It’s that time of week again in that it is a new week, which means a new general thread. This is the penultimate thread of 2023 and I am very, very sick. So, I am looking forward to all your anime opinions from the past year! Some example discussion prompts might be:
- The best anime I watched this year is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. I rewatch it every year so that I can always say that. Checkmate!
- So what if Frieren had a dance scene? Beauty and the Beast did it first - 32 years ago! Frieren is so overrated.
- I don’t understand how I got sick since I always carry an umbrella with me to avoid getting even a little bit damp from rain. Has anime lied to me about what causes illness?
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As I mentioned up top, I am not doing so hot this past week. It’s nothing serious, so I don’t need to start making mod succession plans or anything, but it is going to take some time to clear up. So, I have fallen behind on most of the shows I was watching this season because I am old and subtitles are hard when I feel like this. There were only three shows I watched this past week:
- Eminence in Shadow - really enjoyed this past week’s episode. It was heavily changed from the source, but it all makes sense for the most part and I don’t have too many complaints. The fact that Cid was playing the boss music at the end of the episode on the pipe organ was an incredible touch.
- Frieren - another great episode. I keep expecting the quality to drop in this show at some point because there is no way it can keep the quality so high for so long, but each week I am pleasantly surprised.
- Kenshin (2023) - I am not current on this show, but managed to work through a couple episodes in my backlog. I wrote down some of my thoughts on it over here already, so I will again plug the live action adaptations as incredible and worth checking out.
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