It’s time for the seasonal OP/ED roundup! I want to hear about your favorite OPs and EDs for the season (alternatively, your least favorites!). If you are looking for a collection of them all for this season, you can find almost all of them at the link below:
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Nothing this season has really knocked my socks off.
The OP for Akane Banashi is the first thing that comes to mind, but that’s as much about the animation as the song.
In that vein too, the OP for Needy Girl Overdose is pretty impressive. The song itself is actually sort of abrasive, but in combination with the visuals, it just about perfectly captures the spirit of the series.
And… that’s really about it.
I think my favorite OP of the season has to be Akane-banashi’s. The song itself is good, but the visuals are basically perfect for the type of story they’re selling.
Its ED too is great!
How is Needy Girl Overdose? I generally love psychological suspense (for lack of a better term) and Serial Experiments Lain is one of my all time favorites, but the first few episodes just didn’t click for me. Anyone else in the same boat?
I think it’s coming together well.
The first couple of episodes were just a barrage of surreal imagery and quick cuts and bits of disjointed narrative, but it started taking more time after about the third episode, sort of backing and filling and connecting all those disjointed bits of imagery and narrative, so we’re getting to know the cast - both the avatars and the people behind them - and learning more about who and what they really are. It’s still relatively surreal and still has a lot of quick cuts and such, but it’s building context so that it’s all making more sense. And most of the sense it’s making is not pleasant - in that at least it’s definitely sort of Lain-ish.
That’s good to know. As long as it is building to something.
Themes
Dorohedoro Season 2 OP: “Zettai MUST Danmen” by (K)NoW_NAME - The style! The energy!
Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3 ED: “ROCKET” by BURNOUT SYNDROMES - Aside from pleasant visuals, my favourite part of this theme is BURNOUT SYNDROMES returning to perform the final ending (it is final, right?) as they opened the show with “Good Morning World!”
Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! OP: “Shunpatsu-teki ni Koishiyou” by Yasuyuki Okamura & Kento Nakajima - I like the comic style and the colours.
Dandelion ED: “Goron to Doron” by Kocchi no Kento - The most addictive theme for me this season. It’s silly fun, and the way the characters move with straight faces keeps sending me. I demand more themes with male characters dancing silly dances in suits.
Kirio Fanclub ED: “Harmony” by Ako - I love how simple this ED is: just Nami and Aimi going home after school at the end of each episode. And the song is perfect for dancing on the riverbank with your bestie
I wish it were me (it just made me jump around my room like a lunatic when I listened to it the first couple of times).Kirio Fanclub Episode 2 Insert Song - they wrote a whole song dedicated to Kirio-kun, and its dai-dai’s are really addictive; I keep humming it at times.
Kujima OP: “Komorebizaka” by Galileo Galilei - I was born with a gene that makes it impossible for me to dislike a Galileo Galilei song.
The thing about Yomi no Tsugai themes is that I like when yama performs the OP and Vaundy performs the ED. I really hope they switch in the second half of the show.
Mid-seasonal check-in
I dropped a bunch of shows and now I’m left with a measly third of what I usually watch in a season.
Dorohedoro Season 2 will most likely end up as my AOTS.
Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3 - I’m not content with the pacing of this season and watching purely to see the mystery behind Why-man.
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! continues to be a fun watch. It’s so stylish, and all the characters are entertaining. Chiaki Kobayashi is delivering my favourite voice acting performance of the season.
Kirio Fanclub sometimes misses on the joke delivery as the scene drags out but still manages to make me laugh most of the time. I’m rooting for Nami, but with Kirio’s depression out of the bag I really want Aimi to be there for the guy and just make him laugh. Does any source reader know if one season will be enough to cover the whole story?
The Ramparts of Ice - In terms of character writing this show is the best this season. I don’t like the ongoing Koyuki and Youta shipping; they have such a great platonic dynamic, and that’s the reason Koyun feels relaxed around Youta. I hope the author is just making a commentary on how it goes with people when they see a boy and a girl being friends. Personally, I prefer Koyun and Minato as a ship purely for the sake of good character development; that boy is in dire need of one.
Kujima - I thought I’d drop it by now, but it grew on me. The way Kujima speaks is kind of endearing. Arata imitating Kujima’s speech is especially cute, because it shows his love for that loud, annoying creature.
Witch Hat Atelier - as a source reader I’m just admiring the animation and how cool the magic looks in the show. I’ve come to realize, however, that I’m not particularly fond of any Witch Hat character.
I want to hear about your favorite OPs and EDs for the season
I doubt it’s going into my music library but with such weak competition (I’m not watching much seasonals at the moment), my favourite of this season is Nan Nan Desuka. It is the ending theme of My Ribdiculous Reincarnation and it is sufficiently catchy for me to give it a few listens.
Previous Season
I continued with Made in Abyss last week, completing season 2. I enjoyed it more than season 1, though it’s really due to season 1’s slower start and not because of any improvement in the story / storytelling / etc in season 2.
Perhaps it’s too soon to make a joke about it, but I must say that Made in Abyss gave me a glimpse
political
into the life of the Epstein gang.
I was watching little girls (and that one little boy from time to time) suffering over and over in this anime. Maybe it’s made for people with excessive cute aggression?
Now that I know the trend in this anime, I bet there’s one big conspiracy regarding the abyss itself. To be specific, regarding the force field,
some wild guesses on my end
I bet it’s artificial generated and the method probably involved quite some grotesque human sacrifice. Maybe they chop little girls up and use their blood as fuel to generate the force field?
As for why they do it: I’m guessing the force field is meant to keep something trapped at the bottom of the abyss. Knowing Riko, she’s going to free the captive and bring about massive destruction.
Also, Reg probably was a human boy at some point, but got turned into a robot.
Not sure how Riko’s mother would tie into all these though.
Anyway, it’s a great watch; looking forward to the next movie now.
牧神记e82’s ender was fantastically delivered.
