No.24771
>>24767Basically this.
>>24768Watching an episode isn't necessarily a failsafe, as there are many anime that either got a lot worse or got a lot better later. Plus, not everyone the time or energy to watch an episode of every anime when there are 50 anime every season and half of them are garbage.
Reading people's opinions isn't necessarily a failsafe either, but there are plenty of people online who actually put thought into their writing. And even "it's shit" or "AOTY" can be useful if a lot of people are saying it.
Shockingly, even as 4chan in general is shit, going and searching through the archive isn't a bad way to find various opinions. The year-end threads are particularly useful because you have a whole lot of people posting at once about the good and the bad.
No.24772
These days I usually keep up with maybe 1-2 current shows, and usually nearer the end of the season. I decide what gets in using similar methods to
>>24768.
The rest of the stuff I watch is backlog. Sometimes from last season, but typically further back than that. I'm doing about 5 shows total per season, but it varies.
No.24773
I've only been watching Hisomaso this season, next season I'll probably only watch Yama no Susume and some other random shit. I don't care about other people's opinions and I don't want to whittle down the whole lot so I just chose at random and based on what I've seen before.
No.24775
I am watching 30 without counting some shorts. Fight me.
No.24799
>>24771>going and searching through the archiveHow can you search if the search function is not working?
>the year-end threads are particularly usefulThey haven't been useful since mobile devices with internet connection became a thing, because normalfags can give false information when they are doing their normalfag activities on their smartphones. A few years back the holiday threads gave the best information and content because only abnormal people were posting.
No.24800
>>24768Oh, but that's quite heavy on the spoilers. Of course, if I'm wondering if I should pick up a show or not, then I probably don't care so much about the spoilers and then I also read opinions of other people.
But I must disagree with something else. It's quite rare to have a strong first episode of a weak series, and vice versa. Okay, I guess weak anime original first episodes of otherwise good adaptations happen more often.
No.24806
>>24799First of all, the search function works.
As for dumb phoneposters, it doesn't matter because the critical mass is still there. You are a fucking idiot if you put lots of faith into one person but when there are hundreds of people, chances are that you'll be able to get some decent information.
You are talking as if I'm putting all of my eggs into the same basket when in reality I'm keeping my eggs and inspecting all of the baskets that I might put them in.
On top of that, it's not hard to determine if a poster is a drooling retard. Don't think I'm getting "tricked" into watching bad shows by random internet dumbasses.
No.24809
>>24808I want nii-sama to have his own AU spin-off: a whole series dedicated to him pontificating, bullying, and otherwise whimsically ruining other people's lives. My favorite part of each episode is the preview where he performs his wonderful soliloquy.
No.24812
>>24800>It's quite rare to have a strong first episode of a weak series, and vice versa.On this point I agree with you, but I also agree with
>>24771, because the question is not so much how often it happens, but how often is too often (which again boils down to how much time you want to spend giving anime a try, and how much of a loss you get from watching shit anime).
But I'm generally closer to your camp on this. Although many a time I've felt cajoled by a good first episode, I can really only blame myself for continuing to watch after 7 mediocre ones. Most of the time, first episodes are good indicators of overall quality.
No.24853
>>24845Is the show finally getting interesting?
No.24863
Catching up with Caligula. It constantly depends on the narrative shortcuts we call clichés, but it actually puts work in them. So, while I can't call this "good writing", I do appreciate the diversity and freshness of the implementation. Heck, it's even doing well with the worldbuilding. And Satelight is handling the animation perfectly. I hoped to drop this, but seems I'll follow it.
No.24872
>>24871The death scene felt anticlimatic. Either because of
them having massacred everyone else a few episodes before that and I just got tired at this point. Or maybe its unlike in other shows where the people dying often make a last great stand. Here, people just die and disappear. I guess its fitting. People die, they don't get to be heroes and the world won't bend over for them. Nobody will remember them.
But this method also nicely drove home that Jill is a monster and what it means to be a monster.
No.24908
>>24872Yeah, I didn't feel anything. They were hardly subtle about her impending demise. Looking forward to more of Jill-sama's slaughterhouse.
No.24923
>>24922Romantic aspirations wouldn't go away, anon. When no males are around, women become lesbians.
No.25036
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Shit, I fell behind. Good night, sweet prince.
No.25041
Next time on Otaku ni koi wa muzukashii: will their relationship become something close to healthy or will this remain the romance with least chemistry in years? Nobody knows! Tune in this week to find out!
No.25053
>>25052How'd that show turn out?
Her dropping the 'I'm moving in six months' in the first few episodes completly turned me off.
No.25055
>>25053It is okay. I have read the manga. There is no real drama, just some little stuff that are actually okay. Of course there is a big reveal about that at the end (of the manga) and it feels a little rushed, but it is what it is. If we don't count the 6 months/reveal thing, it is a very okay romance story. And that's a lot more than I would say for a lot of shitty dramas out there. It is descent. The characters are nice, the relationship are well developed enough. They learn to share stuff properly. The usual complains are basically covered. It is better written than Wotaku for sure.
The anime ends at a descent point, but it also just kinds of end in the middle of nowhere, as it is the middle of the manga. It also implies as if something they say close to the end will be a problem later, but it is really not.
The anime overall is kind of cheap, so I would recommend just reading the manga, if you are going to check it out at all. You could watch the OP and especially the ED as a bonus to the manga experience.
No.25059
>>25051Wait, what? I thought this was one cour.
No.25060
>>25052Figures. However, 3D Kanojo doesn't have Sugita and Sawashiro voicing a couple, so I'm not forced to watch it.
No.25081
Final verdict on Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii:
"Danna S3 when?"
No.25097
>>25092I hope he breaks free and steals all the sticks that were locked up there.
No.25257
>>25252The picture. I'm quoting the picture.
No.25276
Caligula had one big problem: series composition. Machida Touko, while far from good, usually doesn't do such a bad job, so I wonder why this fail, especially around the middle episodes.
Rest of the anime was more or less okay. Nothing too special. For being "philosophical" it certainly regurgitated the same material every other teen series does. But it was nice, and the characters were diverse enough to actually be endearing. Single mom, hikkie in his 30s, a programmer mimicking his boss, I certainly didn't expect such character archetypes… or even any character to hit close to home. They were again nothing special when considered one-by-one, of course. But the anime did manage to ground them and not present them as "chosen ones" or something, so this "nothing special" can again be seen as serving the same purpose. This includes the villains too, which I also appreciate. Except Thorn; did I miss something? Did they never explain who Thorn, I mean, "Asuka" is?
Overall, I don't regret the time I wasted with this shit, and I even feel like rewatching it one day. That can only be positive, right? I'd even watch a second slice of life season with the same characters.
No.25278
>>25276Well it is based on a jRPG and in the anime they get their fighting powers only half-way in. 2/3 of the rest they spend in the club room, which is suppose to be their base of operation probably. I haven't played the game, but I can imagined the cut out content.
No.25281
>>25278The problem is not that they cut content, but how the rest of the content was pieced together.
Well, okay, I guess the Asuka thing is a problem of cut content. Unless I missed something.
No.25305
>>25304Ah, and.
P.P.S. I hope they adapt more from this author. More seasons of this series, or adapting some other series of his… either should be able to showcase improvement in his writing. Though, frankly, with 20+ volumes of this series, the anime would never catch up this 15 years gap. So it'd be better if some English publisher picks them up and translates them.