Everyone is wearing suits and looking uncomfortable
Serizawa has still got his umbrella open indoors (that’s bad luck seri)
Claw/The Super 5 are actually holding a semi-formal “Welcome Party” for their new member despite Touichiro giving exactly zero shits about the wellbeing of every other human being on this planet
The first thing Serizawa thinks of skill/ability is his model making hobby
Shimazaki and Minegishi are in the same panel -> they are able to tolerate each others presence on occasion -> shimamine is CANON YOU GUYS
OK but Shimazaki calls him “Minegishi-kun”, make of that what you will
Also Minegishi going ahead and evaluating Serizawa even though it’s not actually an interview, meaning:
A) Minegishi is playing along with Serizawa, either to humour him or for his own amusement, or
B) THIS IS HOW MINEGISHI GETS TO KNOW PEOPLE AT PARTIES
im obsessed with convenience store sakurai wielding tongs as a weapon. Truly such a fantastic character choice he cant live without his emotional support object
also had the mental image of sakurai grabs koyamas head with tongs and smooches him. The most romantic action he will ever do
AND ITS THE BEST THING EVER SHES THE BEST CHARACTER IN THE SERIES YIPPEEE. i read the spinoff hoping id get some crumbs of her not expecting that she would be the main character
rewatched all of mob psycho 100 and i have concluded that ichi mezato is genuenly a huge menace to society and needs to be put on a watchlist asap
She has all the traits to cause chaos. She already did with the psycho helmet cult and she was barely even trying then
she is extremely dedicated and driven to her causes. Shes smart, good at manipulating people, can stay low when needed and is willing to do morally wrong things. She also has knowledge with media and is young enough to know how to use the internet. Then the real issue is that shes a freak who gets obsessed with strange things that are potentially dangerous.
Girl could take over the world if she wanted to ngl. I think she could have been a fun villain in the story
God I adore Koharu, but I can’t bring myself to put her in the same tiers as Nana because of the… choice to have her date her illusionary twin. I stand by my belief that the Twin Trick arc wouldn’t be affected had that trait not been included
just finished binge reading all of Talentless Nana up to date and like its so good. I need more people to read it its so fun and like soooo gay. Just Nana and her 87 wives its amazing. In all seriousness there is basically no explicitly cannon romance in the story its just shipping.
Maybe ive consumed too much shitty media but i was impressed at how well put together the plot has been? Like this sort of story often falls appart with plot holes but its kept up really well. We do still have 2 chapters to go but so far its been good. I found the "misteries" balanced the line between predictable and unexpected well in a way where i had fun trying to predict reveals. I could see the hints in hindsight when a reveal was made and sometimes even picked those up along the way which was so fun.
Only real criticism i have is the weird stuff they did with koharu but it was a small part of a single arc. tbf it felt short to me since i binged the manga probably worse for those who read it monthly
I liked the characters a lot i loved how Nana was able to be both super skilled and terrifying while being able to be vulnerable. The entire time i wondered how they would get through the problems they had and enjoyed the plans. Id say the story is slightly weaker post timeskip but i dont blame it. As i mentioned before its hard to pull of this sort of story in a very clean way.
favourite characters were Nana and Jin probs. Kyouya and Moe are up there too. Whole cast is likeable ngl.
i watched the blue orchestra anime and im shocked at the lack of a fanbase for it when its really good. TLDR: its a story with strong realistic characters and an interesting implementation of music
The characters are very accurate depictions of teenagers and their feelings. I found several storylines that represented my feelings and my friends feelings when we were that age. Particularly the female characters are well written. I enjoyed seeing the girls who have more of a temper or an intense personality being treated kindly by the story. In general I can see this story being meaningfull to teenagers though even as an adult I appreciated seeing my younger self represented.
For a story heavily focused on the teenage characters and their relationships there isn't any dumb misunderstandings or silly drama that gets frustrating to follow. The conflicts feel believable for teenagers and the characters handle them in a way that's realistic for kids while also having some communication skills and emotional intelligence.
the music is also fun and interesting though i know nothing about playing music myself. I could actually understand what the characters were referring to in the songs. I've watched a good amount of sports/ school club anime and i loved how the story balanced the heavy collaborative element of an orchestra with individual competition and stories.
there is very minimal romance in general (more in S2 than S1). However as an aroace person its shocking i didnt hate the romance implemented and in fact actually thoguht the probably main couple being hinted at have good chemistry and a reason to be together.
its a calmer story than a lot of anime for young people tends to be but in exchange it handles its characters and emotions well. The story takes it time to set itself up and explores a lot of characters.
