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[Lone MacReady II]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CT9Y86lLlYEWill Lolis doing fent in the hood save anime or will it immediately be forgotten once the main gag wear off like deer girl show?

>netfux

"Here's the deal folks, you sell out to netfux, and you're off the artistic roll call forever, that's it, end of story. You sell out to netfux, from then on everything you make is suspect, and every anime out of your studio is like a turd falling into my drink."

I've always referred to Vinland Saga as "My first Seinen". It has that maturity that a lot anime that makes it into the West, especially in the mainstream, tends to lack and I think that the slower pacing and slightly more thoughtful than normal story helps with that.

Have you kept up with the manga? Lol. Have you heard about transvestite Thorkell and the funky bunch?

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Have you kept up with the manga? Lol. Have you heard about transvestite Thorkell and the funky bunch?

I have never read the manga at all.

 

[Lone MacReady II]

I have never read the manga at all.

Maybe you should read it lol. You're missing out on transvestite Thorkell. And as weird as that sounds - it is 100% not a joke. There's a reason the anime will never be finished. Maybe, MAYBE they'll do one more to cover the viking chief selection arc and introduce Thorfinn's girl... but that's it, it's all downhill from there. You get to transvestite Thorkell, tortured muh noble savage wank, "nuclear weapons are le bad" moments as if they were out of a 90s Kojima game, and Thorfinn's ideology completely breaking down (for the reader at least) in the face of "what happens when you flee to the ends of the earth and you still have to fight. What happens when you can't run away anymore".

 

[Fount of BadSpeak]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CT9Y86lLlYEWill Lolis doing fent in the hood save anime or will it immediately be forgotten once the main gag wear off like deer girl show?

Immediately forgotten about. The problem will probably be like the deer girl show; they won't lean into the gimmick, and never expand the hook into anything even remotely resembling an interesting story or enjoyable character dynamics. It'll be another empty, lazy, CGDCT SOL show with an edgy gimmick that gets stale five minutes into the first episode.

The only way it could pull it off is if it was the next Gabriel Dropout where the gimmick is played off of consistently and successfully, and I highly doubt anything Netflix shits out is going to pull that off.

Not an isekai ? No dumb CGI ? Did hell freeze over ? I might watch the first season since I haven't watched anything in a while now.

I second Clevatess. I wasn't going to watch it until @WelperHelper99 convinced me it was worth watching, and I genuinely think it is. I am a bit dubious on whether season 2 will keep up the momentum, but it was definitely good enough to give it a chance.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I second Clevatess. I wasn't going to watch it until @WelperHelper99 convinced me it was worth watching, and I genuinely think it is. I am a bit dubious on whether season 2 will keep up the momentum, but it was definitely good enough to give it a chance

Clevetess was a seasonal dark horse. Very good. First season wraps up pretty smoothly, so while there's a second season in the works, the first is pretty well contained. If you like dark fantasy but are tired of iseaki, I recommend it

 

[I Know 孤独のせい]

I second Clevatess.

Okay, since its only 12 episodes it shouldn't take to long to finish it. Going to let you guys know what I think of it when I'm done.

 

[SandyCat]

I'm eager for Jaadugar and the second season of Polar Opposites; what are you guys looking for? I know some of you like Clevatess and GiTS, but what else?

I want another season of Let This Grieving Soul Retire
Such a retarded and fun show

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

The only way it could pull it off is if it was the next Gabriel Dropout where the gimmick is played off of consistently and successfully, and I highly doubt anything Netflix shits out is going to pull that off.

The issue is that they always push the gimmick too far in netflix shows. Gabriel Dropout is great specifically because it's consistent with its gimmick but it also shows restraint.

 

[Oddjob OTP]

I'm giving Cleavetess S2 a shot but I lost a lot of interest when they dropped the baby so it can be a generic fantasy anime with a character that's pretending not to be overpowered at Not-Hogwarts. I also don't think it's actually mechanically much different from isekai-that-doesn't-take-place-in-a-video-game-or-game-type-world, he's one of the 4 strongest known beings instead of a guy with cheat powers it's not a huge gap

 

[Red Dragon]

Interesting, Darker Than Black is also on my list so maybe it's a good time to finally get around to do that too.

First season is great, second season and the specials are absolute shit. I'm not kidding, watch S1 till the end and stop there, you're not losing anything.

 

[I Know 孤独のせい]

First season is great, second season and the specials are absolute shit. I'm not kidding, watch S1 till the end and stop there, you're not losing anything.

Thanks for letting me know. But depending on how I will feel about S1 I still might check out the other stuff.
Why are S2 and OVA shit in your opinion compared to the first season ?

 

[Seething Bazelgeuse]

Why are S2 and OVA shit in your opinion compared to the first season ?

>what if we took everything people liked about the show and got rid of it?
>what if we took Hei's powers and turned him into an alcoholic bum and now this new little annoying girl is the main character haha

If that's not enough to turn you off then you'll probably be able to sit through Gemini, but it's really not worth your time. The few cool scenes from Gemini you can just watch on youtube without suffering the rest of that godawful show.

 

[Gimmick Account]

I'm not sure if Vinland Saga is good or not. I'm pretty deep in the first season and it's interesting but very boring IMO

Yeah the anime is too slow and dull. The manga is a decent read until they actually go to the titular vinny's land at the end and then it's pretty dogwater.
But since now its concluded, anyone reading it won't have so bad a time speedreading that shit. Or just dropping it the moment you see an injin since you've been warned, which I think would be a valid choose-your-own ending. "And then they went to americ and nobody knows what happened~~~"

 

[VeteranOfTheRetardWars]

I’ve been treating myself to more Garouden because after the new Baki season I was in the mood for that type of exaggerated fight manga, and I read the short manga Garouden Boy by Yumemakura Baki and Itagaki (yes that one).

Peak, absolute peak. It was translated by Wild Fang, but I don’t know the sordid details of this translation but it appears to check out at least a bit.
The basic premise was a that it’s a prequel to the main manga, showing us how Tanba was as a kid. In fact, we get to see his first time having a fight. What’s incredibly interesting to me is that it shows him as a poser, as someone who’s weak and wants to be seen as strong. But as the story goes on, he learns what it means to fight and it sends him down the other we see him on in Garouden.
And of course the art is just awesome, there’s just a way that impact and faces are drawn that I love.

I love it.

The Garouden series is genuinely one of the best fight mangas, can’t recommend it enough.

 

[Sekhmet]

Wow, looks like Sunrise and Shaft might actually be doing a Fool's Night anime adaptation.

I am giddy to hear this after the leaks about it awhile back. Fool Night is one of my favorite ongoing manga, it'll be far easier to get friends to watch it than read it. Plus it'll finally get some cool tat made to put on my shelves.

 

[Nameless One]

I just read this manga called Goth, recommended on the obscure manga thread by another kiwi. Great read. Might color in the panels or read the novel.



The only thing I know about Darker Than Black is the excellent soundtrack that's still not been fully released sadly.