Dreamysyu

I don't think so. Not yet, at least. I'm not sure how American laws work, but I wonder if it's even possible to pick it up from them without completely retranslating everything? It definitely would be possible if they went bankrupt, but they decided not to pay taxes instead, and right now they aren't allowed to any type of business, as far as I know.

The Holy Grail of Eris turned to to be a surprisingly interesting mystery story. Though I'll probably switch to the LN when it comes out in March. Honestly, I thought that the villainess genre was done for, with a massive amount of absolute garbage that comes out regularly, but it looks like I found a gem.

The Steam version comes out today/tomorrow depending on your timezone. Apparently, they had to censor some CGs to put it on Steam. Funny enough, the "censored" versions look pretty much exactly like they did in the original Rewrite release.

Two gender benders in one season, huh? Usually they happen, like, once every ten years, lol. I've heard that the one with the bishoujo ojisan is pretty funny, and the other one has a rather mixed reception. I personally lost interest in both after a few chapters, but I may return to them again. Probably not in the anime format though. Leadale is cool, by the way. It's a pretty standard isekai, but relatively well done. Arifureta season 2 is coming, huh. I haven't watched the first season, and I'm not going to, but the reception was terrible. And I've seen some videos that compared it to the original book, and, yeah, they skipped a lot of things. But who knows, I've heard that there were some production issues with the first season, and apparently the anime had only half of the budget it was supposed to have, so theoretically this season may be better. I'm not going to check. Honestly, I probably won't watch anything this season. Maybe I'll check out a few episodes of Leadale to see how faithful they are.

The link leads to the 2019 thread.

Perhaps, I worded it slightly incorrectly. I mean, it's not exactly a good adaptation, but it's still a good anime on its own if you don't compare it to the VN.

Well, the ufotable version of UBW. Dean version is known to be a complete mess. The original Fate anime is also pretty bad. Well, I'll add 2006 Higurashi to the list of good VN adaptations. It has some issues, and it's not a perfect adaptation, but it's okay. As for Key, Planetarian and Air anime are pretty good. So is Kanon, but I haven't played the original VN, so I can't compare it to the anime. Ps. Also, does anyone know, is Island anime okay? I don't remember hearing any particularly angry rants about it that seem to follow after any particularly bad adaptation of a VN comes out.

Hatoful Boyfriend

Well... For some reason I was mildly interested in the original novel without knowing anything about it. Now I'm not interested anymore. Oh, yeah, after I recommended it to you I decided to go and see how the anime is compared to the source material. I'm not sure if I actually watched it to the end. I think, there were still one or two episodes left. I think it gave the source material justice, as far as I can tell, considering that I read it years ago, before it was officially picked up for translation. They completely got rid of the game-like level system, but, honestly, it was only mentioned in the novel a few times anyway, and the anime pretty much showed everything that it implied in a different way. I believe I mentioned it in the past, but the story being very wholesome is exactly the reason why I enjoyed it so much. I understand what you say about the world being convenient and the romance being cheesy. And, truth be told, I probably won't finish the novel since I pretty much got enough sweetness from this story already, and it's time to move to something else before it gets bad. On the other hand, I'd say that the fact that the conflict is nonexistent is a massive advantage this series has compared to many other "wish-fulfilling" female-oriented isekais. Honestly, I find it extremely annoying how many of isekais, both female and male oriented, add cheap badly written angst and drama just for the sake of there being drama, and to make the later "healing" parts seem different. Usually, the protagonist is literally the kindest and the most gentle person ever, but everyone bullies them and hates them just because they are assholes or idiots, and etcetera. Actually, this novel/anime manages to subvert many cliches typically associated with the stories like that. It's has an extremely common beginning, with two people being summoned, and the MC being neglected after that. On the other hand, the MC quickly found her place in the world; the other characters realized her worth and didn't try too much to make her life miserable due to their stubbornness; and, finally, the fact that the other summoned person didn't turn out to be a literal Hitler in a body of a schoolgirl. Overall, this story is still very cliche, but the fact that it skips these particular tropes, in my opinion, just make it feel more tasteful. Sure, it's a wish-fulfillment story, but it doesn't pretend to be something else, and it does the job it takes extremely well. I'd watch this series after a difficult day or when I feel bad. I wouldn't recommend to watch it if you want something epic or something like that, but it should be given. Well, since I read a lot of female-oriented isekais in novel and manga format, I pretty much got to the point where it's hard to impress me, and I find many of the common tropes extremely annoying. On the other hand, for some reason not many of them go this particular route. And, like we should probably expect from something that originates from web-novels, the writing in most of those is a lot worse, so I'd say Seijou still stands out.

