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I also loved this one! I know the series better as Rurouni Kenshin, though. I genuinely appreciated the serious tone of Trust and Betrayal, but I don't know how serious the rest of Rurouni Kenshin is.

My favorite anime of all time have to be the Monogatari series and Land of the Lustrous. They're both so unique, in both presentation and themes. I don't think that everyone would like them, but both appealed to me personally. What appeals to you?

Good news everyone, I got fish and chips with shrimp. Anyone else eat anything good?

I've never tried the hash browns there, but now I'm curious, lol. Have you tried the hash browns at House of Pies? How do they compare? Looking at this thread while I'm still hungry is a mistake

That sounds awesome right about now, lol. Hash browns are fantastic

I'm still at work, haha. My shift'll end soon, though. I like Japanese and Indian food too, but I don't often get a chance to eat it. Mexican food can be hit or miss, I usually only eat if a friend recommends a place.

I'd really like a cheeseburger with some fries right now. What food do you guys like? I love potatoes, can't get enough of them. (Anime is GJ-bu)

Hope you all have fun on your vacations. I'm planning on staying indoors as much as possible. Really though, I'm hoping I get enough free time to finish my visual novel.

I'm reading a lot of manga, but my favorites are Kase-san, Yandere Kanojo, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, One Punch Man. (Both manga and webcomic.) I really like humor of these manga, but they mostly have different feels from one another.

Some of my favorites are: Fate/Zero Second Season OP: To the Beginning Tsukimonogatari's OP: Orange Mint Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OP 2: Sono Chi no Kioku Bakemonogatari's ED* (technically not an OP): Kimi no Shiranari Monogatari *Special mention to an acoustic cover that's beautiful in its own bittersweet way. My absolute favorite is: Land of the Lustrous's OP: Kyoumen no Nami To me, this song has a lot of emotion, especially after finishing anime and manga. Special mention to the orchestral version, as well.

Thanks for the read and reply. Of course, I can't force someone to like a show, but it's definitely fun to talk about why we enjoy certain things. I'm looking forward to reading your MHA feedback. Huh, that's definitely an interesting analogy. You could also make the argument that Draco Malfoy is Bakugou, too. I really hadn't considered this since most of the time, MHA is compared to Naruto. Thanks for the reply!

Yep, everyone seems really nice so far. I'm liking how personal and closely-knit the community is, it gives me a very different feel than reddit or 4chan.

Thanks for the support, you two. I really appreciate it. If you wanna be updated, I'll do my best to have information available on my blog on this website.

Yes! It's Strider Hiryu from the Strider series. Unfortunately, it's mostly a dead franchise, with the most recent game being Strider 2014. Hiryu mostly appears in fighting games now. I noticed that you're working on a Light Novel. Good luck with that! I'm working on a Visual Novel myself, and it's definitely a lot of work. I'll probably blog about updates to it, but a playable version might take a while. It'll definitely be free for all to play, though. What plans do you have for your Light Novel?

Good luck, friend! Not everything is easy, but with your determination, I'm sure it'll all be worth it.

TL;DR I like Saitama more than Midoriya, and the themes of One Punch Man appeal to me more than My Hero Academia's. Also, hype culture is bad for any media. I will try to make this blog post spoiler-free, so no worries about that. However, I can't guarantee anything I source will be spoiler-free, so discretion is still advised. This blog entry was inspired from @Seshi and me talking on the Introduce Forums, found here. I tried to condense a lot of what I was thinking there, so hopefully it sounds more fluid here. Just to note, I'm going to call One Punch Man "OPM" and My Hero Academia as "BnHA" So, Seshi is not the first person to ask me why I rate BnHA so lowly. I admitted that 3 and 4 might be a little harsh for something that actually feels like it has heart poured into it, (and that I plan to change these ratings when I read/watch more of the show) but I still heavily prefer OPM over it. I find it interesting that these two are lumped together pretty frequently. Other than being action anime about hero organizations and ranks, I don't find them anything alike structurally. At their core, OPM is a meta-comedy with an overpowered main character that doesn't really get any stronger and BnHA is a battle shounen about progressively and constantly getting stronger. Anyways, the question I get a lot is "why did you enjoy OPM, but not BnHA?" Answering this question means explaining why I like anime to begin with. Compared to western shows and movies, (where I find the characters completely disconnected and shallow) I can relate to anime characters in the weirdest ways, and the more I slowly understand about a character, the more I can appreciate who they are. To give an example of this, Koyomi Araragi from the Monogatari series seems like a shallow character at first. However, as the series continues, more of his motivations and ideologies get revealed, which really made me admire his character and thought put into him. As for Deku, I felt like we knew everything about him from the beginning. He's kind of a timid kid who works hard because he wants to be like All Might. For the two seasons I watched, he's kept this same personality throughout both seasons, and it doesn't seem like he's going to change. I don't think this is necessarily bad writing, (many great works have no character development) but because of what I appreciate in anime, I don't like it when characters are shallow and unchanging. Conversely, I love when characters are deep or develop throughout the story, as it's showing that everyone can either change for the better, or is simply misunderstood. To move the topic onto OPM, I actually found Saitama's character to be more than "I'm bald man that kill in one hit". There are actually already videos explaining why Saitama is a representation of a depressed worker that feels nothing due to the harsh nature of the Japanese workplace, but I won't go into that in this blog post. Instead, I'm just going to mention that Saitama has an enthralling relationship with the other heroes, particularly Fubuki, Genos, and King. The dichotomy he plays with these other heroes is something unique and unlike most anime I've seen. The last thing I'd like to talk about here is the themes the two shows portray. From the first two seasons of BnHA, I found the theme to be "we shouldn't be afraid to follow in our predecessor's footsteps", especially in the second season with Todoroki. OPM, on the other hand, has a theme of "you should focus on improving yourself rather than comparing yourself to others", which is made apparent with characters like Genos and Glasses. I can appreciate both of these themes, but OPM's appeals more to me. I hope this a lesson that everybody takes to heart, as many people (including myself) don't feel confident because they're not as good as others' at doing something. I say screw that, be your own person. Are you a better person than you were yesterday? If so, then that's all you need. That's all for this post. Have any thoughts, questions, suggestions on this post or the next? Feel free to let me know, since I love talking and listening to others about anime. Don't be afraid to say something controversial, if it's what you truly believe.

