30 Days Love Live Challenge

It has been way too long since the last time I post something, both here and on Line timeline, so I'll put up something to write. This is a Blog exclusive post since doing this on Line would be unsatisfactory since I can't use in-between pictures.Although the title say that this is a 30 days Love Live Challenge, I'll do it all in one day. Why? Because making 30 short post for this is time-consuming and quite irritating. One long post should do just fine.

Yes, I know, the picture says that this is a μ's challenge but I'll do both μ's and Aqours because I can and it would be a lot better that way. Here we go:

Game That You May Have Not Tried #2

Yay another one. Like the first one, the games I list here might not be great but they're interesting in their own way. Also I tend not to care much for graphics so don't expect graphics to be my main focus. Let's begin!

1. Darkest Dungeon

Have you ever played a dungeon rpg game and thougt that it was too easy? I have something harder for you! Have you ever played a dungeon rpg game and thought how are the explorer not go insane from the surprise encounters and hideous environment? You, my friend, think way too much but good news for you, I have something for you. To solve those two problem you have, I bring you Darkest Dungeon. Or Darkest Soul said someone in steam. Darkest Dungeon gave you an eerie dungeon to explore with a set of team. But there's some twists to this, first, you need to bring supplies such as medicine, food, and tools, which are somewhat obvious. Second, if one of your party member dies, they die permanently. This is afterall a roguelike game. This mechanic forces you to think about your decisions rather than forcing your way through a dungeon at the cost of most of your team members. Third, you still have to pay attention to your party member's health point but there's something else, their sanity. They will snap and go insane if things went badly continuously and bring a hell of debuffs and bad things. Explore Darkest Dungeon, I assure you, you'll die, you'll restart but you'll still have fun.

I find this game quite eerie

First Impression: Fall 2016

This season is significantly better than the last one in term of the quantity of anime that I watch. Heck, i think last season is the least ever. Since most anime has aired until its episode 3, i think i'll talk about my first impression of everything i watch this season.

1. Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans S2

Of course this will be here! Another season of Gundam greatness. Seriously, go and watch gundam ibo even if you don't like mecha, it's just that good. Season 2 sets somewhere in the future from season 1, Tekkadan has set up its own base of operation and even has their own mobile suit. From the looks of it, there will be yet another conflict with Gjallhorn which i look forward to. Also Mika is so savage, he's a badass.

2. Shuumatsu no Izetta

Random Question 4

Yet another one! Because the last one i searched the internet for interesting and fun questions, i found too many to fit into that part so here's another one. Without further ado, and without any readers most likely, let's get on to it

1. What anime character is most similar to you in terms of personality?
Honestly, i have no idea. I don't just go and compare myself with anime characters or anyone in general. In fact, i quite dislike to be compared to others.

2. What is your favorite thing about anime?
The story. Anime sometimes have an unique and interesting story and at times got really dark and twisted. Or just simply get really really weird. Unfortunately this doesn't really happen in other media. Also I can never get attached to actors playing their roles, fictional characters on the other hand, I get attached to them way too easily. But that's probably just me.

I'd say Steins:Gate has one of the best story I've ever seen in anime

Gunpla Grades and FAQs

Since I haven't posted much this past few days, I decided to make a small post which is a blog exclusive one about Gunpla (Gundam Model Kits) grades. To experienced builders or anyone who are somewhat knowledgeable about it, you can skip through this, what I'll be going through is only the bare basics of it. Why am I making this? Because in the past I always hesitate on buying one since I have no idea on what things are at all.

The box art of HG Barbatos from Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans

The Grades comparison

First, let's talk about the grades. There's actually a lot of grades to the gunpla line, but for the sake of simplicity, I'll talk about the 4 most common grades (I'm excluding SD because I don't like it) out there.
1. High Grade

HG Star Build Strike

High Grade is without a doubt the most common gunpla you'll find in the market. The High Grade or HG is the most collectible grade out there since there's a large amount of variety and most mobile suit that appeared on the show (and even those who aren't) will have a HG version of them. You surely will get one you'll like in this line.

