How's the season going for you guys so far...

How's the season going for you guys so far? I've only been keeping up with Net-juu and am behind a few episodes of Mahoutsukai. I find myself dropping a lot of shows these days in favor of the manga, so I haven't bothered with stuff like Osake or 3-gatsu past the first few episodes. Still, I think there's a good few shows airing right now.

Ousama game is great to laugh a bit after a rough day.

>Enjoying
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
YuYuYu
Kekkai Sensen Beyond
Umaru R
Inuyashiki

Dropped:
Dies irae
Evil or Alive
Just because

Any thoughts on Just Because? I wanted to check that one out eventually.

It was meh and boring. It's not clear what the show is trying to be in the first few episodes.

Juuni Taisen is still good. I don't understand people's complaints.

I am enjoying this alcohols and board games advertisement.

Mahoutsukai is probably the best show of the season for me. Blend S and Just Because are quite fun. I'm not sure why am I still watching Imouto sae ireba probably because I'm always free when the episode comes out and watch it just to listen to the ED song. I'm thinking of dropping Net-juu because I'm starting to lose interest.

I thought this season was going to be terrible but it's actually turned out to be one of the best in a while. Kino no Tabi, Houseki no Kuni, and Shojou Shuumatsu Ryoko are all top-tier shows.

And there's a whole bunch of other things that are fun: Animegataris, Blend S, Inuyashi, Netjuu no Susume, Shokugeki S3, Kekkai Sensen S2.

Kings game is the best show, and after that mastrpiss there is Evil or Alive. Evrything else is (just good), or horrible.

It's ok.

>Still enjoying
Konohana Kitan
2Car
Nier mahou shoujo
Houseki no Kuni
Umaru
Imouto Sae
Vanishing Line

>Close to drop
Kekkai Sensen 2 (I dropped S1 near the end already and this season still isn't interesting enough. Wasted Potential the animation)
HQ Holder (not dropped but also didn't feel like watching past ep2)

>Ended up dropping
Net-Juu (you know why)
Juuni Taisen (nisioshit)
Die Iraes (muh kamige my ASS)

>Good Shows:
Mahoutsukai no Yome
3gatsu no Lion
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
Mahoujin Guruguru

>Not good, still watching:
Kino no Tabi
Urahara
Yuuki Yuuna
Konohana Kitan

>Dropped:
Houseki no Kuni
Inuyashiki
Imouto Sae
Blend S

>Excited to watch every week
Inuyashiki
Blend S
Adventures of a Cute Cake

>Enjoyable enough that I don't fall behind
Shobitch
Just Because
Imouto Sae Ireba ii

>So bad it's watchable but not really staying up to date
Ousama Game

>Dropped garbage
UQ Holder

Still enjoying the mediocre shows like Blend S, Net-Juu or Inuyashi and still have not scratched the big name shows like Mahoutsukai or Kekkai Sensen.

Also Blend S feels like a show literally made for me.

What's the appeal of Blend S

I've stuck with Mahoutsukai, which keeps suprising me just how good it is, and Girls Last Tour. I tried to watch Blend S earlier in the season, but it's a bit too boring for me.

I'll probably end up watching Inuyashiki if I ever get around to watching it.

Overall, this is a pretty good season, better than the last couple, for me at least.

They completely ran out of what little budget they had and it shows.

I still watch it for the tawawa designs. And I need my seasonal romance fix.

>Netojuu
Was ready to call it AOTS, but the last two episodes weren't as fun as the previous ones. I still have high hopes for it so I'll wait for the season to end before naming my AOTS.

>Blend-S
Nothing groundbreaking, but very fun with tasteful fanservice.

>Umaru R
>Shokugeki S3
Basically more of the same stuff, so mostly enjoyable but getting a bit repetitive.

>Mahoutsukai no Yome
Getting a bit behind. Still don't understand Sup Forums's hype, but I think I'll keep watching it for now.

>Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
This show is part comfy, part surreal, part depressing, so I don't know what to make of it. Feels a bit overrated, but still a good show.

>Kino no Tabi
Haven't continued past episode 3. It feels like the adventure of a true neutral sociopath plus babby's first philosophy class. I don't like how Kino passes (or doesn't pass) judgement like an emotionless robot. Might try another episode or two, but I'll probably drop it.

> Kino no Tabi
Might as well drop it now. Episodes 3-6 weren't that good too.

Just watched kino 6. it was complete trash. What were they thinking? Might drop.

Starting with this Kino was a mistake. Go watch the first one.

My favorites of the season are Net-juu and Umaru R.

