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.
#Anime
Frieren is back, baby. Idk what it is about this show but it fills me with a buttload of wanderlust. When I was a decade or so younger, I lived out of my truck for years, often just camping in the woods for months at a time. I do hope to get back to doing that again, but there's a lot more "bandits" on the road to worry about, compared to 15 years ago. Frieren makes me yearn for it though.
Fate /Strange Fake - I never know half of what's going on with these Fate shows, but I enjoy them nonetheless. There was a prequel that was released as a movie or something I had to go hunting down.
Oshi No Ko - I started reading the manga after season 1 and I gotta say, it kinda fell off. Those first few episodes of the anime tell a story that I just don't feel like the manga carries to the end. There's a supernatural side to it that never really gets fleshed out and I don't know if I'll stick around for the end of the anime. I'm watching for now, at least.
Tis Time for Torture Princess - I wish I still smoked weed, this just seems like the perfect show to light up a bowl and laugh at. My sober ass still enjoys it quite a bit.
Jack-Of-All-Trades, Party of None - I had some time to kill one night and I decide to pick up a random winter season off of myanimelist. I chose this. Wasn't bad, not particularly special. It's another show where the MC is overpowered as hell, but there's a secret behind it and gives it a bit of intrigue. I picked u pthe manga and I'll probably stick with it a bit to see how it goes.
ChainsawMan Movie - Watched it last night. Well done, loved it. Poor, poor Denji.
There's No Freaking Way etc. - I just noticed it's back, guess I'll watch the few episodes of that that are already out this season. It's cute.
#Manga
Hajime No Ippo - things have come to a crawl. I worry the mangaka is gonna die before finishing, it just seems likely with so much of the story left. He's been sick, he was in a car accident, he was doing research, there was a double issue he skipped. There's only been a couple chapters out for the past couple months. I worry.
Dandadana - still killing it, if you didn't like it before, you won't like it now.
Frieren - back on break. :(
Chainsaw Man - love it, even if I lose track of which girl is which demon. lol.
One Punch Man - seems to be moving again. I'm enjoying it. Admittedly they've had a couple opportunities to end it, but I still find it funny.