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Mieruko-chan | Girl That Can See It by Tomoki Izumi– Chapter 52
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"No handholding, not on my watch.
At least not without me in it"
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It seems that Miko finds Michiru rlly cute 💕
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Mieruko-chan Ghost analysis (chapters 22 and 23)
Zen’s mother
The first recurring antagonistic ghost of the series. The first “big bad”. One of the most repulsive ghosts of Mieruko-chan. And the first monstrous ghost we learn the background of.
At first this ghost is just presented as an ominous and evil entity lurking around Zen, telling all the girls that dare lay eyes on him to “NOT LOOK”. One might think she is similar to the obsessed girlfriend ghost Miko had to face in the early chapters but the truth is much more sinister... As it turns out this ghost is the one of Zen’s own mother. An emotionally abusive, hyper-controlling, smothering and possessive woman who was so obsessed with keeping her son as her own and not have him be “anyone else’s” that she could not leave him even in death. She stayed as a monstrous ghost, corrupted by her own evilness and obsession, constantly attached to her son and aggressively telling all females who dared look at him to “LOOK AWAY”.
This basically confirms what we already knew before: most of the monstrous ghosts we see in the manga are the earthbound spirits of people that refuse to move on (and presumably tended to be evil or shitty people in life), ghosts that let themselves be corrupted by their own obsessions and desires, until they can only repeat a few words over and over again. We also understand that the ghosts’ monstrous shapes are actually related to what they are in essence. The human part of this ghost’s design is just the appearance of Zen’s mother as she was when she was alive, just a bit exaggerated and with the typical “ghost features” (bad teeth, bloodshot eyes...). But the rest of her body is the one of a giant spider. Which is actually a reflection of who she was in life and what she still is in death: a manipulative and controlling person obsessed with isolating and constantly watching her son, like a spider on her web, a predatory creature that tries to keep her son in a “cocoon” of suffering, while attacking anything that gets close to her web.
You can also note more references to the traditional onryo archetype, such as the long dark hair: Zen’s mother already had long dark hair, but as a ghost she also ends up wrapped up in long hair that floats off her limbs (which does fit the whole spider web aesthetic).
Zen’s cats: the true form
The creepiest and most disturbing part of the ghost of Zen’s mother is not however the ghost in itself. We have seen designs just as disturbing, it isn’t the first time we see a possessive “parasite-spirit” and Miko already had to escape very aggressive monsters (the little boy ghost that disguised itself as a living human?).
No, what is very disturbing (but also quite revealing about the ghost world of Mieruko-chan) is what Zen’s mother’s ghost actually does around her. As it turns out, all of the creepy, dark, horrifying and mutilated cat-ghosts surrounding Zen are not the ghosts of his “victims” surrounding him... but the ghosts of his mother’s victim. Already in life Zen’s mother was a pet-killer who couldn’t stand having any kind of animal in her house despite her son’s great love for cats, and in death her evil spirit kept her murderous habits. Not that the ghost could directly kill the cats - rather we learn that all the cats Zen tried to save or rescue from shelters or the streets ended up dying in his home. He himself believes that he is just a bad caretaker... but Miko understands that it was clearly the ghost of his mother that snuffed out the life-force of the pets. She is so obsessed with keeping her son as her own that she literaly killed the pets he loved - because she can’t stand him showing love to anyone that is not her. (Plus we know that animals can see ghosts, so maybe this had to do with it?) .
We also get to learn that the reason these ghost-cats are so creepy and corrupted in appearance, as well as the reason they are tied to this earth, is because of the ghost of Zen’s mother: it is her own presence and corruption that makes them “creepy earthbound spirits”. After Zen’s mother disappears for good, the cat ghosts are “uncorrupted” (they become white and take back normal cat shapes) and then fade away like smoke, passing on to the afterlife. Miko interprets that as them leaving because “Mother”’s very presence trapped them as tormented spirits - but she also wonders if it isn’t Hana’s incredibly strong life aura that managed to “heal” or “cure” the cat spirits.
