Working full time with a long commute sucks. I also think my depression is coming back. Oh well. Anime time.

Picking up again after last month's thread, here's some manga I read and anime I watched this month:

Manga:

Nothing. I was looking for some good story-driven plots, especially in new releases on like r/manga or mangadex, but there's only so many loser guy, gyaru gf and even worse generic isekai or two page chapter web comics you can read. Maybe I should look at Chinese or Korean ones, but I do not like the long strip format.

Anime:

Aa, Megami-Sama! (2005)

Almost done with season 1, will definitely be continuing with season 2. It's got a totally unique chill, while earnest vibe that most anime period do not. Maybe something like ReLife? Once Belldandy's sisters are introduced, the show becomes more fun, with magi-technological hijinks happening on the regular. A

Genshiken (2004)

Picked this one up on a whim, expecting it to be weeb brained nonsense... and it is! But it's also shockingly good in character writing and remains grounded as a slice of life, yet narrative-driven anime. I'm on season 2 and tbh the first one was better (even ignoring the significant artstyle downgrade), and I heard 3's also not as good. But I am enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. A

Full Metal Panic (2002)

I read the manga a few years ago after playing SRW V and loved it, but remember being disappointed by the sequel and dropping FMP Sigma. Coming back to the anime, all the things I loved about the show are there. A hilarious comedy with unhinged main characters and "End of History" era lib / Steven Seagal movie logic? You bet. A

I also started Scrapped Princess (2003) and it's good so far, but too early to comment on it. I've also been re-watching Azumanga Daioh, and it's still the GOAT.

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    1 month ago

    Been watching Tower of God as one of the animes I'm following. The Anime season 1 art was pretty good, kinda unique and professional looking. Season 2's art is so bad though, and it seems that is more faithful to the manhwa. I just find the art in this anime/manhwa so off-putting because it's almost like it's drawn by someone who never properly learned to draw humans. Combined with the highschool tier storyline my inability to drop anything is working against me here.

    Orb and Dandadan are great so far though.