It's almost time for the grand finale

I don't want to say goodbye.

>>279858312
Are there any novels left to adapt?

>>279857971 (OP)
Oh damn I thought somehow it might’ve had one more episode spent on something else

What was this about? I only know the cocoa screenshot.

>>279858420
No, it's over. This is the last chapter.

Isn't the main chick like a whore or something?

>I don't dislike waiting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbuykTEyQko

>>279858544
>ruined guy's life because he tried to kiss her
I'm not sure.

>>279858553
Oh no, she’s looking extra cute again, can’t let my guard down

>>279858476
Ever watch Hyoka? Pretty much that with a different cast and setting

>>279858614
I did but I don't remember anything of Hyouka.

>>279858476
Two autists with huge egos who have trouble with their feelings and try to be normies even though they are not.

Didn't the two leads break up at the end of the first season?
Don't tell me they get back together again.

>>279858915
Yes and it's a very interesting sequence of events.

would you sniff Osanai's farts?

Fuck Osanal

>didn't watch this show ongoing with /a/
it's over again

Reminder that the soundtrack is out and available on Nyaa.

>>279859272
It's up on all streaming services too, the track titles are quite interesting to see.
https://vap.lnk.to/shoshimin_OST

Episode doko?

>>279859419
in an hour

>>279859427
sonna

>>279859272
I still can't believe how good the OP and ED for this season are when the ones from last season were so bland.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLRbIc8KZ_8

>>279857971 (OP)
This is one of the most boring anime I've watched same with the creators other work

>>279859559
The MV was pretty nice of last OP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaW5teT0oLc

>>279858420
Technically, they skipped vol.5 but that's just a bunch of short stories.

>>279859815
This one was from vol 5

You WILL remember and praise KenGOD even after his show's over, right?

Osanai rape

https://x.com/honobu_yonezawa/status/1936476529917399537
It's over

>>279860145

>>279860145
Masaka...

>>279859559
Yeah the OP is my favorite of the season by far

>>279859272
This soundtrack didn't really catch my attention, probably because most of the show is people talking so there isn't much time to put in bgm

>>279859559
It's OP of the year

>>279860288
yorushika is always great

>>279857971 (OP)
>We have Hyouka at home.
Hyouka at home:

>>279860288
I got exposed to her thanks to Orb. She's got a great voice.

It's always wonderful for anime to have an actual ending, it's incredible rarity for adaptions.

up

POCKET SAND

>defeated by sand
Pathetic

>>279857971 (OP)
Osanai is cute I love her voice and these threads have been ok :)

>>279860145
>it's actually over
So will this share the fate of Hyouka where I have to wait another 10 years for the next comfy low-stakes mystery show with high-school detectives comes around?

She's right

>>279861108
fuckin lol

Did Osanai lose?? What is she going to do?

heh

>>279860145
Jiren?

>destroys family with autism
Nothing personal bro

She's like a big marshmellow

I can fix her

>>279861108
>>279861124
>pocket pepper (ftfy)

>>279861108
Would anyone have been surprised of she had brought a gun?

>thinking about sweets

lame ass show. good riddance

>>279860145
No university arc? What a shame

I saw the truth, the whole hit and run was schemed by Osanai to make Kobato go to different university.

>>279861398
Brocon

kek

top smug

And the best you could come up with was "bring pepper"?

Very sweet ending 10/10

I know it's not a romance series, but I kinda feel robbed of a kissing scene.
Did the author mention any plans of making any future volumes or is this actually it?

AOTY

>>279861741
I at least expected a kiss on the cheek as he slept at the end, goddamnit

>doujima found him
YOUR HERO

University arc next novel when?

>>279861741
Maybe short stories is possible, but I don't think real continuation is ever happening

>>279861108
Of all the things it could have possibly been, I don't think a single person here predicted pocket sand.

>>279857971 (OP)
It's been an honor, fellow shoushimins.
To think my mom was still alive when this show started...
May our hot cocoas remain delicious.

one osanai gf please

>your punishment is to marry me and bend me over every piece of furniture in the house and cum inside me over and over and over until we can both barely walk then start a happy family where we raise our 5 babies until they're all happy and healthy adults then retire in our old age and you spend every day playing go or shogi or mahjong while I make you treats that we enjoy together
>then, and only then, will my revenge be complete

>>279861493
Probably not.

>>279859559
2nd OP is easily an all-timer.

Pregnant Osanai...

Osanai's boobs

It's not fair that Jogoro get to fuck this

>congratulations

Only emptiness left.

>>279861108

>>279861818
>don't worry kobato, if i spread rumors about her online she won't be able to hurt us

I have absolutely nothing else to look forward to this year

>>279861767
They could at least hold hands a little.

>>279861857
>To think my mom was still alive when this show started...
Fuck

>>279861493
I'd be wondering where a Japanese high schooler got a gun and what kind of company she hangs out with.

>pocket sand
OH SHIT

F

>>279861493
How many times does she have to explain it? Osanai does not get her hands dirty, she'd never use a gun.

>>279861108
kek

Great ending. Time to make my wife watch the whole series.

>>279862032
>No! This shoushimin is dececased

i'm gonna miss this series

>same one as the one from the ED
kino?

>>279861696
That smug is worth turning Kyoto upside down for.

>Kobato solved a mystery
>Osanai got fukushuu
Total Shoshimin Victory

What is she going to do to Kyoto? I'm scared

I genuinely don't even know how to rate this anime. I like the first cour quite a lot, and I appreciate that the writing strives for realism, it's not exactly going for a Baby Sherlock vibe. I also like the fact that the story doesn't make excuses for their main characters' immaturity, it treats it all with intense moral weight, which is very much a breath of fresh air. I just think that the payoff wasn't that great and the story ended with a bunch of loose ends that robs it of humanity. Like for example what the fuck was the deal with Cobalto's girlfriend? Did she exist only to make a point about how flawed of a man he is? Also, I genuinely do feel that the second cour ruined Osanai's character to a very large extent, she feels incredibly unlikeable know, like some capricious deity. The show doubling down on Osanai labelling him as "the next best option" is so very incomprehensible to me, even if I can somewhat understand this as a punishment the first time around for their falling out. This was a very weird ride for me.

>>279862079
What was this about?

So Osanai calls Juggalo her second best option into basically getting him to look for her in Kyoto
Yep, it's Osanai alright

>>279861741
This was the most romantic scene from any anime so fat this year (and nothing will top it)

>Nagoya mentioned

Osanai's voice is something else

>>279861962
They're far, far too autistic to fuck
They might to kiss once, after living together for 7 years

>>279862117
The angel of death

>>279862079
Semen demon

>>279862150
I want her to whisper in my ear.

>>279861970
It's supposed to end here, but the ending feels extremely inconclusive. Of course we won't get further adaptations (as there's nothing to adapt anymore) but a sequel novel in Kyoto with a conclusive ending would be cool. The author is willing to keep writing about them in the future, so that keeps me hopeful.

