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 No.3540[Reply]

Should I even read Idol Pretender? I already read the author's other work, "All of Humanity Except Me Has Gone Yuri," but it wasn't that great.

 No.3544

>>3540 (OP)
It was disappointing. For someone who wants to be the manliest, turning into a girl should have been the greatest battle to overcome and he lost.

Had the same gripe with boku girl.

Will they get your blood flowing? Most definitely. But, if you're like me, you'll come out of it feeling ennui.

 No.3545

>>3544
Yeah I like gender benders and I'm trans, but I couldn't stay interested in Boku Girl. All I liked was the art and the supernatural stuff, but the characters were stupid.

To be fair I've essentially stopped reading non-pornographic manga. Originally it was because I wanted to step away from reading translations to practice my Japanese and porn was the only thing I could reliably read. But I just sigh when I look at manga that look like they will string along for many chapters instead of ending appropriately.


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 No.505[Reply]

Alright, here’s the IRL K-ON thread I promised. Sorry this is just going to be an image dump, but I hope you guys enjoy it. I’ve never shared it before.
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 No.3458

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Tower Bridge and last but not least the White Cliffs of Dover and Brighton Palace Pier from the ED

 No.3463

maybe i should head down to camden and take some picures tomorrow so you guys can see how it's changed since the keions were there.

 No.3464

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Ah I haven't seen Keion or the movie in close to 5 years now, time for a rewatch.
Ritsu best girl btw
>>3463
That would be pretty freakin sugoi.
I'm slightly jealous of eurorolls, everything cool is so far away from me.

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Winter Toyosato school

 No.3497

Great thread OP. Would love to visit. Shocks me that high schools can look this comfy.


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 No.3288[Reply]

This show is too fucking cute
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 No.3481

>>3480
Whats a UOH?

 No.3482

>>3481
Open pedolust.
Yes this sounds rude, but the people I've known to use the meme tend to be loud, obnoxious and renders certain properties impossible to talk about because half of the posts are unintelligible screaming.

 No.3485

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I wanna headpat her
>>3476
.gifs that don't move scare me
>>3481
>>3482
It's a stupid meme yes but can we please not have the loli/pedo debate here

 No.3488

>>3485
>It's a stupid meme yes but can we please not have the loli/pedo debate here
Yes, this uncooked fish will relent. Forgive this error.

 No.3490

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Oh no
This pose made my heart doki doki


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 No.3234[Reply]

I am late.
Mieruko-chan is getting an anime. I didn't even realize.
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 No.3305

先輩がうざい後輩の話

 No.3337

>>3234
What a season and it came just in time.
I was feeling down lately and still do a little but looking through the season helped a lot.
First is Puraore! Pride of Orange, a anime about ice hockey. I love ice hockey and seeing an anime about it makes me very interested in giving it a try.
Heike Monogatari sounds great, historical anime is something I enjoy a lot, seeing a new one is always a pleasure.
By far the biggest thing is Aria the Benedizione. I adore this show and seeing it gets even more made my whisper a sincere thank you for this. I improved my mood severely and gave me something to look forward to.

 No.3348

>>3337
I definitely recommend trying Ousama Ranking, Senpai ga Uzai, and Takt.op if you have room for more shows

Heike is indeed great so far

 No.3354

I'm barely going to have time this season, but I'm trying to watch Ousama Ranking, Shiroi Suna no Aquatope, and Digimon Ghost Game. Might check out Senpai ga Uzai too– it isn't my style of show at all but I somehow got hooked on the manga. It's super standard romance webcomic stuff so I don't know exactly how it happened, but the character interactions are so cute.

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NORP life is being extremely tiring the past couple of months so I picked up Shin no nakama ja nai to yuusha no party wo oidasareta node, henkyou de Slow Life suru koto ni shimashita because of what little I read of the premise. I wholly expected it to be isekai trash like 80% of every seasonal anime coming out and expected a +0.8 to trash level because of the long title but I was extremely positively surprised and unintentionally watched all 7 episodes that are currently out. It's nothing extraordinary but it does a lot of simple things very well. If you're needing to fill 25 minutes of your day with something, watching this anime is a great choice.


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 No.3282[Reply]

Anyone watching kid genius and dad underground adventures?
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 No.3306

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This show is fun. I really like the girl genius character, especially when she gets smug about being smart. Her and the dad are hilarious and heartwarming together too.
I hope we learn more about the whole map rock and dreams of the surface thing.
As before the CGI really mars what is otherwise a really nice looking show and makes the action scenes a little boring to sit through, but the direction and OST and shots of them in the cockpit are engaging enough.

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This scene was good as well. I like that they're establishing in character that the girl is enough of a prodigy that they're basically peers, and I like that the dad isn't pulling punches about how dangerous their journey might be. I very much wasn't expecting him to give her a "here's what to do if I die" speech.

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I thought the mobster episode was a little stupid with how the colony they visit just "not-italy", I hope the places they explore in the future are a bit cooler. The most recent one with the big wind machine was actually some alright worldbuilding though, and the show is still worth watching because Memenpu being smug and adorable is too good.

