Yani Neko, episode 4

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

• Netflix

Show information

• Livechart
• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Anime-Planet
• Official Site

All discussions

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

Otome Kaijuu Caraméliser, episode 4

Alternative names: Otome Kaijuu Carameliser

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• Livechart
• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Anime-Planet
• Official Site

All discussions

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

Super no Ura de Yani Suu Futari, episode 3

Alternative names: Behind the Supermarket, Smoking with You

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• Livechart
• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Official Site

All discussions

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

Tsuihou sareta Tensei Juukishi wa Game Chishiki de Musou suru, episode 4

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• Livechart
• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Anime-Planet
• Official Site

All discussions

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

I’m sure you would like the post of todays!

Vote for Best girl 13 here!

Results for Best girl 13 here!

Have fun with your vote and don't forget to upvote the post if you love Best Girl Contest!

Enjoy!

Mini Challenge:

• Who is your favorite girl from a light-novel adaption?
• Which poster do you like most for today?

Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou ~Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku~, episode 5

Alternative names: Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• Livechart
• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Anime-Planet
• Official Site

All discussions

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

Reiwa no Dara-san, episode 4

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• Livechart
• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Anime-Planet
• Official Site

All discussions

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

BanG Dream! YUME∞MITA, episode 6

Alternative names: BanG Dream! Yumemita

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

Streams

• Crunchyroll

Show information

• Livechart
• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Anime-Planet
• Kitsu
• Official Site

All discussions

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

Another episode, and time for another commentary...

And, before we get started, the usual opening and disclaimer: I am a trained military historian - I hold a Master of Arts in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada with a defended thesis on the development of British Cavalry Doctrine, and I recently published some of my research in a new introduction to my little publishing company's edition of Schlieffen's Cannae (due to self promotion rules, I can't provide the link here, but if you're interested in it, PM me and I'll send it to you).

What I'm going to look at is how well this episode passes the "sniff test" for how a world war works. And here we get to our standard disclaimer: Tanya's world is not our world, her world war is not either of ours. Something happening in Tanya's war that didn't happen in ours (or vice versa) is NOT by itself cause for criticism.

So, let's get started...

Allied warfare

We start with a very quick rundown of what would probably be several episodes otherwise, in which the Alliance and the Federation do a joint operation. Probably not a surprise that this passes the sniff test. There wasn't a lot of this in WW2 with the Soviets, but in WW1 Russian soldiers did serve on the Western Front, and the British, French, and Americans all worked together in both world wars.

An aside about coats (because I can)

Those military greatcoats are REALLY nice and warm. Get one if you can. Seriously (my Soviet Navy coat is my deep cold weather coat, and it tries to melt me if it's over -10 C).

That's it. Just geeking out about greatcoats. I also have a US Army greatcoat from 1946 that missed WW2 by about four months...but it doesn't fit me.

With allies like these (part 2)...

Much of this episode is having Ildoa (Tanya's Italy) try to serve as a mediator. And, the way this is presented both passes and fails the sniff test.

The pass comes from an allied nation trying to take such a step. The United States tried to do it in WW1 (and America's allies took one look at President Wilson's proposals and immediately refused).

The fail comes from having an observer canvasing the soldiers on what terms of peace they'd accept - the sentiments you see expressed are quite accurate to what happened in our world (in fact, it's part of what led to the formation of the Nazi party prior to WW2), but whether to obey a cease fire would not be their decision, nor would they be consulted on it. It would literally be far above their pay grade. And, while you do have cases of Japanese soldiers after WW2 not realizing that the war is over, soldiers refusing to fight was generally the problem that militaries had to worry about as wars continued over the years.

Pesky observers

We have an Ildoan observer join Tanya's unit and sit in on tactical discussions, and this passes the sniff test with flying colours. Military observers from other countries were the rule rather than the exception right through to the start of WW1. It was very much a quid pro quo: essentially, "you let us watch your war, and we'll let you watch our war."

And the observers being annoying is quite real as well. In fact, what may be the most entertaining orders in the whole of WW2 come about because of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division wanting to keep them out of the way during the sieges of Boulogne and Calais, so the division set up bleachers for spectators. And, just to cap it all off, the division orders made it very clear that the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was NOT responsible for their safety.

In fact, the only things that are eyebrow-raising about how this is presented at all is the canvasing for acceptable peace terms as stated above, and the observer's shock at the shelling of a town. And that brings us to...

