Rurouni Kenshin was a show that I caught episodes of as a kid, but surprisingly only just sat down to watch through. I'm surprised at how remarkably similar to Trigun it is. Wandering man who refuses to kill faces off with wacky body enemies. But while Trigun came later, I also think it's a lot better in every way. Kenshin is very formulaic so far. Goon in town causes trouble. "I can't possibly beat them, that I can't". Beats them. It's nice that Sanosuke and Yahiko actually get fight relevance, but holy crap does Kaoru get treated like chopped liver. In the season 1 finale, Kenshin doesn't want her to fight... even though he brings her student! Which of these two
should be the better fighter? Yahiko is like 10, so strength doesn't even come into it. Anyway, I haven't seen the Kyoto arc yet where it is said to get good, but Trigun has already ended fantastically at this point.
Hunter x Hunter is one of the most confusing shows I've ever seen, mostly because people seem to actually like it. The 2011 series is definitely better produced than most shounen anime and everything about the show is very different, but these things don't make a show good. So we left off last time with the fight with Uvogin. This is the high point of the series it seems. After such a well done segment and with half the York New story arc to go, the characters then spend 10 episodes just pissing around before an anti-climax. And that's the
best arc, except for those who think Chimera Ant is best, which I heard is 60 episodes of one 5 minute battle. "It's just worldbuilding".
I don't even know what a Hunter is at this point. People's ability to overrate shonen continues to astound me.
When I saw episode 1 of Revolutionary Girl Utena, I was in love with the style. Then I saw episode 2 and I was bored. Nothing interesting has happened in the plot yet. Only worth watching for the shadow girl segments.
Bingo
Martin Sangatsu, Rakugo, Flip Flap, Humanity Has Declined
So I've wanted to watch Flip Flappers for a long time because Martin raved about it and it looked pretty. And I've definitely seen worse soft-core loli porn. But pretty to look at is basically all Flip Flappers amounts to, that and copious plot holes.
But I fucking hated Humanity Has Declined. I do not understand it in the slightest. It's not funny. The worldbuilding sucks. I have no clue what the story's goal is or what I'm supposed to take away. I feel like Eric Andre made this anime just so that he could show it during an interview and film his guest's confusion. I at least understand what Gintama is trying to do; I don't remotely understand why westerners like it. And at least Gintama has the good sense to know that most of its plots shouldn't be dragged out over two episodes. This leads us to The Faerie's Time Management, one of the worst two parters I've ever seen in my life.