The kami spirits
And this third volume ends up on a reappearance of the “kami” entities, the spirits of the mysterious shrine: the many-tailed fox-god and the shrine maidens. The deal Miko made with these entities is seemingly completed, as after she brought the cannibal ghost to the temple the fox-god offered her three protections. She used all three : one for the tunnel spirit, one for the little boy ghost, and her final one to get rid of Zen’s mother for good. It then seems the deal is over...
... but as it turns out, it is apparently not at all the nature of the deal as the god and his shrine maidens manifest behind Miko, looking at her, seemingly expecting something. It is quite interesting as it proves that the fox-god can actually manifest outside of its shrine. We also see that they are surrounded with dead leaves, which was already a thematic element for the shrine maidens, and further strengthens their tie to the forest in which the shrine is located. We also get here to admire more details of the fox-god, such as the jewels that hang on its “horns/ears” or the sign-covered wrapping around its arm (does it actually fuse with its flesh?).
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Watching mieruko-chan.
The dude with the cats and the wife????? Is so wholesome????? But i'm CRI????????????😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Okay, let’s do this.
I have finished volume 1 of Otherside Picnic. Spoilers ahead I suppose.
Ended up a bit long and not very connected, just my thoughts as organized as possible.
This hit me in a different way compared to the manga, because while in the manga you can see Sorawo’s fascination with Toriko, in the novel it’s actually even funnier because of how often she’s thinking about how beautiful she is, getting stunned looking at her or just having very lesbian thoughts. I thought it was exaggeration... lmao
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I’m reminded of how often I’ll try to recommend an upcoming anime to my friends, only for it to be in some form disappointing. As examples from this season: Yuusha ga Shinda [reminder for myself to write about this] or Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu. From past seasons: Mieruko-chan, Yugami-kun or Tsugumomo.
The general idea about these anime is that they might be (very often not) good anime, but the manga is going to be superior most of the time. Whether it is because the gags fit better in manga form (Mieruko-chan), it is a subpar adaptation (Otherside Picnic !!!!) or because it doesn’t reach the “good part” in a season or two (Tsugumomo, Yugami-kun), in the end, for me to recommend this series (keyword) to people I would simply point to the manga instead.
That is to say, some series are a better fit for a particular medium. I believe that Otherside Picnic is just better as a novel. Having (more of) the inner thoughts of Sorawo so you truly feel how she sees the world is superior to the manga, where a paragraph of inner monologue might get reduced to one or two sentences.
Speaking of, even on volume 1 you can see how everyone is SO weird. Sorawo is the weirdest by far. “Yeah, my childhood was pretty average. My mom dies, my dad and grandma join a cult. There’s some beef with some other cult (?), so I spend most of high school in random places just so I don’t have to be home. Then people try to kill/kidnap me, and I had the brilliant idea of using KEROSENE to burn my family, but they got lost and died. Oh well, you know, your usual japanese childhood.”
Like memes aside, she needs to work through some (a lot) of stuff, but her serious problems also get eclipsed by her tendency to stare at Toriko while thinking about how hot/beautiful/amazing she is, and then ignore those feelings completely. When people joke about how so in denial she is, it is not an exaggeration. I lost count of all the times she compliments Toriko in her head. Several times per file.
Toriko is also out there, although in volume 1 it might not be apparent by itself. Ordering food just to watch Sorawo eat, some of the things she does/says to her would make me think she’s coming on to me, and despite how warped Sorawo’s worldview is she is rightfully scared of how casual Toriko is with handling guns. Granted, the Otherside is dangerous, so eventually one would get used to it I assume, but Toriko sees nothing wrong at all even when pointed out.
Example of how great they are for each other:
Kozakura gets her own introduction and her own (shared with Sorawo) file. Her weirdness might not be visible right away, but it’s there. She “collects” artifacts from the Zone... I mean Otherside, paying an absurd[1] amount for the Kunekune’s cube. She keeps a shotgun in her house. She is also willing to stay in the Otherside, in pajamas and sandals, if it means that she might see Satsuki.
