HOTTEST TRASH Anime of Summer 2024

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Summary

TLDRThe video offers a satirical critique of various anime series labeled as the "hottest trash" of Summer 2024. Utilizing a humorous and ironic perspective, the reviewer delves into genres like romcom, fan service, and edgy fantasy, highlighting series such as 'Plus-size Elf' and '2.5D Seduction' among others. The review emphasizes the absurdity and low quality of these anime, while still acknowledging their entertainment value to specific audiences. Each anime is rated on a fictional 'trash scale,' providing viewers with recommendations on what might be amusingly bad to watch. Sponsored by Rosetta Stone, the video intersperses advertisements with anime critiques, often using euphemisms and cultural references to add to its humor. Fans of anime who appreciate satirical content will find this video a light-hearted guide to the less acclaimed offerings of the season.

Takeaways

  • 🔥 The 'hottest trash' of Summer 2024 is humorously critiqued.
  • 🎭 The video uses satire to discuss romcom, fan service, and fantasy anime.
  • 📺 A fictional 'trash scale' rates the perceived quality of anime.
  • 💬 Each anime has a unique humorous review, often with cultural references.
  • 🔍 The review highlights absurdities in execution and narrative.
  • 🎓 Rosetta Stone sponsors the video, with integrated advertisements.
  • 💥 Emphasis on niche audience 'wish fulfillment' in anime industry.
  • 😂 Euphemistic language adds a layer of humor to critiques.
  • 📊 Comparisons between different 'isekai' and their tropes are made.
  • 🛑 The content is aimed at audiences who enjoy satirical perspectives.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The host introduces a 'Trash Roast' segment for summer 2024, featuring the hottest and trashiest anime. The description emphasizes the assortment of romcoms, revenge fantasies, and death games available, each rated on a unique 'trash scale.' The segment is sponsored by Rosetta Stone, with a comedic take on how it helps learn languages conveniently even in odd situations. Additionally, commentary is provided on an anime called 'Plus-Size Elf,' which targets niche audiences with themes of weight loss and fan service.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The review discusses '2.5D Seduction,' an anime centered around typical male fantasy and wish-fulfillment narratives involving cosplaying and romantic misunderstandings. The story follows a self-professed otaku and his interactions with cosplaying peers, illustrating common tropes of dense characters and convoluted love interests. The segment also touches upon another anime, 'True Beauty,' contrasting its makeup-and-identity-themed narrative with a lighthearted tone similar to 'Hannah Montana' but criticized for its implausible plot setup. These animes are collectively rated on their trashiness of appeal.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The host criticizes another group of anime that dive into exaggerated wish-fulfillment narratives, such as 'Berserk of Gluttony' and 'Failure Frame.' These shows feature overpowered protagonists who exact revenge on those who bullied them, blending in graphic action scenes with excessive violence. The criticism accentuates how these animes revel in edgy, over-the-top storylines marked by unlikely skills and vendettas, reflecting poorly executed fantasy revenge tropes.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    A comparative review of 'Osan's Newbie Adventurer' and 'I Performed Everything' presents the former as overly reliant on familiar overpowered adventurer tropes, lacking in narrative substance despite a more comedic approach. The review highlights the superiority of 'I Performed Everything' for its engaging storytelling and character dynamics. Despite 'Osan's' faltering execution, it maintains a higher trash appeal due to its dense reliance on clichéd adventurer setups and exaggerated characters, offering a critical yet humorous stance on modern fantasy tropes.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    An edgy exploration of the anime 'Why does nobody remember me in this world,' highlighting its problematic themes involving fantasy genocide and racial purity. Set within a post-war timeline, the plot unfolds around a protagonist striving for a supposed 'better' past, raising ethical eyebrows. This evaluation delves into the dense moral implications layered within the narrative and its portrayal of extreme ideologies, coupled with subpar animation, presenting as a cinematic moral quandary spun within a fantasy context.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The next segment reviews 'The Strongest Magician in the Demon King's Army,' focusing on its unremarkable plot progression overshadowed by distracting mediocre CGI animation. Although the premise hints at interesting fantasy political dynamics, the execution diverges to emphasize mundane comedic antics and battle tropes. The segment critiques the anime’s failure to deliver on intelligent plot promises, ultimately dismissing it as another predictable addition to fantasy trash canon without substantial narrative depth.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    The segment analyzes 'Too Many Losing Heroines,' a meta-commentary anime on romcom tropes coupled with provocative fan service. The critique focuses on the blend of trashy narratives and artful character exploration, creating a dichotomy that challenges traditional romcom cliches. Despite criticisms over explicit content, the anime is lauded for its thoughtful character work and referenced as a deceptively intelligent exploration under a guise of trash, drawing comparisons to subversive works within the genre.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    An examination of 'Love is Indivisible by Twins' reveals a setup rife with melodrama and sibling rivalry over romantic interests. The plot revolves around twin sisters with contrasting personalities chasing the same love interest, intertwined with comedic and dramatic developments. Despite its narrative absurdity, the show is praised for clever writing and character interactions, keeping viewers hooked despite its obviously melodramatic and unrealistic romantic setup.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:43

    The final segment covers 'Fate of the Majority,' a grandiose death game anime featuring a city succumbed to high-stakes survival questions. Despite its inventive premise, the critique points to lackluster animation and unfulfilled potential, reminiscent of other chaotic death games within the genre. The anime's strengths and flaws are humorously dissected to highlight its trash value, presenting as an exceptionally outrageous yet entertaining watch amidst lesser-quality offerings.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the main theme of the video?

    The video humorously critiques several anime series, labeling them as the "hottest trash" of Summer 2024 and evaluates them on a proprietary "trash scale."

  • Which anime genres are discussed in the video?

    Genres discussed include romcom, fan service, fantasy, and more, all under the lens of being considered low-quality or "trash."

  • What is the 'trash scale' mentioned in the video?

    The 'trash scale' is a humorous, fictional system used by the reviewer to rate the anime series based on their perceived poor quality or absurdity.

  • Is there a specific sponsor mentioned in the video?

    Yes, the video is sponsored by Rosetta Stone, an immersive language acquisition app.

  • What sort of humor is used in the video?

    The video employs satirical and ironic humor to critique and entertain while discussing the anime series.

  • What type of audience might enjoy this content?

    Anime fans, especially those who enjoy humorous and sarcastic takes on different anime series, would likely appreciate this content.

  • Does the video provide any recommendations?

    Yes, the reviewer offers satirical commentary and ratings, indirectly suggesting which anime might be 'enjoyably bad' for viewing.

  • What type of rating does the reviewer give for 'plus-size elf'?

