgery so I've had plenty of time to watch anime to my heart's content. But from all the shows I?ve watched, my favorites have got to be:

Kekkai Sensen: Loved it so much I already watched it twice! Absolutely absurd, great soundtrack, loveable characters, 10/10 setting. Highly recommend if you like anime that doesn?t take itself too seriously, yet still want to watch something with a bigger plot.

Gin no Saji: Just finished it today and?? I?m in love! It?s so unique! It manages to tell it?s story so well that I was smiling all the way through. Again, a superb soundtrack, great story, with a unique cast of characters that I adore to bits.

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi: Managed to make me nostalgic for times that I didn?t even exist in. The best mystery story I?ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing.

Darker than Black: One hell of a solid super power anime. The smaller arcs flow so well together that I binged this show entirely in less than 2 days. It stands out in its genre and I can?t believe I hadn?t watched it before, tbh.

Kiznaiver: A really solid Original anime!! It has a unique concept, a unique cast of characters, and a very unique, pleasing art style!! Characters that I got attached to very quickly. A nice watch if you don?t really know what to watch next.

Gakkougurashi!: I?m not going to spoil anything. Don?t read any descriptions. Don?t look at any of the tags, don?t read any reviews. Just watch the first episode until the end.

Noragami: Lastly, apparently a very popular anime that I hadn?t heard of before. It?s really solid, with a great plot, characters, and a developed world. Nice and short, bingeable, and very enjoyable!


Noteworthy letdowns:

Mob Psycho 100: Honestly really disappointed by this one :/ It?s been hyped up so much that I really expected better from MP100. I was told about the great art style, mental battles, and interesting psychology, but couldn?t find any of it at any point throughout the series. Perhaps a bit of a culture shock, but it didn?t get any better with time, rip.

Mahoutsukai no Yome: Also one I?d been told I?d absolutely LOVE, but which just didn?t grip me or my attention. I ended up playing ACNL with this one on for some background noise. Some visuals were nice but the story, characters, and voice actors just. Didn?t do it for me.

Owari no Seraph: Your most generic shounen anime. Ever. The plot made no sense, the animation was. Meh. The characters were unlikeable and the worldbuilding is pretty bad. Had a lot of promise in the first episode, but was overall just a big letdown.

I?ve still got many, many more shows to go (including Samurai Champloo, I haven?t forgotten! ;) ), I?d love to hear yalls thoughts!!
 
I watched the most recent episodes of Black Clover and the last episodes of the first season of gen:LOCK.

Black Clover episodes 72-73:

Asta learned how to enhance the anti-magic flowing through his body in order to put up a barrier around himself and fly to the top of the strong magic region. There everyone soaked in the hot springs and Noelle learned a little bit more about her mother from Mereoleona. In the most recent episode, Zora made his famous appearance at the Royal Knights Selection Test wearing a Purple Orcas Magic Knights? cloak and going by the guy?s name who had the cloak who Zora had previously beat up to infiltrate the Test. The Test will feature a tournament pitting teams of three people against three people, where you have to destroy the opponent?s crystal the most in order to win. Asta, Mimosa, and Zora were pit against three others as the tournament is about to begin. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

gen:LOCK episodes 7 and 8 (season one finale):

Things were kind of rough as the group kept having to fly away to avoid Union and couldn?t stay in one place for too long. They learned that Chase being connected to his Holon was giving away their signal, so they had him disconnect from it and they flew to RTASA, a research organization in the middle of nowhere for help. While there Chase, Cammie, Yasamin, Kazu, and Valentina all received upgrades to their Holons, and also learned that not EVERYONE had died in the Union attack on the anvil. Yes, Dr. Weller is dead, but the others managed to survive by using a new technology that enabled them to stop the nanotechnology in its tracks. The group is then deployed to Chicago to take on Union and try and stop Nemesis, the new Union Holon piloted by Chase?s original electronic brain. Things are looking difficult in battle as Nemesis has new upgrades, but the group eventually uses a five-way mindshare in their Holons to attack at the same time. With Nemesis pinned to the ground, Chase is able to let go of the past and stabs Nemesis, thereby winning the battle. At the end of the first season the general of the Anvil asks the group if they want to fight with the vanguard again, but Chase politefully declines after the group discusses it and says they?ll help where they?re needed. They then fly away and the credits roll. Overall a good start to the series. The series has its flaws, but overall I would say it?s a pretty good anime and even better than RWBY right now. I give this one a solid 7/10.

And I?m sure this goes without saying, but I still haven?t gotten around to watching more of HunterxHunter yet. Now that I have fast internet again, I?ll be able to finish the second season soon.
 
