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The Prince of Tennis: Mini Portrait Set & Storage Case 

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not the eye contact 😭 the inside joke that they were sharing oohhh

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New Prince of Tennis 374

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Weekly Shonen Jump 55th anniversary appendix in Weekly Shonen Jump 2023 issue #33

1968 Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #1 Otoko Ippiki Gaki-Daisho by Hiroshi Motomiya 1969 Dr. Toilet by Kazuyoshi Torii 1970 The Gutsy Frog by Yasumi Yoshizawa 1971 Tezuka Manga Award 1st Edition Samurai Giants by Ikki Kajiwara & Ko Inoue Boy of the Wilderness Isamu by Soji Yamakawa & Noboru Kawasaki 1972 Astro Kyudan by Shiro Tōzaki & Norihiro Nakajima 1973 Play Ball by Akio Chiba Hochonin Ajihei by Jiro Gyu & Jo Big 1974 Akatsuka Manga Award 1st Edition 1975 The Circuit Wolf by Satoshi Ikezawa Doberman Deka by Buronson & Shinji Hiramatsu 1976 Toudai Icchokusen by Yoshinori Kobayashi Kochikame by Osamu Akimoto 1977 Ring ni Kakero by Masami Kurumada Susume!! Pirates by Hisashi Eguchi 1978 Cobra by Buichi Terasawa 1979 Kinnikuman by Yudetamago 1980 Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama 1981 Captain Tsubasa by Yoichi Takahashi Cat's Eye by Tsukasa Hojo Stop!! Hibari-kun! by Hisashi Eguchi 1982 High School! Kimengumi by Motoei Shinzawa 1983 Fist of the North Star by Buronson & Tetsuo Hara Ginga -Nagareboshi Gin- by Yoshihiro Takahashi 1984 DRAGON BALL by Akira Toriyama 1985 City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo Miraculous Tonchinkan by Koichi Endo Sakigake!! Otokojuku by Akira Miyashita 1986 Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada 1987 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki The Burning Wild Man by Tadashi Sato 1988 Bastard!! by Kazushi Hagiwara Jungle King Tar-chan by Masaya Tokuhiro Rokudenashi BLUES by Masanori Morita Magical Taluluto by Tatsuya Egawa 1989 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 5.000.000 copies in circulation Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai by Riku Sanjo & Koji Inada Video Girl Ai by Masakazu Katsura 1990 SLAM DUNK by Takehiko Inoue Chinyuki by Man Gataro Yu Yu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi 1992 Hareluya II Boy by Haruto Umezawa 1993 Tottemo! Luckyman by Hiroshi Gamo Hell Teacher Nube by Makura Sho & Takeshi Okano 1994 Midori no Makibao by Tsunomaru Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki 1995 Weekly Shonen Jump reaches 6.530.000 copies in circulation Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san by Kyosuke Usuta 1996 Hoshin Engi by Ryu Fujisaki Yu-Gi-Oh! by Kazuki Takahashi Kochikame 20th Anniversary & Chapter 1000 1997 I's by Masakazu Katsura Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro ONE PIECE by Eiichiro Oda 1998 Rookies by Masanori Morita Whistle! by Daisuke Higuchi HUNTERXHUNTER by Yoshihiro Togashi 1999 Hikaru no Go by Yumi Hotta & Takeshi Obata The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi NARUTO by Masashi Kishimoto 2000 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean by Hirohiko Araki BLACK CAT by Kentaro Yabuki 2001 Bobobobo Bobobo by Yoshio Sawai BLEACH by Tite Kubo 2002 Strawberry 100% by Mizuki Kawashita Eyeshield 21 by Riichiro Inagaki & Yusuke Murata 2004 Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi Katekyo Hitman Reborn! by Akira Amano D.Gray-man by Katsura Hoshino Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation by Yoshiyuki Nishi 2005 Neuro: Supernatural Detective by Yusei Matsui 2006 To Love Ru by Saki Hasemi & Kentaro Yabuki 2007 Sket Dance by Kenta Shinohara 2008 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan by Hiroshi Shiibashi Toriko by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Bakuman. by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata 2009 Kuroko's Basketball by Tadatoshi Fujimaki Beelzebub by Ryuhei Tamura Medaka Box by Nisio Isin & Akira Akatsuki 2010 ONE PIECE New World Begins 2011 Nisekoi by Naoshi Komi 2012 Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. by Shuichi Aso Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki 2013 World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara Isobe Isobee Monogatari by Ryo Nakama 2014 Hinomaru Zumo by Kawada My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi 2015 Black Clover by Yuki Tabata 2016 Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs by Tadahiro Miura Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge BORUTO by Mikio Ikemoto & Ukyo Kodachi The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu Kochikame 40th Anniversary and Serialization End 2017 We Never Learn by Taishi Tsutsui Dr. STONE by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi 2018 Jujutsu Kaisen by Akutami Gege

