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Yeah Episode 1 is from Volume 4 of the novel. It doesn't become apparent why they decided to skip ahead and do a one-off story from a later volume until the end last episode of the most recent season.
Spoilers, for Death Parade:
Now that I'm thinking about it, skipping season 1, episode 1, and waiting to watch it until between seasons 1 and 2 might be better. I think there might be an after credits to episode 1 that's relevant, but I don't recall offhand.
Hitoribocchi is rather similar, as it's a very consistently enjoyable show. I'd probably be willing to go B+ or A-, though, because it's just so darn charming and wholesome. I found it very warm and comfortable, nice and relaxed. While the other, lesser Bocchi absolutely has higher highs, for me it had much, much lower lows. My attention wandered often, only snapping back when one of the songs or brief well animated sections appeared. Whereas Hitoribocchi was just nice and mellow all the way through.
Episode 1 pays off in little ways all throughout the season and in the finale, just in setting up things Cid will do but not necessarily explain. The plot of it will be at best tangentially relevant, and then only for the movie, but if you think the series might be for you after episode 2, watch episode 1.
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It's nowhere near as weird and creepy as Ranma could be, which is much to the better
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I did say it was a modern Ranma. To that point, I'm utterly shocked Yor is isn't presented as hyper sexualized. Like, her black dress is revealing but there's no gratuitous jiggling and all the other fan service stuff you get in other anime.
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WFM second ed is one of the best eds I've ever seen.
people present marge simpson as hyper sexualized
tone of the original work does not enter into the equation
Not sure what you mean, but I'm guessing you meant anything can be sexualized based on the viewer.
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oh I thought you meant like people drawing fanart of characters
what DID you mean?
Regarding Apothecary Diaries OP 1 (full first season spoilers + conjecture)
Her connections to the brothel in her home town are almost certainly 100% related to that as well.
slightly related note: I blazed through all of the first 13 episodes of Apothecary Diaries yesterday, that's a pretty good show
They’re actually the same age, it seems. Maomao’s just short, scrawny, and downplays herself. He do be creepin, though.
I also saw a funny fan video of (spoilers for something that happens somewhere in the middle of season 2):
Sadly, I haven't been able to find the actual video. I think it was a twitter video and who knows what happened to that hell site since that episode aired.
Off the top of my head
-Roundabout in JoJo (of course)
-Mephisto in Oshi No Ko
-Either song by Yuzu in HxH
-Shunkan Sentimental in FMA Brotherhood
I could write a bunch about each of these but really, if you know you know. I'd say a well-deployed ED lead-in is a bigger positive to a show than a well-deployed OP insert.
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The ED to the Shibuya Incident grew on me, but yeah, they'll never top Lost In Paradise(but the show seems like it'll never have that tone again).
I'm not surprised they animated it I suppose but I am kind of surprised anyone picked it up for streaming in north america
Is a different case. Read some of the manga for Gushing Over Magical Girls, and the writing is better than the likes of Mahou Shojou Site or Spec-Ops Asuka, since it comes that someone that actually likes the genre, and that makes the problem that much more of a shame.
Chained Soldier is just a more bland and boring version of Freezing.
I was surprised how well that scene worked in animation.
If you read the lyrics (here's an English translation), it sounds a lot like it's sung from Jinshi's perspective. From the POV of someone completely enamored with her, the sexy, haughty, alluring Maomao of the OP makes perfect sense.
To put it another way,
I first encountered it in Gundam SEED, and the instances in the first two episodes (the Gundam slowly standing over flames to the first bars of Anna Ni Issho Datta No Ni, or Archangel bursting into view overhead) it blew my mind!