>>279861840
they literally tricked us by putting a metalic sound in the last scene, I still don't know where that came from

>>279861741
They're too fucked in the kokoro to do a kiss scene. It's a story about fundamentally abnormal people pretending to be normal after all.

>>279862104
>The show doubling down on Osanai labelling him as "the next best option" is so very incomprehensible to me
Anon, before Kobato got hit by the car they both would have split their separate ways after graduating from High School, but now Osanai wants to continue their relationship. If you don't understand that "next best option" this time was entirely different, I'm not sure what to say.

Osanai setting up a maze of sweets and mysteries in Kyoto makes it sound like she’s jumping ship to a Morimi series lol

The whole mystery this cour was one big woman moment.

You'd know he's fucking livid just now.

>>279862079
Same

>>279862319
Heh, I was about to post the same thing.

>>279862150
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBsh7nx2dOw&list=RDTBsh7nx2dOw

sorry for the bad edit, couldn't be arsed to polish too much

>>279861162
low-stakes? the stakes just keep going up in this series, the real problem now is how do the stakes go any higher after Kobato already had someone go after him because of a previous case
>>279862233
I think at least 1 more book in Kyoto would be cool, where the plot is Kobato looking for Osanai, while the former tries to fuck with the investigation from the shadows.
Would be a cute way to end the series, but it would lack interections between the two of them, so maybe another case with the two would be better

>the couple has to spend 1 year apart
japanese storytelling
I still don't understand why they always do it

>>279862387
it looks good anon

EVERY TIME

EVERY TIME THEY ONLY SUCCEED BECAUSE OF KENGOD

>>279862374
I've been a big You-chan fan since her debut in SelePro. I'm happy she made it big.

>>279862297
I like it when stories avoid spelling things out for the audience. But you are definitely making an assumption based on nothing at all. I appreciate your interpretation of the events and I will honestly think about it when remembering this anime, but let us not pretend that was obviously going to happen.

Osanai in the second cour is a way more devastatingly chaotic and unlikeable character. She was always a sort of biblical plague, but there was this vague motivation about security and justice. In the second cour, she's mostly defined by capriciousness.

>>279859617
Make sure to turn on the subs on Youtube.

>>279862398
it builds up semen in the male's testicles, leading to huge creampies

>>279861108
lol glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought that

>>279861973
kek

>>279862417
total kenGOD victory

then
>you are my next best option until I leave this city
now
>come find me in kyoto

this woman

>>279862417
KenGod is MC's guardian angel

definitely my aots and aoty so far
glad it stuck the landing
been a joy following it with /a/ as well, haven't even been spoiled once

>>279862387
nice

>>279862504
I mean at least she gave him a clear “these moments with you right now are the highlight of my high school years”

>tfw no university arc

Did that cunt drug and rape him?

>>279861939
>that face

Osanai has such a pleasant voice..

In the end we never became shoushimin but that's allright.

>>279862695
I think they did a pretty good job, you could argue that they did end up becoming shoushimin after being together because they definitely have changed.

>inb4 osanai find her best option and have sex with him

>>279862413
thanks, anon

There was no need to be cheeky and change the words because Retribution is the title of the episode and it's the whole theme of the arc.
Do the retarded translators even watch the shows they are translating?

Why didn't Kobato deny the fact that Osanai is his gf?

>>279862117
She had nothing to hide.

>>279862901
Because that would lead to the worst fuckushu possible.

>>279862695
Maybe the real shoushimin were the friends they made along the way?

I still can’t tell if he’s an empty psychopath faking every interaction or just overwhelmingly normal and awkward. I hate to always compare with Hyouka but Oreki is so much more full of life and clear identity.

>>279862901
Trying to deny it when she showed up late at night to defend him with pocket pepper would just enrage her further. Osanai is acting like the best girlfriend ever at that time.

>>279862999
Brutal mogging

>>279863012
The whole middle school part was made to show how much Kobato has changed

I need a ride or die bitch like this

>>279862999
Seriously, when the fuck do we get Hyouka S2?

>No Kengo Kino in the last episode
6/10

Is Kengo bro of the year or what?

>>279863192
The director died in the attack...

>>279863202
saved the day off-screen
a true hero

>>279863012
Jogoro is prideful and nosy but is being genuine with his shit
Oreki is a normal dude that got burned early in his life

>>279862297
>If you don't understand that "next best option" this time was entirely different,
I am pretty sure she was always coping with this.

>>279863192
Maybe something might come out after author finishes the books, so probably never.

>>279863103
This arc definitely swings more toward him actually being human but he’s been a really bland character for most of the show. I like the storyline of him becoming more mature and reasonable after chuuni detective playing has normal consequences in fucked Japanese society but so much of the time he really is just a bland face on screen.

>>279857971 (OP)
It was the most enjoyable show this season and it's a nice ending. I would have loved to see a few frames of Jougoro opening a café in Kyoto and seeing Osanai with a slightly different style to confirm again her growth as a character but it's fine.

>I thoroughly realized that in the end, I don’t like myself much. I would always lament that whenever I impertinently swung around my blade of wisdom and pierced someone with it, the spurts of blood would always sully my hands. How can I like myself when I take on such an attitude? But then again… even if it shames me so, there’s nothing I can do but to accept myself for who I am. I’ll be alone now, after all.

I loved every single episode of this S2, it was a fun ride guys, my favorite anime of the year alongside Ave Mujica

terrible show. what a waste of my time

>>279863367
I’ve been wondering if this is a case where the removal of narration was crippling his character

Wait, the novel is still going. Why are you people talking as if the story was over

>>279863298
>but so much of the time he really is just a bland face on screen.
Jogaro absolutely stole this season with this scene alone

Wonder what happened to Urino...

>>279863461
Doesn't the author take his sweet ass time on all of his novels

I had fun lads, see you all in the next crazy romcom next season

>>279863487
He ripped in piss

>>279863461
I heard people saying the novels were finished

>>279863477
I prefer the tomato scene, it really did a great job of using the direction to push the audience toward his mindset observing all the random details before his silly deduction rant

>>279863461
Because the series were themed after the 4 seasons and winter was the last one.
Anyways
https://x.com/honobu_yonezawa/status/1910898746000539686

>>279863396
you now remember tomori and osanai have the same seiyuu

>>279863461
Because it is, and even if it wasn't, it took an entire decade for the latest volume

So the whole point of hit character was to show that Kobato has a history of hurting people through his tism?

>>279863506
There's a lot of them, where are my shoushiminbros going - the detective one?

>>279863461
neat, see you in 20 years when there's enough material to animate

KWABOTY of the year award goes to:
>Urine
Honorable runner up:
>Eiko

>>279863617
That he will never be a shoushimin

No more Osanai.

That was a really great, intriguing, and masterfully produced series, I'm glad to have watched it with you fags

Remind me though, in the first season did she end up taking revenge on the bike thief?

