Anime

1887 readers

136 users here now

This community is the place to discuss and ask questions about anime, anime news, and related topics.

Currently airing show discussion threads are created by our resident bot, [email protected]. If it doesn't make a thread for an episode that you want to discuss, see the user guide on the wiki for instructions on how to request that rikka make a thread for you to use.

Check out our wiki to find:

Rules

Posts must relate to anime or similar (donghua, etc.)
Discussion threads for currently airing media must be made by the bot. If there isn't a discussion thread made for a piece of media you want to discuss, then request it via pm.
Ensure that all series spoilers are tagged. See here for details.
Memes should be directed toward [email protected] (or similar) instead of this community
Do not post explicitly NSFW material. Please use your best judgement when marking lewd material as NSFW, unmarked material risks being removed.
Please redirect discussion of piracy towards a more appropriate community
Any clips from currently airing shows cannot include content from episodes released within the past 7 days.
All posts and comments must adhere to the ani.social Terms of Use
In general, keep things civil and avoid attacking other individuals.

Related General Communities

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] - Videos
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Spanish language community)
[email protected] (Myanmar community)
Megathread of other communities on the fediverse maintained by @[email protected]

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 41] (ani.social)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

23 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Previous Thread | Next Thread

It's time for a new general discussion thread! How are you finding the Fall season? What have you been watching recently? Any recommendations? cautionary tales? questions? You have come to the right place!

As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A bit less exciting of a season this time, I think.

Eager to continue:

Acro Trip - Lots of fun with good comedy that manages to also not fumble the action scenes. It does have a lot in common with Gushing Over Magical Girls, but I think it is making its own path and will continue to diverge as it goes forward. It also doesn't have any sexualization of middle school girls.
Dan Da Dan - Science Saru is going absolutely wild on this one and it's amazing to watch them work. The characters also feel very expressive and real. The first episode does have a pretty brutal sexual assault / attempted rape scene that is sort of justified by the narrative and IMO isn't made into a spectacle like you'd expect from some anime, but was nonetheless a little hard to get through. I've been told this is not the norm going forward, though, so I will trust.
How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer - In an "LGBT+ themes" drought, this is the best I've got, and it's cute. I like the pairings and it's always nice to see men go through a bisexual crisis.
365 Days to the Wedding - Also a very cute romance. It's just getting going, so we'll see if it has follow-through.
Let This Grieving Soul Retire - As I wait ~~im~~patiently for the Eminence in Shadow movie, this is the best replacement I have. Not 100% sold on it just yet, but it's got a very similar vibe.

I'm also watching (for now): Negative Positive Angler, Mecha-Ude, Magilumiere, and Ranma 1/2

And now for the garbage bin (things that weren't good enough for me to make threads about)

The Most Notorious Talker Runs the World's Greatest Clan

Edgy "everybody underestimates me but I'm actually super strong" type story. Its strengths are all undercut by the fact that the main character is basically just a bard, but the story takes itself too seriously to let him just sing. He even uses a skill called "Wolf's Bellow: Stun Howl" and doesn't even have to howl like a wolf to activate it. 3/5

P.S. it's very easy to read the main character as trans, as he's very femme-presenting in his childhood flashbacks, and I think that's neat.

Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister

This pulls the same trick as Quintessential Quintuplets where it says the main character will marry one of the sisters but doesn't say which. The problem is that it also has a vintage harem setup where there's one older onee-san type, one spunky (too) younger girl, and one tsundere his own age, which carries some pretty clear implications for who the winner is going to be, an opinion it did not bother to try and dispel. It also has the shinto version of some God's Not Dead strawman atheism that was baffling to see. 2/5

Kinokoinu Mushroom Pup

This one confused me to no end. The somber tone of the main character grieving his childhood dog contrasted against the cartoony mushroom pup and its antics were so jarring that I have no idea what this show is trying to do. I'll probably watch another episode out of morbid curiosity, but I don't understand. 3/5

Good Bye, Dragon Life

There's really nothing going on in this one, at least so far. Main character has minimal personality (which you might be able to tell from his extremely generic character design), even though he's a dragon and he should have some interesting perspective on the human world. I did not enjoy watching him play stardew valley, but I did enjoy watching him fail to comprehend the romantic advances of the snake lady he rescued. 2/5

The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians

I really liked the art style of this one, but ultimately the story just didn't work for me. Everything that happened seemed so out of nowhere and I was left with a lot of questions about how their world works that didn't make sense for them to not include. I went to see if people recommended the novels, since it seemed like there was a good story in there somewhere, and apparently a lot of this was anime-original?? 3/5

The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest

Yet another "everyone underestimates me" anime, woo. This one seems to include an age gap romance and a guy who everyone hates because he never tells his party members where his actual strengths lie (dps, not support) for reasons that are not even hinted at. The action was alright, though. 2/5

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians

I remember watching a trailer for this one and falling in love with the art style. However, I suspected that the story was not really going to be for me.

Let This Grieving Soul Retire

You aren't the first person I have seen to compare this to TEIS. As a huge TEIS fan, I might have to check this one out.