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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 35] (ani.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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Another weekly general thread! I know everybody has this time of the week set aside as their favorite, so here it is. Like usual, feel free to use this thread for any kind of anime/anime-adjacent topics you might want to discuss.

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[–] Endmaker@ani.social 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Finished Vinland Saga

Thanks a lot to @HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee for recommending it as a Gundam show.

I've had it on my radar for a while now, and though I'm aware that war is one of the main themes, I wouldn't have thought of it as a Gundam-like series.

Now that I have watched it, I can say it absolutely is. The protagonist, Thorfinn, is pretty much your typical Gundam protagonist. War crimes and collateral damages are rampant. Heck, there's even a princess figure and a Char clone, though

Vinland Saga spoiler

I certainly didn't expect the princess to become a Char clone.

Most importantly, the messaging is the same.

The only real difference is its lack of mechs, but Gundam was never really about giant robots anyway.

It is one of my instant favourites from the first few episodes; 10 / 10

With 213 chapter, the manga is daunting to pick up though.

I'll probably take a break from Gundam-like shows for a while. Watching too many of them in a short period of them is depressing and mentally (psychologically?) tiring.

Thank goodness this season is filled with a bunch of silly romcoms.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The series blew me away and it's wonderful to see others get to experience it. Thank you for the update 😃