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Nice to meet you thanks for accepting! Yh I’m a big fan of girls band cry, we’ve had a lot of great music anime in the last few years and girls band cry is up there with bocchi as the best imo! I think it was a gbc post that made me add you actually

Appreciate that, yours are pretty good too man. Thanks for accepting my request!!

Hey again! Here is my spellblades reply... I'm really sorry it took so long. I must have let you down. I feel really bad about it. I'm disappointed in myself first and foremost. I know you've been slowing down because of me, and it took me so long. I don't really have a good excuse. I could've done it earlier. And if you read my message, you'll understand why it took so long. I wanted to write a proper one, and since it was hard, I was procrascinating... It's only ep 1 in here, but that's gonna me my largest message. After that I'll send in 2-3 episodes at a time. And the message won't be as long. It's just that the beginning had the most ideas. I also rewatched the first episode to see what they skipped. After all I watched ep 1 before the novel. They sure changed a lot, I really wasn't happy with it, bunch of smaller things for the most part, but then many things were entirely skipped. Then some parts like Katie thanking them for saving her, when she didn't in the novel. Or Nanao saying she'd definitely take Guy up on his offer, when he mentioned about fresh vegetables. When it didn't happen.
I apologize if you find it too long or find my complaining at times annoying(I tried not to complain too much). But I don't think I could've made it much shorter. But other messages will be shorter!

I'll start by summarizing the unique, interesting ideas I found (*) means I really liked it. If you are gonna reply to it, you should reply with a number, so I'll know what you are referring to.

Ideas

1. A flower road that's full of trees that bloom at the same time with older students need to make sure that every flower blooms for them to graduate(skipped)
   
2. Pride plants(*)
   
3. Magic farmers - Guy's family. Never seen it before. What do they farm I wonder, or is it a magic farm because they use magic to farm
   
4. Azia samurai in the west.
   
5. Magical Comedy(skipped)
   
6. Trolls taking 2nd place in how much humans they kill yearly. And not magical beats like dragons or behemots(*) (skipped)
   
7. Imitating dragon roar to grab troll's attention who can't ignore someone from a higher food chain than him
   
8. Innocent Color(*)
   
9. Freedom and results and 20% graduate and consumed by a spell(*)
   
10. Teacher nomations. One student per teacher(*)
    
11. Over 300 smaller rooms and the amount changes depending on the day, with different ones being discovered once in a while(skipped)
    
12. Klocknocks(*)
    
13. Doorknob recording attendance(*)(skipped)
    
14. lots of magical particles at Kimberly so it's harder to breath(*)(skipped)
    
15. 6 and 7 years living in different dorms and having freedom to ask for anything they'd want(skipped)
    

parenthesis is my opinion

1. Flower road leading to the campus is full of trees that bloom at the same time, during the entrance ceremony. For a student to graduate he needs to make sure every tree blooms. It was an incredible tradition for outsiders, but for sixth year students it was stupid. Flower road is in the first minutes of the episode where Oliver met Katie and Guy
   
2. Pride Plants - The anime kinda adapted them briefly, only in the beginning, with some dahlias talking to Oliver then Guy mentioning that their personalities depend on the soil they are in. And those around Kimberly are especially nasty. The one thing they didn't mention is
   1) Dahlias are especially talkative, there are other pride plants like the old tree in the beginning (first 10 seconds of the 1st episode)
   2) Guy mentioned that their senpais are having a rought time with them every year.
   3) Oliver mentioned it after Guy mentioned about their nasty personalities. That in six years, they'd be the ones dealing with them. Students are judged by how many blooms Jack has on the day of the entrance ceremony.
   4) Guy then changing the topic to a weird Azia girl in a samurai outfit, saying she is rarer than any pride plant. Weirded out how she has no proper uniform. Then Katie shutting him up, defending her, saying that maybe it's not ready yet, stop staring at her. Then Oliver saying "there are many international students, like her, referring to Katie, much to her surprise. I really liked how author described it. "She froze momentarily, her eyes widening by the second" She then asked how did he realize it. And Oliver correctly pointed out that there is a slight accent in her a and o pronunciations. And correctly identifying that she is probably from Farnland. Which is cool, imagine English man identifying that someone is from France.... Considering that Katie said that she practiced really well to hide her accent. She then had pouty lips, slightly upset because she wanted to surprise everyone at an entrance ceremony. But because the anime skipped it, her self introduction was changed. From "Some of you must've already realized it, but I'm from Farnland"
   See how good that was? don't you wish it was adapted? I really do, in general Katie's reactions like her pouty lips, her eyes widening by a second, she has a lot of great reactions. She seemed more colorful in my imagination in the book.
   
3. Troll and demi humans. Guy noticed Katie sulking, just like in anime and she complained that troll is being treated the same as a magical beast. Guy didn't understand what's wrong(03:41), and then that's when they skipped a huge chunk of info.
   1)Katie telling him that he needs to study more. Demi-humans and humans share a common ancestor. Our species are distantly related. She then asked if Guy knows what species got their rights. He only mentiones elves. Katie asks who else?
   2) That's where Pete first comes in, holding his book, looking irritated. He adds that there's also dwarves and centaurs. Then berates them for being too loud, interrupting his reading. Katie looks bowed her head. Author mentioend that noone dared question him why he'd be reading at a time like this. Pete then is upset that the images of gryphins in the book is different from the ones in the parade, he is angry that the book seller might've ripped him off.
   3) Katie then recovered from bowing and continued. She mentioned that only these 3 races got their civil rights. And centaurs only got them recently, 25 years ago. Before that they were treated the same as trolls, valued solely for their physical strength. Author mentions that Oliver listens to her with great interest
   4) Then Guy counters with, Hold on, are you saying that troll are the same as elves, centaurs and dwarves? They can't read or write and they kill many people
   5) Katie says that that they are only violent because humans attack them in their territory and they defend themselves (she has a point)
   6)Guy then goes on to say that humans need more land, as population grows. Katie says she isn't denying development. (Guy has a point here)
   7) Guy says that if positions were reversed, he doubts trolls would be so understanding of them. (that's a similar thing I've heard in our world too, about some animals.). Guy then says that the Kimberly where she is at also used to belong to demi humans. Katie was kinda at a loss for words(Guy won here)
   8)Guy didn't stop there, mentioning how trolls layed a lot of traps where he's from and ruined a lot of fields(he is from a magical farmer family remember). His parents hunt the trolls, but won't let him come with them. One wrong mistake and you can get killed(he has a point)
   9)Katie got a bit emotional, saying that her home troll isn't like that. He is kind and strong and always cheers her up when she is upset, even letting him ride on his shoulders. (good point that not trolls are like that, but just because your troll is like that, doesn't mean everyone is like that)
   10) Guy gets surprised and notes that her family must have trained that troll really well. Here where all hell breaks loose and author mentions that Oliver knew the disaster was coming the moment Guy said it. Katie got upset at him, at the word "trained", saying that it's because of people like him that trolls are treated like that
   11) (That's pretty much all for their little debate. Katie was winning in the beginning, with solid points, but Guy got her good at the end. I'd say, morally, Katie is in the right. But there are many things she didn't consider.
   12) But anime skipped 90% of it. You'd understand Katie and Guy better if that was included. Not to mention that it was also interesting, in my opinion
   13)They also skipped a scene with Chela first approaching him, after hearing the ruckus. Her appraising the troll, saying it's purebred. Then she went a bit too nerdy over the troll's description. It's a scene I didn't like that much, but it's still Chela's first appearence at this point and shows her knowledgable nature.
   14)There is also a scene with magical comedy and Oliver. Oliver tried to cheer up everyone and used a transformation spell on his head, his hair grew. Everyone were surprised, Chela especially, apparently it was some kind of rare version of Mr Bridge's Lanarusal (whatever that means. There are many names like that that I have no idea about). That's where we learn that Oliver actually studies magical comedy and Chela is actually also a fan of it. (Chela is really impressed with him, and they just met. I wish magical comedy wasn't cut entirely. Oh, and magical comedy is using magic for fun, from what Oliver showed, it seems like you use magic on yourself)
   
4. The wargs(look like wolves) that the troll smashed during the parade act as dogs used by shepherd to keep sheep in check, so when a magical beast gets out of control, they attempt to quell it.
   
5. Which magical beast has killed the most humans? Mages naively think that it's dragons and behemoths, but it's different in reality. Such high-tier magical beats don't reside in the same domain as humans. Many would be disappointed to learn that kobolds are actually in number 1. Third are bogeys. The victims are mostly nonmagical folks. Trolls come in second. Like Katie said, they don't attack indiscriminately, yet numbers keep stacking up, majority of them are those who are trying to capture a troll.
   
6. Oliver during parade performed quite well, when Nanao was standing against the troll, she couldn't have won by herself, it's a troll after all, trolls are quite powerful. I know the anime didn't make it look like it. It's kinda my opinion, novel didn't say that she couldn't have by herself. Because Oliver and others have distracted the troll for a bit, she took the oportunity to get a hit in. Let's talk about Oliver performance. When Chela hit the troll with a powerful spell, the troll didn't even react to her (that was in the anime). He was quickly came up with a plan on the run, which isn't easy to do, he is still an amateur, coming up with a plan in such a tense situation is remarkable. Basically he imitated the dragon roar with the wind magic. He couldn't do it by himself so he had to ask others for their help. I like it in stories, where you can't do it yourself and you bring a collective effort to complete something, that was nice imo. In the novel it said that the Dragon is on a higher food chain than a troll, so of course he couldn't ignore him and turned around to see what was up, that gave Nanao time. That's imo is a very cool idea, I didn't see it anywhere else. To use a spell to distract the troll, because they are too weak to defeat him. Let me know your opinion on it. I didn't get it reading the first time, but now it became clearer with the "Dragon is a on a higher food chain than Trolls" line.
   I know you couldn't tell it in the anime, but this part and magical comedy of Oliver before that (that was skipped in the anime) is already 2 instances where Oliver appealed to Chela. Chela is very experienced and skilled and even she couldn't come up with such an idea. Katie, Pete, Guy aren't that good, so they couldn't even tell that what Oliver did was something amazing. With Chela it's like like, takes a master to know one. Like if you are good at something, like ... radio stuff for example. You'd appreaciate a professional doing it really good more than regular people, did I explain it well?
   
7. Nanao's Innocent color. I already mentioned it in the mal post. But I'll explain again. It's something both Chela and Oliver recognized and then the author explained. How you have to have an extremely rare hair crystaline structure and magic circulation. It's an exteremely rare talent, so rare that probably something as rare as having a spellblade is less rare. Given how I know 3 people with a spellblade, while I only know Nanao with Innocent Color. Btw, it was actually explained in the anime, you probably forgot. Not as good as my explanation though.
   
8. After the parade - It wasn't mentioned that the troll's rampage riled up some other beasts which also went on a rampage, but shortly after it was all quelled by senpais and instructors. And the reason why Oliver and others had to deal with the troll by themselves is due to an unfortunate positioning and timing. Get it? there was a reason. I actually forgot it before rereading. But the reason was there. The principal actually apologized for that later (was in the anime.)
   The other thing they skipped relates to Nanao's personality. While they waiting for a principal to start her speech, in anime they included Oliver being susprised at Nanao for jumping in without a plan, but there was another scene before that. Author mentioned that she'd ask him questions, and he'd reply after a short delay to the best of his ability. Then Oliver started mentioning the incident and how the student was injured and Nanao didn't understand what he was referring to. She didn't get that he was referring to the troll incident, she thought there was something else. She thought that troll incident was actually a test. Needless to say Oliver was shocked by her. That and her replying to Oliver's question that she had no plan and just jumped in made Oliver and us viwers quickly realize what kind of person is Nanao. An airhead. Wish they didn't skip the first part, it does add up to her personality and to Oliver's stalwart, straight-man too. What's straightman in japanese comedy again? tsukkomi right, yeah kinda Oliver at times.
   
9. Principal speech. Actually Nanao started talking about how she senses a great warrior or something, but Oliver told her off with "Please Shut up for a moment". If you read it for the first time, you'd think it was because Nanao was speaking during her speech and interrupting her and Oliver respected the principal. If you read it after you finished that ep 6, you'd think that it's because he hates Esmeralda, and doesn't want her to talk about her. Anyone of us would be the same, really. You truly hate that person, you don't wanna hear about her.
   Now about her speech. She mentioned that there are those who get lured by a mysterious call never to be seen again. those who get permenantly scarred by experimenting with magic those who go berserk and commit mass murder, having to be stopped by their fellow classmates and that's what it means to be consumed by a spell and that is gonna happen to 20% of them. It's one of my favorite quotes in spellblades, and seeing it again I realized that all of this gets kinda shown later. Like one guy in vol 5 ate phoenix's flames hoping to gain power, but instead the flames ravaged him from the inside and now he doesn't have long to live. Permenantly scarred by a spell.
   It wasn't clear in the anime as much as in the novel, but author mentioned how much it scared the first year students listening to the speech, it's not something you'd expect to hear on your first day... True right? if I heard that there is 20% that I'll die, I'll have lots of doubts and hesitation. But perhaps most of them knew what they were going to, and if you are a mage, you can't just not go to Kimberly, but given how intimidating Esmeralda is, it all was terrifying. Oliver thought that she wasn't trying to scare them, she was just conveying the truth.
   
