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Yofukashi no Uta

Narno is the best vampire story after Dracula by Stoker and Shiki. Since I've tried many different sleep schedules in my life, some of the themes seemed relatable.

Hey, what about Luna, the Hound, and the Nosferatu?

They were unlucky.

Not sure I'll finish watching it — I only liked two episodes, the first and the second; after that it gets kind of boring. The characters just trudge along the beaten path, and it's already clear how it's all going to end... Overall, the behavior of the heroes, heroically and stubbornly trying to survive literally on a garbage heap, with neither confidence in the coming evening, nor any serious attachments, nor goals — that is, literally able to walk off into the wasteland and instantly solve all their problems (except maybe the unstable Internet problem, ha-ha) — is baffling.
I do, however, probably understand the show's audience: if you're into all kinds of futuristic stuff, then I guess it's fun to watch cyberpsychos, but for me this theme quickly exhausted itself — there's absolutely zero philosophy in it, and while there are occasionally interesting technologies, the garish, eye-searing aesthetic completely negates that advantage...
And so it turned out — the plot was only interesting to me at the start, when I still empathized with David; there are no other interesting characters from my point of view (they're all lost souls with no hope, living in hell and clearly going to die the same way — what's there to watch...), and they didn't bring in any pretty girls either. In the end, unlike the anime's heroes, I found the strength not to flounder in the ice hole but to drop the whole thing.
To reiterate, I can't call this show bad — it's just very much "not for everyone." If the flaws described above don't bother you, or maybe even stoke your interest, then OK, I guess it's for you, comrade Username. As for me, whenever I feel like watching something cyberpunk, I periodically glance at another title that suits my tastes far better.

Well, in short, cyberpunk is when high technology coexists with a low standard of living, and preferably it should also be Japan. And Gintama, as it turns out, is the perfect example of cyberpunk!
And it's even more cyberpunk than Cyberpunk. In Cyberpunk, all the technology is more or less understandable, but in Gintama people have clearly already achieved the technological singularity (and possibly the biological one too) — there's no other way to explain what's happening on screen. Well, of course, the more mundane futuristic stuff, like starships, aliens, and shops on a couch, is also present here.
Great anime to relax with.
Excellent care for the viewers ("Don't forget to turn on the light in the room while watching TV!") — that's an extra plus.
The characters talk to you the way Dora the Explorer did in your childhood — just a little more and you could call them family members.
Episode 25 is just big-brain time — nothing like that was in "The Queen's Gambit," nor in "Code Geass," nor anywhere else, it seems — the most powerful psychological-gaming drama I've ever seen.
And when you get tired of giggling at the banal and repetitive tropes, sad music will start playing and someone will tell their story of how they ended up the way they did, and you'll watch with bated breath and think... Think that yes, surprisingly, it got you a little teary-eyed too — a stingy, manly tear, but that's fine, since it's a comedy, it'll fix itself right now. Right now Gintoki will swing his katana on his Vino-tires, then Kagura will eat something or someone, Shinpachi will yell at everyone like a bad KVN player... And everything will be fine.
Right now.
Just a little more.
Literally a minute...
And then the end credits roll.

David

Okay, it's clear, no need to watch.

Clearly, it's not worth watching.

But I found it amusing how diligently the Japanese pronounce "David" (it's the nominative case that sounds like that to them).

From the description, Mental understood that they had created something very close to the original source.

Made by a maid
Well, overall it's pretty cool and the adventure is in the spirit of the expansion, but the second season is disappointing and there are too many copro scenes.

Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun

Watched it for a long time:

Some parts weren't very interesting, but overall, I liked it. Three good female characters are no joke. And in general, it's wholesome and life-affirming, although at the same time depressing, because the plot somewhat defeats its own morality...

The current anime season for me has mostly been something like this

How many will you recognize?

Did you watch "The Last Trip of the Girls"? Or is it not your kind of thing?

How many will you recognize?

16-17, something like that.

I saw it myself.

Who are all these people? I recognized Asuka from Evangelion. I haven't gotten to the title yet, but I'm planning to. And the first woman seems to be from Naruto, but I don't know who she is; I haven't watched Naruto, but I'm judging it. I recognize the art style of Kusanagi and Code Geass in a similar way. Maybe I might have seen/heard someone else in passing, but I don't know; I can't think of anyone else right now.

I recognize Kousuke's drawing style based on the same principle.

But he isn't there. There's Fairy Fail, who imitates his drawing style.