This is the face of determination

Yup, this is a good anime to eat lunch during

RE: Starting from zero

EMPTY HALLS SING A HOLLOW FALL
DUST-STREWN COBBLESTONES LEAD THEM HOME
SHIPS NOW DREAMING IN THEIR QUIET PORTS
RAISE YOUR GLASS TO THE ONES RETURNING
ICY BARROWS AND FORGOTTEN SWORDS
SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS HOLD FORGOTTEN WORDS
DEEDS HEROIC AND DEEDS UNKNOWN
CARVED UPON THE EMPTY THRONE

Why is UQ Holder so good?

getting drunk

Step 1) find a 3 oz glass.
Step 2) Hold the guiness bottle between your index and middle finger and a Hard Cider Bottle between your middle and ring finger (having taken the caps off)
Step 3) poor the bottles into the glass at the same time.

saving this for future probing

It's all so sticky!

Who cares, who cares, I'll manage
All I can think of are beautiful girls
Who cares, who cares, you wouldn't understand
Look, can't you see how sad I am?
Who cares, who cares, that's a waste of time
Ah, all my regrets... see what lies down there
Who cares, who cares, the future is what counts
No matter how far you go, it's all just imaginary

Gary tribute

37 to 39 of GoPri

After 36 episodes, where they managed to make me like a fairy (Siamour), they managed to make me love an antagonist who is a stand-in for the older otaku influence (Gary), and they managed to not make too much of something else (Gary had for a long time more characterization than Minamin), it looks like the tides have turned. First, an actual Minamin episode, then... well, you get a chat log pasta until I decide to formulate my thoughts somewhat more cohesively.

Pandora

For some reason, I never really got too hyped up. It didn't manage to strike a chord in my heart. Hm. Of course, there were numerous really cool ideas, loli robots, scifi world, and so on, and so on. But it was not an engaging watch. I'll still follow an eventual next season, and will read the manga, of course.

Grimgar

wasn't a bad show.

Grimgar

erejnion: the people behind grimgar somehow lost what exactly they wanted to do
Bogdan: ..what?
erejnion: the start was a somewhat nostalgic and slow slice of life
erejnion: now it seems like it genuinely tries character drama, action, and worldbuilding, and... it's lost
erejnion: first
erejnion: as worldbuilding the setting fucking sucks
erejnion: they simultaneously kill the idea of a mmorpg-ish world with the no-ressurection rule
erejnion: and kill the idea of a more classical dungeons and dragons setting with the way the skills work
erejnion: AND kill a traditional fantasy setting with the zero focus on why the fuck the situation is the way it is
erejnion: seriously
erejnion: it makes no fucking sense
erejnion: they actually pay some attention to the fact that the enemies are also living thinking beings
erejnion: but we don't see any THINKING on their side. no politics, no strategical formations
erejnion: on the human side either: in such a world it's the job of the army to deal with such encampments
erejnion: such small groups can't hope to achieve anything
erejnion: yet, as we go back, it foresakes the constraints that a mmorpgish world or D&D world would place so that we can have typical party adventuring.
erejnion: second, characterization
erejnion: Mary really kills everything with this focus on her ptsd and emotional balance
erejnion: okay, not exactly
erejnion: the focus is on MC's gaze
erejnion: the anime is supposed to follow what the MC cares about
erejnion: frankly, the audience would be much better served if the series split the PoV between everybody
erejnion: the Death Knight is obviously the most interesting character, as all the rest are meek
erejnion: Mary could have brought more flavor, being an ex-meek character, but she goes instantly back to her meekness
erejnion: but we have a focus on Mary's meekness, and the DK is just a source of annoyance.
erejnion: MC doesn't actually try to understand the people around him
erejnion: there's some of it at one episode, but he's so far away from this idea that even a step in the right direction doesn't really manage to do anything
erejnion: so, because MC doesn't try to get under their skin, and because the PoV is stuck with him, we are left to wonder who the fuck are they
erejnion: so we feel no emotional bond with them
erejnion: I'm not sure MC feels an emotional bond with them - besides obviously Mary
erejnion: Mary is shit, tho, so all is lost there
erejnion: so, all we are left with is to admire MC's body.
erejnion: And the action.
erejnion: there's the music, but... almost no choreography
erejnion: still shots is all we get
erejnion: frankly, I'd be happier if we got any information on their dungeon runs only from flashbacks while they do their laundry or something.
erejnion: either way, I will probably finish it, so that's enough complaining. Now for ep 11