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some of these are reposts of stuff from my other blog but i’m low-key insecure about fandoms and there are ppl i know irl who follow me so i’m moving my stuff here instead. don’t expect me to “explain the plot” or any of that. i sometimes watch/read decent things but the main focus of this blog is the “so-bad-it’s-good” category (also, i’m more likely to do liveblogs for “fun” or “stupid” media, and actual reviews for media i consider to be worth discussing intellectually). i mostly only watch animated shows bc i am a massive loser whose brain doesn't work properly

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(i swear i’m not always this stupid and annoying; this blog is just like my corner of shame)

pretty much every single episode has characters beating each other up and/or threatening each other with weapons

the colours are so ugly. it's all like eye-searing acidic neons OR so dark you can barely see anything. sometimes both at once, somehow

the main character has a secret evil self who makes people play deadly games à la jigsaw

none of the games make any sense. they operate solely on emotional logic and/or troll logic

he punishes a watch collector by making the watches melt into his skin and turning him into a clock-man filled with gears

it's soo outdated and misogynistic and toxicly masculine

like 1/3rd of the show takes place inside some kind of weird mind-dimension

there are a lot of sexual jokes. it's not even subtle

lots of lore involving ancient egypt, but i already knew that from the tumblr posts

there's a nerdy boy who secretly is evil. he carries a whip and calls other humans his pets

The Cat and the Dragon

Cute show starring one of the most appealing anime dragons I've ever seen. The title was clearly translated without actually reading the source material, as there is no one particular cat that's more relevant to the plot than any other cats.

I do feel a little confused about who the target audience is, because the overall vibe of the show feels like a children's storybook you could read before bed, but then the pilot episode has all this violence against cats that would probably be really upsetting to most children. Not that no children can handle violence against cats—the Warriors series got really popular, after all—but just that it doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the series.

Nothing amazing, but still a very cute show worth watching for the cats and dragons alone. I want to draw them now.

Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia

YES YES YES YES YES. I love anime as a medium but I got tired of it because of how similar the art styles can get, and how the vast majority of anime are set in either Japan on Europe. WELL, NOT THIS ONE! Have we ever gotten an anime set in West Asia before?! Not to my knowledge! And the art style looks more like that of an indie project than a typical anime. It has a looser, simpler, lineless look that lets the animation be in constant motion and never feel stiff.

I always feel a little on edge when it comes to media depictions of Islam, given how awful those depictions often are. I have little right to say any of this given my own lack of knowledge on the subject, though. Anyway, the depiction seems to be well-researched, respectful, and well-received among Muslim and Iranian viewers, so there's little to worry about. I also feel wary of historical fiction about real people, but there's nothing I can do about that.

It's a strange mental process going through this, because first I heard that the Mongol empire was evil, then my dad told me about a book he read that was sort of Genghis Khan apologism saying that the Mongols weren't that bad by dictator standards, and now I'm sort of cross-checking the historical events depicted in this show and re-learning that the Mongols were, in fact, very bad. I've also recently been reading and watching many stories about war while also hearing news about all the wars going on in the world, so I'm not really eager to see even MORE war right now, but somehow I'm still looking forward to the next episode.

Thunder 3

"Weird as hell, but not for me." That's what I thought I would say, but actually... I'm intrigued. I never would have checked this out if I hadn't read some reviews, but honestly, I kind of wish I could experience going into it knowing nothing, because what the hell is this?! You should watch it without knowing anything. And watch the entire first episode, not just the first half, okay?

I honestly have no idea what's going to happen from here on out, but the weird visuals and weird world are enough to keep me interested. In fact, I'm skimming through the manga right now. I think the visual contrast in the manga is maybe even better than in the anime. (Update: I think I like the manga better.)