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The Legend of Black Heaven 7

Even on what counts for a good night nowadays, 2014's ratings look good compared to recent years.

The Tsukasa Empire Redemption, of course. Second place goes to Shippuden with its clever transition from Obito's villain origin story to the Akatsuki's own.

Legal by feudal Japanese standards, maybe...

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Everyone but me, but whatever you do don't @ me on that. MY HERO ACADEMIA - I swear, Monoma, one of these days you're gonna be shanked in the parking lot behind a Denny's and no one will cry for you at your funeral. Tetsutetsu, on the other hand, is easily the best boy of Class B, no contest. And it looks like Endeavor's redemption arc is continuing to go smoothly, good for him! And finally, I read that there was going to be something gross at the end of this episode, but when I found out it was Iida pulling out his shin-mufflers, I felt extremely underwhelmed about it. Clearly my definition of "gross" is different from most people's. DR. STONE - I don't know what's considered the most foolproof prison break in fiction, but Chrome escaping the Tsukasa Empire with just some plants and a piece of smuggled contraband is definitely up there with some of the best. And as much of a bastard as he is, I kinda like Yo, reminds me of my policeman OC only slightly more murder-y. FOOD WARS - I'm not the craziest about the "twins that are varying degrees of creepy" trope, as my extreme disdain for the twin lolis from Fire Force can attest, but I can totally see the appeal in Cilla and Berta. Then again, I'm probably just saying that because I like their designs, especially the sweater/overall skirt combo. (Also, their foodgasm bear-girl outfits are easily the most kemonomimi costumes I've seen on Toonami in recent memory.) PROMISED NEVERLAND - I was fully prepared to take my first comment back, but surprise surprise, I didn't dislike this one either. It's almost as if people telling me a show's going to be bad and no one will like it is enough to make me like it when I actually sit down and watch it! Even if my feelings aren't primarily out of spite! Still, this season was easily inferior to the first, and could've used an extra episode to better explain the ending slideshow. So I'm only going to give it an 8/10 on my horribly skewed scoring system, which is comparable to a 6/10 by normal people standards. BLACK CLOVER - Based on the promo and how this episode ending, I'm thinking next episode's gonna be a Yami and Mereoleona one. Oh, and this one was kinda alright too. Virgin Street Punk Dandy is just as much of a loser as Dandy Prime, if not moreso. SHIPPUDEN - Welp, so much for full OPs every week being a thing. And for seeing Vic talk to himself. Oh well, at least we got the Akatsuki's complete origin story out of it this week. YASHAHIME PROMO - Okay, so not only do we have a TV-MA blanket rating for this show, but they're pixelating out the featureless boobs on the enemy she-demons. I'm actually more concerned about what this is insinuating than I am the show's actual writing quality, but then again, that's to be expected from someone with such specified interests as mine.

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As for that Food Wars I missed, I got around to it and, as usual, enjoyed it. There was something kind of fun about seeing them talk about New Orleans like it's some obscure place. 12:00 - My Hero Academia #95 - Match 3 - TV-14 12:30 - Dr Stone: Stone Wars #6 - Prison Break - TV-14LV 1:00 - Food Wars! The Third Plate #17 - Walking the Tightrope of Umami - TV-MAS 1:30 - The Promised Neverland #23 - Episode 11 - TV-14LV 🚨 (WARNING: ALSO SO BAD NO SCRIPTWRITER WANTED CREDIT FOR IT) 🚨 2:00 - Black Clover #155 - The 5 Spirit Guardians - TV-PG 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #346 - World of Dreams - TV-PG 3:00 - Attack on Titan: The Final Season #7 - Assault - TV-MA 3:30 - Dragon Ball Super #120 - A Perfect Survival Strategy! The 3rd Universe's Menacing Assassin! - TV-14L Next week, we trade out one trainwreck for another, depending on what your personal definition of a trainwreck even is.

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I'll probably like season 2 regardless of what I've heard, but when one of the most impartial anime watchers you know shits out a Twitter thread out of nowhere to dunk on it, going in with caution is your best bet.

Food Wars! The Third Plate 16 Number one on the ThreatDown: BEARS!

