PokeNirvash

[sigh] This was bound to happen. Make promises that are difficult to keep, and you'll end up breaking them, even harder than you'd initially think. Yeah, it's been a while since I've done one of these write-ups, and I'm hoping to rectify that soon. But instead of a huge-ass write-up that will take me an ungodly amount of time, I'll divvy it up into smaller chunks for easier handling. Four posts, laid out as follows for my own ease, and spoiler-tagged to preserve your surprise. But before all of that, I'm going to be making a big post to cover quite possibly the most unprecedented watch I've made so far this year: Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai and its three sequel movies. The latter two films are having a subbed theatrical screening in select cinemas today, and my sister, a fan of the show and owner of a reasonably priced copy of the first movie, invited me to see them with her. As harrowing as the prospect of watching a 13-episode anime and 90-minute movie in a one month span sounded, especially with my out-of-seasonal watching speeds, I decided to tackle the challenge anyways. I have seen all of Bunny Girl Senpai, as well as Dreaming Girl. Later today comes Sister Venturing Out and Knapsack Kid. And once I'm back in my apartment with everything fresh in my mind, I will draft up my ratings for all thirteen and, as per usual, share them with the one regular and infrequent browsers of this niche thread. Whenever they're ready. I also have a couple of extra announcements to share over these next posts, but I'll start with the ones that I'm not saving up as surprises. And even then, it's just Zom 100's final three episodes being excluded from my to-do list, on account of Toonami airing the show, and Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero having gone on indefinite hiatus (and I haven't even gotten to the omorashi scene yet!). As for the surprise announcements, first comes the one after Bunny Girl Senpai, and then comes the one following the seasonals' ends, up to and including what will succeed GOMG as the next Seasonal Line subject... [here's a hint]

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Golden Rule, bitches. 12:00 - Ninja Kamui (Dubbed) #7 - Episode 7 - TV-MAV 12:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc #11 - No Matter How Many Lives - TV-MAV 1:15 - Lycoris Recoil #10 - Repay evil with evil - TV-14DLV 1:45 - One Piece #658 - A Big Surprise! The True Identity of the Toy Soldier! - TV-PGL 2:15 - Naruto Shippuden #481 - Sasuke and Sakura - TV-PG 2:45 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #4 - Run in the Afterlife, Goku! The One Million Mile Snake Way! - TV-PGLV 3:15 - Ninja Kamui (Subbed) #7 - Episode 7 - TV-MAV

Finally, the push I need to actually start watching Baki.

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Eh, none of them are Netflix Originals, so as astronomically slim as they are, they've still got a shot.

...Would now be a bad time to tell you Dungeon Meshi's a two-cour?

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It got booted to a far later timeslot than its original(s), Owl. That's the point he was trying to make, accuracy be damned.

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! 11 Gushing Over Magical Girls 12 These two are never showing up, are they?

Technically ACTN as opposed to Toonami, but I think it would've been neat if they aired Gungrave in '05 as part of their package deal with Champloo instead of Paranoia Agent.

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Well that episode was more depressing than it needed to be. LOL at the show continuing to subtly insinuate that Mika and Yoshimatsu were, in fact, gay lovers. They're certainly a better look for the "G" in the acronym than the tiny guy in Ninja Kamui, that's for sure. The Allan Institute, uh, found a way. It's St. Patty's day, it would've been bad luck to vehicularly manslaughter the dude with green hair.

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Pour one out for the legend, regardless of whether or not you appreciate his work. 12:00 - Ninja Kamui (Dubbed) #6 - Episode 6 - TV-MAV 12:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc #10 - Never Give Up - TV-MAV 1:00 - Lycoris Recoil #9 - What's done is done - TV-14LV 1:30 - Ninja Kamui (Subbed) #6 - Episode 6 - TV-MAV 2:00 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #1 - Prologue to Battle! The Return of Goku! - TV-PGDLV 2:30 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #2 - The Enemy is Goku's Brother?! The Secret of the Mighty Saiyan Warriors! - TV-PGLV 3:00 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #3 - A Life or Death Battle! Goku and Piccolo's Desperate Attack! - TV-PGLV 3:30 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #4 - Run in the Afterlife, Goku! The One Million Mile Snake Way! - TV-PGLV 4:00 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #5 - Wilderness Survival! A Moonlit Night Awakens Gohan! - TV-PGLV 4:30 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #6 - The End of Snake Way! King Kai's Bizarre Test! - TV-PGLV 5:00 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #7 - The Battle With Ten-Times Gravity! Goku's Race Against the Clock! - TV-PGLV 5:30 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #8 - Shenron Appears! The Saiyans Arrive Sooner Than Expected! - TV-PGDLV

I'm tempted to watch this purely because of how much I've seen it discussed in certain places. And the thiccness, naturally.

Eh, between all the behind-the-back shit-talking throughout ep 3 and Fuki being a real piece of work personality-wise, I just can't see myself warming up to them. Sure, D.A.'s not all bad - LycoReco's technically an extension of their operations and they're all cool, plus there was the one that actually still liked Takina and I'm starting to come back around to Sakura believe it or not - but with the impression that Fuki and the others gave, you can't blame me for cheering Majima on at least a little. Gushing Over Magical Girls 11

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Sure would've. D.A. sure does suck, don't they. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 7 Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! 10

Naruto Shippuden 480 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean 19

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc 7

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"Heh. More like another day, another nickel..." 12:00 - Ninja Kamui (Dubbed) #5 - Episode 5 - TV-MAV 12:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc #9 - Defeating an Upper Rank Demon - TV-MAV 1:00 - Lycoris Recoil #8 - Another day, another dollar - TV-14LV 1:30 - One Piece #657 - The Most Violent Fighter! Logan vs. Rebecca! - TV-PGLV 2:00 - Naruto Shippuden #480 - Naruto and Hinata - TV-PG 2:30 - Dragon Ball Z Kai #3 - A Life or Death Battle! Goku and Piccolo's Desperate Attack! - TV-PGLV 3:00 - Ninja Kamui (Subbed) #5 - Episode 5 - TV-MAV

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