The Entertainment News '23 Issue #44

Oh boy, are the Halloween livestreams stacking up just today alone HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED IBUKI-CHAN'S LIVESTREAM THOUGH hehe I did watch RumiRumi's livestream and how they were talking about their sub tiers are censored so fans can sign up for "half naked" or "full naked" plans-

Well, not that all of them are bangers and some are just on their monthly livestream payment obligation lol looking at you Disney+ with the cra**y real life movies of your stories, but you know, doesn't hurt to watch them all as mentioned in that blog post intro a couple of days ago. No, not talking about Disney. *laughs* As such, I apologize for the lack of time I will spend on this post particularly, but that doesn't mean I have been slacking though! Since Thursday, as the new package has arrived on Tuesday, I did start writing on the new stuff that arrived which also includes a more in-depth analysis of my 15 years of watching Anime when it started. Yeah, when I started writing about me watching animation regularly and that was kinda cringe. *laughs*

Anyways, more Anime and music talk if you don't mind, I am a very busy person on the Internet despite communicating with no one lol, so let's get started!

アニメ Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na Hyakunin no Kanojo

"Why do you not open your mouth?" This episode has audio, I promise you. *laughs*

Wait, she is a princess? I thought that was the other Anime with Sumipe in it. *giggles* Anyways, I rather take Naganawa Maria as princess so who cares about that we are watching now, so in this new episode I can't wait to watch first (#Hyakkano03), okay the princess thing is her ideal, I get it. Introducing Shizuka-chan here because damn her family name is as weird as her mom *silence*, this girl is rather quiet for a librarian and someone in the same class as the rest of the cast so far. Oh is she also a "dandere" by chance? Uh, I learnt this from a livestream recently. *laughs* Yeah, those quiet types. And I'm assuming everyone's lovestruck so *laughs* And the guy replies in sign language thinking he can't speak in the library? *laughs* Alright, guess if someone loves you it doesn't matter if you screw up communication. *looks at Komi-san* Not about that of course, but throughout the episode, I kept wondering what would be the catch on here for the confession to happen, and in some ways, I am impressed. For starters, we quickly realize that Shizuka-chan here isn't a fan of talking. Okay, maybe in the enactment of the book she is ever so familiar with so at least we can pay her voice actress minimal wages lol, but otherwise she is real quiet, and relies on people reading off quotes she points at to converse with others normally. Normally? I mean, and that's where the backstory starts I assume, when people want to talk to her but all she does is then asking them to read off a quote from the book. Probably bad as response since she will get bullied to hell anyways even the other librarian (who has a rack lmao) is also giving her some leeway, still, she did help Rentarou find some books to read while her two girlfriends are off reading cookbooks apparently. We learnt about the story in the book Shizuoka was reading too, her ideal I suppose, some knight to fetch this princess into happiness whatever it takes, and I think this is also a reflection of what is up next too, since if you did not realize the biggest obstacle is to let your other girlfriends accept another one so we can all be lovey-dovey together lol, her lack of communication still touched Rentarou's heart to want to do something... that is not reading the next volume of the novel. Instead, he chose to, of all things and instead of what I expected which was memorizing the book in order to talk to her the same way to not discriminate her, help her out by using a text-to-speech app on the smartphone (yes we have smartphones now this is not "Horimiya" lmao) (sorry, the original one, "Miyamura to Hori" anyone knows that?) to you know, read out the stuff she points to people for the purpose of, and boy this one got me good, maintain eye contact with others to show sincerity. That's... something I lack so I know how that feels. *silence* Moving on haha cringe me activated, in order to do that though, the book had to be manually written down which took him several nights to work on, just so we have a pocket translator on our hands. Well, on Shizuka-chan's hands, and she could not be happier. And I assume you know what's up next like I did, she used it to confess, and what is his reason to reject? Only he knows how the lightning works lol. All in all, if it hasn't come as surprising for any of you guys yet, unlike "KanoKano" where the guy can't justify having another girlfriend lol, this one can always justify going out with more girls because reasons haha, but also, the girls will be fine with it because lovestruck. So long as you remember that, the lore will work. And I don't think that's a problem, it rounds itself pretty well anyways. Can't wait for this love rectangle to become love dodecagon or whatever the longest enough weird we can come up with for polygons. *laughs* Yeah, we are in foreign territory now no one has gone this far as the narrator has mentioned, so we shall see what is (Rentarou going to feel some girl) up next haha *dabs*

[TL:DR; "Is there no way for us to defy this fate?" Man, bro, if you think 100 soulmates is too much, maybe let us be you instead. *laughs* I'll just open a sweatshop lmao]

I don't know what happening down there, and so shouldn't you
(lmao)

Basically me with the voice actresses in this Anime right now hehe *dabs*

The amount of books required to quote in order to ace your final year project
(Haha you know what I mean)

P.S. "Do you have any recommendations? My favourite genre is romance. I'd like something with a good ending, where the characters overcome difficulties to live happily ever after." This is not lying, basically my preferences- Just go look at the 15 years of Anime post I did yesterday- So don't recommend me "KimiSui" thanks. *laughs* "I've never read the same book over and over like that. That's so cool" Is it though? Haha then again I watched that British sitcom "Allo Allo" so much I laugh at the quotes so... each to its own, yeah?

P.P.S. "Aijo-kun already has a girlfriend" Please, Shizuka-chan, it's "girlfriends", plural. *laughs* "You've found a new love, yet you have the grace to not dump us!" Love is blind huh Hakari. *laughs*

Damn, my naughty jokes must be real funny lmao

Pretty much every episode with Karane, huh.

Shizuka is so cute I can't even
(Haha ah)

アニメ Kanojo mo Kanojo

"We cannot let anyone in class know about (Nagisa's) relationship with Naoya-kun!" Oh boy Nagisa you tell them that haha