Yeah, those last two might actually be on the “normal” side considering the circumstances and relationship with Satsuki.
All of that to say: Sorawo is a fucking weirdo, but I was honestly surprised at seeing Toriko’s behavior from Sorawo’s perspective (compared to the manga I mean). I genuinely feel like she was trying to flirt with Sorawo, intentional or not I don’t know yet. It is hard to tell, made more confusing by this part:
If we take her word, she does come of as kind of reserved (shy?) when talking to other people (men(!)) so I would assume she is trying to get closer to Sorawo (in her own way) but she is just that dense and we read it through that lens, so it might have been ultra obvious for anyone other than Sorawo and we readers can’t tell because of it (or it’s a me problem and I’m reading too much into it).
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Overall, I think reading the manga first might have been good. I can look at their actions and get even more confused. Instead of thinking of how weird they are, I’m thinking “are they just weird or really bad at comunicating” (or both).
To finish off, a bad poem (Ctrl+F beautiful):
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[1] A million yen is ~6700€, which means they get 3350€ for risking their lifes to bring back an artifact (if Kozakura buys it, which she didn’t when they brought back Hasshaku-sama’s hat). It might actually be a reasonable amount considering the risk of not getting paid + the dangers of the Otherside.
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Okay, so the latest chapter of Mieruko-Chan (Chapter 56) has set up three (3) things. There are spoilers in here, but this chapter was less big plot and more build up for characters and later plot.
1. Michiru and the Caterpillar Forest Spirit are still integrating
Michiru is still very Michiru, but the tentacles are goofy now. Probably because she doesn't feel like she has to be defensive or aggressive in having a friend, so the caterpillar forest spirit seems to have relaxed some. Why it's being so goofy is not yet seen but I'm not complaining. It looks like Michiru is still insecure of her place as Hana and Miko's friend (could be the cause for the goofy. She's trying to "unwind with friends"), and she's still adamant on Miko particular, but she's also interacting with Hana and is less forceful when Miko turns her down. Miko is also far less worried about the spirit (now that she knows what it is and Michiru's situation), and even considers the spirit a logical option for dangerous spirits, but isn't keen to bother Michiru with these situations. It's a process, Michiru with the group, and a good one to be seeing.
I also liked Zen-sensei's smile while seeing them goofing around. He definitely became a teacher with the mind to take notice of students in similar situations to him and act where and when he could, as we saw with Michiru's. Even if her situation was very different his "interference" was still needed. Michiru and You couldn't stay in a bubble forever.
2. The shadow
This was one of those suited shadows from the end of ch. 55. We aren't sure if these are spirits or something completely different.
These are clearly being built into an arc, but what they are for we don't yet know. These dudes and the main guy who seems very aware of Romm (and may be the Seto who Romm was going to contact but I've experienced a moment like this where characters you thought were built to be the same person turned out to be completely seperate). I'm wondering if these guys are attached to the caterpillar spirit story, cause it almost seemed like they were visiting the Caterpillar spirit's shrine which they found broken. However, I could be wrong and this is a completely different shrine. Maybe it could be linked towards Romm's near death experience we saw, or the as yet unresolved "WHAT THE HELL CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN" from the end of the mountain shrine story, or something else entirely.
Altogether, they're around, they're probably going to be part of something important, and one is tailing Miko. Question is: Is it because she interacts with Michiru and the Caterpillar Spirit, or because she interacts with Romm? (And are they aware that she can see? That's a good question too, but I'm leaning towards "no and they'll just be mildly surprised she can".)
Initially when I saw the one tailing Miko, I thought it was another shape for the "photo guy" and have sense slapped my forehead realizing it wasn't. But I wonder if they might be something to get involved with the photo guy situation (I'm feeling very "each photo it appears in it grows closer" lurking death type). It did almost kill Romm after all and he's contemplating help from someone, but again I'm 50/50 on if it's actually the same person we saw in the manga.
