Anime

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First world problems: temptations.

Part one of the first season of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is available for a really good price, right now. Which is to say about 50% off the original pricing, or about what it should actually cost, lol. And that puts it in the same price range of season two of Is This a Zombie?, one of my favourite series.

Both will eventually join my Blu-ray collection if I have anything to say about the next ten years, and the latter is one of the leading ideas of what Christmas time is going to look like.

Thus the trade off problem: that the latter will continue to be available at the usual price versus the former won’t float up to “Ugh, that sucks” pricing, before I finally can pull the trigger. And this is part of why budgets are depressing things o/. Actually, thinking about the definition of ugh pricing jacks makes me remember: better off getting one of my favourite series off eBay. Because through “Regular” channels like Amazon has too many digits to it, and as years go by even the original publisher isn’t a good source. SMH.

On a positive side, my very strong aversion to dust collectors and nick knacks means decorating my home didn’t involve a decade of debt, so much as stuff that’s been in my family since before I was born, lol. This does of course, not prevent me from having to dust stuff once in a while. Yeah, let’s not think about that.

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Check out what I’m watching on Crunchyroll! http://www.crunchyroll.com/didnt-i-say-to-make-my-abilities-average-in-the-next-life/episode-1-you-said-id-get-a-do-over-in-a-new-world-789445

It remains to be seen of this series will bore or chuckle me to death, but I have to admit that the “Flat chested” semi finale to episode made for much chuckles.

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Crunchyroll Announces Fall 2019 Anime Lineup!

Hmm, sounds like this fall will be more than a few fantasy series to watch.
Given how much they’ve been pushing content in various languages, usually dubs, it’s kind of nice to see the announcement is being made available in multiple languages. As opposed to native English and that’s all.
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Fruits Basket – s01e22 – Because I Was Happy.

I kind of hoped that Hanajima’s history would pop up sooner than later. Thus making an episode filled with more than a bit sad and some good humor as well.

The role of Tohru and Uotani in the story, strikes me as showing their essential natures without losing the episode’s focus on Hanajima. If you want a good story: the characters are where it’s at.

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Advent of the Red Comet

Settling in to watch this now that it’s pretty much complete, and in a way it is both very nice and refreshing. On one hand it isn’t the ’70s no more but familiar faces and styles abound.

Watching the opening episode, it’s especially curious to see that old man Zabi may have been a competent old bastard during his rise to power. Likewise, I’m reminded of how dangerous and insidious Kycilia was and what a gorilla Dozle was.

By far though, I think the most interesting thing is seeing Ramba Ral so young and full of piss and vinegar. It’s quite the contrast from the old war horse of ’79.

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I remember coming across various wallpaper worthy images from Is This A Zombie? and adding them to my collection.

Seeing my desktop select this one of Eu out of its random rotation of wallpapers, I was rather surprised how well this one works on a 1080p display.

These days most of the wallpapers I’ve collected over the past eon, I see on my tablet screen. Because that’s the computer I use most often. At work, usually SFW stills are statically set. At home though, I still keep my PC’s set to a random rotation.

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Catching up on my backlog of Fruits Basket, I’m kind of glad to see episodes 16 and 17 tell some of Uotani’s story.

Uotani is a very nice supporting character. Despite the gruff personality that comes with her rendition as a delinquent, there’s also a kindness that balances the character out well. Long before this part, you can see how Uo and Tohru could end up great friends. As usual, Tohru’s late mother is a source of wisdom.

Most often the strength of a story rests upon it’s characters, and I’d say the characters make this series far more than the concept.