Okarin tutturu~! The Japanese Anime & Manga Thread II [POST YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS]

[Saint of Killers]

Not clicking on that, I'll get to it in due time!

Yo

I'm now a decent distance into Haikyu! As a bad loser myself I found those first couple of episodes kind of unbearable, but I'm midway through S1 and enjoying it now! So, the question that springs to mind is: what order do I watch these things in!? As well as S1-3, Crunchyroll has 'Movies', 'Land vs. Air', 'To The Top' which looks like it might be S4, and 'OADs'. Which of these are required watching for the main story? Thanks in advance boss!

You're right about To The Top. OADs fleshes out stuff which happened during the seasons and (from what little I saw) looks to be totally new content wise. So I'll be watching those myself. Movies are season recaps with a little bit of new stuff.

[Jam-Master Jay]

Second batch of JoJo Part VI episodes coming in September.

[Balladeer]

Haikyu

You're right about To The Top. OADs fleshes out stuff which happened during the seasons and (from what little I saw) looks to be totally new content wise. So I'll be watching those myself. Movies are season recaps with a little bit of new stuff.

Cheers! Looks like I can skip the films. Land vs. Air seems to be mostly side-stories, guess I'll see how desperate I am for more Haikyu by that point.

[Ironhide]

Komi ep 18

That 3rd part was incredibly wholesome, definite wife material there. Najimi bursting in

[Saint of Killers]

I always wonder just when it is that manga/whateva hooks me in if they don't hook me instantly. I think that with Chainsaw-man it's chapter 24.

[Saint of Killers]

Second batch of JoJo Part VI episodes coming in September.

To my eternal shame I am still making my way through Diamond is Unbreakable.

[Balladeer]

I fell off on Diamond Is Unbreakable, having found Stardust Crusaders a bit eh but ploughed through anyway.

First episode of Golden Kamuy watched, no doubt to this thread's delight. Bit of a different energy from Haikyu.

[Saint of Killers]

I can't believe how much the anime covered in 10 eps going from what Ironhide said a while ago. I'll get around to the anime down the line.

[Ironhide]

Finished all the current episodes of Golden Kamuy the other day, the last few episodes were brilliant and I can't wait to see what happens next.

I do wonder if there's going to be a time jump of a few years to when Asirpa is a bit older as I did accidentally read something that mention her being "almost as tall as Sugimoto at 16" which at the moment she clearly isn't

[Ironhide]

I fell off on Diamond Is Unbreakable, having found Stardust Crusaders a bit eh but ploughed through anyway.

Stardust Crusaders does drag on a little too much imo, and Diamond is Unbreakable is definitely a significant change in tone initially.

Golden Wind is probably my favorite arc though, its where the show hits peak weirdness in terms of Stand abilities and plot twists.

[Saint of Killers]

twitter.com/MangaPlusENG/status/1543610886354526208

[Saint of Killers]

For those that don't know about it, you need to get on this once it's out:

twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1543611002985627652

It basically What If... Harry Potter was magicless + hench.

[Ironhide]

Another Black Clover then.

Sounds alright to me.

[Jam-Master Jay]

For those that don't know about it, you need to get on this once it's out:

twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1543611002985627652

It basically What If... Harry Potter was magicless + hench.

Not enough cream puffs!

[Saint of Killers]

For those that don't know about it, you need to get on this once it's out:

twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1543611002985627652

It basically What If... Harry Potter was magicless + hench.

Not enough cream puffs!

My bad! My bad!

[Saint of Killers]

Another Black Clover then.

Sounds alright to me.

Less angst. More overt. More humour. 1000% more cream puffs.

[Balladeer]

Finished Haikyu S1...

I saw the loss in the last game coming a mile off (although went back and forward in the game itself)... I'm not sure how I feel about them spending, what, six episodes on the final battle of Season 1, only for it to be a loss! And to such a smug split as Oikawa as well. I know that bittersweet endings are all the rage these days, and of course there was good development in the match, but it just feels like a great bit sigh stretched across a quarter of a season. Oh well.

[Saint of Killers]

Finished Haikyu S1...

I saw the loss in the last game coming a mile off (although went back and forward in the game itself)... I'm not sure how I feel about them spending, what, six episodes on the final battle of Season 1, only for it to be a loss! And to such a smug split as Oikawa as well. I know that bittersweet endings are all the rage these days, and of course there was good development in the match, but it just feels like a great bit sigh stretched across a quarter of a season. Oh well.

Totally get where you're coming from re that final match. It's a gut punch and then some. I've only ever watched it all the way through once; I largely skip it when rewatching, only bothering to watch the recap so I don't forget the flavour and texture of the episodes I didn't watch.

NON SPECIFIC SPOILERS FOR WHAT'S DUE IN S2 AND BEYOND:



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Things will get a different kind of rough for the team, but it's well worth hanging around now that you put yourself through that last match of s1.

[Balladeer]

Yep definitely going to continue to watch, and it's not like there weren't good bits even in that section! (Kageyama ) Just overall a bit of a 'harrumph' from me. Good to see you felt the same.

[Choclet-Milk]

Finished Haikyu S1...

I saw the loss in the last game coming a mile off (although went back and forward in the game itself)... I'm not sure how I feel about them spending, what, six episodes on the final battle of Season 1, only for it to be a loss! And to such a smug split as Oikawa as well. I know that bittersweet endings are all the rage these days, and of course there was good development in the match, but it just feels like a great bit sigh stretched across a quarter of a season. Oh well.

Totally get where you're coming from re that final match. It's a gut punch and then some. I've only ever watched it all the way through once; I largely skip it when rewatching, only bothering to watch the recap so I don't forget the flavour and texture of the episodes I didn't watch.

NON SPECIFIC SPOILERS FOR WHAT'S DUE IN S2 AND BEYOND:



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SPOILERS DIRECTLY BELOW
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Things will get a different kind of rough for the team, but it's well worth hanging around now that you put yourself through that last match of s1.

Genuinely thought that spoiler was a video that wouldn't load properly