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Fire Force beat out SAO in total viewers by 1K? And Food Wars beat them both in the key demo? As far as ratings go these days, this is rather pleasing.

Just another reason for me to skip the Superbowl commercials this year.

Excuse me, Option 3. I forgot 4 doesn't exist here.

Option 4, with the "Kinky Shit" subcategory from Option 5 for us perverts.

Really, the fact that it's airing on Toonami combined with my like of most things anime is what's keeping me on board. Oh, and Midnight. Can't forget Midnight.

I'd take a TL;DR Top Gun post detailing the decline and fall of Bleach over a random two-hour Youtube video's interpretation of the same.

No, it's just that Japan had a longer wait between season 1 and season 2 than we did. MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY, MASON. Worse. She's an albino. You know, but I didn't. Use your brain for once instead of saying the first things that come out of your mouth in order to up your post count, Elfie. There was a break between seasons in the dubbing process too, IIRC. Another fun fact about MSG mythology: my mother decided that MSG had gluten in it - meaning I, who is on a gluten-free diet for non-celiac but definitely-sensitivity reasons, couldn't have it - because "glutamate" sounded like it could have gluten in it. Apparently she has no idea what "glutamic acid" is, and that MSG can be found in plenty of gluten-free foods.

And finally your occasional exclamations of that phrase make sense, now that Asta's actually there in front of her. MY HERO ACADEMIA - I love it whenever we see events the main character experienced play out for one of the side characters. Really helps add to the universe. But that's only one of the reasons Kirishima's backstory came off as so fun and informative. And yes, the random breakdancing is reason for that too. DR. STONE - I don't like that pink-haired girl on Tsukasa's side and her apparent pyromania. SAO ALICIZATION - I have many problems with this season so far. First off, it's SAO. Second, I was never a fan of the whole "strictly takes place within the virtual isekai" thing; that's the main reason I actually prefer the "incest and rape" half of season 1 to the part that had none of that. And then there're the ineffectual minor characters. I don't care if he's Kirito, he's still an invalid, that doesn't give you carte blanche to act like total dicks to him. But the worst of all is Alice's father, that disowning son of a prick. Fuck him and his mustache. I hope he gets beaten to death by the goblins and orcs while Alice flees with just her sister in tow. FIRE FORCE - Shinra vs. Sho continued was neat and all, but I'm more interested in what this Yona guy is if he isn't human. FOOD WARS 2: BENTO BOX BOOGALOO - This episode was one of the two big winners of the night, and I think the faster pace helped a lot with that. (Plus five guy judges = less awkwardness watching it with family in the house!) The sushi with vegetable wraps sounds like something worth trying, but what I really wanna make for myself sometime is that bacon & onion miso soup. 😋 BACKGROUND CHARACTER OF THE WEEK: that twintailed tsundere child from the cooking class Soma co-taught. I can only hope she doesn't turn out as snooty as Erina. DEMON SLAYER - Tanjiro's still the best of the three slayers in this episode, but I will admit that Boar Bryce is pretty dang fun, and Zenitsu's actually tolerable when he's in sleepwalk-fighting mode. I'm also glad those two kids' brother turned out safe. BLACK CLOVER - Even if Mr. Zuberg avoids the wrath of the goblins and orcs next week, at least the Hage priest got poisoned to near-death to sate my "that's what you get for not showing the main character respect!" desires. VENTO AUREO - And here's winner #2. I don't know what I enjoyed more: Narancia vs. Formaggio in the present, or La Squadra's backstory. They were both very fun, pure JoJo. 😙👌 NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - Better than last week's filler, at least. I gotta give it to Kurotsuchi for getting Sasuke's personality down pat, even if it isn't really that hard to get at this point.

Or as I like to call it, the Finger Pistol: American Style.

Like what happened to Bellemere in 4Piece, only not a lazy edit no one thought through before signing off on it.

My personal favorite m-flo song:

Kabukicho Sherlock 14 a.k.a. How Fuyuto Kyogoku Got His Groove Back

Nope. If anything, he's more the one the slugs will be outsourced to this time. 🙃

To celebrate the return of everyone's least favorite Toonami program, here's a tweet I made last week. That random casino sign girl really looks like Asuna in a sexy version of her Knights of the Blood Oath uniform, doesn't she?

He's baaaaaaaack... 11:00 - My Hero Academia #72 - Red Riot - TV-14LV 11:30 - Dr. Stone #19 - To Modernity - TV-14LV 12:00 - Sword Art Online: Alicization: War of Underworld #1 - In the Far North - TV-MA 12:30 - Fire Force #22 - A Brother's Determination - TV-14LV 1:00 - Food Wars! The Second Plate #1 - That Which is Placed Within the Box - TV-MAS 1:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba #12 - The Boar Bares Its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps - TV-MAV 2:00 - Black Clover #101 - The Lives of the Village in the Sticks - TV-14 2:30 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind #10 - Hitman Team - TV-MALV 3:00 - Naruto Shippuden #280 - Aesthetics of an Artist - TV-14L 3:30 - The Promised Neverland #3 - 181045 - TV-14V 4:00 - Attack on Titan #10 - Response: The Struggle for Trost, Part 6 - TV-14 [in pog form]

That's what living in someone's head rent-free does when you're self-aware enough to avoid straight-up shout-outing. [i'm working on avoiding that too]

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! 2

What I wanna talk about is how the hell Katakuri can be so cool af one minute... ...and so what tf the next. Sometimes I wonder what's going through Oda's head when he comes up with these characters.

I'm very well aware of that, and it's a personal problem I'm trying to overcome, both through talking (or rather, screaming) it over with myself and letting the filtered thoughts out here. I too hope the day will come when I see "I personally don't like thing" written in a manner making it sound as factual as "water is wet", and my only response to that is "meh". I might not be there yet, but I'm getting closer.

Only the secretly greatest.

Thinking like that is why you're my favorite of the CSW crew, Chaps. 🤘

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! 5 Gungrave 11

I don't have any plans to watch this show anytime soon, but seriously... what's so wrong with liking something that others feel the need to sound like those "bad is objective" types when discussing how much they dislike it, be it at face value like Ishuzoku Reviewers or after watching over 50 episodes like Black Clover? Attitudes like that are the reason I can't discuss the anime I'm watching with the lot of you without feeling the need to punch an inanimate object until it and my fist are unrecognizable from their original states.

For a second there, I thought those were pictures of the Australia bushfire and not Star Wars production materials. I know, I'm a terrible person. 😔