As a self entitles source reader snob I often shit about anime adaptations of titles that I love. This whole arc with Abiko is so relatable, especially her hate for deviations from the source. But I will try to be less harsh in the future now that I understand better how those changes come to be.
MC is basically Yukihana Lamy from Hololive who started out like MC but dropped the good girl act after the introduction of alcohol. She has her own brand of Sake by now (which even won a bronze award at an international wine competition. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this reflected here further down.)
Hikari is Oozora Subaru (different Gen but Hololive as well) and the game she played is a real one that Subaru played.
There are a lot of other references like the software used for example, and most likely a ton of others that I missed since I follow JP vtubers only via clip highlights or special events.
I'm unhappy with this to an absurd degree. The references clearly show that they know the scene. But why do they completely skip the whole concept of the person behind the screen being different from the character on the screen? Why do we see her vtuber model in the IRL parts? There even was the whole 3d sequence with the spinning face which was presumably designed at first to show off the IRL character looking different from the onscreen model before someone decided that the people watching are too stupid to deal with a single character having 2 completely different looks. And now we have a IRL character running around with their vtuber model looks and costume. As someone deep, deep into the vtuber rabbit hole this pisses me of more than I can put into words.
I also don't know how funny this is to someone not familiar with the people parodied here. I could imagine they will have the same experience watching this as I have watching OPM.
Dago Kobo doing it again. Absolute banger of a premiere episode. I really love that theme of overcoming inner and outer obstacles to reach one's dreams. I get serious Place Further than the Universe vibes from this and with a little bit of luck it will be just as good. But even it it’s only half as good it still be great.
All hail Rikka our chuuni overlord bot!
Thanks for all the work.
I would say the closest to Frieren in both quality of the writing and animation (and even surpassing the animation by a mile) is Violet Evergarden. It's on Netflix so you probably already have access to it. It's just as emotional as Frieren and shares some of the same core concepts of the story by exploring what it means to have basic human emotions though the lens of someone who is struggling with them. I cannot recommend Violet Evergarden enough.
Written by Tappei Nagatsuki and animated by Wit Studio and OP by Calli Moriope. I'm neither a fan of shounen, nor the Suicide Squad IP but even I believe it's probably going to be good.
Doesn't Scrabble have its own dictionary?
It's explained in the article.
Isekai, a Japanese genre of fantasy fiction involving a character being transported to or reincarnated in a different, strange, or unfamiliar world, also made the OED.
As is usual for me I start with a lot of shows every season and then drop them one after another until only a select few remain. this season it looks like the remaining shows are:
A few that I still plan to finish:
I'm picking up the following shows for sure, but I'm not sure how much I can contribute to the discussions:
Definitively watch:
Most likely watch (3 episode rule):
Interested (1 episode rule):
The series has a very likable cast and mixes comfy reverse isekai moments with fantasy characters gushing over modern Earth food and entertainment and adventuring action episodes in the isekai world.
Marie is voiced by Kaede Hondo (Eiko Tsukimi from Ya Boy Kongming!, Sakura Minamoto from Zombie Land Saga, Hikari Takanashi from Interviews with Monster Girls and Best Barkeep from Hinamatsuri)
Kazuhiro is voiced by Yusuke Kobayashi (Natsuki, Subaru from Re:Zero, Sugawara, Senichi from Tsurune, Tachibana, Tomoki from Hand Shakers)
I really like that Aqua got humanized. So far he only came across as this calculating revenge machine without any human emotion. To me he's always been an unlikeable character. But showing him now actually suffering from losing his mom, makes him more likable to me. It's not nice to say "hey, I like you better with PTSD" but it is what it is.
Akane seems like a genuinely good person to me and I hope her love will be returned at some point.