Wait, I don't know we have more girls in this! *laughs* Then again yeah, we need at least some people who don't know about this two-timer relationship. Not that it's their business but *laughs* in this new episode where we try to make good time of Saki-chan in the festival just because (#KanoKano16), hey yo Saki-chan's friend you cute though you want to join this sh*tfest? *laughs* (This is not "Hyakkano" we can't do this lmao) Okay we have better thing to talk about, can we not get aroused at everything? Haha this episode I think is easily split into two parts, from Nagisa, to Saki-chan. Firstly, about Nagisa. She sure is bold there considering she is No.2 haha, but looks like she did have a promise with Saki-chan that whoever finds Naoya first (or vice versa) gets to spend time with him until the other arrives at their meeting point. And because it's funnier for Saki-chan to spend a lot of time getting lost and enjoying the food stalls lol, we have Nagisa here spending some time with Naoya even if it isn't kissing. I mean, do we need to though? From Naoya piggybacking Shion, to landing on top of Milika-san haha, Nagisa should already be happy with the hugs and finger crosses, considering everything that was on the guy moments ago honestly. And yeah, not like I'm talking with respect to Saki-chan over here haha I am by the way, but looks like the 1st (haha) is noticing all this too soon despite being ok with many more girls involved with her guy. I mean, how much for a high schooler to silence any girl who comes near her guy? *laughs* Deep down, you gotta think this is a problem, right? Saki-chan being this positive. *silence* And so does Naoya apparently, so in the second half despite all the jokes where Saki keeps talking about other girls' involvement with him, we get to talk about possibly the most emotional thing this series so far: How Saki-chan feels so far. And I meant that as not just a shallow question because our author here likes to joke around too, but this time we are a little more serious, not to drop the ending bait here yet, but she does know her friend Shion is telling the guy all the bad things of a polygamy with her own reasons that no one knows. I feel like they have to circle around this issue just like how Saki-chan is circling around those sparklers, since as you would have known this being a comedy series, we are likely not getting an answer out of this. Still, Naoya did try to ask, and Saki maybe, finally, somehow felt that agreeing to the two-timing might be a bad idea. *laughs* This is kind of real in prospect and unlike "Hyakkano" this has its consequences as we have seen in many episodes already, so I really wonder if the author will think in that direction or otherwise. And we are feeling it on all the other girls too to some extent, and just the smell on Naoya's T-shirt already shows this dude can only be dedicated to charity because he is being so kind to everyone and not just the one. *giggles* Good guys get girls, dude, what can I say? What I can say though, is the extent of them carrying on for this lore, even though we are quickly reminded from Shion that those two haven't kissed yet which was the whole purpose of the evening after all. *laughs* All in all, I might have taken this episode too seriously *sob* despite all the laughs, and I don't think this will carry on the conversation much further, the one between Saki-chan and Naoya, just because there can never be a right answer. Not especially after we have gone this far. Well, looks like next episode we are going to abduct Naoya again so what else is new. *laughs* Let's hope the many years of Naoya confessing to Saki-chan will carry us till the end, I guess! I feel bad for the guy now lol he asked for it though

[TL:DR; Yeah you heard that thud when Saki-chan sat down on the bench? It was not the bench LMAO SHE THICC "I'm pretty happy for the time being" I KNOW RIGHT haha same]

This week in violence we have:
Haha you know, the infamous karate chop

You know, just in time to end summer lol

P.S. "Saki-chan and I made a promise, if I met you first, I get to spend time with you" Oooo I like this agreement it's better than the latest ceasefire agreement honestly lol "It's dark here; We don't have to worry about getting caught" NAGISA-CHAN LET'S GOOOOO (haha) "You (Naoya) did something to be embarrassed about?" Yeah Saki-chan, probably. *laughs* This Anime, dude.

P.P.S. "We just made contact because reasons!" Yeah because Naoya here has a part-time job of touching women. *silence* I might just remove this comment in the near future haha

アニメ Under Ninja

"Shit!" Yeah true dude haha

Really makes me wonder though: Does the ninja invisibility power leave any trail on contact? For example, if they leave fingerprints on their swords? Do ninja use swords? *laughs* In this new episode though (#UnderNinja04), wait, Katou was the chief coordinating all of this?? BRO *laughs* This lore, dude. I may have to check my deliveryman next time, can't let them do contactless delivery no more. *giggles* So we go back a bit to not that "interrogation" that kid with the teddy bear was doing to the leader of the enemy, that is probably just a way for the ventriloquist to engage in relationship with the enemy in case we need a traitor in hand. *dabs* What is not a traitor though was everyone else in this series somehow, as we go back in time to the scene where the foreigner (I feel like writing his nationality down every time is going to get me cancelled and there's the only one so I shall not) is engaged with not just Suzuki-chan (lol), not just Hibi who just arrived at the scene and took the fight to the guy, but also Kuro-san who is also there at the scene quite literally hopping in as a sidecar (get it?) to the car who is driving towards the apartment block with that girl and the guy who plays with drones. Together though somehow, they managed to apprehend the foreigner, but maybe the guys were right but I hardly doubt so, that they aren't working together, but independently so that things will go according to the one plan regardless of the complication. Which should explain why Kuro-san should not be getting the credit for taking the guy down even though he likely masterminded all this, from engaging to the kid with the drones since he noticed him around his apartment block, to knowing that the girl had a father who was strict about her staying at home and stuff, putting civilians on the line such that the foreigner will take pity on this, even at all. Regardless, they already know who this guy's background is, and after getting him to a super remote place in the countryside I assume, and I don't even find this surprising anymore after we know Katou was one of the ninja chief who assisted in stopping the bomber at the very start of this story, was effectively ordering Sasama the old man breasts- the not so old woman, in apprehending this terrorist suspect before he finds out more about the ninja. So yeah, my deduction isn't very far off, because the other way that an old man would have a woman's torso would be, and I joke you no more, if that was a woman in disguise. Which probably made more sense at this point now that I think about it, I know right, thinking that some dude did a surgery to put a woman's torso on himself. *laughs* Still, much of the info is still kind of a blur I don't think the I paid attention to this as much as the foreigner did, but looks like as of this point if you would recall the lore, Japan's ninja is under control by the government as ordered by the international body *wink* to behave after the war so their capabilities are limited, and to find out who amongst the ninja is about to bring down the current government to break this "status quo", also known as the "Under Ninja". Oh yeah, and we dealt with your daughter, dear foreigner, she is safe. Not that the guy who has been threatening you is but *laughs* All in all... you know what? I'll stay, I'm part of the shinobi now. *laughs* But really though, I'll take this as another "Sonny Boy" mystery down the line but with more action, I would expect. For what is easier to understand so far, I don't know, maybe conveyance of the plot isn't that great? But otherwise, everything else is within expectations for an action series albeit with a slower pace, and that's fine by me, realization takes a little more time when you're older and away from the battlefield for a while. *giggles* So yeah, welcome to the organization I guess, can't wait for you to tell me that the high school I was in a decade ago had ninja history lol

[TL:DR; "They are the ones called Rear-Enders, yeah?" HELL YEAH LET'S NOT GO lol]

REALITY
(Oh damn, they thought this image was great for audience retention, huh)

EXPECTATION
(That's more like it! Haha nice)

P.S. "What even are these ninja capable of?" Well, I assume a bulletproof vest can deflect a bullet fired from a makeshift gun at close range so this isn't much to be impressed in my opinion. *wink*