>>279863617
I can’t shake the feeling this entire series is a critique of the neurotic psychology of normalcy in Japan

>>279863455
Yeah, but I'm not sure how do you even adapt it then.
I would recommend reading the books.
>She said her piece well, but I couldn’t bring myself to agree. While I wanted to be a hero who light-heartedly saves others and disappears with great panache, I was never the type of self-sacrificing hero who put their own life on the line, and even now I think that if something like that ever happened again, I would probably save myself. Yet, someone like me was able to save Osanai-san in that moment.

>Everything else didn’t matter. In that one instant when an irreversible conclusion was crashing down on us, with our lives on a wafer-thin line, I’d picked an option that wasn’t bad, and it somehow worked out well.

>I hid my eyes with my palm. Osanai-san probably wouldn’t want to see my tears, after all.

>>279863717
>Remind me though, in the first season did she end up taking revenge on the bike thief?
yes, he was part of the gang she got arrested

>>279863192
Director is dead so never.

Damn Osanai. You could have shared the wooden board with Kobato. The Atlantic sea is freezing.

what did I think of the finale?

>>279863759
>I would recommend reading the books.
i'd consider it if it had a licensed english release
don't really want to read a bunch of fan-translated light novels on a pc screen desu

Osanai is not that cute

>>279863872
you are sad that it's over, but you liked it

>>279863864
Yeah, I was thinking "fucking whore, at least wrap up in your jacket next to him"

>>279861669
NO
NAGOYA FOREVER

>>279863759
I will always advocate for direct inclusion of narration in anime. Just try to imagine something like Bakemonogatari without it.

>>279863872
Not a single second of Kengo's sexy voice so I'm sad that he will never back/10

>>279863872
Not Hyouka-tier kamishow but a good time

>>279863612
Fuck I can't believe this was it
I will miss Kengo atleast he kissess and fucks his gf unlike Juggalo

I think I'll go rewatch Subete ga F ni Naru now

i liked it better than hyouka, but i'm not sure if it's just thanks to recency bias
maybe i should give hyouka a rewatch

>>279863880
If you want physical release then it's probably not happening as novels rarely ever get official translations unlike LNs.

>>279864088

>>279863202
>pocket reveal wasn't Osanai on the phone with Kengo
>mystery person who showed up wasn't Kengo
Genuinely the only complaints I have with the entire season is this. We need more Kengo

>>279861741
Considering the end of the fireman arc was written in 2009 and this arc was written in 2024, they probably had some deal where they'd adapt it as an anime IF the author wrote one more book so they could get 2 cours worth of material out of the show.

>>279863872
You think it's AOTY so far and don't expect anything to change that

>>279863192
not enough source material

>>279862387
lmao

>>279863872
It was a sweet ending, I feel satisfied but also want more of their interactions.

I want to know what was this about
Was this Yuki using Kengo to get Kobato to do detective shit again?

>>279864088
I still like Hyouka better, but Shouhsimin is pretty good in its own right
Chitanda is still kinda flat as a character though since she doesn't have her arc yet(goddammit Yonezawa)

>>279863717
yup

>>279864248t
It was about the articles.

>>279863872
I want a university arc

AOTY

>>279864254
I liked the episodes that focused on Mayaka. It's not only because she's so cute but it leads to a pretty good ending with the last couple episodes tying together

So did the nurse think her brother killed himself and was dead or something? I doubt she didn't know he survived, so was she mostly just mad that Jogaro pushed him to attempt it in the first place?

>>279864097
i shan't be reading them, then
at least not for now, but i'll add them to my never-ending backlog

>>279864254
He will write hyouka short stories after 11 years instead. (like he did with shoushimin)

>>279864299
It's genuinely amazing in a way that's kinda hard to explain. It's not like the premise or plot are earth-shattering. The anime itself is simply very good. The writing, characters, sound, etc. It's just very well put together

>>279861710
Better than pocket sand kek, at least pepper can irritate the eyes and sinus.
I dunno if Japan limits who can buy pepper spray but maybe there is such a restriction that she could not overcome or its not as easily purchased at various stores on the way to the hospital.

>>279864321
she 100% knew he was alive, the attempt alone is stressful
it was left ambiguous to the viewer on purpose until his arrival

She reminds me of Sodachi in the quick scene she was in the last monogatari season. HOT

>>279864321
>>279864395
I feel like I'm crazy, didn't Kengo say he killed himself? Back at the start of the arc when Jogoro was in the hospital. Was that a translation error?

>>279862235
If I had to venture a guess (without going back and hearing the sound), I'd guess it was unscrewing the cap on the pepper shaker.

Shit series. It needed more Urino.

>>279864426
Kengo said there was a rumor he killed himself and Jogoro asked him to look into it.

>>279864219
I thought he released a new volume maybe a year or two ago and we finally have enough. Maybe not for 2 cour but at least 1?

Part of me was hoping Osanai was carrying heat

>>279864432
Yeah, that was probably it. Honestly, the nurse got off easy because she wore glasses. I got the full contents of a pepper shaker in my eyes once because I sneezed into the open container and I was in absolute agony for the rest of the night.

>>279864248

>>279864517
>2016
And it was short stories

>>279864402
So what was her plan, exactly? Just prolong his hospitalization as long as possible so he had to repeat a year? They mentioned stalling but it didn't seem as if she was trying to off him until she was confronted.

>>279864541
Or at least a hammer.

>deserts
Retard TL-kun not smart enough for this show.

>>279864640
He also fucks up the same line AGAIN at the end

>>279864643
Adding the extra s would have pissed off half the viewer base because muh localization. (Should've done it anyway.)

>>279859559
>the ones from last season were so bland.
You take that back! I loved them both.
Though the OP mostly for the animation and MV, and the ED for the lyrics.

>>279864640
>>279864661
he didn't fuck up anything, episode title is a reference to how dry her vagina is because she hit the wall (is older than 20)

>>279864640
How did retribution turn into that, when even author notes the significance of the title.
https://x.com/honobu_yonezawa/status/1936478233933041869

>it's over
Time to rewatch Hyouka I guess.

>>279864613
>2016
You're fucking shitting me. No way that lazy fuck has been putting it on hiatus for close to a decade.

>>279864640
>>279864661
Urino-kun.......

>>279864712
What kind of psycho sees a teenager on the road and thinks "showtime"

>Kobato refused to hear what happened
Kek. What a Shoushimin!

>>279864720
It was 15 years between the arson case novel and this last one. It's just how he is, but not like he's on hiatus, he's writing standalone books too.

>You read my notes?
>Teehee, I thought you wanted me to read them
Can they marry already.

>>279862398
blame the chinese

>>279864772
has any of his works been published in english? would be interesting to read some his stuff considering how much i enjoyed the adaptations

>>279864753
I believe you are talking about this well adjusted shoushimin member of society.

>>279862885
>just deserts
yes I know that the phrase was originally that, not desserts

>>279864825
Honestly a fair assumption, since she started it by leaving him notes, but the coy way she said it was so perfect.