3. Dad
On to our favorite household duo. Dad has shown he might not be around for an big reason, but he's definitely around to look after his family and that includes dangerous spirits that can latch onto and hurt the living. We have seen the first one actually capable of doing so, because it grabbed onto Kyoya with harmful intent.
A lot of people think that weird horse-dog looking ghost in the Yotsuya household may be another half of the dad, or it could be a guide for him in the way that creepy wheelchair dude that wheeled the recently deceased old man from the hospital away with his family. Either way, this entity has yet to be shown as dangerous (just unsettling for Miko) and the dad's ghost interacts with it casually. We also don't have a truely clear answer as to why dad or horse/dog spirit is still here.
However, in this chapter, we see dad is able to stand his ground against creepier entities, telling them clearly to leave, and the horse/dog acts as a sort of "guard dog" that will act if the problem doesn't back down.
Dad is sticking around to protect his family, and the other ghost is acting the same. We were lucky this spirit didn't seem to be
But, if I'm not mistaken, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ONE GHOST OUTSIDE THE DOOR THAT ONE NIGHT WAS. I thought it was going to be linked to Michiru and You, but, with retrospect, I'm wondering if it was only imitating You. Knock and say a thing to get someone to answer the door. This interaction was tense due to the situation with Michiru, but I think it was setting up that Dad can tell the good from wrong sort.
Which could have been an important moment considering the interaction between the caterpillar spirit, the horse-dog and Dad. Dad didn't seem to have much self(ghost self?) preservation with the caterpillar spirit, who was acting out of over protectiveness due to Michiru's mental state. And it was the horse-dog that de-esculated that situation, considering it had caused it. This could be due to the separation of ghosts from something like guides and the strength of forest spirits (assuming again that horse-dog is a guardian type). Maybe Dad didn't clock the danger because it's a spirit attached to a living girl. Maybe he follows the horse-dog's lead of danger vs okay. Maybe he just didn't see a threat because he could recognize it for what it was and it was the equivalent of trying to approach a chihuahua (they can lash out or become putty and its a coin toss sometimes). There's options, probably more than what I came up with.
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I did a vampire-themed review earlier in October in lieu of Halloween, but I was thinking, "why not another one?"
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But this time, it is gonna be a generic Halloween-related theme, meaning that instead of purely vampires, I am including, ghosts, horror and the like... you get the gist.
As usual, 🚨SPOILERS🚨
1️⃣ Vampire Knight
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This was one of the most popular anime back in those days. Every girl who watches this were fawning over Zero and Kaname... It was practically a Team Edward and Team Jacob situation again...
Anyway, this anime talks about Yuki, the main female protagonist, who is living in this school that on the surface, is an ordinary school for students to enroll. The secret that this school keeps, is that there are night classes held specifically for a special group of students. And those students are vampires.
Yuki, along with Zero, are the only students in the day-time student population privy to that information. Together with the teachers of the school, they help to keep this secret, and also prevent any harm from falling onto the day-time students.
This anime was really well written and my sister enjoyed it a lot that she even got the light novel of it. Mind you, my sister doesn't watch a lot of anime like I do, and though she does read, she doesn't read as much as I do too... Her anime knowledge comparing to mine is not even a quarter. So, for her to like this anime and get the light novel is saying something.
The ending can be disappointing, especially for Team Zero fans, but thinking about it now, it only made sense... Yep, anyway, have a go at this anime, it's really good and highly recommended :3
Rating: 9⭐/10
2️⃣ Ajin: Demi-Human
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For the life of me, I have really no idea what is going on... it looks like horror, but not really horror, and it's just manifesting some weird-ass black looking thing... yeah... I really have no idea what is going on...
You could say... to some extent, that it is like Tokyo Ghoul. A city full of ghouls secretly living among the humans. And the government secretly created a team of ghouls to help manage the ghoul population. For Ajin, it is kinda in the similar vein.
