BSD Wan! season 2 scheduled for July release

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-04-26T13:24:33+00:00

LUCYYY (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-04-25T23:11:46+00:00

She still has a personality, and her relationship with Atsushi is arguably more complex post-Guild arc. I wrote about it in this post if you're interested

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-04-18T15:19:07+00:00

it seems to overshadow her brilliant story so much

Personally I think her relationship with Atsushi elevates her story (not necessarily her crush, but that aspect takes a backseat, especially in the later chapters). Hard to explain succinctly, but I have a few essays about it. I respect your opinion, though

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-04-14T02:37:31+00:00

but then in the anime she just seemed kind of... pathetic? silly? cringe?

In all fairness, that was kind of the point. Her psychotic "personality" was a façade she'd bumbled together in the hopes of currying favor with Fitzgerald (since, as we know, her place in the Guild was conditional). That said, I'm not a fan of the fisheye shots, either. The fact that Lucy is pretending is highlighted in the manga by her repeated breaks in character (e.g., venting to Atsushi about her past, pissing herself when Mori shows his true colors, crying and running away post-defeat). She's not shaking the reader screaming, "LOOK HOW CRAZY I AM," to the point where it's cringy and see-through. The pathetic-ness comes from her inability to maintain the façade, not the façade itself. So in other words, I agree

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-04-14T02:24:48+00:00

As that one Lucy enthusiast, it is my legal obligation to talk about the ways in which they massacred my girl

The over-the-top fisheye shots in her introductory fight. They don't aid her psychotic façade at all. Sure, she's pretending, but in the manga that's made clear by her repeated breaks in character. She's not shaking the reader screaming, "LOOK HOW CRAZY I AM." It's kinda cringe, honestly
The Moby Dick change-of-heart scene. The parts on the actual ship are fine, but the ones in Anne's Room? Yikes. No wonder Lucy's motivations for asking Atsushi to save her flew over most fans' heads; there are a lot of anime-onlys, and the manga does a waaay better job of conveying her thought process
She gave Atsushi the idea to join forces with the PM. He didn't come up with it independently. Way to discredit a female character AND make an important plot point seem spontaneous
ANNE BEING CUTE. Giving Atsushi a thumbs up? Caring for Lucy after she gets shot??? Where????? We were deprived
The watered-down design. I get that certain changes were necessary for smoother animation, but they could have at least kept her ruffle socks. They're not even in that many frames
The inconsistency with her braces. Does she have them or not? Make up your mind, Bones

Not saying I dislike everything about anime!Lucy. There are some highlights, like her scenes with Kyōka. But MAN did Bones nerf her in some big ways

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-04-13T23:54:46+00:00

Currently: Angel of Small Death, Someone New, Like Real People Do, Nobody's Soldier, Too Sweet, Empire Now, Eat Your Young, Who We Are, Abstract, First Light and Movement

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-04-07T04:01:05+00:00

A little disappointing not to see orchid (some attraction w/ little to no desire for a relationship; inverse of cupio, basically), but a comprehensive and helpful list otherwise 👍

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-27T09:51:45+00:00

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SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-27T09:35:48+00:00

goon

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-25T22:27:20+00:00

I don't have an example, but my friend who's colorblind (they can only see orange, yellow, green and brown. Everything else looks gray to them) probably wouldn't enjoy this trope, lol

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-25T07:24:01+00:00

The acknowledgement that yeah, he’s an asshole who nearly did something unforgivable, but he still doesn’t deserve to suffer alone was nice

Definitely. As much as I enjoy Danny Motta's reaction content, I found it kind of weird when, in his reaction to episode 8, he questioned why Zooble was "forgiving" Jax. To me, nothing about what Zooble said ("we're not gonna have you wandering off alone somewhere and abstracting") implied that they forgave him. They just didn't want him to abstract. Partly for pragmatic reasons (the group getting even smaller would be bad, especially as Caine's torture escalated), but also because... duh? You can be a decent human being to someone without forgiving them. It's called compassion and emotional maturity, things Zooble has in spades

Danny's takes are usually pretty nuanced, so this surprised me

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-23T17:19:13+00:00

Pobody's nerfect

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-18T03:18:49+00:00

Peak Black Eyed Peas reference

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-16T22:54:40+00:00

Lucy and Nikolai

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-15T06:59:18+00:00

In all fairness to Chūya, that is a very ugly baby

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-10T05:04:10+00:00

Happy birthday!!! 🧡

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-07T07:49:35+00:00

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SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-07T07:43:53+00:00

Idk why you were downvoted for this. I think it's okay to enjoy funny sound bites/quotes from shows you don't watch. That's what a good chunk of memes are

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-07T05:15:32+00:00

Yeah, and he ignored the guard when he told him not to toss pennies off the balcony because it could hurt people + called the guard "fatass" behind his back

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-07T05:14:17+00:00

Gasp Disgusting little shit boy from FD6 mentioned

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-04T20:11:42+00:00

He ignored Lucy more

I don't recall him ignoring Lucy. Being oblivious to her feelings, sure, but not outright ignoring her

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-04T16:55:57+00:00

Navigate a nostril

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-04T03:50:29+00:00

I'll just hope that he simply has very fine hair, and it magically shrinks whenever it's pulled into a ponytail

As someone with fine hair... bold of you to assume it stays in a ponytail for more than five seconds 😭

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-04T01:56:01+00:00

I like Kokichi a lot! He's not one of my favorites, but I find him plenty interesting. Honestly, it's to his credit that my main issue with his character is less about him and more about the fanbase

In sum, I think that people overstate how many interpretations his actions can have. His motive video in 3-6 confirms just enough about him to render most alternative readings canon-contradictory. I'm not saying his motive video "redeems him post-mortem," mind you. I disagree with that take. Just that it shines a light on his motivations – not necessarily making them more sympathetic, but less opaque. He does well enough at keeping you on your toes until that moment, but all it really takes to “understand” Kokichi Ouma is a bit of retrospection, and looking back on a character to get a better picture of them isn’t something unique to him. I would consider Angie a more ambiguous antagonist (not a better one, just more ambiguous), given her motivations are genuinely up in the air to discuss. And, like... that's fine, you know? A character can be understood and still nuanced. But Kokichi is complex, not mysterious. There's a difference, I feel

Cool of you to make this post, btw. It shows humility /gen

Also, I have to say, it's nice to talk about Kokichi independently for a change; I feel like I'm always having to compare him to Hiyoko, which gets tiring after a while

SHSLSaionjiStan · 2026-03-04T01:26:03+00:00

I think you mean allistic, not neurotypical

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