4c's great time on the Harpy Express that definitely didn't end in Scott death looping him: a compliation
4c: If I get a gun I'm going to walk up to one of you two and I'm not gonna--I'm not even gonna speak. (Katie laughs) It's just gonna, it's just gonna-it doesn't even matter--
Nom: Okay, like, why?
4c: --if you're, if you're the killer or not, I just-I just think it'd be funny.
Nom: Okay so you hate me and it's personal. (4c laughs)
Katie: (aside) I would never kill you Mae Maezes, ever in my life.
Mae: (aside) I shall give you a kiss on the cheek instead, like, mwah! (Katie teehees)
Nom: You hate me and it's personal, okay.
4c: All I'm saying is, I'm walking into this, if I start with a gun, I'm shooting the first person I see.
Nom: Bro!
4c: No matter who they are.
4c: Where'd they go? (the train whistle sounds, and then as 4c walks he begins to hear Nom giggling and Katie imitating the train whistle)
Nom and Katie: (as the text saying what role they are flashes on the screen) Oh! (4c then shoots Nom in the back)
Katie: Oh!
4c: Guess who was the killer? (he begins laughing) You wouldn't, would you? You wouldn't, would you? (Katie comes at him, and he shoots her) There's no way! (he laughs so hard that he goes silent) There's no way! There's no way! Are we serious? Alright, I'm gonna go get a drink, I need a drink after that one. Oh boy! Oh my gosh. Where's the drinks, where are they, where is everyone, I'm shooting the next person I see, I don't even care. Oh man. Wh-what an uh-what-there's--oh. What just happened to me, I don't know how to process that information, I'm gonna be honest with you. (he instantly shoots someone, dies)
Scott: (in the background) Oh, 4c's dead--
Katie: --you have to be kidding me. (4c begins laughing)
Nom: --I hate you all so much, I hate you all so much--
Abolish: (in the background) And 4c now was a vig-was a vigilante.
Katie: Honestly deserved, honestly deserved, honestly deserved--
Nom: --I hate you all so goddamn much.
Abolish: (in the background) 4c shot--
Scott: (in the background) Okay 4c was a vigilante and he shot someone, cause I now have a gun.
Abolish: (in the background) --and then 4c's dead, 4c dropped the gun.
Nom: 4c, we were both the murderers, you asshole!
4c: It was so funny!
Katie: Oh my gosh.
Nom: It would've been so good! No, we could've had the sibling murderers on the train, and then you ruined it!!
Cam: Are you a murderer, can you just be honest. I just kinda wanna--get it right.
4c: You wanna get it r-I mean, yeah, I'm a murderer.
Cam: Are you actually? Pinky promise?
4c: Try and shoot me. (Cam shoots, dies) Ah.
Abolish: Ah.
Nom: --ha. It's great.
Abolish: It's-it's glorious.
Scott: Is Cam--was Cam bad?
4c: No, I just killed him.
Abolish: Yeah.
Scott: Okay.
Nom: This is-I'm seeing a pattern here, man. (4c laughs)
4c: Well, I mean, he came up to me and asked if I was evil, and I said yes, and then I killed him. Oh. Oh, I can't see his body anymore.
Abolish: Oh. Oh, so you got--
Scott: Where did his body go?
4c: If you're insane--
Abolish: Uh, if you're insane enough, bodies disappear.
Scott: Oh, okay. I need to sleep. (he laughs)
Abolish: All-all I got is drinks, that's all I got, so.
Nom: Did 4c just admit to being a-to being a killer?
4c: I mean, Abolish can't do anything, he's stuck in a box, he's the only witness.
Abolish: Yeah. (4c laughs)
Scott: ...fair. Well, I'm gonna go sleep, cause you're all holding different items.
Nom: Welp! I'm gonna go tattle.
Abolish: Alright, have fun. (4c laughs)
4c: So--
Abolish: --on that wall.
Pyro: You killed Cam, right 4c? (Nom laughs in the background)
4c: Yeah, I killed Cam. (Pyro shoots 4c, dies)
Scott: (in the background) Oh. (Nom laughs harder)
Abolish: Oh wow, you killed Pyro now.
4c: I've killed two people, this is crazy.
Jimmy: Please tell me who's got a gun, cause I did not even see who had that there.
Abolish: So-Pyro did. Pyro had the gun.
Jimmy: Who-who just killed him?
4c: My bad guys, I killed-I've killed two people today. I, um.
Abolish: No, Pyro-Pyro shot 4c, who's a civilian, and if you shoot a civilian you have a fifty-fifty chance either the civilian dies, or the person who shot dies.
