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How to know if your worst anime is the worst anime ever:
•Is it Hand Shakers? If so, good, you can stop reading if you want. If not, read the next bullet point.
•Have you seen Hand Shakers? If so, read the bullet point after the next. If not, here's a guide that way you're extra glad you skipped out on it, you lucky bastard: https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=810045
•Have you read the review? If so, are you convinced that it's one of the worst? If so, good, you can stop reading if you want. If not, you can take your chances, but don't say I didn't warn you.
•Have you seen the show and still don't think it's the worst? Then read this: https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=810045
•Have you read it now? If you're still not convinced that this is one of the worst shows ever, then there's nothing I can do to help you.
•If you have an alternative worst entry, then unless you mean in terms of anime that have the least artistic merit and reason to exist, it'll be a hard sell. Regardless, this should still be up there if you have seen it, like top 10 at best. If you mean most unpleasant, can't help you there. If you mean most flawed, then again, hard sell to find something remotely as bad, let alone worse in all aspects. Hand Shakers is in all regards barring the possibility of you somehow enjoying it, one of, if not the worst anime ever created.
With all that in mind, I hope to embark on this journey through the years and share some of my experiences with you, if you're someone actually worth a damn on this platform (implying this pretentious amateur pseudocritic is one to begin with). With all that said, I bid you adieu!
Oh thats good to hear.
I don't think I can stand loud noises without earplugs at all (which makes it worse, considering part of my family is from Turkey and when they celebrate a wedding, they love loud music coming from giant speakers...)
Nah, I get it. I don't force myself to watch seasonals every week either.
Only one from this season I watch is "Tonari no Youkai/The Youkai Next To Me", which...honestly, looks like it could be the hidden gem of this season. The first two episodes I watched were really great!
Ooh, thats pretty awesome!
Don't know if I could handle a concert. Like I like listen to rock and metal and stuff, but I don't like when it gets too loud 😅
It is.
But damn, the last few seasons have been packed to the brim with stuff again.
Especially now the Spring season, so much stuff, sequels, originals, adaptations from beloved manga...this season has a lot...
Well, at least it sounds like things have been mostly the same for you.
For me things also have been mostly the same.
Finally have a job now since December and since then had a bit less time to really watch much anime until recently, but other than that, not much has really changed here. Going to work, coming home, playing videogames or watching shows/movies and on the weekend doing more of that.
I've seen some neat shows, played some fun new games (recently started "Nightmare Reaper", which is a very fun first person shooter) and read more manga.
Ah, I see
To be honest, his movies never really sounded that interesting to me. I mean, they all look beautiful from the scenes I've seen and its clear that the man has a passion for his job and for making these movies. I just never been interested in his "Boy meets Girl and they fall in love with a fantasy twist" stories.
Although I did read a manga many years ago (and recently reread it) that I feel like, it would fit his style too well XD
Its an adaptation called "Calling You" (based on a short story) and its about a very shy girl who wishes she has a cellphone, so she imagines one in her head...and somehow, it ends up working. She starts a friendship with and develops feeling for a boy, who also imagined a cellphone in his head and who lives in a different prefecture and time than her.
Its a sweet little oneshot (apparently there are multiple manga adaptions of it) with some good art and yeah, just the synopsis alone makes it sound like Makoto Shinkai being the perfect director for an adaptation XD
I see, you're not a fan of the new Makoto Shinkai movie (which I honestly don't know anything about except from the trailer which was basically...girl falls in love with guy and her jealous cat transforms him into a living chair XD)
To be honest, the only Makoto Shinkai thing I have watched was...I think that short he did mostly by himself, about the girl who pilots a mech and she and her friend who has a crush on her back on earth send text messages to each other, which take years until they reach
(that man knew, what kind of stories he wanted to do for the rest of his life...)
That and I think the short anime movie that was from the perspective of a housecat. But I couldn't tell you anything about it...
Oh yeah, Frieren looks pretty great. Alone that they already released 4 episodes at once is a pretty big show, how much they believe in their work.