2019 Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira 2020 Undead Unluck by Yoshifumi Tozuka MASHLE by Hajime Komoto Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki Me & Roboco by Shuhei Miyazaki BURN THE WITCH by Tite Kubo SAKAMOTO DAYS by Yuto Suzuki 2021 The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui WITCH WATCH by Kenta Shinohara Blue Box by Kouji Miura 2022 Akane Banashi by Yuki Suenaga & Takamasa Moue

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Playbill Presents: Death Note: The Musical Panel at NYCC2023

As described on the NYCC site:

"Following acclaimed productions in Japan and Korea and after two star-studded sold-out concert engagements in London, DEATH NOTE: The Musical is coming to New York Comic Con. Playbill will present a panel about the show featuring stars from the recent London concert (cast to be announced) and will offer a sneak peek into the developing production. "Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series (60 million copies worldwide) of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata / Shueisha, this groundbreaking musical (Winner Best Musical, Korea Musical Awards) has a score by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, 4 years on Broadway, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Bonnie & Clyde) with lyrics by Jack Murphy, book by Ivan Menchell, and orchestrations and arrangements by Jason Howland."

And on Playbill.com:

"October 14's programming kicks off with a Death Note: The Musical panel at 10:30 AM. Set to appear are cast members Adam Pascal, Joaquin Pedro Valdes, and Dean John-Wilson; producers Yuzo Kajiyama and Jamie Chapman Dixon; and book writer Ivan Menchell, with producer Haley Swindal hosting."

For context, this was the earliest panel slot on the third day of a four-day con. Not quite prime territory (especially with the listening party as the last slot of the same day) but they still secured a really good turnout with a lot of cosplayers. Need I remind everyone, the manga is twenty years old, and the anime isn't much younger. So it's really a sign of DN's staying power and the love that people have for this show that congoers showed up in droves to check out this preview.

Unfortunately nothing of consequence was announced at this panel or at the listening party. I was hoping we'd get confirmation of the West End run or even a Broadway concert performance, but no such luck. I was also looking forward to the audience Q&A but tbh all the information we received was so fascinating that I'm glad Haley let the panelists talk instead of trying to keep time for that.

[ID: Adam Pascal, Joaquin Pedro Valdes, Dean John Wilson, Jamie Chapman Dizon, Ivan Menchell, a translator, and Yuzo Kajiyama sitting on stage at NYCC while Haley Swindal stands at a podium.]

After thanking sponsors and bringing everyone on stage, Haley opened by asking each guest a question, starting with Yuzo, the producer of the original Japanese production.

[everything here not in quotation marks is paraphrased]

Haley: Yuzo, what about Death Note inspired you to turn it into a musical, and what were the steps you took to get there?

Yuzo's translator: When he started at Horipro in 2006, at that time all the musicals were imported. He felt the need to produce original musical shows from within Japan. And that was when he had his eyes on Death Note. Horipro already had a relationship with Shueisha, the rightsholders, from the DN movie.

He had two things he felt were important in making this:

The content had to be something that was internationally popular.

Light Yagami’s actor would always get recognized when he went abroad.

It needed to have some kind of extraordinary element to fit with the spontaneous singing.

The concept of the comic, a person who has their name written and dies and the presence of the shinigami, he felt was a perfect fit for the musical.

He also knew that since Shonen Jump, the magazine Death Note originally appeared in, is sold for 2 dollars, the show therefore needs to be a low price.

So that’s when he went to Shueisha. He remembers the first words that they said were “Death Note is gonna be a musical show?" At that time there was only one manga-adaptation musical: The Prince of Tennis. He convinced the people at Shueisha that this would be a first-class show.

Yuzo knew the most important part of the production was the music. At the time Horipro was involved with the Japanese production of Jeykll & Hyde, which also had themes of justice. Yuzo approached Frank Wildhorn about DNtM, but Wildhorn turned it down because "it had to have a love story element, which he felt was the most important aspect" of a musical. Yuzo was impressed by this.

