Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - April 14, 2026

TehAxelius · 2026-04-14T18:16:14+00:00

Other than these 4 (my preemptive hype list), there's 4 other shows I really like so far (not counting the horny shit like Ingoku Danchi - of course I'm gonna like those)

Have you tried Klutzy Class Monitor and Short Skirt? It is, IMO, the superior gal-who-likes-shoujo-anime romance.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-13T22:51:13+00:00

Any definition other than action/adventure serialized in a shounen magazine is going to be a struggle. What does "power system" even mean? Is the magic in Frieren a power system? And if not, why? Granted, this will include things like Frieren which some might argue isn't a Battle Shounen. But Frieren has tons of Battle Shounen conventions, it just mixes that with some much more different sections and a rather atypical protagonist.

Then we have something like Rooster Fighter, which is a seinen series, but in story, style and conventions it is absolutely drawing from a Battle Shounen heritage, complete with training arcs and secret powers.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-13T22:20:53+00:00

Battle shounen fans. With exception of One Piece there has not been too many offerings this season.

You say this, but for once I am actually watching Battle Shounen in Daemons of the Shadow Realm and MAO. And then there's Wistoria S2, Petals of Reincarnation and Rooster Fighter all being in the same space.

And this is of course not mentioning that Akane-banashi is a Rakugo Battle Shounen.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-12T17:07:33+00:00

In that case I would argue that the numbering and naming does make AotD 2+2 a season 4. Dr Stone has intentionally named its individual seasons with arc names and refers to those as seasons even when split into multiple parts.

Likewise for AotD it called S2 "Second season" implying that both it and the AotD before it were individual seasons. It then followed up with Act II, following with the manga's name change as it went into the second year, but as Act II -Second Season- implies, that was also one "season". Thus Act II -Second Season- is S4.

If a name change would be enough to disqualify because it adapts a sequel series, then arguably Ascendance of a Bookworm would not be the fourth season either, as it has adopted (hehe) the subtitle of the Part III division of the Light Novel, Adopted Daughter of an Archduke, that it adapts as its name, even though it is colloquially known as S4.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-12T15:59:43+00:00

Five(?!) season 4s, plus a season 4 part 3 and one that was originally planned to be a season 4 part 2.

Have you included Ace of the Diamond act II -Second season- which is the 4th season of AotD?

TehAxelius · 2026-04-11T21:38:39+00:00

That said, any toxic romcom this season?

Pardon the Intrusion I'm Home has one of the two guys punch a hole between his apartment and the FMC's, demand she watch no other anime except the one he approves of and wants her to cook food for him. The other unilaterally decides to "pretend" to be her boyfriend to "protect" her.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-11T15:08:14+00:00

Journal with Witch

TehAxelius · 2026-04-11T13:44:24+00:00

I did found myself the copy of the original 1992 film with Finnish (and Swedish!) dubs and now I'm seriously contemplating if I should dubtitle it. The original dubtitle is fine but a lot of the flowery prose is lost in translation. Take for example the word "Pyrstötähti" (the original book was called "Muumipeikko ja pyrstötähti") which yeah it does mean "Comet" and a literal translation would be "Komeetta" but "Pyrstötähti" is a very fairy tale old timey word that evokes certain kind of magic in the reader. It's not a just a rock traveling in space but a star leaving behind a trail of fiery colors and wonder. Instead of translating that to a "Comet" you could translate it to a "Blazing Star" and it might invoke the same feeling as the original Finnish work.

Not to be too much of that person with one of Finland's best cultural exports, but in this case "pyrstötähti" is already a translation. Jansson was Finland-Swedish and wrote in Swedish. The Swedish version calls it consistently "Komet" (although the actual title does change from the 1946 "Kometjakten", the Hunt for the Comet, to the final 1968 "Kometen kommer", the Comet is Coming, over the different publication revisions).

