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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
I have started properly watching Nichijou (2011) and started reading City (2016), both by Arawii Keiichi. These series probably don't need any introductions lol. I've watched many clips of Nichijou over the years and have laughed but I've never seen the whole thing so I thought I'd finally do so. Absolutely love how over the top the animators make regular day-to-day things look.
City has also been enjoyable and I thought I'd try getting into it after the anime announcement recently. It's definitely more on the surreal side of things compared to Nichijou but it's still really enjoyable. Really look forward to the anime adaptation of it.
I've been slowly reading my way through One Piece. Just got through the Thriller Bark arc and I am hopeful the next arc will be more interesting. I got hella bored and staled on Thriller Bark for months, it was a grind.
Thriller Bark is a smaller arc sorta wedge between two larger overarching sagas. I like it, and think there is some really good moments in it, but I think a lot of people view it as one of the lesser arcs.
The next arc absolutely picks up though. As it feeds into what a lot of people consider one of the highest points of the series.
There are parts of Thriller Park that to me are cooler in hindsight after learning more about the setting. I agree it can be a bit slower of an arc, but I also binged through it when I reread One Piece to get caught back up after taking a ~5 year break from reading it.
I tend to avoid the high seas with anime so there's a lot I miss out on. Wife wants Netflix so I'm watching Delicious in Dungeon. Crazy to think Sony might acquire Kadokawa.
Waiting patiently for every Thursday for Dandadan. Acrobatic Silky was rough but absolutely entertaining!