Price-wise, the HG line is considerably affordable compared to most grades and it has sufficient details and part separation for that price. Also it looked quite good just from a straight build out from the box. If you're starting this hobby, I highly suggest starting from the HG line first.

HG Grimgerde

2. Real Grade

RG Exia

Real Grade or RG can be said a smaller and cheaper version of a Master Grade. Like HG, RG is also 1/144 in size but it has an inner frame and a lot of part separation and gimmicks. A straight build from the RG line looks superb and you don't really need much work to make it looks absolutely fantastic. Its price range falls between a HG and a MG but still very affordable in my opinion.

RG Strike Freedom

3. Master Grade

MG Nu Ver. Ka

You have want a gunpla but a HG is too small and lacks detail and mechanics? Look no further, a Master Grade or MG got you covered. A MG is larger than the 1/144 HG, being at 1/100 size and with full inner frame and great details in exchange for a higher price (duhh, obvious). If you compare the price to the result you get, I would say the MG is the best line of gunpla.

MG Aile Strike RM (Remastered)

4. Perfect Grade

PG 00 Raiser

Perfect Grade or PG... Well, what can I say, they're the best line for details and size (at 1/60) and will blow your mind away with its sheer amount of details. I can't really say much about it since I do not own any. Why? Because it's expensive as hell. I'm a college student and hell no, I can't afford a PG. Just look at the pictures shall we?

PG Gundam Unicorn

When I first thought of starting this hobby, I have a lot of question to ask, so why not I compile everything here
1. Do we need to assemble gunpla parts on our own?
Yes. When you bought one and open the box, you'll find a decent amount of runners and you need to assemble them yourself. It's not hard in the slightest, so don't worry too much.

The runners you'll find in the box

2. I heard the instruction is in Japanese, can I build one without understanding Japanese?

Yes, definitely. I, myself, can't read Japanese and yet I'm into this hobby and that never become any hindrance to me. The instruction manuals has a lot of pictures and not much text, so as long as you can see, you will have no problem with it.

An example of the instruction manual. Easy to follow right?

3. Do you need to paint it?

You can paint it but it'll still look decent even if you don't. So don't worry about painting since I don't do it myself but due to circumstances, I can't.

4. What tools do I need?
In the bare minimum, I'd say nippers and a hobby knife. It'd be better if you have a sand paper, gundam markers for panel lining, paint, and a top coat. But to get started, I'd say a nipper and a hobby knife would be fine.

Just get all of this

5. What gunpla would you recommend to beginners?

Actually, I won't recommend anything. Just look through the HG line and buy whatever you like. The HG line is easy enough for beginners and it'll be better to get something you like rather than getting something that's suited for beginners.

6. Is there any place where I can look at gunpla images before deciding what to buy?
Yep. Here: http://www.dalong.net/

Seasonal Anime: Summer 2016

This is a short post of my overall thoughts on everything from Summer 2016. I'll try to keep it fairly short and I will probably write in more detail in some later date in my (not so) random anime segments.

1. Re:Zero Kara Hajimaru Isekai Seikatsu

Score: 9.5/10

Yes, I'm well aware that Re:Zero is from last season and span two cours but since it finished in this season, I put it here instead. This series like many popular series gained an amazing quantity of fans alongside with similarly sized haters. Just ignore those haters. Haters gonna hate. I have to say that I really love this series, the story, the world, and the character development are really good. Especially the character development. The dark story and Subaru's suffering just add to my entertainment. Seriously, I highly recommend it to anyone.

That moment when everyone argue who is the best, Emilia or Rem, and you like Felt the best

Love Live! Sunshine!! Figures School Uniform Ver.

