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It probably doesn't help my reputation that I'm on board with Blue Lock for now, though I predict it will get really dark and possibly too dark for me.

I really wanted to like the remake of Urusei Yatsura, having never seen the original. However, after three episodes, I can say that it's not for me, and that my reputation of having bad taste still stands.

I'll dream bigger still. If they can remake Urusei Yatsura, they can remake Saint Seiya. Though after the 2014 CGI movie, which everyone hated but I loved, there's probably no point.

If Yowamushi Pedal is back, then I will continue to hope that Ookiku Furikabutte will come back someday. Even if the voice actors are 70 by now.

We'll see whether Blue Lock suffers the same fate.

I made it eight minutes into the first episode of Chainsaw Man, which was probably more than enough to give me nightmares. Once again the show that has everyone talking is not for me.

Boku no Hero Academia had better cool it with all this profound and heartrending stuff after that 18th episode. Otherwise I might have to raise it to 9/10 at MAL, making it my highest rated long-running series.

Bounen no Xam'd is billed as a mecha anime, but after rewatching six episodes, I'm not so sure. I'd say it's a steampunk anime set in a world at war.

Still have to start rewatching Bounen no Xam'd, but I just noticed that "bounen" means something like "lost remembrances." And I have certainly lost every single last remembrance.

@thetangles That would be great. I'm still going to try to convince Aggie Bro and Sis to take a trip to Austin soon, because I've heard you have a Kura Sushi! Besides, Aggie Nephew lives in Austin.

@ryuusei86 Haha well I was supposed to have a meeting up there this year but COVID! I may make my way to your neck of the woods before the other way around.

Well, I didn't remember the RahXephon movie either, but I actually liked it better than the TV series. Even though, as far as I can tell, it is made largely from scenes that were cut from the TV series. Easy 8/10 at MAL.

@thetangles @ChristinaMarieK A *power box?!* (insert story about walking uphill both ways)

@ChristinaMarieK I mean, it's NORMALLY more like 500 but people are overbidding to get what they can. Forget the dream house...you're getting a power box and you'll like it.

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@thetangles It seems to have as its goal telling a slightly different version of the story, by combining elements of the original series (in a different order usually) with scenes that got cut from the TV series. I should lend it to you if I make it to The Enemy City this summer. :)

@ryuusei86 I didn’t even know there was a RahXephon movie!

Next on my rewatch list will be another series with an X in it, namely Bounen no Xam'd. And this show I've forgotten entirely, even including the MC's name, although I gave it an 8/10 at MAL. This is gonna be good.

@JeskaiAngel I can easily take another 12 episodes, that's how much this show has me in its grip. But I do hope that it's not going to be another 100 episodes.

Some tales can go on a long time without losing their luster. Others...can't. Tokyo Revengers is one of those stories. I might have liked it if it finished in one season (cf. ERASED). But I don't have the patience to watch Takemitchy suffer for another dozen episodes.

@crslydeadcat I got past the rings in the wild, and just need to do the ones in town -- unless there's more after that, which wouldn't surprise me. With any luck, I'll be streaming Genshin tonight. :)

I remembered absolutely nothing of RahXephon all the way through the last moments. I'm beginning to wonder if in my innocence I had actually watched the movie. So I'll watch that too.

@crslydeadcat Man, I'm so terrible that I can't even fly through the hoops to get the license. I would blame my controller if I were using one.

I think it will keep its 7/10 rating, but it's certainly an ambitious show that gives a much more striking impression than my complete lack of memory should indicate.

I have about 4-5 episodes of RahXephon left, and I can reiterate in no uncertain terms that I had forgotten everything except the surname of the MC. I'm beginning to question if I had really watched it all so long ago, except I did rate it 7/10 at MAL.