    Plus-size Elf receives a humorous review involving French fries as a euphemism, highlighting its appeal to certain audiences despite being labeled as trash.

  • How does the video address the concept of an 'isekai'?

    The video compares different 'isekai' to highlight common tropes and critique their execution, often with satirical remarks.

  • What does the video say about the anime industry's approach to certain fan bases?

    The video suggests that the anime industry caters to various niche audiences, sometimes creating series that fulfill specific 'wish fulfillment' desires.

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    welcome back to sheay garbage folks and
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    I hope you're ready for a hell of a
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    the hottest summer on record and I'm not
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    features extra spicy romcom and fan
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    fantasy so edgy it makes Shield hero
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    menu comes with an optional side of
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    plus-size elf an anime about a world
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    that's got portals to other worlds and
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    sometimes elf Girls plus other types of
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    girl come through those and then they
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    get addicted to processed foods cuz they
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    don't have those in fantasy worlds but
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    then the portal uses a weight sensor so
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    they got to like work that off to go
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    back or to use magic without their magic
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    thong that they need to use magic
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    snapping on their bedona donks which is
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    obviously a problem cuz you can't do
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    magic without your magic thong also
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    there's this massage therapy
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    nutritionist type guy who helps them
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    lose that weight and sees them naked a
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    lot because their clothes are made of
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    tissue paper it's one of those anime but
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    you know for chubby chasers who frankly
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    are one of the most underserved kinds of
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    pervert in the entire anime community so
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    more powered tool I say aside from some
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    surprisingly good health and wellness
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    tips every episode that really is all
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    this anime has to offer it's basically
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    empty calories but that's exactly what
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    you want from a basket of french fries
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    at the end of the day sure maybe those
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    fries are a wee bit misshapen sometimes
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    due to the guys making them barely
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    having time to sleep between all day
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    shifts at their subminimum wage job but
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    they get the job done and you don't got
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    to buy the Blu-ray to see their nipples
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    by the way in those last few sentences
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    french fries was a clever euphemism for
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    big fat anime T I give plus size elf
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    three novelty trash can-shaped bread
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    baskets if that's too spicy a side for
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    your palette we also offer pseudo Harum
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    as a substitute which isn't a short
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    anime uh but it may as well be for how
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    much plot there actually is in it it's
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    also not particularly trashy just a cute
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    little comedy about theater kids
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    flirting via anime tropes but you're the
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    one who wanted a blander side dish don't
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    blame me one Bread Basket if you're
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    looking for something in a more medium
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    heat range 2.5d seduction might be just
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    the thing remember how my dress up
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    darling surprised Everyone by not being
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    a bog standard harm thing about a
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    stereotypical otaku loser surrounded by
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    insanely hot mostly naked amateur models
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    for some reason well you can finally
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    forget what they took from us because
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    this is that bug standard horm thing
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    anime Club Senpai masamune is a hardcore
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    otaku who's sworn off treacherous 3D
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    women for the 2D purity of Lili L the
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    scantily clad angel from his favorite
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    childhood battle anime he was way too
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    young for who's ever loyal to its
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    protagonist Ashford meanwhile love
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    interest kohai lilisa wants to be Lili
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    and is quite impressed with his castoff
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    figure collection cuz they make such
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    great costume references also if he
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    wouldn't mind too much she'd very much
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    like it if he'd take some sexy pictures
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    of her please all of which puts his
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    long-term life plan to die a virgin for
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    his waifu in serious Jeopardy though not
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    that serious since they're both dense
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    enough to have their own event Horizons
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    but further complicating matters and
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    filling out the Harum is this other
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    childhood kohai he used to play Ashford
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    and lilial with on the playground way