P.P.S. "Do you really need to know? We're better off just busying ourselves with the work" Too real dude, me as an employee be like "Wait, I didn't get to do anything" Also me as an employee lol?
[Okay lore analysis time: To set the stage here, we are basically finding out who is trying to tear this place apart, or more likely, who is going against the country and not bowing down to post-war standards. And that force might be something not to be trifled with, it's only getting harder from here. We may have more weird old men waiting for us lol]

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

Well, this week's offerings are a good conclusion to this month alone honestly, and I'm glad they are all here to tell the tale. I know Kroi's new single is not going to hold up as much I wanted it to so we are not giving the B-side by any means. But I have to say, Kotobuki Minako's 1st EP impressed me more on not the Rock music style that she was famous for especially when it was also what the title song eluded us into, the Pop songs in this are way better than I expected so I took the bait. SPECIAL OTHERS' new album is also a welcome listen after not listening to them for so long and I mean a year long lol, so not going to be too surprised I won't have more mood to give the tunes here considering they keep printing these out without much break in between. Still gave them like the simp I am, though my tastes are changing over time so I hope they will keep up. I know right, where's the primetime classics as from their albums in 2008 and 2009? I missed those days honestly these guys need to learn a thing or two from PHONO TONES they did it better-

Let's go through what's new on the world of Japanese music around me as posted on Twitter I guess haha gottem. SpecialThanks is releasing new songs for 3 months straight which includes this month and it's ending soon so if I have any update I will inform again next week. You can hear Ikimonogakari's new song in a promotional video about newspapers in Japan? Yeah, that was cringe but the song is great and it's likely on the album in December so stay tuned on that in your nearest paper media. *laughs* SHE'S will be releasing a new song upcoming Wednesday to kickstart the month of November, so I'll listen to that when it appears. After Touyama Nao did a public event streamed to her Instagram account, apart from distributing a newsletter (which this isn't the first time) (Touyama Nao) is also releasing new songs for 3 months straight in celebration of her 7th year as solo music artist, with the first song out already by the way. It's... different, I gotta say. Not keen on the rapping though, I've said that before with her single last year. THE ORAL CIGARETTES' new music video is for their new song released this week, and I don't think it's that great and I say for that a couple of years already so... I don't know. We have next week I might just listen to this again, the title mention in the song isn't exactly creative by any means. Earphones' new song which started streaming this week which I assume will be in their album next year, might be too real in lyrics in case the cover art isn't representative enough lol. Moving on haha I would also not like to talk about the final "Attack on Titan" episode and its theme songs I will deal with that next week when I have to watch it too. *laughs* This is probably bigger news that I have expected, but now doujin music artist Primary/yuiko's music library is finally all on subscription services starting today so if you have not heard of the perfect combination of Meis Clauson and yuiko-san this is a good time to catch up. In SID's major music label 15th anniversary movie I suppose you have heard of many of their classics, but this is basically Klassic Note's connection with this band, and I cannot be happier listening to this back. Maybe I add this to #KN15YEARS haha. Last but not least, Natsukawa Shiina's new song preview is revealed from a radio show she was in so I guess social people are slow now lol then again not like I can listen to the radio and/or this song is worth all that effort so take that on your own stride, the beat is strong on this one. *pukes* Haha

So next week? Damn do I not have anything to listen to to start November apart from Misaki Nako's new single from Anime "Hyakkano" which yes I will give it a listen even if I didn't watch it now at this point. But I will go back and listen to many new songs that have released this week alone in case I have missed any mentioned above. Yes, and SHE'S new song, how can I forget about that? *giggles*




Okay, didn't expect YouTube to recommend me Ogura Yui's halloween livestream yesterday, it was pretty good for what it is, she just naturally gave us fanservice I can't even. *giggles* The new song's music video though, not that great. *laughs* Is Apple Music Web broken for me though? I can't sign in somehow. Oh well, time to use YouTube Music and sign up for Premium since they are blocking ad blockers now and might as well pay for my parents' retirement entertainment plans. *laughs* See you guys next time then, I will be busy proofreading everything I wrote for the week for the whole of next week haha, and until next time maybe you would be interested in Sakura Ayane and Yuuki Aoi appearing in a Halloween livestream on YouTube after the former did an Instagram live in the makeup room before this just as I was doing this post. *silence* I have a busy Internet life, huh. 

P.S. Dear Hanai Miharu, I have no idea why I keep falling in love with you, but I did. Happy Halloween though, and thanks for Mell-chan in Anime "Arsnotoria", that kid was so cute I still can't believe you can one up her hehe *dabs*

15 Years of Watching Anime: 15 Questions and Answers

[Click here to go straight to the Q&A]

"Don't think I know too much about Anime, but feels like I already knew so much ever since 2008 when I started. I can tell you what is bad though; Don't ask me what is good because almost all of them I picked up are."

I feel like I should put this quote to start this very post. I should have done this post a decade in but you know, it's never too late. As such, I shall do a Q&A post in this 15th anniversary Anime reflection special!!

I swear it was probably a wiser choice to do this stuff every season but then again we are specifically here to celebrate the very first season I was into Anime back in October 2008 watching "Toradora!" (cannot unsee unglam diary blog post) and the FIFTEEN years of me watching Japanese animation so if you want to know more or if you were just here from my MyAnimeList profile lol... welcome!! This is going to be a long ride.

THE FIRST YEARS

This is not going to be an introductory post into the world of Japanese animation, so if you know nothing you are better off not being here haha bye everyone. *laughs* But if you DO know a little about Anime, you can stay and hear about my journey into this mess when I started this a decade and a half ago!

As mentioned in the intro, this marks the very first season I have started watching Anime on a weekly basis as of simulcast (in Japan, but even back then licensing has allowed same week airtimes) which yes, I'm sure many of us have watched Anime without realizing it, because back then "Pokémon" and the likes of "Doraemon" are also counted as Anime, even if it's geared towards a younger audience. Even that has a genre in itself (Seinen), and that sort of explain the many new grounds left untouched and the many times my sister who showed me to many shows I have seen before undertaking the exploration myself, from "Love Hina" to "Cardcaptor Sakura" which were aimed at a younger female audience (Shoujo), and even "Kekkaishi" was a recommendation. My classmates also introduced me to classics and that's how I ended up watching "BLEACH" and "Nagasarete Airantou", which were more geared towards a young male audience (Shounen). 

My first expedition was through back then cable TV where a new channel geared towards a younger audience started adding late night Anime airings to their schedule. (Remember this is not Japan, and there wasn't subscription TV anyways) Back then I even forgot on which nights but I think it's almost a week after it aired in Japan, "Toradora!" was aired right after "Code Geass" and that's how the ending theme song got me by the way, shout out to SunSet Swish. *giggles* And "Kuroshitsuji" aired not long afterwards right after, so yeah, that was quite a packed schedule considering by the time I've watched them all it was midnight and I still had school the next day. *laughs*

Yeah, back then I didn't know much about *piracy* and watching online and stuff (the Internet was in a worse shape than today, trust me), but the idea of tuning in to Anime just like how I would for any TV drama was refreshing, even anticipating and exciting, to look forward too every week. And thus, unlike many who chose to binge them all once they are aired, I sank into the weekly schedule of watching Japanese animation.

