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Event "Welcome to the Kawaii Dream World!"

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Best Underrated Anime Group H Round 1: #H3 vs #H6

#H3: Two guys time-travel through photos. Depression ensues.

Best friends, roommates, and business partners Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang run a photo studio, developing pictures and the like. But that’s not all they do. The Shiguang Photo Studio has a secret extra service—they can deliver messages you never got to send and find information you never got to learn, so long as you bring a photograph, or maybe several.

Their method? A clap of the hands, and Cheng Xiaoshi dives into the past and into the body of the photographer. Guided by Lu Guang, he has twelve hours to achieve his goal, whether that is finding a secret, saying goodbye, or winning a fight.

Assisted by their friend and landlady Qiao Ling, the duo navigates a gallery of corporate lies, interpersonal drama, old regrets, and crime. The recently released second season continues threads that begin in the first episode of season one, showcasing the same level of brilliant writing and even higher stakes for our beloved characters.

#H6: Cozy slice of life about a high school girl with a camera

In her last year of middle school, Fuu Sawatari had trouble dealing with her emotions following the sudden death of her father. Through the help of her brother and childhood friend, she rediscovered her love for photography, an activity she and her father often did together. In addition, she decided to attend high school in Takehara, her father's hometown and a place they often visited when she was younger.

It has been one month now since Fuu moved to Takehara and became close with her current group of friends: carefree Kaoru Hanawa, excitable Norie Okazaki, and quiet Maon Sakurada. Together with them and several acquaintances around town and abroad, Fuu continues her mission of capturing the joys of everyday life using her father's camera, while also helping her friends discover their own passions.

Titles, propagandas, trailers, and poll under the cut!

#H3: Link Click (Shiguang Dailiren)

Propaganda:

(Admin: Five people submitted different propagandas for this. Instead of posting each of them as they are and making this post even longer, I merged them altogether for coherence and brevity.)

Link Click is a show that is criminally underrated outside of China that it’s become a running meme in the fandom (i.e. Link Click fans to everyone they know: WATCH LINK CLICK!!!). Some people are just so resistant to watching anything Chinese that even others in the Link Click subreddit prefer its Japanese dub—which is sad because they don’t get to hear certain nuances in the original audio. It’s also just really frustrating how xenophobic people can get.

Anyways, the beauty of Link Click lies in its simplicity. For a time-travel show, you’d expect our characters to tackle on tasks that involve the fate of the world or something, but no. In Link Click, it’s all about the ordinary person. All the people Cheng Xiaoshi dived into have been your everyday person—an office woman who gets harassed at work, a restaurant owner who’s grown estranged from her best friend, a man who misses his first love and his old friends, a man who wants to gain the approval of his girlfriend’s family, etc. Even when the stakes go high in season 2, the core of the conflicts still lie in the personal problems that the characters face—which may seem small in the grand scheme of things, but they are not any less important.

And I think that’s beautiful. It’s hard to relate to grand plots of saving the world or facing an apocalypse and whatnot, but it’s easy to relate to the day-to-day struggles that humans face. 

But it’s also depressing, in a way. Link Click is very adamant that the past remain unchanged. Cheng Xiaoshi has to go there, do his mission, and then leave the past as it is—which is difficult when he gets to feel the emotions of the person he’s possessing. Many times he wants to change things for the better, but Lu Guang always pulls him back. 

Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang’s relationship is also really nice. Cheng Xiaoshi is the empathic and reckless type, while Lu Guang is the rational and cold (but inwardly a dork) type. They balance each other out, and when they have conflicts, they face it maturely. They also care for each other so so much that the moment the other is in danger, all their personal philosophies get thrown out the window just to ensure the other person’s safety.

The male characters also cry without getting emasculated. They have mental breakdowns that are done so well and feel like a real reaction instead of just the solitary tear down one’s cheek. 

Link Click… is not a gentle show. It will strongly grab your heartstrings and make you cry several times. It doesn’t pull its punches, and it’s always happy to hit you with the “past or future, just let them be” beam. It is cruel, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Lastly, Link Click is really about friends being there for each other in hard times, and knowing that while it’s impossible to take all those painful memories back, it is possible to take them with you in the future and turn them into something beautiful.

On Soundtrack: The soundtrack of this show is just amazing. The s1 opening song may seem all fun and games with the finger-tutting, but after s2, you’ll realize how meaningful the lyrics are. The s1 ending is also iconic for us fans. It starts playing before the episode ends, and the ominous start of the song always sends chills down our spines because it signals that something has gone wrong.

The s2 soundtrack gets even better. The s2 opening’s second chorus is basically just the first chorus played in reverse. The director specifically requested for a song that would sound good even when played in reverse, and it’s amazing how the band managed to pull off something so difficult. The s2 ending, like the s1 ed, continues the Link Click style of playing before the episode actually ends, making the last few moments of the episode even more emotional.

Trigger Warnings:

S1: Flashing lights in the opening, attempted and implied sexual harassment, slight panic attack, death, kidnapping, drugging, suicide, blood. Complete list of TW’s for s1 can be found here (it may be spoilery)

S2: Fast-changing images in the opening, domestic abuse, child abuse, emotional abuse, violence, blood, murder.