Wildhorn went back to the US and spoke to his son who was a big fan of Death Note, and his son told him he needed to take the job. [Everyone cheered.]

(continuing in reblogs)

[voxofthevoid]

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Thank you, Jesus ❤️😘

Favorite color: Black and certain shades of blue

Last song: Granite by Sleep Token (been fucking obsessed with this for over a week)

Last movie: ...I think it's still Everything Everywhere All At Once. I did watch stuff on the laptop after but can't remember. JJK 0 maybe?

Other stuff I watched this year: Oh my memory is not good for this. Let's see: the first two cours of Bleach TYBW, the last couple of seasons of New Prince of Tennis (nostalgia can get you through...a lot). That's it? I think? A lot of the other shit I'm remembering seems to be from 2022. Time's soup.

Shows I dropped this year/didn't finish: I'd need to start 'em to drop 'em.

Currently reading: Only stuff for work, plus the JJK manga weekly releases

Currently listening to: My goyuu playlist, which also doubles as a Gojou playlist and Yuuji playlist

Currently working on: Between fics at the moment, though that won't last. Between jobs too, and that hopefully won't last. Mostly been attending to a bunch of random tasks that have piled up.

Current obsession: Still getting my brain eaten by JJK 👌

No-pressure tagging @possibleplatypus @cursedvibes @karaargent @solecyinglife @plotbunnypettingzoo

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Hello, this is just ask for fun....

Favorite female character :

Favorite male character :

Favorite animanga :

Animanga you are currently enjoying :

Animanga that exceeded all your expectations :

Unpopular animanga you really love :

Favorite romance :

Favorite action animanga :

Favorite fantasy :

Favorite sci -fi :

Favorite drama :

Favorite comedy :

Favorite anime movie :

Next in your watch list :

Next in your read list :

Favorite antagonist:

Thanks if you want to answer ....

Hello! Thank you for the ask! :)

This was so hard to answer, so I just mostly chose my current favorites!

Favorite female character: Nobara Kugisaki

Favorite male character: Megumi Fushiguro or probably Miyuki Kazuya, but there's also Mob omg idk

Favorite animanga: Ace of diamond or Haikyuu! (I've watched a lot of sports anime recently)

Animanga you are currently enjoying: I'm rewatching Run with the wind and it's amazing!! I'm also reading The summer Hikaru died which is incredible, Fermat kitchen and Run on your new legs ❤️

Animanga that exceeded all your expectations: hmm probably Mob Psycho 100, i thought it was only gonna be a comedy at first but the angst man, everything was so good even better than I thought! I was also really surprised by the anime Overtake! which was stunning visually and captured my heart.

Unpopular animanga you really love: Wind breaker! I think the manga is not really popular yet. Maybe it will once the anime comes out. But yeah, it's kinda been my guilty pleasure 'cause it's not what I would normally love.

Favorite romance: The Beauty Inside movie 2015, such a beautiful movie and I don't usually like romance, but this is one of my favorites among a few. Ore Monogatari is fricking cute too, I loved it!

Favorite action animanga: Jujutsu Kaisen

Favorite Fantasy: Harry Potter I guess, I can't think of anything else 🤔

Favorite sci-fi: Ender's game

Favorite drama: Monster (Kaibutsu) 2023, this movie broke me 😭

Favorite comedy: Everybody Hates Chris (my all time fave) or more currently Buddy Daddies

Favorite anime movie: Bakemono no Ko

Next in your watchlist: I'm on a sports anime binge so Ao Ashi or I might rewatch prince of tennis but there are way too many episodes. Also, I'll start Frieren soon so i'm excited to see if it's as good as people say!

Next in your read list: too many books to read... I'm an editorial assistant so I always buy books and have no time to read them all 😭 But anyway, I've bought some manga recently so imma read Wind breaker vol.8 and then Yomi no Tsugai (2nd and 3rd volumes)

Favorite antagonist: Moriarty from Sherlock bbc idk

[lindleland]

it's weird how little of a cultural footprint Prince of Tennis has. this thing was the most popular sports manga around when manga was first breaking into the west, it was Jump's flagship sports series for an entire decade, it ran for 42 fucking volumes, had multiple anime adaptations, continues to get new media in the franchise to this day, and i never, ever see anyone talk about it.

[hirugaymi]

lemme tell you about the new football anime please

It’s called Blue Lock and it’s my brand of absolute shitshow;

TLDR: the soccer anime is a shitty gay as fuck battle royale and your op here LOVES it.

