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It's not that bad. No, that is a lie. It used to be not that bad, but nowadays even long established franchises that used to be great to to hell and I'm sitting here, watching them, and suddenly I'm sitting through 39 episodes and two movies of Sailor Moon Crystal. I wonder if I should count Clear Card amongst those. I mean I knew going in that Discovery and Picard were most likely going to be bad, so I expected nothing else. Same for Sailor Moon Crystal. But Clear Card? No, in some ways, while it's probably, objectively (as objective as one can be), the best of the shows I've hate watched in the past two or three years, it was inarguably the worst experience for me. Because Crystal, Picard and Discovery at least made for fun forum posts. Clear Card... no, that's just sad. In terms of expectations and outcome, Clear Card was even worse than The Phantom Menace. There, I said it. I feel a bit lighter now. I'm already done with the first part of the OVA, but now it's time to sleep. I can say the first part was pretty good, but highly confusing. Seems like half of it went missing in editing (or more likely was never drawn in the first place). The music was pretty painfully 80ies at some points, but it does look a good deal better than Girls' Last Tour, as much as I like it in spite of its animation (except that one fanservicy part in the last episode).

Out of all the reasons why nobody should be like me, that's probably... Speaking of Vampire Princess Miyu, I've decided to shelf Tsu... a hell, Shaoran Gaiden Show for the time being, or at least get an episode in every now and then, and instead begin with that.

Girls' Last Tour Episode 9. GIANT ROBOT! And a smaller one!

Don't see the problem here, he's probably guilty of something else.

Right, my bad. He has to sell them as part of his parole (within the next 24 months), and probably because the court realized that they're not really get the fine from a 84 year old otherwise.

No, that's not it, the article is simply incomplete. The extreme time it took to process the case actually came from having to figure out whether tanks and anti-aircraft guns on their own constitue a weapon of war and therefore would fall under the Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz (lit. weapons of war control* law). Turns out they don't. He was convicted based on the other items they found at his home. Machine gun parts, ammunition, the works. Donating the tank and gun to a museum or some other eligible collector is part of his parole. That should clear up any confusion. If he just had the tank and the AA gun he'd been good. Hence some other German being allowed to take the AA gun. *As in regulation.

Currently having to deal with people who asks questions for the sake of asking questions. That's like passive-aggressive active procrastination, a great way to let me know that the other party doesn't want to do it, doesn't want to appear to not wanting to do it so they ask pointless questions in an effort to appear to have expended effort where none was necessary. Instead of, you know, just doing what they're supposed to do.

The way this anime flip flops between deeply philosophical and total nonsense is baffling, and I mean that in a positive way. At the end of espisode 8 they re-enact Usagi at parties.

Girls' Last Tour, episode 7. Yuu and Chi find a former industrial bakery and leftover ingredients. They bake new rations with what they find. And yeah, except for a bit of Chi and her fear of heights, this is actually all that happened in the episode. Oy, spoilers. Woops. Sorry! Episode 5 had this song:

This is why I suggested watching the 35 minute OVA between 4 and 5. While it came out after the 13 episodes of the series, it does bridge the time gap. If I remember correctly, the light novel begins with what is seen in episode 5. You wouldn't expect her assignment to be a total disaster if you had seen the OVA, and... it actually explains why Violet got the job, of all people. And nah, Princess Charlotte of Drossel is way too old for Pedosus.

Is that supposed to goad me into watching? Hah.

Netflix keeps suggesting me that, so I'll eventually end up watching it, I guess. Too much still to watch for now, though. edit: Thanks for the suggestion with Girls' Last Tour. Even if that should devolve into GIANT ROBOT MECH battles at the end it was still worth it. Done with episode 6 now. 5 was a little depressing even.

Cup't help you with that, then.

Mrs. Evergarden had nice cups too, but Violet ruined them. See?

Mine too. Come at me, then.

Yeah, I'm afeared I can't really say anything yet. But do keep watching, glad you like it. Also, what the hell, I leave for like an hour and this thread blows up. Heretic beats sociopath, I guess. I'd call that a win. Heh.

I'd love to get the cinema experience for this one, just like, in a real cinema. Looking at Germany in envy here. Guess there's a first time for everything, huh. edit: Our film and TV rating system keeps being ridiculous when it comes to animation. Not only did they put Grave of the Fireflies into the FSK 6 category (i.e. suitable for children of 6 years and older), but they did the same for Violet Evergarden. Hilarious. How inept can you get?

It's not easy coming up with ratings for me either, mostly because I usually tend to be the odd one out. I noticed that in the Music Club, even if we had universally beloved picks (interestingly enough they were almost always from the guys introducing classical music) I was the one liking the things the most that the others enjoyed the least. But in general, it's just a number instead of words, I guess. Average, above average, good, great, outstanding and once in a lifetime experience, for instance, could just as well be 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Like grades at school. Just with numbers, like we have (although for us, "1" is the best grade you can get). Have you ever seen the animeted Trek? If yes, is that anything good? Should I close that gap in my Trek knowledge?

Oh dear, I need a separate category for that, where it can rot together with American Pie and ever movie Adam Sandler ever "starred" in. -1/10? Funny, I had the feeling I was missing something from the "list", now I know what it was. I guess that's a genuine case of repressed ratings. That's not it. I didn't like Akira all too much when it was new and shiny either. That's why I said the rewatch did not improve my opinion. I stumbled upon it on Netflix, seems to have been added to our library recently. That also does not mean I can't regonize its importance.

I barely ever rate anything. For movies, if I rated something, I'd even have a "horseshoe" rating system where the points are given out on a scale that correlates with enjoyment the further away the points get from 5. 5/10 would be the worst thing, totally forgettable and perfeclty average. That's because I really enjoy watching films that show up on Best of the Worst. However, if I had to rate what I've watched since the Sailor Moon rewatch, it would look a bit like this, films and shows combined... well, in the spirit of the post, as it were: That's only because you're procrastinating and not getting to Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 2. I'm not entirely mooosprised by that. Sure seems like something Ikuhara would do. I'm fully aware of how ridiculous that sounds, but Utena opening that casked with Himemiya inside and later turning into a car to drive off with her explained so much it all started to click together, as long as you sift through all that white noise that was probably just there to pad out the runtime. Which comes back to the bad pacing. A little less white noise, perhaps, and this could have been legitimately, dare I say it, good. That might be lingering trauma from school. My poor mind was tortured with Kafka by my teachers. I can fully recommend The Metamorphosis! Can't say no to food when it so readily presents itself, hm?

That one is easy, just use "disgusting people who go against the natural order of things as mandated by god!" or DPWGATNOOTAMBD! Much easier to remember, and more on point.

Quick post because I really need to go to bed, otherwise tomorrow (well, today) will be bloody hell, but... I get that. CCS is so ludicrously well made - for the most part - that you can't help put place it above other shows that might have had more impact or meaning if you had to give out a number. Funny how you haven't even seen the episodes I would consider the absolute best of the series yet. Except 16, of course.

Well, that's it, this is going to be next after Girls' Last Tour, Stardust Crusaders and Ts... a screw that title, that other show with Sakura and Shaoran.