Updated (date: 9th March, 2024): Now I have (somehow) more mood in watching anime. Feel free to be my friends and discuss with me!
Languages I speak: Cantonese, English, Mandarin and German (still learning it)
Favorite genres: Adventure, Action, Shounen, Seinen and yuri/shoujo-ai
(But indeed I give every genre a shot, as long as the work is good and it is attractive to me. You may notice I gave some yuri works quite a low score, but the fact is that I gave some anime with yuri elements high scores, e.g. Kakegurui and Revolutionary Girl Utena. It's just that MAL doesn't regard them as yuri.)
Favorite bands: Queen, AC/DC, Kraftwerk, Foo Fighters and SOUL'D OUT (other bands that I listen to quite a lot: Franz Ferdinand, The Vaccines, Daft Punk and Earth, Wind and Fire)
Favorite song: Easy Lover by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins (the official MV is bad though. Album and live versions are the best.)
I rate the show mostly based on my enjoyment, but at the same time I'll also consider the plot, character, etc. I mean, these elements affect how enjoyable the show is, right?
If the show is rated 8 or above, it means that I enjoy the show and I definitely recommend others having a try. If it's 7, it means there're some flaws that may bore me or refine me from enjoying it, but it's still good enough. If it's 6, it means the show is slightly above the average. I may still recommend it, but it's not necessary to be watched and even if you miss it, it'll be fine. If it's 5 or below, it means I don't think the show is worth watching and skipping it is all fine. Only when you're really interested in it, then you could give a try.
For short works like OVA or music videos, I rate them based on what they're, i.e. a music video will be compared to other music videos instead of regular TV shows. That's why the ratings from me for these works are usually higher than average.
I never give 1 to any works. Also, I never give scores to anime that I haven't started watching at all. So good for you, Ex-Arm.
Favorite Jojo stuff:
Top 3 op: 1. Bloody Stream 2. STONE OCEAN 3. Stand Proud
Top 3 ed: 1. Distant Dreamer 2. Freekn' You 3. Roundabout
Favorite anthology song: Crazy my Beat
Top 10 characters: 1. Gyro Zeppeli 2. Hirose Yasuho 3. Kujo Jotaro 4. Cujoh Jolyne 5. DIO 6. Jonathan Joestar 7. Wamuu 8. Doppio Vinegar 9. Foo Fighters 10. Weather Report
Favorite male character: Gyro Zeppeli
Favorite female character: Hirose Yasuho
Top 10 stands: 1. Scary Monster/ the World, can't decide the top 2. Killer Queen 3. Star Platinum 4. Sex Pistol 5. Weather Report 6. Sticky Finger 7. Foo Fighters 8. Burning down the House 9. Hermit Purple
Favorite Jojo: Kujo Jotaro
Favorite main villain: DIO
Favorite part: Part 7
Favorite stand: In between Scary Monster and the World
My thoughts on girls love (GL) and some recommendations:
GL actually doesn't have a specific definition. Some may consider close friendship between girls as GL, but some may consider only the romantic relationship. For me, I'll only consider a work to be GL when the girls get into a relationship of "above friendship, below romantic relationship".
Some of my recommendations are: (the main plot is GL) 1. Revolutionary Girl Utena 2. Aoi Hana 3. Candy Boy (incest warning) (the subtext and side characters are GL) 1. Kakegurui
And please, stop claiming "GL is made for male". How come there're so many statistics proving female audience as the main audience of GL works (like on Wikipedia), while some people are still so obsessed with this misconception? It's not a problem to be ignorant of something, but it's a problem if you still hold the misconception after knowing the fact.
Favorite ships:
Kirisame Marisa x Alice Margatroid (Touhou): The first ship in my life. Because of them, I started to watch yuri. I like that they have opposite personalities, while they can still help each other out.
Momobami Kirari x Igarashi Sayaka (Kakegurui): My OTP of all time. The Tower of Doors would be my favorite gamble in Kakegurui! "Sayaka, you're probably thinking about how this is impossible to understand, aren't you? Well, I agree with you. Someone like you, who worships logic even as you're bound by it, someone who's willing to shut her mind down at the brink of death, and still forces herself to choose cold logic at the end of it... It makes no sense at all to me. You're the exact opposite of me in every way... And I like that. I like that just fine." - Kirari Momobami
Higashikata Josuke x Hirose Yasuho (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion): They are just cute together.
Tenjou Utena x Himemiya Anthy (Revolutionary Girl Utena): Utena is a brave girl who sets Anthy free from the patriarchy, and she doesn't own her just like other characters do, which is what true love is about. Also Anthy is one of the few dark skinned girls that catches my eye. She is so pretty :D
Besides anime, I also watch western cartoons.
List of blog posts I wish to write in the future (because I'm bored idk: How to get to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/ How to get to Kakegurui/ Analysis on the Tower of Doors in Kakegurui
I get what you're saying about the story.