First thing I want to make clear is that sports anime is a very vague definition because people who create these stories will literally just fucking do anything. Love it. You got your serious sports drama that inspire you to become better, like your KazeTsuyos and your Haikyuus. You got the fujobait/yuribait bullshit that’s just kinda themed around sports so it has a plot to follow along (Free!, Sk8 the infinity, that one about the golf girls dressed in lingerie I think).

and of course, the biggest contendant of the sports genre: the anime bullshit. Prince of Tennis, Kuroko’s basketball and, most recently: Blue Lock. 

Blue Lock is a battle royale manga that uses football as a plot but it is impossible to make any statement on said plot because the manga is kinda silly and is constantly contradicting itself but that’s not the point I want to make. This huge post is not a criticism, but mostly about me sharing my new favorite cringe. 

The art is stellar, I’m an absolute sucker for good dyanamic art in manga and BL (will purposely use this abbreviation that always makes me cackle) has so much power to its art, actually! Nomura Yusuke-sensei, the responsible for art and character designs, is very very good at his job!

(It’s hard not to get spoilery with these examples)

Anyways, when I started reading this thing the battle royale and the “anti-sports anime” aspect were the things that got me thinking I should keep going and, let me tell you, this thing does not go where you expect it to go and I will spoil you a little bit on very later plot details on this story, so just skim with your little eyes closed in case you...really don’t want spoilers for  BL anime

I realize this post will not sound coherent at all, I’m mostly spitting out thoughts about a manga that I, admitely, have not thought about that much.

Yes, they have bullshit powers in this thing. They have SPECIAL MOVE NAMES they have JOJO STANDS they have ELDRITCH FOOTBALLIC ABOMINATIONS. 

and it’s EDGY, good lords it gives the 13 year boy who watched too much anime vibes. I dig that cringe so hard.

The best part though? As every other representative of its genre, Blue Lock, the manga that has BL as its IN UNIVERSE ABREVIATION, is so unapologetically gay. 

As gay as a battle shonen gets, which is a lot, may you not lie to yourself. You like your BL with childhood friends and cliche high school scenes, they got you a WHOLE ASS SPIN OFF AROUND YOUR FAVORITE GAYS. 

Do you like your gays extremely on the nose and horny, I GOT YOU SOMETHING FROM BL 

WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

This manga has been my personal source of campy madness for a while now. I purposely look for the chapter discussions on manga forums just to see how people react to these and most of the time you just get guys talking about actual football (boring) but sometimes.... sometimes you get these

(TL: BL is about repressed homosexuality with a bit of football sometimes sprinkled on)

the purpose of this post is just to tell you, this manga/anime may look like a serious shonenfied reading on japanese football but that is far away from its best asset. The crazy levels of drama and the homoeroticism are what you should be here for, because those will not require any critical thinking (or eye-straining, let me tell some panels are REALLY hard to get through, geez, the protagonist keeps turning into puzzle pieces)

If you got curious about it and want to have any idea of what awaits for you in Blue Lock, trust your friend over here, this is what you should expect.

[spicykaraage]

Tenipuri Complete Character Profile - Takeshi Momoshiro

[PROFILE]

Birthday: July 23rd (Leo)

Blood Type: O

Relatives: Father, Mother, Younger Brother, Younger Sister

Father’s Occupation: Public Servant

Elementary School: Kagoshima Third Elementary School

Middle School: Seishun Academy Junior High School

Grade & Class: Second Year | Class 2-8 | Seat 16

Club: Tennis Club - Regular, Future Vice Captain

Committee: None

Strong Subjects: Math

Weak Subjects: English, Social Studies

Frequently Visited Spot at School: School Store

Favorite Motto: “Less is better than more.” ➜ “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” [TP]

Daily Routines: Playing darts before bed, buying food, eating lunch early

Hobbies: Listening to music, motion sensor games ➜ BBQ, dance games [TP]

Favorite Color: Red, Pink [23.5]

Favorite Music: Idol group music

Favorite Movie: Animal films

Favorite Book: Weekly Shounen Jump ➜ How to Organize a Team [TP]

Favorite Food: Shrimp katsu burgers, Very Berry Coco Parfait, honeyed lemon squash [23.5]

Favorite Anniversary: March 3rd “My day! You get it?” (Hinamatsuri, also known as the Peach Festival)

