Can you remind me again who won? It's been a long time and many animes since I finished that one.

If you like the anime but not the MC, go watch the original. So far it seems better in every aspect. The MC is there calm, smart and capable from the very start. It's from 2006 but it still holds up pretty well.

dammit I still need to finish that show.  I've been watching it on and off for about 2 months now

I had to marathon the last few episodes. Honestly, I was a wreck/doing my Franky impression for everything after the forced breakup. This is a show I'm grateful I watched after it aired, since there's no way I'd be able to handle weeks in between the episodes.

I think the part that got me the most was the 2nd time Banri decided to finally explain everything to his friends, but has a breakdown in the middle of the street. While in the car, he looks over and sees Kouko sobbing. It was obvious it was a forced breakup, but that scene really got me; knowing just how hard it was on her, despite being the one to call it off in the first place.

On a side note, I kinda wish that Mitsuo and Chinami got together. I suppose the writer just didn't really care about the sideships, but it seemed dissapointing to introduce her feelings into the story with no follow-up.

That's something I'll probably prefer when I watch Asterisk. I love the dynamic in Rakudai, but as far as ship development goes, it seems rushed from Stella's end. I liked the last episode a lot more than episode 2, but that ship development...

Still, I already plan to marathon Asterisk when the season ends. Plus it's all on Crunchy so there's less maintenance.

In the end, Banri and Koko end up getting together after Banri's year of new memories resurface and can finally exist in harmony with his old self. The ending implies that something could end up happening between Yana and Linda, but ship development there didn't get past a flirty smile and bashful look away in the end sequence. Chinami just got completely and utterly shafted in the ship department, and 2D-kun never had a shot.

Speaking of ships, I do have some complaints when it comes to Golden Time:

Character development in such a character focused show was kind of weak for a lot of the cast. I get that the show was supposed to be about Banri and Koko, with a more secondary focus on Banri's battle between his current and past relationship with Linda, but they really could have spent more time on Yana and Chinami especially.

I get that they didn't want to wrap everything up in a bow, giving a slightly more realistic look at how these more normal side relationships could rise and fall, but we don't see much of Chinami as a real character in the first half, while Yana starts completely disappearing once Banri and Koko get together in episode five or six. Once Chinami starts really being seen as a multi-dimensional character, it is completely overshadowed by Banri's memory resurgences and breakdowns. Yana's development was basically whining about women and having some bro to bro moments. His character disappointed me the most conisdering he was the first one we met after Banri in episode one.

I still liked Golden Time, but I can easily see its weaknesses too. I did enjoy the ending, and they really do lock you in for a marathon moment in the last four or five episodes. I expected the ending from pretty early on, but that didn't make it any less satisfying once it actually happened. It's kind of like how I knew the outcome of Toradora before I even clicked episode one because it was just so completely and utterly predictable, yet I still ended up watching and loving it start to finish.

One Punch Man episode three did not disappoint. The dialogue is gold, and the ridiculous plot continues to be enjoyable.

I watched most of Golden Time but I ended up dropping it before the finish. I didn't really like either main character very much. Main female was scary crazy. I didn't care that much about them. Linda was the most interesting but the end result was obvious.

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Any RWBY watchers here? Because apparently its getting a manga adaptation series!!!!!!!!!!!!
If all things go well, we might see an anime adaptation!!!!

I love all the characters there. While White is my favorite one! I love her magic abilities and her bitchy attitude =D

RWBY was decent, and I'm looking forward to the second season. I had my doubts about it, but my roommate just randomly turned it on with Netflix one night and we ended up hooked. I kind of feel like an anime adaptation would be somewhat redundant, but I guess that largely depends on the content of the manga. If it's just a slightly tweaked adaptation of the web series, I really can't see the purpose of an anime adaptation over the anime styled version we already got.

Random Picture of the Day: Touhou x Mario!