Tranquility

5y

4-5 is fine for me

My main priorities in anime are characters and theme so that's one of the big reasons why I don't have AOT4 that high. Like you said, it's mostly plot-focused and I really don't care about plot at all.

Horimiya characters weren't bad, but they weren't really that compelling. Like, I can't really describe anything about any of the characters as people other than their one main shtick in the story. They're just kinda there and they pale in comparison to characters in some other stuff like White Album 2 or NANA.

Rosebud

5y

my winter rankings

AOT S4: 9/10 (honestly just outside of some eps feeling like straight up exposition dumps, this is pretty much what the peak of anime looks like. Exceptional worldbuilding, storytelling, and it even fixes what I had always felt was the weakest aspect of AOT: its characters. Reiner and Eren are all time anime characters with how well they have been developed. Very excited to see it end)
Mushoku Tensei: 7.5/10 (its problematic but I also don't think the show has glorified its protagonist at all, if anything it has shown how he is not actually special and has many flaws outside of his f***ed up perversions. Exceptional worldbuilding so far as well and I like the narrative approach, but it still feels a bit like a generic isekai even if its considered the anime that birthed a lot of the tropes.)
Wonder Egg Priority: 7/10
Re:Zero S2 Part 2: 6/10
HoriMiya: 5/10 (wholesome and fun to see but its so bland and forgettable in the grand scheme of things)
TPN S2: 0/10 (yeah this was an abomination)

DMWR

5y

horimiya had a spark when it started and now its just...not quite garbage but definitely didnt live up to the potential i saw in it during its early run. i thought i had its score pinned down by the first half but it just kept dropping as the show kept pumping out boring half baked characters / sideplots

during episode 12 when they tried to give each character a bit of shine i spent half of it going like "who? "

flizzy

5y

Hate to agree with this because I was a big Horimiya enthusiast from episode 1

I still think it's one of the best romances I've seen

flizzy

5y

All the romance anime I ever watched/read:

A Silent Voice - 9/10 (manga is 10/10)
Ouran High School Host Club - 9/10
Clannad / After Story - 9/10
Lovely Complex - 9/10
Your Name - 9/10

Fruits Basket - 8/10
Horimiya - 8/10
Toradora! - 8/10
Your Lie In April - 8/10

InuYasha - 7/10
Kimi ni Todoke - 7/10 (overall)
Yuri!!! on Ice - 7/10
Orange - 7/10 (manga)

Ao Haru Ride - 6/10 (manga)
Angel Beats! - 6/10
My Little Monster - 6/10

Bakemonogatari - 5/10
Wotakoi - 5/10
Tada Never Falls in Love - 5/10

Bunny Girl Senpai - 4/10
Sword Art Online - 4/10
Golden Time - 4/10
Hal - 4/10

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas - 3/10

School Days - 1/10 (honorary)

@lilkuya I ranked everything LOL some spicy takes here

lilkuya

5y

Nice looking to catch up on fruits basket eventually. Season 1 was so wholesome

Need you to add +4 or +5 to golden time tho

S*** didn’t recognize you were Flizzy didn’t know you change your name

flizzy

5y

Do you like Fullmetal Alchemist? I'm asking because it's clearly plot focused, but imo all the characters are great.

Tranquility

5y

I dropped it back in like 2015 after a couple episodes. I've been planning on giving it another try though since there are a lot of people I know with the same amount of anime "experience" and taste as me who really like it. FMA:B seems to be well liked by everyone, whether its someone with 10 completed anime or by someone with 750 completed anime, so I think its worthwhile for me to give it another shot after 5 years.

flizzy

5y

Hate to agree with this because I was a big Horimiya enthusiast from episode 1

I still think it's one of the best romances I've seen

proper

5y

damn how come no ratings for tomozaki

DMWR

5y

horimiya had a spark when it started and now its just...not quite garbage but definitely didnt live up to the potential i saw in it during its early run. i thought i had its score pinned down by the first half but it just kept dropping as the show kept pumping out boring half baked characters / sideplots

during episode 12 when they tried to give each character a bit of shine i spent half of it going like "who? "

flizzy

5y

All the romance anime I ever watched/read:

A Silent Voice - 9/10 (manga is 10/10)
Ouran High School Host Club - 9/10
Clannad / After Story - 9/10
Lovely Complex - 9/10
Your Name - 9/10

Fruits Basket - 8/10
Horimiya - 8/10
Toradora! - 8/10
Your Lie In April - 8/10

InuYasha - 7/10
Kimi ni Todoke - 7/10 (overall)
Yuri!!! on Ice - 7/10
Orange - 7/10 (manga)

Ao Haru Ride - 6/10 (manga)
Angel Beats! - 6/10
My Little Monster - 6/10

Bakemonogatari - 5/10
Wotakoi - 5/10
Tada Never Falls in Love - 5/10

Bunny Girl Senpai - 4/10
Sword Art Online - 4/10
Golden Time - 4/10
Hal - 4/10

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas - 3/10

School Days - 1/10 (honorary)

@lilkuya I ranked everything LOL some spicy takes here

proper

5y

damn how come no ratings for tomozaki

orangejuice

5y

Is Bunny Girl Senpai really a romance though?

Like obviously there are romantic elements in it with Sakuta and Mai's romance, but I always saw it as a slice of life/drama that addressed several social issues in Japanese culture.

flizzy

5y

Good point, for some reason I see it as a romance

orangejuice

5y

I can get it, sort of. They do use it as a plot point and it's a pretty important part for most of the show, just goes to show how different people can perceive shows differently, even going down to the genre.

I kinda get your rating, too. I feel like Bunny Girl Senpai is a show that is super difficult to like or even understand completely without the complete cultural context, and subtitles just don't convey it very well (IMO). Super tough to market to western audiences.

redtruth

5y

damn bro, just read that WEPs animation producer was hospitalised twice during the shows production, thats f***ed up​