#H6: Tamayura: Hitotose

Propaganda:

No stakes, only warmth. Tamayura: Hitotose is the single coziest anime I have ever watched. It is like Moomins or Studio Ghibli (without all the excitement), in that after watching it you feel like the greatest magic the world has ever known is a home-made bowl of soup, a trip to the mountains, a photograph of a memory. Which is all true. Animes like this teach you to live right, and that's why we need them. Also to teach us to be "more aggressivu!" If you ever have a really rough day/week/month/year/decade, let your soul be soothed and watch Tamayura: Hitotose.

Trigger Warnings: Unknown.

If you’re reblogging and adding your own propaganda, please tag me @best-underrated-anime so that I’ll be sure to see it.

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DREAM MEISTER & THE RECOLLECTED BLACK FAIRY

TAMAYURA CHARACTER CARD #2

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The other day, I was heading to the warehouse in the mansion with Shiranui.

SHIRANUI : Sorry to bother you with this. I just can't seem to find the ritual tools I put away.

EMMA : No problem. Hopefully we can find what you're looking for!

EMMA : …Huh?

It was there, under the shade of a nearby tree, I caught sight of a familiar figure…

EMMA : T-Tamayura…!?

SHIRANUI : Hm? What's the matter, is something wrong?

EMMA : Just… Look at him over there…

Many birds had perched themselves upon Tamayura's body, sitting peaceful on his head, shoulders and arms.

SHIRANUI : Oh, right, no wonder you're surprised, it's your first time seeing it.

EMMA : So he's always like this?

SHIRANUI : Yeah, it looks funny, doesn't it? Tamayura covered in birds!

As soon as we walked up to Tamayura, all the birds that had been perched on him took off at once.

TAMAYURA : …Shiranui, Emma. Whew… Good morning.

EMMA : That was amazing!

TAMAYURA : ...What was amazing...?

EMMA : So many birds were resting on you, Tamayura!

TAMAYURA : …Oh, yeah, we were just taking a nap together. They're all such good friends.

EMMA : Sorry, I chased all the birds away when I got too close…

TAMAYURA : …Ugh.

EMMA : So… You like birds, Tamayura?

TAMAYURA : Yes… That's right. I love them. I can't choose my favorite. They're all my friends.

Tamayura held a leather sack filled with grain in one hand.

EMMA : Oh, so you were feeding your friends, I take it?

TAMAYURA : …If the birds are full, then maybe they won't eat the bugs as much.

EMMA : Bugs?

TAMAYURA : …It's inevitable that we all have to eat to survive, but life is life.

TAMAYURA : Birds, insects, humans, we're all the same. The weight of our lives are equal.

TAMAYURA : So, even though what I'm doing right now is a very, very, small thing in the grand scheme of things…

TAMAYURA : I still… Wanted to do what I could to help…

EMMA : I see…

EMMA : So you want to take care of everyone, then? Birds, insects, people, even plants for that matter.

TAMAYURA : …Mm.

SHIRANUI : It's one of Tamayura's strongest qualities. He's kind to everything.

SHIRANUI : He's also so easy going and can joke around while keeping such a straight face.

EMMA : He can do that? …Tamayura can?

SHIRANUI : Yep! He's also a surprisingly big drinker! He loves to party and always takes the lead dancing at festivals!

TAMAYURA : ………

EMMA : (That's so surprising…)

From there, Shiranui shared all his stories and memories of Tamayura with me.

And by the time we'd found the ritual tools in the warehouse, I could safely say my image of Tamayura had wildly changed.

EMMA : Whoa, really? You danced 'til morning during that festival?

SHIRANUI : By the end of the night we were all so exhausted and drunk. Tamayura and I were the only one's left standing.

TAMAYURA : …I was having so much fun. I lost track of time.

EMMA : I wish I could have seen it. It's hard to imagine Tamayura getting in the groove.

SHIRANUI : Haha, it's only a matter of time now you're here.

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On the way back to the house, Asahi noticed us and rushed over.

ASAHI : Tamayura, our guests from Koyomi no Kuni arrived earlier than expected. They are waiting for you in the guest room.

TAMAYURA : …Okay, got it.

EMMA : Visitors?

TAMAYURA : Yes. They have a request for me.

EMMA : Oh?

TAMAYURA : Emma, if you don't mind… Would you like to sit in on the meeting?

TAMAYURA : You said you wanted to see my work.

EMMA : Huh!? Yes, please, I'd love that!

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TAMAYURA : …My name's Tamayura, Master of Talismans. Is your request in this package?

OLD MAN : Yes, yes. I hear the Master of Talismans here at Eternal Flower is very talented. I need you to do something about this…

The old man slowly unwraps the furoshiki to reveal a doll of a girl in a red kimono.

TAMAYURA : …It's beautiful. But it's on the verge of becoming something bad.

EMMA : What does "something bad" mean?

I glanced across to Tamayura and saw Mashiro standing in the shadows, her heckles raising menacingly as she glared at the doll.

The temperature in the room seemed to have dropped all of a sudden, causing my shoulders to shudder with involuntary fear…

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Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin (2015), EP 2

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Event "A New Year Full of Blessings With You"

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Group H round 1 winners are out!

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Today's anime cat of the day is:

This kitty from Tamayura: Hitotose!

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