So…what is Frieren doing in there all the time?

Something tells me this ex is going to cause problems…

Oh wait, the protagonist literally tells us:

Oh, geez. That definitely wasn’t there when I made the post. I remember checking because I thought the story had ended (though I haven’t watched it, so I wasn’t sure). I will update the title to make it clear. Thanks for pointing it out!

The faces in this series are so good. Also, this panel cracked me up. The gap between how we see her and how others see her is so huge.

I really liked this chapter! It felt like some kind of crossover with [email protected]. Also, senpai has some great words of life advice.

Early in this series I expected that it would be revealed that Misaki wss a girl this whole time. However, I think I would be disappointed in that ending at this point. I don’t think Hareta wants an easy out like that. I suspect he is on a mission to change the rules of their universe to recognize his feelings for Misaki and won’t be satisfied with anything less.

That’s fair. I guess the little demons that pop up around her occasionally are also fairly non-threatening.

The translation switching to Mythfolk threw me for a minute. Also, Yutaka managed to somehow seduce this succubus to where she is feeling like Hakari from 100 Girlfriends.

Really looking forward to Sami-chan’s mom entering the story. This demon realm place is not what I would normally envision based on that description.

I’m also looking into a way to remove the “Nicole spam” with her.

@[email protected] just got Nicole’d for the first time the other day…and then dutifully replied to her, telling her the proper way to request a discussion thread.

I didn’t realize until this that it is impossible to delete pm’s in lemmy. It seems like a huge oversight to me. Additionally, it would be great if there were more pm controls, like blocking them by default or something like that. I did see that piefed made an issue to add it as a result of this Nicole business (piefed also let me delete the Nicole spam I got).

Thanks for the hard work!

Are you thinking of Arifureta instead of Tsukimichi? I know that happens with Tio in Arifureta, but I don’t remember Tomoe from Tsukimichi ever having that done to her…unless there are some bonus chapters I missed when reading the webnovel.

Tsukimichi is pretty good, though it can be a slow build. It’s one of my favorite isekai (as is Eminence in Shadow).

Now I really want to try toasting Castella cake like this.

I wish I had your confidence in the Texas judicial system to only apply this law in an appropriate and measured way.

I have hardly read a thing this past week. Work really hit hard this past week and I feel pretty close to becoming an isekai protagonist through overwork. So, instead of writing about what I read this past week, I thought I would share some series that I pretty regularly read, but don’t regularly post about:

• Due to Their Appreciation and Expectations, I Can’t Exploit My Slaves / Dorei kara no Kitai to Hyouka no sei de Sakushu dekinai no daga

This is an incredibly silly isekai series that, if I’m honest, is kind of hard to recommend. The MC is reborn with god-like healing powers and proceeds to buy some slaves for practically nothing due to their extensive injuries. One miraculous healing later, he now has some incredibly OP slaves that are immensely loyal and respect him as some kind of sage. The only problem is that he basically just wants to get down and dirty with them (the “hard to recommend” part), but now he has to maintain this sagely facade. Rinse and repeat as his stable of talented followers grows.

• Anan-san Wants to Combine within 3 Seconds of Meeting! / Anan-san wa Deatte 3-byou de Gattai shitai!

Another hard to recommend series that I have enjoyed nonetheless. Anan-san is an office worker that has a crush on her manager. However, to better understand how to interact with and get his attention, she watched a bunch of porn. So, now she dresses/acts very provocatively, but is extremely innocent and pure at the same time. It’s very silly and contrived, but I have been able to kind of shut off my brain and enjoy it.

• Wolf-chan Wants to Be Clear / Wolf-chan wa Sumashitai

This series is currently on hiatus due to the author having a child, but it’s been a slow, but rewarding burn. The MC is a kuudere girl that has a crush on an extremely outgoing boy in her class. It’s a no-nonsense, straightforward romance that has been a great read so far and I am eagerly awaiting its return.

• Until the Gal and I Become a Married Couple / Boku to Gal ga Fufu ni Narumade

This is the true power fantasy. The MC is a high school boy whose family is deep in debt. Suddenly an extremely wealthy, attractive classmate of his shows up at his door and says that she has paid off all his family’s debt and they will be married int he future. They haven’t yet really gotten into her motivations for doing so yet, but the relationship that ensues is very cute. Another series where I just don’t think too hard about it and just enjoy the romcom vibes.