Spy x Family's great, but I think a lot of people, when they start watching/reading it, think it'll be a spy series, with some cute and funny family stuff. It's actually the complete opposite, its mainly a cute Slice-of-Life series, where the occasional episode/arc is about something spy related.
Yup.
Never knew where I could read it, until I found the manga on MangaDex. In some ways its different from the anime (like there's an actual protagonist instead of you interpreting yourself into a 1st person camera like with the anime, the hotel is in our world (maybe), stuff like that), but it works in translating this series and its strenghts into a readable format. Plus the art for the manga can REALLY sell, when the hotel and its residents screw with the protagonists reality and mind.
Aah, I see
I did hear, that apparently they also tried pushing the shipping and romance angles more in later seasons, to appeal to viewers who shipped certain characters. Apparently at the cost of the writing
Thing is...do you know Amino? This social network app, where you could create communities related to everything you want, that like every Youtuber advertised in the 2010s?
I actually used to write 1000+ word reviews on the Anime Amino every few weeks, until the app died. And in general, I love talking about stuff I watched/read (I sometimes even rant to people when I tell them about it, without realizing it 😅)
It's more the technical side and my shyness to speak, that hold me back from creating a channel and making videos 😅
To me, the most obvious choice this season is "Spy x Family Season 2" (since my mom and I loved season 1 so much, we finished it completely in like a week). Season 1 was such a cute and wholesome, yet also pretty funny and action packed show, so I hope season 2 (as well as the upcoming movie) delivers on that.
Also probably "I'm in Love with the Villainess" since that one seems to have a pretty funny twist on the whole "Otome Game Isekai" formula (and I have a friend, who loved the original LN and manga).
Other than that, I gotta read some shows synopsis to see if something speaks to me. Other than that...more stuff from my PTW list (I'm currently having such a good run watching and finishing shows from there, having just finished "Jewelpet: KiraDeco")
Also, since its October, I definitely have to do my annual rewatch of the entire Gregory Horror Show anime (which I consider one of, if not the best horror anime/shows ever made...which says something, considering its probably the first CGI anime ever made and is from 1999)
I did finally read the manga last week and it was an interesting take on the shows world and characters.
Aah, I see
Like I said, it never really spoke to me. It is cool, how it managed to gain such popularity, to the point that it got actual anime and manga adaptions and things like that, but the story and world itself never spoke to or interested me in any way. Though it'll be interesting to see your viewpoint on it.
Honestly, wish I could do that, make videos on anime and manga and other things I wanna talk about 😅
Damn, this season seems to be filled to the brim with shows again. Makes it difficult to choose, what to watch (not to mention all the stuff you have in your PTW too)...
Also, while I have never seen RWBY (it never interested me that much), I am already curious to see your video series on it, since I did hear that it didn't just got bad in later seasons, but that it got REALLY BAD...
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I don't think I can stand loud noises without earplugs at all (which makes it worse, considering part of my family is from Turkey and when they celebrate a wedding, they love loud music coming from giant speakers...)
Nah, I get it. I don't force myself to watch seasonals every week either.
Only one from this season I watch is "Tonari no Youkai/The Youkai Next To Me", which...honestly, looks like it could be the hidden gem of this season. The first two episodes I watched were really great!
Don't know if I could handle a concert. Like I like listen to rock and metal and stuff, but I don't like when it gets too loud 😅
It is.
But damn, the last few seasons have been packed to the brim with stuff again.
Especially now the Spring season, so much stuff, sequels, originals, adaptations from beloved manga...this season has a lot...
I just learnt GoHands is going to release a new original anime next year (Momentary Lily), so I am hoping for a full report on that one.
Well, at least it sounds like things have been mostly the same for you.
For me things also have been mostly the same.
Finally have a job now since December and since then had a bit less time to really watch much anime until recently, but other than that, not much has really changed here. Going to work, coming home, playing videogames or watching shows/movies and on the weekend doing more of that.
I've seen some neat shows, played some fun new games (recently started "Nightmare Reaper", which is a very fun first person shooter) and read more manga.
been a loooong while.
Sorry about that, I have been busy with starting work and everything and had less time for watching and enjoying anime.