10. Nanao's headache advice. How she raised her hand out of nowhere, in an otherwise silent room where noone dared to attract attention of such a scary principal. Oliver's reaction was even better in the novel, but was still fine in the anime. How he heard the voice, and it took him a bit of time to realize it was coming from his direction, that's how surprised he was by Nanao's actions. But that's yet another moment where Nanao shocks him. 1)First finding an Azian at their school 2)Then seeing her go up against a troll 3)Then finding out she thought it was a test not an accident 4)Then finding out that she jumped in without a plan 5)Then her calling out to principal 6)Then her washing herself in a public fountain lol. 7)Then her weird duel obssession 8)Jumping to her death
    All that makes her quite unique don't you think? I know you like her the most. Is it for those reasons? or is it something else?
    From those 8 points, they only missed #3. They also skipped her over polite nature. Like how she referred to Katie as Milady. "Are you alright milady? Can you stand Milady?" Referring to Olvier as Milord. She is that type of character. After she learned their names she referes to them by names, I actually don't remember if she calls anyone else Milord or Milady. But I'll let you know... It wasn't something that appealed to me the first time I read, so I didn't even remember it. Some things appeal to you more once you reread it.
    One thing they didn't skip is her mentioning that she nearly soiled herself, or wet herself as it was in the anime. It's such a weird thing for a girl to say, but that's what makes Nanao Nanao.
    I didn't really like her in the beginning, especially with all the suicide stuff. And her personality is not my type. But as tensions were growing higher, I began rooting for her and others, I'm really glad she is part of the team, it would've been really hard without her. Like versus that Garuda, and in the future volumes, she does feel quite different yet still the same, so she becomes more likable to me. At this point I like her quite a bit, despite her not being my type. A literal "she grew up on me" moment.
    
11. How did you like the spell that turned them upside down? and the banquet being on the ceiling? That was insane. Maybe it was in harry potter too, and not that unique, but it's still the first time I've seen it.
    
12. Did you like the introduction ceremony? It was one of the higlight moments imo. But I liked all other parts as well. I guess it was the highlight the first time I've seen it. Chela's introducing herself from a noble and ancient house and then reacting to the rude comment on her hair locks was my favorite. Other intros were great too. They skipped Katie's "Just like some of you have guessed I'm from Farnland" like I mentioned. She didn't thank them for saving her there, but they mention it in the anime...
    That's what the full quote is: "Oh! Um-- I'm Katie. Katie Aalto. As some of you have guessed, I'm from Farnland in the north. I like magical beasts... well, all animals really. If we're going to be friends, then I'd be fine if you called me Katie, I suppose"
    vs "Oh, I'm... Katie Aalto. I'm an exchange student from Farnland, a Union country in the north. I like magical fauna-- actaully, all kinds of animals. Thank you for saving me everyone."
    They changed Guy's "I'm not gonna lie and say that my family is popular or anything. But our magical farm has been up for several hundred of years. I've been playing with the dirty even before I could even talk, so I'd say I know a thing or two about plants. If you ever wanna try tasty vegetables, just let me know. I'll have them sent straight from our fields" then in the anime Nanao reacted with "I'll definitely take you up on that", but she didn't say so in the novel. I don't like when they add things that werent' there and not necessary to include. They changed her personality into wanting vegetables, in the novel she didn't want that... Now, to be fair, I see her saying that, but she didn't, and author knows best, so I am upset... but it's not that big of a deal ultimately.
    Oliver's introduction was the most on point. He's from a family of two generation of mages and he has cousins here as senpais, so that's why he knows a lot about school. He didn't really lie here. Given what you know about ep 6.
    
13. Nanao's intro, revealing that Chela's father scouted her was really cool right? an example of a small world. She actually didn't have to partake in any examinations, because Chela's father chose her nomation for her. Each teacher has one nomation, you don't need to take any tests. Pete actually felt a bit bitter from his expression and in the novel's description of his reaction, because he had to take exams and she didn't, but he never mentioned it again, maybe author forgot too.
    
14. During their lunch Nanao thought that the meat plate is all for herself, because that's how much she usually eats alone. Insane isn't? Oliver quickly stopped her and told her to just sit still as he served her. She even had a really cool line which they adapted "I don't need to do anything and food comes to me, I feel like a princess". A bit later during their lunch, he noticed that Nanao's knife and fork skills are getting better (you can't see it in the anime). He also noticed that Pete isn't eating his veggies and scolded him for it, which also makes their relationship interesting.
    
15. About Kimberly structure - in the novel it was mentioned that it got over 300 smaller rooms and they often change depending on the day, with newer rooms being discovered from time to time. The inside seems a lot larger than what it appears to be on the outside. Then next episode with the labyrinth, it's mentioned that the school was built to hide the labyrinth.
    
16. Clocknocks - Next day Oliver woke up really early and noticed that clock is being messed with by clocknocks. Clocknocks were shown in the anime but weren't explained, they are small fairies who play pransk on newer students. They are pretty harmless overall, it was mentioned that newer students always oversleep because of them. Actually Oliver went to wake up Guy during the first day. I think it's a cool idea, small, harmless fairies playing pranks on people
    
17. Oliver wake up really early, earlier than everyone else to take a look around campus (the reason for that wasn't mentioned, but maybe it's because of something related to ep 6).
    
18. In the novel Carste doesn't appear this early, he didn't meet her before that fountain scene. I have no idea why that was changed. Carster is a very important character, but I don't get the importance of introducing her this early and not wait for her natural introduction in the next volume... I swear, JC staff makes such weird changes, makes no sense. Really hate this studio.
    
19. The entrance door has a doorknob that will turn into mouth and ask students where they are headed. Students have freedom to do whatever they want, but the doorknob records students who leave and enter. Oliver was expected it and warned about it by his cousins, and wasn't least bit surprised and answered calmly. The doorknob warned him against going to girls dorms. So despite all the freedom, the are still some regulations, Oliver noted that to himself. (That's cool imo)
    The entire doorknob scene, despite how cool it was, was entirely skipped.
    
20. Oliver heavily breahing in an out because the air had more magical particles in the air, so it took time to get used to it. (Another good idea -- skipped)
    
21. Different dorms. First-Fifth year students were residings in these two towers, one for girls, one for boys. Older students were usually entirely absorbed in their own research so they had their own dorms elsewere. They also had rights to ask school for anything when it comes to lodging, research or whatever else they needed. (also skipped)
    

Sorry for a late reply, all fault lies with spellblades and me wanting to comment, but not being ready, otherwise I would've replied ealier. I already typed it all out 2 days ago, but spellblades part wasn't ready, in the end, 2 days later I'm gonna send spellblade-less reply. I will send it later in another post.

"I'm glad you efforts were recognized by someone and even got them into the book, little stuff like that makes it worth doing." I guess it's nice...

"Some of the questions feel stupid, like how do brackets work." Another weird thing happened, back when the anime was airing he asked some question about the hero, begging me to let him know who that was, I, for his sake, tried to compromise to just say what volume it's gonna be revealed in. Should've just ignored him. Now, several weeks later, he says "I am at this volume, where is the reveal?" It literally happens later, if he read a bit further, pissed me off to no end. I'm not messaging him again. Well, I bet he already got to that part if he kept reading.

"I don't read much, but my approach would probably be to read it all first, and then later reread parts to get a better grasp of it" Well, the point is to retent the information. Like if you were to read page 3 and understand it, would you remember it by the time you get to page 50? If yes, then will you retent it by the time you get to another volume? If you reread, you get better retention and understanding, and appreciate it, that's what I am going for. Reading it once, I usually don't reteng much. Toroa and Psianop's fight was quite impactful, I was reading it slowly. Pretty sure I'd be watching it slowly with hundreds pauses, if it was an episode. Just slowly trying to take in the information as too much is happening. Well, it's also more enjoyable.
But I also read it in full sometimes. Sometimes I stuff without rereading and even when I understand almost all of it, like in Your Forma, it doesn't feel good. I know how I can call it now. In Your Forma, Echica has an incredibly data-processing speed. When you are brain diving, a lot of information is flowing through you, because she is able to process a lot of information quickly, and her partners can't, she often fries their brain, because they can't keep up. She can also brain dive through multiple people at once... Anyway, I'm like his partner whose brain gets fried in the end. I've seen your Your Forma comment on the first day, so I know you are watching it. Anime was really bad, I was waiting for the episode to end so I can drop it, but at the end I felt like it has a lot of interesting scifi ideas, I was curious to check them out. Another reason why starting spellblades at the start of the season was a bad idea, maybe like week 5, when I lost interest in other animes, or at least the initial interest is gone. Well, I also do spellblades a bit, but it's too slow.

"but I'm sure it's tough to simply continue reading when you're so invested and want to understand on the first read." I sometimes want to continue reading the next volume, but I feel so bad doing that, because I didn't understand the volume completely. I need to reread it first, unfortunately I'm not as self-disciplined as you, so that takes a lot of time due to sometimes not having enough motivation, wanting to jump into the next volume already.

"and sometimes even after I write that much, I'm unsatisfied, so I figured might as well write less if I'm gonna be unsatisfied anyway, but for this winter season I was satisfied with nearly all my finale posts."
Lol, same, I feel unsatisfied. But unlike you, I try to say everything I wanted to say, even if it gets long, even if I know people might not read it because of it, I want to let it all out of my system.
Sometimes I don't say much, when I don't have much to say.
Btw, I thought of this, if I left comments for every episode I've watched, you'd probably be upset at me, just like a that guy, thinking I dislike everything. I don't leave negative comments though. And for positive comments like Kijin, I don't think I'm gonna say anything new, so what's the point.

" but lately I've been trying to shrink the posts down because I feel bad bloating threads with my essay sized posts" should've done it for ishura, I would've liked to see it . I don't know if I am the only novel reader who does that, but seeing what others think of the thing you know a lot about, is interesting.

"I slapped the 9/10 on both seasons" oooh, pretty good. I'm satisfied. I was too afraid to check, because if it was lower, it'd been harder to not be upset. I had this conversation with one other person I used to talk on here, back in 2018 even, me voicing out my frustration over some of his scores, cause he was scoring quite low, and then he'd go on to explain how it's actually a high score for him, but I wasn't buying it, considering I've seen higher scores from him. He was also getting uspet at me for being upset and not respecting his decision. And I agree it was my fault, but I can't help not getting upset. So from then on, I don't check scores of people I talk with.
I gave season 2 10 and season 1 9. But it doesn't really matter. I gave skeleton knight a 7, I didn't like the adaptation.

"Possibly the Greatest Alchemist" I read your comment, it was more positive than I expected, it did seem like you still liked it and cared for it. I can't even muster 2 sentences for something I dislike.
"like people like me that appreciate a slow burn with lots of world building will love it, and those that need instant gratification and can only follow one main character will not love it." yeah. You said it well

"My best explanation for that is because like I mentioned above, I've been trying to shorten my posts and I pretty much chose to not mention each individual interaction at the end, mostly because they were short interactions anyway" feels bad, that's the best part of ishura too. But I understand why you didn't include it.
" Another line of thinking I always have is that if I don't mention something, someone else wil" noone did :(

"but why does this look like the art style of Kakushigoto" is it? never though of it, but I guess I can see the similarities.

" I never let the haters get to me, at the end of the day they are the clowns after all, spending their sacred time on this earth hate watching stuff, like I wish I had the time to do that." Yeah... imagine hating stuff... I'd nev--

"Brother, harem and romcoms make me happy lol, like I truly don't care about the goals in these series, it's all about the great and silly moments with the characters for me." Ah, then it all makes sense now. I like slow things in the novel format, as long some main character doesn't disgust me, I get very invested in reading more, like living another life. Can't experience that in the anime. If you watched hidden dungeon, I really liked the novel, it's not like it was an amazing story, but it was fun. I didn't watch anime, but I don't think it was very loved lol. But it was very enjoyable to read, like an adventure, and all novels feel like that. Even one romcom I read for a bit felt like an adventure, living someone else's life.
For Cuckoo, I didn't even find it fun, so it's hard for me to understand those who like it.

"personally I don't really get much secondhand embarrassment from anime but it can happen sometimes, Honey Lemon Soda didn't do it for me tho" that's the most surprising thing I've read.
"one that's not the kind you see in LN adaptations, like characters aren't speaking in poems if you know what I mean lol" I actually understand what I mean, Honey Lemon Sodas' characters talk like author imagined teenagers to speak, nothing complicated, but too overbloated so I didn't find it realistic. While the novel you described, isn't just novels, I've seen lots of originals, where most conversations are weird... like people don't talk like that to each other.

" I enjoyed Honey Lemon Soda quite a bit despite its flaws, and you didn't, and that's alright, once again it makes talking about it more fun." I know you liked it, that's why I didn't want to bring it up. I feel like we share some parts between each other that make us have certain similarities, but then there are other parts that are different. I guess it's like this with everyone, but it's more like your taste is just too broad. I don't think I'm too narrow either, it's not like I dislike shoujos, I just thought it was not good, lets say nicely...

" maybe when I get a new phone that isn't a potato." that hit too close to home. I used to play d4dj on a very bad phone, I would only be able to play 2 songs at a time, after that the phone gets too overheated and my battery would quickly dissipate. It was a weird feeling to touch a solar battery lol. There were times where I'd need to play 10-15 times in an hour, I'd put it on a charger, and let the phone take a break for 2-4 minutes, every 2 songs. Bang dream was actually working better, but now it wouldn't run as well, after the newest update with 3D. Bang Dream has been going for 7-8 years already, there were also almost no seyuu change for this long, crazy. And they play the instruments themselves. Japanese seyuus are built differently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-W5YtcvJ_k
I almost died out of laughter.
That reminded me of this


"he'd have to do something to make me dislike him, he hasn't yet in the show and he may not in the novel either." Psianop is just annoying, like the guy who knows everything, extremely arrogant and like he is the smartest. He'd go on and on on how "I knew you'd this"

"but Shalk could probably dodge a bullet easier at long range" yeah, it's like that...
"what she would need is the element of surprise" yes...
"but like you said she was confident she could fight up close so I doubt she'd ever go for a sneak attack." Yes!!!

