Summer Season 2024

[Death BOO Z]

it's different. both are good. better or worse depends on the mood and what kind of feelings you want from the story.
I'm more of a manga person, so I'll base my judgment on that.
it's got a more fantasy vibe than dress-up darling (it doesn't strive for realism), the world the story takes place in is a bit better, brighter, more positive, larger-than-life and the plot is happier than that of dress up darling. the actual parts of creating cosplay are glossed over to make place for the drama arcs of the characters. it's a journey of "meet character, action scene, flashback as needed, resolve" with cosplay as the connective tissue and the thing the characters experience their emotional issue through.

reading through it again, i can see that it has a thought-out plot progression, so it's not just repeating the same story beats again and again, which is a plus. I like when they do the reference based humor (I usually recognize the HxH ones, and not the dark souls references). I know cosplayers in real life (through social media), and it's great to see a depiction that cares for them.

however, the romance based parts are weaker in my opinion, and the series picks up only after a volume or two, when we get to the first event and meet the first out-of-school friend.

also, I'm excited to see real-life cosplayers re-create the fictional characters.

[MFauli]

Shika no Ko nokonoko koshitantan episode 1:

Yeah, not sure I'll keep watching this. Opening is catchy and it was somewhat funny. But the complete lack of explanations for why the whole class and teachers are accepting of all the weird shit made it feel TOO random. Even Family Guy is more coherent. Will give it at least one more episode.

[KrayZ33]

So

"Wistoria's Wand and Sword" seems to have an insane budget.
The animation was really pretty. Unless that budget is now all gone, of course.

Monster looked very plain and boring, but all the other things did not.
People walking, shadows, spells, movements. Pretty high class.

Fun shounen story as well.
Loser is bad at magic but a superb swordsman.
Will overtake the world of mages with his sheer strength to see his childhood love who is some super mage on top of some tower

I'll keep watching and hope it remains interesting and strong.


Never heard of this manga/show/novel/whatever-it-is before though

[shinta|hikari]

Really liked how he wore goggles not only for sentimental value but because he moves so fast he needs them, like a pilot.

[Death BOO Z]

Shika no Ko nokonoko koshitantan episode 1:

Yeah, not sure I'll keep watching this. Opening is catchy and it was somewhat funny. But the complete lack of explanations for why the whole class and teachers are accepting of all the weird shit made it feel TOO random. Even Family Guy is more coherent. Will give it at least one more episode.

I'll probably watch an episode or two more, see if it has anything going for it beyond the initial shock premise.

So

"Wistoria's Wand and Sword" seems to have an insane budget.
The animation was really pretty. Unless that budget is now all gone, of course.

Monster looked very plain and boring, but all the other things did not.
People walking, shadows, spells, movements. Pretty high class.

Fun shounen story as well.
Loser is bad at magic but a superb swordsman.
Will overtake the world of mages with his sheer strength to see his childhood love who is some super mage on top of some tower

I'll keep watching and hope it remains interesting and strong.


Never heard of this manga/show/novel/whatever-it-is before though

please update for the next few episodes if this is worth watching. the description sounds like something i'd hate... I'll try reading the manga a bit.

[KrayZ33]

please update for the next few episodes if this is worth watching. the description sounds like something i'd hate... I'll try reading the manga a bit.

Will do, but I like underdog shows, so this will be biased.

[Death BOO Z]

I don't know how the anime goes, but I'm 4 chapters into the manga, and I think we have very different definitions of what an "underdog story" is.

[KrayZ33]

Nah, first episode had him delete that monster as well.
But the world is painting him as the underdog.

[DarthEnderX]

It just sounds like Mashle again.

Which itself was just Black Clover again.

"I'm the wizard that can't do magic! Ooooh!"

[KrayZ33]

It just sounds like Mashle again.

Which itself was just Black Clover again.

"I'm the wizard that can't do magic! Ooooh!"

Well, yes.
You can probably name another 10 shows or mangas that have the same concept just from the last two years, if you'd remember their names.


lets check:

1. Black clover and this show - both have MCs that can't do magic (I didn't watch Black clover for long because MC was unbearable, but I bet he actually can use magic but his sword/body eats it or whatever - same thing will probably happen here.)

2. the world thinks they are garbage because they can't use magic.