I might've said this somewhere before, but if not, I'll say it now: this show better be damn good to justify how hard B: The Beginning's second season failed compared to the first. [from what I've read]

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I feel they're obvious enough for those of us who watch the block, that I don't bother listing them here. Though I will be listing this week's Food Wars here when I get around to it. (And here I thought DVR was created to prevent the in-recording screwups I ran into with physical media...)

Well it is an idol group performing it, so that would explain why. I know, I'm surprised too. Maybe they're gradually bringing the OPs back? It'd be cool if they did, Naruto's OPs are great. Nope, first time seeing it, and I'm confident we'll get context in due time. What matters right now is that the scene out-of-context was Obito's start of darkness.

Dr. Stone was great, and I liked Neverland more than I expected, but I've gotta give it to Shippuden this week. I love me a Pierrot episode that actually puts the effort into its animation.

I've really come a long way, haven't I. MY HERO ACADEMIA - I was almost disappointed in Kendo for buying into Monoma's belief that Class A ain't shit compared to them, especially when she's the one constantly whacking him for being such a consistent douchenozzle. But then I actually watched the episode, and suddenly her actions made more sense than they did in the promo. Not bad, either team. I consider you both winners, even if it was a technical blowout for the B team. DR. STONE - I completely forgot that Suika had a stealth mode, nor did I have any idea that paper could be made from grass and not just wood. I've got a feeling Chrome's gonna make a hacksaw out of that rock wall and use that to escape his cell. FOOD WARS - Unfortunately, a mysterious digital recording error in the first minute my DVR copy of the episode has made trying to watch it not worth the effort, so I'll be seeking this one out on my own time. PROMISED NEVERLAND - Is it wrong that I don't hate this episode? Sure, it sucks that we didn't see the storylines leading up to certain important moments, Emma trying to Talk no Jutsu Ratri to their side is easily her stupidest move yet, and the lack of a credited screenwriter is indication enough that there's something objectively wrong with what was put out, but everything, from Vincent acting the triple agent to Isabella using her promotion to complete her Heel Face Turn, I personally enjoyed in the moment too much to really regret going through it all. My favorite part: the guys who were actually for the demon genocide plan getting to kill some as a booby prize for getting Talk no Jutsu'd out of it! BLACK CLOVER - The only thing more surprising than Langris straight-up resigning - a strangely canon move for anime original content - is that he wasn't as big a dick to Finral as he normally is. I'm still holding back on calling it a "redemption arc"; you have to go a certain length before it can be taken seriously. SHIPPUDEN - Ironically, it was one of the best episodes from this sub-arc. My man Hiroyuki Yamashita, he ain't no Tsuru but he's an above-fine director in his own right.

"I'm in Hell" As if the Underworld Transfer Jutsu wasn't appropriate enough a title.

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SIXTEEN.

#29, "Steam Gorilla". C'mon, Al, you're better than this.

The title's actually "Foresight".

Jam #13 has been finished (save for one scene I had to cut for time reasons), and on that hurdle overcome, here's the finished announcement sketch. I fear I might have made Naokuu too pink-looking.

Once upon a time, there was a man. And his words are truer now than they were then. Believe it! 12:00 - My Hero Academia #94 - Foresight - TV-14 12:30 - Dr Stone: Stone Wars #5 - Steam Gorilla - TV-PGLV 1:00 - Food Wars! The Third Plate #16 - Revenge Match - TV-MAS 1:30 - The Promised Neverland #22 - Episode 10 - TV-14LV 🚨 (WARNING: SO BAD NO SCRIPTWRITER WANTED CREDIT FOR IT) 🚨 2:00 - Black Clover #154 - Vice Captain Langris Vaude - TV-PG 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #345 - I'm in Hell - TV-PGV 3:00 - Attack on Titan: The Final Season #6 - The War Hammer Titan - TV-14LV 3:30 - Dragon Ball Super #119 - Unavoidable? The Ferocity of a Stealth Attack - TV-14LV Also, on account of my new job and the gradual moving process I'll be making to account for it being an hour and a half away from where I am now, my extensive "spaz review" thoughts end with the post above. I'll provide quick blurbs for tomorrow's offerings, and maybe for the next few weeks until I can reliably watch shows live without disturbing anyone, but that'll be it. The move to the live watching threads in our Toonami sub-forum may very well be permanent in the coming months.