That sounds really cool, I'm going to give it a check. Thank you for the rec!

I'm pleased with how the anime handled "the woman" being chased and then meeting with Touka, but specially with the slimes. They're rather expressive for something faceless. [PIGIMARU JOINS THE PARTY]

And if the earlier two episodes didn't spell this out, the goddess manages to be even worse of a piece of shit than Tsukimichi's "Bug".

@rikka@ani.social

I love how much this episode shows Sensei's character:

Sure, he's fucked up, and he wants to die a really weird way that appeases his aesthetic sense. But he's also extremely observant, deeply knows human nature, and he's also able to unearth what not even a person knows about themself.

And he isn't buying your bullshit, like "either this or that".

I also feel like this episode was a great adaptation of the manga. "Tama" and Annette dragging the coffin, the princess deciding for a double suicide with Sensei and then giving it up, the two potential new kings being a demon and a good-for-nothing...

@rikka@ani.social

[bullet points]

Damn. Now I want a solarpunk isekai.

I am sure it would not sit well with test audiences since no one likes being told their culture is bad, but even Earth cultures are incompatible across sufficient geographic distances and spans of history.

I have a personal example confirming that:

When I started cooking Japanese dishes at home, some of my folks here found the Japanese savoury dishes too sweet, and they liked them better when I subbed ginger for black+red pepper. To make it less exotic, more similar to what they typically eat.

And yet they live in the same world and the time period as people who live with those dishes, whom mirin (the sweet ingredient) is part of a holy trinity!

Is Japanese food bad? Fuck no! (At least for me. I cook it for a reason.) But for people in isekai, Japanese dishes wouldn't be just "exotic", they're alien. Getting everyone to say "omaaaae! oishiiiiii!" because the MC prepared something from Japan feels silly.

I'm going blind into this series (I didn't read the source), so you can pretty much imagine how big of an urge to punch the screen Tobias is giving me. "Waaah, you're too tall!" "Waah, don't drink so much", "Waah" aaah sod off you muppet!

Work-wise Dahlia is clearly a one-of-a-kind artificer. It's easy to think "I'm going to reinvent [thing] in isekai!", but that diligence that she shows - researching things, thinking on how to solve issues etc. - is not for everyone. And yet it's what makes someone exceptional at a craft.

I wish I could've taken a better screenshot, but then the "Oh, I'll be fine..." line wouldn't be there.

It was fun how nonchalant he was towards the whole thing, while poor Nikola was desperate.

It seemed so for me. I might need to re-check the episode, but I think that they were even using pronouns that don't reveal the gender to refer to her.

Or alternatively my brain just farted.

!isekai@ani.social is open! Now not just for weaboo, but also for people of culture! ...we're still a buncha weebz.

...fuck, and now I'm bummed. Dragon Ball was what introduced plenty people (including me) to anime; it's like Toriyama-sensei opened a gate for us and said "see this? It's anime. Have fun!". I'm near my 40s and I still have DBZ T-shirts, to give you an idea of the long-term (and positive!) impact of his work.

And when it wasn't anime, it was games. I seriously doubt that Chrono Trigger would be loved by so many people without Toriyama designing the characters. (inb4 that's why Crono resembles Goku.)

May he rest in peace, and my condolences to the family.

It could be worse. Like, Pixie (Monster Rancher) tiers of worse:

(I liked the MR games way more than Pokemon or Digimon to be honest. Also screw Octachrome.)

I read the manga and heavily recommend it.

Without spoilers: based on the pacing, odds are that the anime season will end on the equivalent of the manga chapter 60. It's a conclusion of the current short-term events, odds are that it'll feel emotionally fulfilling instead of a cliffhanger.

If you liked the first season odds are that you will be excited for a [potential?] future second season, but... that's it, no Zoltraak feels going after you.

My guess is that Kakao is exploiting the fact that, even if it has no grounds to sue Tachiyomi developers, a corporation is far more prepared for a legal battle than a bunch of hobbyists.

I think that this will backfire badly, though. Now they won't deal with Tachiyomi, but over nine thousand forks.