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  • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Finished Season 1 of Re:Zero. It capped the season off very nicely. One could argue Emilia was a little too quick to forgive, but that’s just kind of who she is. I followed that up with the first OVA, and uh wow. That was fun. It felt a little like the OVA’s writer(s) were calling out the original work on what it did to Rem’s character, which is very fair. Overall just a good time. Shame it (probably) isn’t canon.

    I also watched a couple of episodes of the second season of Umamusume. I was deeply amused by the scene where a certain horse girl wouldn’t enter the gate. I looked it up, and sure enough it was based off of real-life events. There’s even a video out there that shows both side-by-side, because of course there is. My favorite parts of this show are usually bits like this where I’m reminded that the horse girls are based off of real horses. Fun stuff.

    As for the current seasonals:

    • Akane-banashi continues to be fun
    • I really liked the latest Daemons of the Shadow Realms episode. I noticed some people had concerns, and all I can really say without spoilers is: watch and find out. This was written by a writer, and they know what they’re doing.
    • I watched the first episode of Agents of the Four Seasons. It was good, but it didn’t really grab me. I think I would’ve liked it more if Hinagiku didn’t speak the way she does. Perhaps it has something to do with trauma from her past. If so, hopefully she’ll stop talking like that because it’s kind of annoying tbh.
    • I still need to get caught up on the latest Snowball Earth episode. Hopefully it was good.
      • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
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        5 days ago

        I’m assuming the first one isn’t because it felt like it was written by a different person, but I don’t actually know.

      • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
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        6 days ago

        They had damned well better, because I’m still pissed.

        Just keep in mind that you’ve only seen part of one side of the story there.

        From any reasonable point of view, Gabby should be dead now - preferably torn in half and made to suffer as much as all of the innocents she just murdered.

        Holy shit calm down.

        But instead, she’s being treated like a child and carefully strapped onto a stretcher because poow widdle fing got shot by an arrow oh boo hoo.

        You think it’s normal to have someone walk down a mountain after getting shot in the leg and shoulder by arrows?

        It’s going to take a LOT of pretty smart and entirely unexpected plot twisting to turn that into anything other than a travesty.

        I don’t think it really needs to be that smart or unexpected. The situation is supposed to be confusing, but it’s also supposed to make the audience (and Yuru) question why everyone is doing what they’re doing and whether anyone can be trusted at all.

          • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
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            5 days ago
            Daemons of the Shadow Realm episodes 1-2 spoilers

            Peaceful village? Perhaps. Have you considered that maybe it’s super weird that they had a fake Asa sitting in a cage in the keep? It’s obvious that not everything is exactly as it seems. Just look at Dera.

    • Endmaker@ani.socialEnglish
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      6 days ago

      There’s even a video out there that shows both side-by-side

      It’d be cool if you can share it - maybe as a clip? I’m not sure if I have seen this scene/IRL-comparison video myself.