Was this supposed to be 1 or 2 cours? Since Summer is ending, and Fall shows are going to take this spot, I can see why they'd just put it on hold until they're ready. Lots of shows have been doing that lately (Nier, Misfit of Demon Academy, Ayakashi Triangle off the top of my head.)

I feel bad because the show started really strong, but the repeated delays caused it to lose a ton of steam. I may try the live action movie on Netflix to see where the story goes/see if it's worth it to pick the anime back up when it comes back.

Last year I think. The lead singer has started a new project called Q.I.S (Queens in Sweaters) with 3 songs out so far, plus she wrote stuff for halca and performed some with Kana Boon. Miku (the drummer) is doing some DJ sets and playing drums with some other bands. The bassist seems to be taking a break for now and hasn't been up to much.

It shows up at my local grocery store every now and then for the normal price. They still have the tag for it, with all the rest of the knock offs, but it does sell out quick when it comes in. I snagged a bottle a month or so ago, as none of the replacements scratch the same itch and my kids only like the real stuff.

Went into this show completely blind, and have to say it's one of my favorites this season. Early on candidate for AOTS for me. Once the show is complete I may have to pick up the source material, as I hear it is also amazing.

I even know someone who smokes menthols because he said it makes people less likely to bum cigarettes off of him.

That's why I switched to menthols back when I smoked. That, and I just liked them more. I didn't like the ultra menthol ones like Kools or Benson & Hedges, but Marlboro Milds were just about perfect, and the amount of "Oh...those are menthol? Nevermind" was the cherry on top.

Is anyone else getting possible demon lord vibes from Patrick? There was a lot of focus this episode on him being so impressed with Yumiella being open and owning the "bad" things about herself, and how he went to great pains to hide his own flaws. IIRC the game didn't really focus on Yumiella too much, so maybe the two of them teamed up/why she was the hidden boss. Just something that occurred to me while watching.

Wait, so you mean the absurdist comedy movie made by the guy that made Beavis and Butthead doesn't go deep into the causes of the issues experienced nor tackles potential solutions?

Please tell me that the 2nd cours is starting up right away? That was so much of a trolly cliffhanger.

I'm excited to see Helck's backstory and more of their journey home.

*Anyway, I wonder how it will be received by viewers who are not part of Love Live fandom. * It's me. I've never engaged with Love Live at all, and was unaware that this show was affiliated. I saw a new show on CR, so I gave it a shot. I really enjoyed it thinking it was a standalone show. I'm not normally one for idol shows, so knowing now that it's part of a huge franchise, I wonder if things will stay small/localized. Definitely saw enough to keep watching though.

I have no idea how Frieren and Apothecary Diaries have fallen. They're so good! Ragna Crimson is ok, but not better than either of those two. JJK chugging along I can see, but I always feel guilty watching it because of all the drama with the attempted NDAs and conditions for the animators.

I unfortunately didn't see the thread until after the poll was closed, so I wasn't able to participate. Personally, I like the way the threads are now, although I wish they were a little bit busier. I'm trying to be the change I want to see by commenting on shows that may have 0 comments, and upvoting (what's the proper Lemmy term for that) all the shows I'm watching. I don't watch shows until the evening time, but I really enjoy coming on here the morning after and seeing if anyone else is watching/commenting.

I checked out the other thread, and wasn't really a huge fan of any of the other ideas. The closest one I could get behind was the single post per day for all the shows, which would cut down on the number of threads, but would probably be a barrier to participating in that you'd have to remember what day your show was on and may have to wade through comments on shows you're not watching/get spoiled. Anything other than the way it is now would probably lower participation, in my opinion.

I understand the frustrations of being relegated to wing-man driver and occasionally feel like team doesn’t support you unfairly,

I was thinking this exact thing. Like when he was making the suggestion, and then got let down, I was on his side that the team wasn't being fair. However, him snarling at Haru and refusing to follow instructions really shows why he's the wingman driver and not the main event.

Oh man. :( That's so sad to hear. This has been on my ptw for a while.

I agree with both of you on everything. While the first part of the show was amazing, they really fumbled things with the middle portion up to the end. Even this last episode, while it had a lot of good stuff, kind of felt like "too little too late" and didn't really pack as much of a punch as it could have.

I also really hate how all these people who have done horrendous stuff are just given a pass. It's very frustrating and tonally doesn't make sense. It seems more like it's just convenient to ignore that kind of stuff (shades of abuse in real life maybe?) but very unsatisfying.

I'll give season 2 a shot, but it's going to be on a short leash.

This episode made me super angry with everyone. After 2-3 fillerish episodes, the action finally starts, and things go to shit for Miyo again. Kudo not listening to her. The trash Usaba family that let her suffer for her entire life all of a sudden showing up like you're dad's 3rd cousin after you won the lottery. Them stating "we can totally teach her to fix the nightmares, but we're not going to" and deciding things with a duel. Just overall a very frustrating episode.

I feel like her mom sealed her power to hide her from the trash family because she knew what they were like. I doubt she planned on dying, so she figured she'd be there to unseal the powers and help Miyo learn to use them when she was ready. Just tragedy that she ended up not being there, and the family she ran away from got their claws on Miyo anyway.

I will say the episode this past week was much more serious than past weeks, and that might be part of it. Less of Kazuya being a scumbag and more just kind of wholesome. I'm sure it will get back to the usual "ugh" soon.

I’m thinking he’s going to propose a marriage between Sei and the second prince

That was exactly my thought. They've done too much to set this up with the episodes this season. The "you're gonna lose her, someone else is going to take her" speeches in previous episodes, all the dudes at the ball hanging around, and of course the prince that she didn't know about before all of a sudden showing up wanting very much to meet her. It all adds up to exactly what you suggested. I'm curious to see how it plays out.

I think the first half of this show was really strong, but I feel a bit disappointed by the latter half.

This is where I am. The first few episodes were so strong, and I was genuinely excited to see where it went. Then it went to filler episodes where you would think with all the care and affection she was being shown, and the things she was learning, she'd become stronger and more her own person.

I really feel like if the Usubas start pressuring her to use her power for evil, as it stands now she'd do it and hope that someone would come save her. That's pretty disappointing to be honest.

I'll finish the show, but with the lack of development, it makes me wonder if the source material is the same and Miyo will just be a low self esteem damsel in distress waiting for Kudo to come make her happy. Not sure I'm interested in continuing if that's the case.

Same! I also thought up until around last episode that the dad was actually not strong or anything (which is why nobody had heard of him and he had a bad opinion of himself) but then he whooped that A rank without sweating.

I enjoyed this show overall, but I feel like it got too spread out and really convoluted. I wish they had kept the focus on maybe one or two things, rather than starting so many threads and really making progress on none of them. I really enjoyed the "fish out of water" of the first couple of episodes, and the dynamic with the special cops. Then you bring in the family, Lemmings, the Firebug, Solitaire, the secret society, the ninja clan, the past, etc. and there didn't seem to be enough time for anything to stick out.

If it gets a season 2 I will watch it, but I really hope they try to close out some of the threads or pick something to focus on