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[T-K-G]

Takopi done camera whipped the bytch

She had it coming

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Haven’t seen that show yet

it probably needs more SLEAZE but you and the Division will like it

 

[Bryan Danielson]

 

[winb83]

Do they make anime’s like “Your Lie In April” any more

Goat shyt brehs

Mixed feelings about this one. It was at its best in the early days and when the plot kinda separated the male and female lead due to her issues it wasn’t the same to me. The ending was top tier though.

 

[tripleaamin]

Man watching this scene had me rolling for some reason

 

[tripleaamin]

The fukkery is what makes it ain't nobody shyt and the way they slime each other out is peak, im not feeling any emotional investment in the characters it's just good to see a plan fall apart like this


First Takopi's

Then Azuma

Then Shizuka

Then Mari's

Then you find out this dumbass Takopi ALREADY fukked up man that shyt is crazy


this alien been a fukking dumbass from the very start, even his own people told him to sit the fukk down somewhere and don't come back

Ain't no way you seen that spin coming today when a show flips it's title on you

All this shyt started because of Marina's mom is insane along with the fact that Shizuka is just like her mom. A fukking manipulator, but who will throw you to the bushes when you aren't useful to her anymore.

The strongest point of this show is how it showcases adults not only how shytty they can be, but how much they can influence their kids. All the kids take after their moms is an insane point. Where I was like holy shyt, they are . You rarely get much focus on parents in anime let alone this subject matter.

Tbh focusing on the actual story, I was feeling mixed until episode 4. I really liked that there was some positive light with the Azuma family. The brother is a real one for the little brother. The mom was a terrible parent, but compared to Shizuka & Marina's moms they aren't failures of human beings.

At this point I am not expecting it to be on a happy. Some fukked up shyt is gonna happen, I can feel it.

On a side note, I actually did read the author's follow-up series, "The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins". The author needs to stay away from writing long-term series. There were excessively many forced plot twists, which felt like they happened just for the sake of it, basically. Actually, that criticism is the same I hear from Fujimoto especially with how part 2 has gone so far.

 

[Jmare007]

The strongest point of this show is how it showcases adults not only how shytty they can be, but how much they can influence their kids. All the kids take after their moms is an insane point. Where I was like holy shyt, they are . You rarely get much focus on parents in anime let alone this subject matter.

I think that's big reach breh.

The series shows how bad parenting can traumatize and influence kids, but we can't say they are like their mothers because we have little to no info on those women besides being horrible people

We are supposed to be believe Shizuka's manipulating Azuma is because her mom is an escort but at the same time, we are shown that there's literally no relationship between Shizuka and her mom, so there's no real instance in which that little girl could've learned anything about manipulating horny man from her. She lives in an abandoned house with her dog, there's no sign her mom is there for anything besides sleeping, and there's no sign of her bringing man to the house. The author just gave Shizuka a character trait after Takopi unintentionally kills Marina, and the traumatized kid becomes a conniving, manipulating kid that tries cope with the fact she lost the only thing she loved (Chappy). That's horrible writing

Marina and her mom are the only stories were you can see some real weight and thought put into it. The family drama and the consequences of it makes sense. But Marina ain't like her mom, she's just lashing out at Shizuka because that's the only target of her suffering she can find.

Azuma is the most hilarious one to me. His mom is barely a human being and his trauma is so forced it's fukking hilarious. We are told by his bro -the only real human besides Marina in the entire show- that he has the hard working "gene" from their mom but little breh is not similar to her at all. He wants to be useful and wants to help people so he can finally be loved/cared back.

 

[tripleaamin]

I think that's big reach breh.

The series shows how bad parenting can traumatize and influence kids, but we can't say they are like their mothers because we have little to no info on those women besides being horrible people

We are supposed to be believe Shizuka's manipulating Azuma is because her mom is an escort but at the same time, we are shown that there's literally no relationship between Shizuka and her mom, so there's no real instance in which that little girl could've learned anything about manipulating horny man from her. She lives in an abandoned house with her dog, there's no sign her mom is there for anything besides sleeping, and there's no sign of her bringing man to the house. The author just gave Shizuka a character trait after Takopi unintentionally kills Marina, and the traumatized kid becomes a conniving, manipulating kid that tries cope with the fact she lost the only thing she loved (Chappy). That's horrible writing

Marina and her mom are the only stories were you can see some real weight and thought put into it. The family drama and the consequences of it makes sense. But Marina ain't like her mom, she's just lashing out at Shizuka because that's the only target of her suffering she can find.

Azuma is the most hilarious one to me. His mom is barely a human being and his trauma is so forced it's fukking hilarious. We are told by his bro -the only real human besides Marina in the entire show- that he has the hard working "gene" from their mom but little breh is not similar to her at all. He wants to be useful and wants to help people so he can finally be loved/cared back.

Actually really good points. I guess one thing that has bothered me is how dramatic this series gets. Basically the show is always either at 0 or 100.

Like Madoka, Made in Abyss & Hanako-kun (talking manga) are all psychological horror but how it transitions to the that stuff is more smooth if that makes sense.

One big thing is this series hasn’t dived into is Takopi understanding humans. He’s still clueless and we have 1 episode left.

 

[T-K-G]

I think that's big reach breh.

