More seasonals in my quest to become the type of perosn who watches seasonals:
Still enjoying Marriagetoxin, Yomi no Tsugai and Akanebanashi, 2nd ep of each was if anything better than the first. I did end up using english subs as a crutch for all of those at times, esp akanebanashi. But I still feel like 95% I was relying on jp so that’s fine. 2 eps behind on Nakamura-kun though I intend to catch up.
new series:
日本三國. The animation and directing is incredible, btu the language is very hard and fast. I am putting it down for now.
北斗の拳 remake. I watched 1 ep, and intend to continue for now. It’s…well its 北斗の拳. A lot of muscly dudes screaming. People seem to be really down on the 3d animation but it’s okay for me. I mean, I was never gonna be into the aesthetic. I am not sure if I’ll continue this for long depending on how many eps it has but for now it’s alright.
左ききのエレン I really liked the first ep!
淡島百景 also pretty good! a bit similiar to the one above in the sense that they are both more slow and about art, but the vibe is different enough.
tl;dr besides 日本三國 I am watching everything I tried. Last season I couldn’t even finish 2 seasonals (still 2 eps left in ikoku nikki) so I’m not sure how this will all work out lol. Only saving grace is I am watching/will watch 3-4 more seasonals with my partner so I don’t have to worry about them (honzuki, witch hat atelier, liar game, kamiina botan). Out of those, we only started Liar Game, which I find ot be a lacking adaptation, but it didn’t really get to the meat of the content yet.
I was avoiding bc I assumed it was gonna be Hard (it is), but my teacher mentioned that it’s a mix of Iyo-ben (the MC is from Ehime-ken) and Kansai-ben. Since I’ve felt lacking on Kansai input lately, I gave it a try. It’s… weird. To its credit, it’s quite unique - haven’t seen this kind of animation before, and the directing is really interesting. That said it’s also kind of うざい, especially the MC. I’ll probably keep watching because it’s interesting, but at least as of now, I can’t exactly say that I like it
Watched with 📽 JFF Theater Movie Club | April Featured Movie — 🎤 カラオケ行こ！ (Let's Go Karaoke!), and liked it pretty well. If you want Kansai immersion, this is 1.5 hours of excellent, realistic Osaka-ben! I actually found parts harder than カーネーション | L27 or スカーレット S1 | L25 . I found the main duo’s relationship endearing, if unrealistic, and enjoyed the multiple intertwined plots - particularly the tension between the trio in the choir, and conflicting obligations with the film club. I would have liked a bit more of Oka’s home life though. Otoh I enjoyed seeing them do actual choir practice, and their well-intentioned but naive music teachers. The yakuza parts were fine too… tho tbh, I wouldn’t have picked it up on that basis. As an aside, I liked the fact that the 14 year olds look & behave like 14 year olds. Actually tbh it makes me a little less enthused about eventually checking the manga b/c (as is typical for manga) the lead looks at least 16 there. I appreciate that the movie is more realistic in that regard.
There also are some definite BL undertones, imo - but the movie is definitely not romance, and I’m not sure you could even call it subtext (tho I hear the sequel manga - when Oka’s 18 - may have some of that)
I’ve been daydreaming about a Zojirushi yet again… and so I started watching some cooking vids. For now I’ll have to be content with my Aroma (which I am indeed satisfied with)
I still remember the days where I had never watched a seasonal anime. I was watching ソードアート・オンライン : Alicization - War of Underworld | L29 on Funimation, and suddenly halfway through, I discovered there were no new episodes and that I’d have to wait another 6 weeks … somehow now I’ve got 12 for the current season
Excited about the production quality going up, or so it seems. Only one episode in, but by looking at the op/ed and the introductory episode, we will get some story development in the 24 episodes.
This is a bit of a guilty pleasure chill anime to watch for me. Surprised it got a Season 2 but I’m not complaining.
Today I watched episode 4 of とんがり帽子のアトリエ S1 | L30??. I probably should have known that it would be a setup episode and waited to watch 4 and 5 together, but oh well. Still fine, but as it was just setup it wasn’t as impressive as the first three episodes.
Also watched episode 2 of あかね噺 S1 | L30?? (behind by a week) and ugh, the shounen is so strong with this one. I know I said this already when I gave my impressions of the first episode, but it’s just so glaring. I honestly don’t know if I’ll continue with this one. Give me the same premise but as a josei series and I’d probably love it, like Chihayafuru.
I’m considering starting 春夏秋冬代行者 春の舞 S1 | L30?? weekly as well. Anyone have any non-spoiler thoughts on this so far before I commit to it?
I don’t think there’s anything else I’m interested it for weekly watching. That said, I really need to pick an already-aired show to watch as well. Maybe メダリスト S2 | L25 (loved the first season), 【推しの子】 S3 | L31 (though all the seasonals are hard, so maybe not right now), or 響け！ユーフォニアム S3 | L26 (I’m long overdue to watch the latest season).
I loved the first two episodes. The concept is nice and seems light, but there’s also a ton of trauma and complexity that comes out in various ways, from different characters. From the little I read of the manga, I think they adapted the beginning very well, and also am impressed that they portrayed Spring’s speech style so well. I’m expecting this and 淡島百景 S1 | L30?? to be my two favorites this season
… somehow now I’ve got 12 for the current season 
