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It's cold, it's dark, work is every day. And yet there is time for anime.

Manga

Beyond continuing GTO at a glacial pace, as well as keeping up with Shibuya Near Family and Wasteful Days of High School Girls + Gekkan-Shoujo Nozaki Kun whenever updates release, I have picked up Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. It's short, it's fun. I'm pretty early into the story to comment more.

Anime

I have finished Monogatari: Second Season, and the Kaiki arc is just fantastic. It's another high in a series that I have both underestimated and feel that it does live to its questionable reputation. Onto the next series, which is... uh... Hanamonogatari?

One Outs is a gambling sports anime that has been recommended to me for a while, and it is decent so far. The MC is pretty un-Kaiji like, and more your average extremely confident gambling genius.

I've watched Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's somewhat style over substance, but it is refreshing in a sea of formulatic slop. I remember the ending having a bit of controversy surrounding it. I thought it was tragic. The post-credit scene did cheapen that though.

Cardcaptor Sakura keeps being fun and cozy.

I have also resumed Sailor Moon, from Season S. It's still good old Sailor Moon.

Millennium Actress was a pretty good movie, aided by the soundtrack of the excellent Susumu Hirasawa. I felt like I missed half of the appeal of the movie by not being that familiar with what was most likely 1930s to early 1970s Japanese cinema.

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[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

Oops, all manga update on my end.

Opus Little 19 chapter meta commentary on artists and their work by Satoshi Kon. A lot of this felt familiar/reused with the anime production episode of Paranoia Agent.

Chainsaw Man (up to vol 12) I'm not usually one for the trendy battle shounen series of the moment, but I like this one a lot. I just started the second big arc, so I'm just waiting to pick up the next books to see where this goes. This genre works a lot better for me as a comic, so I'll probably branch out to whatever my library has.

Dororo Peak edgy Tezuka. I'm about halfway through this one, but I'm enjoying it a lot. I've been a fan of chanbara action since I was a kid, and this one is super weird since everyone looks like a little blorbo. I'll probably get into Astro Boy or Buddha or something else soonish.

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