It's literally a Power Rangers isekai. How does he transform into Voltron if he's the only one that got isekai'd though?
Right? Whether her brainwashing is intentional or not has been a question from the start. Sounds like we might finally get some answers.
Oh, I just realized something. Liz is the golden rose. Duke is the blue rose. I suspect Alicia is the black rose. Since both Duke and Alicia seem capable of breaking Liz's hold on people, I bet that has something to do with it.
Is... is that good? It doesn't sound very good. I just hope this doesn't send the message that there's no market for anime movies domestically. I want us to get more anime in theaters, but I also had no real desire to go to the movies to watch a season 1 recap.
I'd prefer if we got more stuff like Your Name, not recaps and filler of existing anime. Although non-filler movies like Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul would be good too.
most isekai are basically fantasy with extra steps
Haha, true. And a lot of isekai is isekai in name only, where the fact he's in another world NEVER comes up ever.
I do allow you to submit the nominations multiple times if you really want to nominate more than three things. 😉
Oh? Well there goes my afternoon... maybe... maybe not XD
Anyway, thanks for putting this together!
The slightly unfortunate thing is that the Pixel 6 is a bit old and in the world of cell phones if it's older than last gen then it's a relic. That by itself is going to make finding a case more difficult, but definitely not impossible.
The other unfortunate thing is that most cases online are going to be cheap chinese garbage. This is especially true on Amazon and eBay. Even some "officially licensed" stuff is pretty crap, as they just take their existing case and slap what amounts to little more than a sticker on it.
So basically you're going to want to find a quality case manufacturer and go directly through them. I found a case I liked on Amazon from SkinIt and have been using that for my Samsung phone. I would recommend going through their website though as it has a lot more options. They have some anime choices like DBZ, Cowboy Beebop, and My Hero, and you can even custom upload an image. This link is for the full silicone "pro" case but they also have a cheaper clear case option: https://www.skinit.com/collections/google-pixel-6-pro-case
I started watching it but still need to finish it. It's pretty funny, as it parodies harem tropes. And one of the redeeming aspects is that the MC genuinely seems to want to make every girl in the harem happy.
I will say you probably don't need to use the 3 episode rule for this one. The first episode by itself is a good litmus test, IMHO.
Oh fun, we get to see the race's conclusion! All the racing finishes up after about 8-1/2 minutes. It feels a little quick given the pacing of the last few episodes but it was still very satisfying.
I expected Kanata to get 4th. There wasn't much plot about which girl he was going to pick and without that you knew it wouldn't come up. Still with all the drama they added you really didn't know which way his battle with the Ferrari would go until the very end.
Aiba's battle with Yudai reminded me of an old episode of Initial D where a racer drops behind Takahashi's RX7 because he chickened out from racing side-by-side.
The race "epilogue" was fun to watch as well. All the girls clamoring for Kanata was great. So there's Ren, Mami, and Nozomi all vying for Kanata. And that's just the ones in the immediate MFG sphere. Here's Mami not-so-subtlety showing her butt to Kanata.
Too bad Kanata's pockets are near useless for keeping girl's socials. Aiba getting mad that #7 kissed Sawatori was very in-character. Sawatori's aloof nature handled that exchange expertly. Aiba's expression was priceless. "What do you mean she's a highschooler?!"
I knew Ogata was going to suggest switching cars after he talked about wanting to see Kanata in a better car in an earlier episode. But I also know the whole premise of the show is "underpowered car goes fast!" so Kanata was not going to have it. Sounds like they're going to Turbo it up to 300HP so it'll still be "underpowered", which makes sense. To get to 400-500HP you'd need a very large turbo with a long spool-up time and that's not optimal for MFG races. Huh, this sounds almost exactly like a plot-line from Initial D!
We finally get to see the GR Supra rival now! It's going to be a clash of Toyotas.
Oh man, what a cool action episode. It's explodes right off the bat with Sunraku vs Rust which has the entire Nephilim Hollow community going wild.
Sunraku understandably loses. After all, he hasn't played this game in months and was fighting the #1 undefeated ranker! Rust is pissed at Sunraku for losing and we get some more of Rust's backstory. Seems she's on a quest for someone to reach her level. She wants a real rival, and I get the impression she was thinking of quitting the game right before Sunraku came back. Sunraku, the only person ever to come close to beating her. Rust really becomes a full-fledged character instead of some background NPC. Who knows, maybe Rust will end up playing SLF too!
Anyway, Sunraku tells Rust to give him a day to shake off the cobwebs and build a new Crimson Twinblade killing mecha. And of course Sunraku builds something completely ridiculous by the standards of the current meta. And it seems to work!
We were kind of spoiled this episode. We got two good fights, although the second one hasn't quite reached its conclusion. Twinblade seems like it's still capable of fighting and Rust doesn't seem like the type of person that would give up just because they lost an arm. Also, we've yet to figure out the full secret to Sunraku's sneak attack, and that one scissor claw can't be the only weapon Crab mecha has!
On a side note, I was really impressed with the animation this episode. The mecha movements felt very fluid, the background city was detailed enough to feel like background without being distracting, and the overall feel resonated "This is a video game" in my mind. I could even imagine it running on a different game engine than SLF. Just a lot of great nuances and artistic direction to really nail the look and feel of a video game.
Also, I’m annoyed that Dan Da Dan employs the usual miscommunication / misunderstanding trope. Momo could have hear Okarun out and avoid this needless conflict.
Yeah, that bothered me a lot too. "Let me explain." "No, I'm just going to keep believing the wrong thing." The only saving grace was that Okarun WAS wrong in that he lied to Momo about doing a report. It's not much but at least Momo getting upset isn't entirely unprovoked.
Wow, what an episode. It feels like nothing happens and yet SO MUCH happens at the same time. A lot planning and setup and yet there's still a lot going on. Subaru seemingly absorbs the dragon blood from Crusch.
Dragon blood is crazy stuff. It's interesting that Subaru seems to have an affinity for it as it actually seems to benefit him but cripples Crusch. I'm guessing it has something to do with Subaru's Witch Factor.
Wilhelm reveals the identity of the two sword cultists, one of which is his deceased wife! Otto proving once again why he's best man. And lets not forget Priscilla joins the team!
Reinhard casually getting a new divine protection on demand was funny. And last but not least, we get confirmation that Liliana has a divine protection.
The final moments of this episode are perfect too. Emilia confronting Greed really shows how much she's grown. I can't imagine pre-Sanctuary Emilia doing that. Finally, Subaru and Reinhard bust in with the stereotypical wedding objection. I bet Subaru had always wanted to do that.
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lol. But look! He clearly turns into Voltron!
Green, Yellow, Blue, Pink and Red combine