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I'm not too into anime but I decided to watch the Bayonetta Anime Movie. It's basically like the game but anime. Still good though so give it a watch?
 
gobby said:
Thoughts on darker than black season two? And that cliffhanger LOL
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It's been a while since I watched it, but I remember liking the first season better than the second. It made me so sad to see what had become of Hei at the beginning of season 2. Also, I thought the ending was kinda weird.

- - - Post Merge - - -

ESkill said:
I just binged Cells At Work and loved it.
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I loved Cells At Work! I thought it was hilarious. I have allergies, so I found the episode about allergies to be especially entertaining. :D
 
Watched the most recent episode of Black Clover and finished the second season of HunterxHunter.

Black Clover episode 74:

Asta, Mimosa, and Zora under the disguise of Xerx Lugner took on the opposing three Magic Knights in the Royal Knights Selection Exam first round. Zora immediately went to sleep and so it was up to Asta and Mimosa to try and protect the crystal from the opposing team’s mid-range attacks. While running towards the opposing team’s crystal, Asta fell into a paralysis trap magic set by Zora. The three opposing Magic Knights converged on Asta and Mimosa at the same time, ready to destroy their crystal and win, but a counter-trap magic spell set by Zora activated and sent all of their magic back at them. Zora then destroyed the crystal, winning the first round for Asta’s team. Asta was noticeably frustrated at Zora for there not being much teamwork in the battle, despite winning. Up next is Magna Swing, Sol Marron, and Kirsch Vermillion’s team against another three Magic Knights in the first round of the tournament. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

HunterxHunter episodes 31-38:

Under Wing’s teachings along with Zushi, Gon and Killua learned Ten, Ren, Nen, and Zetsu, the four basic principles. They then learned their Nen typings, with Gon’s being an Enhancer and Killua’s being a Manipulator. Gon faced Hisoka in battle finally at Heavens Arena and despite landing a punch on him by throwing a floor piece at him and darting around it to land the hit, he lost the match 11-4 points. Hisoka did finally take his ID tag back from Gon since Gon managed to punch him. However, during the match Hisoka unleashed his true power as a Transmuter using his bubble gum skills to land a barrage of hard punches on Gon, defeating him and winning the match. Gon and Killua returned to Whale Island, and Killua met Mito, the person who had raised Gon while he grew up. They then found a box left for Mito and Gon, for Gon to open once he became a hunter. Gon and Killua used Nen to open the box, and Gon’s hunter license to open the box inside the box. Inside that were a tape recording, a ring, and a memory card for the game Greed Island. Gon and Killua listened to the tape recording, which was of Gon’s dad, Ging’s voice telling Gon that he will have to look for him, and that he doesn’t want to be found by Gon for neglecting his parental duties, so it will be difficult. Gon and Killua then found out more about the memory card for Greed Island, and headed on their way to Yorknew City to go to the silent auction, where rumors of discs of the game Greed Island being handed out at the auction surfaced. Up next is the Phantom Troupe Arc, AKA season three, and I’m looking forward to binging it when I have time to do so.

Antonio said:
I'm not too into anime but I decided to watch the Bayonetta Anime Movie. It's basically like the game but anime. Still good though so give it a watch?
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I don’t know too much about Bayonetta, but if it’s a good anime movie to watch, then I’ll add it to my list of anime movies to watch alongside FullMetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos and My Hero Academia: A Tale of Two Heroes. :)
 
I finished Clannad After Story recently. Overall, it was a really good story, great characters, and I enjoyed it. But I had a few issues that I'll go into in the spoiler.

My first issue was minor, but I couldn't stand the fact that they made it like all the bad things that Tomoya's father had done should be forgiven so easily. I know they feel differently about family in Japan, but coming from a dysfunctional/abusive household myself, I don't agree that he should have been let off the hook so easily. Tomoya was a bad father at first too, but neglectful rather than violent and he realized his mistake and tried to make up for it, so I can more readily accept his willingness to change as a reason for forgiveness.

My bigger issue was with the final regular episode. They just nullified every emotion they made me feel, all the growth and character development, to give us a happy ending. It was obvious that something magical was going to happen all along, but I expected Nagisa's spirit to save Ushio or something along those lines. I didn't like that they rewound everything so nobody loses anyone. I've noticed that Key Animation does this a lot and I really hate it because their stories are great otherwise. I like the feels. Don't take them away.

I watched the first episode of Goblin Slayer today and was immediately hooked. It's brutal and dark and I can't wait to watch more of it.
 
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