Next tier of enjoyment would be Shokugeki no Souma S3, Kino no Tabi, and Sangatsu no Lion S2. These are fine and I'm mostly watching them because I watched the previous shows/seasons.

I'm watching Black Clover so I can shitpost about it on Sup Forums. I'm also watching the Imouto show but it's not really that great.

Don't care about anything else from this season. Dropped most of the shows.

>Look forward to and watch asap
Gembutts
net game
Just because!

>Watch when I have time
Blend S

>Watch when I'm bored
LN writers play board games
Kino

>Kind of holding off because it's too depressing
Two little girls struggle to survive in a dead world
Yuusha

>Dropped
Creepy wife grooming magician show
Lesbian racing

>Creepy wife grooming magician show

>Great tier
Net-juu
>Good tier
UmaruR
Last Tour
Fate
Okay tier
>BlendS
>Juuni Taisen
>Houseki Kuni
If-the-next-episode-isn't-good-I'll-drop tier
>Kino
Dropped tier
>Imuoto Sae
>UQ Holder
>Black Clover

Want to start Dies Irae but the lack of interest here worries me. Especially since it's a Nazi show which should lead to a lot of shitposting.

>Dies Irae
Watch only if you want to make fun of it.

>My top 3
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
Konohana Kitan
Houseki no Kuni

>Enjoying immensely
Kino no Tabi
Shokugeki no Souma 3
Juuni Taisen
Hoozuki no Reitetsu 2
Imouto Sae Ireba Ii
Blend S
Net-juu no Susume

>Also enjoying, but less than the above
Inuyashiki
Umaru 2
Sho-Bitch
Animegataris

>Backlog to enjoy on a rainy day (no idea if they are actually good or not)
Children of the Whales
Mahoutsukai no Yome
Kekkai Sensen 2

Too many people dying for comfy.

They killed off best pecker.

It's a killing game. What have you been expecting?

Spoiler: THEY ALL DIE.
Did you really think she had a chance at winning?

>have the same top 3
We have excellent taste.

She's adorable, though.

That is of hardly any use on the battlefield.

>AOTS contenders
Houseki no Kuni
Garo: Vanishing Line
Kekkai Sensen S2
>Good stuff
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
Konohana Kitan
Mahoutsukai no Yome
>Meh
Kino no Tabi
Two Car
>Dropped
Dies Irae
Juuni Taisen

Watch Houseki no Kuni.

Rate the idolshit this season.

For what purpose. It's the same unwatchable garbage it's always been.

I went into it blind just after hearing people mention it as something they were watching. One episode in and I deduced it wasn't for me.

Houseki no Kuni is so far above any other anime this season it's mind boggling.

It's weird for someone to enjoy Houseki no Kuni, but not also enjoy SSR, Konohana Kitan, Kino no Tabi and Blend S.

Watching almost everything except for the fujo shows. My top 3 are:
Whales
Gems
Potatoes

You can like one thing more than others while enjoying them all at the same time you know.

How do you mean? HnK is much more fast paced and heavy in drama/suffering/story compared to all of those sans some Kino episodes. I like those other shows but they're not similar to HnK at all, nothing this season is really.

But you wouldn't likely make a statement about only one of them being "so far above any other anime this season it's mind boggling."

It's a monster of the week anime, just like Juuni Taisen.

Did he say that he did not enjoy all those other shows though?

Net-juu thread turned into a giant butthurt NTR thread that it got deleted. lol. I think I am enjoying the show even more now

He can still like other shows while thinking Houseki is way better than the rest, since I share a similar sentiment.

>It's a monster of the week anime
Then again you come off as someone that's just baiting for replies so it's not like his sentiment matters.

When you call a slightly above average show "so much better than the rest that it's mind-boggling," yes, that implies that he's not enjoying anything else.

>Then again you come off as someone that's just baiting for replies so it's not like his sentiment matters.
Not an argument.

>Best so far
Sangatsu no Lion S2

>Enjoying:
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
Shokugeki no Souma

>It's okay
Umaru
Net-juu
Juuni Taisen

>Trainwreck but I'll watch anyway cause it is entertaining
Blend-S
Dies Irae

>Dropped hard
Black Clover
Imouto Sae

>Excited to start when I have time or may wait until it's closer to being done
Mahoutsukai no Yome
Inuyashiki

>Will give it a shot towards the end of the season:
Everything else

If that were the case I'd wonder why every Netjuu thread from the past 2-3 weeks didn't get nuked.

We went from blogshit to NTR. I wonder what's next.