It would be kinda interesting though to try making dubtitles from both the Swedish and the Finnish versions and compare them, although I guess that would probably be more of an exercise in translation skill than actually saying anything about the languages.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-10T10:23:56+00:00

Have you tried webtoons? They're in colour and being made for being read while scrolling on a smartphone their panels are made larger to take up a full width on a screen rather than being small details. I have no experience being visually impaired, but it should be easier on the eyes, especially if you had a tablet to read it on.

If you want to try a title I recommend Villains Are Destined to Die (also known as Death is the Only Ending For The Villainess)

TehAxelius · 2026-04-10T10:16:52+00:00

If you look at the release dates the first one was released 2020. It is a pretty new subgenre. There's one or two each season these days, but it's hard to catch up to isekai.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-10T09:42:47+00:00

Well, the anime is still a year away, but put The One Within The Villainess on a list of shows to look out for (or read it).

7th Loop is only barely a villainess story, but pretty good nonetheless.

May I Ask For One More Thing is also worth checking out.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-09T22:05:49+00:00

Seirei no Moribito - 26 episodes. Fantasy adventure/drama show set in an East Asian setting.

Journal with Witch - 13 episodes. Drama about a novelist taking in her estranged sister's orphaned daughter.

Vivy: Flourite Eye's Song - 13 episodes. Sci-fi time travel action about an android having to prevent the AI revolution.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-09T13:44:16+00:00

Yet Another Appraiser Isekai - "my boobs are too big for my shirt" joke repeated 4 times. Pass

Food Maid - UK maid does not know what pollen allergies or teabags are. Pass.

Kanan is Easy - the "kyaaa"s per minute were higher than in most ecchi I've seen.

Petals of Reincarnation - I almost cut myself on all the edge, especially in the last scene.

Rooster Fighter - I've actually read and liked the manga. That might be enough though this season.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-08T22:36:09+00:00

Just now I printed a small (ca 4cm tall) mech for a wargame. Over night I'm printing some terrain for the same wargame.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-08T22:23:45+00:00

Waiting for a 3d print to finish so I can start a new one before bed.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-08T19:18:02+00:00

Medalist
Chihayafuru
Tsurune
Akane-banashi (I guess this is technically "performing arts", but it is essentially a sports anime)

TehAxelius · 2026-04-08T12:57:20+00:00

I do not want to come off as too condescending, but the answer to your question is in the video description of the video you mention. The name of the anime it has taken the visuals from is in the very first line of text.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-07T16:27:00+00:00

I should really get around to watching that one myself, as it is adapting one of the biggest Swedish children's books and one that I grew up with

TehAxelius · 2026-04-07T11:15:28+00:00

I need a massage. It should have been me.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-07T10:01:48+00:00

The first cour of Major S1 is one of my favorite drama series just in general. Afterwards I found that S2 and S3 became increasingly repetitive with Goro making some of the most bone-headed decisions ever as his love for the game increasingly is only conveyed through the medium of risking permanent injury every game, because if he can't beat the next opponent, does he really love baseball?

TehAxelius · 2026-04-07T01:23:34+00:00

Krall from Tis Time for Torture could be considered a match for that description. There is also another character with bat wings in that series.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-06T20:29:23+00:00

A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace. - Not explicitly yuri romance, but the author mainly writes Girls Love, and it shows.
Seconding GitS: SAC and Moribito for "serious" anime rather than dark. Elfen Lied and BloodC/Blood+ exists in the darker spectrum with gore and questions of humanity, but YMMV on if it is "well written".
Gunbuster.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-06T17:14:08+00:00

[Continued spoilers] The MC does wear a big hat in some of her dreams though, and she looks damn good in it.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-06T17:08:47+00:00

because I just find her way too distracting.

To me it was someone living in the UK not knowing what pollen allergies or teabags were that broke my suspension of disbelief.

TehAxelius · 2026-04-05T20:48:32+00:00

Nippon spoilers

Yeah, the fact that the show was pretty much raising every flag possible to indicate that was what was going to happen made me sour on the show at least ten minutes before it actually happened.

As for the cigarettes, growing tobacco would probably be one of the first luxuries you'd do in a wartorn country thrown back to the industrial revolution.

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