" I feel bad for making you work more but it's all up to you really, if you want to go hard on Spellblades for me like you did Ishura, by all means go for it." you know I can't ignore you now right, it's mostly my fault that the response ended up so delayed, like I was said a lot of procrascination, it's always hard rereading, plus I'm seeing some new things as I reread. Then you also picked up the worst time for it, right after the season ended and I still haven't recovered from the fatigue Ishura and right when the first episodes of the new season start, there are a lot of animes I'm interested in and obviously that also includes the source material. Would've been nice if you waited for at least after week 5, but it is what it is... can't change it now. I can still try to do it and process data faster (got the reference?)
Btw, I can try to include all the important stuff that was cut in the first volume of Your Forma, if you want. It will be just one message, since it's not the main topic of ours, just so you'd understand some of the terms and the story better, as anime jumped straight to volume 2. Tell me if you are interested.

"looking like Shalk could be the hero but the author could sideblind everyone with that too." yeah...

"Damn so Kia doesn't like giants huh, I wonder if this means she'll have less hesitation if she fought against Mele." that'd be funny to see, I wish she'd meet him, but I wonder if that'd happen. She met Kuze once, that was an epic scene, also short(so nobody would probably comment on it huh). But she didn't even know he was a participant.
Since I mentioned Kuze, might as well mention his part:
The man Kuze was conversing with was worried about tournament's format, like Krafnir he was rightfully worried about Auretia trying to eliminate strong characters, obviously worried for Kuze's safety. The anime adapted it well, even mentioned that Auretia doesn't care if the True Hero died. It's true Rosclay's faction and Jelki who thought of the whole tournament. Their plan is to make Rosclay win and unite everything under him, get rid of the monarchy, get rid of the queen.
Kuze openly saying about Nastique towards Maqure, shows that he is a person he deeply trusts, as noone else knows about her.
Then there is one part that they shouldn't have skipped. "These guys are all champions right. But here's the question. Are they all peerless champions even while they are sleeping or eating? And their friends and family? Are they also peerless champions?"
That's absolutely crucial to understand that Kuze will do anything in order to win. As he has an invisible angel with him, it makes him the perfect assassin. No one has pointed it out before. But that makes him unbeatable, if he just takes them down in their sleep.
The scene with Kuze mentioning another disciple, and the carriage showing Kuze was huge. Revealing that Kuze is not over Cunodeigh's death and is out there for Uhak.

Then the Toroa scene which I was a bit disappointed about.
Overall was good enough, but Toroa didn't kill anyone, he only used one of his sword to deflect an attack. Toroa doesn't want to kill anyone. All fighting was done by Mizial. And he only killed the boss, everyone else escaped with bruises. Mizial himself was injured himself at the end.
Toroa wanted to leave without fight, because technically he didn't really need to be staying in Auretia to keep track of Alus. Then when the thugs pointed out about his enchanted swords, Toroa wondered how they knew about it. Wondering if someone put a price on his head.
Also there was a funny part missing, where Toroa asked Mizial if he sees him as some rare flower.

4-5 replies left to finish ishura, I share a bit at a time, hope it's not annoying to talk about something after it's over.

"Lol only reason I underestimate Zigita Zogi is because he's a little goblin and he's up against a juggernaut like Uhak" fair enough, I did the same.
"but maybe that's what I'm supposed to think so the fight thwarts my expectations" it is Ishura after all, after Kazuki, anything is possible.
Don't worry, Ozonezma has a lot of screen time in later volumes. He definitely has a personality you wouldn't expect from a chimera like him. Also his interactions with his sponsor is funny and kinda wholesome. They surprisingly get along well. Toroa Mizial also get along greatly like friends, and Tu with her sponsor Florusenda. While everyone else is like in a business relationship.

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yes, but your perception totally changes after that, and some things I'll mention, won't make the same impact.

wait for ep 6 until late next week, then maybe I'll be in time to finish writing my comment.

I've read plenty of nice comments on reddit. I sent you one of those. Some nice comments on mal, but overall many stupid ones. Makes me realize how simplistic some people are, or at least that's what they make themselves out to be. Not sure if you've read comments after yours.
It was also nice that some thanked me for my post, saying they started reading the novel because of me. Or asking me if I was gonna update with ep 12 or not. As I was 3 hours into writing it lol. It was so long, and I had to check the novel again, and I was very exhausted, but I wanted to do it asap, and when you are low on energy, things take much longer. I finished the post in the end, and I think I even replied to your post on the same day, crazy.
There's even one guy on reddit, that still asking me questions in DMs. While I was happy answering some of the confusing questions. Some of the questions feel stupid, like how do brackets work. Who faces who. It's literally connected by lines .................................... Also he said he already read Toroa vs Psianop fight, and fuck me that made me depressed. Already? that fight took me several days lol. And I think it's something I learned while reading, that the experience from anime is totally different. It took me several days, so that fight lingered in my mind for several days. As you could've guessed, that was a lot of thinking... Not to mention that the last 10 pages took me even longer, the final part of the fight. I really thought it through and through, doing my daily things and thinking about it. Anime will never replace it, as I'll probably watch it in 20 minutes. But since it's Toroa, I'll probably take like 40, because seeing him punched is painful...
Anyway, I'm jealous that some read so fast, or more like I'm jealous that I can't progress faster. Anyway, I asked him, didn't you read the part where Jelki discusses Rosclay's matchup, if he were to win there, he proceeds to fight Soujirou, and it's not about Soujirou, it's about his sponsor Hardy. Hardy faction vs Rosclay faction, two of the biggest factions. Big hype. Or, I guess he doesn't understand who the winner of that fights next. But, again it looked obvious with connected lines. And why does it even matter at this point, the novel hasn't even finished the 2nd round.

Anyway, your post was good and all, but then, out of curiousity, I checked some of the other final posts of yours, or I think it was just for honey lemon soda, and it was too nice :v I thought, hmm, maybe Ishura isn't all special to him, and he just writes the same comment to every anime, you cheater >_>

"but I'm glad you beat IzanaSolos for top post" I was 10 minutes late to the episode, I dont know how noone else posted first. And yeah, seeing that, I posted before I watched the episode lol. I watched the final part first, to see the brackets, but was still pleasantly surprised.Though, novel had something similar, but seeing small scenes with characters was better.
I don't understand his complaint, he said he didn't like the season and wanted the tournament instead, tournament with what? 4 characters from season1? Then he says that he is upset that s1 characters were killed, but even then it wouldn't get to 16 characters. Did he want a tournament without characters? Then he would complain that unlike Alus, Soujirou, characters like Mele, Psianop, etc didn't get an introduction, so he can't care for them... No winning with him.

" I agree, it especially hurts for me when I come off an episode thinking it was great, only to find a thread of people that hated it lol, basically my experience as a RaG enjoyer that posts on MAL" That too, but with Ishura, not many hated it, but not many appreciated it enough, but then maybe I'd be the same if I was anime only. It's really really hard for me to imagine being anime-only, after seeing what I've seen. I only needed 2 episodes to realize it's insane and has too many interesting ideas. Lana with Shalk and Higuare, explaining the difference between Self-proclaimed and True demon king. Alus and many items of his.
I feel like they'll ruin Skeleton knight 2. While it will be enjoyable, just like with s1, they are gonna cut and change a lot of things. I'll be depressed, a part of me doesn't even wanna watch it, so I don't get depressed.

That guy said that he didn't like watching Ishura because it wasn't goal oriented. I couldn't believe my ears... And bnha with its "one day I'll be the best hero" is a great goal-oriented, which btw never happens, since manga ends after covering 1 year of their lives. At least present a good reason, like "I don't like the tournament, cause fighting means loses, means deaths which I don't wanna experience"
But it wasn't that. I was upset not many commented on character interactions which was a highlight for me. I think even you didn't comment on it, you said on Tu's episode, "I doubt we'll see Tu again" yet we saw her again, yet you didn't mention it lol. Or Alus Psianop scene, which was my favorite.

'It's funny isn't it, how everyone clammers for something unique, but the moment they get it they spit in its face." lol, that's actually true.

Ah, that's sad you operate like that lol. In a way it's difficult for me to understand you.

I haven't watched Death note yet, only like 6 eps many years ago.

Hayate no gotoku is in both my animes and mangas favorites! Hata is one of the funniest authors. He made Tonikaku Kawaii later, and I can't help but feel like the main heroine is very similar to Hina https://myanimelist.net/character/2270/Hinagiku_Katsura in appearance. As if it's to apologize for her fans for making her lose. Hina was probably the most popular girl and the one that made the most sense for him to end up with. But it's whatever, the biggest part of Hayate no Gotoku is because it's so unbelievably funny, and sometimes the jokes are so stupid and unusual, you can't help it. Romance and harem was also secondary. Oh, also the action was fun and story as well.
Oh, there is also this manga https://myanimelist.net/manga/92627/Ad_Astra_Per_Aspera Initially I heard that he made the girl here based on Hina, to apologize to her fans, but not sure, never seen that manga before, even though I used to frequently update my manga site and see all the latest updates.
There are some funny Hayate no gotoku references in Tonikaku Kawaii's manga, very early on. One was about Hina too...
There, I found it, have a laugh.

Also, there's been no new anime for like 10 years

Lol, I think Kanojo Okarashimasu is more than a SOL at this point, even a SOL isn't as slow as it. It has its own charm for sure, I haven't seen anything this slow in a while. I see why people say nothing is happening. The only thing that comes to mind is that author is deliberately prolonging it. But seeing how much he loves the main heroine, it feels more like his fantasy. Like in every panel MC calls her cute in his thoughts lol. It made me think, that if I were to make my own manga and I'd think of a waifu to make for myself, I know really well who I'm gonna make from my favorite list. And for sure I wouldn't want to say goodbye to it. While it's in your imagination, it kinda exists, get it? I'm just saying I understand the author.
"RaG is a bit too crazy to be like real life tho lol, pacing wise maybe but Kazuya gets himself in insane situations" I'm already past the harem point, where I only see one girl. It's only 2 of them for the last 50 chapters, dunno what you are used to, but it definitely changed.
Just today I've read 6 latest chapters since I was behind.

Domestic Kanojo anime was.... weird... they skipped too much and just focused on the romance, though the first episodes were adapted well. Like I said, manga has a lot of life lessons imo, so it's not just your usual romance or drama.
For Cuckoos... you think it's fun? Like there is anything you don't consider fun >_> Now this one actually feels like it's just prolonging its life. I think the confession happened like 150 chapters ago, where both confessed, but then they either never dated or gave up on each other really quick. didn't check those chapters, but read it somewhere. I also read someone saying that at that point the manga could be finished, but then author realized it, and felt he can't end it too soon. And now it feels weird, I don't know what's the goal is and it became quite boring... And the worst part is that we are now in the sister love arc... Guess who her love interest is. Just feels so weird, MC will never end up with her, so as a viewer you'll just be left off with a bitter feeling. I wish author never went that direction. But if they do end up together, which is... no way... then wtf. What's this fated encounter, red string of fate with Erika was all about. Also if he ends up with his sister, it would make no sense, he never showed any love interest to her. So basically, we all know he won't end up with his sister. Sister loving his brother romantically, even if not blood-related, they grew up together, so it feels very off and makes you uncomfortable. And to top it of, the sister is gonna be sad/crying/etc... So why even do it? I'm trying to step into author's shoes, but I just can't see it
Cuckoo rumbling -- finished.

A little cringe? I probably have never felt this much second-hand embarassment in my life. And characters behave... weirdly, feels unrealistic, which adds to cringe. Especially her bullies, my god... Especially when they came to apologize to her father. Who does this... And the way characters speak too. I dunno if that's how highschool students speak in Japan, or whether author imagined them to speak like that? Anyway, whatever, the anime is over, and so is my suffering. Should've dropped yeah, but I was still curious what's gonna happen next.

You can't check out bang dream, without starting the game as well lol.

"I also feel sequel seasons get less attention unless it's a stupidly popular series." I doubt people watched first OP because it was first season.

Considering that's the first 6/10 I'm seeing from you, that's very rare. It's really hard to tell what you actually like a lot or like a little, or don't like at all. Because from talking to you, it feels like you like everything equally. Not sure if you agree with that, but that's my opinion that formed. Like with me, I know that it's very clear to tell what I like, like a little and don't like at all. Like honey lemon soda, i don't like at all, hope it was clear. Kanojo okarashimasu I like a little, probably also was clear, and stuff like ishura I like a lot.
"To me it is, a 7 is a "good" show, it's not great but it's three points down from a 10," I've yet to find a person who holds a different opinion lol.
"I usually score things so the future me knows how much I liked something" well, that's how I can distinguish you liking something as well. Since 6 is quite low compared to your other scores that I've seen, "oh, I guess he didn't like it that much"

Oh, liked the newest Himari video then? It was funny right? with the whole social media thing, right?
Here is another one, very funny as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Obra3jQ00

Apart from tournament scenes, there are also many action scenes with many fights happening outside the tournament and also it's probably the best content, so animation needs to be on top. I doubt passione would pick it up just to do a bad job, I could feel they had the passion for the project. As far as the tournament goes, I can't imagine them adapting more than 6 tournament fights, so unfinished first round... wait I just realized I already spoke about it last time... quite a detailed post as well.

Yeah, One piece does it best with writing off characters without needing to kill them. Ishura goes for impactful deaths, unexpected deaths. Still, from now on, I wish there would be no more deaths, I'm very attached to everyone right now. Except Psianop, author go ahead, you have my permission. But everyone else... I'd feel too damn sad. That being said, I already know who's gonna die, cause this dumbass spoiled it for himself by going to reddit and reading a spoiled comment(don't do that)... It makes me hesitant to continue not gonna lie. Makes me wonder if everyone but one hero is gonna die, that'd be so disappointing if that were to happen.... Yeah, deaths is one thing that stopping me, that and also me getting into spellblades again, thanks to someone...
Well, don't blame yourself, I wanted to go back to it myself, it's been 6 months.

"lmao you really hate Psianop huh, I have no reason to hate him but I think your hate for him is funny." ofc, he was more tolerable in the anime cause his intro scene was the most rushed in the anime. And his second scene with Alus was my favorite. Though, I doubt you'd dislike him even if you read the novel, I doubt you'd dislike anyone."I can't help with what I like" right?

