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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 44] (ani.social)

submitted 4 days ago by wjs018@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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Welcome to another general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread to talk about things you have watched recently, questions you have, or recommendations you want to give!

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[–] Rottcodd@ani.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Current season:

My Friend's Little Sister Has It In For Me is okay all in all, but the MMC is starting to grate on me, the rest of the characters are drably cliched and the story hasn't engaged me.

May I Ask for One Final Thing?, on the other hand is excellent, and at this rate I'm not going to be surprised if it ends up the hit of the season. Scarlet is a tremendous character, and Julius is every bit her match, the fight scenes are both glorious and hilarious (Scarlet spinning a corrupt noble around by his heel with a chamber orchestra playing in the background was a highlight, as was Scarlet punching out a dragon then making it her pet), and the plot looks poised to take off. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

The only other thing of note I watched last week - because it happened to remind me that it existed at a moment when I had nothing else grabbing my attention and the time seemed right, I dipped back 20 or so years into my TBW and watched Paranoia Agent. And it was worth it. It was very early-2000s, with lots of symbolism and an only tenuous connection to reality, and it lagged a bit with a couple of filler episodes at about the 2/3 mark, but was otherwise engaging and stylish, and it ended strong.

[–] hitagi@ani.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I really loved the filler episodes of Paranoia Agent. I actually liked it more than the whole series itself lol

[–] Rottcodd@ani.social 2 points 4 days ago

Well...

Actually, thinking about it, just taken on their own, they were some of the best filler episodes I recall seeing. And to their credit, they did fit into the timeline too - they neatly filled in the gap between the cops getting fired and settling into their new roles.

But it still felt to me like the overall pacing unfortunately lagged there.

I'm going to undoubtedly watch the series again - maybe my opinion will improve. And either way, the series as a whole was quite good.