Weekly ranking roundup:

1. Anime Corner - Full Results - Weekly Winner: Tying the Know With An Amigami Sister
2. Reddit Karma - Weekly Winner: Solo Leveling

Credit to /u/Abysswatcherbel for making the chart for reddit karma and /u/Nooble5 for the Anime Trending chart.

Amagami Sister topping the chart for AC is interesting because it is languishing all the way down at #19 for reddit. I don’t really know anything about the show, but the past two weeks it shot up the chart, so it must be having some kind of climactic moment to usurp shows like Re:Zero and Solo Leveling.

Work hit me like truck-kun this past week, so I haven’t really been able to watch much of anything. Since I can’t really talk about what I watched this past week, I thought I would use this week’s post to talk about something I have been thinking about, specifically (re)watches of older shows.

Calendar - The Final Boss

I have kind of been thinking about organizing a rewatch of an older series in this community, but haven’t really been sure about the best way to do it. Back in the olden days, the anime subreddit occasionally had rewatches of a show I was interested in watching or rewatching, but their pace of watching a show is usually 1-2 episodes per day and I just could never keep up. So, I was wondering if I were to organize a community watch of a series, what a good pace would be for users here.

Frankly speaking, trying to do a show at a 1-2 episode per day pace is just not possible for me. Instead of watching the series alongside everybody, to maintain that pace, I would basically pre-watch the whole thing and then just schedule threads.

A more realistic pace for me would be something like 1-3 episodes per week, maybe like a M,W,F kind of thing. I have thought about doing 1 episode a week on a day of the week where not a lot of other shows air. For instance, this season has a very slow Monday and Tuesday.

What do other people here think would work for you?

Series - Pick Your Poison

I have a couple series in mind that I thought about having be the first series to watch. I welcome input that others might have on these. I haven’t made up my mind yet.

• Cowboy Bebop - An absolute classic. It has a MAL and AniList id number of 1 for a reason. It runs for 26 episodes and a movie, so it would probably be better to do 2+ episodes per week or it will run for a good chunk of the year.
• Mushishi - My personal favorite anime that I want to evangelize. Also, it is an anthology series, so it would be easy for people to skip an episode here and there and then hop back in. It runs for 36 episodes and 2 OVAs between both seasons, so it would also be quite the commitment.
• A Place Further Than the Universe - A single season show that I have not seen before. I have only heard great things about this show and I have been meaning to check it out for a while and this would be a great source of motivation.
• Cyberpunk Edgerunners - Another single season show I haven’t seen before. Another that has sat on my list to watch at some point.

Additionally, if there is any other suggestions that people have for candidates for this kind of community-run event, that would be more than welcome.

Join the Fun

Finally, if this is something that somebody else wants to organize and run, you are more than welcome to take the reins. There is no reason that I am the only one allowed to organize something like this or have complete control over it. If you want to run a community watch, here are the general guidelines I suggest:

1. Make a post gauging interest before actually starting. See if there are others that want to actually watch with you. This is probably a good place to finalize a pace with those that are interested.
2. Start the community watch, trying your best to stick to the schedule. Community watch threads are not created by rikka automatically, so it’s up to you. If you are going to miss some posts, you can arrange one of the other watchers to make the post in your stead, or use a scheduling tool to plan out your post unattended.
3. Make sure to contribute! If you are running a community watch, make sure that you are kicking off the discussion.
4. Enjoy!

Anyway, just something that’s been on my mind lately. Looking for some early feedback from users that frequent this community enough to bother reading my weekly post threads.

This series is absurdly adorable. I absolutely love it and each time a chapter comes out I just wish that I could keep going. The wait kills me.

Himemiya kills me. I love the fact that she was literally just rubbing balls this whole chapter. I doubt we’re really supposed to read into that, but I found it funny.

This teacher reminds me of Ginko from Mushishi the way she’s always smoking. I wonder if it is somehow tied into her exorcism abilities in the way it was for him too.

I’ve barely been able to read at all this week, but got a chance to catch up with this series.

Himari turned into a more interesting character than I had thought he was with this chapter. I had kind of chalked him up as a playboy-type character, but making him somebody that expresses poly feelings makes him have so much more depth. It also explains why he would be motivated to join the love research club or whatever so that he can better explore his feelings.

Looks interesting for those folks in the SF Bay Area.

I can only imagine that there are lots of unique challenges that come from trying to host an event like this on a warship, even if its now a museum. The narrow corridors and steep stairs combined with what looks to be a big focus on cosplay might prove challenging. That being said, if you are doing a military-style cosplay, that could be an excellent place to stage some photos.