#Jeffu watches Love Live! Sunshine!! yo

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Oh yeah 2017 ended so I can properly say this: Houseki no Kuni was AOTY 2017, hands down. Literally no contest

my other favorites were

Kemono Friends

Sangatsu no Lion

the Castlevania Netflix show

Kuzu no Honkai

Kobayashi-san

Love Live Sunshine s2

Tsurezure Children

There were other shows I watched this year that didn’t air this year so I don’t think they belong on the list (like Mitsudomoe and Yami Shibai)

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season 2 of Riko Live! Rikoshine!! aired, and I’m very excited :>

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this week was a Riko (and Yohane) episode I’m truly blessed......

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how is season 2 of Love Live Sunshine so goddamn good lmao

I love this show........

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shitting on Eromanga sensei just made me think about the stuff I watched in 2016; for no good reason, and at 7:30am, in fucking May of 2017, why not rundown a quick scramble of my favorite anime I watched last year.... for memory’s sake:

Ajin - I really, really don’t do shonen, and I don’t often do action either, but Ajin is just way too fucking cool. If you make any kind of story intriguing through worldbuilding like Ajin’s got, I’m in. Such an awesome story because of the thoroughly fleshed out supernatural stuff, and it’s always a plus, for me, when the protagonist is someone who’s curious about the world of the story alongside the reader/viewer.

Also, Ajin is CG animation, which had every right to be terrible, but was honestly incredibly done. I don’t even mean in the “well, it’s not the worst, so I can at least watch it...” way - it genuinely looks fucking great. Lots of impressive detailing, like in subtle facial expressions, that you’d think would just be passed over in something CG.

Danganronpa 3 - I didn’t think it could be done after the underwhelming anime about DR1, but both DR3 shows told original stories loaded with Danganronpa vibe and style that made me feel the same excitement and despair as reading the fuckin SA threads way back when. Watching the new episodes every week with my friends will remain one of my all-time favorite “Live Experiences” you can’t really replicate if you get into media long after it’s new, if that makes sense.

Love Live Sunshine! - This show was so fun to watch I think I ran at least 10 of the episodes straight, and what’s funny is I can’t really remember what hooked me in. The characters are really spirited and endearing, and although all the conflicts (if you want to call them that) were relatively mundane, I still really wanted the Aquors girls to make it...! I don’t even remember any of the music, which is supposed to be the draw of idols content.... my bad...

Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan - I’m pretty sure Saiki was the funniest anime I’ve watched in years. I don’t watch that much comedy, because if it doesn’t make you laugh pretty quickly, then it doesn’t seem worth your time, which can make it tough to judge as a genre. But Saiki was consistently funny in a way that’s rare between me and rapid paced gag-a-minute shows. Even though it’s downright stupid at times, the stories in this show were genuinely amusing to me, and all the more for the fucking protagonist, whom I love. Saiki’s absolute disdain and disinterest in everything could have been so repelling, but he tied the show together for me - a true straight-man in a world of fools.

Nobunaga no Shinobi - Amazingly, this show’s runtime is 4 minutes flat. I’ve watched over 30 episodes now and I can barely remember any of them, but somehow, that’s what I love about this one. It’s as effortless to watch as breathing, a nice 4 minute break every week. Its semi-historically-accurate telling of Nobunaga’s rise to power is a fun premise even though I don’t have a native’s familiarity with Japanese history, and it’s cute and appealing even if it didn’t elicit any laughs.

Sangatsu no Lion - This show became like fucking meditation for me. I would eagerly await Saturdays, making some time in the evening to disconnect, relax, and put it on. I love the weird slice-of-life/shogi focus of the show.... I don’t really know how to summarize it. It’s not “about Shogi” like a sports anime would be, but it’s “about Shogi players.” The art was gorgeous, just fucking incredible - I had like 5 separate posts on here that were basically “Look at this fucking show!!” Very pleasant, calming experience for me, even though Rei’s emotional state sometimes changed the mood of everything.

Luckily for me, Love Live, Saiki, and Sangatsu are all slated to continue, and Nobunaga already has been. These shows are my favorites from 2016, and I only hope that I can find some suitable shows to watch in their place this year in 2017. It has been.... rather dry, so far....

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GIVE ME ALL PICTURES OF RIKO!! I LOVE

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Riko’s so pretty I feel like I’m gonna die ... ................... .

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Love Live Sunshine was really good!!

the characters were fun and cute, the story was lighthearted and feel-good, the colors and animation were really appealing, the music was catchy...!!

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AW MAN DON’T THROW THIS LOVE TRIANGLE AT ME

I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPY FOR CHIKA + RIKO.............................

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Love Live Sunshine has been really enjoyable so far! I feel like I’ve learned to love “feel-good shows.” Gokaiger started my definition of what that means but LL has continued to hone it.

the plots don’t have to be super complicated but they manage to show you what the characters care about and present them problems that they can learn to overcome!! it’s just simple fun, and if you love the characters then it feels all the better to watch them have ups and downs.

even if it’s goofy, it’s also really nice for these shows to have a lot of energy!

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holy hell Saint Snow goin hard

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mfw I remember my younger sister used to really love The Cheetah Girls way back in the day and I suddenly realize Love Live is like anime The Cheetah Girls