What Anime are you watching now?

[Scars Unseen]

I've been working on my backlog since I'm not watching many shows this season.  Just finished up Katanagatari,  I'm feeling...  things.  

[Mikado069]

Prison school

[Eclipsed]

Picked up Gakkougurashi  

I read the synopsis, completely forgot about it midway in Ep. 1, then was like "Oh, right..."

[HotTrax]

Da Capo II Rewatch: I know it is the most anime ass anime you can get in terms of characters but I really like it. 

[jaxter0987]

A friend has been bugging me about watching Tatami Galaxy so I should be starting that up soon. In other news, I've been watching Monogatari Final Season and I randomly stopped watching Himouto for some reason. Should be getting back to it soon but Monogatari is the only show I'm watching as it airs. The conclusion of the recent arc left me with feels.

[sub-zer0]

I just started watching Rokka no Yuusha,and after 1 episodes, I can't really tell if I like or dislike the MC,he acts all cocky,but he can improvise pretty good in combat( against humans at least, I don't know if those tricks of his will work on fiends or not), but its kind of nice to see a MC that sticks out instead of just generic good guy MC that tries to save the world....oh wait...hes pretty close to that, except he has a cocky attitude, i'll have to watch more to be able to decide whether i'll like him or not. 

[Crimrui]

Log Horizon second season at the moment. I never got around it to watch it, so I'm enjoying it fully. So far I'm 15 episodes in. It has it's ups and downs, but overall I love this anime. ˇˇ

 

[Mirol]

Just finished Vocaloid last night. It was really good, though there were some times at the middle where I thought about dropping it, but somehow I got to the end and it was great.

[havoc]

Have exams tommorow. 

Was getting bored, suddenly remembered that I hadn't watched much anime lately. Randomly decided to watch Durarara!
The first episode was pretty good, definitely managed to get me interested. The characters are all interesting too. For some reason I don't want it to become full-blown supernatural, would be better if such powers remained mysterious and rare.

Stopped after ep 1, as I realized that isn't what one is supposed to be doing just before an exam.......

AAaah, I can so relate to that. I also have that horrible habit of starting a new series right before a exam week.

I managed to start Nadia in the blue water right before my exam week. It's got really has a bit of a gibly vibe, at least the start of it. which kind of makes sense since they were involved with the series.
 

[Fred the Barber]

Finished up Chihayafuru. It was damn good, and easily earned a spot as a new favorite. I can't believe there are only two seasons of this, especially given where Season 2 leaves you; I need Season 3 right now. I'm seriously considering picking up reading manga (which I've never done before) just to continue the story, except there's obviously regret at the end of that road, since the manga is still ongoing; and it seems only the first two volumes are licensed for English release.

It's possible that part of my appreciation is that I actually like sports anime and haven't realized it yet. I did rather like Oofuri when I watched it sometime back, and that's the only other sports anime I've ever watched. However, that show was certainly nowhere near this level.

Chihayafuru delivers on a lot of fronts, with the overall sports vehicle being only a single part of the overall picture. Great characters, strong focus on romance and romantic tension (including a fantastic love triangle), excellent steadily-progressing plot, good pacing within episodes, gorgeous art (reminiscent of Kimi Ni Todoke; maybe this is just a thing for josei manga adaptations?), solid soundtrack... it's really hitting on all cylinders. I suspect the only reason this show isn't more popular, especially in the US, is the unusual sport it focuses on - I admit I found it a bit weird when I was reading summaries about the show. If the subject sounds boring, well, give it a couple episodes anyway - I guarantee you'll get hooked like I did.

[Ceris]

Picked up Gakkougurashi  

I read the synopsis, completely forgot about it midway in Ep. 1, then was like "Oh, right..."

I had a friend talk about the show saying the twist at the end was unexpected, and I watched without knowing which one he was talking about. The end blew my mind because I had no idea.

 

I loved that anime a whole lot, hope you like it too. The last 3 episodes are outstanding. I could go on and on about praise but I'll just leave it at that  

[Eclipsed]

Picked up Gakkougurashi  

I read the synopsis, completely forgot about it midway in Ep. 1, then was like "Oh, right..."

 

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Wait wut. There was an end game plot twist? Tell me!!

