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Yeah, I decided to give it a try at last. After seeing those two movies I can say that hmm... How do I put it... I wasn't that impressed. I had fun while watching both of them, but not as much as I thought I would. Especially after hearing so many positive things about this show. The premise is interesting, although the execution felt cliched and pretentious in way too many scenes.

But like I said, in general, I enjoyed what I saw, and it grabbed my attention enough to make me continue watching the show itself. After all, I can drop it anytime if I notice I'm not enjoying it a lot anymore, haha. For sure I won't force myself to watch all episodes if I won't find this series as engaging enough after completing several episodes of its first season.

Sure thing! I hope you will have more fun, and motivation, than I had while reading YYH manga. :) And yeah, I also have some manga series that have been waiting for a while for me to return to reading them, haha.

Alright, I'm ready to share an update on my progress with the YYH manga. I decided to drop it after finishing reading the first chapters, among which some stuff had been left unadapted (as I mentioned when we talked about it earlier, over a month ago), and after checking out unadapted stories belonging to the final arc. :P

I enjoyed what I read; however, at some point, I lost interest and motivation to continue. Especially when the differences between the source material and anime are listed on the Internet, and to be frank, in most of the cases, they seem to be just cosmetic ones (like different supporting characters in various scenes, but without changing them in a way like the first chapters had offered after comparing them to the manga), or just things that are more fleshed out in the anime.

Actually, pretty early on I noticed a character that was not in the anime, but apparently had a small story arc intertwining the main story and affecting it in a significant way. Removing this character was a wise decision if the creators of the anime wanted to make the first arc's beginning faster than it was. But still, I like finding out that kind of elements when picking up the source material after finishing its adaptation, haha.

Sure thing, will do! However, it might take time. ;D I still need to finish re-reading Saint Seiya before the final chapters of its sequel manga drop during this year's summer.

Personally, I liked the pacing of the first arc. Not too fast, not too slow, good to introduce all characters, show the basic premise of this show and its atmosphere. Will all this in mind, I'm glad it wasn't dragged out for too long. "Villain of the week" format wasn't a big deal at first, but it could've been become a nuisance if there had been several other episodes following the same formula (detective case -> one baddie as the source of the problem -> fighting with said baddie), instead of just starting a new story arc and introduce something new to the series.

Yeah, I also felt that was the case. It's always tough to come up with anime original content if the studio wants to be faithful to the manga content, but extend it in a creative way. In YYH's case it wasn't just extending it for the sake of adding new interesting stuff, but also - or perhaps mostly - fixing the whole final arc and not make it stand out, at least too much, from the other story arcs of the series. In my opinion, they succeeded in adding anime original stuff and at the same time being faithful to the manga content.

Speaking about the manga content, I've recently started reading the source material I saw the first story difference between it and its anime adaptation. Several short, one chapter long stories taking place in the first volume of the manga, were omitted in the anime. While I get why they were treated like this, they are still worth of checking. Really good and wholesome adventures of Yusuke during his time as a ghost.

To be fair, I was sort of torn between 8/10 and 9/10 after finishing the Chapter Black arc, which I still consider, even after finishing the whole series and loving it as a whole, as... weird and full of elements varying in quality (and none of them visibly great or visibly terrible). First half had sluggish pacing, with unsuccessful attempt to implement JJBA-like battles system to YYH, just without Stands. At least I felt that way while watching it. The second half was better, but it had its weaker moments as well. The finale was flashy and cool and all and wow, but it lacked that spark I could feel while watching the Dark Tournament arc. At first I thought it was perhaps the previous arc was and felt so good that even technically good next arc could be seen as somewhat underwhelming, but after a couple of episodes I was assured that it wasn't case with the Chapter Black arc.

About the Three Kings arc, I think it was alright. It managed to expand the lore in a satisfying way. It also made pretty much all elements frome the previous arc more fleshed out, without leaving them just as mere "power-up moments", so something typical for many shounen series.

As for its pacing, I think it was okay. I wouldn't mind seeing more episodes showing more fights, of course, but what I saw was decent and entertaining. After finishing the anime, I read that it was way, way shorter in the manga, with more chaotic direction (while anime, at least in my eyes, did not seem to be chaotic at all in any arc). That's why even though I'd love to have seen more content, I'm glad a lot for what Studio Pierrot added in a form of anime-original content, haha. Even one short scene here or there can make a difference, and from what I read, way more has been added to the Three Kings arc in the anime adaptation.

Going back to score, the last story arc has taken away all my doubts about whether to give YYH 9/10 score or not. Since I greatly enjoyed this series, even more than several other anime I rated with exactly the same score, I decided to eventually go with 10/10, haha. Such treatment goes along with my personal rating system, where 9/10 is the highest score given to shows in regular circumstances. To explain it further, I'll quote the proper line from my personal rating system:


Ehh, I had to delete it from my profile, because somehow, I couldn't submit any changes to it without getting an error message.