THE BLOG IN TRANSITION

As I was humbly blogging on the rise of the Internet back in 2008 (about my daily life in school, if you can believe), I never thought of ever writing about Anime. But as there wasn't an easy avenue to talk about Anime with others (I guess the classmates who introduced me to "BLEACH", but even then we were on different levels) especially with my very niche opinions about you know, liking theme songs to even liking the voices behind Anime characters (haha it had already started) which was hard to relate as many out there were more into the 2D world, and that's what everyone was trying to escape from. Too real to my own opinions and needing a channel to talk about this and my parents didn't fancy me talking to myself lol *cringe*, I eventually transitioned to talk more about not my school life, and I think started with this new naming since 2012 after I graduated high school.

The blog has since then taken a slightly more formal tone(?) on everything in my life, which in this case, also for the Anime I watch every week. It started with short summaries of each week's episodes (yes, plural) but I still ended up regurgitating a lot of my opinions to myself, and over time i got comfortable to talk about them in detail more, and as my knowledge of them increased I also ended up talking about the faucets of what makes Anime what they are today. Learning programming only made this blog more fanciful and meaningful as I add more sections and add in images and GIFs over the years enough for me to want to look back at them from time to time.

The focus in the future of this weekly post which I have aptly named "Entertainment News" for the past decade, will be to then allow easier search, filter and identification of content that has been written all this time, with a redo on most of the paging of the "series" so far, and including sitemaps and image archives if possible just as how I've done so for my GitHub page.

THE NOW YEARS

This will be shorter than above I promise, because despite the many platforms and ways to watch Anime today (I personally have an active Amazon Prime account which you would know, has access to Prime Video which streams Anime, and then there's English licensed sites so Funimation and Crunchyroll), I still ended up wanting to dictate my thoughts somewhere where I can still take screenshots and write comments down where it matters (and that's how you get so many more quotes apart from each section's opening), because I spend time to reflect an think about stuff as I watch as many will do but in this case I just write them down, it's probably better to do the way that it has been so far, and (don't cancel me but) watch fansubs or get raw sources in order to make this so-called hobby of mine sustainable in the long run. Yeah, it's like YouTube reaction videos, but in text, that's how I view my Anime viewing experience now.

In recent years too, I have also learnt enough Japanese to follow official sources (social media, official websites) to know more about the stuff behind Anime, behind-the-scenes stuff, special projects where the voice actors do stuff and honestly saying I like those a lot hehe, and if anything else, it was Anime that taught me Japanese. Well, not 100% I ended up listening to a lot of music and learnt stuff from the lyrics, but I would say this is the motivation to do so since great accompanying theme songs will make of great shows in the first place.

THE ANIME PROFILE

At this point, I feel like I should talk about what my tastes and/or biases are in Anime, just go settle things right here and now so I can save you some time understanding me later down the post.

I was initially very open to all sorts of genres walking into the world of Anime, from the early days feeling the greatness of variety in comedic characters (WORKING!!!), blossoming romance in any situation (Hatsukoi Limited, cute girls in a band (K-ON!), exciting plot twists (at least, back then Kuroshitsuji was), mysteries for stuff that don't even relate (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei), and much more. From adaptations to originals, I've had my share of seeing them in action, and this is what constituted my first 5 years from 2008-2012. 

It was afterwards picking up on more popular series (Attack on Titan, Nagi no Asukara) that started to make me think otherwise about my tastes in Anime. I did still watch certain genres from time to time though that offer niche genres because damn is it Anime if it's the same damn thing as real life drama series, but obviously, as you can see from the calendar below, I am more towards realistic genres along the lines of comedy and romance.

Why though? Because my focus changed over time. From the days of just seeing anything I liked, today I will consider things like animation, whether I liked the trailer and/or theme songs in it, and the voice cast because if you haven't been finding the people behind your favourite Anime characters you aren't as in this as I am. So you know, many of these factors will come into deciding whether I will like anything today. I can give you examples for days, but if something hits like a movie trailer when I first saw one for an Anime series... then that will be it. I will talk about my reasons for giving any new show a chance in my season previews so I guess those will be a good gauge of my tastes over time.

So I can only say that my profile now and my opinions whatsoever is pretty much surrounding this meme image as adapted from an OVA episode of "Seitokai Yakuindomo":

This also represented the thumbnail of this post in case you didn't notice since this looks like an interview from me too... Just perfect haha *chef's kiss* thanks Aria

Oh, but we aren't just here to talk about the things I've done all those many years ago (I feel so old now), I want to talk about what was good and bad! So let's!

THE Q&A

Once again, this is in no way representative of my opinions forever because I can change and so do you, but as of now, this is what I feel about the stuff around Anime I know of, hopefully covering as many categories I can or I have experienced so far.

(All series linked are to their first season, on MyAnimeList and it's because I don't want to show you their inconsistent social media presence)

1. Best & Worst Original Series
2. Best & Worst Adaptations
3. Best & Worse Movies
4. Best Soundtrack Pieces
5. Iconic Opening Theme Songs
6. Iconic Ending Theme Songs
7. Desire for Sequels (That Have Not Been Announced Yet)
8. Shows I Gave Up Watching
9. Extreme Genres
10. Manga/Anime to Completion of Anime/Manga
11. Top Voice Actors
12. Top Voice Actresses
13. Outstanding Voice Contrast
14. Biggest Anime-Voice Actor Inclusion
15. My Voice Type

• Top Series By Genre

[1]

BEST & WORST ORIGINAL SERIES	👍 Fractale
	👎 Glasslip

"Fractale" is still by far, my favourite dystopian based worldview of the sci-fi future I desire and envision as I stand now. (Okay maybe not for the birth of the keys but *laughs*) This original series, along with "money vs future" economics suspense thriller "C" are the only action series which helped define the human-like futuristic world I desire to see in fiction, and has since shaped what my novel project "A Pack of Life" is based on today.

And boy do I not want to talk about "Glasslip" again. Pretty much the only reason why I picked this one up was from the Anime's theme songs: ChouCho sang a great summer song, and nano.RIPE ended up being one of my beloved Rock music artists. Everything else is not to say at all, because despite the decent animation and great music, the original series failed to write a solid plot or sound logic on the mystery of... whatever is happening, which makes it even more disappointing when the truth is revealed, if you have realized if that happened.

