[-] wjs018@ani.social 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Everything I have seen about it indicates that it is actually a serious drama about finding yourself in a step-sibling relationship with somebody that you develop feelings for. The title makes it sound suspicious as hell, but none of the tags on AniList or discussion I have seen here from those that have watched it make it seem like incest bait.

Relationships between step-siblings can and do actually happen in real life. I actually know of one example in my extended family of step-siblings marrying (though I was born in Alabama, so take that with a grain of salt). So, having a fictional story that is a serious take on the taboo nature of that relationship isn't necessarily a terrible thing, but the title definitely warrants a double take.

[-] wjs018@ani.social 2 points 5 hours ago

I didn't watch Days with My Stepsister, but if you believe AC, then it was the best thing since sliced bread apparently. The fanbase must at least be pretty dedicated to bring out the vote to such an extent.

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Full results here.

There are also additional categories. Here is the winner in each:

  • Best Action Anime - Wistoria
  • Best Adaptation - Days with My Stepsister
  • Best Adventure - No Longer Allowed in Another World
  • Best Animation - Wistoria
  • Best Character Design - Makeine
  • Best Comedy - No Longer Allowed in Another World
  • Best Drama - Days with My Stepsister
  • Best Fantasy - Wistoria
  • Best Mystery/Suspense - Oshi no Ko
  • Best Original - Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture
  • Best Romance - Pseudo Harem
  • Best Sci-Fi - NieR
  • Best Couple - Alya/Masachika (from Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian)
  • Best Slice of Life - Days with My Stepsister
  • Best Soundtrack - Days with My Stepsister
  • Best Storytelling - Days with My Stepsister
  • Best Voice Cast - Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
  • Best World Building - Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
  • Best OP - My Deer Friend Nokotan ("Shikairo Days")
  • Best ED - Oshi no Ko ("Burning")
  • Best Boy - Kazuhiko Nukumizu (Makeine)
  • Best Girl - Masha Kujou (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian)
  • Best Female Seiyuu - Hikaru Tono (Anna Yanami from Makeine)
  • Best Male Seiyuu - Kouhei Amasaki (several shows including Days with My Stepsister, Alya, Wistoria)
[-] wjs018@ani.social 6 points 6 hours ago

This isn't surprising considering how popular the first season was, especially in Japan. The impression I got is that the production side was caught off-guard with its success, which could explain why it has taken a while to organize a season 2 if they weren't planning on it from the beginning.

[-] wjs018@ani.social 2 points 15 hours ago

Same reaction I had...

[-] wjs018@ani.social 3 points 15 hours ago

I had forgotten much of the beginning of this story and it is making me question why I read as much of the manga as I did. The plot through this episode dealing with his classmates just feels so contrived. One thing that I was a bit surprised by is that I don't remember any of the classmates having names in the manga. They are usually just referred to by the clique name (Gal A, Jock B, etc.). However, we got two named classmates this episode: Tanaka that is traveling with the delinquents (against his will it seems) and Oda, leader of the Otaku.

In any case, I might give this one more episode to refresh my memory on how the situation with these jerks is resolved. @rikka@ani.social

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Premieres tomorrow, October 5. Alongside this visual, they announced that it will air for two consecutive cours, consisting of 25 episodes. Additionally, the premiere will include both episodes 1 and 2. I haven't found an English article yet, but here is the Natalie source. Synopsis from AniList:

The setting is 15th-century Poland. It was a time when heretical ideas lead those to who possessed such a mindset to being burned at the stake for their beliefs.

The protagonist, Rafał, a child prodigy, is expected to major in theology, the most important subject at the time, at the university where he plans to skip a grade. One day, however, he comes across a mysterious man, and is now studying a possible "truth" in the midst of heretical thought!

Edit: ANN source in English

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Source is from the official twitter account.

[-] wjs018@ani.social 1 points 19 hours ago

I really liked this chapter. What better sign of her growth could there be than her both getting an interview and then proceeding to make a friend. I know that An is going to be a recurring character and probably help her out at the store. I am looking forward to it!