Ballroom e youkoso is litty

When you call AOTY "a slightly above average show," yes, that implies that you think no other anime is worth much.

I actually think Girls Last Tour is pretty good desu.

How is it AOTS or even AOTY?

>enjoying Umaru
Your opinion is obsolete.

Best presentation (art direction, lighting, composition, visual inventiveness), best character interactions, excellent thematic exploration of identity, loss, longing, insecurities, loneliness, existential dread, mortality along with neat symbolism/imagery and wonderfully executed humour. Surpassed Rakugo for me desu.

*absolute

It is AOTS for many people. Beautiful visuals, good use of CGI for action scenes, great voice acting and expressions. Honestly have not seen much complaints about it other than "muh CG"

>Enjoying
Mahoutsukai
Shokugeki
Net-juu

>Reading tha manga
Inuyashiki

>Waiting till the season is over
Shoujo Shuumatsu
Osake wa
3-gatsu no Lion

>Best presentation (art direction, lighting, composition, visual inventiveness)
Verbal spaghetti that you threw at the wall and are hoping will stick. If you think otherwise, prove every single one of those with examples of why HnK specifically is better than every other anime this year.
>best character interactions
What does that even mean?
>excellent thematic exploration of identity, loss, longing, insecurities, loneliness, existential dread, mortality along with neat symbolism/imagery
More unsubstantiated, unjustified verbal spaghetti.
>wonderfully executed humour
It's not a comedy.
>Surpassed Rakugo for me desu.
Oh, you like Rakugo. That would explain why you are so confused.

I think there are some pretty good shows on, but I'm just not enjoying them. I can see why other people would like them, however. I think that's more a fault with myself than anything else.

All I'm tuning in for is Guru guru and Animegataris.

Don't get me wrong, it's in my top three anime for the season, but it's not AOTS, and it's definitely not AOTY.

Well, it's AOTS for that guy. Different strokes for different folks.

You can't even prove that.

Not an argument

I don't have to prove a negative.

I'm not making one. I'm responding to you.

>you should be writing a full wall of text for me despite me not raising any points or having anything to say at all. Also you're obligated to prove me wrong but I'm not obligated to prove myself right
This is you

Save this image and set it as your desktop wallpaper so you look at it every day.

>What does that even mean?
>verbal spaghetti
>You like x anime so disregarded opinon!
>Not an argument, just a response xD
Fuck off retard, no one likes arguing with brick walls. Don't reply to me, I'm not who you're arguing with you just piss me off.

Fantastic
>Mahoujin Guru Guru
>Net-Juu

Great
>Shukogeki no Souma
>Osomatsu San s2

Decent enough
>Blend S

Absolutely fucking terrible but enough of a monumental train wreck to be worth witnessing
>Osamu Game

Hot fucking garbage, as entertaining and enjoyable as a herpes outbreak in your asshole
>Umaru s2

oh yes and

Kinda boring, not worth continuing
>Black Clover

>no one likes arguing with brick walls.
What kind of cognitive dissonance do you need to be able to articulate that, and then go on to assert that HnK is AOTY because of its "character interactions."

Because you fucking dismissed ALL his claims with bullshit like "verbal spaghetti" and are begging to be posted proof of burden when you probably have a single sentence to reply to it with on how it doesn't meet your god like kino standards. Seriously fuck off, you don't like it, most of Sup Forums does. I don't get what the fuck you want besides attention, all I see you as is a god damn waste of time arguing with, there's no changing your opinion. Happy?

I'm over week behind with everything, currently watching SnS3 ep5.

Mahoutsukai no yome, Net-juu no susume and Umaru are the only good shows this season

(Different user) I really hate this board is full of retards (or shitposters) who demand proof when they only present negation.

I didn't present negation. I negated his presentation.

>AOTS
Just Because
Houseki no Kuni
>Great
ShuuRyo
Garo
Kotohana Kitan
>Good
Shoukoku no Altair
Two Car
Kekkai Sensen
Kino
3-gatsu
Infini-T Force
Inuyashiki
>Ok
Mahoujin Guruguru
Urahara
Juuni Taisen
Animegataris
>Kinda bad but not enough to drop it
Mahoutsukai no Yome
Imouto
Kujira no Kora
>Awful but too funny to drop
Ousama game
>Dropped
Blend S
Dies Irae
Sho-Bitch
Black Clover

I mean overall whole board, didn't read whole your conversation yet

Mahoutsukai is AOTS hands down

There is no conversation yet to read. All he did was list a bunch of unsubstantiated assertions, and all I did was point out to him that all he'd done was list a bunch of unsubstantiated assertions. Then he chimped out and several other idiots whiteknighted for him.

