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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also, from the... oh, seven people or so that voted, I managed to get a definite top 5 for AotY. If anyone else wants to contribute, feel free to do so within the next few hours.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I didn't vote because there were some big ones I hadn't gotten around to watching yet (ie. Bocchi, Kongming) and also I have trouble ranking stuff in general.

    I really like Witch from Mercury, though.

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Nozaki-Kun chapter 141 brings back the manga meta-humour, and wow, this one just slayed me all to bits

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Nozaki-Kun chapter 141 brings back the manga meta-humour, and wow, this one just slayed me all to bits
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    nozaki-kun doesn't miss

    fuck the gag on the next few pages slayed me
    FUCK I'M DYING

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Ginka and Gluna does appear to be rushing to a conclusion, but also today's chapter was NOT a conclusion and there's no estimate for the next one... hope it doesn't just get canned today like this.

    Eh tokyo demon bride story doesn't have a next chapter estimate either and it's also not quite done so probably not.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Without further ado, the first(?) annual PA Anime(s) of the Year -

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    Honorable Mentions:
    Summer Time Rendering
    Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
    Dress Up Darling
    Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    a respectable list!

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Without further ado, the first(?) annual PA Anime(s) of the Year -

    The List

    Neat, I would have voted for nearly everything on this list, but was kind of behind on current year stuff, so didn't submit anything.

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  • ElaroElaro Who am I? What do I want?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
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    (for those who don't get it)
    Birdie Wing S2 is airing in april

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    hey I've actually 2 of the shows when they're current! an infinite % upgrade from most years!

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  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Same! Chainsaw Man and The Witch from Mercury for me.

    I'm also watching Mob Psycho, but still on season one so III is a ways off for me. Bocchi is absolutely on the list and maybe I'll get back to Spy X Family? I kinda fell off early; right after Anya was accepted into the school my interest dropped almost completely.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    100 Girlfriends got an anime announcement today. It will be interesting to see how that goes.

    Only the VAs for Rentaro and the first two girlfriends have been announced so far.

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  • LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lars wrote: »
    100 Girlfriends got an anime announcement today. It will be interesting to see how that goes.

    Only the VAs for Rentaro and the first two girlfriends have been announced so far.

    The manga's closing in in the 25 mark, so it'll be a large voice cast but not unmanageable. No idea what they'll do when the girlfriend count starts to really get up there.

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Hundred Girlfriends adaptation this year:

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Huh, wasn't actually expecting it to come back after the author's personal issues. Hope she was able to get rid of that editor.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 13
    Tonight at AniMenagerie, we halted our regular programming and instead treated ourselves to a movie night.

    And what was the feature film of the evening?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Z_QQy4XB8

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 13


    I'm not posting this just as bait, I want to actually talk about this

    because I want to believe these shows have another inherent appeal to a wider audience, that there is an intrinsic value to who and what they portray that lends them merit

    but then I look at the fanbases and

    well

    like, I'm honestly not sure what to think - do you think there's more to such shows than just another overt appeal to unsocialized otakus

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  • LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I’m not sure Komi or 100 Girlfriends deserve to be lumped in with the others there.

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I mean they're just romcoms right? Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?

    I mean, some of those anime are quite a bit hornier but then we can make comparisons to 50 Shades of Grey. Of course, really I'm not even opposed to the existence of fanservice.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    It's pretty blatant wish-fulfillment for lonely, isolated dudes who are scared to talk to girls.

    But like any genre of anime, I suppose it's open to parody of itself - which can then have added value as parody.
    Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?
    I mean I haven't seen either of these movies.

    But assuming they involve nondescript, socially-inept blank-slate male leads who are suddenly and inexplicably the object of affection for one or more attractive and desirable women for no real reason beyond "is nice"....

    then yes.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited April 13
    I mean they're just romcoms right? Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?

    I mean, some of those anime are quite a bit hornier but then we can make comparisons to 50 Shades of Grey. Of course, really I'm not even opposed to the existence of fanservice.

    do you have any examples for romcom that aren’t 15-30 years old

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  • LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    100 Girlfriends rides the line between parody and genuinely sweet, and the protagonist royally works his ass off. I don't think anyone would actually want to be him given the hell he willingly dives into.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I mean a more recent example of a good RomCom (god I'm old) would be The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    Which was less "female lead falls over herself to get guy to notice her" and more "male lead works through his own insecurities"

    Christ... oh dear lord. That movie came out 18 years ago.

