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tfw when a song sounds really damn nice but the lyrics and meaning are ehhhbbbhhllllhhheehhhh for example: Ashley Tisdale's "How Do You Love Someone" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EDjZNO80SI

I'm straight outta luck here. I saw a bit of the partial umbral eclipse and total eclipse earlier, but now the clouds have thickened up and it's beginning to drizzle just as the greatest eclipse passed. And by "a bit" I mean I saw it through hazy clouds, so it wasn't very impressive even with a telescope.

It's that time of the year again guise!! The summer season has wrapped up so here are my final thoughts! *note* anime are listed in order from best to worst in my opinion of course 1. Ore Monogatri!! - The second cour of this anime just ended, so while it started its life as a spring anime I felt that I might as well give this anime the praise it deserves. This romance anime is absolutely adorable and a breath of fresh air from the standard tropes that have been established over the years. If you're sick and tired of the high-strung drama-ridden misunderstanding-filled romance stories, then this show is for you. It's a cute, funny, feel-good ride that's a pleasure to watch from beginning to end. The music is solid, the animation is good enough, and it's a job well done by Madhouse. While there's technically a possibility for a second season since the manga's ongoing, the anime ended on a satisfactory enough note that I'd be perfect content with what's been adapted thus far. 2. Prison School - The thing I loved about Death Note was the tension. I never thought I'd find that very same tension in an anime with the look and premise of Prison School. At a glace, it just looks like really well-drawn hentai; high-quality eye-candy for horny guys. But it's so much more than that. It's an over-the-top, tense roller coaster of humor and suspense that leaves you wanting more after each cliffhanger episode. It's easy to judge this as another fetish anime catered to the male demographic, but in reality it's something both guys and girls can enjoy. Admittedly, it's raw and forthright with its sex humor, so those uncomfortable with that in general wouldn't find much enjoyment in this, but for everyone else looking for a ridiculous show that will make you gape at how far they're willing to push their limits, then this is something you cannot miss. The animation is amazing when it maters, the directing is fantastic, and the music is top notch. Also, much like Ore Monogatari, there are golden reaction images every other scene, so that's a plus. 3. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz! - A wise man once said: the entire Fate universe was created to give context to Fate/Illya. When I first started this spin-off of the Fate series, I didn't like it. The first season was predictable, fanservicey, and boring. It wasn't until the second season that things really picked up and now that the third season has just finished and a fourth season is already confirmed, I'm riding this never ending hype train. The third season has just as much fanservice as the previous two seasons, if not even more, but despite that it's an amazing anime. The plot is surprisingly deep and the references to Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, and Fate/hollow ataraxia tie together everything really nicely. The animation and action scenes are even better than before and each episode gets me as hyped as, if not even more than, UBW's. This is a must see for anyone who's already seen F/Z and UBW. 4. Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai - How could such a perverted anime like Shimoneta be so good? I didn't have very high expectations for this when it was first announced. The premise just seemed like some bizarre story that you'd expect Japanese people to conceive with nothing more to offer other than... weirdness. But much like Prison School, there is so much more going on beneath the surface. This anime is ridiculous with its sex gags and is surprisingly self-aware. You thought that the perverted jokes you made with your friends in secret and saw on shady parts of the Internet were too lewd to be in anime? Think again. Shimoneta and Prison School were competing this entire season, nearly neck and neck until the very end, with just how far they could push their limits on television, and it's been absolutely glorious. While the gags started to wear thin just a bit by the last few episodes, thankfully Shimoneta ends just as it's beginning to overstay its welcome and wraps up everything satisfactorily enough. 5. Working!!! - The third season of Working has brought the series to a conclusion... almost. There's still the true finale, which is an hour long special that will be aired some time in the future. But regardless, this season took the established premise of the first two seasons and pretty much tied together all the loose ends that there are. I didn't expect this to turn into a romance anime. I really didn't. I just thought it was going to be a funny, relaxing workplace comedy. Sure, there may be hints of romance thrown in there occasionally, but then again all anime do that and very few of them actually go any further than just teasing. Working goes the extra mile. I have to give major props to them for actually developing the romance and giving satisfactory conclusions to all the couples. This show is adorable, and while I wasn't shipping anyone after the first season, now that all is said and done some of my favorite anime couples now come from this series. 