Nom: Wait, I thought it was if you're in-I thought it was if you were insane enough you have a chance of shooting yourself.
Scott: No so it's--
Abolish: No, it's--
Scott: --it's a fifty-fifty but the chances go up the more you're insane.
Abolish: Yeah, the more you're insane you are.
Nom: Ohhh. I like those odds.
Abolish: So it's always a chance, because--(Nom shoots 4c, killing him)
Cam: (becoming audible because of death chat)--he wasn't the murderer, but I--
4c: (through laughter) It's just constantly going back and forth and turning off the lights.
Katie: (overlapping him) No. No. No. (Eloise shoots at 4c, dies) (Katie gasps)
Sausage: (in the background) Why is it so dark?
Bek: (increasing in volume as she comes closer) Who did that? Who did that? Who shot her?
4c: So El, El just tried--no, El--
Bek: You did?
4c: --no, no no no, El tried to shoot me, and failed.
Bek: Why did--
Katie: Ohh, noooo.
Scott: What--
Bek: Right, El-El had a gun, I can confirm that--
Katie: Yeah--
Bek: --and she tried to sh-she shot at 4c for some reason, and then died. (Bek giggles)
4c: Yeah...
Scott: Why in the scene of every crime is it you?
4c: I don't know why everyone wants to shoot me.
Katie: I think you're just in the wrong actually, yeah. (4c shoots Scott, Scott dies)
4c: Welp, he was a killer. (4c begins laughing hysterically, gets louder) That's crazy!
Katie: I don't want to be next, I don't want to be next, I'm leaving.
4c: (peaking his mic) Oh my god! Oh my god. (Scott /kills him) Oh my god! (he laughs harder)
Scott: That's what you get, that's what you get. I've been given OP--
Eloise: 4c--
Scott: --that's what you get
Eloise: --I just. I shot at you, because I was like, I'm vigilante--
4c: Oh my god--
Eloise: --and you kept turning the light off, and I was like, "man. This guy needs to stop turning the light off."
4c: Oh my go--
Eloise: --so I shot at you. I didn't realize if I was wrong it would kill you--I mean, it would kill me, I just thought it wouldn't kill you.
4c: I don't know why-what it is in this game, but I always just get these gut feelings, like, in my-in the pit of my stomach, and I was like, you know what, I might as well try it, if I have a gun, I just go for it--
Pyro: You gotta stop having these gut feelings, man, you need to go to a doctor.
Scott: Yeah, you need to stop it, you really need to stop it. (4c giggles hysterically)
4c: I'm so sorry.
Nom: (in the background) He hit the shot as well, that's so unfortunate (Scott /kills 4c)
4c: That's fair. (Scott /kills 4c)
4c: That's--(Scott /kills 4c)
Cam: Wait, who died there, what was that. (Scott /kills 4c)
4c: (through laughter) I--(Scott /kills 4c) I can't-- (Scott /kills 4c)
Cam: Why is everyone dying? (Scott /kills 4c) Why is 4c dying?
Abolish: 4c's bugged, 4c's bugged. (Scott /kills 4c)
Sausage: 4c, nooooo.
Cam: Why is 4c just dying? (Scott /kills 4c)
Nom: 4c--
Cam: 4c, (Scott /kills 4c) what's going on?
Oli: 4cccccc
Sausage: Hold on, I got a gun--
4c: Scott's a little (Scott /kills 4c)--Scott's a little (Scott /kills 4c) upset.
Nom: Oh I see--(Scott /kills 4c)
Cam: Why is 4c dying? (Scott /kills 4c)
Nom: --oh I see.
4c: I can't--
Oli: 4c--
Cam: Is it you Scott? (Scott /kills 4c)
Nom: Scott, you wouldn't have been (Scott /kills 4c) spited at all, would you?
Scott: I was the killer, he turned around and shot me so I just slash killed him again and again.
Sausage: He's fine, he's fine, he's fine, he's fine--
4c: Nom, Nom, Nom, Nom. El came up--
Nom: Did you do it again?
4c: --no, El came up to me, tried to shoot me instantly, failed. Gun dropped on the ground, so I picked it up, Scott comes in and goes, "what's going on here, what happened here," and I was like, "El tried to kill me," and Scott's like, "oh," and then I just shot Scott (through laughter) and Scott died and then--
Scott: And then I just, I just (Scott /kills 4c)
4c: Yeah, Scott did that to me in game.
This is the only explanation for Yahaba’s hair color that i will ever accept.
(the joke is that some hares change the color of their fur with seasons)
(to read in the correct order please click on the pictures)