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What have you been reading/watching recently? [Anime - March 2026] (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net to c/anime@hexbear.net

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Tired.

Manga

Same as usual, I have been very slowly continuing GTO, Inari Konkon, and keeping up with Shibuya Near Family. Something I like about GTO is how Vice Principal Uchiyamada is frequently the butt of the joke, the subject of Onizuka's accidental torment; and the mangaka goes out of the way to show that he is absolutely a terrible person with very few redeeming features.

Anime

I am almost done with The Twelve Kingdoms, and yet it feels nowhere near done. It's good.

Sailor Moon S is a step forward compared to the previous seasons, and that is largely because of the more eccentric villains. It's good.

Cardcaptor Sakura is a cozy, and so far low stakes show. It is something I did not know I wanted to watch. Very good.

Space Battleship Yamato holds up very well to this day, and the very 70s soundtrack makes it better. It was extremely ambitious back in 1974, and it is significantly grander in scape than like 95% of slop airing these days.

You're Under Arrest is episodic (copaganda) fun with an ensemble cast, and basically a very slightly worse Patlabor with no mecha. The show's biggest strength lie in the world created. The authors are good at not only creating memorable side characters, but also not forgetting about them.

I have started Overman King Gainer today. The OP is iconic from the moment you witness (or hear) it. The show has a good start, but I am waiting for Tomino to explain the setting more.

Live Action

I have started a project of a Martin Scorsese filmography dive. Who's That Knocking at My Door was mid. Boxcar Bertha wasn't that good of a movie, but the topic was unusual (it's an adaptation of a novel by an anarchist, and union struggles in 1930s America are the core of the story). Mean Streets was fun. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore was a major surprise, and an excellent movie with a perhaps somewhat lacking ending. Taxi Driver deserves its reputation. It is a very interesting movie.

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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Manga

Still reading my usual pack of ongoing manga, though some are on hiatus (RIP in peace Bocchi). Chainsaw Man is great chapter after chapter. Bocchi the Rock: Kikuri's Drinking Diary got picked up by fan translators again so there are a few more chapters, woo. One-Punch Man sure is setting up another arc. Kagurabachi sure did just finish up its introduction arc, which had some pretty cool fights. Nothing much has happened in Rooster Fighter. One Piece continues to be fine in the elbaph arc. **Kingdom is MUCH less enjoyable to read when you're waiting for the releases instead of binging, with the current archer duel going on for waaaaaaaaay too long to be interesting.

Started The Greatest Estate Developer and it sure is an isekai, but this time it's about how great traditional Korean technology is! It's alright, clearly doesn't take itself seriously which is probably for the best.

Anime

Golden Kamuy's final season has been fantastic so far, and really feels like it's approaching the inevitable final conclusion. The movie that makes up the first bit of the season was probably a banger in theaters.

Oshi no Ko's third season has been okay, but a part of the plot is an adult that reincarnated and is now a teenager for the second time being forced to pick which teenager he'd rather date, which is thoroughly gross. Also some weird stuff about how cancel culture is bad. More importantly we gotta throw the papparazzi into the oubliette.

Frieren's second season has been a letdown, with more focus on frankly boring episodic adventures. I'm basically just continuing to watch it in the hopes it somehow returns to the tone of the first three episodes again (it won't).

Onto season two of Kaiji, and the games they're gambling on are just getting silly now. Let's have a 10-episode arc about a dice-rolling game, where surprise surprise the guy who always wins is cheating. Currently they're going up against a rigged paremovedo machine, which presumably they'll counter-rig somehow. The pacing is horrendous but at 1.5x speed it's a lot better

E: lol the slur filter got me, I'm leaving it.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

E: lol the slur filter got me, I'm leaving it.

パレモべド

I usually write patinko since the hepburn style romanization gets the slur filter lol.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oshi No Ko is wack I'll be honest. I say this as someone who likes Kaguya Sama: Love is War. I've only read the manga up to when

Tap for spoiler

Ruby finds the doctor's body.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that's basically the end of S2 of the anime. Seems like it's mostly about the mangaka airing his grievances with the entertainment industry (which, fair enough, I suppose).