Alright, I've just finished watching the final episode of Yu Yu Hakusho! I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. I won't lie if I say it's one of the best, the most solid shounen anime I've ever seen, and I've seen a decent number of them over many years, haha. I rarely give 10/10 score to any show on my list, but Ghost Files meets all requirements of my own personal rating to have that kind of score. :D

I see. I approached this series without any other knowledge than very vague information mostly told by my friends, but some of them mentioned that the last story arc might feel sort of undercooked and rushed at times. I didn't ask for details to not be spoiled and end up biased towards it, but yeah, I'm aware to not have my expectations too high after enjoying a lot the previous arcs. But who knows? Perhaps I will like it. :) I will soon find out, since I'm closer than farther to it, haha. I'll let you know once I complete watching the whole series.

Yes, at last, hehe. I've wanted to check it out for a while, but I couldn't find either free time or motivation to do it, haha. After finally starting watching it, I can say I'm enjoying this show a lot. A solid shounen from 1990s, one of my favourite decades when it comes to anime. Likeable cast, cool villains and their designs, plus variety when it comes to story arcs. I haven't hit the half of this series yet, but I can say I've been having lots of fun so far. Each next arc is better than the previous one, making this series even better to watch. I hope this anime will remain like this. After all, there's still a lot of episodes ahead of me.

Long before starting my adventure with Yu Yu Hakusho, some of my friends recommended me it, saying a lot of positive stuff about this series. I can say that they were right in everything I've been told. It's really cool and, of course, "you'll gonna like it for sure" was proven to be true.

Haha, so we're on the same boat when it comes to Kaguya-sama series, I see. :D I can fully relate to what you have written in your message. Including the part about Season 3.

Yes, it felt like something providing similar experience to the first season, with that one difference serving in favor of Season 3, which was the visible and actual progression of the romance stuff. One element, but it could make such a huge difference, eh? Without it, it would be just Season 1, just with different stories told in each episodes, but with the same corny jokes, yelling, and narrator interrupting randomly when things are getting interesting (usually inappropriate moments, from the pacing's point of view).

I also think the series is quite overhyped. I don't have anything about people having fun, being passionate about stuff they like, but still, it was bizarre to see euphoric fans spamming Kaguya-sama's subforum back during Season 1 times with their excitement. Not even the first half of the season has aired, but you could see a lot of posts praising the show (not the manga, but anime) for "character development". Ye, right. Too bad there wasn't any significant character development in the first season. At least from my perspective. ;D

I briefly checked out the manga and well... It's nicely drawn, but nothing huge. It's storytelling, from random chapters I picked, resembled a lot of those webcomics tending to have very short chapters. Just in Kaguya-sama's case, those chapters were longer and presented more detailed, yet still pretty simple, story.

Oh yes, I finished watching it yesterday. I was really disappointed, indeed. I even wrote a review, haha.

Long story short, this movie had everything I didn't like in Season 1. Repetitive, old corny jokes; characters overreacting and screaming way too much; narrator once again doing his best to ruin the flow of the show, lol. On top of that, "First Kiss wa Owaranai" didn't even feel like a movie, but rather like a set of short stories loosely connected with each other by one or two core themes. Dragged out stories, in my opinion. This movie could've been shorter, which in return would've affected positively the whole dynamism, but that's only my opinion. :P

I'm not a fan of this series, but I saw it if not improving with each next season (Season 1 -> Season 2), then at least maturing in terms of romantic themes and handling them (Season 3). While watching this movie, I felt as if I moved back in time to watch Season 1 again for the first time, just in a different format.

Oh shit Dandadan anime dropping 2024 les go

Happy birthday! :D

It's been a long time since I read Goblin Slayer manga and well... I don't remember much about it, aside from few details that are not specifically connected to the topic of controversial stuff, but rather plot progression after the first season of Goblin Slayer anime. Sadly, I got bored and dropped it at some point, but pretty early on. I decided to just wait for the next anime season. Well, while the waiting is already over, I didn't expect back then to wait that long for it. ;D

As for Berserk, I feel it has ups and downs. For most of the time dark fantasy stuff is handled really well and everything fits into the general atmosphere of this story. Sometimes, however, you can see elements looking as if they were only added for a shock value and to serve as "form over substance" type of elements. I specifically have in mind the whole part about Wyaldd (including Wyaldd himself), and vile trolls obsessed with sex. When I was watching Goblin Slayer for the first time, I thought that those goblins and their way of life was actually influenced by trolls from Berserk, haha.