The animation of it is quite unique, like watching a game being developed in play. If that is not your thing but you still want to watch this, then I would recommend the manga instead. But even the manga is confusing for me... 🥲
The show received positive ratings across multiple platforms. So I guess it's worth the watch? I personally don't really like it that much which is why I don't have much to talk about this. But, hey, don't let me stop you from trying this 😉
Rating: 6⭐/10
TLDR: Confusing, not sure what is going on... Probably it's me...
3️⃣ Death Parade
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This show practically talks about this afterlife world where departed souls come to get judged. However, the departed souls has no memories of their lives. In this afterlife world, the... I have no idea what they are called... Reaper? Bartender?
Reaper Bartender Judge?
Whatever... those guys will judge your souls by observing a game played between the souls. If you are the only soul there, then they will join the game to make up the numbers. So, the game will help the souls relive their memories of their lives and this allows those judging bartender reapers to see and make the decision whether the souls are good or bad. If they are good, they get to reincarnate; if they are bad, then they go to the void and cease to exist again.
It is quite an interesting concept and the anime does not fail. I have to say though, that it can get violent, but it is a natural human reaction. Some of the games can be very violent, but there are very relaxing ones too. It is a 12-episode series but it is very interesting.
Rating: 8⭐/10
4️⃣ Mieruko-chan
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🚨WARNING🚨: DO NOT watch this anime while eating. SERIOUS. I MEAN IT.
The reason being... you can try Googling yourself and you will know what I mean. Some of you may be okay with it, but others may not be. I wasn't prepared and I almost puked my food out.
Anyway, this anime talks about the main protagonist, Miko, who suddenly one day can see the spirits. And the spirits are not like your Hanako from Jibaku Shounen. These spirits are gory and, as mentioned earlier, could make you puke your food out. It seriously makes Junji Ito's horror manga look more like rainbow and sunshines...
I digress. So, Miko, who could suddenly see these gory spirits, had to work extremely hard to ignore them on a daily basis. It's not easy because she sometimes have to put up with the spirits wrapping themselves around her, or even walk through them so as to not draw attention to herself and place herself in danger.
To be extremely honest, the arc which the anime covers isn't really interesting... but important for what comes next. I am following the manga closely and two things comes to mind with the current addition of a new character, what is going to happen and will Miko finally stop seeing spirits?
Anyway, have a go at it but remember, DON'T EAT YOUR FOOD WHILE WATCHING THIS.
Rating: 7⭐/10
TLDR: Gory level - no food allowed when watching this. Can be a bit boring but important for the story later... if it ever comes out a season 2...
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I've been reading Bleach recently, after a certain professional shitbag recommended it. I'm only a dozen chapters in, but I have some thoughts.
First: If you've been reading my posts talking about new Shonen Jump series, I am sorry. But also, the thing I keep talking about is pacing. Shonen Jump titles are under a lot of pressure to perform well out of the gate; this means most of them cram as much of their premise and ideas into chapter 1, getting to "the good part" ASAP without having time to lay any groundwork for it.
Bleach isn't like that. Basic story facts are scattered throughout the first volume or so, giving more room for the characters and such to breathe. I dunno if Jump worked differently twenty years ago, or if Tite Kubo was more confident in his writing speaking for itself, or what, but I appreciate it.
Second: Maybe it's just that I binged Mieruko-chan earlier this week, but it feels like Ichigo seeing (normal) ghosts should come up more than it does. There aren't anywhere near as many ghosts around in Ichigo's world as Miko's, and they're a lot nicer (except the Hollows), but still.
Third: I was expecting the fact that Ichigo's physical body stays behind, unconscious, when he astrally projects or whatever to fight Hollows was just a handy plot excuse. A reason for Ichigo's broad-daylight swordfights to not be noticed, that would come up for the occasional gag or when it's convenient to the plot, but mostly be forgotten.
But nope! Characters have reacted to Ichigo going unconscious both times (so far) he's projected while outside his house—nothing plot-altering, but enough to make the characters feel like they notice the weird things he's doing and react to them.
