Unboxious

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[–] Unboxious@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mecha-Ude

This one is weird to me. When it's trying to be funny or charming I think it almost always succeeds. When it's trying to be cool or edgy (most of the time unfortunately) it almost always fails.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago

Cool, thanks for the review!

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fun fact: in addition to the meaning we usually see (underestimate), nameru/舐める can also mean "to lick or taste". So the title can translate to either "Don't underestimate bread" or "Don't taste bread".

It can also mean "to burn", but I don't think it works in the sense of burning food. I think it's probably more like "to scorch". I can't seem to find any examples of it being used this way, so I'll hold off on whether "Don't burn bread" is also a valid translation.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sailor Moon

I finished the Sailor Moon manga last week. It was pretty good! Between the manga and the TV show I'd say I prefer the manga more. The TV show had a lot of filler, and the filler gave lots of opportunities to flesh out the characters of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus especially, but it was a much better time experiencing the story at a sane pace instead of waiting dozens of episodes at a time for something to finally happen. The final arc especially was much better this way.

Char's Daily Life

I'm nearly done with the second volume of this one. It's a goofy AU where Char and other Zeon characters, primarily from UC Gundam's One-Year-War, are living in modern-day Japan. Char has amnesia and is just trying to get by. It actually ended up feeling a lot like Gintama, but not quite as cleverly written as Gintama. Still a fun read, and well worth having bought for the cover art alone.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I'm curious to hear peoples' overall impressions of this show; I was considering picking it up. Has it been good so far?

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 2 points 5 days ago

I had no idea this was getting an anime! Something to look forward to with the new year I guess.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 5 points 5 days ago

I forget, what was going on in this scene? Was this the dragon fight?

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I know Aqua said from the very beginning that he intended to get revenge no matter the cost to himself, but it's still a little surprising to see it end like this.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 2 points 1 week ago

I'm two episodes from the end right now, and once it got past the slow start this show was really excellent!

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago

is there a christmas-themed anime movie?

It's not a movie exactly, but at only 6 episodes Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket is roughly movie-length. If I remember right it doesn't require any prior knowledge of Gundam, either. It's not exactly Christmas themed, but as I recall it takes place in December and there's Christmas decorations and stuff in the background of some scenes.

A bit of a stretch, I know.

1 LN volume is not equal to 1 manga volume is not equal to 1 anime season. So…open to ideas on that one.

I was going to suggest a certain number of chapters, but it occurs to me that 1 manga chapter is not always equal to 1 manga chapter; manga from monthly magazines tend to have much longer chapters on average. Anyways, I think 1 discussion thread for 1 volume of manga per week is a good pace. Since it's a smaller community having a lot to talk about at once might help to make the discussion threads more active.

I think a good candidate series would be something short, but with good ratings overall. Most of my favorite manga have at least 10 volumes though so I dunno.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Feels weird to say that one of my favorite isekai is a shoujo mech anime, but you're absolutely right.

Heck, I might even be able to say that two of my favorite isekai are shoujo mech anime depending on how much I like Magic Knight Rayearth once I finally get around to watching or reading that.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love this scene so much. Everyone always focuses on how edgy Heero is being, which is of course a really funny aspect of this scene. The clapping is what always gets the first laugh out of me though. It's just so absurd.

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