6. Rokka no Yuusha - This Mayan-based action adventure anime suddenly turned whodunit about halfway through, and I can't say I minded. While it may not be apparent from the cover, this is a mystery anime with adventure as the backdrop. In fact, apart from the very well animated first episode, the rest of the series has really poorly done action. The animation is admittedly some of the worst I've ever seen in an anime, but since action isn't the focus of this series, it didn't bother me as much as it could have. The setting and premise is rather intriguing and the mystery is decent. The characters are a bit flat and kind of trope-y, but it's bearable. While definitely not the best show of this season, it's also far from the worst and worth giving a shot if you're looking for something a bit different than your average anime. 7. Charlotte - Jun Maeda tries to recreate this success with Angel Beats but unfortunately falls a bit short. While the art and animation is spot on, the story is full of plot holes and the pacing is way too rushed. Was it still an enjoyable ride? Yes, I'd say so. I definitely didn't find myself forcing myself to watch an episode each week, but at the same time I wasn't looking forward to it each Saturday either. If this series had an extra season to flesh things out, it would have been much better. Apart from the plot holes and pacing, there's not much else to complain about. It's an otherwise solid series that's a fun watch if you don't think too hard about it and just go with the flow. 8. Gakkou Gurashi! - The Madoka Magica of 2015, this series was pretty much just a one trick pony with a twist in the very first episode. While the rest was okay, I didn't care enough for the characters to really feel for their plight. There was nothing redeeming about any of them, the sad parts weren't very sad, and the occasional attempts at moe slice of life humor fell short. It was an interesting attempt at trying to tell a horror story beneath a cutesy facade, but the idea has been done so many times before that Gakkou Gurashi comes off as try-hard. The ending leaves rooms for a second season, and I suppose I'll watch it if it does come out, but I won't be particularly excited about it. 9. Ushio to Tora - This show isn't over yet, but it doesn't hurt to put it on this list either. This really old fashioned shounen anime is more style over substance. Since the manga came out so many decades ago, the character tropes and predictable plot are apparent. It's animated nicely and the art is nostalgic, but there's not much depth to the surface-level enjoyment. There's not much to say since the story isn't over yet, but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless they were specifically looking for a nostalgic anime. 10. God Eater - The last four episodes of this series have been delayed until winter, but I've seen enough to put this at tenth on my list. Though ufotable's animation is stellar as always, the lack of action in general makes for a rather bland ride. The plot is uncreative, the tropes are there, and it's honestly pretty boring. There's very little about this anime that makes it stand out, so I'd say avoid it unless you've played God Eater and want to see it animated. 11. Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace - What started off as a visceral, dark, detective story quickly turned into one of the worst anime of this season. The plot is unfocused and all over the place, the characters aren't unique, and the animation is slightly below average. The music is okay, I'll give it that. It's bland and tries way too hard to be symbolic and deep when it's not. All the philosophical issues this series brought up have been addressed elsewhere in far more interesting of a fashion. 12. Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - This is bad. Like, SAO levels of bad. Some shut-in, lazy otaku, by luck of the draw, becomes a hero and amasses his harem of RPG inspired girls? 'K m8. The animation is bad, the military and political schemes are childish and one dimensional, and the characters are trope-y. Avoid this and save yourself the headache. I only put it ahead of Gangsta because it referenced the Fate series. I'll be watching the second half out of a sense of duty since this was originally meant to be two-cour but was changed to split-cour at the last second. 13. Gangsta. - Perfect example of how a dark, gritty anime with adult characters isn't automatically good. The animation is atrocious, almost as bad as Rokka no Yuusha's. The plot makes absolutely no sense, the world building is shoddy, the characters are bleh, and the music is okay but not that great. There is no ending. Straight up. The last episode might as well have been the first or middle episode; there was no closure at all. This was a waste of time, don't watch it. I'd recommend Gate over this, jeezus. -- I actually don't think this upcoming fall season looks very good. From what I can see, it's probably the weakest season we've had in years, in all honestly. I'll be forcing myself to watch as much as I will be, and even then I won't be watching as much as I usually do. Gives me time to watch some finished series I've been meaning to get around to at least. Here's what I'm "looking forward to": 1. One Punch Man 2. Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru 3. Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou 4. Komori-san wa Kotowarenai! 5. Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou 6. Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider 7. Noragami Aragoto 8. Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen (sighhh, what a sad lineup...) I'll be posting my initial impressions shortly. (edited for typos and word choice)