[-] wjs018@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago

I really enjoyed this. I had wondered before this season started if this could fill the same adult romance niche that Wotakoi did. After the first episode, I don't think this one is going to be anything like Wotakoi because our two main characters are both so incredibly reserved. However, that doesn't mean they aren't really cute together.

I really enjoyed the fact that their coworkers are all on board and super supportive. I think it would have been all too easy for this to become a series that focuses on them constantly avoiding the suspicions of their coworkers or manager. It still might do that, but I am glad it hasn't yet.

Really looking forward to more of this one!

[-] wjs018@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago

The boss threw me off when she was skeptical at the party afterwards. I was sure she was suspicious about them faking the relationship. I literally choked on my coffee that I was drinking when she said it meant there was a bun in the oven. Great fakeout and it is so nice to see all their coworkers being so supportive.

[-] wjs018@ani.social 7 points 1 day ago

First episode of Re:Zero Season 3 is a 90 minute long special. So, you know they are really putting in the effort to make it good.

I have always kind of ebbed and flowed with the anime/manga community depending on how busy I am with irl stuff (grad school was a black hole that sucked up all my time for example). However, since kind of stumbling into moderating the community, it has kept me more active.

[-] wjs018@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago

AC giveth and AC taketh away. Negative Positive Angler is down at 16 when I thought it was a decent premiere.

[-] wjs018@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago

It's not a complete roster of shows due to many series not having a first episode premiere yet, but the top place this week was incredibly hotly contested. I can't remember two shows ending up so close and yet so, so far above the rest of the season.

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No release date announced yet. This was posted to the official twitter account for the show. Check out the Crunchyroll article for additional information. Synopsis of the first season from AniList:

Saitama has a rather peculiar hobby, being a superhero, but despite his heroic deeds and superhuman abilities, a shadow looms over his life. He's become much too powerful, to the point that every opponent ends up defeated with a single punch.

The lack of challenge has driven him into a state of apathy, as he watches his life pass by having lost all enthusiasm, at least until he's unwillingly thrust in the role of being a mentor to the young and revenge-driven Genos.

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Premieres sometime in 2025. The new PV is here. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis from AniList:

Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she’s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific torture she’ll endure, she asks to be put to death. To her surprise, rather than tearing her limb from limb, the tribe leader asks for her hand…in marriage! Will Serafina face a cruel and abusive arranged marriage? Or will she discover that these tribes aren’t as barbaric as she was led to believe?

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No premiere date or PV yet. This is a sequel of the 2018 movie, Ninja Batman. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis of the first movie from AniList:

Gorilla Grodd's time displacement machine transports many of Batman's worst enemies to feudal Japan - along with the Dark Knight and a few of his allies. The villains take over the forms of the feudal lords that rule the divided land, with the Joker taking the lead among the warring factions. As his traditional high-tech weaponry is exhausted almost immediately, Batman must rely on his intellect and his allies - including Catwoman and the extended Bat-family - to restore order to the land, and return to present-day Gotham City.

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The movie premieres today in theaters in Japan. Check out the Crunchyroll article for additional information. Synopsis from AniList:

Fureru is a coming-of-age film set in present-day Tokyo, centering on childhood friends who find a creature with mysterious powers that pushes them to discover the bonds that tie the three students together.

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This was released on twitter as part of the 45th anniversary of Gundam as a franchise and to mark the 2-year anniversary of the original broadcast date of Witch From Mercury (October 2nd, 2022). Check out the Crunchyroll article for additional information. Synopsis of the first season from AniList:

A.S. (Ad Stella) 122

An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry.

Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.

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Premieres January 2025. The new PV is here. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis from AniList:

It's July 1, 2020. Mizuha, a high school second-year, is having the worst seventeenth birthday ever. She's missing her chance to get close to the older student she admires, and her parents didn't even remember that it's her birthday. Worst of all, there's a new and unknown infectious disease making the rounds, so all her club tournaments and school trips have been canceled.

She's convinced that she'll never have the dazzling youth that she's always dreamed of... but then her childhood friend, Mizuki, suddenly declares himself a candidate to be her boyfriend.

This is a school youth story about four childhood friends who grew up like family, one being the heroine, Nishino Mizuha, and the four boys she grew up with whom she sees as family.

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