On Hold

JJBA Part 6: Stone Ocean

Genre(s):

shonen/seinen, adventure, fantasy, supernatural, florida

Rewatch?

No

Ongoing?

Yes

Thoughts/Notes:

The day that Part 6: Stone Ocean (hereby referred to as Stocean) was announced I was fucking estatic. When we finally got anime visuals and actors confirmed my little heart was beating so fast I felt like I was going to fucking pass out. I fucking love Stocean!! Best jojo part and Jolyne is the best jojo, not up for debate. Not happy that netflix is involved this time around and sorely missing jojo Fridays (or whatever day of the week). Getting episodes in batches just isn't the same :-( still need to watch the latest/2nd batch of episodes, super looking forward to it.

Golden Kamuy (Season 4)

Genre(s):

seinen, comedy, adventure, drama, historical fiction

Ongoing?

Yes
New studio is doing a great job so far. As predicted, I missed my babygirl. Season 4 is on hold indefinitely following the death of a major studio member :-(

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Finished

Mob Psycho 100 III

Genre(s):

shonen, comedy, action, supernatural

Ongoing?

Yes

Thoughts/Notes:

Here's hoping they animate this little bit. They didn't ;-( but there's always hope for an OVA or further adaptations. This final season was spectacular, as expected.

Azumanga Daioh

Genre(s):

shonen, slice of life, comedy

Rewatch?

Yes

Ongoing?

No (aired April 8, 2002 – September 30, 2002)

Thoughts/Notes:

Oh, Azumanga Daioh... a formative series for me and a favorite (I'd say top 10? Maybe even top 5). This is like my third or fourth rewatch at this point. This show is like a balm on my soul, so sometimes I pull up an episode when I'm anxious or otherwise not feeling well.

Mob Psycho 100 (Seasons 1 & 2)

Genre(s):

shonen, comedy, action, supernatural

Rewatch?

Yes

Ongoing?

Yes

Thoughts/Notes:

What is there to say? Everyone knows Mob Psycho 100, anyone with an ounce of taste loves (or at least likes) Mob Psycho 100. (I'm in the love camp, btw). Doing a rewatch of the first two seasons in anticipation of the new/final third season, and I'm watching with Spanish subs to practice my Spanish, so it might take me a minute nevermind I ended up just watching the english dub (which turned out to be good).

My Broken Mariko

Genre(s):

drama, tragedy, black comedy

Reread?

Yes

Ongoing?

No

Thoughts/Notes:

Potential emotional meat grinder. Thankfully I'm into that. A one-shot with beautiful art that aptly expresses the ugliness of grief. Recently adapted into a movie.

Golden Kamuy (Manga)

Genre(s):

seinen, comedy, adventure, drama, historical fiction

Reread?

Yeah.

Ongoing?

No (seralization completed April 2022)

Thoughts/Notes:

Man...
Okay. Golden Kamuy is the first manga series whose serializiation I've followed along with. I'd say it's also the first fandom I've been earnestly active in. It was fun to read chapters as they released and scream and shit about it with my pals; I've never had that experience before GK and it's something I value a lot. But now that the series has ended, and all is said and done... I can't recommend this series to anyone. My reasons are too numerous and complicated to list. Suffice it to say, Noda's story telling choices (especially in the latter half) are questionable at best and angering at worst. The positive: GK is super entertaining and has one of the most endearing and colorful casts I've ever seen. Plus, this series gave me my baby girl for which I have terminal brainrot. I'm dissapointed that GK ended the way it did, but that doesn't sour the good times I had reading it, before shit hit the fan.
All that being said, I will be tuning in to the new 4th season of the anime airing soon. There are some scenes I want to see animated.

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Planned