ablackenedrose

Completed Plastic Memories. Was a great show that left me unsure which of the protagonists needed a hug more, though I do feel like there were a couple of plot threads being set up that didn't really go anywhere. Regardless, made my brain do all the happy and sad chemicals at just the right moments. Moved on to MF Ghost. I'm a fan of motorsports, so this is a natural fit. Let's see how it goes.

I tried to make progress in the King's Quest remake. I didn't get much of anywhere apart from finding a bowl, but I got a good laugh out of the various ways to die and the enthusiastically deadpan descriptions.

Completed the first two chapters of the original Neverwinter Nights. Interesting enough plot, I suppose, though my investment in finding out what the "People of the Eye" are up to is pretty much what's pulling me through a lot of the combat (it's not bad, but it does get fairly grind-y after a while).

Just finished the fourth episode of Ergo Proxy, a show I've never heard of before today and am quickly growing to like quite a lot.

Color of the End, Witch Hat Atelier and Drifting Dragons.

I think a lot of the trends we're seeing now in entertainment in the west really got started a few years earlier than 2020 and have just kicked up notch after notch since (a process only accelerated, as you note, by COVID lockdowns).

I'd like to just see the rest of Claymore adapted.

Currently watching Red Dwarf for the first time - quite a riot.

Been nice to find at least one dude who makes 40K-themed music without AI.

While not always true, heroes are frequently defined as much by the villains they clash with as anything else, and the villain and their machinations frequently serve as the thing that grounds the journey of the hero and makes it feel like a journey rather than aimless wandering, the villain's defeat often being the ultimate goal. Guts' whole story in Berserk is centered around his desire to get revenge on Griffith for destroying the Band of the Hawk. Midoriya's becoming the "greatest hero in the world" is inexorably intertwined with his conflict with Tomura Shigaraki and the latter's desire to tear the world down. Amuro Ray's legendarily messy rivalry with Char Aznable remains one of the most famous in the medium of anime to this day. Put shortly, I'd pick the villain.

I know I watched the first few episodes of this, but fell off. Might need to revisit. I do recall liking the impression the story gave me that there was essentially a battle anime going on well away from the main protagonist that he was barely aware of. Always had a fondness for the trope of "There's a high-stakes plot in the setting that the actual protagonist doesn't know/care about".

Which is quite a shame; I don't care much for Discord's general function and layout, and it's terrible for any sort of digital preservation of online discussion.

Finished up season 1 of Clevatess. Enjoyable enough, though it certainly felt rather gratuitous in a lot of areas. I was also rather disappointed at the titular character assuming a humanoid form, as monstrous leads in anime are wont to do. Season 2 has started off taking a direction I distinctly dislike, and I doubt I'll continue unless this direction cuts off within a few episodes. Moving on to Wash it All Away and Agents of the Four Seasons.

Tried and failed to chain my way through the first chapter of Ikaruga. Still can't do it, but I'm slowly getting better at it.

I wonder if I could talk my local movie theater into printing this on ticket stubs.