Will post a proper misc. thoughts later, but best scene (by far) in the show goes to:

 

 

Seriously, I cheered like a madman

[Ceris]

Picked up Gakkougurashi  

I read the synopsis, completely forgot about it midway in Ep. 1, then was like "Oh, right..."

 

Hidden Content

Wait wut. There was an end game plot twist? Tell me!!

Will post a proper misc. thoughts later, but best scene (by far) in the show goes to:

 

Hidden Content

I meant the spoiler as a reply to Ep1

[Eclipsed]

Oh. Darn it Ceris you had me thinking there would be one final plot twist that would make this the best SoL Horror in the history of SoL Horror

 

Edited November 19, 2015 by Eclipsed
grammer

[Eclipsed]

Gakkougurashi.

 

Fk this show, I glanced over the synopsis, completely forgot about it when I finally started watching it a week later thinking it'd be another glorified Kiniro Mosaic / Non Non Biyori SoL-fest, and then get fish slapped at the end of Ep. 1 (okay, my reaction was actually more like "Oh, right". but yeah)

 

"X character is delusional!@#" plot twists are always fun, makes you want to rewatch the episodes to see all the little subtle clues you missed, I was like "wtf is with Mii-kun just barging into classes" when they were looking for Taroumarou >.>

 

The mix between SoL and Zombie/Horror is cool, I tend to want my SoL nowadays to be more than just plain SoL. Unfortunately though it wasn't reallybalanced; more like 80% SoL and 20% zombie, so the pacing feels nasty especially when Zombie Megu-nee is previewed in like Ep. 7 but you have to wait until like Ep. 10 for the drama to actually happen.

 

Speaking of Megu-nee, although my reaction to Ep. 1's twist was halfhearted since we all kinda knew what we were getting into if we did our homework, the "Megu-nee's already dead!@#" reveal hit me like a truck. Seriously wanted to rewatch the whole thing up to that point just to see all the subtleties I missed out on. The other characters acting like she was still alive to cater to Yuki certainly didn't help, either.

 

As Ceris mentioned earlier, the last 3ish episodes are gold. There were many emotions to be had and tensions were high, making me stay up an hour and thirty minutes later than usual that night because I just couldn't stop watching, favorite scenes include:

 

Hit the damn spoiler button again cuz idk how to get rid of it without ganking the entire formatting I already have set up

 

Oh shit, Kurumi vs. Zombarou Tombarou

 

YO JUST KILL THE F***ING MUTT!@#

 

 

OH SHIT pt.2, KURUMI VS. ZOMBIMEGU-NEE!@#

 

YO JUST KILL THE F***ING- Wait, actually, I forgive you for BSODing, ain't nobody gonna have the courage to kill this:

 

 

Ooops I mean

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yuki, the Keyblade Master!

 

Gotta admit, she looks damn good w' a shovel.

 

 

To Kill, or not to Kill: the Infected Promise

Ye iknow, that was a lameass title, sorrz

 

 

Really enjoyed how the calm and composed president of the School Living Club battled with her emotions during these tense moments.

 

Though, I swear, if she actually killed Kurumi and then Mii-kun brought back the cure all for naught that would've been the best fail tragedy to make me ragequit life.

 

RIP Megu-nee (again):

 

A bit salty that she couldn't be saved, but alas.... RIP best teacher 2015

 

 

Best Girl Lives

 

If you didn't realize by now, Kurumi is my favorite character in this show. I had to refrain from screaming with joy since it was like 3AM for me

 

 

The Death of the Protagonist

 

 

Alot of Taroumarou haters cry about how much screentime this dog gets that they joke he's the star of the show. They are right.

 

 

Tying up Loose Ends

 

 

 

Season 2 Pls

You like how I didn't have commentary above for Kei? 

 

Anyways, the whole graduation scene was excellent way to end this anime on the happy feels~~

 

 

9/10.

TL;DR (not really):

[Nosebleed]

The pacing is really the worst part about Gakkougurashi, the anime fucked up big time on that front, especially with that episode 9, seriously all the tension was destroyed by then, and the fact it spent so much time fucking around when it could have included several important scenes instead really left a butter taste in my mouth.