Fourth: When Ichigo finds out Hollows used to be human (um, spoilers for chapter 3/episode 2 of Bleach I guess?), he's mad at Rukia for not telling him this, but doesn't really angst about having to kill ex-humans. He talks at them a normal shonen manga amount, but that's about all he does differently when he learns that his enemies used to be human. That feels like something that most series would give more focus (and angst) than it really deserves.
Fifth: There are a lot of nice little moments. Rukia stealing Ichigo's sisters clothes because she didn't pack anything for her not-so-brief trip to the mortal world. Orihime talking with her ex-brother. Rukia not knowing how juice boxes work. Some random guy getting mad at Ichigo for "copying his look," but nothing really comes of it; it's just a school Ichigo's been going to and has a history at. Rukia failing to comfort the dead kid in a parakeet, this makes sense in context.
Maybe this is just reiterating the pacing thing I started with, but...it's nice that there's space for things that don't really do anything except establish characters and tone. Also, I think Rukia's my favorite character.
Speaking of which, sixth: I kinda wish Rukia kept a bit more of her power. At the moment, it feels like she's basically only useful for spiritual cleanup and occasionally not dying long enough for Ichigo to show up. When she said she could only use a few Kidō spells, I thought that meant she'd use them to back up Ichigo in combat. But no, she's limited to a pretty normal level of physical abilities and some spells that don't do much.
Now, it could be a lot worse. Rukia refuses to be damseled, and the fight scene where she and one of Ichigo's mundane classmates work together to stall the Hollow proves that just because a character isn't as strong as Ichigo doesn't mean they won't get awesome moments. But it's still kinda disappointing.
I'm not saying Rukia should be as strong as Ichigo, mind. Rukia losing almost all her reaper power to Ichigo is the inciting incident, that's fine. I just wish she kept, like, 5% instead of 1%. Enough to keep some cool fight powers.
She's probably getting some power-up sooner or later, probably shouldn't complain too much. Anyways, that's six things I thought about in Bleach that I felt like sharing.
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Manga I read
Ancient Magus Bride
Ancient Magus Bride: Jack Flash And The Faerie Case
Ancient Magus Bride: Wizard's Blue
In/Spectre
Sailor Moon
Code Name: Sailor V
Mieruko-Chan
Wandering Witch: Journey Of Elaina
If Witch, Then Which?
Flying Witch
Love me for who I am
Little Witch Academia
A silent voice
Weathering With You
How To Treat Magical Beasts
Wicked Lovely
Mortal Instruments
Infernal Devices
Heartstopper
Mieruko-Chan is under the Yule tree, so no spoilers please!
#ancient magus bride#in/spectre#sailor moon#code name sailor v#wandering witch#flying witch#A silent voice#weathering with you#manga
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Mieruko-chan | Girl That Can See It by Tomoki Izumi– Chapter 52
#mieruko-chan#mieruko chan#Girl That Can See It#Can-See-Ghosts-chan#Tomoki Izumi#mierukochanedit#mieruko-chan spoilers#horror#thorrorsday#Manga#mymanga#vixmanga#manga cap#mangacap#mangaedit#manga aesthetic#manga and stuff#anisource#animanga
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THE SILLIES 💕💕
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2023 Anime Year Review!
Happy New Year! I'm gonna start by doing my best to list all the anime I watched this year. I felt like putting them in alphabetical order, so I did.
The anime I watched in 2023 are: Attack on Titan Final Season, Buddy Daddies, Crash Course in Naughtness, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc, Don't Toy with Me Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack, Dr. Stone: New World, Frieren Beyond Journey’s End, Helck, Hell's Paradise, Jigokuraku, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Mashle: Magic and Muscles, My New Boss Is Goofy, My Hero Academy, Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage, Reborn as a Vending Machine I Now Wander the Dungeon, Spy x Family Season 2, Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead.
For manga I have been keeping up with Bocchi the Rock, Bocchi the Rock Hiroi’s story, Call of the Night, Chainsaw Man, Demon Girl Next Door, Don’t Mess With Me Nagatoro, Mieruko-san, and Shimeji Simulation.