 No.3389

>>3388
I guess if what they're hinting at about the whole underground world being manufactured is true it makes a little more sense to have the dumb caricatures of IRL cultures. But I'm a more than a bit underwhelmed by the setting, just seems not very creative or interesting and it kind of kills my investment in the actual plot. Not to mention the questionable CGI and a couple of plotholes I've noticed so far. Like I said though, the dynamic between the main characters is entertaining enough to keep me watching.

 No.3391

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5head love


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 No.1666[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

The prospect of watching some anime or movies together was brought up in /lounge/, let's use this thread to plan it! Please let me know if any Sushis are interested, and what kind of time works for you personally. If you have any favorites that you think would make a good watchalong, mention that as well!
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 No.3372

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Stream later today! See you guys there.
Dirty Pair 14-16, GTO 15, and Senpai ga Uzai 04-05 are on the menu, and maybe some other stuff too.

 No.3377

>>3372
Had other plans but I could never say no to Yuzuko.

 No.3379

Live in 1 hour!
https://cytu.be/r/SushiStream

 No.3380

>>3379
we're live!

 No.3396

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Stream in 3 hours! Today is Dirty Pair 16-18 and GTO 16. I also have a handful of short OVAs to check out.
See you there: https://cytu.be/r/SushiStream


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 No.3357[Reply]

howdy, how about we share some indie japanese music? from comiket/m3 and other events like it.
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 No.3363

>>3361
true that

 No.3366

please excuse the uncomfy url name, here are a bunch of denpa song https://www.mediafire.com/RapeTheLolis

 No.3367

here's another site where i download doujin music https://doujinstyle.com/

 No.3371

>>3366
here's a more recent dl list:
https://gist.github.com/dnpcllctns/9424fcc4c80429253d3194251b4a15ed
http://denpa.omaera.org/ - good info on denpa in general

 No.3373

This has been in my head all week


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 No.18[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

I started rewatching Mushishi lately, because I haven't seen the OVA or any of the extra seasons, only the first one many many years ago. It's as great as I remember it and I can't wait to get to the stuff I haven't seen.

What have you all been watching lately?
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 No.3222

I caught up with 86 in time for the new season. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, for a setting that's basically just anime nazis they treat it with a surprising amount of nuance so far, edgy shounen bullshit aside. While I'm not a fan of the characters or setting the atmosphere and tone are surprisingly good, especially the stuff near the end where they leave on their suicide mission. Something about the last couple episodes really impressed me with everyone embracing their probable death and cheerily wandering off into the unknown. I also like the plotline of fighting a rogue AI army that steals human brains to improve itself. It's no masterpiece by a long shot but it's interesting enough that I'm invested in seeing S2

 No.3268

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Girls und Panzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyVkSgH6nZs
Its tanks are surprisingly (mostly) historically accurate…

 No.3277

Is the bump limit 250 replies on sushichan? Should we make a new thread?

 No.3279

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https://myanimelist.net/anime/33263

I watched Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai. Also known as The Beheading Cycle. Here are my thoughts:

This is an OVA by Shaft, and it certainly feels that way. The visuals are signature Shaft and resemble past works by the studio. I did not particularly like the character designs or art style, personally. I also wish there were more visual detail in general. However, the visuals were still mildly interesting due to the way Shaft uses cinematography.

The OST is by Yuki Kajiura. It is decent but it felt like not a whole lot of artistic risk was taken. It uses the same kinds of instruments and sounds you've likely heard in her other past OSTs. It was not particularly innovative. (Having said that, I suspect I'll be more impressed with it once I sit down with the OST alone and carefully explore every song in the catalog, since it is Yuki Kajiura after all.)

This is the case in general with Kubikiri Cycle. Although it has a lot of artistic flavour, it doesn't stray beyond the artistic boundaries already explored by Shaft in the past. The cinematography, music and art style are all similar to past works put out by the studio.

I did not like or appreciate any of the characters. The male MC in particular was annoying and unlikable. Also, despite involving a murder mystery, I was never interested in the story at all. However, sometimes the script itself was intriguing and had some memorable lines. The scriptwriting was clearly done with a lot of care. Although I didn't care about the story, the dialogue itself held my attention. In terms of voice acting, the cast was skilled but nobody struck me as exceptional.


My overall rating: 5/10
As a whole, it was only marginally entertaining enough for me to watch to completion. The visuals were mildly interesting but hardly spectacular. The music was decent. The script was well written. No other characteristics of this anime provided me any enjoyment.
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 No.3308

>>3277
It is done


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 No.2983[Reply]

I have conducted a thorough analysis of anime from the year 2016. The primary purpose of this analysis is to identify works which have artistic merit, and to classify the nature of that artistic merit. Secondarily, my intent here is to rank the works in terms of their superiority in various categories. This will allow for comparison with other surveys of 2016 anime. This analysis is an expression of my own personal opinions and did not involve input from anyone else. I did this for my own intellectual and personal satisfaction, but I also hope that others may find it interesting or useful. At the very least, maybe this will generate some interesting discussion. Additionally, if you're looking for anime to watch, you can peruse through the specific categories I've provided to identify works that are likely to suit your tastes. 

