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Frieren was indeed great. The last few episodes are especially good Well... We got the bad ending in Golden Kamuy (cliffhanger... gotta wait nearly a year for the /actual/ final part ) From MAL: The final episode of the final season is in fact not the end. Go figure. As far as I can tell from looking through the list of manga chapters, there is only about a dozen chapters of material left to cover. So, they can't fill a full 10+ episode cour with that, I don't think... Unless they get silly with recap episodes and filler sort of stuff. I'm going to read the end of the manga on Jump so I know what the ending is. I'll still watch the end of the anime next year though. Since Hell's Paradise is on Jump as well, I'm gonna go ahead and read the end of it as well. Seems like I only need to read ~20 or so chapters to wrap it up. --- No spoilers, but I just finished the Golden Kamuy manga and I've gotta say, the way it ended was pretty dang satisfying all around

Yuri will probably say something to Loid along the lines of, "Thanks but this never happened!" immediately after they get out of there

Winter 2026 season is just about wrapped up for me... Just one episode of Golden Kamuy to go, which should be up on Crunchyroll later today Golden Kamuy was a wild ride. Part of me wishes I had started on it sooner, but the other part of me is glad to have waited until the final season to jump on the bandwagon. Very curious to see what happens in today's episode. JJK was overall better than I expected it would be. A couple of episodes were snoozers -- there are too many rules in the Culling Game, ugh -- but the action was very nice. Maki's episode was brilliant, and Okkotsu's episode (the last one) was really good stuff too. Frieren was probably Anime of the Season. Really, really good. Hell's Paradise was a nice surprise for me. I liked the first season well enough, but I had forgotten a lot about it and wasn't totally sure the follow-up would be worth it. I think the second season was quite a bit better than the first. Great work by Mappa. There wasn't a, "To be continued..." at the end of the last episode, and I don't think another season has been announced (yet anyways). I'd love to see the conclusion animated. But I'll probably have to go ahead and read the manga because I'm impatient You and I are Polar Opposites was a dark horse candidate for Anime of the Season. I loved it. Already binged through the whole manga. A second season has already been announced, so I'll be watching that for sure. Supposed to begin in July. Fate/strange Fake didn't quite live up to my hopes. Maybe it was unrealistic for me to expect this series to re-capture the magic of Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night. Oh well.

Gonron Egg is over after 21 chapters. Ah well. It’s sort of a non-ending, but I kinda like that the author didn’t try to cram the whole thing into one chapter. I can use my imagination. Akane-banashi # 200 — Zensho is such a knob Akane and Kaisei aren’t getting tripped up over petty shenanigans though. I am hyped for the upcoming chapters.

Yep, time for you to get on Frieren. It was a good season. I’ll take a look at Sentenced to be a Hero. Definitely had it on my radar but never watched a trailer or anything.

God damn, I am totally all-in on Ichi the Witch. Loving this one. I just got caught up. The arc that just finished was very good.

Season finales of both Jujutsu Kaisen and Frieren were bangers. Absolutely top notch stuff I am cautiously optimistic that the Culling Game arc is actually going to be kinda good in the anime, better than it came across (quite poorly overall IMO) in the manga.

The boys of summer are back! Jays won the home opener yesterday in walk-off fashion. I would have liked to see them put a few more runs on the board, but a W is a W. Gausman pitched really well. The was he was using and controlling his splitter was excellent. When he can locate the fastball and the splitter is working correctly, he makes hitters look silly. Especially younger guys like in the A's lineup. 11 strikeouts. Okamoto had a great first game as a big leaguer as well. Couple of hits, a walk, scored the winning run. And he looked solid at 3B as well. When he came over, there were bigger questions about the defense at 3B than his ability to hit. He doesn't have to be a Gold Glover, but he does need to at least play sound defense at 3B, and in Spring he looked better than expected. That's nice. If they need to play him more at 1B or DH then there will be a problem.

Yikes! Hata is a bit of a sick fucker

Yep, I'm current with Spy x Fam. It went through a bit of a lull a few months back where I wasn't super duper enjoying it, but it's back in a better groove now. I love the bad guys' reason for hijacking the TV station Off the top of my head, here the list of series I'm current with for weekly / bi-weekly stuff... Sakamoto Days: Still very good Akane-banashi: Also still very good! Very hyped for the God of Death showdown Someone Hertz: Easily my favourite of the newer stuff on Jump Witch Watch: The Bone Crisis chapters have been full of action and excitement The Mage Next Door: It's just OK, not sure how much longer it will last Gonron Egg: I've continued to enjoy it despite the abrupt time skip; I assume it's almost done Hima-Ten!: Starting to lose its lustre, but I still like all the characters. It might be creeping towards an ending but I can't quite tell Dandadan: It's getting old for me but I keep reading it. I guess this is the new Chainsaw Man for me Dogsred: Still a big fan of this one! Choujin X: Just started what feels like a fairly big new story arc, so I guess it's got a while to go yet. I'd still recommend it And I'm about 20 chapters away from being current on Ichi the Witch. It's a hoot! I also binge read all 60-something chapters of You and I are Polar Opposites after I got into the anime, and it's a great choice. Not the best ending, but it didn't ruin it for me by any means. I also follow a couple of monthly titles (Seraph of the End, Blue Exorcist, and Gokurakugai). Seraph and Blue Exorcist are both in theory nearing the end of the stories (IMO) but considering how the authors are slowly drawing things out they could be running several more months yet. I'm in it for the long haul!

I am also expecting it to end within a few more weeks. It's really hard for me to imagine an outcome where this can continue into a much longer running story. Although there have already been some very unpredictable twists and turns to the story, so you never know. Seems unlikely anyhow. I agree that the bones they found, even if they are that of the previous ghostwriter, can and probably will be explained in a way that doesn't make him a murderer. And it's all connected to his lady friend. Like, he feels compelled to keep putting out manga she likes to keep her spirits up while she deals with her illness? Something like that.

Totally agree re: Elusive Samurai! I still think about the story quite a lot. There was a lot of substance and depth to it. Lots of fun and interesting characters. And it had a pretty darn satisfying ending. It really makes me appreciate an author when they can give a good ending to a series. It's not such an easy thing to do. There are lots of examples out there of manga that started out great, had a really solid run like 80% of the way, but the ending is a botch job. I don't collect a lot of books, but I am very tempted to buy all volumes of Elusive Samurai. I will definitely read it again. There is a small part of me that's tempted to re-read all of Part 2 of Chainsaw Man, to hopefully make better sense of it all. But I'm gonna hold off for a little while. I don't think reading it over again will improve my feelings about the ending. But it should at least make the whole story feel a bit more coherent. I agree it's easier to digest when you binge read a bunch of chapters in quick succession. How much longer do you figure Kurumizawa's Folly will run for? Now that it has escalated to this point, I'm not sure where else the story can go It's been exciting, that's for sure!

In a vacuum, the last chapter of Chainsaw Man wasn’t bad. But what a mess of an ending overall

There is only one episode left of Golden Kamuy and it feels like there are still several plot lines left to resolve. How is it all going to fit? I wonder if it will be an extra long final episode, or (worse) end in a cliff hanger and then finally end in a special or movie to be released later.

Witch Watch # 241 This chapter got me hyped! No more sneaking around. The squad is going to fight back and hold things down until Morihito can get back in action 😤