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    back in the day before she moved away
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    after realizing that he only had eyes
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    for his waifu even though she started
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    doing her hair like that waifu so
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    obviously since that wasn't enough to
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    get his attention she decided to become
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    a f famous model entirely so Senpai
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    would notice her and now she's back at
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    the school to see if that worked it
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    didn't but they both think she'd be
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    great as the succubus side chick from
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    the anime so long story short they end
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    up faking orgs together on the clubroom
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    floor though tragically they cannot
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    share the resulting pictures anywhere
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    because that would go against her
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    contract you know her modeling contract
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    that she has entirely because she's
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    obsessed with this one guy who she can't
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    stop thinking about how he ignored her
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    for anime that is seriously her
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    backstory also their sexy teacher is a
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    secret cosplayer though she does not
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    seem to be interested in protag Kun in
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    any way which is an important
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    distinction we will get to why that is
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    an important distinction when we're
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    talking about another anime this season
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    and credit where it's due speaking as a
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    cosplay boyfriend this show does get a
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    lot of the little details about the
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    Hobby and its culture right and it's got
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    some very solid women supporting women
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    Vibes which we love to see but let's not
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    split hairs here this is pure male wish
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    fulfillment horm anime nonsense which we
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    also love to see even if it is a little
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    toned down from the manga 2.5d seduction
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    gets three flaming dumpsters full of
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    sexy cosplay outfits and props Now
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    ladies worry not the anime industry's
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    cooked up something just as shallow and
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    shamelessly wish fulfilling for you to
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    enjoy in true beauty yet another
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    Crunchyroll funded webtune adaptation
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    that they're not calling Crunchyroll
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    Originals anymore because that brand is
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    radioactive though unlike their last two
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    unbranded webtune things about bullied
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    nobodies who become somebodies by
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    learning to fight real good this one's
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    about a bullied nobody who becomes a
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    Somebody by learning to do makeup real
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    good though she still does that with a
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    YouTube tutorial so it's not entirely un
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    like viral hit protag Chan even goes
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    unwittingly viral to the point that
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    random people she doesn't know are
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    talking about her over
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    burgers and speaking of not at all weird
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    psycho Behavior she's also nominated
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    behind her back for this face Mash style
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    hot girl ranking site that her new art
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    school has for some reason which is a
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    big point of stress for her actually not
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    for any of the obvious reasons that
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    would be stressful but because it might
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    expose her deep dark secret that she
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    uses makeup to cover her is that acne
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    freckles just general redness she kind
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    of just looks like a conventionally
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    pretty actress trying to win an Oscar
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    for being so brave which is wild because
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    this is animation the one Mass medium
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    where ugly characters don't have to look
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    like that but everyone at her old school
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    was tripping her and drawing clown faces
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    on her for being so ugly so I guess in
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    the context of this fictional world
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    where nobody understands how makeup
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    Works she must actually be that ugly and
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    need to hide it but oh no this hot boy
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    who likes the same metal bands and
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    horror books as her saw her without
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    makeup and he's a little bit of a jerk
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    whatever will she do basically this
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    shows Hannah Montana If instead of
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    singing her big secret is she's not like
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    other girls or for the cultured among
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    you it's K Koo if yukino didn't actually
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    have any flaws and was only worried
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    about people finding out she's kind of
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    frumpy sometimes animated in the style
