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Winter Anime Season Wrap-Up Discussion [2025, Week 14] (ani.social)

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The winter season has basically drawn to a close. Let's talk about it! Anything surprise you? Disappoint you? Disgust you? I'm looking for some hot takes.

Link to a list of Winter 2025 shows for reference

Please feel free to use this thread as a normal weekly discussion thread as well! Anything that would normally be in the weekly discussion thread any other week is welcome here.

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[–] Hoimo@ani.social 4 points 4 days ago

Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku
I didn't really have high expectations of this, but the first episode did a good job with the animation supporting the poems, so I kept watching. Sadly, the entire series was setting up for a championship arch that didn't actually appear. Instead, the climax/resolution of the last episodes introduced a bunch of new characters and some family drama that would have needed 5 episodes to properly explore, so it just fell flat. They introduced plenty of interesting characters for a cool qualifier event or something, I just wanted Hana to read more poems. That's what hooked your viewers, it's what sets you apart, so use it.

Medalist
Really solid, punchy animation. Well choreographed action. Wormies.

Blue Box
Love how it combines a sports story with a romance story without compromising on either. All likeable characters getting into believable drama and it never feels like the writing is stalling, every episode develops the characters and story in an interesting way. And outside of the romance, I love to see Taiki train hard, play good badminton and beat strong rivals.