>>279864088
You should rewatch Hyouka, it’s always worth it. The production values are just too much better for Shoushimin to challenge it but I do like Shoushimin’s premise, tone and themes. It even clearly has parallels to parts of Hyouka. It’s difficult because Hyouka has a much more whimsical tone and exploration of grey and rose colored things so it’s easier to make that expressive in anime, but the Shoushimin adaption fails to create a sufficient style in my opinion. Instances of what they tried to do working is something like Kobato’s mental landscape that will change to reflect his thinking. But then the crime scene recreation imagery is just normal, a depiction without character. A more stylized depiction would go part of the way toward making up for the lack of internal dialogue. I think the opening animation really proves this because it demonstrates really well how to convey tone and meaning with direction and image theory. Kobato’s perspective as a detail oriented observer is depicted really well. The tomato deduction debacle showcased it; so did the hospital arc where so much of the situation was communicated to the audience just through all the stuff he looks at in sequence. His reactions to anything were the least apparent aspect throughout the show, especially with scenes where he and Osanai leverage social pressures to manipulate people showing how much they can fake.

Well, I liked this cour way more than the first one. This season, and overall this year is way stronger than the last one, so I can't say it's my AOTS or AOTY, but I would still put it within my four-three favorites this season.
Had this aired completely back to back last year, and it would have been an easy AOTY for me. Osanai a cute.

>>279864703
Shut up she cute

>>279864941
I wish her hair was longer. Other than that, she's perfect

>>279862233
What sort of "conclusive ending" do you think could happen in Kyoto? Osanai finally finding her prince on a white horse and forgetting all about Kobato "Next Best Option" Jougoro?
Life never ends, but a story has to end somewhere.

>I'll let you have the last piece.
Is the last piece... Sex?

>>279864305
The Mayaka PoV stories from the novels are great. It’s a true tragedy because they would have made for a kino OVA using different classic manga inspired art styles.

this was def something, better than the first season but this ending, goddamn.

Easily AOTS.

>>279865109
>college
>sex being the last piece
More like a wedding ring.

>>279865016
out of curiosity, what's your AOTS/AOTY? not trying to dunk on you, i just haven't had a lot of time to watch anime this year, so i only picked up sequels to things i previously watched.

>>279865096
I agree, I think it was a good ending and there's no reason for continuation. Short stories are still possible though.

>>279864619
She had no plan. She was just a shoushimin faced with the dilemma of being furious enough to kill out of revenge but too much of a coward to go through with it. Keeping Jogoro in the hospital was a vain attempt at buying time to think of how to avoid being identified as the culprit.

>>279864929
Unfortunately, time to learn Japanese.

>>279862100
Who at KyoAni wronged her?

>>279862374
Selection Project had some nice moments but overall it was a mess

>>279863461
Number of Kotenbu books released after the Hyoka anime finished airing 13 years ago: 1

Nothing will be better than the episode where Osanai turned Urino into her Urinal

>>279861889
This show made me want to read romance, but I know I will only be disappointed.

>>279859272
I'm listening to it right now and there's a few tracks I don't remember being used. I know that's fairly common, but it's always a little eerie, like hearing a ghostly echo of events we never saw on screen.

>>279865234
nta but Cinderella Gray

>>279865327
looked it up, he actually does have one book published in english, "the samurai and the prisoner"
but don't know how enjoyable it would be without a broader understanding of japanese history, reviews seem a bit mixed, also some complain about the translation

>>279865469
I want that book to be adapted by this studio

>>279865234
NTA but the only reason this isn’t my AOTS/Y is because of Gundam Gqux (although Dandadan will probably surpass Shoushimin based on that fun little preview)

>>279865443
I would pay an exorbitant amount of money to be Osanai's personal urinal

I want to see them as serial killers

can't wait for Season 3

>>279865529
>is because of Gundam Gqux
I'm enjoying the trainwreck as much as the next guy, but AOTS? Really??

>>279865557
Haha

>>279865557
anon... season 3, it...

>>279862039
>Osanai does not get her hands dirty
She even used a shaker for the pepper to avoid having pepper all over her hands.

>>279865588
Is Osanai hentai

>>279865557
Mien Fuhrer...

>>279865607
Does she masturbate with gloves?

>>279865465
okay, that's not really for me, i guess. already tried the first uma musume anime, but dropped it.
>>279865529
the new gundam looked interesting (it has some very cute girls, at least), but i think id be lost as i have never watched gundam, it seems too daunting.
also excited for dandadan s2. a lot of good sequels this year.

>>279865234
Well since everyone else is at it, AOTS is easily Shoushimin for me.
Apocalypse Hotel could've been a contender if it was more consistently like the last episode but it's just way too hit and miss.
The only other thing that could come close is Aru Majo ga Shinu Made which started slow but every episode is better than the last.

>>279865443
For me it was Jogoro making the orange haired whore seethe uncontrollably by doing absolutely nothing but being himself lmao

>>279865644
:)

>>279864929
From what I can tell, most of the others are classic Agatha Christie-style mystery novels, not "everyday school mysteries" like Kotenbu and Shoushimin.
It seems there exist English subtitles for the movie adaptation of Incite Mill, so you can watch that I guess

>>279864168
we'll have no more these edits now... what a shame

peak series

>>279865571
AOTY by far and pretty much the most significant series of the past few years. It’s not a train wreck in the slightest and has important ideas for renewing otaku culture. Tomino himself has said that Gundam should reflect contemporary discourse surrounding war and Gqux is leading the way by making a refugee a protagonist while pointing toward the mythos of the Cold War that has yet to be broken in the postwar period.

>>279865644
:)c

>>279865631
>i think id be lost as i have never watched gundam
I'm watching it without knowing anything about UC Gundam besides what I've picked up through cultural osmosis, and it works fine as a standalone story.
That said, Shoushimin is still easily my AOTS and strongest AOTY candidate. It's the only show so far I kept compulsively thinking about on non-airing days.

>>279865531
I'm a thirsty little anon and I would drink straight from the source

>>279863759
I'm reading through the unadapted parts of Hyouka.
I don't think I have the time to read something I already watched, my anime/manga/JRPG/visual novel/light novel/novel novel backlogs are too fucking huge already.

>>279865638
>Apocalypse Hotel
i have heard this praised a lot. will check out an ep or two tonight. thanks.
>Aru Majo ga Shinu Made
haven't even heard about this one.

>>279865631
Gqux does a good job of explaining any part of the original that you need to know to enjoy it as a stand alone story, but its full potential really comes from having both seen the 0079 through CCA entries and read about the impact and fandom surrounding Gundam. It is very much a meta text in conversation with the franchise’s past.

What was the last cake? I am trying to investigate.

>>279865644
For me, it was her BTFOing him in the tomato scene

>>279864825
to be fair
it is odd that he all of sudden decided to start writing out his thoughts

>>279865557
>he is unaware

>>279865895
Apocalypse Hotel expect to hate or love it because of Tanukis
Aru Majo ga Shinu Made is boring as fuck and tries too hard early on to make you sad
You get a character that sounds like Osanai since its the same actress

Now it's over, what's your favourite frame/s from the OPs or EDs?