Once in a while, I think I'll post things about anime merchandise on this blog and on this blog only. Yes, I'm not posting this to my usual Line posts, think of it as a blog exclusive content which probably only a minority of my readers (if I even have any) care about. Feel free to ignore this if you're not interested.

Have I made my love for Love Live clear? If not, I'm a big fan of it. Really. I really like Love Live! Sunshine!! a lot too and I will definitely make a (not so) random anime about it, so well, look forward to it. It'll be a hellishly long post, that one, I'm sure. Also I'm redoing my random anime of Love Live! School Idol Project since I'm not too happy of the version I posted to Line, another blog exclusive content! Anyway, I'm quite happy when I see Aqours getting their own figure (not like they won't have any) so I immediately pre-ordered Takami Chika's figure. Yep, Chika is my favorite character, surprised? You might be, considering the popular ones are You, Ruby, and Yoshiko Yohane.

Chika-chan!!!

Random Question 3

Yay another one! What? This is starting to get annoying? Sorry, but just don't read it if you don't want to since i'm not stopping. And again i gathered interesting questions i find or made and answer them all. This time more of it is the one i find rather than the one i made.

Side note: This is actually the 4th one but since I'm not too happy about the third random question, let's think that it doesn't exist

1. What theme do you want to see animated properly in anime?

A lot actually but if i have to choose one, i'd pick historical. More often than not, historical genre anime tends to have some fantasy mixed into it and for me, it takes away the feel of historical and more of a plot device. I really dislike that. Why can't we have a simple historical anime that has no fantasy things in it? Some people might argue it will be boring but i beg to differ. History is quite interesting if it's not in a history textbook, i assure you.

Not really historical but it still is to some extent

2. What character should be a she rather than a he?

Every single freaking trap ever created in anime history. Like seriously, if you want to make him cute and girlish and even look and act like a girl, make him a girl for God sake.

Seriously, why?

3. If you have a child, will you name him/her after an anime character? If yes, what?

I won't. The cringe will be so bad if i were to name my child after an anime character. Just imagine naming your kid as naruto or luffy. Yeah, you get the point.

My reaction would be the reaction of those who met Excalibur

4. If you have a death note, would you use it?

Hell yes! Why wouldn't i not want to try killing people just by writing their name? Heck, i can even control how they die to a certain degree. It'll be fun

Fufufufu

5. Can you name 10 anime characters that have the same first letter in all their names?

Yuuma, Yuuta, Yuri, Yui, Yuuki, Yuki, Yuu, Yusei, Yugi, Yun

Easy! I even do the same first two letters for extra challenge

Yeah, Yuuki

6. If a giant pikachu was foaming at the mouth and had blood stained paw thingys, what would you do?

Throw a pokeball at it and catch it. What else? I'd love to have a drunk giant pikachu that most likely has killed someone to be my slave. I would probably never use him but eh, why not.

I couldn't find the picture for it so this'll do

7. Have you ever watched an entire anime in one sitting?

The better question is how many times did that happen. A lot.

One of the said series

8. Name one anime that you think everyone should watch. And why?

Mars of Destruction. Hands down. Why? To make them realize that something so bad and poorly animated could exist. And to help them decide what is the worst anime they've ever seen in their life. Also to waste 20 minutes of their life to watch that piece of shit. I wasted 40 minutes so go ahead, 20 minutes isn't much.

Go to MAL and read the reviews after you watch it

9. Have you ever watched an anime with over 23 episodes?

Well... Gundam has like 50. Per series. Universal century alone has like over 300 i'm sure. Shakugan no Shana has 75. SEED has 100. 00 has 50. Yugioh GX hundreds. Digimon adventures 50. Yeah, a lot.

It's not Gundam main series if it doesn't have 50 episodes they say

Random Anime: K-On!

Disclaimer: Everything written here is only my opinion and my personal preferences, do not take any kind of offense of what I write here. I don't do any editing so I can't ensure the quality of this.