[2]

BEST & WORST ADAPTATIONS	👍 ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka
	👎 Red Data Girl

"ACCA" is a simple choice as I like to watch shows with deliberate mystery, as we are brought into the journey of main guy Jean to travel the country for auditing purposes, only to then realize (spoiler alert) there was an ongoing coup d'état and he is fundamentally involved in it. So cool, the story is so well presented including the plot twist, everything else including the worldview is just so perfect, I would love to recommend this adaptation. And it's not because Lotta-chan is cute. *giggles*

"Red Data Girl" was honestly so bad, I keep reminding myself what was good about it or what was the reason for me to watch the Anime. Was it because of Hayami Saori? I don't think so. I think I was expecting some action or cool stuff at some point, but unlike "Koukyuu no Karasu" which despite its ancient dynasty context still had some action at the end with the build-up on plot, this one just has none, and even what was the slice-of-life parts didn't deliver. Also, destroying electronics? You need to stay away from me forever. *laughs*

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BEST & WORST MOVIES	👍 Neko no Ongaeshi
	👎 Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai

This one was hard to choose, but if I have to mention a good one.... I still like "The Cat Returns" back when I was a student watching this Studio Ghibli classic in class (by the way) after the exams were over. It's the perfect fantasy adventure you would want to live as a kid similar to "Spirited Away" just without all the creepy stuff I guess, they have a certain magic. Outside of Ghibli though, "NakiNeko" can be that runner-up just being in relation to this masterpiece in terms of storytelling also serving as an ideal romance scenario in animation.

I legit thought "Kimisui" was supposed to be good and I totally enjoyed the story though with a sadder context, but it took a bad turn at the ending to a new level - a level so new, you wished it had ended with a standard crying bed scene because spoiler alert, she was stabbed by an aggressor. *silence* This is probably the reason why I will mention this in a negative light even if at all.

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BEST SOUNDTRACK PIECES	👍 In the Garden of Sinners (Kara no Kyoukai)
	👍 Tetsukazu no Kanjou (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun)
	👍 Yasashisa no Ashioto (Toradora!)

I was an avid fan of listening to just music back then, so I appreciated more of Anime soundtracks especially in iconic scenes where it matters, or when the tunes appear more than often. I would say impact and me still caring about soundtrack back then is where I will be at, so it's no wonder the list here does not feature newer shows just because.

For selections though, I went for "Kara no Kyoukai" and despite it being a dark movie (will explain later) it does have a strong, depressing view with a soundtrack written by Kajiura Yuki (which you might know better from the "Fate" series, this movie series is effectively its spin-off) and chorus sung by now disbanded Kalafina? Man, this was that perfection to an intro of a movie. This is the music that filters its audience. *giggles* This was also what led me into the series and Kalafina, all music produced by Kajiura-sensei herself.

As for the other two, they symbolize what I distinctively remember for the Anime I watch, whether it's the theme music or just something sad and quaint after a hectic day, these have never disappointed me. Shout out to Hashimoto Yukari (for "Toradora!") and Kousaki Satoru (for "WORKING!!!", "OreImo" or anything Aniplex) specifically for making great soundtracks whichever direction I go and meet them in.

Of course, there are other so many good ones out there that make the show they were in recent years, so I'm just listing these off my head to give you an idea what I liked back then that were so, so impactful.

EXTRA!!

I would like to also give a shout out to a playlist(?) which I distinctively remembered I have burnt into a CD (back then) which is a great summary of the first 5 years of me listening to Anime soundtracks before I fell off, as seen below:

[All links to VGMDB]

1. High Heel Shoes In Pink (pf ver') (From "C" Original Soundtrack)
2. avenue (From "A Channel" Original Soundtrack)
3. MANHATTAN ~Utsukushisa~ (From "Bartender" Original Soundtrack)
4. going home (From "BLEACH" Original Soundtrack 1)
5. Suite "Going Home" 2nd Movement: Piano Solo (From "BLEACH: Fade to Black" Original Soundtrack)
6. feel your heart (From "Hatsukoi Limited" Original Soundtrack)
7. Narade Arukou (From "Hatsukoi Limited" Original Soundtrack)
8. pure heart (From "Hatsukoi Limited" Original Soundtrack)
9. Kimi ga Tw wo Sashinobete Kureta Toki "Kekkaishi" Original Soundtrack
10. Ii Yumemite ne "K-ON!" Original Soundtrack
11. Nukumori (From "Love Hina" Original Sound File Disc 1)
12. Hitotoki "Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai" Original Soundtrack
13. Tsuji Aeta Kokoro "Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai" Original Soundtrack
14. Jours passes "Shakugan no Shana II" Original Soundtrack
15. Yuugure no Yakusoku "Toradora!" Original Soundtrack
16. Yasashisa no Ashioto "Toradora!" Original Soundtrack
17. Watashi' no Theme (Piano Ver.) "Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei" Original Soundtrack
18. Yojouhan to Castella to 'Watashi' "Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei" Original Soundtrack

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ICONIC OPENING THEME SONGS	👍  ONE III NOTES "Shadow and Truth" (ACCA)
	👍 Aqua Timez "ALONES" (BLEACH)
	👎 Minami "Kawaki wo Ameku" (Domestic na Kanojo)
	👎 Necry Talkie "Fuzaketenaize" (Kanojo mo Kanojo)

Anime opening theme songs make the best of any series: They define what it is about the even set a worldview to anticipate and be excited about. For this, there can be so many produced by the animation (collaborated) music labels because they can have more control on the genre and style of what is, and thus song like those from Anime "K-ON!", "Chio-chan", or even "JoshiMuda" will be a hit. But we don't want to only about those intentional perfections (or flops), we want to talk about what's great and bad about making mainstream artists who are affiliated to these music labels, that come up with memorable songs to shows we remember.

The best ones, I can remember, are those that define the series thanks to the artists themselves, by mistake or by spending time to make their craft go into the world of Anime. Ironically, it's also those long-run series who will have such rep, from ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION to Ikimonogakari back then to today's Anime artists dominating the Anison world... they are what makes of the best, but I still think of the oldies as when they brought me in. And the worst ones we don't talk about, and pray to the gods there are the ending theme songs to carry the impression for the show. Looking at you, Anime "KanoKano" and "DomeKano". *giggles*

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ICONIC ENDING THEME SONGS	👍 Horie Yui "Vanilla Salt" (Toradora!)
	👍 Natural High "Hajimari no Hito" (Bartender)
	👎 Uesaka Sumire "Koisuru Zukei" (KONOBI)
	👎 Erabareshi "Miss Rabbit" (Time Travel Shoujo)

For Anime's ending theme songs though, as much as it's a sandbox for putting in anything related to the genre I think I have seen too many examples of songs going off the perpendicular; I have seen cover songs of oldies old enough I know of them (thanks "Tada-kun" and "Tenshi-sama") and they are just a lazy effort by production, I've seen ending theme songs done for each episode that the series existed ("OreImo" WTF but thanks to all the indie composers who participated), I've disliked those which aren't as great as their opening theme song coming in from Anime character songs and that's understandable lol I skip them anyways and I promise you it was tough finding them back to list here, but most importantly, the ones that make the most impact are the ones, which link to the end of every episode.