Now I'll be giving some thoughts on the year as a whole and mentioning specific ones in categories. There will be no spoilers.
It definitely looks like a lot, but I know I have watched more in the past. It's tougher finding as much time for anime now, but I desire to give more new shows a shot in 2024 like I usually would. There are a lot of sequels that I watched this year! The new shows were pretty good, with most of them fitting into the realm of being pretty good but not extraordinary. While the continuations on the other end had a lot more extremes, with most of the mainstream shows fitting into the realm of having moments I really liked in between stuff that was lukewarm or frustrating.
My single favorite is Dr. Stone: New World. Dr Stone continues to be very consistent and have a bit of everything, providing good visuals, fun characters, and interesting applications of science. This season really stepped it up when it came to the story. The climax of this season is the best I've seen this year. It really keeps up the intensity and leaves you guessing what happens next. It got me very excited for what’s next. It’s great on all fronts.
Most underrated I would give to Reborn as a Vending Machine. I think it's very solid and on the better end of isekai shows. It’s truly a unique premise and worth checking out if you like fantasy and slice of life shows.
Biggest surprise hit I would go with Mashle. I had not heard of it before this and went into it just thinking it was going to make fun of Harry Potter over and feel like a rehash of One Punch. I figured I’d enjoy a few episodes then drop it when the schtick got old. But it's genuinely funny outside of its magic parody, and does do some genuinely cool magic stuff at the same time. I liked it a lot more than I expected to.
Biggest disappointment I will give to both Demon Slayer Swordsmith Village Arc and Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, specifically the Shibuya Incident Arc (yes they are the same season but they are fundamentally separated in the story and in release). Reason being that their issues are very similar. They both have some really cool moments that are surrounded by boring and frustrating shonen action style tropes. Such as dragging fights out dialogue and flashbacks, emotion baiting, and convenient power ups that don’t feel satisfying or earned. Both of the primary villains in these arcs are not very interesting to me. Neither of these shows are terrible, as they still had the core aspects that made me like them initially. But for me they have many disappointing and frustrating aspects.
What new shows I’m looking forward to in 2024 as of now: Mashle season 2, Dungeon Meshi, Konosuba season 3, My Hero Academia Season 7, Yuru Camp season 3, Sound! Euphonium 3, Solo Leveling, and the new Spice and Wolf. I do want to watch some anime in 2024 that have been on my list, which are the following: Baki, Honey and Clover, and Chihayafuru at least. Baki I know is super fun and super up my alley. Honey and Clover is by the same author as March Comes in Like a Lion (one of my favorite anime), which is enough for me to watch. Chihayafuru comes highly recommended, and from what I know I am confident I will enjoy it. I've wanted to watch these for a while but with following the seasonals it's hard to get to them.
One anime I’m still holding out hope for is Dorohedoro season 2. I do still think we will eventually get it, but I really hope it's soon. An announcement in 2024 would be SHOCKINGly lovely. Another announcement I'd love would be an anime adaptation of Shimeji Simulation. The manga just recently ended and is very good (a post on that is coming soon).
I really enjoyed this year of anime and manga! I hope you did as well and are looking forward to next year as much as me! I'd also like to mention that I started blogging about anime this year and have really enjoyed doing it! I plan to continue to please stick around! Thank you for reading!
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Warning: Violence, gore, potential spoilers
Title: Things That Go Bump In The Night
Editor: mmcmahan11
Song: Bump in the Night
Artist: AllStars
Anime: Akame ga Kill, Everyday Life with Monster Girls, Interviews with Monster Girls, Hellsing Ultimate, King of Thor, The Misfit of Demon King Academy, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Mieruko-chan
Category: Horror
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I love the fact the Mieruko-Chan, a scary anime about a girl who develops the power to see gruesome, awful looking ghosts and is hunted by a soul eating god thing, is--in terms of format, execution, theme, and categorization in most online resources--somehow still just a Slice of Life anime.
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