Title: K-On!
Episode Count: S1-13, S2-26, 1 Movie
Aired: Season 1 - Spring 2009, Season 2 - Spring 2010, Movie - Fall 2011
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Source: 4-Koma Manga
Genre: Comedy, music, school, slice of life

Synopsis (Source: MAL):

Hirasawa Yui, a young, carefree girl entering high school, has her imagination instantly captured when she sees a poster advertising the "Light Music Club." Being the carefree girl that she is, she quickly signs up; however, Yui has a problem, she is unable to play an instrument. When Yui goes to the club room to explain, she's greeted by the other members: Ritsu, Mio, and Tsumugi. Although disheartened at Yui's lack of musical know-how, they still try to convince her to stay to prevent the club's disbandment. After playing Yui a short piece which re-ignites her imagination, they succeed in keeping their new member and guitarist. Along with the tasks of school and homework, Yui begins to learn the guitar with the help of the other band members, experiencing many mishaps along the way. However, with the school festival drawing near and Yui getting stuck with her practice, will the Light Music Club be ready in time for their debut?

What I Will Watch: Fall 2016

- Definitely Will Watch:

The series under this is what I will, without a doubt, watch the full length of it. The one here is most likely the next season of what has aired or a series based of something I've already followed.

1. Hibike! Euphonium 2

I watched the first season and it was okay but enjoyable to say the least. So why not watch the second season

Thanks to this series, I now know the existence of euphonium

2. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans S2

I've been waiting for this ever since the first season ended. As they say, it's not gundam unless it gets 50ish episodes, so here's the second half of that 50!

Did I ever mention that I'm a huge fan of Gundam? I did? Obviously

Random Anime: Planetarian

Disclaimer: Everything written here is only my opinion and my personal preferences, do not take any kind of offense of what i write here. Also as the name suggests, I use a randomizer to pick what anime i'll write about next.

Title: Planetarian - Chiisana Hoshi no Yume

Episode Count: 5

Aired: Summer 2016

Studio: David Production

Source: Visual Novel

Genre: Drama, Sci-fi

- Synopsis (Source: MAL):

It is thirty years after the failure of the Space Colonization Program, Humanity is nearly extinct. A perpetual and deadly rain falls on the Earth. Men known as "Junkers" plunder goods and artifacts from the ruin of civilization. One such Junker sneaks alone into the most dangerous of all ruins - a "Sarcophagus City". In the center of this dead city, he discovered a pre-war planetarium. And as he enters he is greeted by Hoshino Yumemi, a companion robot, Without a single shred of doubt, she assumes he is the first customer she's had in 30 years. She attempts to show him the stars at once, but the planetarium projector is broken. Unale to make heads or tails of her conversation, he ends up agreeing to try and repair the projector...

Game That You May Have Not Tried #1

I've made a random anime which is to some extent like a recommendation so why not do the same for games? This title is definitely not original. Hell, i copy it from extra credit, credits to them for doing these. Like theirs, the games i'll mention might not be good but they're interesting in their own way. I'll stick to the games that i have played too rather than writing someone else's recommendations. Another disclaimer, i tend not to care about graphics, so some of what i'm about to mention has mediocre graphics, but i assure you, the gameplay or story is fantastic for those bad graphic games.

1. Risk of Rain

I've played this a lot and it's really fun especially when you break the game. Alright, warning first, the graphic is that of an 8 bit games and there are hardly any story at all but the gameplay is really fun especially if you play it with a friend. The gameplay is your usual 2D platformer hack and slash (and shoot) with various jobs to pick. Some are melee and others ranged. Each and every one of them has special skills and different way to play. Seriously just gather a friend or two to play this game, it's a lot of fun i assure you. Especially if you play on glass and when you got hit twice, you're dead.

Probably the weakest boss in-game

Random Anime: Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack

Disclaimer: Everything written here is only my opinion and my personal preferences, do not take any kind of offense of what i write here. Also as the name suggests, I use a randomizer to pick what anime i'll write about next.