Preferred Type: An energetic girl who likes sports ➜ “A girl who’s energetic, cheerful and caring!” [TP]

Ideal Date Spot: An arcade

His Gift for a Special Person: Brand new sneakers

Where He Wants to Travel: Hollywood

Thing He Wants Most Right Now: Brand name t-shirts

Dislikes: Reading maps while walking ➜ Masks [TP]

Skills Outside of Tennis: Kawarawari (karate smashing tiles, he can smash up to 8 at once ➜ 25 at once [23.5]), playing cards (Cheat) [23.5]

Spends Allowance On: Food and snacks

[DATA]

Height: 170cm ➜ 172cm [23.5]

Weight: 58kg ➜ 60kg [23.5]

Shoe Size: 27cm

Dominant Arm: Right

Vision: 2.0 Left & Right

Play Style: Aggressive Baseliner

Signature Moves: Dunk Smash, Jack Knife, Bullet Serve, Black Jack Knife

Number of Bento Boxes He Brings in a Day: 4

Favorite Brands:

Racquet: MIZUNO (PROLIGHT P10 Ti Hyper)

Shoes: PUMA (Aspiration PT0631 0020)

Fitness Test Results:

Sidesteps: 62

Shuttle Run: 139

Back Strength: 159kg

Grip Strength: 58.5kg

Backbend: 64.6cm

Seated Forward Bend: 47.5cm

50m Run: 6.4 seconds

Standing Long Jump: 290cm

Handball Throw: 41m

Endurance Run (1500m): 4:47

Overall Rating: Speed: 3 / Power: 4 / Stamina: 3 / Mental: 3 / Technique: 3 / Total: 16

Kurobe Memo: “Momoshiro is exactly the type of player each team should have to inspire and boost the morale of the team. The only problem is he's so good at it that sometimes he even invigorates the opponent and awakens their strengths.” [RB]

[POSSESSIONS]

What’s in His Bedroom [10.5]:

MD stereo system // He’ll convert music from CDs to MDs with it. He carries his favorite music in MDs at all times

Video game poster // A Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix poster that came with the game. He also has a pile of posters under his desk

Industrial pipe desk // A desk made with iron pipes. Manga and CDs are scattered all over it, making it ineffective as a desk

Console port of an arcade game // The PlayStation port of Dance Dance Revolution. He makes full use of it since it also helps train his jumping abilities

A (messy) bed // Used to recover his energy from playing tennis. He will sometimes not change out of his school uniform when he’s tired from practice

A dartboard and darts // Authentic darts made of wood. It helps boost his concentration, and he always throws one at the board before going to bed

What’s in His Bag [10.5]:

Healthy, balanced snacks // Healthy Club bars. He eats them to replenish energy after workouts

Yakisoba bread // He eats them every day without fail

Pen case // There are signs that he’s never used it…

MD player // He listens to music a lot

MiniDiscs // The latest hit songs are recorded on them, he always carries some

Oil absorbing sheets // Uno brand

Hair wax // Uno brand

[TRIVIA]

The Prince of Tennis 10.5 Fanbook | Release Date: 11/02/2001

He tends to hum songs on occasion. He likes singing songs that other people can sing along to

He always checks out the latest trending music on the charts

One of his hobbies is playing games, he also enjoys playing games with others as well

He has formed a bond with Tachibana’s younger sister, An

Konomi created his Dunk Smash to fit his powerful and flamboyant image

His ankle was sprained in his first appearance due to him falling off of his bicycle

He styles his hair everyday with wax

Despite his appearance, he is into fashion

He has a rivalry with Kaidoh. Konomi states he wrote them that way since he wanted to convey that the second years have yet to mature

He eats a tremendous amount of food each day and frequently visits the School Store to buy more food

He does fine when playing doubles with Kaidoh but struggled when he was paired with Ryoma due to the latter having no sense of cooperation

In Genius 48, he was the only one who recognized Karupin as Ryoma’s cat since Ryoma had mentioned him before

His personality is described as someone who is popular and well-liked since he hates misdeeds and is straightforward, but tends to overheat at times

Konomi describes him as the “biggest ruffian”, he is zealous but gives the proper amount of thought towards things. Tezuka and Momoshiro were the first members he created

The Prince of Tennis 20.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 12/04/2003

His spirit animal is a dragon

He is a big junk food lover and eats a lot of foods that are high in sugar, fat and calories. He also loves sweet desserts

When asked what he thinks of An Tachibana, he (tentatively) responds that he’s only focused on tennis and thinks of her only as a tennis partner