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    of Totally Spies for some reason it's
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    exactly the kind of ludicrously
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    contrived lowest common denominator
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    pandering [ __ ] that sells like hot
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    cakes cuz a lot of chicks are just as
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    lonely and sad as the dudes self-
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    inserting M themselves into Soo leveling
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    though I will say girls if you're
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    looking for Comfort garbage last
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    season's vampire dormatory was way more
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    fun true beaut is definitely sweet but
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    so much that it's liable to make anyone
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    over 18 puke I give it two rusty old
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    dumpsters decked out in flowers and fril
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    pink [ __ ] and filled to the brim with
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    Stanley Cups as in the Tik Tock popular
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    collectible cup brand Stanley not the
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    famous hockey trophy I feel like that's
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    an important distinction to make because
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    the next item on our menu the Osan
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    newbie Adventurer is explicitly made for
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    sad men in their 30s and 40s who will
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    have no idea what those cups even are
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    though their girlfriends
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    might finally a fantasy anime for
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    Leonardo DiCaprio a fantasy anime that
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    dares to say hey remember all them Hot
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    Blooded big muscled fighting anime you
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    grew up on we got their theme song guy
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    and he's twice as old as you
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    are boy you can really hear the seven
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    years since kushida did the Dragon Ball
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    super theme you know I I feel kind of
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    mean raging on all the old man stuff
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    feels like bullying your grandpa for
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    going to see the roll in stones in
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    concert I love the young
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    people but it really is the show's only
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    distinguishing features story-wise it's
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    about an unfulfilled guy who quits his
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    job to go work out a bunch then comes
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    back strong enough to kill monsters in a
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    single punch although his ranking at the
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    local monster punching Trade union does
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    not reflect that skill and so people are
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    constantly underestimating him
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    especially rival monster punchers who
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    think they're hot [ __ ] do I need to
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    spell this out for you it's fantasy one
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    punch man with an age
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    Gap you think that's a gotcha Bud The
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    Sassy Lost Child is older than saitama
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    and look normally I'd be 100% on board
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    for some fantasy one punch man nonsense
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    I have been known to enjoy such things
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    quite a lot but the real trouble for
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    Osan Adventurer is it's airing alongside
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    I Perry everything which is pretty much
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    the exact same show only better in every
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    conceivable way like animation obviously
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    but also writing instead of a simpering
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    waifu sidekick I Parry everything pairs
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    its protag norup with a proper gender
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    flipped genos this literal princess who
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    is so convinced of his absolute combat
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    genius that she takes everything that
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    this sheltered Backwoods idiot who's
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    literally never seen a monster before in
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    his life says at face value in turn
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    perpetuating his misconceptions that
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    that's what a regular Goblin looks like
  • 00:13:44
    this is just a cow and he's still just a
  • 00:13:47
    regular unremarkable dude who's kind of
  • 00:13:50
    in a little over his head all of which
  • 00:13:53
    makes the joke that he doesn't know how
  • 00:13:56
    insanely overpowered he is in infinitely
  • 00:13:59
    funnier than how Osan tells
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    [Music]
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    it in Osan rickle just pulled the most
  • 00:14:14
    insane feet of strength and speed that
  • 00:14:16
    anyone has ever seen to absolutely stunt
  • 00:14:19
    on the hands down strongest other guy in
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    the room and then he's just like wow my
  • 00:14:25
    opponent sure was going easy on me based
  • 00:14:27
    on abs absolutely nothing despite the
  • 00:14:31
    fact that he's got this sexy 20-year-old
  • 00:14:33
    dark elf maid chick who happens to be
  • 00:14:35
    one of the strongest people on the
  • 00:14:38
    planet by the way clinging to his arm
  • 00:14:40
    and telling him what a tough guy hunky
  • 00:14:43
    is constantly and his old job for the
  • 00:14:47
    last decade was filing paperwork for the
  • 00:14:51
    official Adventurer ranking Bureau I
  • 00:14:55
    simply do not buy this jok's premise at
  • 00:14:58
    all for one second and I'm so glad they
  • 00:15:01
    drop it after the first Arc because
  • 00:15:03
    frankly it felt like the show was
  • 00:15:06
    gaslighting me it does get a bit better
  • 00:15:08
    after we meet the rest of the crazy
  • 00:15:12
    characters in Rick's Party and get into
  • 00:15:14
    their lifelong quest to collect a bunch
  • 00:15:17
    of McGuffin and beat up a really big
  • 00:15:18
    monster but compared to the geopolitical
  • 00:15:21
    shenanigans that I Parry everything's
  • 00:15:24
    gotten up to by its second Arc it's
  • 00:15:26
    still no contest which one's worth
  • 00:15:29