Title: Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack
Episode Count: 1 Movie
Aired: 1988
Studio: Sunrise
Source: Novel
Genre: Drama, Mecha, Military, Sci-fi

- Synopsis (Source: MAL):

U.C. 0093 - Char Aznable, the infamous "Red Comet" of the One Year War, has come out of hiding to lead the Neo-Zeon Army and wage war against the Earth Federation. Only his greatest rival, Gundam pilot Amuro Ray, can stop him from dropping the Axis asteroid on Earth and causing a major global catastrophe.

Nu Gundam VS Sazabi

Random Question 2

Another random questions from me to me. Why do i do this? Because i'm bored and it's surprisingly fun to answer random questions that popped in my head. Another reminder, this was made not long after the fist one, so around June or July, I can't remember

1. Do you like romance story? If so what kind of romance story?

Yes, i do in fact like romance quite a bit surprisingly enough. Despite my tendency to like story with a dark and twisted story alongside horror psychological stuffs, the romance story i prefer isn't a heart wrenching one or anything close to it. I actually like a heart warming and sweet romance. It doesn't have to have an awesome story plot, just give me a sweet and cute relationship and i'll be perfectly content.

I feel in love with the design almost immediately.
Title is Itoshi no Karin. Thank me later, go and read it. It'll cheer you up

2. Is there any type of story you don't like?

Yes! The obligatory ecchi romance harem school life adapted from a light novel in every freaking season. It has the perfectly same template and after one or two of those said series, i got bored and sick of it. I still wonder why people like it so much. Infinite Stratos, Rakudai, Asterisk, HxH, etc etc, i'm looking at you.

I know how the first episode will go without even watching it

Random Questions

Just some random questions that might or might not be related to anime. Why am I doing this? For fun. Also this was made in mid 2016, around June or so.

1. Anime that disappoints you half-way through the story

Guilty Crown. Definitely Guilty Crown. I actually really like the first half of Guilty Crown. Up to episode 12. After that everything go bad slowly but surely until finally it turn into a total trainwreck. I really wish it ended at episode 12.

2. Anime that you thought you wouldn't like

There's a lot of it actually. The most recent one is Haifuri. It's a moe-ish type story with warships. I'm not really a big fan of moe to be honest but this one really stuck to me. It's surprisingly good. I'll make a (not so) random anime about that soon. But the one I never thought I would like it so much is love live. I never like idols to begin with so i was quite surprised that i actually like love live. I watched idolmaster and that was okay. I watch idolmaster cinderella girls and I hated it. But love live, it got a certain charm that I can't really express that got me into it. And I don't regret it one bit. Also hype for sunshine.

Best captain ever. not really

Ima ga Saikou!
That kotobomb though

Random Anime: Mayoiga

Disclaimer: Everything written here is only my opinion and my personal preferences, do not take any kind of offense of what i write here. Also as the name suggests, I use a randomizer to pick what anime i'll write about next.

Title: Mayoiga
Episode Count: 12
Aired: Spring 2016
Studio: Diomedia
Source: original
Genre: drama, horror, mystery, psychological

- Synopsis (Source: MAL):

A bus full of eccentric individuals is headed towards the urban legend known as Nanaki Village, a place where one can supposedly start over and live a perfect life. While many have different ideas of why the village cannot be found on any map, or why even the polive cannot pinpoint its location, they each look forward to their new lives and just what awaits them once they reach their destination. Judging from the state of disrepair, it has been vacant for at least a year. However, secrets are soon revealed as some of the group begin to go missing while exploring the village and amidst the confusion, they find bloody claw marks in a forest. As mistrust and in-fighting break out, will they ever be able to figure out the truth behind this lost village?

Random Anime: Saki

Disclaimer: Everything written here is only my opinion and my personal preferences, do not take any kind of offense of what i write here.

