So doing a sort of anime-check in as the season winds down.

For the stuff I check out every week, thats...

Stuff I Really Enjoy
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Inept Villainess
Jaadugar
Clevatess II

Stuff I Like (But it just stumbles a tiny bit)
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Daemons of the Shadow Realm

Stuff I Didn't Think I'd Watch So Much Of
(But I Need to Watch Something While Eating Lunch)
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Victoria of Many Faces - It turned out okay enough and shorter than I thought it'd be.
All Works Maid - After the first few episodes, the focus shifts from Maid-y Sue to other characters. While Maid-y Sue is still the most important person in the story, having other perspectives from some of other characters really salvages this.
Frontier Lord - It was so weird; I had to watch more of it. Like a car wreck you can't turn away from. But I think I've dropped it now. It has an interesting take on beast-kin, I'll give it that.


As an aside, I was somewhat watching the one with Duke that Adores her or whatever but it's so dull. The male lead is somewhat interesting and the female lead is wholesome enough but it really needed some big plot to be happening in the background to give it that little something extra.

I also watched a few episodes of the Oblivious Saint one until it pissed me off. So the male lead has a sick brother. Male lead and his buddy ask the saint to help the sick brother. She does and the sick brother comes on to her! WTF. She doesn't invite this attention at all but just wants to help male lead and his buddy heal this guy. The male lead gets jealous and the buddy is, like, blaming the saint. And the sick brother is all smug about it. And the saint feels bad about all of this and sad that the male lead thinks she'd rather have his brother. DUUUDE. Fuck all of these men. They all go straight into the trash can.

Holy shit. I uninstalled Google Chrome on my laptop and then it jumpscares me and is all, "Boo hoo, you uninstalled us? WHY?" FUCK. OFF.

I could just click that I'll decide later but it's the principle of the matter! 

 

Chrome has actually made itself unusable for my personal computer. It insists I either use it as my default browser or say that I'll decide later. I decided now, idjits. I don't want you as default. I'm just gonna junk Chrome.

Shelly Fabares, Christine from "Coach", died on the 22nd.

I didn't think Tim was dead already but I thought he and Dolly were older than 80.

** Chainsmoker Cat **
I don't hate it but it's too gross that I can't love it. It's both good and also not something I want to continue watching.

I did find it weird that I came across comments on this show being "this is what depression looks like." Which, in some aspects, sure, I guess. Are all the gags included in that statement?

Also, why isn't she finishing these cigarettes? You don't smoke up to the filter but these seem a bit too long. Unless Japanese cigs have super-long filters or something. I dunno. Or maybe that's also part of the joke that she leaves them too long.

** Red River **
I forgot to post about this one when I saw it. It is pretty forgettable. Not terrible. Just kind of there...

** Isekai Foodie Anime **
Saw one ep of this. It seems okay. It doesn't seem to have much in the way of a plot though.

** Victoria of Many Faces **
This first episode was okay. I could see people being bored by this though. I might watch a bit more to see if it interests me, especially since I dropped the book so early.

For me, it wasn't so much nostalgia than the feeling that the story is being presented straight from a storybook. I think that feeling will fade once she's settled into modern Japan. Unless this is older Japan. But once a smartphone appears, the vibe is dead for me.

** Stepmother one **
I watched the Stepmother one on YouTube. It's there for free. I forget the full name of it but it's the one where the girl thinks the stepmom and daughters will be mean to her when they're just aggressively weird. It was all right. Feels a bit like the schtick might get old fast. Also, how is this a stepmom when I don't see the father around? I'm a bit confused about the dynamic. Is the father dead? Is he away for work?

** Goodbye, Lara **
Good so far but the proof will be in the next few episodes since this was all setup.

It's not a recap but it spends a few minutes recapping before getting on with the story. It is new content.

** Witch in Mongolia **
I don't know if I can stick with this. It's good but it also managed to break my heart in two episodes. I don't know if I can survive that week after week.

** The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me **
Kind of bored with this on the offset. I wish this anime had started in the middle of episode one because the "set-up" or whatever feels pointless. I fast forwarded and nothing of value was lost. As soon as I got midway, it started to get interesting and then it soon ended. I might watch another episode or two before making my mind.

Thanks to the PC-98 rabbit hole I mentioned in the other thread...

The algorithm's super broken but every once in a while, something nice makes it through.

For some reason, this video appeared:


And I've been down the rabbit hole of that channel's videos on PC88 and PC98 video games. And to think I was just fumbling around with Oregon Trail while all this interesting stuff was appearing overseas. But I didn't even get a computer until a couple of months before I turned 18.

And while it's not a computer, it made me nostalgic for my old Brother Word Processor, which I wrote stories on all throughout my teens before getting my first computer. I'm pretty sure it got stolen over twenty years ago the last time were we burglarized. They probably thought they were stealing a computer when they took it.