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hi hi!! (｡•ᴗ•｡)♡
of course! your profile totally caught my eye—it's got such a comfy vibe~

i'm doing good, just rotting away trying to catch up on my ptw/r as usual lol (*´∀｀) how about you?

Hey there, it's me again from the Secret Santa event!
Just wanting to let you know that I finally got around to finishing Oblivion Battery! I'm sorry that it took me so long to finish it. Went a couple of weekends where I was too busy then fell behind on the Winter Anime Season and picked up a lot of stuff so it took me a while to catch up and find time to continue!

After finishing, I must say that even though I don't like baseball at all, this show was quite good! It was pretty entertaining and the character backstories were quite good too! (Highlight was the Kei Kaname explanation backstory and that was very amusing as well!

Thanks again for the recommendation and I'm looking forward to watching Season 2, whenever that decides to come out!

"I'm interested in anything high-stakes or gambling-related" I also love show's like these!! tbh death games are also my soft spot if done well enough XD!

It's pretty interesting that Liar Game doesn't have an adaptation yet [I didn't read it, but I sure hear about it], I would love to see one!

OO I love Toudou! Just not in a husbando-sense haha, his backstory was well... extremelly tragic, from the guilt, being unable to get over yips - but the moment he met his senpai and had a good cry, damn It was so good!!! ngl I wondered if Chihaya backstory will be more tragic than him, but it was hard to top hahaha. As much as I love his design, sometimes his eyes were drawn so small XD, whenever I saw it, I couldn't help but forget about it haha

going back to One Outs... where's the rest of the anime??? XD like come on, give me anything!! [I doubt it haha], I love Tokuchi! My only critisism of the anime being that some chill/"slice of life" moment's would be alright, anything that wasn't part of the baseball itself would be good, to see how he acts outside court etc. and well many characters didn't had any time to shine anyway with the rotation of matches, few memorable faces were seen only to dissapear and the show ended, before it had a chance to go further, which is dissapoiting! But well maybe someday, or I'm gonna read the manga XD.

Ight small review time XD

I liked everything about it! Firstly it's not typical sport anime [meaning It's not like Haikyuu, KNB etc.] It's more grounded, making it unique between show's that take place 85% of their runtime on the court. [which is not bad, I like both]. It's for me also kinda funny that it ended up being my second baseball anime, my first one being "One Outs" which also wasn't part of "basic shounen sports anime" - as I called it "psychological baseball" [It's a really good show btw].

Going further - animation was great! [should I expect anything else from Mappa anyway?] [I remember that in their phase between sakuga filled show's and what they did before, they made a different sport's show - Re-Main and I would love to see it animated with their current "standards"]

Directing was great, I'm a fan of long shot's, posting character's against a very vast space [sky/court in this example], watching stuff from character's point of view [Kei when he was a catcher] etc. and just more dramatic/arts'y directing.

Dynamic's between the character's are simple, but the banter is really good [for example the last match, when Kirishima even though he wasn't playing at all, he teased the other guy on the field all the time and was cracking up/commenting in his head everything that was happening but in such a way that it wasn't boring/too busy, but just enriched the scene all together]. Anything between Todou, Chihaya duo snickering in the distance, Haruka comment's, Kei just being Kei and Yamada commentary [in his head of course, he's too kind for that XD], It's all well done.

Amnesia plot is unique, I didn't expect that - Kaname Kei is the heart of the story, source of both comedy and tragedy [I mean It IS really tragic if you think about it, his mind litteraly going back to the state before he played baseball, so he could feel some joy from the sport? All the notebooks he left behind in the OP? The scene on the beach with Haruka?] [there was also one pretty haunting shot of a trail of footstep's on the beach, only for water to cover one of them - Kei's probably, making him dissapear under the water] [it's simple? yeah but oh so good]

When it comes to the comedy, Gintama taught me that screaming = funny, Yamada being the straight man [in his head] and Haruka deadpan reaction's are so good, I don't know how any show can make a guy yelling "nipple hair" every episode funny, but they did. Actually a lot of the humor reminded me of Gintama itself, except Gintama would show a blurred picture of nipple hair, 100% - also the amount of "straight" humor is pretty surprising [the porn videos, girlfriend jokes, shit] for sport anime's that tend to be BL bait's without crossing the line to the BL genre'a and this one leaned more into them being just guy's was pretty refreshing. [also the gag with Haruka's brother being the god of porn for some reason is pretty funny XD]

Also when it comes to the "mean senpai" joke, that guy that leaves every practice because "he has date with his girlfriend" only for Yamada to comment in his head "no, he doesn't" - I'm pretty sure that conclusion to this joke is going to be, him actually having a girlfriend, I'm calling for it right now XD

Also Kiyomine Haruka character - you look at him and think "ight this is just Haruka from Free", focused on the sport, talented, honest but well-meaning - most of those thing's are right except the "well-meaning" part, cuz him being an egoist and kinda a dick is so hilarious XDD - still his dynamic with Kei is both heartwarming, hilarious and tragic [yet again the scene on the beach]

so yeah I liked it XD, I could probably write more but I already wrote a lot haha

[Husbando count: 4 - Kaname being the best boy, with Chihaya, Haruka and Kirishima being after him]

oh that's lovely :DD I have it on my planned list! [as I'm slowly catching up to spring 2024]

omg I love the aesthetic of ur profile!! :DD [I love violet]

I used to call it " '00s band fanfiction: the anime". Goofy in a very nostalgic way :'D

inb4 you actually finish it before I do :D

Hey there gyanburubii!
Thank you very much for the Oblivion Battery recommendation this year! As you could probably tell looking at my list, I don't normally like watching Sports Anime (aside from volleyball, since I like watching that sport in general), especially ones that are mostly just one long tournament arc, so I do appreciate you trying to fill out this gap in my list!
I would say though, that in order to get my to like a Sports Anime (aside from being about volleyball), having it be about a bunch of goofballs having a great time is a good way to get me to watch it! The premise of the series and your writeup made me think of Big Windup which I've heard also involves Silly Bishounen Boys playing Baseball and have always been undecided whether to check it out or not... I can definitely say that I have heard too much about Oblivion Battery aside from maybe once or twice in passing!

In terms of the show itself, sadly I haven't had much of a chance to watch too much of it yet and have only seen the first two episodes. The two episodes were essentially just the premise and the regular club recruitment-type episodes that are mandatory for these type of series so I have not seen enough to get an impression of it yet, but so far it's been good enough that I will be finishing it! If you'd like I can tell you my thoughts once I finish the series (and get past the infamous episode 11)!

I did see in the list that you are an elf and not in the same group as me, so I'm guessing that my original Santa had some kind of issue getting a recommendation for me in time! A bit sad, but thank you very much for stepping in and getting something for me!

Hope that your holidays have been great and have a great 2025!

Workaholic buddies (≧▽≦)

Alright, now that we're friends, please tell me who the Gamble Bee is!

Interesting, I see! I only spent like a year being into Enstars, but even I could probably write an essay on how Gintoki is Rinne XD gin-san sibling arc when

I think Kagura better fits as Kohaku with her, ahem, family issues and general foreigner vibes. But if Sadaharu weren't there (and they both share the very hungry child trait), I'd very much agree that they both share too much to differentiate.

(also your ep 10 comment. relatable )

which one is himeru to you, i'm dying to know. sadaharu??

Awwww Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year as well! I'm gathering my brain cells first to put out a lengthy reply so please bear with this for now hehe ●|￣|＿. For this year, I got Tomodachi Game and Hare-Kon for anime and manga. Do you know about these titles? (๑>◡<๑)