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[Frumple]

It was too late long before the series began :V

[Furtuka]

Spoiler: But yeah, Getter Robo Saga. Great Read. Highly Recommend. Fuck Dinosaurs (click to show/hide)

[Frumple]

Reading this Shokugeki no Soma.

All I can really say right now* is that more imposing declarations of challenge need to be given by people wearing the naked apron thing. It is delightfully absurd.

*Except that A: This is porn, and B: This is also food porn. And fairly amusing so far.

[TempAcc]

Also, if anyone is looking for a deconstruction of the whole "friendly looking anime/manga that actualy becomes super edgy and dark", look no further then Dorohedoro, a super gritty and edgy looking manga that is actualy rather lighthearted and comedic (in a dark humor sort of way). Even in its most serious and dark moments it manages to pull out a (fittingly so) dark comedy moment.

Spoiler: To put things into perspective. (click to show/hide)

It also got a quite unique setting and its about demons and wizards and magic and its awesome.

[DreamCarver]

Also, if anyone is looking for a deconstruction of the whole "friendly looking anime/manga that actualy becomes super edgy and dark", look no further then Dorohedoro, a super gritty and edgy looking manga that is actualy rather lighthearted and comedic (in a dark humor sort of way). Even in its most serious and dark moments it manages to pull out a (fittingly so) dark comedy moment.

Spoiler: To put things into perspective. (click to show/hide)

It also got a quite unique setting and its about demons and wizards and magic and its awesome.

I'm imagining the sounds that the sandwich would make and I think I'm going to throw up.
_{Also, be careful how you use "deconstruction", other sections of the internet will not allow such flippancy with the term}

[TempAcc]

They can melt in nerdrage all they want while I read this :v

Spoiler: My goals for the afterlife (click to show/hide)

[Hawkfrost]

I think we all know that Dorohedoro is super good and has a fantastic setting.

Seriously, I love the combination of Akira-like dystopian cyberpunk mixed with Satanic magic, all in this offbeat humorous but dark world.
Noi and Shin are adorable together, Kaiman is just a psychopathic doofus, and the RULES for the magic users. I love rules.



Basically, one of my favorite manga, even when it's going a bit DBZ with escalating new elements. (I want to be a devil.)

[Urist McScoopbeard]

They can melt in nerdrage all they want while I read this :v

Spoiler: My goals for the afterlife (click to show/hide)

Why is deadpool a demon?

[ToonyMan]

Dorohedoro is great (and fun to say)

[TempAcc]

[GreatJustice]

Started watching Tesagure! Bukatsumono recently, which is a 10 minute show and pretty funny, though it's mostly pure dialogue with four characters sitting in one room, so don't expect any action or plot developments. The show is in CGI which took me a while to get used to, I dropped the show at the first ep originally, but I eventually picked it back up. Going to complete it now as there's a new season of it airing.

It's pretty much a pure deconstruction of all the common moe / highschool anime tropes, and very self-referential. I love the lyrics from the OP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2NHwqqaGpU

If you've seen those specials where they film a group of seiyuu sitting around and just chatting, the dialogue in Tesagure! Bukatsumono feels natural in the same sort of way. That's because the scenes were done by just sitting the seiyuu in a room and having them mostly ad-lib, then the animation was created to fit, which is the opposite of the normal method. About half of each episode appears ad-libbed, once they get past a 'set up' for whichever trope that ep is going to explore.

The 'plot' is more or less that they didn't know what they wanted to do, so they made a club to come up with ideas. They refer to it as not wanting to join any of the existing school clubs, but it's basically them sitting around each episode trying to come up with ideas for what the show is going to be about. Since the 'ideas' part is ad-libbed the ideas are sometimes funny but mostly dumb, and a lot of the humor is in how the other girls react to each other's ideas. Each episode explores one genre of anime/manga (like soccer mangas) then they try and brainstorm ways to make it novel and fresh, usually ending with some sort of bizarro-world version of the sport or activity the episode was about.

Reminds me of something else actually

[DreamCarver]

Spoiler: KyoAni is getting pretty again (click to show/hide)

[Reelya]

Started watching Kyoukai no Rinne, the airing adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's manga. The giant chihuahua in episode one reminded me that the manga was discussed in this very thread "a little while ago". Searching, it turns out that was back in 2011. Weird, it doesn't feel like so long ago.

Also, Ore Monogatari. Even troll-like dudes deserve love. The romcom standout of the season. Regular dude who's not a bishie or a bland harem lead gets romance.

[Furtuka]

Well I finished Getter Robo Arc...

...goddammit Ishikawa why did you have to die after writing the biggest cliffhanger in the series? ;_;

[Frumple]

Well, if you have to choose a cliffhanger to die on...