I'm also saddened the last episodes did not follow the manga and skipped rather important scenes that happened in the original tha hinted at the overarching plot, which was a real shame.

I would say it's sub part in comparison to the original just because it skips so many interesting scenes and focuses too heavily on the fluff. 

The best episode in the show imo was Megu-nee's past arc which isn't in the manga and really gives you a lot of insight on what happened.

[Eclipsed]

Oh yeah, I legit skipped Episode 9 cuz I was just like nope, too impatient.

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Picking up uhh

Yamada-kun to 7 yada yada katawa chojo

[Suzu-senpai]

I'm watching Black Butler: Book of Murder and...Yosuga no Sora (The monument to my sins) xD
 

[jaxter0987]

Re:Gakkougurashi

When she was contemplating whether or not to kill Kurumi, I was screaming "please god no!" the entire time. My mind literally went into worse case scenario, where Miki actually manages to get the medicine and Yuuri has already killed Kurumi. It then went even further and said, "everyone's going to die."

Kurumi is going to fully transform and kill Yuuri. Miki is going to get bitten while getting the medicine. Yuki is still in the room where Miki left her and the zombies end up bursting into the room as the last scene of the show.
Thank god that didn't happen, because I would have been screwed beyond belief for my midterm the next day.

[Cloudie]

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
It's been one of my favs for awhile. I am also currently reading the manga. I was so happy when I heard they were going to make this into an anime. x)

[Fred the Barber]

Started watching A Lull in the Sea. It's very pretty, and interesting enough to keep me watching. I'm only 3 episodes in so I haven't formed any particularly strong opinions yet, except that the first ED is particularly lovely (both the music and the video).

[Ceris]

Gakkougurashi.

 

Hidden Content

TL;DR (not really):

Megu-nee stuff completely mindfucked me. I was questioning it every episode, and even when clues were given, I found some other reason to believe she wasn't dead. My friend originally thought she was dead but then got so convinced he was wrong that it completely caught him off guard to learn the truth. 

 

Taroumarou's death... I cried so hard.

Started watching A Lull in the Sea. It's very pretty, and interesting enough to keep me watching. I'm only 3 episodes in so I haven't formed any particularly strong opinions yet, except that the first ED is particularly lovely (both the music and the video).

The second half of that anime is extremely good. The first half was good, but the second half blew me away. Also, the ending is yanaginagi, she's just stupendous at singing  

[Fred the Barber]

Started watching A Lull in the Sea. It's very pretty, and interesting enough to keep me watching. I'm only 3 episodes in so I haven't formed any particularly strong opinions yet, except that the first ED is particularly lovely (both the music and the video).

The second half of that anime is extremely good. The first half was good, but the second half blew me away. Also, the ending is yanaginagi, she's just stupendous at singing  

I'm through 8 episodes now, and it's starting to get much more interesting. After the last episode I watched, I flipped through the art book briefly until I came to an older version of a character, and then I slammed it shut, thinking "Spoilers!". I'm much more excited now; it seems like the very idea of a big time gap in any story is very, very appealing to me, especially when I feel attached to those characters (it almost certainly helps that Chisaki was that character, and that she's the one I'm most attached to right now).

There's something intriguing about seeing well-established, interesting characters set on a path to change, and then also getting to see those changes fully-realized, while still allowing a large enough passage of time to make it believable. The words aren't coming out quite right, but maybe someone else feels the same way and can say it better.

Edit: In my rush to finish before leaving my place for a week, I watched the remaining 18 episodes in the last 24 hours. It was fantastic, and Ceris, you're totally right that while the first half was good, the second half was absolutely amazing. The feels here are real.

Edited November 24, 2015 by Fred the Barber

[Mikado069]

I'm watching btoom!....and, it's really...I don't find a good word to describe it. Himiko is hot, but what a poor girl.

[BladeRunner]

Currently watching the Break Blade movies. Just finished the 5th movie and I'm going to watch the final one later. This series is just a ton of fun to watch. The mech battles are great and the music hypes you up during the battles. I love how all the mechs have nicks and scratches all over them showing how much battle they've been in.

After I finish the final movie I'll probably jump straight into the manga. Hoping it has more interaction between Rygart and Sigyn, and more character development in general.