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[tripleaamin]

Hanako-kun S2 finale ending was a lot better than I expected since I expected a much bigger cliffhanger. It adapted all of volume 18 and the start of chapter 92. Although they cut Hakubo's backstory, I assume they will adapt that when S3 starts, as it is a vital piece to draw parallels to Akane & Aoi's relationship.

I love the conversation between Nene & Hanako. Of course, once again, Hanako is plotting shyt behind her back. Of course Hanako has feelings for Nene it is pretty obvious, and they even had a kiss. I love the comedy bits between Hanako & Nene it is always fun to see their dynamic of poking each other. Though the warning Hanako gives Nene is excellent, since the idea of being an apparition and being with Hanako sounds nice and ideal. But it is not realistic at all because there is a chance that Nene becomes something that is just foreign to herself.

I feel bad for Kou for being in his brother's shadow. He has always wanted to prove himself but never really could. Granted, Akane is right that their fighting was pointless, but thank God Teru covered for Kou. #6's point that Kou doesn't have a plan is true, and it is still an issue where he wants to help Mitsuba & Nene, but doesn't know how to. Though at the same time, that is part of his charm. Thank God Natsuhiko was around for the save for Kou.

Now the question is what Tsukasa's group is plotting. Tsukasa seems to be aiming Hanako to take down the Yorishiros and doing so will grant Hanako the wish to save Nene. But what is their group's interest in doing so, I wonder?

 

[T-K-G]

I mean, it's pretty evident that people do like the stuff you don't: Momo/Okarun relationship and the fukkery around them, and that's why Dandadan is more well regarded than the other shows

You would never debate in favor of DandaDan vs. another show by leaning on the romance plot never seen any of y'all argue that aspect of the show making it better than anything else. Explain how, since it's the same formula for romance writing they been using forever what's new or exciting about this iteration?

I enjoyed Eureka 7 which is literally the same thing except it's flying robots and politics instead of aliens and the supernatural, so I'm not opposed to that structure, but eureka 7's other plotline was vastly more interesting than "let's find okaruns balls". You wanted to see what that Nirvash terrorist group was getting into and how it was gonna play out

If you gonna hang this romance plot over our heads your backup plot gotta be doing something more than a nut search I got nothing to look forward to discovering here. He's gonna get his balls eventually, turbo granny leaves, then what? Someone else has something stolen or gets an ailment that needs solving? That's fine on the small scale, but they take way too long to get to something bigger with more stakes, if the romance plotline is all they got to offer series could be way shorter and still hit all the marks. Why drag it?


I see DanDaDan as a very well animated show and based on history that usually enough for it to get high praise. RomCon gang got a show with some good action, cool, we not about to act like their situation is doing anything special though, definitely in the "regular" tier of shows, animation budget be damned. I'm not sleeping on the"ship" sector of anime fans who just love seeing relationships either, I've seen them dress up alot of mid shows as peak simply because they thought some characters made a cute couple, they're a real force and can drive up the numbers quick.



Same thing with Solo, people loving the action but also expecting the plot to lead somewhere bigger, I read ahead and saw that it didn't. shyt like that just comes off like the author is just making a vibe show, there's no real direction worth saluting. Animation is carrying em to accolades other shows had to have seriously good writing to get.

 

[Jmare007]

You would never debate in favor of DandaDan vs. another show by leaning on the romance plot never seen any of y'all argue that aspect of the show making it better than anything else. Explain how, since it's the same formula for romance writing they been using forever what's new or exciting about this iteration?

I enjoyed Eureka 7 which is literally the same thing except it's flying robots and politics instead of aliens and the supernatural, so I'm not opposed to that structure, but eureka 7's other plotline was vastly more interesting than "let's find okaruns balls". You wanted to see what that Nirvash terrorist group was getting into and how it was gonna play out

If you gonna hang this romance plot over our heads your backup plot gotta be doing something more than a nut search I got nothing to look forward to discovering here. He's gonna get his balls eventually, turbo granny leaves, then what? Someone else has something stolen or gets an ailment that needs solving? That's fine on the small scale, but they take way too long to get to something bigger with more stakes, if the romance plotline is all they got to offer series could be way shorter and still hit all the marks. Why drag it?


I see DanDaDan as a very well animated show and based on history that usually enough for it to get high praise. RomCon gang got a show with some good action, cool, we not about to act like their situation is doing anything special though, definitely in the "regular" tier of shows, animation budget be damned. I'm not sleeping on the"ship" sector of anime fans who just love seeing relationships either, I've seen them dress up alot of mid shows as peak simply because they thought some characters made a cute couple, they're a real force and can drive up the numbers quick.



Same thing with Solo, people loving the action but also expecting the plot to lead somewhere bigger, I read ahead and saw that it didn't. shyt like that just comes off like the author is just making a vibe show, there's no real direction worth saluting. Animation is carrying em to accolades other shows had to have seriously good writing to get.

There's a lot here you are taking up as fact when it's all subjective as hell breh. You not seeing it doesn't mean it's not there. I honestly don't think it's that hard to figure out why Dandadan is a success.

I'm not gonna pretend like anything I write here is gonna change your mind it's gonna do the exact opposite if I had to guess, but if you wanna have a little convo, let's have I guess.