I guess, Terra, even though people seem to hate it. Though Akane and Moon come close. Hmm, I can't really say that I was moved by Rewrite the same way I was by other Key works. I see it more as a plot-focused VN. Honestly, there are a lot of really good songs in Rewrite. I'd say, Scene Shifts There.

About 2: Well, maybe you can still explain everything by some sort of handwaving.

Well, Charlotte is not a VN, so it makes sense that it wasn't included, since this topic is about VNs. But if we include these, there's another anime from this year also done by Maeda. I forgot its name. I haven't seen more than one episode, but it seemed like pretty typical Key stuff. Edit. It's The Day I Became a God.

I wanted to vote for Planetarian, but for some reason it's not an option.

Honestly, it feels like a fitting end for them.

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I guess I should give some context to my previous post. Anyway, I recently watched Selector Infected WIXOSS (and its second season, Selector Spread WIXOSS) It was an alright anime. I wouldn't really call it a hidden gem like some online comments I've seen before watching, but my final impressions were still positive, and I can recommend you to watch it if you feel that you might be interested. Basically, it's a card game anime that was probably quite heavily influenced by Madoka Magica. Our protagonist, Ruuko, gets gifted a set of card for a new popular card game, WIXOSS, and then she realizes that there's a moving and talking girl inside one of her cards. Later she meets another girl with a similar card, who explains to Ruuko that she is now a selector, and now she should fight other selectors in magical card battles. If she wins enough times, her wish will come true. If she loses three times, she will lose her card and will stop being a selector. There's a small problem with that though: Ruuko doesn't really have a wish. But she still decides to fight because she has nothing to lose. Right?.. Honestly, my main problem with this anime is how the battles are presented. Well, maybe I'm just not a fan of soft magic systems. I've never really watched a card game anime before, and I doubt they are different in that respect, but there aren't really any rules to the card battles here. Basically, we know that one of the girls is stronger than another, and thus she wins. Or one of the girls isn't fighting seriously, because somebody said something bad to her, or because she can't bring herself to fight seriously for reasons I can't explain due to spoilers, but she needs to come to her senses to win. You just have to believe what the other characters say about the game progression, because it isn't really possible to see the results of their actions for yourself. When the anime actually presents some rules, they will probably eventually become broken by the power of will or something like that. Though, as I was typing it I realized that it's not really a big problem in this case, because it is done to move the plot forward and kind of fits the type of show this is. So, I guess, in the end, it's not really a problem. Huh. The characters themselves are a bit cartoonish, but pretty good. It was interesting to see the MC and her friends develop throughout the series. As for the antagonists, Iona turned out to be pretty interesting in the second season, actually. Akira... is just an ordinary yandere. The plot was actually surprisingly unpredictable. It was obvious from the very start that there was going to be some darker twist with the battles, as the show didn't try to hide its atmosphere. However, I never really guessed any of the major twists correctly. Well, technically I was correct with one thing, but for the wrong reasons. As for the technical stuff, I'm not an expert, but I think this anime is pretty well made. There weren't any things that irritated me. Well, with the exception of Tama's voice, perhaps. One thing that stood out to me, however, is that some of the backgrounds are really well drawn and pretty to look at. As for the final rating, I think I will give this anime as a whole 7/10. The second season is slightly better than the firs, but I don't see any reason to give them different ratings, since they don't work on their own. OPs and EDs here. The second OP has spoilers. Edit. Oh, and I should probably mention that it has some incest.

Honestly, the routes in Rewrite are so vastly different from each other, so it's hard to recommend something similar to the game as a whole. Also, do you have a vndb account? It would be a shame to recommend you something you've already played.

For some reason, Japanese comedies are often very cruel towards their protagonists, and it happens not only in harems. Mental abuse is just as common.

Higurashi

So, retsu batoru!

Honestly, if you don't like it in the beginning, I doubt you'll like the rest of the common route. If you don't like this kind of humor, you will probably hate it. It stays more or less the same to the end. As for the heroine routes, for some reason there are some very polarizing opinions about them. I personally found Amane's route to be really good, and Makina's route to be quite decent, while the other routes were a bit lacking (though all of them had their moments).

@Fiddle, I thought you were turning 6 this year. PS. Happy birthday.