    watching though it's also no contest
  • 00:15:31
    which one's trashier I Parry everything
  • 00:15:33
    barely even does fan service and there's
  • 00:15:36
    not a stat screen in sight so the best I
  • 00:15:39
    can give it is one golden firework
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    dumpster Osan Adventurer on the other
  • 00:15:44
    hand gets three record store bargain
  • 00:15:46
    bins full of dad rock albums but even
  • 00:15:49
    osan's preferable to the other kind of
  • 00:15:53
    underestimated overpowered Adventurer
  • 00:15:55
    story you know Edge Lord Garbo like
  • 00:15:58
    berser of gluttony about kids who get
  • 00:16:00
    bullied super hard for not having good
  • 00:16:03
    abilities but then they discover their
  • 00:16:06
    abilities are good actually and use them
  • 00:16:09
    to make them pay make them all pay which
  • 00:16:13
    we got in isekai one of this season in
  • 00:16:16
    Failure frame I became the strongest and
  • 00:16:19
    annihilated everything with low-level
  • 00:16:21
    spells and it might just be the edgiest
  • 00:16:26
    isekai trash ever made I know that
  • 00:16:28
    that's a bold statement what with all
  • 00:16:30
    the slave owning Shield Heroes and
  • 00:16:32
    hentai goblins in this genre but this
  • 00:16:34
    thing is basically a more trench coat
  • 00:16:37
    Mafia pilled take on Ari fetta and that
  • 00:16:40
    shows edgy protagonist literally pulls
  • 00:16:44
    magic guns out of his trench coat in
  • 00:16:47
    contrast to Shield Hero's relatively
  • 00:16:50
    cheerful first episode which devotes
  • 00:16:52
    only 25% of its runtime to princess
  • 00:16:55
    bitch's betrayal failure frames pilot is
  • 00:16:58
    literally just a 20 minute long itemized
  • 00:17:01
    list of Toka MIM mori's 13 Reasons we
  • 00:17:05
    cut from a flashback of his abusive
  • 00:17:07
    stepdad abusing him to his present day
  • 00:17:09
    classmates bullying him for standing up
  • 00:17:12
    for this girl who didn't want to be hit
  • 00:17:13
    on on a bus ride then after they all get
  • 00:17:16
    iseki all his bullies and the popular
  • 00:17:19
    kids get all the high rank gotta skills
  • 00:17:21
    while he's stuck at e- rank with
  • 00:17:24
    abilities so trashy that the [ __ ]
  • 00:17:26
    gacha goddess decides to just throw him
  • 00:17:29
    in the literal magic
  • 00:17:39
    garbage but that gets announced like
  • 00:17:42
    halfway through the episode so at least
  • 00:17:44
    there's a little bit of time to balance
  • 00:17:46
    all that crap out with some action right
  • 00:17:48
    wrong because before he can go to that
  • 00:17:50
    death dungeon to do cool anime stuff all
  • 00:17:53
    his most popular and op classmates have
  • 00:17:56
    got to line up one by one to tell him
  • 00:17:59
    that they hate him and his pleading for
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    his life is totally just killing the
  • 00:18:03
    vibe and he should really just read the
  • 00:18:05
    room and die already also this unpopular
  • 00:18:08
    little emo [ __ ] who he used to be nice
  • 00:18:09
    to stabs him in the back the second he
  • 00:18:12
    gets a drop of srank social capital and
  • 00:18:15
    while that one girl he'd tell not to
  • 00:18:17
    come to school tomorrow does of course
  • 00:18:19
    stand up for him she just gets knocked
  • 00:18:22
    the out for her
  • 00:18:27
    trouble and what's our reward for
  • 00:18:30
    sitting through that episode long Born
  • 00:18:32
    to Die world is a Manifesto some
  • 00:18:35
    actually kind of cool CGI monster
  • 00:18:37
    designs if I'm being honest grotesque
  • 00:18:39
    gangly proportions generally very
  • 00:18:41
    creative interpretations of classic
  • 00:18:43
    Concepts like the minitar though let me
  • 00:18:45
    tell you right now those qualities are
  • 00:18:48
    more than offset by the CGI models of
  • 00:18:51
    the human characters which they use a
  • 00:18:54
    lot and those monster designs are
  • 00:18:56
    completely wasted by the show's High
  • 00:18:57
    concept anyway since the low-level
  • 00:19:00
    spells that his e- rank skill inflicts
  • 00:19:02
    are in fact guaranteed hit status
  • 00:19:05
    effects which is insane because all of
  • 00:19:08
    those have really low hit percentages
  • 00:19:10
    otherwise meaning he can instantly
  • 00:19:13
    poison and paralyze anything just by
  • 00:19:16
    pointing at it it's a Death Note with
  • 00:19:18
    extra steps and the extra steps are
  • 00:19:20
    torture so instead of fight scenes we
  • 00:19:23
    have a series of Big Air quotes dramatic
  • 00:19:26
    confrontations in which the hero instant
  • 00:19:28
    L wins in one move maybe too if he's
  • 00:19:31
    feeling spicy and puts on an act to
  • 00:19:33
    lower their guard first then spends the
  • 00:19:35
    next 5 to 10 minutes gloating while his
  • 00:19:37
    foe agonizingly and slowly dies with no
  • 00:19:41
    hope of Escape while turning just the
  • 00:19:43
    stupidest shade of Barney
  • 00:19:51
    purple don't you worry though failure
  • 00:19:53
    frame makes sure you know they all super
  • 00:19:57
    duper deserve it and not just his
  • 00:19:59
    classmates by an astounding coincidence
  • 00:20:03
    11 out of the 12 fantasy thugs he's
  • 00:20:06
    murdered so far across four separate
  • 00:20:09
    episodes were all distracted by debates
  • 00:20:12
    about how much they should his elf wfu
  • 00:20:15
    before they murder her right before he
  • 00:20:17
    murdered them and the 12th one was about
  • 00:20:20
    to do it this clown show makes sao's
  • 00:20:23
    Rogues Gallery look rich complex and
  • 00:20:26
    varied of course at the end of the day
  • 00:20:28
    all just blood bags for him to pop on
  • 00:20:30
    the way to murdering his first actual
  • 00:20:33
    classmate right we shouldn't expect guys
  • 00:20:35
    with screen time measured in minutes or
  • 00:20:37
    seconds to be much more complex than the
  • 00:20:39
    thugs he fooled by begging for his life
  • 00:20:41
    or the Rival type dude he promised he'd
  • 00:20:44
    get stronger and fight later but then he
  • 00:20:45
    just stabbed him in the back the second
  • 00:20:47
    he turned it but outside of those
  • 00:20:48
    archetypes they could at least be
  • 00:20:51
    different kinds of scumbag right like
  • 00:20:53
    surely there's got to be at least one
  • 00:20:56
    cannibal out there or a real estate
  • 00:20:59
    Speculator I mean Vibes are also the B-
  • 00:21:02
    rank classmate he's definitely going to
  • 00:21:04
    murder First's whole thing and this
  • 00:21:07
    other lesbian classmate who makes one of
  • 00:21:09
    the nice girl classmates murder monsters
  • 00:21:11
    even though she really doesn't want to
  • 00:21:13
    is also molesting her on the side hell
  • 00:21:15
    even the king who put a bounty on the
  • 00:21:17
    elf Wu's head only did it because if I
  • 00:21:20
    can't have her no one will it is
  • 00:21:23
    literally ists all the way down like the
  • 00:21:27
    author wanted tips from Dan Harmon's
  • 00:21:29
    Story Circle but accidentally found that
  • 00:21:31
    one deeply unfunny Pyramid Head meme
  • 00:21:34
    Instead at least the gotta goddess is
  • 00:21:36
    kind of entertaining no scratch that she
  • 00:21:38
    is profoundly entertaining like if Aqua
  • 00:21:42
    was the villain of konosuba on purpose
  • 00:21:44
    instead of by accident
  • 00:21:58
    [Music]
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    but after the intro is done she barely
  • 00:22:02
    gets a couple minutes of B plot an
  • 00:22:04
    episode to transparently Gaslight
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    gatekeep and girl boss the out of the
  • 00:22:09
    entire class which is some sumptuously
  • 00:22:12
    campy villain nonsense don't get me
  • 00:22:14
    wrong there's just so little of it next
  • 00:22:17
    to this massive heap of samyy dog [ __ ] I
  • 00:22:21
    give failure frame five trash cans full
  • 00:22:24
    of blood and razors you kind of need a
  • 00:22:26
    pallet cleanser after a heap of garbage
  • 00:22:28
    that pungent and a shower luckily Cafe
  • 00:22:32
    Terrace and its goddesses is back to
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    serve up another spicy season of classic
  • 00:22:37