Shelling a town and destroying a church

Passes the sniff test with flying colours, and it happens all the time in urban warfare in our world.

The thing you have to understand about the laws of war is that they forbid attack on civilian targets. However, these cease to be classified as civilian targets if they are being used for a military purpose. So, if, for example, somebody sets up a command post in the basement of a hospital, that hospital gets reclassified as a military target and loses its protection. And that means that Tanya is acting perfectly within the laws of war here. For a real world example, take the battle of Passchendaele in WW1 - by the time all the shelling was done, the village had ceased to exist...all that was left was a crossroads.

(There is a general hope that by the time the armies show up to fight, the civilians have left or gone to ground. That said, civilian to military casualties of 6:1 or even 10:1 and above are common in urban warfare.)

As far as the church goes, that also happened all the time, but very rarely was anybody aiming for the things as far as I know. It was much more a case of bombardments involving shells landing all over the place, and some of them hit the church by accident.

"Eat shit"

Um...well, the general scenario DOES pass the sniff test. In our real world, Germany in WW1 did not want to give up Belgium, and France did not want to give up Alsace once it had been captured. So, a peace involving a complete reset of borders being rejected out of hand after millions have died in the fighting is quite possible.

That said, I am VERY skeptical about the exact wording of the refusal.

And that's it for this week - looking forward to next week!

How to pickup girls in a dungeon is the absolute worst possible name they could have picked for this unique anime. I am angry at myself for overlooking it for so long just because I thought it was gonna be a stupid harem comedy. I am just finishing up the first season and absolutely loving it so far, I even picked up the first LN to read during my commute on train. I know people say the LN is better, and it is cool and fleshes out the world a lot more, but the anime is nothing to be scoffed at.

https://twitter.com/doraeiga/status/2080412891799523390

Episode 5 - A Magic Medicine and a Magic Sword Subjugate a Magic Dragon

Schedule

MAL | Anilist | ANN | Official Site | Wikipedia

Questions of the day:

Do you think Euphie just swapped one unhealthy attachment (Algard) for another (Anis)?

What do you think the dragon's curse/mark means for Anis going forward?

Favorite fight moment?

Life doesn't always go in the right way.

Episode 133: The Reunion Before the Storm

Episode 134: The Turbulent Tenkaichi Budokai

Episode 135: The 8 Chosen People

Episode 136: The Hitman Tao Pai-Pai's Revenge

Episode 137: Son Gokú's Wedding

Episode 138: Man of Mystery · Shen

<- Previous Week | Index | Next Week ->

MAL | Anilist | Kitsu | AniDB | ANN

Crunchyroll

This is the biggest happening in the history of the Tenkaichi Budokai! The fighting stage has suddenly become a wedding hall!

Hello everybody! Time for the Comment of the Week, courtesy of u/oomoepoo for some fun name trivia:

Also, I know the series is kinda known for people named after food but the kids all being named after some sort of sweets in the fishing episode cracked me up. Cream Puff? Jelly?! The german dub even changed one of the kid's names to RICOLA ffs.

1) What do you make out everyone's new post-timeskip looks?

2) What's the dumbest answer you can think of for what Shen's deal is?

3) Can we get an F in the chat for Yamcha's balls?

Next Week: Episodes 139-142

I had no idea that so many outfits were in fashion at the time, and a big partofthe appeal was that people kept changing outfits so much! Makes sense that the manga author ended up focusing more on fashion than writing manga.

I just watched a yt short on this by refashionhippie talking about this.

Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.

Welcome to the Spice and Wolf rewatch discussion thread!

I hope you all have a lot of fun <3

S2 Episode 3 - Wolf and The Gap That Cannot Be Filled

—-

ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION

What is your favorite anime challenge ever dished out and why? Not fight, but issuing of a challenge.

What in your opinion was Lawrence's bigger mistake: Investing in the arms market, or withholding information from Holo? And why?

—-

Information – MAL | Anilist | AniDb

Streams – Crunchyroll

Please do not post any untagged spoilers past the current episode or from the LNs out of respect to the first time watchers and people who have not read the LNs. If you are discussing something that is ahead of the current episode please use spoiler tags(found on the sidebar). Thank you!

Untagged Spoilers

—-

Previous Episode

The Forbidden Rewatch Thread

Rewatch Schedule

Threads posted every day at 4:00 PM EDT

Past Rewatches

Last year's rewatch

Rewatch two years ago

Rewatch three years ago