>>279865930
Haru ate it

>>279865644
>>279865678
>>279865765
>>279865931
:)

>>279865771
>>279865904
i think i'll skip gundam for now then. thanks anyhow, appreciate the explanations, although i don't know what UC Gundam, 0078 or CCA means.
as you can see i know very little about it, only that it seems to be the godfather of mecha. also haven't watched a lot of mecha outside full metal panic, code geass and nge.

>>279857971 (OP)
Kengo with the finale save yet again

#justice4tokiko

What happened to Urino?

>>279866015
>Fellow Trillion Game watcher
Fine taste that you have anon. Another great show, that was AOTS or close to it. Too bad it was overshadowed by plenty of overhyped garbage.

>>279866051
>I'm in love
>after three timing you
Women...

>>279866009
I generally like all of the papercraft parts best

>>279866051
never post this low quality garbage image again

>>279866009

>>279866117
this author must be awfully familiar with women with how accurately he writes the woman moments in this series

>>279866151
Which event from this season did this represent?

>>279866051
It's like an ukiyo-e print except with Osanai instead of tentacles

>>279866094
He actually jumped fully

>>279866051
How could anyone hate him...
He's just the best...

>>279866176
Third impact

Going to miss these threads :,)

>>279866165
You don't have to be familiar with women if you have internet

>>279866009
I'm to lazy to make a webm of it but the switch being flicked in the second OP
also urino's thinking just before it

>>279866009
Also squatting Osanai of course

>>279866094
>>279866194
He was so fucking humiliated I think he might have changed school or killed himself

>>279865557
one more year...

>tfw no stalker gf

>>279865557
Haha....

>>279866246
Seriously, what did they mean by this

Good anime no kiss disappointed

>>279859996
>MPVed the last arc too

cucked again huh

>My most unforgettable moment is right now
That's a signal if I ever saw one. Why didn't Kobato get it? Is he stupid?

>>279861340
>>279861495
>>279861696
Nice Kobato and Osanai reactions in this episode.

>>279861787
I'm mad KenGOD didn't show up for the finale though.

>>279861896
The cold lowered his IQ to Urine levels.

>>279861124
tbf, it's course, rough and it gets everywhere!

>>279866332
wait, she wanted sex? even I didn't get it. no wonder I'm a virgin

>>279866352
I'd say that's pretty much a confession for someone like her.

>>279866332
>Why didn't Kobato get it? Is he stupid?
it's a matter of fact statement not a mystery to solve so he doesn't care
osanai's gonna have to manufacture a mystery that requires having sex in order for him to initiate it

>>279866309
>>279859996
The absolute star in the shadows
I'll miss him a lot

>>279861267
Woah that is true

>>279866402
considering she was washing him yes it's literally true

>>279866176
It's Mars containing a kurikinton and/or the final chocolate, set against the Great Wave of Emotional Turmoil and/or the curly hair (symbolizing same) of a certain silly character.
It also reminds me a bit of Stanley Donwood's art for Thom Yorke's The Eraser and his comments on erotic landscape art, which were clearly inspired by >>279866180.

>>279866392
>introduced as a fucking psycho who microwaves an entire carton of milk without second thought or remorse
>he's actually extremely level-headed and responsible

>>279866332
>Why didn't Kobato get it?
He did, for once. She asked him to commit by telling him to apply to Kyoto and even promised to give him a cool mystery with a gf as a reward.

>>279866288
Uh... maybe to represented her trying to get a secret message across to Jogoro like through this whole last part.
I still think it's funny to think that's she's reenacting some type of squatting crime for Jogoro.

>>279866246
Why did she do it?

>>279866298
I still love that she did this

>>279866430
>It also reminds me a bit of Stanley Donwood's art for Thom Yorke's The Eraser
Crazy fucking reference, but I actually see it completely. Based music taste

>>279866298
Genuinely, unironically, and completely seriously. Why did Osanai do this?

>>279865895
For Apocalypse Hotel, only watch 1-4, then skip to six, then skip to 10-finish.
As for why you might want to skip, when you watch episode 3, you will understand. 4 is bad but there's a sliver of good thing in it.
Six is very good, amazing episode.
10 is the return of good things. 11 is amazing.

>>279866009
>"He tried to kiss me without my permission"

>>279866601
>that quality
Now that's just insulting

>>279866569
Just say you don't like the Tanukis.

Now that it's over I'm just gonna say Urino did nothing wrong

>>279866553
I think I saw someone do that recently. I can't remember when.

I will miss her so much.

>>279866643
He was just horny for the wrong girl...

>>279866643
Did nothing right either

>>279863487
Maybe he also tried doing a flip and Osanai will not feel guilty!

>>279866639
Street shitter.

>>279865644
Same but I also liked the reverse with the completely wrong, overthought deduction. That probably got the most surprising laugh out of me

>>279866553
You've got to praise you're sweets before you eat them to make em taste better.

>>279866332
didnt want to accidentally get fukushuu'd

>>279863872
You are disappointed KenGOD didn't show up and you want a third season where the main couple kiss.

>>279866331
so who's the first option? new boyfriend or back to Urino?

>>279866643
Urino accused the girl he asked out of being an arsonist when in fact she had been helping him the entire time, he fucked up hard

>>279865557
Urino-kun...

>>279866332
The clearest signal will be when she feeds him her slice of cake.

>>279866643
He went against Kengo's instructions, he got off easy.

>>279866774
übermensch.

>>279864191
>fireman arc was written in 2009 and this arc was written in 2024
wtf does this author spend 90% of his time playing The IdolM@ster or something?

>>279865234
I'm the poster you were responding to.
My AOTS is either between Uma (I really like the Kasamatsu arc) or HibiMeshi.
As for Shoushimin, depending of how Maebashi Bitches ends, it'll either be in my top 3 or on fourth place in my ranking.
All in all, it has been a solid season and it has been rather difficult to decide my 5 favorites.

>>279866715
The hit-and-run was the second worst thing to happen to Kobato-kun.

Osanai will have sex with random dudes in college.

>>279866774
>Welcome to Kyoto…oh, this is my boyfriend I met at university

>>279866887
>said boyfriend 1 month later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-vR_Q1ZJKM
I'm glad they played the main theme one last time. Will miss this show.

>>279863717
Same, also kek at the image

Didn't the series start with Kobato not liking sweets? She groomed him and turned him into a sweets lover? How does that even happen? Was it psychological?

>>279861729
>hides brother on roof
>runs to the roof instead of the bottom floor to get the sweetest revenge possible
>laughs

>>279866979
>How does that even happen?
Chestnut analogy

I'm retarded enough I thought she was hallucinating her brother's ghost, and these wide shots I didn't really pay attention to were to establish she was talking to herself. Had to go back and check when Kobato started talking to the ghost.

>>279866979
Yeah that's the entire point
Did you miss the end of the first season where he disliked the sweets after breaking up?

>>279865234
For me, only Kusuriya can compete with Shoushimin for AOTS/AOTY right now.

