Currently/just finished watching/reading anime/manga thread.

[Samus Aran]

finally started Demon Slayer

pretty fuckin lit so far, five eps in

[darksouls]

finally started Demon Slayer

pretty fuckin lit so far, five eps in

The end...is at the beginning. Watch downwards.

[Samus Aran]

ok finished demon slayer

pretty great except that zenitsu is an insufferable character. if it wasn't for him i would have enjoyed certain episodes a lot more.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

now watch end of evangelion

nally watched this and it definitely made up for the shit ending of the tv show.

So much fucked up shit happening at the beginning. RIP that lady dragging that body. RIP that person that god burned. RIP best girl.

The second half was fuckin rad as hell. Loved the animation. Loved how they added more of the frantic animations from the last episodes into the movie, but it works a lot better here. Everything going on in the second half was so batshit crazy and creative. The whole bit with the knock off beatles song: 10/10. This was a great watch and i get why people dig eva now. at first I thought it was just cool 90s gundam. but the shit going on at the end of the show and here in the movie is really cerebral and unlike any anime I've seen before. I wish I saw it when I was younger tho i'm still glad i saw it now.

[Nyerp]

i agree evangelion is great

[Samus Aran]

i've got a love/hate relationship with the show's original ending. but end of eva is really where it's at. and i'm glad that it doesn't really retcon the show's ending, just expands on it in ways that were very much needed.

[Samus Aran]

finally got around to finishing kuzu no honkai/scum's wish

i can honestly say it was a chore to watch. not even necessarily because it's a bad show or anything, because it's not. or at least, it's better than average i guess. but the show really is misery for misery's sake. the whole thing is basically just a trainwreck. most of its characters are shallow hypocrites who fully deserve the pain inflicted upon them, and few characters in this damn show are unable to think with anything other than their genitalia.

that being said, the characters are well fleshed-out and nothing feels like totally fake or anything, just...depressing and contrived.

also, practically every moment in this series is treated as way more dramatic than it needs to be. every episode in this show contains numerous instances of "anime final episode where character finally comes to realization and their eyes pop open and the string soundtrack in the back gets really intense"

the art is pretty and the ost is good and the story isn't even bad per se it's just a fucking chore and i hate these people but i can't deny that they're well-written terrible people (but not THAT well-written, just good enough)

i don't recommend this show, it's not enjoyable lol. and there's nothing to really take away from the misery either.

but because it's not exactly a bad show i still give it a 6/10. begrudgingly.

[Samus Aran]

recently i suddenly wanted to dive into a big-ass shounen again, as that's kinda been missing in my life since db super ended a couple years back

so i finally started watching naruto lol, it's been fun. on ep 40 rn

[tommy_no_ice]

40 episodes is way passed starting LOL

[Samus Aran]

40 episodes is way passed starting LOL

well yeah

[silvertone]

Why tf would you watch naruto

[Samus Aran]

Why tf would you watch naruto

recently i suddenly wanted to dive into a big-ass shounen again, as that's kinda been missing in my life since db super ended a couple years back

also, i watch a ton of anime of all different types and tend not to have strong biases against things just because they're popular

[silvertone]

i watched it as a kid and i cant really remember anything i liked about it. but OK waste your time

[Samus Aran]

it's definitely what people think it is. a really fucking long shounen made for 13 year old boys. its biggest problem is that, like most shows of its ilk, its attempts at comedy are groan-worthy. and naturally a lot of lame filler content is exactly that - bad attempts at comedic episodes. but the other stuff that's there - the characters, the action, the story - i'm enjoying more than i thought i would. it's a decent show.

but it's no dragon ball, fma, hxh, or jojo - all big shounen franchises that are better than this.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

I used to read the manga and it was dope