3. Both characters have some kind of childhood friend who is a prodigy.

4. both will obviously try to reach whatever dream they have and never give up

5. both use swords in a magic world


Guess where the story will go.
As I said, I like these kind of stories. If Black Clover didn't have such a bad MC, I'd have watched it.
These kind of stories and pointers are basically found in just about every other anime show there is in one form or another. (except the magic/sword stuff which, obviously, won't always fit in every setting)

From Haikyuu to Ballroom to Naruto to this, and that's why I watch them .


Another few tropes that fit in that kind of story setup are.

"Revenge after being kicked out of the hero's party"
"I killed the demon king but no one knows"
"My cheat skill was considered weak but is the strongest"

etc. (it's actually extremely funny because I just made these names up, but I'm 100% sure they are actually anime/manga names)

To a certain degree these are all underdog stories because the worlds they live in usually don't expect anything from them. Then they surprise everyone and everyone is flabbergasted


edit:

oh that reminds me, this season has a show where these two fit

"Revenge after being kicked out of the hero's party"
"My cheat skill was considered weak but is the strongest"

It's called "Hazurewaku", no idea what the name means, but it's basically a version of this other anime we had a while back where MC got tossed away in a dungeon and he had to eat monsters to gain super skills, which wasn't just stupid but became something beyond "super stupid" due to him using guns and other nonsense. (which was the point where I stopped watching it)

Blabla Goddess summons class, class gets super power, he got a shity B-rank one (that's sleeper-op), even the losers he had friendly relationships with hate him, but that one class-press girl doesn't
Blabla finding new companions and swearing to kill everyone from his old class + the goddess.

I think that description also applies to the other show I was referencing, lol.

[Death BOO Z]

I'm the most OP character from the start and I beat everybody who says otherwise.
I have no talent, but also some super power that's beyond the what's possible in the universe, I'm a loner, but all the girls are either my childhood friend, my step-sister, or I saved them!

black clover at least had other characters with their own plot. Mashle tried to be a comedy (sometimes, when it wasn't busy contradicting itself). I can't believe i'm praising BlackClover.

[Death BOO Z]

weakest? actually strongest!

I think my peeve is the pacing. naruto (and even black clover) can spend a few chapters of the main character actually being weak, so when they finally get the big break, it feels earned and like a cause for celebration. Naurto gets his first real win when he's up against Neji (first episose not withstanding), which is about 60 or 100 chapters into the story. until that point it's either him getting bailed out by a super power he can't control or remember, or by luckily scrapping a victory against small fry by sheer luck (Kiba, whatever was going in the forest during the exam).
The current generation of stories has the MC beating the "best in class" in the first episode, and by the the tenth episode, they have 10-0 win ratio after trashing the "strongest asshole knight" in the kingdom and the "most powerful demon general".

[MFauli]

Oh man, people who like Mashle and Black Clover tell me that anime nowadays is just as good as when Record of Lodoss War aired.

I feel vindicated, lol.

[Ryllharu]

Nah. Everyone believes Black Clover is shit. There's just stuff that is further bad. Nothing new.

It's like comparing Law of Ueki (2005) to Flame of Recca (1998)...oh wait, Flame of Recca was a bad adaptation of an otherwise amazing manga.

[shinta|hikari]

Some people don't understand that liking something is not the same thing as saying it is of good quality or well made, and vice versa.

[DarthEnderX]

Like, nobody here even said they like Black Clover. We just said "that has the same concept as Black Clover".

Mfauli is hallucinating.

[David75]

Regarding that Wisteria show:
- It seems background characters can die. MC can't save everyone like in many other Hero shows.
- It's possible MMC will reunite with FMC quickly. MMC will probably outclass teachers next ep. That Edward probably is a demon trying to hinder/cull humans before they get too strong. Very bad writing, I know.
- I hope the title suggests we get battles with that duo: best mage and best brawler/swordsman

[MFauli]

So anyway, now that the season has fully started: Are there any high quality-must sees?


I literally only have Oshi no Ko season 2 right now. Looked at a couple new anime, but nothing special. What I mean is: Is there anything that people are hype about?

... at least I'm almost caught up with One Piece, lol. Episode 951 ...

[DarthEnderX]

... at least I'm almost caught up with One Piece, lol. Episode 951 ...

Only 3 more FMA:Bs and you'll be caught up!

[MFauli]

No serious stories that are great? Damn.

Only 3 more FMA:Bs and you'll be caught up!

When I'm in the mood, I easily "watch" 20 episodes a day, lol. The pacing and amount of meaningful content per episode is ridiculous, takes me like 2 minutes for most episodes.