>>279866979
The 1st Season ended with him not liking sweets are being used too much, but the training was too deep so over time he recovered.

>>279867014
Turn your brightness up, dude

>>279866094

>>279867014
Honestly before I saw him walking with the cane I thought he might've been since the way she said, "It's becasue of you he jumped" highly implied that it killed him from the wording.

>>279866979
It’s like Oreki rejecting rose colored life but being sucked into Chitanda’s rose colored world until he eventually imagines staying at her side. He actually does like sweets but he denied that part of himself as he wanted to repent by avoiding doing detective stuff.

>>279861267
>>279866402
Fucking hilarious, I wonder what was going through her mind as she was fondling her brother's killer's wet penis

>>279867123
But what's the link between detective stuff and sweets? Now that I think about it, what about his parents? We at least saw Osanai's mom, but not Kobato's. We even saw Kengo's sister. We didn't see Kobato's parents at the hospital too.

>>279867104
>>279867014
Unless I missed something, I think it is supposed to be ambiguous until that very moment. Kobato wasn’t aware of what had happened to him with the last message from Kengo being about his not appearing in tournaments since then. Since she said he jumped I also thought he was dead and was confused what sort of trick Osanai had prepared. Pocket pepper…mixed with scopolamine.

>>279866601
>noooo my literal boyfriend I've been dating for a year tried to kiss me, I need to sperg out!!!

>>279867196
too busy attending to the shop, Japanese sweets are all the rage in winter

why did the 200 iq gremlin choose the roof floor with no escape instead of the bottom floor

>>279867230
Well yes, that is literally what happened. Osanai has crippling autism as we already know

>>279867014
>>279867225
I thought it was very clear it was actually him, especially with osanai pointing him out to her

>>279867230
It is rude to kiss girls without permission

>>279867230
She actually praised him when he was being smart
She would've forgiven him if he'd not been a total dekinai
You have to earn Osanai's lips

>>279862104
>>279862436
"The next best option" means that although he is not as good as the best, he is still better than all other options, anon. Kobato might not be her prince charming, but she is more than willing to settle for him, as she implicitly stated by telling him to go to the same college as her.

>>279867196
Osanai enjoys sweets and revenge, she doesn’t actually restrain herself. Kobato likes doing the detective thing, it’s a sweet for him. He wanted to restrain himself to not repeat the damage he did so he’s cutting back on that sweet he enjoys.

>>279865234
For me, it's
1. Shoushimin Series
2. Apocalypse Hotel
3. GQuacXXX
4. Ninkoro
5. Kusuriya
Pretty good season all around.

>>279867230
Theoretically you are right, but she had no feelings for him, she was using him to look ordinary. It's stranger that Urino put up getting no action all this time.

>>279867177
>her brother's killer'
He didn't kill him though. He even showed up this episode to calm his psycho sister down

But why do they keep teleporting?

>>279867288
GCuuuuuuCKS above NinKoro? Are you mad?

>>279867283
it's like the people who argue you can't rate anything 10/10 because it would mean it's perfect and it's not possible

>>279867317
this is still being asked on the final episode lol

>>279867317
It's the same deal as monogatari. Story is 90% people talking so the anime team gets creative with backgrounds while the dialogue is going on so it's not 22 minutes of shot and reverse-shot in a static location

>>279867230
:)

>>279865234
Ninkoro and Shoushimin share AOTS

>>279867258
Oh yeah after a second or two it becomes obvious but if you assumed he’d died after jumping then it’s a moment of wtf. I can’t discount the possibility that Osanai would be cruel enough to conjure an apparition or impostor in order to break someone.

>>279867230
I see you've still not learned the difference between "dating" (for optics), "not dating" (for optics), and dating (who cares about optics).
Guess how the story ends. This will be on your autism exam.

>>279867332
oh so she's retarded

>Kobato goes to Kyoto
>Osanai and the Hyouka crew are there
Is it even possible.

>>279864643
orbmaxxing

>>279867351
>I can’t discount the possibility that Osanai would be cruel enough to conjure an apparition
>osanai literally cursing someone/summoning a spirit to get fukushu
lmao

>>279865234
1. shoushimin
2. kusuriya no hitorigoto
3. hibimeshi
4. ninkoro
5. witch watch (might drop)

This was the real victory, even if it's not real yet.

>>279867326
Quacks is more ambitious in scope, has better production values overall, and has more going on, but I'll grant that Ninkoro is better at delivering what it promises (because it promises Kill Me Baby but delivers actual jokes with a bite).

>>279867401
>might drop
There's one episode left

>>279867424
Quacks is genuinely one of the most embarrassingly written slops I've seen in a long long time. It's actually infuriating.

>>279867230
Are people who post stuff like this really that dumb or is it a joke? Honest question

>>279866009
For me it's this one.

>>279866835
No, he writes other things.

>>279867373
She's a teenager, so that goes without saying. College will correct that. She already tried to do "better" once and got Urino-kun. Once Kobato follows her to Kyoto and solves her silly mystery, there's no denying he's the only one on her wavelength and they're stuck with each other.

>>279866835
His idea of taking a break from writing is to start writing a new book.

>>279867473
If you think it’s badly written you’re kinda just an idiot with shit taste

1.Shoushimin.
2.Black Butler.
3.Kusuriya
4.To Be Hero X.
5.Gqacks.

>>279867478
Looking at the number of (You)s, it was clearly a ruse and anons fell for it like absolute tools. They wouldn't last a second against Osanai.

>>279867430
Thought it carried over to next season as well, my bad.
Guess I'll watch the last episode then. I was very disappointed with the last episode.

>>279867480
The twang before it starts swinging is very satisfying.

>>279866309
Kengo MPVs every arc as hard as Urino VLCd his own arc.

>>279867530
>They wouldn't last a second against Osanai.
I would cum as soon as her socks came off

>>279867473
Slop is a mass noun.
Just thought you might want to know before you embarrass you're self further.

>>279867546
That's funny, because I loved the first 3 episodes, quickly lost interest in the rest, and now it's finally picking back up

>>279867568
>you're self further.

>>279865234
Ninkoro, Apocalypse Hotel, and this are the ones in the running for me. Once they're all done I'll think on it more too.

>>279865234
pic related, CinGrey is my runner up but I expect I will be able to award it an AOTS slot at a later date so I'm not too conflicted. Apocalypse Hotel was quite good too, and GQuuuuuuX was UC fanservice (I clapped when I saw the thing) but honestly is too rushed to really stand up against the competition. This season was pretty good all in all.

>>279867587
I think my issue is that I only really enjoy the slice of life episodes. And the wolf reveal had me groaning hard.

>>279867356
>Guess how the story ends.
If you're referring to Osanai and Kobato, they are "dating" according to optics (everyone calls them boyfriend and girlfriend) but "not dating" according to autism (they don't admit it to each other or themselves in private), and they never cared about optics in the first place, so...

>>279867516
>>279867568
Out of respect for the topic of this thread, I will not discuss GQuuuuuuX any further. But I will say that I'm very surprised that people so very uncritical of that show would be able to appreciate Shoushimin Series.