"Ah I see, but really what I mean is that since she's a gun user, she could have picked everyone off at long distance by sniping them, I'm not sure if Shalk would have won if she was that far away" yes and no. She fought off against everyone at that range, so she is clearly confident fighting within that range. And also if she was much farther from him, I don't think she hits anyone, bullet needs more distance to travel. But then I remember Alus's bullets, and he shoots those mandrake-poison bullets from 10 miles away... Though, now that I remember, she shot the ogres travelling in the carriage from very far away........... Still, I think there is no way a bullet hits Shalk from that far away, if it's closer, there's a chance.
Anyway she had no chance against him whatsoever. Her main strength is following the bullet's speed and manipulating its movement, yet Shalk is so fast she can't even see him. Unlucky matchup. Though, there are many shuras she can't do anything to. But against Soujirou or Rosclay... it'd be fun and more competitive. Or Ozonezma too actually, Zigita Zogi and Zefirja as well. Everyone else? no way.

"" If it was known that Demon King was a visitor, it'd spell doom for them" I didn't pick up on that, that's really cool." really? damn anime >_> If you didn't understand, so many more didn't as well

"I certainly wouldn't have that same dedication" obviously goes to show I have nothing better to do with my life -_- I was considering taking a break from the internet... but I don't know if my productivity increases... In any case, ishura is over, so I'll try to relax-- NOT, now there is spellblades and preparing notes about the episode to you, so you'd understand the amazingness of spellblades more.
"Thank you for all the details on anime and LN comparisons that you've done over the course of the season." you are talking like I make a lot of contribution to the betterment of the humankind... I just provided additional info for one author's work. For one novel, out of thousands that already exist out there.

Speaking of which, here is more.
The part that many didn't understand, because anime messed it up. Shalk saying he is scared, and many assumed it was because he is still affected by the fear of the Demon King. But it's not that, he was afraid to learn more about himself. Was he a Hero, was he a demon king? what was his fate?
Morio mentioning that he can kill him as well, was to point out that if he does that, he can earn favors with Auretia, and it wasn't killing, he said "taking him to Auretia", to which Shalk responded that he isn't really on anyone's side. He just wants to learn about himself.
Another part missed is Shalk's logic is that the reason why a hero doesn't come out, is because they don't remember that. That really makes you think, that the reason why a hero hasn't come out, there's gotta be a reason...

Yuno, Kia, Mele's part was overall great. Yuno amazed that Mele would actually be joining the games. Mele working with other gigants, transporting heavy stuff like fallen trees. Thinking that apart from Mele, someone like Alus or Rosclay will be able to kill Soujirou. Mele then saved Yuno's life because a fallen tree could've killed her. Imagine being killed by a fallen tree. Then Kia coming, the only part they skipped there is her complaining about gigants."Seriously those gigants are so careless and annoying. Seriously I hate gigants". My assumption is that elfs don't like gigants, or maybe it's just Kia.

I'll add more later...

Your bracket predictions were enjoyable to read. I see your logic clearly. Any other theories/predictions you might have?
Alus vs Lucunoca is one of my favorite fights, it was so fucking insane. The first time I read it, I had a nightmare and couldn't stop thinking about what happened.
Zejirga is actually someone you should've seen in the very first episode with young Ani. She was there, waving. But in the novel she had a 3 page part there. I liked her there already, even though she and Linaris left the girl die to infect the Particle Storm, which is something I'll never forgive them for.
Damn you are really underestimating Zigita Zogi huh...
It's hard to predict on Ozonezma since you don't know what he can do. Nor does anyone else, he has a trump card as he calls it, and no matter how Hardy, Soujirou's sponsor wanted to provoke him into preemptively showing his trump card by sneak attacking him with his troops the night prior. Ozonezma didn't show any of his cards, he even purposefully pretented like he is a range fighter and prefers to stay within range, just so that Soujirou will learn that information and would jump in melee, given he is a swordsman. Ozonezma ain't bad.

"Sorry about that lol, I was ready to give it a shot, you don't gotta reread it but I'll keep you posted on my progress." how can I do that? the moment you told me you are watching it, I couldn't leave it alone... It takes some time, especially these days. I forgot how much there is to mention in the episode 1. I'll post everything I wanted to mention, then you can comment to all points. I wish you won't jump too far ahead. Why would you wanna listen to vol1 stuff, when you are already on vol3. Or once you finish it, why would you wanna hear all the details and the worldbuilding. Season 2 might never happen, so there would literally be no point after you finish it. It's JC Staff, hoping for s2 is simply hoping.

"I'll say I do really like how reminiscent of Harry Potter it is, like incredibly so, there are no Samurais in Harry Potter tho and I think that's a really cool and unique aspect of Spellblades." I'll mention this one thing though.
Did you get the locations? They are in Yelgland, a butchered England. Then there is Farnland or something similar where Katie is from. It was in the anime right? that Katie isn't from Yelgland. Oliver mentioned that her pronunciation of a and o aren't like a native Yelglandian. Farnalnd, I assume is France. Did you also get that Katie, like Nanao were scouted. But it's natural to scout someone from another country. It's different when it's from a different continent like Azia.
Then there is Nanao, she is from a whole different continent. From Azia, that's how it's pronounced. Then there are Indus, Chena, Yamatsu which are part of Azia, but author described that to Oliver it's all the same. Makes sense, in those times and even now. When we think of a faraway place, different countries are all the same to you. That's how I imagined people of that time to think of those places. Whatever to the east of me, it's all the same. Or whatever to the west to me is all the same. At least Oliver knows the name of those countries, impressive already.

Now, Harry Potter was taking place in England if I remember correctly, and there was no mention of Asia there. So it's not just Nanao being a samurai, it's a totally different culture.

"there being no guards at the parade" noooooo. No guards at school, only teachers. The entrance cerenomy is done by 7 year students. Not sure why they weren't there. But there awere no teachers at the entrance cerenomy, that was normal. Btw, just ask me questions like that, I'd hate the most for you to misunderstand.

I'll mention Katie later, that'd be a long long post >_>

Already? jeez, I thought I'd have a bit of a break, but it's right on the same day.
Your forum post was good, but it's generalized, I want more detailed what you liked/disliked.
Or maybe I'll ask some questions later once I reread that part

That's his comment https://myanimelist.net/profile/SaroArsten. He left a post on reddit, that as a light novel reader, it's the best anime he's watched since 2020. And then I checked his list out and he had below 4 average and gave re:zero lower score than ishura, and ishura in both manga and anime favorites. When he doesn't have many... I mean it just proves that he is hard to please, and Ishura being as rare and unusual as it is, ticked the boxes for him. I told you there are people who Ishura is for lol. But ngl that made me feel so much better. Your comment in ep discussions also improved my mood. The "I don't have a favorite. All characters are amazing" or "an acquintance of mine said it was a good adaptation" Otherwise mal comments were kinda sad. Like I expected people to say more. Interactions were my favorite part of that volume, and people barely mentioned them, I dunno.... or is Kia meeting up with Yuno is just taken as a given. Or Tu drinking from 2 cups is a given? or Mele saving Yuno... Reddit comments also hardly mentioned these things, but they were much better and some were lenghtier. Reddit left me more satisfied.
But ngl it's kinda stressful, being worried about people liking/not liking stuff I've liked. To me, it's a sense of acknowledgement. If I feel like I'm the only one who noticed/liked something, I'd feel weird and insecure... I know I shouldn't think about it, but I can't. Overall reading the comments and replying to some was satisfying, especially on reddit, and I'm kinda glad I did it, but the stress that comes from it, kinda negates the positive. Once Skeleton knight 2 comes out, I'm not reading shit :v Especially if it's a bad adaptation. S1 skipped a lot, and changed a lot, so I don't have high hopes.
Also I think Ishura author is a genius and has done so many things correctly, so many great ideas. I think if I were an author, can I ever do something like this? Even smaller ideas that seem unimportant is what makes up a good story. Seeing people not understand it/or at least comment on it, makes me close to being depressed. I'm not even upset at people not watching it, cause they just don't know about its existence

Yeah. Tog's author is like that.
Yeah, I've seen spider on your list a few weeks ago. I was surprised how you didn't have the urge to read the novel after that ending. It didn't leave my mind for a whole year, then I couldn't bear with it any longer and started reading. If you wanna start reading, I'd say spider is one of the easiest to pick up. Incredibly easy to read. It's more like watching an anime, since there is a low amount of descriptions and it's mostly dialogues. Yeah, reading dialogues is like watching an anime with subtitles.
You start reading the scene, it describes they are in a room, you imagine a room, then the dialogues start. Easy.

"but imo an ending isn't properly experienced if you don't get all the points of the story leading up to it, that could ruin a story or your opinion on the ending" Sure, but still I expect something after watching, even the first episode, he talks about becoming the best hero. "This is a story of how I became the best hero" But then the manga only covers the first year in school or something. I think your friend who spoiled himself a Fruit basket ending would've still disliked the ending even if he watched it normally. But the difference is the process not the ending. Like be happy with the road not the destination. Also my favorite anime hayate no gotoku had a shit ending in the manga that I checked, I was very depressed and all, but that didn't make me hate the manga. It could've killed every character, and I would've still given it the same score.
But given that I was done with bnha regardless, I might as well check the ED, since I was invested at some point. Also gonna confess, but I've read every Kia part in Ishura, even back when I was on vol 1. Surprisingly there wasn't that many spoilers about the story. And I was happy to read her part, it was very entertaining. After I found about Toroa, I also read some of his parts, but not much. I read some Tu parts as well.

"but off the top of my head one that comes to mind is "Shiki"" lol that made me chuckle, thanks.
"and I think it's because I watch so much shows that I never feel like I need to jump on a manga right away" you are different from me here. When I get into something, I just wanna consume that thing. I can't be like you, having many things to do, and equally dedicating my time to all of these things... it's fine when it comes to anime or novels, but I wish I didn't have it spread with other areas in my life.
Still though, I find it weird that you can be like "what a great episode, what a cliffhanger, well time for another anime" I really can't understand you. It's similar to how a horse can't understand a cow. or how an allien won't understand a human.
You read Komi huh... never touched it, but I was always curious, why the heck is it supernatural lol. Just because she can't communicate? Lol she is just like Uhak, just realized.

Yeah, anime was... enjoyable... I gave it a 7, even the translator who translated it gave it a 7, said it was fine. I kinda disagree, too much has been changed. If Ishura skipped parts here and there, it at least didn't change the content... Once I start rereading I'll get reminded of exact things it skipped. Vol 4 was kinda average but important to the story. But vol 5 and 6 were insane. It probably gonna end on 6. I hate 3 volumes per 12 episodes so fucking much, but it is what it is. Also, it'll probably fall on deaf ears, but I suggest reading it. There is another one that's good, that was in the same season, Mobseka, also a great thing to read, but the anime was way better than skeleton knight's anime. Both easy to read.
Oh, you like DIALOGUE huh, sounds familiar. I remember loving the OP, but ED? not so much. Speaking of which, you sure mentioned songs a lot in Ishura post. You forgot to mention the banger and timed background music. One thing I wish they did, is make different soundtracks for different characters, but that'd be asking for too much.
The reason why I like sleton knight, well first it's very fun and enjoyable to read. Then, it appears simple, but has depth to it. Isekai part makes sense, the main antagonsit makes sense and overall a good antagonist. Things connect. Protagonist is simply my type. Ariane is one of my favorite heroines. Then there is one princess which I like. The world and locations were pretty easy to understand and there are maps which were very helpful.

"I even like Rent a Girlfriend which is largely despised by the anime community but I just think it's such a fun series" I actually wanted to mention it, when I started mentioning checking out things that happen at the end. I haven't even watched first episodes, yet I'm reading most recent chapters lol. It's actually pretty enjoyable. I skip a lot though, and just check out the fun things. For the last 20 chapters or so I've only seen 2 characters lol. MC and the main the heroine, so it doesn't even feel like harem anymore. But goddamn the pacing is slow and almost nothing happens in a chapter. But there's a certain charm to it, I've been to watch something real-life like, where events happen way too slowly. If you think about it, our lives are pretty boring, same mundane things, and then there are exceptions which you show in the story. Not sure if you agree. I also did the same for Cuckoo couple one... I've checked out first 10 chapters and kinda disliked it, no character hit for me, it felt like something is out of place... it didn't stand with me, I don't know why. First chapter was great and I had hope, and Erika(I think her name) was great, but then I realized I don't like her personality in later chapters and she feels empty. Then as I read, I realized there are ~220 chapters, and instantly went, "wait... that means that they are still not together" and reading the same shit over and over again with no progression for 220 chapters... didn't stand with me, considering I only read it for romance and didn't find it funny, and there was nothing else to it. Unlike Domestic Kanojo which was much more than romance, like inspirational, about life.
Anyway, I only selectively read Erika's parts in latest chapters.

"I am not someone who can't dislike anything, to twist a Hanekawa from Monogatari quote to fit this, "I don't like everything, I just like what I like."" very very good way to throw in a quote, I'm proud of you.