His secondary sport would be basketball

The Prince of Tennis 40.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 12/04/2007

It is stated that in a previous life, he was a writer/musician. He lived a life of entertaining and delighting others and was also creative, fashionable, and had good taste

He has a flexible way of thinking and can get along with almost anyone without bias

He tends to have emotional ups and downs

He eats before and after school, before and after club activities, as well as the standard three meals a day. Each of his meals are proportioned

He is into old-school anime and was heard discussing “Famous Dog Lucky” with a girl in his class

Konomi states he is the character he has the most in common with

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New Prince of Tennis 376

[princeoftennis-scenarios]

Omg you’re back! Hi, how have you been??

Hellos! We are back, yes! I have been doing really well past few months, got a job after dropping out of uni and I can't be better really! Both of us have jobs now and some time so we got back into writing and Prince of Tennis! It's been amazing getting back into it! I've been to other fandoms like Haikyuu and BNHA through the years, but none make me write like this does. It's likely because of Lulu and all her fanfic ideas for PoT or generally her support and having her with me in doing this! Hope you are doing well, how have you been? Stop by our askbox anytime!^^ ~ Mimi

Hiii. Yeas finally we are back in the groove. I have been doing good as well, managed to finish my uni, got a diploma and a job. So it is pretty good! Yeah what Mimi said, PoT is just not something easily forgettable and getting back into it with new manga chapters and new anime is like dream come true. I love it and I love that I can do this still. Also having Mimi to hear all my crazy idea helps too XD. Mimi asked all important questions so I will not repeat myself but happy to hear from you again. Happy asking ~ Lulu

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Fall 2022 Anime

Boku no Hero Academia Season 6 is the first season I’ve come into having already read the manga. Halfway through last season, I started reading the manga and have now caught up, so this is my first time starting a season while knowing exactly what’s going to happen. A plot summary seems silly at this point, so I’ll skip right to the meat of this write-up. In my opinion, the War Arc covered in this season is where the story peaked. This is by far my favorite arc, but it also ushers in some of the worst writing decisions I’ve ever seen in a series this popular. Luckily those baffling choices come in late enough in this arc that they don’t ruin it (they just ruin the rest of the series lol). I’ve long had a love-hate relationship with this show, because I enjoy it and it does a lot of things well (and the things it does well, it does really REALLY well), but it also pisses me off in a lot of ways (the treatment of the lady characters overall is my biggest gripe, though I will admit that this improves the longer the series goes on). But this season? So far? It’s fantastic. The animation is great, as usual. The fights are exciting, the little snippets of comedy (this is an overall serious arc though) are on point. This is also the arc that best displays the dark side of hero society, the corruption, the forgotten victims, the people who have suffered in this sort of world, which is fascinating. Shigaraki in particular makes an excellent villain, and that’s all I’m going to say about him to avoid manga spoilers (I could, and maybe will, write an entire essay about his character and how it’s developed in the manga). Since this arc is so damn good, BNHA is at the top of my list this season. A first for this series!

Blue Lock is a new sports anime, this one about soccer. Last season, while watching Ao Ashi (another soccer anime), I kept seeing Blue Lock mentioned in the comments as a “better soccer series”, and that it was getting an anime. Well here it is. While I do appreciate a good, straightforward sports anime like Ao Ashi, these days a sports anime has to stand out in some way to get me excited about it. Blue Lock stands out in two main ways: the high production values that give it outstanding visuals, and the absolutely bonkers premise (all the best high school strikers in Japan are gathered up, told to live 24/7 in a state of the art training camp, and are weeded out through grueling matches against each other and are encouraged to be traitorous assholes, all to arrive at one boy left to be the best striker in Japan). Right away, it separates itself from other sports anime with that setup. It effectively cuts out any and all drama that doesn’t involve the sport. These guys don’t go to school, so there are no scenes of them in class or interacting with characters not on their “team”. No scenes at home, involving family members. They don’t even have team managers or coaches. It really does boil the entire story down to these guys playing soccer. That’s a pretty bold move, but it pays off. And going back to those visuals, the animation quality is amazing. The character designs are vivid and interesting. The colors are just beautiful. The only complaint I have in this area is that the backgrounds are all pretty drab. This makes sense in context (as they’re living in a training facility), and actually might be a good thing, as it makes the colorful characters stand out even more. Speaking of which, all of them are fun, and the main character Isagi is easy to root for, even when his inner jerk is dragged out. All in all, Blue Lock is one of the better sports anime I’ve seen in a while.

