I haven’t gotten around to reading the Nagato Yuki-chan manga yet, though it is on my list of stuff to check out.

I watched it immediately after watching the entire Haruhi series for the first time, which is probably a mistake - they are two completely different types of shows that just happen to take place in the same universe. Maybe for the first 8-9 episodes (whenever the black and white episode happens) I wasn’t in the right mindset to properly enjoy the laid back slice of life type that was Nagato Yuki-chan. Also, I couldn’t stop comparing the art style and animation to the KyoAni series, which is naturally going to be an unfair comparison lol.

Scorching hot take: for last season’s ecchi offerings, I liked Chained Soldier more than Akogarete.

OK, mods may now ban me forever.

I haven’t even heard of that title before, that’s interesting. I wonder if those differences were made out of creative intent or out of compromise somewhere in the production process.

My personal list:

Anime > Source:

-Haruhi Suzumiya - LN - Anime somehow remains nearly 100% faithful to the LNs yet takes what was otherwise kind of a silly and meaningless story and elevates it to masterpiece level. Maybe a hot take: KyoAni already adapted all the best parts of the LNs, it’s almost like I can feel Tanigawa’s creative exhaustion seeping through his words in the later novels

-Mushoku Tensei - LN - The LN just took the web novel and published it. Yep. This was definitely an amateur web novel, a step above fan fiction. But the anime is terrific.

-Jujutsu Kaisen - Manga - The manga itself is a rough gem. The excitement and genius is here. All of Akutami’s humor and personality is fresh here and was adapted faithfully into the anime, though the sheer coolness and style is unique to the anime. Also, some of the character designs look cuter in the anime, notably Nobara.

Source > Anime:

-Oshi no Ko - Manga - I personally disliked the anime while liking the manga a lot more. To me, the real substance of this story comes from its characters and their well-written psychologies, which is something that is just inherently more difficult to show in anime format as opposed to writing.

Source ??? Anime:

Now that I think about it, these bullet points don’t even belong in this discussion topic, sorry I got carried away nerding out over anime lol

-Sousou no Frieren - Manga - Actually the source itself is terrific. The anime takes that already terrific source and jazzes it up a bit more. The anime hasn’t even gotten to the best parts yet.

-Kobayashi-san chi no Dragon Maid - Manga - Bwahaha. They are both extremely good. Though similar to Haruhi, I think all of the best parts have been adapted so far.

Edit: edited for better organization

I’m curious, do you watch the raws? How good is your understanding of Japanese?

Or are the early releases dub/multi-dub?

Personally I hated it.

I thought the story was horribad and the main two characters were not likeable at all. Also, since I watched this anime for the first time only 2-3 years ago, the concept of terrorists disseminating their messages via viral riddles on a Youtube-analog already seemed quaint and outdated to me.

It had very good art direction and animation, though.

People are people

Clothes are clothes

Fan service is fan service

Almost as good as the character named “Eiai Nano” from Hyakkano, who isn’t actually a robot, but pretty much acts like one all the time

If I seemed combative, I apologize. I appreciate you engaging in good faith. It is a rarer and rarer sight to see on social media.

Ok, so your problem is with people likening ANY anime with children to pedos specifically as opposed to anime with actually sexually suggestive content involving children?

Yes. I see this sentiment a lot and the sheer stupidity of it exasperates me to no end. Not only does it seem to me like it’s a position that arises from people unable to differentiate between fiction and reality, it also irritates me because it actually diminishes the severity of child sexual abuse IRL.

I’m not talking about any of this, I’m talking about a very narrow scope here that you even quoted at the top of your comment.

Any site that bans an anime because of the girls’ ages in the show is full of hypocrisy. They pick and choose which shows and girls are inappropriate and aren’t consistent about it. Especially when they allow sexy shows based on real children (Cuties).

I think they’re doing a major disservice to actual victims by comparing them to cartoons. (emphasis mine)

Hot take: people who get upset over young characters in anime and compare it to pedophilia are actually the fucking worst. They don’t actually care about real children or real victims of real sexual abuse, they only want to ride their high horse on a bullshit tide of false self-righteousness. Their sense of indignant justice and ego is inflated further by not only looking down on the concept as a whole, but also associating all anime fans with it, and thus looking down on them too.

I’m not a prolific LN reader (I’ve read like, Haruhi Suzumiya and that’s it) but I just wanted to add that it’s perfectly normal to find appeal in hate reading/hate watching something. Sometimes you are enjoying it like a slow motion car crash. Other times it’s fun to mock the plot, characters or dialogue. Even though the whole time you might be thinking “this is complete trash” there’s something gripping about it. At least for me, I’m more likely to finish reading/watching something that I hate rather than something that is merely boring.

Raison d’etre still randomly chooses to live in my head for days at a time. And Sumomo is still one of the best mascot characters ever.

Sucks to see Pluto in Netflix jail near the bottom of the full list. I just finished it a few days ago. It was hardly a perfect anime but it definitely deserves more attention.