I've been reading the manga before the anime was announced so I knew what to expect. The anime covers the weakest part of the manga. To be honest, I didn't like the story at first. I was afraid it was going to be mainly bait but I was pleasantly surprised by it in later volumes. I don't care for the "main couple" because I don't like Hime and Mitsuki. The focus actually shifts away from them around volume 8, at that point it became one of my favourite manga to read at this moment. And yes, as a Belgian the German words are... something. Japan likes to use German and French to sound fancy.
About Kakegurui Twin: I didn't like it as much as the main story. I do like Mary as a character, but the other characters were not as interesting. Sachiko and Mikura were a bit too crazy for me. The games also weren't as interesting, especially that dating game was weird. I guess I just missed the main cast.
I was very late in watching Kakegurui as a series because I was warned in the lesbian community that it was yuribait, so that put me off of watching for a while. After watching it I kinda get what they were saying but it wasn't all that bad. I guess season 2 wasn't out yet because that season was really good. It's just rare to find good representation of lesbian love in anime/manga.
Thank you for accepting. I saw your comment on Kakegurui xx Episode 10 after I watched the episode and I shared that feeling. Then I found out we both like JoJo (and yuri), so I just had to send you a friend request. Your taste in music is also very good, although, personally, I don't like Queen very much. ;)
You are all good! Life happens. Lord knows I've been going thru it on my end. Yeah I've found that I struggle to comprehend some of the panels in action manga Jojo included. I agree with you, the anime does a great job at making it clearer. You are the first to say she is your fav. Araki has sdone such a wonderful job in creating a universe that makes you want to keep coming back depsite already knowing the outcome. You really are an Araki stan I love it haha.
Yeah...RIP...this one truly hurt. I'll just say he changed my life and I wouldn't be on this app or into anime probably. Just RIP and his work is forever.
I freaking agree!!! My brother hates that they made home softer like thay but I thought it was different and ultimately a smart choice. What’re your thoughts on Stone Ocean??
I agree! I wish they had been more focus on the Molcars too, but I don't think it was too bad. the love letter episode was super adorable.. I feel like that's the only one I fully remember. it's just small bits and pieces from the other episodes, but the love letter stood out. I don't even know all the names ;-; but no matter the Molcar, they're all a 10/10 haha
I really hope there will be a new season. it's fairly popular after all
I also think Jolyne x Hermes is cute (as pretty much the only yuri ship). The other ship tho Josuke x Yasuho from part 8, I haven't caught up yet so I personally don't know who they are (I have managed to miss all spoilers) so I don't really have an opinion on them as of yet.
I'm still excited for part 9 for when I eventually get there. I have seen a few fanarts and imo his hair still looks weird and kinda ugly.
I'm glad there's going to be a female companion. I too hope their relationship is platonic. Although I wish there was another female JoJo though as Jolyne is still the only one :/ . I'm hoping for a female villain at some point too as I think Araki would write a great female villain. We need more female Jojo characters fr.
it definitely is! and yes, I did c: I liked it, it was cute and adorable like the first season, but something was missing. I'm not really sure what it was tho..
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I've been reading the manga before the anime was announced so I knew what to expect. The anime covers the weakest part of the manga. To be honest, I didn't like the story at first. I was afraid it was going to be mainly bait but I was pleasantly surprised by it in later volumes. I don't care for the "main couple" because I don't like Hime and Mitsuki. The focus actually shifts away from them around volume 8, at that point it became one of my favourite manga to read at this moment. And yes, as a Belgian the German words are... something. Japan likes to use German and French to sound fancy.
About Kakegurui Twin: I didn't like it as much as the main story. I do like Mary as a character, but the other characters were not as interesting. Sachiko and Mikura were a bit too crazy for me. The games also weren't as interesting, especially that dating game was weird. I guess I just missed the main cast.
I was very late in watching Kakegurui as a series because I was warned in the lesbian community that it was yuribait, so that put me off of watching for a while. After watching it I kinda get what they were saying but it wasn't all that bad. I guess season 2 wasn't out yet because that season was really good. It's just rare to find good representation of lesbian love in anime/manga.
Yeah...RIP...this one truly hurt. I'll just say he changed my life and I wouldn't be on this app or into anime probably. Just RIP and his work is forever.
It's fine take your time always.
I really hope there will be a new season. it's fairly popular after all
I'm still excited for part 9 for when I eventually get there. I have seen a few fanarts and imo his hair still looks weird and kinda ugly.
I'm glad there's going to be a female companion. I too hope their relationship is platonic. Although I wish there was another female JoJo though as Jolyne is still the only one :/ . I'm hoping for a female villain at some point too as I think Araki would write a great female villain. We need more female Jojo characters fr.
tbh I haven't talked to many JoJo fans, but I can imagine that a lot of them don't like yuri. JoJo and Yuri are like total opposites lmao.
Are you looking forward to part 9 of JoJo's?