Yowamushi Pedal has a new season. Watching it made me realize how much I missed this batshit crazy show. It’s a sports anime about bicycle racing, and it ranks just under Prince of Tennis as being one of the most unrealistic sports anime I’ve seen. From the guy who has named his pecs Andy and Frank (and literally talks to them, and they literally warn him of dangers!) to the skinny little guy who can immediately expand his torso like a balloon (something about being able to expand his lungs but it looks hilarious), to the tendency several riders have to go into a frenzy and race at top speed with their tongues hanging out of their heads (yes, dangle your tongues out while bicycling very fast through the mountains! Totally not a terrible idea!). Then there are the moments when a rider from one of the teams has to drop out of the race after doing something cool, for the benefit of the team (basically sacrificing himself). These are treated with all the drama and severity of literal death scenes, and it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. But above all of this, there’s the gloriously creepy villain Midousuji, who is hands-down the best villain in sports anime history. He’s gross and terrible and downright monstrous, but damn if he isn’t the most entertaining character in the show. The animation is fine, but the character designs are unique. This is a weird anime, but it’s never boring! Go into it expecting a wild, weird, fun time, and you won’t be disappointed.

Spy x Family is on its second cour, and there’s not much more I can say about it than I did a couple of seasons back. Following a highly skilled spy as he puts together a fake family consisting of a telepathic child, a wife who is a secret assassin, and now a precognitive dog, the show is adorable and very funny. The animation is stellar, with extremely expressive faces, lovely backgrounds, and characters that never fail to stay on model. It’s a little more fast paced than the usual “soothing feel good” anime, but for me it still falls into that category. Though the stakes are occasionally high (with characters being in actual mortal danger), the overall soft tone of this series assures us that the threats will always be neutralized, so there’s little tension in that regard. The charm of the show lies in its super likable cast and wonderful visuals. High on my watch list.

Raven of the Inner Palace is a unique series about a certain mysterious consort to the emperor in ancient China. Though she has the title of consort, she has little contact with the emperor and instead uses her magical powers to solve mysteries around the palace, talk to the dead, help spirits cross over, etc. Of course, when the emperor meets her, he decides to become her friend. The show is basically about their mystery-solving adventures with an ever expanding cast of support characters. It’s a relatively simple setup, but the ancient Chinese setting gives it a specific charm. The art is gorgeous, with breathtaking clothing designs and beautiful scenery. The music is also a high point, with excellent opening/ending themes and background songs. The Raven consort herself, called Shouxue, is an interesting character. She’s a bit of a tsundere, but in this case her standoffish attitude makes sense for the plot (she has a tragic backstory that necessitates being wary of others, especially the emperor). She softens as the series moves along, but she remains a powerful character. Her growing relationship with the emperor isn’t exactly original (of course they’re going to end up falling in love at some point - I can predict that without reading summaries of the light novels this is based on), but they have enough chemistry to make them fun to watch regardless. This is a slower-paced show than most of the other anime I’m watching this season, and it feels like a breath of fresh air.

Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch From Mercury could be called “the show that pissed off a thousand fanboys”, with a lot of people calling it “woke Gundam”. Apparently, if you have a female protagonist in a Gundam tv series for the first time since the franchise began in the 70‘s, it’s automatically woke (never mind that Tomino has wanted to have a female protagonist since the 90‘s). Add to that the *possibility* of a lesbian couple (and to be honest I don’t think the series will have the guts to follow through with it) and the fact that female characters in general seem to have larger and more important roles in the story, and you have an army of angry manchildren on your hands. In all seriousness, the show does have a different vibe from most previous Gundam series (but not all). If I had to choose its closest relative, I’d say its Reconguista in G, with its school-setting and relaxed atmosphere for the first chunk of the series. Most hilarious to me are the people assuming this series won’t get “serious” and have actual mobile suit battles (as opposed to the mobile suit “duels” that take place at the school). I mean, are they just pretending the prologue episode and all the shadowy political machinations don’t exist? Regardless, the show is great so far and would be an excellent starting point for people who never really got into Gundam but are curious about it. The animation is gorgeous and the plot is (at least for now) easy to follow. The two female leads are likable and have great chemistry. And yeah, it’s basically “Utena with giant robots”. If you’ve watched Utena, you’ll be the embodiment of that Leonardo Dicaprio meme where he’s pointing at the screen while you watch the first couple of episodes. But hey, if a plot setup is good, why not use it again in a different setting? Hell, let’s have Utena in feudal Japan! Utena in the wild west! Utena in a zombie apocalypse! I’m here for it.