Title: Saki
Episode Count: 25 (Season 1), 13 (Season 2), 16 (side story)
Studio: Studio Gonzo (S1), Studio Gokumi (S2 and Achiga-Hen)
Source: Manga
Genre: game, school, slice of life

- Synopsis (Source: MAL):

Saki Miyanaga is a high school freshman who doesn't like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year's gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost. As a result, she's learned to play in such a way that her score differential always remains ±0: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she's being dragged to her school's mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?

Seasonal Anime: Winter 2015/2016

The anime I list here is what I watch in this season, which is Winter 2015/2016. This is all from my personal opinion and if it differs from yours, don't rage. Also some anime in this list might be leftovers from the previous season but it ended in this one, it'll still enter the list.
Anyway, this will only be a simple list, score, and I'll talk a bit about it. I'll talk more in depth in a separate post. Hopefully.

- What I watched:

1. Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
Score: 9/10

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi surely is the surprise hit in this season although it did leave a lot of people disappointed in it in the end. For me, this series starts off great and it executed Hinazuki Kayo's arc in a brilliant way. The reveal of the killer is also done great although the killer himself is well, quite obvious, but that doesn't matter much, the execution is just beautiful. My problem with this series that cause my score for it drop from 10 to 9 are: Airi needs more screen time, the last 2 episodes feels somewhat too fast for me (but that's most likely my personal taste in pacing), the cringe moment with the teacher, a huge ship sinks almost instantly with a single lethal strike, and his revival ability doesn't get explained at all (this doesn't really bother me too much actually). Anyway, despite its flaws, this series is still a very good series and I recommend it to anyone seeking for a good series.

I ship them so hard

2. Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
Score: 8/10

At first i planned to give it 7 or 7.5 but that Death Spot scenes are epic so i raise the score up (it should be higher if Death Spot doesn't lose the way it does, but oh well, it's still a good scene). Grimgar is unlike most "stuck in fantasy world" setting since rather than taking the adventure or comedy route, it's taking the slice of life and realistic route. Or maybe rather than slice of life, it's more of a slicing life, goblin's life to be exact. Jokes aside, if you seeks a shounen type battles or adventure, yeah, grimgar isn't the place. Grimgar focuses more on their character interaction and in my opinion, they did it greatly. Speaking of characters, thank god Ranta got some character development since he needs one before the series ends. Also, do i need to mention why i think Yume is the best girl of the series? I don't think i have to, it's obvious. The other thing this series does differently is the art, i simply love the water color background, it's so stunningl beautiful. One complain i have for this is... what's with the insert song, like seriously, some of it feel really out of place. For example and probably the worse case is they put a beatbox music over a bath scene, like what are you thinking?

I'm a huge fan of that beautiful background. Why wouldn't I?

3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Score: 9.5/10

Barbatos in all of its forms. Well, it's true form and all of his wrecked ones.

Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans or IBO for shorts actually aired in the last season but because it's a two cour series, it lasted until this season. And truthfully, IBO is my favourit series for last season and this season. Yes, i'm a big gundam fan but it became my favourite is for its great story, characters, pacing, etc. I can go on and on praising this series for what it did. I don't have any complains for this since they announced the season two for it (25 episodes are only a half gundam series). The characters are also interesting, Mika especially, he's ruthless, probably one of the most ruthless main character that is not evil i've seen so far. Sunrise also being an expert when it comes to mecha genre and also someone who did Gundam since 1979, they know how to make good quality mecha fights. All in all, watch this whether you like mecha or not. Don't let your biased opinions on some genre stopping you from trying new genre, who knows, you might like it.

I really love Barbatos' design. I really do.