Only anime which started airing in 2016 are considered here. Meaning that anime for which the first season aired before 2016 are not considered (ex. neither Hibike Euphonium nor Love Live are candidates here). The considered anime are evaluated on the basis of all seasons that have aired (not just the first season in 2016). Movies are not included unless they are related to a TV anime (ex. Bungou Stray Dogs). I am conducting reviews for other years using this same system. Annual reviews are typically done as soon as the year ends, but I believe my methodology here is superior for conducting reviews of years retrospectively. Furthermore, classifying the year's best works only by season/genre I find is an ineffective method for identifying meritorious works, so I've included more-specific categories. 

Categories and their results are listed below. Winning titles for each category are separated by commas, with the superior titles being listed first. For the genre categories I've provided two answers (the winning title followed by the runner up). However, polls for anime of the season and anime of the year typically list many top candidates in their results, so I've followed a similar procedure with my results here. For the anime of the season and year results, I've listed the top-5 candidates in order of superiority, with the winning title listed first and the progressively lesser titles listed afterwards.

Regarding the genre results, there are a couple important details:
Note: titles are classified by their superiority with respect to the stated genre alone, not overall quality (for example: x anime is a Post too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>2998
Thanks for explaining, but like I said, it's just not the show for me personally. I'm glad that you found some enjoyment from it though.

>I know I watched one or two episodes of Bubuki Bubranki, but I can't remember much of anything about it except the CGI characters. What would you say was surprisingly good about it?
I thought it was creative and fun to watch. The antagonist characters were memorable and had good voice acting. The soundtrack was good.

 No.3299

>>2983

OP here. I recently realized that there was an 8-episode Shaft OVA (about equivalent to a cour in runtime) which I overlooked that technically began airing in Fall 2016, so should have been included in this analysis. The OVA is titled Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai, and you can read my review for it in another thread if you’re interested. I rated it 5/10 and the only noteworthy qualities it had were script, OST, and cinematography. It merited honourable mentions in these categories (see further below).

I’ve also been rethinking the mystery/psychological genre category. This was in part triggered by my (presently almost complete) rewatch of Flip Flappers. For some reason I overlooked Flip Flappers as a candidate in this category, when it is in fact a good so-called ‘psychological’ show that also has mystery elements. It won so many other categories, it was like it was hiding in plain sight to me. Kubikri Cycle also has some notable mystery elements.

Accordingly, I’ve changed my mystery/psychological winners to the following:
(HM = Honourable Mention)

Mystery/Psychological: Flip Flappers, Joker Game
Mystery/Psychological(HM): Kubikiri Cycle, Re Zero

Consequently, I’ve now removed mystery/psychological from the weakest genres list, which now only includes fantasy (2016 had good genre diversity).

Weakest genres of the year: Fantasy
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 No.3300

For anybody wondering about the state of my ongoing 2016 anime music review, the award lists in their present form are provided below. At the moment, I still haven’t formally evaluated the music of the following franchises: Hina Logi, Re Zero, Bungou Stray Dogs, Kubikiri Cycle, Orange, Yuri on Ice


Audio Characteristics
*Best soundtrack: Norn9, Planetarian, Prince of Stride
Best voice acting: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, ReLIFE, Bungou Stray Dogs
Best OP music: Flip Flappers, Dimension W, Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume
Best ED music: Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, Sangatsu no Lion(S1ED1&3), Flip Flappers
*Best character songs: Dream Festival, Magic-Kyun Renaissance


Audio Characteristics (Honourable Mentions)
*Soundtrack: Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, Bubuki Buranki, Drifters, Koukaku no Pandora, Shuumatsu no Izetta, Tenkyou no Alderamin, Dream Festival, Amanchu, Bungou Stray Dogs, Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge, Kubikiri Cycle
Voice acting: Hai to Gensou no Grimgar, Dream Festival, Bubuki Buranki, Sansha Sanyou, Kuma Miko, Hina Logi, High School Fleet
OP music: Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari, Sangatsu no Lion(S1OP1&2, S2OP1), Bungou Stray Dogs(S1,S2&S3), Dream Festival(S1&S2), High School Fleet, Bubuki Buranki(S1), Prince of Stride, Norn9, Re Zero(S1&S2), Long Riders, Tenkyou no Alderamin, Reikenzan(S1&S2), Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku, Magic-Kyun Renaissance, Kiznaiver, Amanchu(S1), Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai, Shounen Maid, Idol Memories, New Game(S1&S2)
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I’ve also gone ahead and put the primary award lists into tables, to enhance readability and perhaps lead to more-effective long-term archiving. These tables are attached to this post and the one afterwards. I realize that I probably should have done this from the start. I will definitely make tables like this for my 2017 analysis, which I am making good progress on by the way, despite some stubborn torrents that have been stalled for months.

 No.3302

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>>3301
>>2983


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 No.3292[Reply]

Obligatory idol show
Who is best girl sushi?

 No.3293

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tomboy is hot
I am actually slightly interested in the tournament aspect of this show, since a "there can only be one winner" style tournament isn't what you'd expect out of a presumably feel-good idol show. If they handle the drama and tournament matchup stuff well or not will determine if I stick with this one I think


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