*disregard second "whole"

It has vibrant color designs, atmospheric lighting, effective use of negative/empty space and framing to convey loneliness or isolation. CG gives off an intentional uncanny effect (because gems) and realistic texture to their hair. The frame modulation, dynamic camerawork and 2D action effects add to its more visceral scenes. Not to mention the 2D close ups to portray more tactile, intimate gestures and interactions. Also hand drawn expressions to sidestep the flat look of 3D anime faces. It's a very creative adaptation in how it uses specific tools to its medium to reconstruct the source material into its own specific work of art. Simple panels are expanded upon to make full use of 3D space (scene of sensei blowing a gust of air).

The characterization is very consistent with well executed visual humour and body language (see the scene where they're all laughing at sensei/slug) rather than following overtly loud explanations of the joke in usual anime). The characters all have their own idiosyncrasies despite not getting too much focus and Phos as a main character, has tremendous development (in retrospect as a manga reader) but very obvious when you compare their character currently to episode one. All of those themes are so text rather than subtext that to refer to them as unsubstantiated verbal spaghetti is laughable if not delusional. The buddhist imagery and body horror as well as Phos' transformations should easily be among this year's most conceptually, visually interesting scenes in anime.

Now that I read more posts following chains I figured out that you are complete asshole user, who can't stand that other people can have different opinions than you. Life must be tough for you. Good that internet exist so even sperglords can think their miserable lifes matter.

>It has vibrant color designs, atmospheric lighting, effective use of negative/empty space and framing to convey loneliness or isolation. CG gives off an intentional uncanny effect (because gems) and realistic texture to their hair. The frame modulation, dynamic camerawork and 2D action effects add to its more visceral scenes. Not to mention the 2D close ups to portray more tactile, intimate gestures and interactions. Also hand drawn expressions to sidestep the flat look of 3D anime faces. It's a very creative adaptation in how it uses specific tools to its medium to reconstruct the source material into its own specific work of art. Simple panels are expanded upon to make full use of 3D space (scene of sensei blowing a gust of air).
OK, you've convinced me that it looks amazing.

>The characterization is very consistent with well executed visual humour and body language (see the scene where they're all laughing at sensei/slug) rather than following overtly loud explanations of the joke in usual anime). The characters all have their own idiosyncrasies despite not getting too much focus and Phos as a main character, has tremendous development (in retrospect as a manga reader) but very obvious when you compare their character currently to episode one.
I agree the anime has great characterization.

I am . I'm not saying HnK is shit, just that I don't agree that it's AOTY.

Houseki no Kuni continues to get better and better. I really recommend people try it out. It is still so underwatched.

I dropped Konohana Kitan because it was boring me to death. It has a cute loli foxgirl but that's all it has going for it, everything else is boring as fuck.

Doesn't it have one of the fastest threads, probably atleast top 3 this season, it's hardly underwatched.

The IP count is only around 100 or less. It's kinda like, only a few people watch it, but those who do love it and are extremely dedicated to it.

Not everything have to be fucking action galore for people with little attention span.

It's the 24th most popular show of the season according to MAL which is very much indicative of an anime's popularity in the West (26th really because LLS and Osomatsu are definitely more popular).

No, all that means is that people are posting more than once in the thread, engaging in a conversation. The thread will archive once it passes 500 posts, so a fast thread with lots of engagement isn't going to have a very high IP count. For example, here's this week's Kino no Tabi thread, with 450 posts, and there are only 150 or so IP's . The thread is very popular, but not that fast, since it was posted yesterday and it still up.

>MAL

The appeal lies in not being a gay faggot which can't value the fanservice

There are some people who knows what's really up with HnK from reading the manga. The best is yet to come. No matter where you are currently on the appreciation spectrum of the show, once the turning point is reached, you'll be sure to bump it up considerably. Judging from the replies, the person you are arguing with is a manga reader, which is why it makes perfect sense that it's an AotY to them.

According to MAL, comments on streaming sites, comments on Reddit, amount of Youtube coverage etc, it is though.

It's well-received in Japan, so I'm fine with it.

Not one of those things matter at all.
Japan seems to like it well enough and it's really well liked on Sup Forums, nothing else matters.

Doing well in Japan is good for the chance to get season 2. I'd still rather it be more popular in the west. It's kinda annoying when it's airing at the same time a Maho Yome, which got hyped to high heaven, way more than it deserves.