>>279867567
You need the socks to get off? I pride myself on my endurance, but this would do it for me.

>>279867612
>>279867615
>Apocalypse Hotel
It would've been AOTY if more episodes were like the first and last one. But there's no way it's better than Shoushimin now

>>279867632
In short, after a long string of "", they've finally arrived the point where those three attitudes meet. What does that make them?

>>279867567
>I would cum as soon as her socks came off
Easily solved

>>279867523
Rare fellow current Back Butler enjoyer

>>279867666
I obviously agree, but still it's worth recognizing as quite good regardless. "Good but could have been great" isn't shameful imo.

>>279867644
You just don’t want to get mauled for being dumb lol
I’m shocked that someone who uses terms like slop to describe the AOTY would ever watch Shoushimin

>>279867657
I'd pay for her college just to get to lick her feet

>Osanai will never do this for (you)
why even live?

finally I became Shoushimin

>>279867697
Hello, Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance? I would like to report a murder...

>>279867478
Stop being autistic and kiss your bf already, Osanai-san.

>>279867697
>solved
How is missing out on getting to see her bare feet a solution?

>>279867706
>You just don’t want to get mauled for being dumb lol
Yes, anon, that's exactly it.

What did you enjoy the most about Shoushimin?

>>279867711
PROTIP: Eating sweets enhances the taste of your

The visual display in both Seasons has been super enjoyable to me, I really liked Jogoro's visualization of events and him putting himself in the shoes of the criminals. They used this radio tower in his mind a lot this season which I liked.

>>279867644
I agree with you anon, I could see Gqux working if it had double the runtime but as it stands, it's characters mostly acting retarded and pretending to care about people they've known for a grand of total of maybe a couple of weeks. It's completely nonsensical

>>279867714
"I lost, please give me a medal"

>>279866309
Is he a media player?

What I learned is to look for a Layton npc gf who will lead me on with endless puzzles.

>>279863880
You can self-print it.

>>279867726
Osanai would never make the first move. At least not a straightforward one.

>>279867920
It must be fun to be a woman because you get to leave little hints for guys to kiss you. It's kinda like they all get to be Osanai for a bit. I'm jealous

>>279867913
sounds like quite a hassle desu

>>279863880
Just buy a Kindle or a tablet, anon.

>>279867763
I really like its social aspect, the way that the crimes in which they become involved and the way they are navigated spreads out like a web through their town and high school community. It’s “grittier” and more outward looking than Hyouka. A good example of this is how Kobato and Kengo aren’t really friends even if they can be friendly while Kengo’s interest in protecting peace brings Kobato into his orbit. The entire exploration of how should a normal person behave toward others, the difference between aligning as peers and sticking one’s nose in, or faking what shouldn’t be faked.


But that’s also why I praise Gqux even more highly. It’s even more outward looking and critical of certain social norms like discrimination against refugees and immigrants.

>>279867867
>the final puzzle is the key to her heart

>>279867920
Osanai keeps making the first move but she fell for someone who doesn't follow up until she's laid out the next 10 moves that confirm the first one was meant to make him do exactly that.

>>279867945
Guys have their own way of having fun, you can ignore the hints and just kiss her, then roll a suaveness check to see whether you drench her panties or commit relationship suicide.

>>279867784
It’s completely sensible and your statement that you can see it working with double the length proves it. With its current length it has communicated its ideas to you well enough that you can construct all of those extra episodes. You understand it perfectly because it is very well written, but you refuse to engage with it honestly because you have dumb expectations that come from letting yourself be trained dumb people in what to expect.

>>279867975
NTA but
>critical of certain social norms like discrimination against refugees and immigrants
won't make people like your show more here of all places.

>>279868060
Yes, this place has become filled with tourists who don’t understand just how progressive otaku culture has always been. This is why they can’t produce coherent critiques either, they just get triggered content and make up excuses to say it’s bad when their own emotional reaction confirms it hit its mark.

>>279867975
I'm not sure how you would classify this as more outward looking than Hyouka. This show lives on reflection of itself, which is a fine aesthetic and by no means do I point it out critically.

The rest of your post is a pointless trolling attempt and entertains only yourself and a minor clique of insincere posters.

>>279862417
Can't believe he really did save the day ultimately
>>279859996
You know it

>>279868115
Tone it down, anon.

>>279868115
That's nice and all, but it's getting kinda late. Shouldn't you be going back to /r/eddit before it gets too dark?

kek

>>279868141
>>279868154
Stop falling for obvious bait and click the button that educates by casting pain.

Is this the last thread?

>>279868199
Of course not. Osanai will live forever.

>>279868190
Too late. I already called Osanai on that anon. Soon it'll be hammer time for him.

>>279867480
Yeah this and it's placement was nice with the song was good, still find it kind of funny that the female newspaper club member made it in considering that she might have only spoken once. Pic related had more of a hand in things.

>>279868115
>this place has become filled with tourists who don’t understand just how progressive otaku culture has always been.
The closest otaku have come to being progressive is accidentally supporting LGBTQ when it suits their fetishes.
Otaku culture has always been about owning ideal women and pretending they would marry you.
Many anime are progressive, but they're not really made by otaku.

>>279860164
Almost

>>279868118
A great example of the outward looking nature compared to Hyouka is the arsonist arc vs the school festival arc. Hyouka is much more limited in showing things directly around Oreki, who isolates himself, and opens up more so when they visit Chitanda whose character is defined by her community roots. In Shoushimin the arsonist arc focuses on a plot that sprawls across the city rather than just their high school and we see things like the internal politics of the newspaper club covering it. Hyouka is closely looking at the moment Oreki gets dragged out of his empty grey world into Chitanda’s vibrant rose world. Shoushimin starts with Kobato much more socially conscious, he tries to retrain himself to not hurt others. The plots themselves involve previous classmates, driving schools on the other side of town, delinquent girl gangs, and all sorts of other things rooted in the social fabric of society.

If you say some dumb shit about a show that’s objectively good, expect to get pushback. Disliking Gqux is one thing but thinking it is poorly written is just stupidity.

>>279868123
Urino was basically fucked the moment he started bad-mouthing Kengo.

Kotaro is her second best because Kengo's number 1.

All the girls want to drink Kengo's hot milk

>>279868173

>>279868281
>why did you shoot me
>i dont know
absolutely stellar writing

>>279859996
It's funny thinking back to the first 2 episode's threads where people were ready for him to go.

>>279868315
Imagine being so autistic you can't understand the difference between friendship and employment (TN: actually kidnapping).

>>279868324
then he beat 4 women and instantly became a hero

.......wow it's been a nice, long sleep. Guess I should try watching episode 2 nex...t...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

>>279868281
HENSHIN

>>279868315
If you don’t understand why Nyaan shot her you are retarded. It is that simple. You do understand though, you just have to pretend it doesn’t make sense because you are forcing yourself to not like the show. You’re mentally ill lol

>>279867014
>I thought this too

>>279866857
incredible taste, but you're forgetting yaiba

>>279868441
The story gives absolutely no time for any events to breathe. So the pacing makes everything risible. I'm sorry you don't understand what proper form is.