I agree with you, 3 and 4 is probably too harsh for it. I'll probably reconsider those scores when I watch/read more of My Hero Academia, but when I was watching them, I couldn't enjoy it because of how much everyone was hyping it up. As for Deku's power unravelling, I also agree. Watching someone get stronger in new ways is always fun in any series, like in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. However, it's not something that particularly appeals to me. I prefer the mysterious side, (as you mentioned) like in Fate, where the characters are powerful, but the viewer has to figure out exactly how powerful instead of being told by the show. As for the antagonist, yeah it never really made sense for me. It's also why I rated Log Horizon Season 2 and Overlord III so lowly, even though I liked the first seasons. Both would have done much better without trying to force an "enemy". In my opinion, an antagonist isn't really necessary to a story, since shows like the Monogatari series, A Silent Voice, and OreGairu don't have a conventional main antagonist, and I consider them all to be masterpieces.

Thanks for the replies, everyone! It's nice to meet you all too. I'm still not too sure how to blog, though. How do I make one and post? Let me preface this by saying I've only seen the first two seasons of My Hero Academia, none of the manga or movies. But, I have seen the anime, manga, and webcomic of One Punch Man, so I'm going to have a deeper understanding of One Punch Man than My Hero Academia. A huge factor on whether or not I enjoy an anime is the interactions between the characters and universe against the main character. Personally, I couldn't handle Deku's personality, but I did appreciate his interactions with Todoroki and Iida. I'd probably rate it less harshly if people didn't always try to get me to watch more of it. (I've seen two seasons and I'm still not 100% sold yet.) On the other hand, I really enjoyed Saitama's relationship with the other heroes. I'll try not to spoil anything in case you plan on picking it back up again, but the series is much more than Saitama trying to climb to #1 in the hero ranks. Also, I like One Punch Man's original Webcomic by ONE the most (yes, the one with the rough art) because it focuses less on the fights and the fluff. Instead, it focuses more on what the story is trying to say. Another thing that kind of always bothered me about My Hero Academia is how Deku is given One For All. I know he has to train to correctly utilize it, but in the end, he was given the power by All Might. Saitama, on the other hand, was never given his powers, (he was born without powers and simply trained by himself to get them) and this point is made clear in the manga whenever he meets another hero named Glasses, who believes he's useless because he was born without superpowers. I think that last point is kind of unfair though, as the two series are trying to say something different about the same topic. My Hero Academia feels more like it's trying to say "we shouldn't be afraid to follow in our predecessor's footsteps, but we should also be our own person", especially in the second season, which I can appreciate. In that case, it makes perfect sense for All Might to give Deku the One For All ability. One Punch Man, on the other hand, says something more like "you should focus on improving yourself rather than comparing yourself to others", which is why Genos is such a major character. Perhaps if/when I make a blog, I'll make this into a topic. A lot of people seem to have strong feelings about these two anime. What about you? What do you like and dislike about these anime? Ah, I'm not looking for an in-depth tutorial, just quick instructions on how to get started. My list is here: https://anilist.co/user/Densten/mangalist, but my absolute favorites have to be Kase-san, Yandere Kanojo, and My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. Kase-san and Yandere Kanojo are pretty similar in the way that they're both fluffy manga with a main couple that gets established early on. If you check Yandere Kanojo out, just know that Yandere in this context means "delinquent", not "I want to kill you". My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is a heavy story about a depressed girl that feels uncomfortable in her own skin. While not everything, a lot of the things the main character says hit home, and it made me realize how far I've come as a person. If you're looking for a light-hearted Yuri comedy, this is NOT the manga for you, and I would recommend Kase-san instead. What about you? What do you like?

Oh, another thing to mention is that my favorite anime of all time are Land of the Lustrous, the Monogatari series, and the Fate series. If you have any suggestions or would like to talk about why you like/dislike anime, I'm all ears!

I lurk on a lot of websites, but hopefully I can become a regular on AF. I'm pretty new to forums, posting, writing, blogging, etc., so anything helps. I'm not really sure how blogging works on this website, but I'm interested in it, so if someone could let me know how it works, that'd be great! I have a list of anime, but honestly, I read way more than I watch. Looking at my list now, I have no idea how I even find these things.... Anyways, my anilist is https://anilist.co/user/Densten/animelist/. I'm probably gonna get a lot of flak for rating something like Tsuki ga Kirei or Boku no Hero Academia lowly, but I rate things based on how much I enjoyed them. In my opinion, it's pretty difficult to rate things "objectively", and that we should just watch anime for things we like. I also like hearing about what people hear about anime, even if I don't agree with them. So long as you're specific and can tell me why you like or dislike something, I'm really interested in what you have to say. I don't know if plugging my discord is allowed, so you can PM me for my information if you'd like.