Why though? Because those who link their episode ends to the ending theme song create a plot transition, and those are just the best, making the twist happen not within the show only, but also outside to give one reflection and invoke further emotions to what is due to happen. Trust me, learning that from an emotional drama series like "Toradora!" hurts a lot, and that's how I knew.

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DESIRE FOR SEQUELS (THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET)	💕 Kono Bijitsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!
	💕 Taisho Otome Monogatari
	🖤 Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun
	🖤 Kyokou Suiri

[*As of October 2023]

We have seen many Anime having sequels to their ADAPTATIONS (by the way) or their original work, and whether they have completed that from the source, for me it has always been a pain to wait for the next one and whether it'll deliver, known by me as "sequel drag". However, there are some series I would love to see them announce another season though many of which have been fulfilled in recent years (shout out to "Kuroshitsuji" still going, "Yojouhan" for giving it a proper ending despite being a light novel adaptation), so I will talk about the remaining ones that have never announced a sequel *prays*, or those in contrary I don't want to see (more) sequels of since, most likely my reason will be because, that they aren't that enjoyable in the first place and I have given it to them for the get-go from the first season. And now I have an obligation to see it through no matter how far they are from the initial boom, but that's just me.

Speaking of which...!

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SHOWS I GAVE UP WATCHING	6️⃣ Koi to Uso
	3️⃣ Hataraku Saibou
	3️⃣ Mieruko-chan

As I've learnt from bloggers from the early days of Random Curiosity, is that to give oneself a three-episode rule, as they will involve plot twists, and an implication of a summary of a series, sometimes the end of a first arc, sort of like a checkpoint, for you to decide whether this will be worth following through all the way. The ones listed I have followed on those rules for reasons that just make me generally not want to watch them through (typically involving horror and/or biological science that is *cringe* or just makes me *pukes*), but one particular one I recall, I watched way more before giving it the thumbs down. Why? Because they showed me an implied sex scene. Between high schoolers. Yup, totally off the rails from what was just like a love betrayal series? Dude, we can do better. Even "Glasslip" was- And that's why we know the greatest mistakes are those we don't put down and have to deal with their presence from here on.

*silence*

ALSO IF SOMETHING SUCKS STOP WATCHING THEM DON'T KEEP BUYING INTO THEM AND THEN COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW BAD IT IS!! ANIME PRODUCTIONS LOOK AT STATS ON VIEWERSHIP AND VIDEO SALES NOT INTERNET COMMENTS AND REACTIONS ok let's move on since this doesn't reflect on me I watch so many sequels just in the previous season anyways lol

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EXTREME GENRES	💀 Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
	🍌 Babylon
	🥩 Kara no Kyoukai -the Garden of Sinners-

You have been seriously warned about watching any of these (okay maybe just the trailer LMAO), and I don't mean these shows show ecchi scenes or dirty jokes or they are absolute tearjerkers or anything, but you might cry because many of these are just straight up core and in themes of life and death and more, enough to make you and I lose your appetites; It's that bad. You may say they were mistakes I have never put down because they still are quality drama despite how disturbing they are (and that kind of says what kind of depressed human being I am) so, uh... let's move on, shall we?

You really have been warned unless you want to witness (respectively, as stated above) a hanging or sexual arousal or saliva porn- *pukes*

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MANGA TO COMPLETION OF ANIME	BLEACH

"BLEACH", which will be ending its final arc Anime adaptation by next year so we are technically celebrating this early, will still be the longest-standing and most beloved action series I have chosen to prefer over whatever others were available at that time. (Looking at you, Naruto and One Piece.) Nothing here will explain how much I wanted action scenes or sword releases to dominate my imaginative mind, and to see it happen in animation from the comics is only a dream come true, no matter how critical I can be of the Anime series those years ago and today. I will only thank for its completeness, if it hasn't made grounds in both media types already.

ANIME TO COMPLETION OF MANGA	Binbougami ga!

On the contrary, this is likely what the Anime industry expects us to do after watching an Anime adaptation, and this is my only best example so far, so hear me out. Instead of desperately wanting a sequel which considerably has a conclusion for their Anime adaptation, I decided back then when I had a lot more time to do this, to binge or even follow on the latest chapters of the comic it was based on, and boy did it end in the most spectacular fashion ever, true to its style and storytelling, it definitely made me like this series about fortune more than I started. (Spoiler alert: Everyone became a Fortune God haha true chaos has arrived) I think that's enough for me to give them due credit just for introducing me to this story.

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TOP VOICE ACTORS	1️⃣ Suwabe Juunichi
	2️⃣ Tsuda Kenjirou
	3️⃣ Hayami Sho

I picked up these voice actors based on a few factors, including their voice acting and how often they appear in shows I watch, and I think this is an adequate representation of what I know of them to give them credit for. From Hayami Sho's iconic voice as Aizen Sousuke in "BLEACH" and evil principal in "Assassination Classroom", to Tsuda Kenjirou's deep voice that gets the female audience going (and I swear also on the looks too) even if he voices a horny father in "Ao-chan" haha, and I have to put my hat off to Suwabe-san for always delivering on his roles every time I see him, "Senko-san" and "GREAT PRETENDER" to name a few I've seen. 

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TOP VOICE ACTRESSES	1️⃣ Horie Yui
	2️⃣ Hanazawa Kana
	3️⃣ Hondo Kaede

For the female voice actors though, I may give a little exception due to my inclination of bias towards certain roles and/or voice behind, so don't mind me showing appreciation to veterans like Hocchan and Kana-chan and the like just because they are pretty much the bulk of my liking Anime characters throughout and perhaps beyond. Ede-chan here though is just worth a mention purely because of her efforts in voice acting in the Anime I see here in, and I cannot describe how much that transfers to her image and my love for all of this in general.

Of course I can list many more from Tomatsu Haruka to Kitou Akari but what's the point, you will find out who I will follow from here on. *giggles*

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OUTSTANDING VOICE CONTRAST	1️⃣ Toyosaki Aki
	2️⃣ Uesaka Sumire
	3️⃣ Naganawa Maria

Also known as "gap moe", this segment(?) is dedicated to the (typically female) voice actors who have shown outstanding voice acting ability by not just sounding different, but because it's so far away from their usual acting voice, will make me stand on end on how they sound otherwise. In this case though, instead of the end result being cuter than the usual, some of them start from the usual, as seen in Aki-chan who voiced a matured woman in "FRACTALE" and blew my mind even though it was just a minor character, and I know using Naganawa Maria here is kind of cheating, but have you ever heard her matured voice? Yeah, it's just different, and I only have examples in video games so not going to touch on them too much. Sumipe is likely the only one who voices cute roles normally so not as herself, and it's when she voiced characters who sound like herself but behaving otherwise (see "Aho Girl") that makes them excel and/or make me like them more.