Yes, psychological is surprisingly unpopular genre for anime, the last I remember is Tomodachi Game xD ..... I just looked throught filters, and there was also Classroom of the elite, but it's very mild psychological, definitely not the main genre.
You should read Pyramad game for sure. Also A sense of Amusement, my recent favorite, I haven't read anything more entertaining period, not a single bad point in the manhwa, insane... Also Watashi no Arika (the one that's better Oshi no Ko). There are a lot more, if there's anything I'm proficient in, is psychological... but I'm ashamed I haven't checked out some of the more popular ones like Kaiji or Kakegerui(funny thing I forgot the name, then I googled "similar to Kaiji" and it was the first result lol)

"I didn't hate ToG Season 2, but it was not even close to Season 1's level of good" I see, I can see why you'd say that, but while I love s1, the workshop arc is better, except for Rachel's betrayal, that part can't be topped by anything. I think you would've liked the manhwa better, they cut and changed a lot of stuff.
Unlike you, I really don't want any more adaptations, unless its a different studio who gives it a good treatment... Same with Skeleton Knight kinda, while I'm excited, a part of me doesn't want to see an adaptation, I don't want to get disappointed and potentially lose interest in the light novel as well, even though I'm mostly caught up on SK. Hell, same with the season 3 of ishura, I'm very afraid... given how they already showed in s2 that they change up the fight way too much, Tu's fight was entirely different. And it's literally my favorite fight in the novel, after the tournament ones and Toroa Mestelexil one.

"freaking Honey Lemon Soda got tears out of me a few episodes ago lol." Yes yes yes, but only ep 1, that made me really really emotional, cried as well, and then every other episode I found cringe af. Don't remember the last time I've seen an anime do such a 180 on me in terms of enjoyment and my attitude on it.
"But I love it man, no other medium can make me feel feelings the way anime does" i'm exactly the same... Btw, I can't believe how much I cried in Bang dream MyGo. Bang dream usually has such a shit story, but great characters, but holy shit they overdid themselves with MyGo, would be my favorite anime for ages.

"I also include off seasonals in my notes, I like to know all of what I watched in a year every year, I love looking back on them and think "man that was such a good anime season" and whatnot." ah, that's nice...

Yeah and then OP 2 of Ishura which is arguably better, only has like 200k views... I don't understand how youtube works.

"so many interesting one but most of the focus is on Class A" yes yes.
"And I know how you feel about something becoming mainstream, like you wish more people liked the thing you liked, but then it wouldn't be as special anymore." you totally get me!
"And see, that 6/10 shows that I can dislike something lol, the 6/10 is still above average for me but there had to be quite a few things in the show I didn't like to get that score from me." damn that's true... it's kidna weird you disliked charlotte out of all animes I've seen you watch this season. But not judging, not like 7/10 is any better.
"Slime 300 aired in Spring 2021 actually, no I didn't look it up lol, I have a really good memory of when shows came out if I watched them during the season they aired" that's actually insane, I'm actually proud of you here, It's something I do sometimes. So I understand that on a personal level. Sometimes I only remember the season, not the year.

"it'll be recharged by then" the battery will be recharged then, yes!

"I don't think I could go that slow lol, I could update you every three episodes or something but one at a time would be too slow for me" I'm mostly interested in first 6 eps. Especially 4 and 6, so definitely wait for me there. And 1 as well, since it's an introduction episode.

There you go, another Himari video... i haven't checked it out until now myself, damn it was fun...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQhz03a1ba4

"I'm not sure exactly how to help you see the CAPSLOCK thing, for Ozonezma I think it's because of the effect on his voice that it fits, and Krafnir because of how arrogant he is, to me at least I think it fits them." Sure, but still don't see it >_>

"Also the MAL user I was talking about is IzanaSolos" lol
"Marinate I used to feel was my brother from another mother with his opinions being so close to mine for so long but over time he has lost me more and more, it's fine tho, everyone has their different opinions" wow it was going so well and then... So basically he started disliking more things as he watched more of them, yet you didn't change. But what a story lol.
"the problem with IzanaSolos is that I don't think this guy even likes half the anime he watches lol, he just tops most threads and spouts stuff that I tent to disagree with, I also find his writing style obnoxious. And for the record, I'd never make enemies out of them in a thread, I don't like being mean online, no matter how mad I can get from reading other opinions lol" I see... I don't usually read his comments cause they are on top, except now, because... this time I was on top...
"I'm just telling you my true thoughts because I feel you're trustworthy." lol, what am I gonna do? report it to him? lol. But yeah, bickering with random people is dumb.

I'm not as confident in s3 anymore, someone on ishura subreddit mentioned, that animating fights costs a lot of money... And then I remember how Ishura tournament fights are...
You should definitely read it though, but if you are not much of a reader, it might be a bit hard to read, or maybe not. Still, I do wish you'd read it. You'd be missing out.

"As for rewatching that Yuno scene from Season 1, you were right, that was really cool to see after meeting those characters in Season 2" yaaaay! finally!
"although I'm not sure if Yuno is right that they can beat Soujirou, we will have to wait and see" You won't see it. He won't fight every single fighter, it's all about luck who he'll face. Like I said, flying characters will destroy him. Then Shalk will most certainly win since he has no flesh. Kia if she attacks first. Kuze also, don't see him losing to him. Uhak, Psianop, no idea, Rosclay, no idea, Tu, Mestelexil no idea, on one hand they are invincible, and then author gives Soujirou insane plot armor and h e finds their weak spots magically.
Kazuki, Krafnir are indeed someone he will beat.

"funny that he gives Tu the ticket into the tournament tho because he realized it's a trap lol" Yeah, and then they skipped it in the anime.
"I did pick up she was pretty much invincible from what was shown in the episode, I mean she took that massive attack from Krafnir like it was nothing lol." that's good, unfortunately not everyone did, and I'm not sure if I did myself, if it wasn't for the novel.

" maybe that is the author's intention, to make you think she won't and yet it happens, you never know tho, her chances are good like I said." now that I know more about who she is later in the novel, there might be a way she dies, but it's unknown to me, but it can happen. But you said it well, but he treats girls well, we already don't have many of them.

"Well I don't necessarily want that to happen to her lol, but if it was done well then I would be into it" nooooooo, how could you :(

"I've never watched it but it does suck when your favorite character dies" not the favorite favorite, but one of. I just don't like when a character is mistreated especially his final moments.
"a bad moment is usually a place I'd never quit at anyway." you are literally opposite to my friend I told you about before, can't count how much he dropped just because someone he liked died. Like I'd hate a bad death, but I don't think I'd drop it, unless it's a really bad death, like I mentioned Kia. It's not like I wanted to drop HxH, I just couldn't continue for psychological reasons, but then life happened and then I lost connection. Now to start it over, I'd have to rewatch it, meaning I'll have to see this death again. I also spoiled myself on deaths of more characters that I like... goddamit... stop killing characters!!!! I literally hate it, maybe because I was raised on One piece and it's known for having no deaths, except few... very powerful ones, but they made sense. Oda doesn't like killing off characters, so a cast is huge, if he feels like characters can no longer be used, he finds a way to send them away. Like there was this powerful prison warden who turns himself to poison, poisoning the area... It was impossible to fight against him, and in the end no one beat him. Sure there are stronger characters than him, but not at that location. I don't know what's in Oda's head, but I assume he sent him away, because keeping him in the story means fighting and beating him eventually, and he either couldn't think of a way characters can do that. Or felt he was too powerful to keep around. And by sending off I mean a story point where something happens to a character that doesn't involve death. A good example would be in a school setting, a character is transfered away to study overseas.
Ishura author straight up kills the characters, I'm like... goddamit if you don't them anymore, can't you send them away? But Ishura works aroud a shock factor and depression. That's why he kills them off. So far, I'll only be happy for one death... Kill the fucking ooze

" it actually reminds me a lot of a character in Part 4 of Jojo, his stand is stupidly strong but the guy using the stand is such a dumbass that it balances out lol." oooooh... sounds interesting, like Kia indeed.

"had she taken on Shalk from a distance things may have ended differently for her" distance wasn't clear in the novel btw, so I always assumed he closed the range and pierced her. But in the anime she felt like she was closer and like he threw a spear, but he actually moved... I guess that's a normal talking distance as she approached the gate.
"you could be right but I also don't think Soujirou loses to him with certainty" there are no guarantees in Ishura, just an assumpton. Some results of the tournament will shock you.

"Yeah I'm with you on Kazuki's reasoning for attacking Okafu, yeah that's how you get an audience with Morio, kill all his mercenaries lol." Actually it was revealed in Morio talk with Hiroto, but I forgot.
It's to get some answers for why every recent visitor is from Japan. Morio made an assumption that there must have been a reason for why every recent visitor has been japanese. Kazuki, Yukiharu and Morio all came in these past twenty years. (not at the same time). While Hiroto has been there for far far longer, but doesn't look like it, because visitors don't age.
The reason why Hiroto got out of his way to get the evidence about Demon King, was to persuade Morio to get on his side. But then he burned it because having it, might be the evidence that could be used against visitors. Visitors are already feared as is, becaus of how influential they are. Half of the self proclaimed demon kings are visitors. If it was known that Demon King was a visitor, it'd spell doom for them. That's why Morio was blocking investigation teams from reaching the place.
Another obvious assumption that Shiki arrived in the world around 3 years ago, spreading madness right away. Soujirou who arrived after, knew of her. While Morio, Kazuki, Yukiharu, Hiroto didn't as they arrived before.

I see. Since it was named after Kazuki, Shalk would die to show how greater Kazuk is, given how strong Shalk is, a formula that is being used frequently over ishura. But then it was a reverse. And then some dare to say that it's all the same.

"Oh cool to see the name change in the novel, it was definitely cooler in the anime imo but I really respect the effort to make something like that happen in a book" I kinda like the book version better, but I expect it'd be the same if I've seen the anime version first. I've discussed it with you before, you like whatever you see first more.

" good thing I have you to tell me all this to further improve my view on the episode lol." I don't actually remember all I mentioned, only Rique, cause that was the most shocking to skip. I'll do it for this final episode, because they adapted the most and skipped the most as well... Very disappointed in general, like Demon King, the part they were hyping up, was the same time as a fucking bard part that was 10 pages in the novel vs 30 pages of the timeskip. I wished they would've expanded like with shalk and just did the whole episode of just that. And Morio with Hiroto scene, since it connects. But then it only took 8 minutes. I understand why they did that, they were behind, and wanted to show all characters one last time. But then they did such a poor job on it, like skipping the most important parts. Like it pissed me off that Psianop Alus was so well adapted, except for one important part... As for what it is... I'll mention it in future posts, bit by bit. So we'd have something to talk about and it wouldn't be so overwhelming at the same time... I've been writing that mal post about ep 12, for 3 hours lol. Had to reread the LN parts. I always thought Izick was dead, but upon rereading I found that he wasn't dead in the final scene, saying "I'll make a perfect creation to defeat you"

"Tu herself is like a light in Ishura's world" yeah, exactly.
"I wonder how she would have reacted to the massacre from Season 1 episode 1 tho..." would be left depressed, kinda how Harghent was depressed after Curte's death, because he was unable to save a little girl. That was mentioned several times in the novel, during his meeting with Lucunoca and during Lucunoca's fight. It still affects him

"Not sure if I'll read her part from the novel tho, words on a page just aren't as exciting to me as the animated events onscreen" that part is so fun tho :( and you don't have to imagine much, since you've seen an adaptation.
"and think back to my younger self about how dumb he was for missing out on this stuff lol" yeah, but then I'd most likely won't be there to witness it lol. So to me it like it never happened.

"completely agree regarding the first party, they are an interesting bunch and it's a cool way to tell their story, through pretty much word of mouth by everyone else, but that is a really good way to show how important they are, if all of these characters know of them then they must have been amazing right?"
yeah, it is. Hope you liked them in ep 12. Not sure if you expected to see them, with how much I was building up to it. Pretty sure you knew Demon King was this episode.
Oh, it's funny how some commenters mentioned Shiki being Ai... Ai from Jigoku Shoujo, that we coincidentally discussed recently... Or was it a coincidence?

Wait, you wanna do Spellblades already? I'm still kinda not ready to reread it lol. maybe in a month.

There you go, a bracket

That's insane....

Fairy tail author I think confessed to not planning, Bnha autor said that he had an idea that he couldn't bring to life. If I understand correctly, bnha is still in the first year of the school... And yet, Ishura is the one who gets nowhere. If you wanna know author's thoughts, nothing is close to Tower of God. The author writes his comments and more information, a short blog post after every chapter. He sometimes even comments on some major events, like some kind of accident that happened in Korea back in 2014 or something. And he also frequently comments on "I wanted to make this part longer" or "this is what I meant by this". It's a whole different experience. After that, only spider comes to mind, with the web novel. But he stopped commenting after he got popular first 20 chapters or so. He also made a post about all monsters that were in the dungeon. Very early on, when the power levels were very low.
It's not really my opinion on bnha. It's just what I gathered by reading comments of others. Well, there is also my eyes and seeing it myself. But, if everyone was happy with it, I'd not say anything, since I only checked out last chapter. I still think I can judge the ending, given that I watched quite a bit of anime. Not the final arc though, but still there's something every bnha reader/viewer probably wants to see, and it didn't happen, thus disappointing.
How many revenges stories have you watched? I swear there are a lot better ones than Oshi no Ko, if you watched more of those, you'd see what I mean. Best moments of Oshi no Ko for me has nothing to do with the revenge. The first season basically. Obviously the first episode was pretty amazing, masterpiece even. After that, the identity of the murderer and mystery behind it was pretty interesting.... hmm, but like with Fairy tail, i'll call it a Fairy Tail curse, some authors don't know how to execute their idea well.
Entertaiment-industry stuff is indeed interesting, but because you can see author knows a lot about it. He also wrote Kaguya, so obviously his strongest point is his characters who are great. Authors are also humans, they have strong sides and weak sides. Keep in mind, I was a big big fan of Oshi no Ko the first 70 chapters or so. That's why it's even more painful to criticize it and be disappointed. I didn't watch the anime after ep 1, because I got too excited after ep1, and couldn't wait anymore and read a lot of manga. And just how it usually happens with me, I can't pick up anime after... So, me watching ishura is actually a rare occurence. Now, I hope I'll watch skeleton knight, because unlike Ishura, it's a pretty bad adaptation and it's adapting my favorite chapters. Sometimes you don't wanna check the anime, not to ruin your experience and overall image + impression that you got from reading the original. Also with Ishura, there's a lot of things I thought I misunderstood, some parts were confusing, so I wanted to check the anime out to see how they adapt these things. That's why I pointed out so many smaller things.