    Harum comfort food we're now out of the
  • 00:22:39
    awkward early phase where all the girls
  • 00:22:42
    treat their live-in love interest like
  • 00:22:43
    something unpleasant they tracked in off
  • 00:22:45
    the street and start catching actual
  • 00:22:48
    feelings which is really the make or
  • 00:22:50
    break point for this sort of Harum and
  • 00:22:52
    in a refreshingly straightforward move
  • 00:22:54
    to keep the story moving the show has
  • 00:22:57
    opted to just have the all openly
  • 00:22:59
    declare their crushes to each other at a
  • 00:23:01
    little house meeting that they have
  • 00:23:03
    except the suere of course because she's
  • 00:23:06
    the suere also the one who does all the
  • 00:23:08
    street fighter references and comic
  • 00:23:10
    relief may actually have the mind of a
  • 00:23:13
    child so no one's sure whether to count
  • 00:23:16
    hers but at this point it's all a matter
  • 00:23:18
    of tropy formalities before this thing
  • 00:23:20
    congeals into a proper competitive
  • 00:23:23
    polycule well tropes and the Sunder got
  • 00:23:26
    to realize she's more of a soon SST not
  • 00:23:29
    to be confused with a Dar that's when a
  • 00:23:32
    girl acts like a SST when she's not
  • 00:23:34
    being all dar dar to protagon oka's
  • 00:23:37
    default mode is still very much soon
  • 00:23:40
    soon sadism how she shows her
  • 00:23:55
    affection with the will they won't days
  • 00:23:57
    resolving into who will first send the
  • 00:23:59
    titular Cafe is business booming though
  • 00:24:02
    the show does kind of need a new
  • 00:24:04
    conflict to keep things interesting and
  • 00:24:07
    the one that it's cooked up is just I
  • 00:24:11
    mean
  • 00:24:13
    so there's an evil horm now this
  • 00:24:17
    corporate ass Cafe opens up down the
  • 00:24:19
    road run by this old real estate [ __ ]
  • 00:24:21
    who hates hayato's Granddad and wants to
  • 00:24:24
    tear down his house and business out of
  • 00:24:26
    spite so in order to undermine familia's
  • 00:24:30
    reputation this new Cafe family has
  • 00:24:33
    hired five waitresses who look exactly
  • 00:24:36
    like the goddesses and has them doing
  • 00:24:38
    just the most insulting impressions of
  • 00:24:41
    them while also wearing much [ __ ]
  • 00:24:44
    wickd Donald's versions of their iconic
  • 00:24:47
    handmade uniforms and of course all
  • 00:24:51
    those girls are eventually going to fall
  • 00:24:52
    for hay to too and just make that whole
  • 00:24:54
    side of things crazier but for the
  • 00:24:56
    moment these wuss are Out For Blood
  • 00:24:59
    business blood and I'm honestly
  • 00:25:03
    impressed with how uning hinged this
  • 00:25:06
    show has managed to get without any
  • 00:25:09
    sci-fi or fantasy elements just a story
  • 00:25:13
    about a Tokyo University student running
  • 00:25:16
    a small business so the hot girls who
  • 00:25:19
    were squatting in his grandpa's house
  • 00:25:21
    don't become homeless it's truly
  • 00:25:23
    carrying on the spirit of that mid 2000s
  • 00:25:27
    Anything Goes horri wave which is why
  • 00:25:29
    I'm upgrading Cafe Terrace's rating this
  • 00:25:32
    season to four modest restaurant waist
  • 00:25:35
    bins full of slightly stale yet once
  • 00:25:38
    delicious bread sticks and half eaten
  • 00:25:40
    Cake Plus someone lit a fire in the
  • 00:25:43
    napkin dispenser how's that pallets
  • 00:25:45
    cleansed
  • 00:25:48
    enough no still got some Edge in there
  • 00:25:51
    luckily we've got sweet and spicy menu
  • 00:25:53
    items for days this season Alia
  • 00:25:57
    sometimes hides her feelings in Russian
  • 00:25:58
    is an exquisitly crafted piece of romcom
  • 00:26:01
    trash that deafly swerves around
  • 00:26:03
    countless will they won't they cliches
  • 00:26:06
    by Simply Having its titular girl tell
  • 00:26:08
    the nerd she likes that she likes him
  • 00:26:11
    upfront in Russian because she's half
  • 00:26:13
    Russian and thinks that he as a cute
  • 00:26:15
    Japanese boy won't understand what she's
  • 00:26:17
    saying but what she doesn't know is he
  • 00:26:19
    had a half-russian childhood friend and
  • 00:26:22
    thus speaks the language fluently so for
  • 00:26:25
    once the shoe is on the other foot or it
  • 00:26:28
    ends up there at least after a
  • 00:26:30
    suspiciously long and well animated
  • 00:26:32
    stocking putting on scene Alia doesn't
  • 00:26:34
    suspect his secret though because he has
  • 00:26:37
    a fake childhood friend covering for the
  • 00:26:40
    real one who happens to be on the
  • 00:26:42
    student council with her and also
  • 00:26:45
    happens to be his secret sort of
  • 00:26:46
    estranged sister who pretends to be his
  • 00:26:49
    childhood's friend at school because
  • 00:26:51
    look they relationships complicated
  • 00:26:59
    [Music]
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    but then masach is a complicated man a
  • 00:27:06
    beacon of genuine Charisma amid a sea of
  • 00:27:09
    wet blankets it completely makes sense
  • 00:27:12
    that the cool Beauty from Russia would
  • 00:27:14
    have a thing for him not to mention his
  • 00:27:16
    sister and that he'd have a certain sort
  • 00:27:19
    of effect on many other types of girl
  • 00:27:26
    too we have quite a few spicy items on
  • 00:27:29
    tonight's menu some quite a bit spicier
  • 00:27:32
    than this but of all those bold flavors
  • 00:27:34
    this one might just be my favorite it's
  • 00:27:37
    complex mature with many different
  • 00:27:39
    intermingling notes every character has
  • 00:27:42
    a distinctive entertaining voice and the
  • 00:27:45
    plot moves at a surprisingly brisk Pace
  • 00:27:47
    with genuinely surprising twists
  • 00:27:50
    elevating what are fundamentally the
  • 00:27:52
    lowest possible Stakes with confident
  • 00:27:55
    witty presentation if you enjoyed kaguya
  • 00:27:58
    Love is War this show hits a lot of
  • 00:28:00
    similar notes only with way more panty
  • 00:28:03
    shots which you won't hear me
  • 00:28:04
    complaining about it's also got some
  • 00:28:06
    shades of Rascal does not dream of bunny
  • 00:28:09
    girl Senpai it's just a ton of fun all
  • 00:28:12
    around I give it five solid gold
  • 00:28:15
    dumpsters full of
  • 00:28:17
    fireworks okay that's a normal amount of
  • 00:28:20
    blood I think we're ready for another
  • 00:28:21
    potential Edge Fest why does nobody
  • 00:28:23
    remember me in this world is basically
  • 00:28:26
    that most classic of Christmas movies
  • 00:28:29
    It's a Wonderful Life only this timeline
  • 00:28:32
    doesn't hinge on the protagonist's
  • 00:28:34
    existence barring any extremely obvious
  • 00:28:37
    plot twists instead there was this big
  • 00:28:40
    war 30 years ago see where every race
  • 00:28:43
    but one was ethnically cleansed from the
  • 00:28:46
    entire planet in a mass Holocaust where
  • 00:28:50
    literally all of them were shoved into
  • 00:28:53
    Mass Graves and that's the good timeline
  • 00:28:57
    in the bad one the genocide didn't work
  • 00:29:00
    out and now the humans who to be
  • 00:29:03
    clear 100% would have done it are living
  • 00:29:07
    underground in fancy sci-fi bunkers that
  • 00:29:10
    provide a reasonable if uncomfortable
  • 00:29:12
    fact simile of surface life not dead to
  • 00:29:16
    be clear I mean some of them are
  • 00:29:19
    offscreen presumably but not all of them
  • 00:29:22
    which again is canonically what these
  • 00:29:26
    people would have done to every other
  • 00:29:29
    race given the opportunity and then they
  • 00:29:32
    have a yearly anniversary celebration
  • 00:29:35
    for it but you know they look like us
  • 00:29:39
    and the other ones have like horns and
  • 00:29:43
    and fur so we're supposed to feel bad
  • 00:29:46
    for the humans that they didn't get to
  • 00:29:48
    do the genocide anymore and want the
  • 00:29:51
    protagonist to bring things back to how
  • 00:29:54
    they were look even without the moral
  • 00:29:56
    considerations I'd keep the timeline as
  • 00:29:58
    is just to make sure I never have to see
  • 00:30:00
    this animation again no childhood friend
  • 00:30:03
    Sean not the liquefy filter to be fair
  • 00:30:07
    the plot is shapen up to be a bit more
  • 00:30:09