I hope you have been pretty well 😁
To be honest, his movies never really sounded that interesting to me. I mean, they all look beautiful from the scenes I've seen and its clear that the man has a passion for his job and for making these movies. I just never been interested in his "Boy meets Girl and they fall in love with a fantasy twist" stories.
Although I did read a manga many years ago (and recently reread it) that I feel like, it would fit his style too well XD
Its an adaptation called "Calling You" (based on a short story) and its about a very shy girl who wishes she has a cellphone, so she imagines one in her head...and somehow, it ends up working. She starts a friendship with and develops feeling for a boy, who also imagined a cellphone in his head and who lives in a different prefecture and time than her.
Its a sweet little oneshot (apparently there are multiple manga adaptions of it) with some good art and yeah, just the synopsis alone makes it sound like Makoto Shinkai being the perfect director for an adaptation XD
Hope you have been well!
I see, you're not a fan of the new Makoto Shinkai movie (which I honestly don't know anything about except from the trailer which was basically...girl falls in love with guy and her jealous cat transforms him into a living chair XD)
To be honest, the only Makoto Shinkai thing I have watched was...I think that short he did mostly by himself, about the girl who pilots a mech and she and her friend who has a crush on her back on earth send text messages to each other, which take years until they reach
(that man knew, what kind of stories he wanted to do for the rest of his life...)
That and I think the short anime movie that was from the perspective of a housecat. But I couldn't tell you anything about it...
And you?
Spy x Family's great, but I think a lot of people, when they start watching/reading it, think it'll be a spy series, with some cute and funny family stuff. It's actually the complete opposite, its mainly a cute Slice-of-Life series, where the occasional episode/arc is about something spy related.
Yup.
Never knew where I could read it, until I found the manga on MangaDex. In some ways its different from the anime (like there's an actual protagonist instead of you interpreting yourself into a 1st person camera like with the anime, the hotel is in our world (maybe), stuff like that), but it works in translating this series and its strenghts into a readable format. Plus the art for the manga can REALLY sell, when the hotel and its residents screw with the protagonists reality and mind.
Aah, I see
I did hear, that apparently they also tried pushing the shipping and romance angles more in later seasons, to appeal to viewers who shipped certain characters. Apparently at the cost of the writing
Thing is...do you know Amino? This social network app, where you could create communities related to everything you want, that like every Youtuber advertised in the 2010s?
I actually used to write 1000+ word reviews on the Anime Amino every few weeks, until the app died. And in general, I love talking about stuff I watched/read (I sometimes even rant to people when I tell them about it, without realizing it 😅)
It's more the technical side and my shyness to speak, that hold me back from creating a channel and making videos 😅
To me, the most obvious choice this season is "Spy x Family Season 2" (since my mom and I loved season 1 so much, we finished it completely in like a week). Season 1 was such a cute and wholesome, yet also pretty funny and action packed show, so I hope season 2 (as well as the upcoming movie) delivers on that.
Also probably "I'm in Love with the Villainess" since that one seems to have a pretty funny twist on the whole "Otome Game Isekai" formula (and I have a friend, who loved the original LN and manga).
Other than that, I gotta read some shows synopsis to see if something speaks to me. Other than that...more stuff from my PTW list (I'm currently having such a good run watching and finishing shows from there, having just finished "Jewelpet: KiraDeco")
Also, since its October, I definitely have to do my annual rewatch of the entire Gregory Horror Show anime (which I consider one of, if not the best horror anime/shows ever made...which says something, considering its probably the first CGI anime ever made and is from 1999)
I did finally read the manga last week and it was an interesting take on the shows world and characters.
Aah, I see
Like I said, it never really spoke to me. It is cool, how it managed to gain such popularity, to the point that it got actual anime and manga adaptions and things like that, but the story and world itself never spoke to or interested me in any way. Though it'll be interesting to see your viewpoint on it.
Honestly, wish I could do that, make videos on anime and manga and other things I wanna talk about 😅
Also, while I have never seen RWBY (it never interested me that much), I am already curious to see your video series on it, since I did hear that it didn't just got bad in later seasons, but that it got REALLY BAD...