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better than any show this season except I didn't watch Hibike yet

Thanks! You have some pretty strict scoring there, but glad we can agree on peak.

That is an interesting way to see it, a pretty refreshing perspective from the "she's just like me for real" stuff you see being talked about as the show's selling point. Not that is wrong, but not everyone could relate to a set of fictional characters. I could see what you are saying here, it is often difficult for socially-inept people to find a place they belong (besides their own family, potentially) and the group's acceptance of bocchi, indirectly encouraging to slowly be more open, gradually allows her to express her love for music to others beyond behind a screen.

P.S: Did you remove your MAL notes about it? It might be just me but I couldn't see them haha, and I don't really know how to use anilist.

P.S. 2.0 I am more active on discord so I sent you a friend request if you don't mind

Of course! Ryo has some absolutely iconic moments. I think she is the kind of introverted but not awkward sort of person, which is kind of similar to my personality, so I could almost relate to her as much as I could relate to Bocchi. This is actually also a rewatch haha, I watched bocchi the rock originally almost a year ago and I wanted to revisit it to see if it is as fun and creative as I remembered it to be and it certainly did not disappoint. I have some minor gripes but its all purely subjective, this sort of show would probably never be replicated again.

I am not a big fan of SAO either, and I certainly hated some arcs of SAO for being extremely cringe and generally poorly executed.
I do have to agree with you here though, that although I think SAO has a more unnecessarily convluted plot than Solo leveling (I zoned out with all the explanations of the mechanics of the different game worlds, which I thought were unnecessarily long, bar maybe Alicization which had a somewhat interesting concept for its world), it at least attempts to establish character relationships in a meaningful way. Sure, Kirito has a harem when Jin Woo does not, but it doesn't change the fact that Kirito's relationship with them feel mostly geninue, albeit rather cliche and poorly explored. Meanwhile, Jin Woo's relationships seem to be only concerned about his side, and how the other party feels about him and his actions is basically a mystery. I would not call the series intentionally terrible at writing, but that it sacrifices everything, and it really means EVERYTHING, to forward its linear plot.

Very well said. The main problem with the series is CERTAINLY how it bends over backwards to try to accomodate for the protagonist as much as possible.

Another huge problem is that the other characters are cardboard, with the "evil" hunters' motivation no more than personal gain.
There was some attempt at intrigue with the hunters' association and perhaps the power structure within it, but the series just gleans over it entirely.

Thank you for your recommendation!
So far, I've found it quite cozy and certainly very interesting for a few episodes.
The soundtrack is really good too, makes really good use of it to build an ominious, melancholic, relaxing atmosphere.

In the 8 episodes I have watched so far, my favourite is episode 6 (the one about the girl who is worshipped as a god as she grows old every night and becomes young when she wakes up.)
It provides quite a balanced perspective of living life one day at the time (I cringe at the infinite time before me) and living life day by day.

Hey there, hope you are doing well :).
I've been seriously eyeing Mushishi for a while, as I found that I really enjoyed adventure/ fantasy episodic series such as Frieren, Kino's journey etc. Is Mushishi anything similar? People always talk about how the atmosphere it builds is excellent, which makes me think I would like the show

Whenever I give out a 1/10, I'm filled with a deep sense of sorrow :(

Dang LOL, no wonder the similarity, I am sure it is very fun discussing anime with him, especially since both of you share very similar tastes (and have watched a lot of anime). Who said watching anime is an individual activity haha.

I think the reason Kino's journey is so good is that it perfects the episodic "formula", every world is interesting and nuanced in its own right. As you said, the show also excels in its main character, Kino, as Kino view each world not with disdain and anger, no matter how evil they might be, but with a contemplative gaze. I think the show does not want to explicitly use Kino's judgement of whether a world is good or evil to preach to the viewer, but leaves each world up to the viewer's own interpretation. Often, Kino is the one asking questions, and we are the one answering.

I really enjoyed episode 3 (The land of prophecies) when the city of sadness and the city of prophecies had literally the same book, but interpreteted it in different ways. Despite reading the same book, the people, their language and actions are so starkly different. Intepretation is a powerful thing.

My absolute favourite episode is still episode 9 (the land of books). The world created is so mysterious and surreal, as the "author" (or was it writer, i dont remember mb), describes it as contained within a book. Each character(s) have a role, the "normal" people who read the uncensored books, the rebels who indulge themselves in the censored books, the critics who indulge themselves in rating the books, and the author himself (ironically) indulging himself in "writing" the world. It's like a story within a story, like Kino stepped into a storybook, with each character(s) trying to escape the world/book, but ironically becoming bound to their roles within the book.

This is my own interpretation of the ending of this episode, but the man Kino saw on the way to the town, the man who escaped the town who gave Kino a book, is the true "creator" or "author" of the land of books, as only he has pulled himself out of the fantasy of books. "It's dangerous to be sucked into fantasy, traveller."

I see that you are a big fan of Kino no Tabi too :), really happy to see many people appreciating the series. I have been wondering, since you’ve watched it, is the remake worth watching? It seems to have a generally negative/ lukewarm reception from what I’ve seen.

P.S. Just out of curiousity, is TheScarletCutter your alt account? I randomly came across it and it looks really similar to yours, in terms of formatting and anime taste.

Honestly there was a point in time when I found the MC’s actions somewhat comedic because they are taken to the extreme. But after a couple more volumes, it becomes extremely boring. To be honest, I’m still following this series so I can jokingly tell others I’m caught up to rent a girlfriend lol.

It also because apparent and annoying the lengths the mangaka takes to prevent any sort of substantial romantic progression, which is half of what a romance anime/ manga is

Sometimes I wish there was the option to score 0

Ok, I’ll greatly appreciate it if you do find out where it’s left off :>

I see, I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll just go ahead and watch it now however since I did agree with another online buddy of mine that I’ll do a watch along with him, but I’ll definitely check out the LN when I can. Where does it leave off though? As in, right after S1P2 ends? I’ve heard about the complains of the second season being either too slow or too fast but I’ll tell you my own judgement once I began reading the LN.