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BIGGEST ANIME-VOICE ACTOR INCLUSION	K-ON!

Need I say more? *laughs*

What took the world (or at least Japan) more than a year ago, this cute girl music band slice-of-life series is anything but, and that's just half the story, because pretty much everyone in the main cast is basking on its success: Toyosaki Aki is renowned for her uniquely adorable voice, Hikasa Youko is veteran and a jack of all trades, even Taketatsu Ayana went to become one of the most popular voice actresses to date. Even if Satou Satomi and Kotobuki Minako did not achieve the success of the other members from this series, I still ended up following them just because, until they all become the married women we all expected. For what might not look like them, their impressions on me have never faded since then, and I can only be more than happy I picked this one up to know of them.

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MY VOICE TYPE	1️⃣ Komatsu Mikako
	2️⃣ Nukamura Manami
	3️⃣ Toyosaki Aki

This is just a personal preference, where I will talk about a little how much these voices make my Anime experience infinitely better for no reason. Naturally, they fall into the idolism territory so don't mind me speaking my mind out here. Mikakoshi and Nu-chan typically appear in places I least expect of them and they turned out better than I thought (shout out to Moeka's mom and Pieck-san *umph* respectively), and every time I hear Aki-chan in Anime always brings a joy to my ears whether I can recognize her or not. *giggles* Others would include Horie Yui but damn do I even need to explain how much her voice resonates within fans ourselves I can't even. 

TOP SERIES BY GENRE

This is technically staple for this post so it's excluded out of the Q&A, but I might as well rank some of the shows I watch based on genre... which I'm weak at identifying so with the help of MyAnimeList I've classified them and sorted them out accordingly, as follows:

(*As of 2023)

ACTION	1️⃣ BLEACH
	2️⃣ Bungou Stray Dogs
	3️⃣ Shakugan no Shana

I have real strict requirements with respect to action series, and I'm sorry about that, but the idea that there is human extension of power AND the main weapon of choice is a katana TOTALLY got me when I started reading and watching "BLEACH" all those years ago, and competing franchises do not even come close. (I do not include the drag that is filler arcs for this analysis) But many of those I watch today are also due to this, whether it is through tools or just made up from magic or whatever phenomenon. Other than that, I will appreciate a unique worldview as seen from "Bungou Stray Dogs" and how they use literary authors of the past century as material (so they don't get copyright infringement lol), and to a smaller extent proper plot progression because who cares about never-ending series I can't even stand how long the "Attack on Titan" series took to conclude.

Some of these were even used in my personal light novel project "A Pack of Life"; The duel setting was based on "Shakugan no Shana" portals which stop time all while letting the action carry on within the space, which I thought was really cool. "Kekkaishi" also deserves a worthy mention because of how much physics they can go with just the barriers alone before they had to use OP stuff, to be frank.

COMEDY	1️⃣ Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro
	2️⃣ Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.
	3️⃣ Asobi Asobase

For this though, as you can see the crazy amount of titles I watched from this genre, you would know that I am more than just a sarcastic individual. *giggles* So I take my jokes very seriously, but then again it's really anything floats, I would expect jokes to land properly to not be disappointing, not to take itself too seriously, and have memorable characters which at this point can be supplemented by the voice behind so don't mind me liking "Komi-san" here just because Koga Aoi is main girl (and also it has great 2000s comedy vibes), or the reverse where I ended up liking the "Asobi Asobase" main trio just because of the voice actresses and I recall watching this live through VPN on Abema TV without subtitles, by the way. Those were great, confusing times. *giggles* "Chio-chan" I would say in summary is the best balance of all of this it was worth watching time and again always making me laugh, also cringe if you have seen the girls dance especially on the livestream special back then with Oozora Naomi and Omigawa Chaki doing it. I will always remember Ede-chan laughing at the background the whole time I can't even. *laughs*

Honourable mentions include "JoshiMuda" which is fine but the main girl is a total idiot which I really don't like along with "Aho Girl" but the rest of the cast did make up for it.

DRAMA	1️⃣ Toradora!
	2️⃣ Skip to Loafer
	3️⃣ Yesterday wo Utatte

I don't think I have ever been a fan of drama series considering I left drama to watch Anime which has pretty much every other genre out there, but those who are good tend to hit, starting from "Toradora!" which started it all. We won't talk about and also I'm not keen on those drama that is just The Great Depression, so at least some form of comedy or romance or something must be involved, is my point. Specifically though, those who excel are also those that make a point on their story, enough to make me cry on of course more true to live themes like family and romance, but other stuff less subtle and relatable do work on me too, but don't quote on me there.

"Skip to Loafer" is probably the latest in the lines of not staying too much for the storytelling but be able to tell stories of all the characters beautifully, similar to "Yesterday wo Utatte" and it's not because this was aired when Hanazawa Kana was still single. *silence* Anyways haha, touching scenes, memorable soundtracks but I think this is to a lesser extent and more on theme songs (see ending theme songs section for details), and strong plot twists are what I will look out for to leave an impression.

SLICE OF LIFE	1️⃣ Acchi Kocchi
	2️⃣ Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi
	3️⃣ Slow Start

I wonder how I should explain my 2nd favourite genre of Anime to watch in recent years, purely because they are easier to digest, but less relatable as I grow up from a high school student to a working adult, so nowadays I just tend to go for more adult working area slice-of-life stories which are kind of present these days in contrast to the overwhelming high school setting everyone seems to be going at which is kind of stale even watching it for a decade and a half. In this genre though, if chill feels and strong character types aren't a thing for you to go by, then this might never be for you. From tsundere cat(?) Tsumiki and Ookubo Rumi is totally not my fuel after this and "Servant x Service" too lol, to Futaba in "Senpai ga Uzai" just representing most kids never growing up nowadays I can't even, to even "Slow Start" which balanced their character developments all around it's actually ironic to ignore the actual stories that were going on with whatever Eiko-chan is doing. *giggles*

I would say "Kawaisou" is also a good runner-up on this, once again if there are memorable characters and a tad bit of comedy infused into it, "Senko-san" if you can picture the main guy as me, "Koufuku Graffiti" if you are super into food p*rn, but I can go on forever. Not all topics will hit though, and I can promise you I have skipped entire seasons of them because their topics are not of interest to me. What was the girls riding on motorbike one? *laughs*

ROMANCE	1️⃣ Tsurezure Children
	2️⃣ Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
	3️⃣ Kimi ni Houkago Insomnia

Ah, the dream I have never attained in real life. *laughs* Besides being a great mockery of my single life watching couples come together through various means and circumstances, it is definitely hard to make them better because of how unique the circumstances have to be seeing that you know, falling on top of one another or seeing each other naked isn't exactly exciting for anyone anymore. (Notice I did not include an "ecchi" genre in here just because, or else "Love Hina" would be a staple) So for me nowadays at least, the sweeter the main (or secondary) couple(s) can be, the better, and that is hoping it isn't without heavy dramatization to not make this a tearjerker.

