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Opening Up Nominations for the 2024 Inaugural Lemmy Anime Awards [2024, Week 50] (ani.social)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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Hey everybody! A couple days ago, @NineSwords@ani.social reached out to me with an idea. Why don't we try to set up some year-end awards for the communities we moderate? Well, a bit of back and forth, and today, I am glad to announce that we have opened nominations for the 2024 Lemmy Anime Awards. The nomination round will remain open until I post next week's general discussion thread (usually late Sunday/early Monday US time). Note that there are partner awards for the manga and light novel communities as well.

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[–] wjs018@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kazuma is, not to put too fine a point on it, a petulant, bitchy, self-absorbed asshole

Yeah, pretty much. Konosuba is one of those shows that I can't binge because it is just too much of this. The only reason this works in the show is because of how absurd and ridiculous all the characters are around him. If you put him in a cast of pretty normal people, he would be way, way more insufferable. I have the same issue with Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I love the show, but the whole cast are huge assholes, by design, but that means I can only watch 1-2 episodes at a time.

Konosuba S3 would be eligible for the awards btw if you make it that far.

[–] Rottcodd@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah - the rest of the cast is definitely what makes it watchable.

I was sort of surprised by how much I ended up liking Darkness. She seems like she'd just be a tedious one-note character, and she does get that way sometimes, but the way her masochism syncs with the expected self-sacrifice of a knight actually gives it some flavor and context. I like those moments when she just shines - when she really is a noble and chivalrous knight, even though, as we'll soon be reminded, it's for all the wrong reasons.

Aqua is sort of odd. I get what they were trying to do with her, with that combination of helplessness and hyper-competence, but it just somehow doesn't quite work - the parts just don't quite mesh. Though part of it is just that I find myself comparing her to Hestia from Danmachi, who's pretty much better in every possible way. Still though, Aqua does have her moments.

Megumin is plain awesome, and easily my favorite character.