The series shows how bad parenting can traumatize and influence kids, but we can't say they are like their mothers because we have little to no info on those women besides being horrible people

We are supposed to be believe Shizuka's manipulating Azuma is because her mom is an escort but at the same time, we are shown that there's literally no relationship between Shizuka and her mom, so there's no real instance in which that little girl could've learned anything about manipulating horny man from her. She lives in an abandoned house with her dog, there's no sign her mom is there for anything besides sleeping, and there's no sign of her bringing man to the house. The author just gave Shizuka a character trait after Takopi unintentionally kills Marina, and the traumatized kid becomes a conniving, manipulating kid that tries cope with the fact she lost the only thing she loved (Chappy). That's horrible writing

Marina and her mom are the only stories were you can see some real weight and thought put into it. The family drama and the consequences of it makes sense. But Marina ain't like her mom, she's just lashing out at Shizuka because that's the only target of her suffering she can find.

Azuma is the most hilarious one to me. His mom is barely a human being and his trauma is so forced it's fukking hilarious. We are told by his bro -the only real human besides Marina in the entire show- that he has the hard working "gene" from their mom but little breh is not similar to her at all. He wants to be useful and wants to help people so he can finally be loved/cared back.

Agreed, we barely see Shizuka 's mom to make that kind of reach. I'm not rolling with that angle I think people just tryna throw extra sauce on the story like always

Shizuka wasn't tryna be like her mom, it simply makes sense that she low-key wanted Shizuka to die, and didn't really give no fukks about her other classmates cuz they watched her get bullied and didn't do shyt. Don't need to see her mom at all for that to make sense

 

[Jmare007]

One big thing is this series hasn’t dived into is Takopi understanding humans. He’s still clueless and we have 1 episode left.

Yeah, I'd love to know what's the point of Takopi as a character besides unintentional comedy he comes from a blissfully naive planet and is really dumb so he basically serves as an instigator for trauma without wanting to be one and so far there's no real point as to why that is

I guess the author just wants to tells us that humanity sucks and would fukk up a caring alien whose definition of happiness and love is that of a 5 year old

 

[tripleaamin]

AoButa S2 - Episode 4

Nice to see Futaba happy as it was nice to see the 3 friends hanging out again. In other news, that girl who got the teacher in trouble smells like trouble. Isn't she the girl who was introduced when Sakuta was talking to Tomoe last week?

So the idea of handing out puberty syndrome cases is a bit odd if what she is telling is the truth. Though Sakuta really isn't the type of person that would save people he doesn't know. Of course, if it is someone who he was classmates with in middle school, then it is more likely Much like Mai from before she can't be seen. Though why, so far, can only Sakuta see her?

So what we can tell is these #DREAMING posts potentially coming true, which we see with Ikumi saves the girl in the little girl in the Red Hiding Hood costume. Though this coming true really opens a big can of worms because how do these dream posts clash with each other?

We get another encounter with the little Mai in which where he finds Ikumi. Curious where this goes.

 

[tripleaamin]

The dad & Tanuki's interactions in With You & Rain got me rolling

 

[winb83]

Private Tutor has a recap episode 4 episodes in. What a joke. It's not even like the animation is all that good for them to be having production struggles already.

 

[tripleaamin]

Private Tutor has a recap episode 4 episodes in. What a joke. It's not even like the animation is all that good for them to be having production struggles already.

Animation quality isn't a good indicator if a show has prodction issues.

• S1 of Dandadan was finished before production & S2 is more then well along.
• Grand Blue animation quality is more so mediocre so far, but S2 was finished before the season started.
• We don't need to get into CSM & JJK infamous production issue with how well it was animated.
• Apocalypse Hotel is another example of a great well-animated show that was finished before the season started.

 

[tripleaamin]

CyGames Pictures continues to keep killing it with Hikaru's adaptation.

Spoiler: Adaptation stuff on episode 4

• This episode adapted chapter 8, the rest of 9 since the conversation with the villagers was adapted earlier, the first 8-10 pages of chapter 10, & the Asako portion of chapter 12.
• Great decision to adapt the Asako stuff from chapter 12 this episode, as it would allow them to make what happens at the end of chapter 11 into chapter 12 to flow well.
• Tanaka wasn't in the village when the festival was happening. So him reacting to "Hikaru" engaging with the barrier is anime original. Although his comment of using his organs comes from chapter 14.

Interesting focus with Asako at the beginning of the episode. She clearly has strength that might make her feel uncomfortable. Though what she hears is even more interesting. Those spirit things that Kurebayashi seems to take down at the end of the episode.

There are a lot of family troubles surrounding Yoshiki's family. They're questioning his mother since it seems that Kaoru isn't going to school. Her not being from the village probably doesn't make things easier since we can tell from the conversations that Tanaka is involved in many traditions. Also, add that his parents seem to be in fights a lot.

The more peaceful festival transitioning to Tanaka and the older men going to the barrier had so much tension that was great. Though an important remark is that the other regions have churches except for the Nisayama shrine. More than likely he smells a lead that they are hiding something.

The conversation between "Hikaru" & Yoshiki was superb because Yoshiki doesn't sugarcoat it. He knows that he is not the original Hikaru. With this "Hikaru" feeling more like a baby in many ways I don't think he can comprehend things like jealousy or even empathize with Yoshiki. But it's clear he is attached to him at the very least.

Meanwhile, for Yoshiki struggling to move on with Hikaru's death is hard because in many ways, this new Hikaru being around means he is constantly reminded. Of course we know that Yoshiki has already moved forward with this new Hikaru.