4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
Score: 7.5/10

From left to Right:
Masochist Crusader Darkness, Simply Kazuma, Useless Goddess Aqua, Explosion Megumin

Konosuba is a series that is clearly a comedy series and nothing else. If grimgar took the go to fantasy world setting to a serious and realistic view, Konosuba took the other route, the comedy one. Our main protagonist died in a shameful and lame death. In the afterlife, he met an annoying and prideful goddess name Aqua. Basically she talked him to choose reincarnating in a fantasy world with one thing or one talent that he choose. Rather than choosing any overpowered abilities or some game breaking item, he choose the ever so useless Goddess herself. And thus his dreamed life in the fantasy begun or so he thought. Aqua is useless, not entirely useless but is still useless. He got thr lowest class possible. He got party members that are useless in their own way. Megumin, the archmage, can cast a highly destructive spell ONCE per day and afterwards she can't even move her body. Darkness, the Crusader, is a masochistic girl who has probably zero accuracy, yeah, she can't even hit anything and due to her masochistic nature, she won't evade any attacks coming towards her at all. Despite its good comedy, the series has a lot of issues. Clearly the studio that made this doesn't expect it to do well at all. The animation quality is quirky and at times bad, it only has 10 episodes, and they choose some random unknown seiyuu to voice the main cast (which is doing quite well fortunately).

Megumin!

5. Dimension W
Score: 8/10

Dimension W is a series that flew under the radar of many. I almost drop it too since the first few episodes feel a bit like filler episodes but it got really good afterwards. The main concept is also interesting. Humanity found a dimension other than the xyz dimension that we know, dimension W. This dimension w provides an infinite amount of energy and special machine called coils are used to draw energy from it. The story itself is quite interesting especially Kyouma's past, the Beast of Grendels, man, i wish they tell about them more. Also Mira... damn she's cute, one of the cutest robot i've seen so far. Or the cutest piece of junk if we call her as Kyouma call her.

Mira is too cute for this world

6. Gate: Jietai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
Score: 8.5/10

Gate is one of those anime that i wait eagerly each week to watch the next episode. At first i thought it would be a fun series from the way JSDF massacred the imperial army. Yeah, no knights on horse can defeat a soldier with assault rifles, let alone tanks. But to my surprise the series takes the diplomatic route and tries to go a peaceful way, which leads to some interesting diplomatic problems. But seriously, even though i enjoy watching the diplomacy, the tactics and all of that, nothing beats watching knights getting absolutely wrecked from gunfire. Somehow after witnessing what the JSDF can do, a certain stupid prince still decided to wage war on them and attack their embassy, yeah, stupid decision is stupid. Anyway, this series is one of those anime that i will enjoy no matter how much i rewatch it and i'll be surely to rewatch it someday.

You're so dead

- What I dropped

1. Musaigen no Phantom World
Score: 6/10
Why did I drop this? Because it's mediocre. There's a lot of things that i rather watch than this. So yeah, maybe if it get good somehow, i'll pick it up again, but it it highly unlikely. The art is good though, as expected from KyoAni.

2. Saijyaku Muhai no Bahamut
Score: 5/10
I never even intended to watch this. But i did watch the first episode just to count how many cliche of a magic/sci-fi, school, harem series i could find. And oh my, there's a lot, a lot of it. The main protagonist sees the main heroine naked, he falls to her breast, the main heroine is a tsundere, there's a childhood friend, a cute imouto character, and so on. Also the exoskeleton designs are borderline copyright infringement from infinite stratos.

3. Ajin
Score: (i won't give any score for this since i barely watched it)
I heard that this series is good but well, that full 3D animation just threw me off from this series. I don't usually have too much problems with graphics (i watched a full 43 episodes of an anime that aired in 1979). Don't get me wrong, i have nothing against 3d animation, i watched expelled from paradise, a full 3d anime and i really liked it. It's just 3d animation just doesn't suit this series at all.

4. Dagashi Kashi
Score: 6/10
If i have to summarize this series in one word: weird. Yeah, this series is weird to the point of someone who likes weird ideas like me dropped it. This series or at least the first episode is weird through and through. I might watch it someday though, i might...