>>279868199
We still need a thread where I can compile all the Kengo edits in.

>>279868432
I'll miss you

Just finished the last ep. I'm gonna miss this fucking lewd cutie patootie. I hope their kids become as autistic as they are.

>>279868546
Needing time for events to breathe is a retarded meme invented by dumb people and not actual analysis lol
Every episode of Gqux is well paced and tells a coherent story. It is objectively good and no one cares that you don’t have the ability to activate the emotions a story tells you activate without drowning you in ten episodes of the same thing.

>>279867546
>>279867587
retards bitch batch is 26 episodes

>>279867721

>>279868598
You're a parody, anon. Just fuck off.

>>279868587
Imagine licking her armpits

>>279868640
No, kill yourself, tourist. Your ideas about what is good or bad writing are incredibly stupid and should never be repeated in case someone accidentally thinks your opinion should be emulated. Every bit of pop culture analysis retardation you tourists bring in needs to be stamped out.

>>279868640
>>279868686
You will never be fukushuu

>>279868686
I already told you to fuck off.

>>279868708
I already told you to kill yourself

Both of you should just get a room. I recommend the Gqux general.

>>279868718
Will do. After you fuck off, okay?

>>279868741
No. Just kill yourself. Any time you post some dumb shit I will just tell you to kill yourself because you need to be gatekept for the sake of board quality. You’re a retard who posts dumb shit.

>>279868544
I'm not watching it. I might do it later on.

>>279868544
Yaiba is incredibly unappreciated. It's a shame.

>>279868548
I’ve been infected with the Kengo bug too

>>279868829
Why did he do it?

>>279868771
You need to fuck off for the sake of board quality.

>>279868878
You tried to smear me by deflecting to Shoushimin thinking I wouldn’t talk about the thread topic yet you can’t even respond when I did. You’re a tourist who only likes anime ironically lol

>>279868544
The Bat episode of that is still one of my favorites of the whole anime season.
Wish there were more webms or Ben just images of it in its thread when I looked back at the archive.

>>279868931
Fuck off.

the actual hidden gems this season are uchuujin muumuu, teogonia and classic stars

>>279868917
Would be better if she looked bored

>>279868981
I can't take Teogonia too seriously because of all those DAMNED MACAQUES. But it's been a good watch, I won't deny. It's a shame we'll never see a sequel or even a manga translation.

>>279869060
I'm fine with the monkes, because at least it's not a standard isekai species like the orcs

>>279869150
I get what you're saying, but it's just so funny.
But yeah, this was really underappreciated and I'm definitely sad to see it go.

>>279868981
>uchuujin muumuu
But anon, did you retain how and why exactly a microwave and refrigerator work? Or did that knowledge ultimately evaporate away the further that 1st episode you got?

>>279869221
It's common knowledge? All the science was middle school tier.

>>279869221
it evaporated immediately because the tls are done by a bunch of retarded seaniggers

>>279869274
Yeah true, I was just seeing if people forgot the finer points or not
>>279869309
Also true

>>279868962
Kill yourself, tourist

>>279869391
Kindly fuck off.

>>279868872
Because he could.

>>279868587
Same, Osanai as a mother sounds scary

>>279865234
Ninkoro aoty, this for aots (or runner up if you think aoty also has to be aots).

Last season aots was 100gf s2 i guess.

>ninkoro
why do you people like that yurishit

>>279869976
Ninkoro was such a surprising anime for me. It's both a comedy with really great bones but also delivers some really unexpected gut punches. This season really delivered unexpected hits.

>>279869976
>if you think aoty also has to be aots
I mean, shouldn't it?
If you thought a show was the best of the year that logically includes the season it aired in

>>279861696
Osanai in that outfit is pure sex.

>>279870176
Logically yes which is why i bothered mentioning, i just like putting aoty on its category above aots instead of just repeating the same show, specially when i fill up charts.

>>279870164
Im a shaft fanboy so i knew they were adapting this beforehand so i checked the manga before, but even so it had enough new in it to surprise me. I wish Shaft adapted more weirdo manga like it, its when they shine the best.

>>279870271
She is always sex

>>279869976
That's fair enough so far actually, do you think anything this upcoming season has a chance to take the top spot?

The only anime I'm watching this season are Shoushin, Apocalypse Hotel, and Yaiba.

>279870309

>>279870271
I also like a good turtleneck

>>279861696
She looks like a penis here

the opinions of those who watch less than 30 shows a season will not be respected

>>279862417
I started laughing when I got to that part. To think I doubted KenGOD before in the very first episode.

>>279870384
Not everyone is a NEET.

>>279870384
There has never been a season with 30 shows worth watching

>>279870307
I havent decided on what to watch next season but from a quick glance what im interested that isnt a sequel is
>the 3 sisters show
read the manga, its repetitive but cute
>bad girls
im a ctgdct fag
>city
liked nichijou
>gem duo girls
i like to see what studio bind does
>nukitashi
see if they deliver well on the ecchi

I dont think anything seems like aoty material, but we will see.

>>279870477
I'm not a NEET, I work from home
>>279870510
the only season in recent memory that had less than 30 shows was summer '20

>>279870585
>wfh
Backlog status?

>>279870632
working on it at this very moment

>>279865234
I'm enjoying Ninkoro the most by far, might even be my AOTY. After that, Apocalypse Hotel.

>>279870585
>the only season in recent memory that had less than 30 shows was summer '20
My point is that I'll never watch 30 anime per season because a judgement call alone is enough to know if I'll like it. The ratio of anime I didn't watch but wish I did to anime I'm glad I didn't watch is like 1:10000

>>279870678
Ninkoro, Apocalypse Hotel, Samurai Yaiba, Hibimeshi and Shoushimin Series are my top 5 this season (not necessarily in this order). I'm really grateful that this season delivered so much greatness, it's such a great feeling when you're able to consistently enjoy so much great anime per season.

Summer season is looking grim though. I'm looking at the calender and it's a pit of hopelessness.

>>279870546
Next Season looks like it has a lot of strong and varied styles that standout for a good handful of what's airing, so I'm definitely looking forward to it on the whole.
Takopii airs in a week already so I guess that's what I'll be watching on Saturday now.

>It's over
IT'S OVER
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
WHY CAN'T THEY MAKE GOOD ANIME LIKE THIS MORE OFTEN

>>279870876
>Hibimeshi
Meant to check it out, but I never did after I caught up with Mono first. Which was really kinda meh.

>>279870876
Hibimeshi is shit.

>>279870942
Hibimeshi is everything Mono wished to be. A healing, uplifting slice of life in the truest sense of the word.

>>279870942
I caught up on Hibimeshi late in the season. It's definitely not the best thing ever, but it has a really healing vibe. Also, the production has a surprising amount of pedigree despite not being an anime with great production value. By no means is it an obligatory watch, but to me it was the CGDCT of the season.