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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 36] (ani.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week 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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[–] SnowGator@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Current releases, following weekly (roughly organized by decreasing interest):

Oshi No Ko S2 - Finally hit the climax I’d been waiting for. Really nailed it between the last episode and this one, then hooked in for exciting plot progression. Great episode.
Makeine - Looks like focus is shifting to a new character again, with a new accompanying (excellent) ED. It was a bit of an exposition episode, so a bit less exciting than the last few, but still excellent.
Pseudo Harem - A bit slower episode for me. Still good.
I Parry Everything - Caught up this week. It’s great. Tension and scale keeps escalating and the silliness keeps outclassing what I thought was peak absurdity. Characters are very likable and animation is serviceable. Try a couple episodes!
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings… - Ya, mostly just finishing because I’ve watched this far. The general conceit of the series feels mostly forgotten, and is largely the type of anime I wasn’t really here for from the beginning.

Watched part of, but not up to date:

Hell’s Paradise - 10 episodes. Alright I was kinda iffy for a while, but I’ve really enjoyed the last couple episodes. Finally filling in story a bit and setting up an overall plot that is fun and understandable. I’m definitely finishing now.
Dungeon People - 4 episodes. Got some time to try it out more and it’s excellent. Surprisingly darker than I expected, based on the animation style! But very silly, fun exploration of dungeon crawl tropes, and a low stakes mood. Really nice easy watch that slightly mollifies the gaping hole that finishing Frieren and Dungeon Meshi left.

[–] wjs018@ani.social 2 points 1 week ago

Agreed on Alya. I feel like the student council plot has completely overshadowed any cute romcom antics between the main pair. At this point, I feel like Yuki is more of a main character than Alya. Certainly, Yuki is trying her best to be the final boss character.

Also, Dungeon People has way exceeded my expectations. I mentioned it elsewhere in this thread, but I can't really point to any single thing that it does excellently, but it is such a good mix that ends up greater than the sum of its parts.