    I'm literally withering away as I type this.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    RT800 wrote: »
    I mean a more recent example of a good RomCom (god I'm old) would be The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    That's almost 20 years old.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    god, what is a recent romcom

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Whippy wrote: »
    I mean they're just romcoms right? Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?

    I mean, some of those anime are quite a bit hornier but then we can make comparisons to 50 Shades of Grey. Of course, really I'm not even opposed to the existence of fanservice.

    do you have any examples for romcom that aren’t 15-30 years old

    Uhhhh While You Were Sleeping? Dammit. :p

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited April 13
    god, what is a recent romcom

    some good recommendations in this tweet

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Whippy wrote: »
    I mean they're just romcoms right? Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?

    I mean, some of those anime are quite a bit hornier but then we can make comparisons to 50 Shades of Grey. Of course, really I'm not even opposed to the existence of fanservice.

    do you have any examples for romcom that aren’t 15-30 years old

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Okay I think I got one.

    According to Google there was a movie in 2022 called "Tall Girl 2" in which the main character had trouble finding love because she's... *squints*...tall... and... a teenager.

    Hm.

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    RT800 wrote: »
    Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?
    I mean I haven't seen either of these movies.

    But assuming they involve nondescript, socially-inept blank-slate male leads who are suddenly and inexplicably the object of affection for one or more attractive and desirable women for no real reason beyond "is nice"....

    then yes.

    I mean, the selected group of 4 anime in the original tweet... Well I haven't seen Takagi-san but the other 3 have perfectly serviceable male leads with character. I also wouldn't classify them as harem anime despite being variable levels of "trashy"

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    RT800 wrote: »
    Are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail just bait for lonely nonweebs?
    I mean I haven't seen either of these movies.

    But assuming they involve nondescript, socially-inept blank-slate male leads who are suddenly and inexplicably the object of affection for one or more attractive and desirable women for no real reason beyond "is nice"....

    then yes.

    I mean, the selected group of 4 anime in the original tweet... Well I haven't seen Takagi-san but the other 3 have perfectly serviceable male leads with character. I also wouldn't classify them as harem anime despite being variable levels of "trashy"

    Nagatoro and Uzaki are practically the opposite of harem. Not only do no other girls fall for the male leads, pretty much the entire supporting cast of both mangas, male and female, are actively working to get the primary couples together because literally everyone can see it.

    Nagatoro also has the weird wrinkle that because it started as basically fetish stuff about being the useless guy getting picked on by mean girls and then transitioned into wholesome romcom, it's in the vanishingly rare category of a heterosexual romance where the woman is allowed to be genuinely driven and more competent than the dude without any weird insecure caveats (see the whole thing with the Prez and sports in Kaguya) and without the work presenting this as a problem.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I find Nagatoro mostly cute but the first episode is really rough and it's far too fan service (the anime tones it down a LOT from the manga). The other ones are a lot less horny, though I guess you could say the "tomboy who teases you" has just become a genre unto itself lately.

    So much of manga and anime is just wish fulfillment of one type or another, as long as it isn't just one long sex joke I don't usually see the harm in it. Oh, and not trying to flex but, I have a girlfriend. I am not just some lonely dude, I just like romance anime


    Now, Rental Girlfriend...

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    "Two people fall in love" is like, the normalest of story structures. But when an anime does it, it's wish fulfillment for basement dwellers. And what a wild wish, wanting someone to love you? Pathetic, really. Not to mention there's nooothing couples in committed relationships hate more than sitting down to watch a relatable love story.

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah I don't view this kind of stuff as harmful or bad or anything. It's all in good fun. I just calls 'em like I see's 'em.

    For instance, one of my favorite anime the past season was "The Eminence in Shadow" which is perhaps the very pinnacle of the words "I'm-13-and-this-is-badass".

    It's one of the most ridiculously pandering shows I've ever seen and I thoroughly enjoyed the shit out of it.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also you can be attracted to people for like, a variety of reasons. Like in Uzaki chan, the male lead is shredded to fuck from constantly working out. So you could say it's wish fulfillment on both sides for that one lol

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