    complex than I'm letting on the prophet
  • 00:30:12
    Sid Humanity's legendary hero from the
  • 00:30:15
    good timeline who nobody knows what he
  • 00:30:18
    looked like in the old timeline because
  • 00:30:21
    they never took his photo and somehow
  • 00:30:23
    protag has his magic sword now H I
  • 00:30:26
    wonder if that going to be a plot Point
  • 00:30:29
    later anyway Sid may have slightly
  • 00:30:31
    overstated the finality of his solution
  • 00:30:33
    Visa the other races seems like he and
  • 00:30:36
    some of their other Heroes were secretly
  • 00:30:38
    working together to stop whatever robot
  • 00:30:41
    snake lady timeline fery is happening
  • 00:30:44
    now so it may have actually been some
  • 00:30:46
    sort of 8D chess fake genocide Gambit or
  • 00:30:50
    something I don't know I have not read
  • 00:30:52
    ahead in the light novels and I'm not
  • 00:30:54
    going to but that doesn't change the
  • 00:30:56
    fact that protag
  • 00:30:58
    thinks he did it and looks up to him for
  • 00:31:00
    doing it and his entire motivation is
  • 00:31:04
    godamn bro things were so much better
  • 00:31:06
    back when we won the race war doesn't
  • 00:31:08
    even seem particularly driven to
  • 00:31:10
    uniquify filter his childhood friend
  • 00:31:12
    anymore since he's got this new Angel
  • 00:31:15
    main squeeze who somehow manages to look
  • 00:31:18
    more generic than the literal parody of
  • 00:31:22
    a generic angel waifu from 2.5d
  • 00:31:25
    seduction please set me free from these
  • 00:31:27
    chains
  • 00:31:29
    so generic I kind of want to give the
  • 00:31:32
    show the benefit of the doubt on all
  • 00:31:34
    that other stuff I mean Cas suzane does
  • 00:31:37
    come out with a new fantasy light novel
  • 00:31:39
    series on average every two years that
  • 00:31:42
    is not a lot of time to think about
  • 00:31:44
    World building it is entirely possible
  • 00:31:47
    he was just mindlessly mashing together
  • 00:31:49
    fantasy tropes and put literally zero
  • 00:31:52
    thought into the ethical implications of
  • 00:31:54
    a global race war outside that cont
  • 00:31:57
    context likely even given how the last
  • 00:32:00
    anime with his name on it turned out so
  • 00:32:03
    I'm hedging my Edge bets and giving this
  • 00:32:05
    one two trash cans full of tomato sauce
  • 00:32:07
    and safety scissors I don't want to
  • 00:32:09
    leave you hanging on all that edge I
  • 00:32:12
    promised though so let's see if we can
  • 00:32:14
    find it elsewhere like in this show with
  • 00:32:16
    a Scary Skeleton Man on the cover that's
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    got to be edgy right the strongest
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    magician in the Demon King's Army is a
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    human is about that guy from the title I
  • 00:32:28
    just read who yes I'm sorry to say is
  • 00:32:32
    CGI like 90% of the time and yes it
  • 00:32:36
    always looks at least that bad from
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    every angle and there's so many other 3D
  • 00:32:43
    models and none of them are better but
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    in Ike's defense he's got to keep that
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    horribly rendered mask on so nobody
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    figures out that he's not a demon at
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    least not until he finishes his quest to
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    build a world where everyone can get
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    along a goal he starts toward by taking
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    over a human City with his big demon
  • 00:33:04
    Army then putting the demons in the city
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    next to the people whose home they just
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    sacked and partially destroyed and
  • 00:33:11
    saying hey get along and then they do it
  • 00:33:15
    just works the strongest magician
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    sometimes threatens to become a kind of
  • 00:33:20
    genuinely interesting anime about
  • 00:33:22
    fantasy politics and Civic planning and
  • 00:33:25
    [ __ ] but then it just keeps shoving all
  • 00:33:27
    that to the background while in the
  • 00:33:29
    foreground the annoying Dy maid and the
  • 00:33:32
    horny guu succubus Chase each other
  • 00:33:34
    around the dinner table yelling he's
  • 00:33:36
    mine no he's mine back and forth while
  • 00:33:39
    the fat pig dude who only ever opens his
  • 00:33:42
    mouth to glaze up the protag is like
  • 00:33:44
    ausama your dick is so big how are you
  • 00:33:48
    so handsome and such a genius at the
  • 00:33:52
    same time like they're in the local
  • 00:33:54
    theater putting on a production of
  • 00:33:56
    Overlord and then when he actually does
  • 00:33:58
    get a chance to flexx his tactical
  • 00:34:01
    genius on screen by outwitting an
  • 00:34:03
    opponent in an evenly matched war game
  • 00:34:06
    his brilliant solution is invent guns
  • 00:34:11
    which he doesn't even do himself he just
  • 00:34:14
    has the idea that guns might be useful
  • 00:34:18
    and then someone else makes them for him
  • 00:34:28
    as you can see I was not exaggerating
  • 00:34:30
    with my Pigman impression the best thing
  • 00:34:33
    I can say about this show is it finally
  • 00:34:35
    made me get around to playing tyranny a
  • 00:34:37
    half-finished obsidian crpg the best
  • 00:34:41
    kind of obsidian crpg that actually
  • 00:34:44
    explores all the cool ideas about
  • 00:34:46
    managing a more Equitable evil empire
  • 00:34:49
    that strongest magician just sort of
  • 00:34:52
    hints at then leaves on the floor while
  • 00:34:55
    it goes off to do more anime [ __ ] I
  • 00:34:58
    give it two waste baskets full of
  • 00:35:00
    fantasy City Zoning maps with obscene
  • 00:35:02
    Doodles just all over them dang that
  • 00:35:05
    wasn't very edgy either we do have one
  • 00:35:07
    more thing that might cut that itch but
  • 00:35:10
    I'm saving the best trash for last
  • 00:35:12
    tonight so let's Explore More of our
  • 00:35:14
    romance options first with maain too
  • 00:35:18
    many losing heroins how'd that get in
  • 00:35:21
    the trash pile I mean I guess meta
  • 00:35:23
    commentary on anime romcom tropes is a
  • 00:35:27
    little bit trashy conceptually but all
  • 00:35:29
    them cinematic angles are clearly art
  • 00:35:32
    whoa whoa okay Madam this is a YouTube
  • 00:35:37
    video you cannot sir could you please
  • 00:35:39
    stop
  • 00:35:40
    Pro I thought D was supposed to be next
  • 00:35:51
    season and that's not even the most out-
  • 00:35:53
    of-pocket teacher at this school
  • 00:35:57
    [Music]
  • 00:36:03
    no like that's still not even the half
  • 00:36:06
    of it she is straight up committing
  • 00:36:21
    crimes I recommended maain on the ones
  • 00:36:24
    to watch for its remarkably fleshed out
  • 00:36:26
    characters and razor sharp dialogue and
  • 00:36:28
    I'm recommending it here because the
  • 00:36:30
    characters spouting that dialogue are
  • 00:36:32
    remarkably fleshed out trash sometimes
  • 00:36:35
    non-ch childhood friend type home recer
  • 00:36:38
    trash sometimes otaku trash
  • 00:36:42
    [Music]
  • 00:36:58
    what's real crazy is she almost
  • 00:36:59
    described an actual anime there although
  • 00:37:02
    Mishima isn't in the Osamu daai isekai
  • 00:37:05
    no longer allowed in another world and
  • 00:37:07
    it's only rated 14a for excessive elf
  • 00:37:11
    titty I'm honestly not even sure if I
  • 00:37:13
    can call that one trash since it's a
  • 00:37:16
    surprisingly literary deconstruction of
  • 00:37:18
    the isekai genre for a comedy that
  • 00:37:20
    hinges on the Japanese equivalent of
  • 00:37:22
    Kurt Cobain jokes or maybe not
  • 00:37:24
    surprisingly given the choice of pro tag
  • 00:37:28
    uh who's a famous author if you're not
  • 00:37:30
    familiar with the Japanese literary
  • 00:37:33
    canon Andor bungo stray dogs but then
  • 00:37:35
    I'm kind of in the same boat with maain
  • 00:37:37
