#and it was fun to heckle things like orange carrots in vinland saga

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My best friend and I have a running anime night, and the past few shows have been things like Demon Slayer: Entertainment District, Chainsaw Man, Vinland Saga s2, and JJK s2. And today we watched the first few episodes of Ancient Magus Bride s2.

And BOY OH BOY apparently I had been more fed up with edgy/grim media made for 16-20 year old boys than I realized because seeing a fantasy anime aimed at young teen girls was a BREATH of fresh air.

Like. Yeah. It's not trying at subtlety. Our protagonist is usually the Specialest and Bestest. And it often takes the easy quick emotional hits instead of building them up. But it at least USES other emotions than "horror" and "sadness" and does a pretty decent job writing, designing, and animating women. And also uses the whole color palette instead of just Dark (lookin at you, jjk)