Otherwise, you would be glad to see that "Tsurezure Children" has unique stories of many couples up the wall one might as well start with this and I'm still paying (passively) for the licensed manga till date (though it has concluded years ago, but I'm taking my time), and that should give you a good idea of how this genre works in general. "Kaibutsu-kun" takes credit in just life-changing one's circumstances, teaching the studious girl that one's soulmate can appear anywhere around them at any time even if he's weird or just plain handsome (lmao), and I think "KimiSomu" is probably the best in progression in recent memory. I mean, there's "Tada-kun" which was pretty impressive for an Anime original, and "Shikimori-san" for a twist in circumstances each with its own story to tell, and I think this is why I can never get tired of them yet.

I would also argue that most of the (not Studio Ghibli) Anime movies I watch are even more worthy of praise for this genre along haha why do I watch only those movies though? *giggles*

MYSTERY	1️⃣ Subete ga F ni Naru
	2️⃣ Kuroshitsuji
	3️⃣ UN-GO

Now we come to the minority stuff I watch in genre, because honestly speaking? Mystery series are hard to stand on its own and still be good, or else every action series or even "ACCA" will make of a good mystery. Still, I think that having plot twists and stuff is vital for such a genre even if I would expect a more proper resolution even if you don't lead me on anything because I'm not that smart and you can make me confused until halfway through the series, I'm totally fine with that.

I did not get the mystery on "F in Naru" but damn is it intriguing thinking about how that can work back then (spoiler alert there was enough years for the same woman locked in the room to be replaced), and "UN-GO" I would argue is kind of cheating with this genre and that's why I prefer not to talk about this along with the fantasy genre (which we will cover later) since one will never understand enough to be a great detective at any point and the solution can just be magic for all I know which is cringe in my opinion. Point is, the more true to life for the plot the better, which makes London history-based series "Kuroshitsuji" earn a spot even if there are many more I can mention, and despite having a demon on our hands. *giggles*

There are other interesting plots for mystery like "TanMoshi" with the recollection dump and "GREAT PRETENDER" if you like to be in crime yet know of nothing every single moment.

I think I'm just too dumb to understand mystery series lmao

FANTASY	1️⃣ Majo no Tabitabi
	2️⃣ Houseki no Kuni
	3️⃣ Nagi no Asu Kara

For this? I have to say, I don't have much requirements, and it's really due to unique circumstances. The more unique the better, and hopefully not on generic fantasy stuff like magic and magic though I would argue "MajoTabi" taking up this spot is precisely because it is done so well with an interesting worldview and immersive storytelling though I was told that the original work was more depressing, like Elaina would eventually be so poor she has to work on the streets. So yeah, please more sequels hehe, and apart from this exception, I will take no alternative world plots where someone suddenly appears in another world for some reason (though "BLEACH" is technically one so welp), and I chose "Houseki no Kuni" because damn is the idea of the moon people such a intriguing thing the stellar cast pales in contrast to the story (or not hehe emo Mikakoshi is *chef's kiss*), and I think many people agree with "NagiAsu" on their storytelling and worldview of sea people which I appreciate.

In summary, I would like to think that, many of the international audience will think very otherwise form my thoughts, that maybe, just maybe, I'm more aligned with the Japanese audience but haha that's also unlikely since I browse through Japanese forums too and I see polarizing opinions, but yeah, I like to have different opinions, things like soft appeal and impactful minor scenes; I like that I always will have a niche opinion wherever I go but no one to talk to. *silence*

MOVING ON!!

OMAKE!!

THE ANIME GOODS

Though I told myself these aren't real and it's better to support 3D girls then spend money on 2D girls lol that was long ago, but in years going forward and to not fill up my room, I would wish to buy some Anime goods in remembrance of those shows I have watched and liked. That is the ideal, something that every show has sold in common... the only thing I knew about are badges, so maybe I will start from that soon enough of whenever I want to drag myself to Japan to buy them since it's hard to buy them for the vast 15 years of shows online. *giggles*

So far though? You may have known some of them here and there, and it's mostly for "BLEACH" so far. From a large calendar to karuta cards, these are still exceptions to the rule for being the most impactful series I have watched thus far, so they deserve some form of repayment. But I might be extending soon, as said above I am trying to find a common item to buy that does not take up space (it is the digital age after all), so we shall see how that goes moving forward.

This shall be it! May I watch many more years of Anime and love the dynamic of real people voicing behind more ideal characters (lol) and NEVER like the movie industry or Netflix or whatever but we shall see, I'm only starting even though it has been 15 years already. I mean, I can go on forever talking about the stuff I like about all the Anime I watch but why would I? Maybe it's time for you to experience it for yourself. *thumbs up*

P.S. Oh by the way, my Q&A did not include ranking or even rating of Anime characters because not only is it unimportant to me (though when I started I thought Kushieda Minori and Narusegawa Naru were my love hehe but turns out I just like Hocchan more *dabs*), I also judge shows now based on the voices behind them. But yeah, I do like Anime characters within their shows, so you can't exactly ask me to rank them- Urahara Kisuke. *giggles*

P.P.S. ROLEPLAY TIME!! Haha because of my love for the voices behind Japanese animation, here is some (just some) of the role(s) I can imagine they would be involved in my life:

• A father who sounded like Hayami Show (or Miki Shinichirou)
• A mother who sounded like [I have no idea haha, never had that desire]
• An elder sister who sounded like Toyosaki Aki
• A younger sister who sounded like is Natsukawa Shiina (hehe)
• A long time friend who sounded like Asakura Momo
• A (jealous) girlfriend who sounded like Koga Aoi (hehehehe)
• A high school classmate who sounded like Amamiya Sora whom I never had the courage to confess to because she's perfect
• A woman whom which I might share a physically intimate relationship with who sounded like Kouno Marika (umph)
• A childhood friend who sounded like Nagae Rika (or Kanno Mai)

... Not going to describe more because you can catch up on The Fanfiction series in this very blog to find out if most of them were true. *giggles* I'm done!