"wouldn't be the first time I've liked an ending that's largely hated by the community." You do give me an impression of someone who just can't dislike anything.

You absolutely have to try some psychological mangas, those that are pretty short. Or about bullying, very interesting. I don't like a guy being bullied, because its usually always the same boring story. He eventually gets stronger and beats bullies. But if it's a girl getting bullied, it's way more interesting.

" or just lose you over time as you get older and gain new interests" yes, but also the author himself loses motivation, grip on the story. People sometimes forget it, author on day 1 or day 30 of the story, is not the same as an author on day 3000 of the story.
You didn't like s2 of TOG? I still think it's better than most other animes, even if it's significantly worse than manhwa. It's actually crazy that Ishura has a better adaptation and less stuff skipped, than TOG, while novel, especially ishura is significantly harder to adapt. Than a manhwa, especially a colored one.
I liked Workshop arc in the manhwa a lot, not my favorite arc, but one of. Hell Train is also good, but Workshop is better imo. Except the last 10 chapters or so where Hell Train shits on many other arcs, it even made me really emotional. But the arcs after Hell Train are also great. Actually all season2 arcs of the manhwa are great.

At least you see the plot armor problems... You should've probably checked Fairy tail out way back when you started watching. If you like Fire Force fanservice, you'll probably like Fairy tail too... I hate it, most people complain about it too. Even the latest video I've watched on a video saying "fairy tail isn't that bad" literally uploaded a week ago lol. People still talk about fairy tail huh... And commenters were there complaining about fanservice. I definitely hate it, especially since it destroys the seriousness of the moment. It's fine to do it in a fun episode that fairy tail has many of. But yeah, it definitely isn't just because it's fanservice, it's because it was out of place and destroyed the moment. But that being said Fairy tail is really fun and what surprised me the most... it's really emotional. Especially if you are in friendship stories, that make me teary eyed or legit crying. And I love crying, anime is the only place where I can cry and I feel such strong emotions, making me feel alive... Not many animes are emotional unfortunately, but fairy tail is one of them for me... It was on a level of Angel Beats and some other terjerkers.... It's been a while though, I wanna rewatch it kinda. Too bad I can't find the time.

Ah, I see, you are writing down on your phone's notes huh. I used to watch it on my PC, but it's been 3 years since I last did that. I'd write down what I watched during a season, including off seasonals.

We are opposite in that regard. I wanna consume as less as possible, to focus more on my favorites, getting into the source. Or sometimes I just don't read anything, like this past week. You got into Ishura after seeing the OP? Kadokawa's youtube advertising program worked I guess. That OP had around 2m watches back when it was airing, I remember having that video recommended to me as well, I guess it went somewhat viral for youtube's algorythm. But sick... I got into some of my favorite anime through an OP as well.

I see, you agree about Yukarin not being used well. Reminds me of Tower of God, so many great characters, just abandoned, never to be seen again lol, but unlike in One Piece, their story arcs is nowhere near over. Tomori Nao was definitely the higlight, and one thing I still remember, but very poorly... Also I see her on the internet from time to time, a popular character. Dude, it'd probably be my dream if someone was this head over heels over someone from Ishura... though, I don't like mainstream, and once my favorite becomes mainstream, I might suddenly lose interest. Doesn't happen all the time. Well, I don't want nor do I expect a popularity on the level of Code Geass or something, but at least like Gate. I don't know why I mentioned it all of a sudden. Maybe cause Rori, one of the characters also appear frequently on the internet.
Yeah, Charlotte ending was something else, like multiple episodes all into one. Oh, I remember. Charlotte has one of the best ED's ever. The OP was also good, but damn the ED is something else. 6/10 is quite disappointing, considering even I have a better score, and I rate things quite lowly, but that was back in 2015... omg 10 years already... what am I doing with my life...

300 slime, just that. No need for anything extra. Just like spider is just a spider. Skeleton knight is just skeleton knight. I remember trying to watch 300 slime all the way back when it aired, 2020 I think. I was in a pretty bad state of life and didn't feel like watching anything, I already started the episode, but stopped after 10 seconds, couldn't bring myself to it. Happens a lot.
I don't mind you, the message is huge, it's hard to motivate yourself. So basically you are saying you aren't that self-disciplined. It's like a millionaire saying, I'm not thaaat rich. Or a river saying, I don't have thaaaat much water. Or spellblades author saying, Im not thaaat good of an author :p
"I also completely understand it being tough to start something, and like you said, it's easy once you start, but it is absolutely that first step that's the toughest. I always keep in mind tho that once I start it'll become fun, so usually that doesn't stop me for long." yeah yeah yeah... I guess its universal, everyone gets that, so I wasn't really discovering America with that statement.

"I mean just look at these massive walls of text we send each other that isn't even all Ishura focused lol." that's because you still haven't heard my thoughts on many series. I've exhausted everything I could've said about Ishura, my Ishura batter is almost dead. I still haven't talked about spider, I literally couldn't shut up about it for the past 2 years, right now my spider battery is also law, but that's mostly because it's already been 2 years.... you don't expect me to still constantly think about it don't you? It already occupied too much of my mind for too long. I was like, "how long will this go on". But overall, I'm currently feeling a bit burned out, mostly because of ishura. You also haven't heard me talk about skeleton knight, which is actually my favorite novel, or at least used to be. It's been 2 years since I've read it, and after that I read ishura and spellblades. And I forgot some details, I'm planning on rereading it again. It feels sooooo good to read, that's mostly why I love it. Or maybe it was thanks to the translator. I disliked the anime though, except for the opening. Basically I need to either 1) reread something, to refresh my memory 2) or to have something trigger my memory. Like how I'd bring up fairy tail and some other animes here and there. Overall I remember things very very well, but like with everything, you can't just pull everything out of the top of your dome, something needs to trigger for memories to emerge.
If you are interested, I'd like to reread first 3 spellblades volumes, but it's not the main priority right now. If you are gonna watch it, you can watch one episode at a time, and wait for me to reply back, or how the ishura was like basically, that way you can also read my thoughts about the episode and what anime skipped.
Tbf, it would also be easier to just write a wiki and just link you it.

Oh yeah, I saw your name mentione in Linaris's episode, you replied back too. I checked it out a week ago or so.

Right, Urusei Yatsura was episodic, I didn't mean it as a bad thing, I just characterized it.

Here is another one. Daily Himari video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp62UBAwnH0

" And yeah I think his voice fit pretty well, I can definitely see why he speaks in CAPSLOCK in the LN." you really think that? Help me see it. Do you also see Krafnir like that?

"yes I saw that too, and I saw another user defending said person that was complaining" oh really? It's a bit different on reddit, they are getting downvoted, but there are usually 1-2 people who complain. Btw I learned a way to reply in a way that won't get my comment nuked. If you say "it was like this in light novel" or "as a light novel reader, this is true" your comment gets taken down. You can't say compare anime to light novel. Insane... So nowadays I just reply to questions like. "from what I understood it's like this" Gotta adapt, like in the forest surrounded by animals and wild life xD But I enjoy reading comments there more than on mal. For Ishura only though, haven't been checking other animes.
"because he is one of those that tops every thread and shits all over" I only thought of marianatte. but he likes ishura. I also see his post on reddit, different account, but he posts an identical message lol.
Yeah, just read novel lol. Even if s3 is announced, there is nothing like the novel fights. Unless you are a person who would stop hunderds of time during the fight, analyzing it in your head, what will Alus do next? What sword will Toroa use? How will he get out of this situation.

"Uhhh regarding that PV for Tu's episode, I think it was definitely wrong because the video is private now lol, funny stuff." oh, it's privated huh. I checked out the correct version for Tu's episode.

"Lol I gotta finish this reply first but I will go back and rewatch that bit from Season1" how did it go?
" And I liked Krafnir a lot too" yeaaaah, lets goooo. I obviously liked him because I reread that chapter like 5 times and remember it by heart at this point, but also there were more scenes of him and Tu. That was supposed to happen after ep 12, but basically he will give Tu away his participation ticket. I mean it's no surprise that Tu will be in a tournament, and Krafnir is already sponsored, and we already have 15 participants.... so it's kinda clear how she gets in if you think about it. As for the reason, it's his inner thought, so I don't know if it's gonna get adapted, "Unlike Tu, I'm not invincible, and so many strong participants in one place? I wonder what Aureatia is up to" Krafnir is one of the few characters who was smart enough to deduce that tournament is to eliminate shuras. My boy Krafnir doesn't wanna die so he is like "here you go Tu" Btw, I've seen many not understand it properly, that Tu is invincible and nothing worked on her. Nothing Rique and Krafnir could do worked on her. Krafnir actually mentioned that to his sponsor. "She is stronger than me and Rique combined. Nothing we did worked on her"
Needless to say Tu is one character I never worry about, I know she won't die.
Btw Tu and Shalk have a unique similarity to them:
1)they both took someone's spot
2)over a legendary figure
3) mentioned by Yuno
But in Tu's case she didn't have to kill the said legend. And while Shalk's confrontation with his enemies usually end in death, Tu's confrontation with her enemies, end up with her knocking them over, like she did as an alleged Demon King Bastard to anyone who came in the Land of the End.
I wonder if author thought of that. Naturally Tu and Shalk would have interactions in vol3.

"another one I'd say CAPSLOCK fits for" oh, is that so. Again I don't see it.
"I won't judge you for liking Krafnir because I also like him" nice, truly nice. Did not expect it
"but not as ugly as Goblin Slayer goblins, he seemed like a civil version of one of those." really? interesting...

"we got a taste of that with her underboob in the episode but that doe" back when I wrote that comment, it's because she lost her clothes in that explosion and then hugged Rique like that. Funny, that my friend even commented on it. "so realistic, clothes being fine after the explosion". But I didn't really care about it. I understand why they did it. Usually hair covers the nipples, but in her case she has a single braid that doesn't cover anything. I'm sure that's why they didn't do it.
" but I do like her a lot from her introduction" I had no doubt in my mind whatsoever, not even for a second. Tu had so many comments on reddit/mal, compared to Hiroto, at leat 100 more. I've read some comments saying, "I finally regained hope about humanity" or something.
And even my favorite EcchiLordMamter showed up lol. His last comment was about Nihilo's death back in s1, I thought he dropped lol, I was actually thinking of him, wondering if he was still watching lol
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=2205573&id=72469210

"I can see why you like her despite her being a character you're not typically into" she is nice and kind, in this world of ishura, of course I like her. There was a reddit post about "who do you think is the most hero-like character" and I voted for her. She had 23% of the votes or something... And Mele won with 35 or something. Someone commented that Tu is the most hero-like because she wants to save everyone, while everyone else just saves those they care about. I actually didn't see Mele, otherwise I probably would've voted for him. But imagine, Tu saved a young girl Sephite, from that misery and despair and snapped her back from that state. I'm actually mad they didn't adapt the scene well enough, but oh well.... Could've been so much better and livelier. Shalk's episode gets all the glory and effort. But you still get the point that Sephite was saved there. And Tu feels like a character that always comes in to save you, and you look at her and feel reassured.

"And interesting to hear you're not very into Hiroto" :<

I don't know about that, you say you like brutality and gore. But if someone like small Kia was torn piece by piece, dying a slow and painful death, would you still like it? I used Kia as an example cause she is a child lol. But I guess I can use any favorite character of yours. Basically if they die, at least make it a good death, don't tarnish them. Oh, I remembered one really brutal death in Hunter x Hunter, it was one of my favorite characters, while being an antagonist, he was one of the coolest. He died in such a horrific death, I was sooooooooooooo sad, hell, I'm still sad. Like despair level sad. I didn't change my opinion on the story, but I couldn't continue watching afterwards. I couldn't binge after that episode, and then it's been couple of days, and I don't remember, but either something else came up in life or whatnot, and you know how hard it is to start something. Especially mentally, you have to motivate yourself to start watching something, after that horrific event. Had I continued, I am sure I'd be fine. Basically, don't end on a bad moment lol.
That 12 episode is gonna be hard to watch, because I like those characters and wanted to see more of them.

"Yeah I'd say Kuze has among the best of reasons for entering the tournament, but unfortunately that doesn't mean he will win" true.
" I feel like finding a way around his guardian angel will be a whole arc on its own or something" that's an interesting theory, but so far no one knows exactly why everyone dies trying to attack Kuze. I really wanna spoil one little thing. His opponent. He got the worst opponent for himself in the first match. But then again, I have no idea how someone like Uhak, Soujirou, Psianop match up against him, or anyone for that matter. Lucunoca too actually, can angel reach her? But I guess Lucunoca stands no chance, she has no idea what Kuze could do, so she'd treat him lightly, and then instantly fall dead.
Btw if bracket isn't shown next episode, i'll show it myself. Fuck it, that's literally the very next thing that happens after Demon King reveal. Oh how much I wished Kuze would fight Psianop round 1 and murder his slimy ass :v Gosh, I'm such a Psianop hater lol.

"And yeah Ukah does seem especially busted" I said it in my recent post on mal. To those saying he counters Kia, I said not necessarily. Kia can summon thunderbolt, that instantly and out of nowhere kills him. He can cause earthquake that can destroy the whole city and Uhak along with him. IF there's literally nothing she can't do. Then she won't lose, but of course just like with Shalk, if they get close to her and know about her ability, she might not react in time. But Kia is balanced because she is a child and isn't violent, sucks at her ability usage. But that's what makes her so likable, she is so innocent.
Some said that Soujirou will kill Uhak because he is pure skill, but who knows. They actually had a very short clash, very short, and Soujirou commented that he doesn't seem anything special, but something about him is weird...

