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hii ! its rly been a while ! hahaha Happy New Years ! oh yes i reading just finished manhwa ''The Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter
'' was good cant say anything ;D and now watching Vanitas part 2 rly good anime and planning to watch ''Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai desu'' will see how its go and what about you?

It has been a while, but I still remember your face!

I think now that I’m middle aged, I’ve veered off the mainstream anime highway, and am happy to just slowly trundle by, in a bubble of my own, off the beaten track. I’m only interested in pleasing myself these days, and have no interest in trends or what’s popular, or how other people might view me.

I saw the first season of Solo Levelling last year and wasn’t impressed (so I won’t be watching the sequel), and the first Dandadan episode put me off wanting to continue. Of course, there will be people out there who like those aforementioned titles, and I understand there are lots of diverse tastes/preferences out there, and infinite unique personalities. It’s almost like a fingerprint, where there are no 2 MAL users who are exactly identical in all their scores and favourites.

Sometimes, I wonder if may brain has started changing because of age, and I’m no longer able to gain peak enjoyment from anime. Luckily, some things do occasionally turn up, to take me once more, to those magical and fantastical places. The new Beastars was amazingly engrossing and entertaining, and I’m looking forward to the second half (was surprised when it turned out to be double cour), and I enjoyed Apothecary Diaries last year, so I will be tuning into the sequel that’s just started airing. The first 2 new Dr. Stone eps made me smile with its upbeat humor and charismatic lead genius scientist/inventor, and the latest Bleach TYBW has been good for an action/teenage protagonist series. How about you? I didn’t want to ramble on too much about things which you might not like or know about, so I just name-dropped a few things without going into details.

How is The Beginning After the End? I've heard good things about it.

Re:Zero is pretty good but I couldn't really get into Dandadan.

You're welcome, also happy new year ~

Ohh, what do you work as?

Yes, there have been plenty of releases that I have liked! Though, as for the new season, I haven't started it yet.

I have been great. I just got back from Edinburgh with my family.

Happy birthday! :)

Thank you very much, happy new year to you too (❁´◡`❁)

Happy New Year!
I hope that this new year will be the best year of your life. May all your hopes get fulfilled and have a peace of mind that you deserve.

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ﾟ。also, happy birthday!
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Happy new year to you too! Thanks and hope you have too!

Just been watching the seasonals tbh.

How about you?

Hi! Long time no see! How have you been?

Soz for the delay in replying (to such a seemingly simple/easy question), but I've been taking a break from MAL replies recently, and had some messages from a few weeks ago still awaiting replies - and I've only just got around to those very recently. I think, I'm almost fully caught up now, and there's only what's left (visible) on my profile page at the moment for me to attend to. Actually, I'm leapfrogging you over the guy beneath you, because yours is a simpler query. And, I'm giving you special treatment because I've know you for a considerably longer time (nearly 4 and a half years - I just checked) ;)

Looking back in hindsight, I feel I got sucked into the wrong choices last season (stuff like Metallic Rouge, Solo Leveling, and Weakest Tamer) which either weren't best suited to my tastes, personality, or mood - or were a major let-down for me in at least some ways (if not most ways). Combined, those 3 aforementioned series took up 12 hours watching time, and I don't want to repeat this mistake again. Thus, I've decided to be considerably more cautious and circumspect (than last time around) and only pick up new series where I've liked (or been impressed by) the first 2 or 3 episodes, and then decided to carry on in good faith. So, this season it's Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night and Girls Band Cry. Girls Band Cry looks similar to RWBY's 3D CG art style, which I quite like/am fond of (the female characters have a pleasing aesthetic in both series), and the drama and dialogue have been decent. It's almost like the rock band/rock school version of RWBY lol. And Jellyfish Can't Swim reminds me of Bocchi (4 girl music-making dynamic) but with the style of Bocchi blended Oshi no Ko, because Doga Kobo (Oshi) are doing the art/production. They're both female dominated, and music and drama orientated series, but I do enjoy taking a break from grim and grizzly men fighting - and if anything, I'm steering increasingly clear of action series these days. I suppose, to balance things out (ying and yang-esque), I have been rewatching Vinland Saga season 2 (I'm enjoying the slow-burning drama, rural/farm setting, and philosophical elements). And, of course, I'm following the new Yuru Camp, which is one of my all-time fave (10/10) anime. I think 8bit are doing a good job (as the new studio) and it's continued with the wholesome flavor, relaxing mood, charming humor, and lovable cuteness of classic Yuru Camp, with the arrangement of Yuru season 2 - where you sometimes see all 5 main girls together, and sometimes see Nadeshiko or Rin going off on their own solo camping/traveling adventures and explorations. It can do no wrong! Literally, no wrong! And (final and), I've seen 4 of the new Spice and Wolf episodes (in dub). It seems like they've improved the artwork and OST a couple of levels (Kevin Penkin, the Made in Abyss composer, is on board), and the story seems more refined and focused. I think (so far) it's a MAL score or two (in my scoring system/criteria), above the original.

How about you, what are you watching and what are your thoughts/opinions about it?