Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Shows I’ve watched to the last episode.
Set in a world where humans are fighting a war against werewolves, this TV special tells the tale of how a soldier and young linguistics expert try to befriend a captured werewolf in order to break their language code.
Note that this arose from a ‘Create an Anime Scenario’ competition, so do not expect a complete story. It’s a mix of drama and battle shounen with a hint at the end of eventually becoming something altogether different.
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Hachiman goes on a ‘date’ with Iroha to research date locations. Later on, Yukino and Yui go out with Hachiman to the same area.
This is a side-story for the parent series‘ second season. It’s primarily focused on reaction comedy though, so you may be able to watch it even if you haven’t seen that (to decide whether or not you want to).
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A story of regrets and second chances. The protagonist receives a letter from her future self, on the first day of the second year of high school, detailing events that will soon occur and the choices she made at the time which in retrospect feel like mistakes. The letter implores her to not repeat them.
The time travel aspect is essentially just a gimmick, a bit of flair to make the show stand out. For the most part it’s a normal, realism-styled school life drama/romance that takes the uncommon step of dedicating a portion of each episode to showing how its characters (may have) ended up a decade later.
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Wanting to try something new after middle school, the protagonist initially wants nothing to do with her high school’s band. Circumstances conspire against her and she ends up joining anyway with her two new friends. Together, along with an old classmate and a childhood friend, they try to improve enough to perform in the national-level competition.
This is an abridged version of 2015’s Hibike! Euphonium. It focuses primarily on the improvement of the music club as a whole, cutting out most of the dramatic subplots and romance aspects.
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An MMO-playing otaku finds out that his online wife (Ako), who’s not a very good player, is a socially awkward girl in real life who can’t separate online fantasy from offline reality. Not only that, she and the other two members of his guild all turn out to attend the same school he does. Together they try to both improve Ako’s skills in game and help her separate fantasy from reality.
The show alternates between virtual reality settings (primarily fantasy), depicting the characters’ online gaming adventures, and a modern day school setting. The comedic setup isn’t much different from an ecchi harem at the base level, the main difference being that only one of the girls is pursuing the male protagonist.
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