" really tho she was very strong, she was just dumb in getting close enough for Shalk to cut her down, she was overconfidence personified." Kazuki was insanely strong, taking down the whole enemy base by herself. While she was confident, I wouldn't say overconfident. She just didn't expect he'd react faster than she'd be able to see. You have to keep in mind, she can FOLLOW bullet's movement, of course she's able to follow movement of someone else attacking her. But Shalk is so fast it was impossible to see for her. Like others mentioned "Just how strong Soujirou must have been". No idea, it does feel like either Shalk wasn't very motivated back then, or author didn't want Shalk using what he's capable of. But Shalk undoubtedly destroys Soujirou, to begin with he has no flesh, so normal attacks won't work. And for everything else he is too fast, so I doubt he'd be defeated by him. By Psianop, maybe, that I can see. I'm kinda upset about one thing, there really isn't much that can be done about it, but the matchups.... like seeing your favorite getting an unlucky matchup. But like I said, tournament is whatever, who cares about the winner, as long as your favorites don't die.

" if we're just talking his name, I pretty much figured he'd be a big gentle giant, but what we got was quite different" ah, I see, makes sense, thanks for replying to that, I was curious.

"he could have left the villagers but chose violence, it really does make you wonder how he ticks." ...yeaaaah. Apart from that very short soujirou scene, I haven't seen any Uhak, He doesn't appear in volume 4 either, but many characters aren't gonna appear, even Kuuro. If season 3 does come out, we'd probably won't get to Uhak, since his match is at the end of Volume 5. And we still have half of 3rd volume to adapt. And that's 2 matches + interactions, so 3 episodes 100%. Then 3 battles in volume 4, so at least 3 episodes. And apart from battles, there's a lot of other stuff... ishura stuff. Volume 4 should at least be 6 episodes. So we are left with 3 episodes, we can only cover 1 battle or something... I wonder why can't it get 16 episodes like Spellblades. I still think season 3 is gonna happen, otherwise they'd rushed more and covered the whole volume 3. With how much care they are adapting, I'm sure of season 3. and they have to cover the end of volume 5, cause it's pretty insane. And given how we've just concluded that it's not possible to adapt this much in 12 episodes, they should do 16 eps.

"Yes I remember the Old Kingdom Loyalists, but I didn't realize the Land of the End used to be as big as Auretia" you've seen Sephite being a kingdom, it used to be a central kingdom. There were 2 other kingdoms. Actually it's called Kuta silver city I think, Land of the end used to be called. Now, it's univable there, and Auretia doesn't wanna deal with that place.

" I did kinda lol, you did a good job there" nice nice
"I thought she was gonna be this badass babe that goes around getting stuff done" lol. Tbf I didn't like her, back when I read it. Btw, remember me mentioning her motivation for taking down the city? To meet up with Morio, but killing his own people for that? causing civil unrest. I never understood it in the novel, and it was even more confusing in the anime. The episode overall was pretty disappointing, I really hoped they'd expand more, just how they did with Uhak. Plus dialogues didn't hit as hard, maybe due to mistranslation. Still a fine episode that at least didn't skip anything major, and given that it's a novel, given how Skeleton Knight was, I should be happy.
Yeah, I'm glad I didn't spoiler you Shalk lol. That he'd be in this episode, you might've caught on it.
Oh, did you had a feeling Shalk might die?
"she kinda made me not like her much with her singing" HAHAHA, is that so? Glad I wasn't the only one. In the novel she is just "lalala", meanwhile the anime.... Most annoying ever. But Shalk saying "you have a beautiful voice, you should be a singer" was so spot on, even more in the anime, because of how annoying it sounded lol. I don't think they were going for it btw, for it to be annoying. Shalk is a troll. Also the "I'm already dead, I won't die"
"This also made me like Shalk even more, we didn't really get a lot on him in Season 1 but this new stuff characterizes him more," that's good to hear! I thought Shalk was ridicilously strong, Soujirou fight, plus Elea being afraid to tell Kia anything, worried that he will kill them before she can say anything.
He is also the only charcter who reappeared like that and had a proper introduction 2 volumes later lol. I reallyl ike how author does something different for every character.
"but this pleasantly surprised me, thanks for trying to shape Kazuki up like she was more lol." Novel baited even more, putting Kazuki on the front. There are only 2 front images, Kazuki and the second match, not Shalk, Tu, Psianop, nope. Kazuki!!! Volume 1 and Volume 2 had every important character appear on the front pages.
That's how that popular part looked in the novel


" I didn't realize that the people could be saved after going mad by the Demon King" yeah, was indeed surprising.
I really liked Tu'd episode, was super enjoyable, but then they also skipped a ton of things and overall didn't do a good job on many parts. Like clearly stating how unstoppable Tu is, considering how many people commented where they were like "so what's special about her? just moving and punching really fast?" totally missing the invincibility part... Then they also skipped the part with Rique wondering if she even gets echausted. She's been running for a while, but shows no sign of exhaustion. He wondered if he would have to keep dodging for the rest of his life.
Then the anime didn't state what Rique mentioned several times. One attack from Tu and he is dead, he had to be completely focused on him, and couldn't waste his time worrying about Krafnir. Then the biggest part that they skipped is Rique's ability. Red premonition, he can see warning of danger, colored in red. That's how he was able to survive up until now, that's how he was able to dodge Tu, who charged in like a lightning bolt. Some novel readers were disappointed that they didn't give justice to how fast Tu was actually. And in general the fight was from Rique's perspective.

Then another part they skipped is Rique mentioning that he isn't strong enough to battle Kazuki the Black Tone, that's why he wasn't in Okafu.
Overall, I highly highly suggest reading Tu's part. Just 30 pages, you can do 10 pages a day. It was truly the greatest. My favorite part and the fight, I can reread again and again. Tournament fights are better of course, but the writing hit so hard in that Tu's fight.
Still given that anime was dynamic and I got to see my 3 favorite characters all at the same time, was truly a bliss. That truly recovered my bad mood at the time. As a character, Tu is even better in the anime, but that's because her voice fits 100000000% perfectly, unlike Hiroto whose voice I detest to my very core. Tu's design also looked a lot better than I expected. Rique also looked great, Krafnir too. His voice, not what I expected, but very welcome. Then Tu's moving, jumping, the energy that she's radiating. So much fun.

You didn't mention about the bard. Totally unexpected how long and how much they dedicated to it. That part was 10 pages, and it felt longer than Tu's part which is 30 pages. I wish Tu's part got more time from this stupid Yukiharu lol. They made bard's part 10000x times better for sure, Uhak's treatment. That's gonna be my new term. Uhak's treatment lol. When an adaptation is better than original. A rare treatment.

Speaking of Yukiharu, his part in Hiroto was even worse... Kinda why I hated him. I guess I'd do the same if I was infected with Demon King's terror, anyone would be, there is no save from it. Overall Yukiharu's parts were adapted really well. One thing that they skipped, on ep 10, among the Okafu's merchants, there was an old man who spoke about Alena of the First Party and singing praises of him. Apparently he was one of the fellow students with Alena. I'm glad Hiroto mentioned Neft and the elf girl... when talking about discrimination even among the members of the first party. Like why be a hero if you are treated like this, just because of your race, why affiliate yourself with Auretia. But then they missed Alena. Uhak's episode also missed Fralik. But Krafnir at least mentioned Izick, how "I'VE FINALLY SURPRASSED IZICK THE CHROMATIC".
Kazuki mentioned Yugo the decapatation blade. Romzo you know already. So basically every member of the first party was mentioned one way or the other, by different characters. They are still in memories of many people. Very very cool story telling, I just realized that all members of the first party were mentioned in the 3rd volume. Which is why it pisses me off that anime adapted some, but didn't adapt Alena and Fralik.

"And sorry if I didn't give you as much details as you wanted for my reactions to the Ishura episodes, having to talk about 3 episodes made it kinda tough" not gonna lie,I expected more, this way it feels even less than what you wrote on mal, but beggars can't be choosers, I will take any food I get.

" I always type my replies in a separate app so I don't lose it like that" wow, that's smart....
"I'm sorry that happened to you," It's alright.

Ah, that was such a fun and enjoyable episode, even if they changed a lot of things. My mood improved tenfold. I don't usually type after the episode, but couldn't help myself.

"it's not about journey, it's about a destination" True, but harem endings sting even harder. But, I agree, kinda like with the game you spent a lot of money into. Once it ends you are upset, but then you remember all the fun time you've had up until now. Also, I've remembered some good manga endings, they are pretty short ones though. Like Pyramad game, I still have no idea whether that was Japanese or Korean one lol. But for the longer running ones... I actually have a hard time remembering... especially if it's action. Like with bnha, the author commented on it I think, that he couldn't realize everything he envisioned, I assume it's like that with many others. Also bnha is a weekly manga with great quality art, which is insane. To make such quality when you only have a week, many people appreciated that... Btw, I've dropped bnha long ago, but I was curious what the ending was like, even I though it was bad and unsatisfying, basically the question was "is that it?" It was like it was cancelled, but it wasn't, no idea what happened there. Oshi no Ko is different, at one point it turned to shit, like author went a wrong way. Oshi no Ko was complete at least, but the ending was shit, because the author went down the wrong path. Oshi no Ko was such a weak revenge story, if I'll be honest. I've seen some good revenge stories. Actually, Watashi no Arika was much better, but it's a manga. It's really similar to Oshi no Ko, but with girls, also an idol story. Actually the same author did another revenge story before that and that was also amazing and actually had a great satisfiyng ending. https://myanimelist.net/manga/105870/Mitarai-ke_Enjou_suru
It's only a manga, I wish anime would come out... but there is a live action adaptation. In general I wish more psychological/josei/deeper stories would get adaptations. I've read so many of those for the past 2 years.
You are following both Bnha and Oshi no Ko, huh. I remember when I used to liking both. I'm kinda a bnha hater. Not for Oshi no Ko, I just feel like it doesn't deserve it's popularity and is not good. I used to like it too, but at around 100 chapters, I kinda stopped, not that anything bad happened, I just suddenly lost interest.
Anyway, back to the journey... Pretty Ishura is gonna have a shitty ending, and I think I'm gonna start disliking it once we get deeper into the tournament. Well, obviously, if the author starts killing off characters. But already, even if I stop, Ishura was insane, I'll pretty much will never stop loving it, even if I drop it later. To me, even One Piece dropped in quality, not sure if many agree with me since it's still number 1 for many, but personally to me, what made One Piece fan was kinda gone, but I still gave it a 10, because of what has happened before. Same with Tower of God, season 3 went in a direction I didn't like, actually saw a Korean video about it lol, "why is Tower Of God getting worse or something". There he mentioned how it used to be really really popular, and he remembers looking forward to every Monday, there he detaily explains the problems, including s3 going into a wrong direction, at least something that makes it less fun. But I still love it for s1, s2, not One Piece or Black Clover level, but I really liked it anyway.... too bad s2 anime is trash. Oh, another anime I wanted to mention is Fairy Tail, it literally goes for your "journey is more important". I swear, pretty much every arc was INCREDIBLE.... in the beginning and somewhere in the middle ........... but then it goes to shit, the end arc, fighting with final boss ESPECIALLY. Why? because the conflict, the tension, the drama, the stakes are pretty high level and it was very enjoyable as a result, but then once main characters start fighting the antagonists, always some bullshit happens during a fight... I mean, Fairy Tail kinda invented friendship magic. It is really known for it. Once one of the main characters get low enough and is on the brink of losing, something happens, he remembers friends, gets a stupidest powerup and turns the tides around. That's called a plot armor! But the big thing about Fairy Tail was characters, there are a lot of likable ones, and overall it has a lot of fun moments. But the fights... my god. Another problem about Fairy tail is excessive fanservice. It was good in the beginning, then it got a new version and fanservice got too strong, like it became hard to take serious....
I remembered about Fairy tail, since I was listening to it's OP right now. Another good thing about it, is there is not a single bad OP or ED lol. It's filled with great songs.

Cataloging how? on mal? I started forgetting when I watched what after like 2020, I only remember light novels. I like light novels more as they adapt the full story, and anime doesn't, unless the story was short to begin with. Many stories that I would never see end, because anime will never release another season. That's one reason, also anime skips too much that takes away from the experience... Ishura is one of the best adaptations, but it still skips stuff, I wish it didn't skip. Usually details, politics, worldbuilding, most light novels are also rushed. Then there is also an issue with translations, I started noticing, especially with Ishura, that translations are just shit... Some of the quotes I was looking for, the dialogues are totally gonna be misinterprted and aren't as impactful as they should be, simply because of the bad translation. Like Shalk Kazuki dialogue, felt kinda bad, still converys the point, but could've been so much better. Another thing is that light novel would always be better in your mind than an anime, as long as you understand a scene well and can imagine it in your mind, that image that you created would be superior. Unless it's an action that is hard for you to imagine, but I did relatively well on imaging Toroa vs Mestelexil fight, so I was disappointed in the anime, I still think it could've been better adapted, but it was quite good, but it won't match your imagination... Btw when I dream, some dreams are so freaking amazing, better than any anime, I wonder why. So basically I only watch anime to find a good light novel... Btw, I was really close on missing out on Ishura a year ago, I kinda accidentally picked it up, accident or was it fate? Spellblades was recommened to me by a friend.

"it’s got an interesting plot and fun characters" that's a very ambigious lol. That's something I would hear when they don't like something, or if there is not much to say lol.
"it’s reminding me a lot of “Beyond the Boundary”" It's actually a common formula called Kishōtenketsu.

But it's pretty good, doesn't work all the time though. Also I don't like using it in Charlotte, since Charlotte feels unfinished. Say it was a novel that was longer. It could've been around 6 volumes. If that Ten (twist) happens at around volume 1, then it feels too early fo that. Then what, you can't have twists for the next 5 volumes. Then if it's Ketsu(conclusion). conclusion means final chapter? Unless you do Kishōtenketsu every volume. But even Ishura doesn't repeat it's formula, sure character introductions persist, but if you noticed first volume they fight each other and die!!! Second volume, they fight a common enemy, noone important dies. third volume is demon king stuff.