I wouldn't argue in favor of any show due to its romance, that's true, but I do with this one because it's done really fukking well. Both MCs aren't frustratingly obtuse/dense, they actually engage often and act like teenagers would for the most part. And the most important part to me, they are funny as fukk not only together but interacting with everyone else. I actually love the the SoL episodes when there's nothing going on but just dumb banter over a dinner and little interactions between the whole gang. I do not feel like that over almost any anime series I watch.

The "nut search" is whatever to me. The plot of the show is nonesense for the most part -there's nothing "big" about it and I agree the stakes are low- and I could care less because I'm all in with the characters and what they do. That's why I understand not being a show for everybody, because if that side of it doesn't compel you, then there's not a lot the show has to keep you watching.

We all know the reasons as to why some shows hit more than others heavily depend on details/execution. Specially with shonen where almost every show follow the same formula and their level of success relies on how they tackle it.

Like, you are probably the biggest stan of CSM in The Coli. If someone came here talking about how they don't understand why it's popular when season 1 is about a really stupid teenager that's horny as fukk, got superowers overnight and is surrounded by fukkery and fanservice like any other dumb shonen, you would rightfully argue in favor of what makes CSM special, because it ain't that hard to figure out if you really think about it.

 

[T-K-G]

Tbh after the first cour of the anime and after that part of the manga, it turns into a full-blown battle shounen. Like it stops pretending. Which I would say it does that better. But it drops the early SoL stuff and never comes back to it. The art and choreography of the fights in the manga are

I hated Sakamoto until I understood the joke was moreso in the stuff they were seriously doing vs. failed the written comedy attempts

Oh I agree, but I feel that's what @T-K-G is looking for in a show where the main premise doesn't hit. Like a "well, what are you offering me then" type of thing.

Then again, I might completely off as it's not my opinion

I value world building over any individual characters journey, that's why TBHX hit so well because we aren't beholden to any one person's perspective, everyone can do their own thing and we just look at how the events in that world play out. There isn't any main goal for us besides predicting what curveball the writer is gonna throw our way. All of my top fiction books(not manga) of all time are like that.

Before Gege quit on us the world of jjk was way more interesting than Yuji and his individual situation, i wanted to know how Brain-kun's plan was gonna work and the impact it would have, how can Gojo or Sukuna exists in that world, who's actually the strongest, etc. he gave me reasons to ask these questions

Same with CSM, Denji got the least amount of shyt going on I care about, I'm tryna see these OG devil feats and how they influence the world, why tf is the chainsaw devil specifically so special, etc. we have reasons to wonder these things

The second you tell me I HAVE to be locked in on one person's path you better be writing some fire to keep that shyt interesting, Mushoku did that extremely well and it started with the convo we're gonna see in s3, made the story bigger than him in a very ironic way, he had to lock in fr.


DanDaDan hasn't given me a world to care about, their premise was solved in the first episode

Okarun sees ghost exists
Momo sees aliens exists

Next stop:
Do you care about okaruns balls missing? No
Do you care about them developing feelings for another? No

They gave me no reason to

These are the deal-breaking questions that an adult writer chose to ask me in their story I am not the only person who thinks the writing in that story is shallow as hell, it is what it is

 

[T-K-G]

Goated story set up this is why waiting to interact with this show is an L @tripleaamin , the viewer voting was the reason E-soul didn't make the hero tournament and why broken Nice was created

 

[Dillah810]

 

[Dillah810]

Seen the Demon Slayer movie. They could have cut that down by 30 minutes, too much fluff that you expect from the extended episode version of the movie

I said the same thing. Could have EASILY cut 30 minutes off

 

[T-K-G]

Quiet as kept


One Piece has looked incredible ever since they introduced Gear 5 I read the manga so I don't really tap into the anime unless it's Luffy in a gear 5 fight, that shyt looks almost as wild as X fight scenes

It's been so consistently good that people don't even talk about it anymore


The shyt he was on today was hype

Edit: nikka Zoro vs YFN Lucci

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Man this Kingdom of Ruins shyt is kinda hard as fukk

these first 2 or 3 eps been

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Vigilantes is back in January, the year will kick off STACKED

 

[T-K-G]

Vigilantes is back in January, the year will kick off STACKED

What else drops? The last time I looked that season looked pretty sparse (obviously not counting new shows since we don't know if they're good)

 

[RennisDeynolds]

What else drops? The last time I looked that season looked pretty sparse (obviously not counting new shows since we don't know if they're good)

Frieren back, apothecary diaries back, JJK back

 

[tripleaamin]

Frieren back, apothecary diaries back, JJK back

Golden Kamuy tho only me and @LauderdaleBoss be the only ones who watch it here.

For fate fans there is strange fake. Havent touch that series yet tho.

Oshi no ko but I ain’t touch that shyt after reading the manga.

Fire Force & medalist. Tho not sure where you see apothecary diaries tho.

 

[T-K-G]

Frieren back, apothecary diaries back, JJK back

im loooking now

hell's pardise and fire force 2nd cour as well

if Netflix drops Jojo's part 7 at the beginning of the year

 

[EzekelRAGE]

So whats the verdict on Lazarus? I remember it was hyped up. IIRC ppl in the thread didnt rock with the first couple episodes