    and My Philosophy is any animator who
  • 00:37:40
    puts that much effort into tummy shading
  • 00:37:42
    knows exactly what they're making so I'm
  • 00:37:45
    happy to award too many losing heroins
  • 00:37:47
    five golden dumpsters full of fireworks
  • 00:37:50
    and the daai Sakai does have a big
  • 00:37:53
    tentacle monster in episode one so I
  • 00:37:55
    guess that knows what it is too it only
  • 00:37:57
    gets three golden dumpsters though
  • 00:37:59
    animation could have been better
  • 00:38:01
    sometimes though you don't want a clever
  • 00:38:03
    subversion of romcom trash you just want
  • 00:38:06
    to guzzle that [ __ ] straight and
  • 00:38:07
    unfiltered and for those times we have
  • 00:38:10
    love is indivisible by twins the story
  • 00:38:14
    of these two smoking hot twins who could
  • 00:38:17
    not be more different except for one key
  • 00:38:20
    detail n's a bratty guaru oaku with few
  • 00:38:24
    friends who can match her razor sharp
  • 00:38:26
    wit roomies a popular go- getting gy
  • 00:38:29
    tomboy athlete but they're both head
  • 00:38:32
    over heels for the same boy next door
  • 00:38:35
    June and now that puberty's kicked in
  • 00:38:37
    boy howdy are they both ever ready to
  • 00:38:41
    Jun up
  • 00:38:52
    emotionally so roomy asks him out first
  • 00:38:55
    cuz you know go getting and they have a
  • 00:38:57
    really happy healthy productive
  • 00:39:00
    relationship for a solid minute there
  • 00:39:02
    but this is Anime so of course that
  • 00:39:04
    ain't going to fly halfway through
  • 00:39:07
    episode one she dumps him out of nowhere
  • 00:39:09
    pretty much the same way she asked him
  • 00:39:11
    out actually then orders him to date her
  • 00:39:13
    sister because as she later explains
  • 00:39:15
    when her friend quite justifiably asks
  • 00:39:18
    her what the girl she's popular so she
  • 00:39:23
    can eventually find another good dude
  • 00:39:25
    probably but her sister you know with
  • 00:39:28
    her personality and all if she doesn't
  • 00:39:30
    get together with Jun now she's liable
  • 00:39:33
    to die alone how thoughtful I would I
  • 00:39:37
    would just love to have a sibling who
  • 00:39:39
    thinks about me like that then she dumps
  • 00:39:42
    him again at the end of the episode only
  • 00:39:44
    this time it's from her sister's
  • 00:39:46
    perspective because this show thinks
  • 00:39:48
    it's literature and you know to be fair
  • 00:39:51
    the dialogue is pretty well written as
  • 00:39:53
    these things go even the otaku talk
  • 00:39:56
    which is rare to see for
  • 00:40:34
    these aren't just cringy nerd references
  • 00:40:37
    to Spotlight things the author is a fan
  • 00:40:39
    of they actually tell us more about who
  • 00:40:42
    these people are what they value their
  • 00:40:44
    differing tastes and opinions and the
  • 00:40:46
    points they connect on and more
  • 00:40:48
    importantly the ways they're not
  • 00:40:50
    connecting nari and Jun spend so much
  • 00:40:53
    time trading barbs and references
  • 00:40:55
    they're not really together in the
  • 00:40:57
    moment a lot of the time whereas he and
  • 00:41:00
    roomy have much more natural
  • 00:41:03
    conversations there's some genuinely
  • 00:41:05
    good character writing here just in
  • 00:41:08
    service of some of the most
  • 00:41:09
    aggravatingly inexplicable melodramatic
  • 00:41:12
    [ __ ] I've ever watched also it's not
  • 00:41:15
    always you know good otaku meta
  • 00:41:18
    commentary they do get real scream
  • 00:41:21
    sequels with some of
  • 00:41:24
    it which really makes you appreciate app
  • 00:41:27
    just how good mí is at this but you know
  • 00:41:31
    I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hooked
  • 00:41:33
    on this crap anyways I just got to know
  • 00:41:35
    how these stupid horny teenagers are
  • 00:41:37
    going to hurt each other next I give it
  • 00:41:39
    three flaming dumpsters full of jun's
  • 00:41:42
    therapy bills speaking of stupid teens
  • 00:41:44
    hurting each other though it's been a
  • 00:41:46
    while since we last served up a good
  • 00:41:48
    old-fashioned big dumb death game and
  • 00:41:50
    let me tell you they don't get much
  • 00:41:53
    bigger or dumber than tasu ketu fate of
  • 00:41:56
    the majority majority the first death
  • 00:41:58
    game anime I've ever seen that ropes the
  • 00:42:01
    entire population of Tokyo into the
  • 00:42:05
    festivities a game in which a yes or no
  • 00:42:08
    question is posed on TV every night at
  • 00:42:10
    midnight based on viewer submissions to
  • 00:42:13
    a magic mailbox that moves randomly
  • 00:42:15
    around the city every day and then
  • 00:42:17
    everyone with the majority answered dies
  • 00:42:19
    immediately unfortunately the deaths
  • 00:42:22
    themselves at least at the hands of the
  • 00:42:23
    game are a little underwhelming
  • 00:42:28
    especially compared to the genre's
  • 00:42:31
    [Applause]
  • 00:42:35
    great but tetu still has its fair share
  • 00:42:38
    of horrible animated Violence by which I
  • 00:42:41
    of course mean violence that is animated
  • 00:42:44
    just
  • 00:42:53
    horribly now simple math tells us those
  • 00:42:56
    rules will create create a hard limit of
  • 00:42:58
    25 days before there's one or less
  • 00:43:01
    people left alive in the city which also
  • 00:43:04
    quickly calls the massive player base
  • 00:43:06
    down to a more manageable and
  • 00:43:08
    traditional death game roster of five
  • 00:43:11
    naive goobers United by the power of
  • 00:43:17
    friendship plus several dozen unhinged
  • 00:43:19
    Psychopaths conveniently there are also
  • 00:43:22
    several dozen death game superpowers
  • 00:43:24
    floating around the city which come into
  • 00:43:27
    flavors wrs minor Supernatural
  • 00:43:30
    advantages that can be gained for free
  • 00:43:32
    just by opening an envelope and Prime RS
  • 00:43:35
    straight up reality warping abilities
  • 00:43:37
    that can only be attained by sacrificing
  • 00:43:40
    a body
  • 00:43:43
    part you laugh but Bros out here playing
  • 00:43:47
    5D chess I'll kick you in the
  • 00:43:51
    balls I have not seen an anime fly this
  • 00:43:55
    far off the rails this fast since King's
  • 00:43:58
    game it might even be worse we've got
  • 00:44:01
    endgame betrayals and third act plot
  • 00:44:04
    twists dropping while players are still
  • 00:44:07
    learning the rules over half the cast is
  • 00:44:10
    dead by the end of episode one but don't
  • 00:44:13
    worry they get better and the apparent
  • 00:44:17
    big bads opening Gambit in the very
  • 00:44:21
    first scene we meet him in is blowing up
  • 00:44:24
    his own allies with a car bomb
  • 00:44:27
    you know once all the episodes are out I
  • 00:44:29
    might just have to give this one a full
  • 00:44:32
    dedicated roast of its own just to do it
  • 00:44:35
    justice although if there are any other
  • 00:44:37
    anime from this or past trash menus that
  • 00:44:40
    you'd like to see get that same
  • 00:44:41
    treatment let me know down below if
  • 00:44:43
    you're curious to watch it now though
  • 00:44:45
    I'm giving tasu ketu the same rating I
  • 00:44:47
    gave to the legendary kamikatsu a
  • 00:44:50
    freight train full of fireworks crashing
  • 00:44:53
    into a septic tank I feel a little bad
  • 00:44:55
    leaving that one on stay tuned for
  • 00:44:57
    future roasting but at least I know I'm
  • 00:44:59
    not leaving you folks hungry I mean I
  • 00:45:02
    promise the hottest load of trash this
  • 00:45:04
    restaurant has ever served and I think
  • 00:45:06
    I'm more than delivered if you agree
  • 00:45:09
    there's like a button down there that
  • 00:45:11
    you can click to let me know under the
  • 00:45:13
    table in this restaurant and when you're
  • 00:45:16
    ready to leave our valet will be around
  • 00:45:18
    with a burlap sack to get you back where
  • 00:45:20
    you came from I'm Jeff th I've been your
  • 00:45:23
    waiter this evening and don't worry
  • 00:45:25
    about the bill we've already r to you
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  • summer 2024
  • satire
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  • romcom
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