"for this reason I kinda saw the twist coming but I think it was well done" you already got to sister at ep 7? or were you at ep 9 back when you left this message? anw, that was probably the only good interesting part. The fun stuff in the first episodes were better than the action afterwards. Oh, I just remembered that final epsiode feels like watching 3 or 4 episodes lol. The idol girl was pretty badly used too, remembered just now. Feels unsatisfying. Only Tomori and MC (forgot his name) were good.

"And I’ll definitely tell you when I start Spellblades" ok, i'll be looking forward to it, especially ep 1-6. I think ep 1 and 6 should have the most to say. Like I mentioned previously, interesting ideas, overall story, characters, what's unusual, what you didn't expect, what you liked... stuff like that.

" but I’m also rewatching Fire Force before its new season" definitely don't wanna get behind on that, see that you started already. I sometimes put these limiters on me, "have to rewatch previous season before the start of this new season" and since I'm such a perfectionist, if I don't rewatch, I end up not watching the new season, like Bungou stray dogs. I needed to rewatch 2 seasons, but felt lazy and because I was so disconnected from it, it was hard... I mean I'm lazy to even watch or read something I like, something I dislike myself for. Usually once you start something, after some time, you get into it and it's easy, but getting started is hard. It's good thart you are so self-disciplined, I wish I was as self-disciplined like you. Yeah after Ishura ends, there would be something else to discuss... Next season, I'll only be watching Wind Breaker 2, Bye bye earth 2, and Shoushimin Series. But the problem is, I don't really love any of these animes, they are just fine. And I don't like discussing new animes, since my opinion usually changes and I start disliking it later. If ther is some banger light novel that I still like after ep 5, then sure.

"MAL is a Time Machine like that" yeah, that's actually really nice indeed. I also like noticing some familiar names, but I don't check comments that much anymore, only for mangas, when I wanna know other opinions... tbf I'd do the same for anime, but I don't watch much older stuff anymore.
I don't think you should worry about your comment not being read, after all, you don't even know if it's being read when you write during a season. Just imagine someone reading it lol.
"you’re giving me a lot to watch lol" to be fair, I'm just discussing some things that fit the conversation lol. But I'm glad find them appetizing enough to watch. Jigoku Shoujo is pretty entertaining. It's episodic, so not every episode is great and it's a pretty old anime so it has an old style.
There is this classic she says every episode
https://tenor.com/view/funny-hell-girl-emma-ai-would-you-like-to-try-dying-once-gif-15697336


Ajin was also good, especially the first 6 episodes. Second season goes a bit of a different direction, towards fighting terrorists, which is boring in my opinion.

True, danmachi does have a similar plot point in season 3. Going against everyone. Bell standing against Ainz in the opening was my favorite part.
Yeah, Yamada was great, especially Akane, she reminds me of Himari who I love dearly, speaking of which I never linked you any video, so here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzNoBzW7fb4&ab_channel=Adune

" Frieren had a very similar thing with the demons in the show" interesting...

Glad to hear you are interested in Yukiharu
"Yeah Toroa kinda missed out by skipping out with the Gray Haired Child but i get why he did, it’s his character" you get it right!
"and having that kind of info at his disposal would make him even more broken, so i can see why it was written that way" broken? not sure, but would have helped him. But they are polar opposites, gray-haired child wants war, Toroa doesn't.
I've seen the preview for the next episode, Ozonezma coming next episode!!!! and it looks like they are adapting the part about the visitor who tried to defeat the demon king with a song, because Ozonezma is there. You really won't see him much though. Btw it's funny how he is the only one who self-introduces himself. I'm Ozonezma. I'm chimera.... You should mention it on mal. Also I've heard his voice.... it does sound like multiple people speaking, or something like that. If you remember I mentioned that whenever he speaks it's always in CAPSLOCK
" his name sounds like a prescription medication tho" it's funny that you mentioned it, considering he uses medical instruments for attacking. But you do have a point, and now I won't be able to unsee it. " feels like I’d see an ad for it listing all of the side effects."

It's kinda funny that people are waiting for the tournament and I don't even like it yeah... I like how one guy harshly answered on mal to someone complaining about no story and only character introductions. "if you think there was no story up until now, drop it, it's not for you" lol. It's true though, there was a lot of story, some don't see it for some reason. Ever since Psianop especially, it was all a story about Demon King, Psianop's Uhak's stories were connected to it. Even Shalk (now I can say Shalk instead of Kazuki) looking for a True Hero or True Demon King. Then next part, Tu's part is also about it. Hiroto's part is also about it... We slowly learn more about the horrors of the True Demon King, so the reveal at the end is gonna be so much better. Imagine if we had no buildup and went straight to--so yeah, that's a true demon king, finish.
Btw if season 3 does come, I have no idea how we are gonna discuss the episodes.... I'm not kidding, because there's just so much to discuss, literally every minute has something worth talking about. Or how about matches, there's just so many things happening in a match. Like I wanna discuss "oh Toroa, dodged this attack, but didn't dodge this one, used this sword here and that sword here". There's just so much hapepening. But overall most people are gonna mention "wow this character is strong to beat this character" that's pretty much is gonna be the summary, I don't like it. I wish you'd read it, and discuss one page at a time haha, I'd like that, but that'd be unrealistic

" kinda like reading all of Moby Dick which pretty much is all about whaling for the entirety of the book up until the very end" oh, didn't know that.
Yeah season 3 is gonna be great, I still thinks these particular battles should be read, at least battles. Because there's so much detail that you get to appreciate, that in the anime you might glance over and not notice. Or maybe it's just me not noticing stuff during the fights. Also, you know I'm biased towards novel lol.

"so she really is truly a legendary Pokémon lol" that's how you can view it yeah.
It's very good that the anime was adapting 1 character per episode for the last 2 episodes, but it seems like we are back to 2 characters next episodes... based on the preview. Unless they released a wrong preview? How insane would that be? The episode is called Tu the Magic and the thumbnail is her, but for some reason the preview only shows what should be Hiroto's episode. Then the episode should've been Tu The Magic and Hiroto the Parodox. also the preview never showed Tu except for the thumbnail.... That sounds like an epic fail if they uploaded a wrong preview, would be hillarious. Oh yeah, even comments say that, lol kinda funny.
Here is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU-TbSFPoD0&ab_channel=KADOKAWAanime

Nevermind, it's definitely still 1 character card per episode. That'd be insane otherwise, there is so much information.... So much would've been skipped, just don't adapt at this point and skip in its entirety.... But that still means I don't get to see Tu's preview :(
Technically there is more than 1 character in Tu. Since we also get to see Zigita Zogi the Thousand and Krafnir The Hatch of Truth. The legendary, the man himself... If you don't know what I'm talking about. Yuno mentioned him all the way back in the first episode, as someone who can beat Soujirou... And now that I mentioned, drop everything you are doing right now and rewatch that part again. You'll discover so many things for yourself, just like I did, they already had designs ready for all upcoming characters lol. Even Krafnir, considering he wasn't shown in the novel.
Anyway Krafnir is legendary, legendary enough for even Yuno to hear about him. He discovered a new type of Word Arts. It's different from Lucunoca and her ice, that's unique to her. Krafnir discovering it, means that it can be learned by others (at least that's how I see it).
Btw Krafnir also speaks in CAPSLOCK. It's funny that both him and Ozonezma do that. But I have no idea how Krafnir would sound, if with Ozonezma it was mentioned that it was like "multiple people speaking"
There is also Rique the Misfortune which I'm also hyped about, a character I like a lot. So Tu the Magic episode is more like introduction to 4 important characters. Obviously at the end of the day, the only important characters are the participants and their sponsors. But Kuuro isn't a participant but pretty important and appears a lot. Same with Yuno... Well Krafnir isn't as important as them, he appears a lot less. And not that important to the story now that I think about it... But... I still like him, stop judging me >< He is pretty cool and feels a bit like a tsundere.
Btw finally saw Zigita Zogi in the anime, and holy shit he is ugly. I know he is a goblin and goblins are ugly, but damn that's on another level. He is so well drawnthat he that he looks ugly.
I'm really excited about that episode in general, that's my favorite part of Volume 3, and one of my favorite character cards and one of my favorite character, Tu the Magic. She is an airhead and a dum-dum, I don't really like these types of characters. But she is so pure and so strong that i can't help but like it.... She is also the most fanservice, even more than Nihilo. There was one funny scene with Kuze asking about Tu from one of the boys at the church, and he was like "she is super nice and got huge boobs" I was like, ok little man :> that was unironically funny. And since she is an airhead and unfamiliar with normality she doesn't have shame when she is naked, you'll see that in the episode.
After Tu's episode though, I'm not that interested in the rest. They are the types of episodes you'd wanna see only once. I don't like Hiroto, but I root for him in the games, because I don't want other factions to win even more. That being said, I don't really know what Hiroto would do if he wins and how he'd affect the world... I think Hiroto is a fine character, but his episode wasn't my favorite, but it's a very improtant episode ofc. Not spoiling on who Hiroto the Paradox is. You'll see next week.
Final episode is gonna be a banger, I'm sure, maybe many people will like the anime more as a result. But I had enough seeing it once :< Also I don't wanna see those horrors animated. I had enough reading and imagining it, yikes. That would probably be the most gore we've seen, even more than Yuno's episode, enough for you to wish you closed your eyes. Or maybe it was just me, because I was quite attached to those characters, cause they seemed cool, especially Alena and the elf girl whose name I forgot.

Glad you liked Uhak's episode. Kuze's part was important, glad they adapted showing his connection to Cunodeigh and him being late again. That's a recurring thing about him, and what makes him a tragic hero. He is always late to save people he cares about, he can't save anyone but himself, because Nastique only is around him. My heart kinda aches when I think about him. I'm rooting for him in the tournament, because he actually has a reason to win. Meanwhile Alus is there only to fight Harghent. Shalk is there to find about a hero. Mele, Soujirou, Kiyazuna are there for fun. Even though Mele said he would use money for the village, I guess a noble cause. Toroa is there for Alus. Lucunoca is there for Alus. Psianop is there to prove to himself that he is strong. Linaris is there to make more war and chaos.
I will spoil what Kuze is there for, cause it's supposed to be revealed next season in the first episode anyway. The Order's dying and its influence is waning. There are many poorhouses that houses orhapns, kids who got nowhere to go, if Order were to be disolved, those kids would have nowhere to go... I wonder if he can kill Uhak, because Nastique is invisible for Uhak to see, how can he cancel something he doesn't see. I hate Uhak, he is unfun, counters everything. Back when I read his part, I thought he only cancels out Word Arts, that was a cool ability, especially considering he has to pay for it, by having this disability of his. But as I watched his episode, and read some comment, I realized he cancels out everything he perceives as weird. Since he never spoke a word and never heard one, he perceives hearing those as weird too. So a gigant like Belka is weird to him, so she collapsed and was self-destructing.... You know who is a gigant? lol. That's not good......... Fuck, now that I think about it, if Soujirou meets Uhak in the final, Soujirou won't lose, cause he is pure skill, losing his ability to see vulnerabilities won't matter. Also needless to say, the battle is gonna be to the death...
I don't want to see Toroa going far, cause he would need to kill and he doesn't like it.
Ok, forget about all that, it's just me dreaming and speculating. We'll talk about it later, if they release a bracket.

"I love that. Yeah Belka was really cool for her short time, I got that she was really strong which makes it even wilder that Uhak subdued her, I think that was one of the best showing of a character’s strength" You still think that after seeing Kazuki? :P But you are right Belka was strong.

Btw forgot to ask, what did you think of when you first seen Uhak's name, the Silent part especially. Definitely didn't expect what we got.

Yeah Alimo Row sounds cool. That Taren thing is gonna happen next episode since we are in the Land of the End now. And seeing Shalk's episode, you already know about his goal. So it connected.
Forgot to mention something about the Land of the End, and I'm only mentioning it in case I forget about it, and since I'm late with my reply, you are probably gonna be replying it after seeing Tu's episode... But Land of the End used to be a prosperous metrapolis with lots of tourism, like Auretia, and used to be the kingdom of ... Central Kingdom, I think. You remember there being 3 kingdoms before right? And Old Kingdom loyalists wanting to restore it.

Anime discussiong on reddit are still fun, at least about Ishura, I liked reading their reactions to Kazuki and Shalk lol. I'm glad you didn't see that spoiler, that'd be annoying to know...

True, I also thought that, Uhak doesn't speak, so it's impossible to know what he is thinking about and he is really scary because you don't know what he'll do. Btw, one thing I didn't like about his story, is that he murked everyone. I wish he was more peaceful... but that also begs the question whether he learned it from that pup being killed or was he always this violent. And don't tell me that they provoked him, he could've ignored them. There was a similar part with Toroa, where he was bothered by Sun Cofiner's thugs and one even shot him with his bow, but Toroa didn't get provoked, only using the sword to protect him, not attacking anyone.

Well now you have to reply about Kazuki Shalks episode. Speaking of which, did you think I've baited you into thinking she is gonna be permanent? I tried. I even tried really hard not to give away stuff about Shalk and that we'll see him again.
good thing I made it ambigious here: "I'm actually curious about your opinion on next episode the most, it's what I was looking forward to, ever since we started talking and you said you like .... yes... him lol, in case you read it before the episode, not to spoil you"
You would've never imagined right?

Might as well do the same for Tu's episode. like with ep 9 "Was it crazy? unexpected? what were you feeling?"

If you like ramen, you gotta watch Koizumi san likes ramen lol, the wildest anime hahaha.

I actually had most of the reply ready 4 days ago, but since I took so long and took breaks, my page crashed saying there's not enough memory. That was annoying, never happened, out of panic, now I was frequently saving it in the notepad. It's hard to rewrite your thoughts exactly the way you did it the first time.