A while ago I mentioned something about an "anime blog" (a reaaaaally long time ago). But the one thing that stopped me from actually making said "anime blog" a thing instead of just an idea was my fear that people wouldn't like the blog. However sometime in the past five minutes I've had a change of mind.
Why do I care? I shouldn't. When I started out with this blog, I did it for fun. So I can do the same thing with this anime blog. I can write reviews and articles for my own benefit, and if it turns into something more, then hooray, something happened. If it doesn't, I can simply look back when I'm several years older and laugh at myself.
Now that that's out of the way, I can start thinking about other reasons for why I won't start this blog. No time? Don't deserve to say that, I have plenty of time. I'm not experienced enough with anime to write my opinion and I will get flammed? Oh well, that's okay. Well then. Looks like everything should be fine.
Chitoge just to fill up the emptiness of this.
TIME FOR YOUR DOSE OF SEASONAL ANIME (Spoilers)
Here's a little bit on the anime that I've watched so far. I'll list the few that I haven't started yet at the end of this. I feel like I should do a follow up for the spring season (a "thoughts now that everything except for Mahouka and Haikyuu has ended" type of thing), but that's definitely not going to be in this post. Don't know if you would like that kind of thing here. Anyhoo, in no particular order:
Definitely one of the later starts for the summer season, Blade Dance has been just about average in terms of what it really is. From the one episode that I've seen, what I get from it is a stereotypical MC who is placed in an all-girls academy with a supernatural twist. So in other words, a harem with spirits in it (oh what does that remind me of?).
BUT. BUT. Does that mean I can't enjoy it?
I will admit that Blade Dance is my guilty pleasure this season. Even though it's just girls who surround a male MC who is completely oblivious of his harem, I still find some fun in it.
So is Blade Dance bad? Well, yeah. But yeah it's kinda up my alley if you get what I mean (haha that just sounds creepy).
Hanayamata
There's a very good reason why I have only watched the first episode of this so far. Before it aired, I looked it up (actually I do that with everything, EXCEPT FOR DRAMAtical MURDER OF COURSE), and yeaaaaaaah, it does look like yuri.
Yes, I also don't know why I even watched this. For some reason the eyelashes really rub me the wrong way (oh god that also sounds weird) and I simply don't find Hanayamata interesting at all right now. I really don't look forward to watching episode two, but I mean, if I'm going to watch Blade Dance I should at least watch up to episode three on Hanayamata.
Tokyo Ghoul
You either hate it or love it. I think it's hard to have middle ground on an anime this extreme. Me? I'm more on the love it side, but the MC is unlikable (might be what they're going for though...).
Ohhhkay. Now this one is a bit "weird". I hear a lot about how Glasslip is identical to Nagi (seriously, whenever Glasslip is mentioned Nagi is also there). I can see the similarities in character design, but hey, I haven't watched Nagi yet (crowd: Boo! Boo!), so I really can't say anything about it.
Putting Nagi aside, Glasslip by itself... is still mediocre. The execution for the first episode was terrible and I didn't understand anything until the second episode (but that's nothing to whine about). Boom, CONFESSION in the second episode, somewhat expected with all the foreshadowing that came with it. Okay, so now we're getting somewhere, but this is definitely not anywhere good.
Do you know what this is like? Golden Time. I really liked the characters, but then the whole memory thing was a huge turnoff. The same concept goes for Glasslip. I honestly like the characters, but I don't like the future-seeing business. Put those characters into a regular slice-of-life setting, well, what you get is your average slice-of-life anime. So I don't like and I don't dislike Glasslip if that's what you were looking for.
Yet another one of my guilty pleasures. I LIKE LOCODOL. THERE. I LIKE THE CHARACTERS, AND I LIKE THE SHOW. Yukari is just so... perfect. And Nanako is also a great character. Now don't get me wrong, the show is definitely not godly, but it's not like it's doing anything wrong either. There are some good laughs to be found watching something like Locodol and there are adequate amounts of everything. It's a nicely rounded out show to even out all the chaos of everything this summer.
Oh hey another harem this season. Sounded like Nanana's Buried Treasure for a bit, but then I watched the first episode (today actually) and any of that idea went flying out (or in like a mahou shoujo) the window. The look of the characters was extremely different from Kokoro Connect (both came from Silver Link), and I have to say that I like Kokoro Connect's art style a lot more. There's nothing wrong with the style in Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, it's simply a case of preference.
Anyhow, to the actual filling of the episode. Overall nothing different from your typical harem. Guy rents a cheap apartment, girls proceed to fill it, and chaotic life ensues. Something feels off about this anime though, so for that reason I'm not really feeling it.
Let me just say one thing about this so we can get this over with. If it was just a standalone season, with NOTHING from the first season, I would actually like it. There's an interesting back story for Shino (who is a fresh change from the usual characters) and the show itself is interesting. That's all I have to say.
Akame Ga Kill!
Same thing with Tokyo Ghoul. It's pretty extreme, so you either like it or you don't. I feel like it tries to hard to be two things, with one side being all serious and gruesome, and the other side providing fan-service and comedy. If it just tired to be one side, I think it would turn out great. As it is now though, enjoyable, but to a point.
THIS SHOW IS DOING EVERYTHING PERFECTLY. It's a romance-comedy about a girl (Sakura) and a manga artist (Nozaki) who work together after a chain of events. The comedy is great, original, and the art looks great.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun is truly the gem hidden underneath all this clutter of summer anime. Its execution is flawless and I love the show. My favourite of this season.
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 2
First season gave me the creeps. Looking forward to this. First episode had me going, "Oh this isn't that bad." Second episode got me ripping off my headsets and crying. Fun little series.
Until Next Post
Wow I really overextended for this post. I'll try to do the spring conclusion thing sometime in the next bit, but until then this is what you have. Mahouka, well, it's just Mahouka. I thought Haikyuu!! would kind of drop for a while, but it's actually been outstandingly good.
Added Chitoge to my motivation wall. I'm an 8 for today. Later later... potato... tater? I don't know.
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch
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