To Your Eternity Season 2 opened on a surprisingly weak note for such an excellent series, but it’s already sorted itself out. The show follows an immortal entity called Fushi who can take the form of any living being it comes into contact with (after that being has died). Fushi most often uses (and generally prefers) the form of a young man, so I’ll be using he/him to refer to the entitiy. The series is, basically, about Fushi moving through the world and learning about life while also fighting creatures called the Nockers that keep attacking him for unknown reasons (most often harming the humans around him in frankly horrific ways). Each person that Fushi comes to know eventually becomes another form he can take (as he is immortal, of course he outlives everyone). The interesting thing is that he can use whatever skills that person (or creature) had, leading to at least one person spending years cultivating certain skills so that Fushi would have access to them after she dies. Unlike with season one, season two skips large chunks of time, several generations in a single episode at one point. At first, I was a little annoyed that we were not getting to spend much time with the characters (in one infuriating case, a major character from season one returns only to almost immediately die). Season one’s emotional beats were so powerful because it let us get to know and grow to love the human characters before they inevitably died. But! Thankfully, season two has now settled into a story arc and is letting us grow to love a new set of characters. And yes, they will eventually die, like always, but the point of the story isn’t “will these characters die or not?”, it’s “what effect will these characters ultimately have on Fushi?”. And figuring that out is what makes the series so endearing.

Golden Kamuy has a new season (I think this is season four, but honestly it’s hard to keep up with all these shows after they get past season two). From the start of season one, this has been one of my favorite modern anime series. It has a strong plot, unique character designs, a compelling setting, and some of the most bizarre but charming humor I’ve come across. It’s refreshing in the way it never sexualizes its female characters, but instead chooses to objectify its large assortment of buff, handsome male characters with frequent nude scenes that seem to linger on their well-toned bodies. Despite this, the show is firmly seinen (aimed at an adult male audience). It’s actually been fun to watch the guys in the comments questioning their sexuality in real time. I don’t care what your sexuality is, you’re going to walk away from this show with at least a minor crush on Ogata or Sugimoto. Probably both. Fanservice aside, the show is just wild at times. It can get brutally gory, then it can be hilarious, then it can make you cry. It has a Gintama-like quality in that it does lots of different things very well. If you’re not watching this series, you’re missing out (something I think I’ve said about it before, but it bears repeating).

Chainsaw Man is definitely this season’s most hyped show. I had avoided the manga because, just from looking at the covers and some other art, it looked like it was full of unnecessary fanservice and that the lady characters were highly sexualized. Before the anime started, I did a little googling to see what the general opinion was. From everything I read, most people (regardless of gender) had generally positive opinions on how the female characters were treated, so I decided to try the anime. The basic setup is that there are creatures called Devils that can embody certain things, like a Gun Devil or a Chainsaw Devil or a Bat Devil. A young man named Denji, who is probably one of the most “down on his luck” protagonists I’ve seen in a long time (he’s broke, orphaned, pratically homeless, practically starving, and has already sold one eye, one kidney, and one testicle just to survive) ends up combining with the only thing he really has in the world: his pet Devil dog. This gives him the power of the Chainsaw Devil, which he can transform into to fight other Devils. He’s quickly recruited by a group of government sanctioned Devil Hunters who are searching for the powerful, menacing Gun Devil. The setup sounds like typical shounen action fare, but the series goes a bit darker than I expected fairly early on, and maintains a unique atmosphere. Denji is fun to root for just because he came from such a humble place, but his lack of social skills makes him come across as a jerk at times. It’s understandable, given his background. Every shounen action series has its own “thirst trap” character that’s super popular with the ladies in the audience, and this one has Aki. The anime wisely spends the majority of its budget on subtle little movements he makes, like lighting a cigarette or taking a drink of coffee. I think there’s a whole animation team dedicated to the flow of his hair when he wears it down. As there should be. Overall, the series has a strange vibe to it but it’s highly entertaining.

Best of Season:

Best New Show: Blue Lock Best Opening Theme: Golden Kamuy Best Ending Theme: Spy x Family Best New Male Character: Isagi (Blue Lock) Best New Female Character: Shouxue (Raven of the Inner Palace)