"far on the water" - Kalafina (their songs are great, I just wish they weren't so uptight about copyright; makes getting the word out about their new releases so difficult)

B-But the attention seeking cesspools are the best kind of Twitch chats... Implying I haven't been pulling all-nighters since the fourth grade. -- tfw a Twitch streamer's playlist has Kara no Kyoukai OST on it

The forecast here calls for rain................

-- Ranpo Kitan's ED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH0yKIGDZNU

Edit: Added a bit to the end... again...

OMM: I PULLED MY FIRST ALL NIGHTER IN COLLEGE YUSSS I haven't done something like this in a while, so I wasn't sure how well I'd handle it, but it's nearly eight in the morning and about time I get some breakfast and I still feel energetic enough. Now that my SAGES homework is finally done I can get to studying for the first half of the accounting midterm I have this afternoon. Here's to hoping I don't pass out on my books or during the exam!

Damn, I guess there's...

RIP in peace this thread.

Platinum End Haven't heard of it before? Well, that's because it was just revealed less than two hours ago. It's Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's newest work, the same duo who made Death Note and Bakuman. I usually don't read manga, but I'll definitely be checking this out as it's released.

Melissa's pretty good, but damn SID's Rain is awesome as well. (I know I haven't watch FMA/B; I don't know or remember why I'm familiar with the openings either.) Uhhhhhhh, speaking of staying up late writing essays..................... More links hidden in barely-there boxes. A-Are you doing this consciously?? -- "HERO" -- Sonar Pocket (Ushio to Tora ED)

Buy a 3DS, you know you want it!

#lifegoals -- OMM: tfw when you get your first reddit gold but at the same time

Damn, not nearly close enough to "not expecting"......... But like seriously doh, One Punch Man actually looks like it's going to be good.

>heart stops at DC part >heart doesn't stop at Nichijou or FMA parts pls Kenzi, are you sure you're not actually a closet DC fangirl?? Ahh, almost didn't realize that little box was a link. --- "Yuki no Hana" -- Mika Nakashima https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQxLcPrLes (the torrented full version of course, not this short one)

OMM: Kekkai Sensen's final episode will be 46 minutes long and will air on October 4th?!?! Finally!! Though it's kinda sad, seeing a mini-meme die like this...

Anybody else going to watch this anime? --> http://myanimelist.net/anime/30276/One_Punch_Man

I'm poking this because apparently machine wants to add something to the discussion, but to make my poke seem like less of a spam post, I'll try my hand at contributing something scientific. ^This is how I thought physics worked. Must be why I failed all my tests. .......... I tried, but I think I might have made it even worse.... Edit: Oooh, never mind, this is better: #TeamArt4Life (even though I couldn't play Splatoon because it's with my brother...)

"Nameless Heart" -- Aoi Yuki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u-jVocYNC8 The full version is out! Oh my gosh, this is amazing...

Only thing we're going to have to worry about is how well it translates to English. The localization team for the games took a ton of liberties with the translation, especially regarding names and jokes. It was easier to do with just text and a few shouting voices, but will a full blown anime it's going to be difficult covering up the puns only Japanese speakers will understand. And since simulcasters nowadays avoid translator notes like the plague, I'm a bit concerned with how the Ace Attorney anime (or rather Gyakuten Saiban anime) will turn out. *bible thump for DGS* But it still has a chance. Voice actress of Franziska and member of the official Capcom localization team, Janet Hsu confirmed that the idea of translating DGS hasn't been completely scrapped. You can read her exact words here. Not to mention, a fan translation of the game is underway and coming along nicely. However, their progress is slow and expecting them to complete not only this but the two future games as well is obviously a bit unrealistic. We can only hope Capcom pulls through and finds it worth localizing.

ACE ATTORNEY ANIME CONFIRMED FOR APRIL 2016! (and many gomens for the size of the gif as well as the double post)