I think you can call anything a character trait.
I’m the type of person who thinks Inori from Guilty Crown was perfectly executed personality-wise, but most would say she has no character~
So, who thinks Ikuhara saved anime with Yuri Kuma Arashi? I do. That promised kiss was glorious.
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Since I haven’t popped in for a while, I really only have two pieces to mention.
That final Code Geass reference for Aldnoah had to be one of the moments where I laughed for a while. Slaine: “I’ve always hated that color.” Jeremiah will always be better than you… and Inaho… together.
And now for this season. ALL OF YOU. HYPE. SHOKUGEKI NO SOUMA. IF YOU ARE NOT WATCHING YOU ARE LIVING LIFE INCORRECTLY! Sorry for caps, but it’s necessary.
Have you read the manga? I know it’s only episode one but this is being adapted way better than I thought it would, pretty much everything was covered (a couple things changed or skipped but nothing major). I hope it keeps this up.
I have. Originally planned to start reading it and fully went after it when I noticed it had an anime.
I’ve heard a lot of hype for shokugeki even before the anime was announced. Might I ask, what’s the deal? XD
I’m not really sure why it’s popular, personally I like cooking anime because I suck at cooking so I like seeing meals cooked well and in live action shows I can’t help but feel the waste a lot of them put out.
If I were to guess story wise it has a nice cast of characters with the main 3 (Soma, Megumi and Erina) all with clashing personalities. I’ve seen some people compare it to Hunter X Hunter with cooking but the only similarities I see between the two are the arc set-ups and a main character that everyone thinks is weak or underestimates then ends up destroying whatever their up against (and I guess both Gon and Soma have lost and learned from losses).
I’m hyped for Oregairu Zoku. But I’m still on a marathon to read all the volumes until volume 7, only then I’ll watch the first episode of the anime. I’m currently on volume 5.
I think it’s just a well done shounen. It’s not particularly amazing but it doesn’t try to do anything beyond its rather simple setting: battling yourself and others via cooking. All the suspense comes in the form of how the characters will overcome cooking-related challenges/disadvantages. Characters are diverse but lack depth (beyond the mains). The author tends to give a lot of them 1-2 chapter backgrounds which works sometimes but other times feels like a really weak attempt at characterization. The art is pretty good along with over the top ecchi that personally is my biggest annoyance but others love (Tosh is an experienced hentai artist soooo…). I imagine the actual cooking is wrong past a certain threshold if you were knowledgeable (I’m not), but it does a good job of keeping focus on why and how the food tastes so good or why one dish is better than the other. It remains fairly creative in this regard, so really it maintains interest by making you wonder how one will go about winning as opposed to the usual problem of just knowing MC is going to plot armor his way out of every battle. I guess that last point is its greatest strength.
Personally I think it’s only so hyped because it doesn’t have any glaring problems, but I suppose that in and of itself can be considered impressive.
Brace yourselves. Oregairu Zoku is coming.
I’m already pretty damn sure this anime is going to be my favorite this season. I’ve been waiting for this for two years…
Just seeing the first episode of the new season made me extremely happy 
Volume 7 will be covered in the first two episodes of Zoku.
Also, how are you going to read those? I thought that there’s almost no translation for volumes 1-6?
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There is. All volumes 1-10 are fully translated by now. 1-4 on NanoDesu and 5-10 on Kyakka.
So… that Plastic Memories episode 1 ;_; this is gonna be feels every episode, isn’t it?
But yeah, I loved the emotion that comes from it. Isla is fun, but all the other characters are pretty bland. I’m staying in for the heart-wrenching emotions, though! Anybody else watching it? I might make a discussion topic if there’s enough interest
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I’ll be watching it, too. The concept itself already has inherent drama and feels, so if the execution is right, this is gonna be real good.
I gotta say, though, I have totally misjudged Isla’s character due the first scene. Thought she’d be the melancholic type. Didn’t expect her to be the klutzy, … (I don’t want to say “dumb”, but I can’t find the right word here), unintentionally funny type. Though some of it might be just an act.
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Yeah I thought she’d be a Rei clone but I guess not. She seems a bit… awkward for a robot that should have emotions 
I welcome the feels. It’s one of those shows that does it all pretty much right. It might not be exceptional but I can find nothing wrong with it. I’d like to see a thread for it!
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On the other hand, there’s a risk of Plastic Memories becoming episodic and repetetive, much like Death Parade. The middle part would be just a set of similar stories following the same pattern, with little bits of main plot sprinkled here and there.
Not saying that Death Parade was bad or anything, but the repetition really wasn’t something I appreciated…
Btw, Isla kinda reminds me of Mur Mur from Mirai Nikki. And I totally don’t like that comparison…
That’s absolutely a risk! I feel the best way they could avoid that is to build the world instead of just have a robot of the week, it’s simply something we’ll have to see.
That’s cause she’s already got Robo-Dementia. Course her personality is gonna be a bit wonky.
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I honestly wouldn’t mind that buuuut if anything, the main plot is gonna be about Isla. Unless they do a shit-hits-the-fan moment and they start to question why the robots feel emotions and why they get wonky after 9 years. Either way is alright.
Heck, it could merge both plot points together, and MC works towards preserving Isla’s memories by trying to figure out why they reset or something.
I’ve began Kekkai Sensen and the first episode was pretty cool.
The universe as well as the characters looks like interestings, the animation is fine, music is cool and the scenario will probably be exciting if it continues in the same vein. It’s an adaption from a comic created by Yasuhiro Nightow, the father of Trigun. And just for that fact, you MUST watch this anime.
It’s like KeyAIDS. Think she’s got what Yumemi had?
