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Yeah, I am loving the background details that are being revealed in Trigun Stampede.

More good stuff this week in episode #7 of Trigun Stampede. I am thoroughly enjoying this show! Revenger is getting more weird and gritty than I expected with the whole opium angle. It’s not my favourite new show, but I like how it has been a bit unpredictable.

Latest chapter of Ichinose Family was very good stuff too … PPPPPP was a bit more interesting, and made more sense, this week. I would rather just get back to focusing on Lucky… but I guess I’m also up for Dada-sensei’s back story.

Loved the new chapter of The Elusive Samurai (97) this week

Crazy stuff going on in Stray Dogs this week!

Did you do anything fun to celebrate?

Kinda feels like both Sakamoto Days and Elusive Samurai could be building up to big final showdowns soon-ish. Other non-spoiler random thoughts: I feel like PPPPPP has lost its direction—or I just don’t get what’s going on these past few chapters (totally possible ). In any case, I’m not enjoying it is much anymore… I am absolutely loving these ‘Fetching Tea’ chapters of Akane-banashi Interesting twist in JJK this week! Overall, I am getting tired of the Culling Game arc, but events at the end of this week’s chapter have renewed my interest.

Chapter #75

Happy birthday!

Buddy Daddies grew on me very quickly after not being super thrilled by the first episode. It’s kind of dumb and derivative/unoriginal (in that I think the creators are basically trying to ride the wave created by Spy x Family by taking that concept and tweaking it a bit)… but Miri, while in some ways is very annoying, amuses me to no end because she reminds me so much of my girls. You might like it or you might hate it

Yeah that was pretty wild. Good timing too since it was kinda starting to get boring. Now I'm intrigued all over again. The looping thing is reminiscent a bit of Erased ( if I'm remembering that correctly... )

I'm all-in on Buddy Daddies. If I didn't have kids, maybe I would hate it... I am really enjoying Trigun. I haven't watched the original anime in forever, and I don't think I ever read the manga... so in a way it feels like I'm seeing this story for the first time again. Great to see Wolfwood join the action this week

After a short break, I watched episodes 7-9 last night. So many more fantastic moments. Bocchi's whole summer break ordeal Kita going all Bocchi-like when they find our her full name The concert! I love this show and I can't wait to watch the last few episodes but I also don't want to watch them because then it will be over

Very solid new episodes of Stray Dogs and Revenger this week

Kids… In other news, I’m still enjoying Trigun a lot!

It might have been short-lived..! Late last night before bedtime, I decided to give the second episode of Buddy Daddies a try, fully expecting to not like it and then probably never watch the show again... but I honestly thought it was very amusing. The kid is of course very annoying, but she reminds me quite a lot of all the annoying things my own kids did (and continue to do in the case of our 4 year old) so I couldn't help but laugh. That first scene, the kid needing the toilet and then whining for a lift up and all that, that's played out in my own apartment several times over the last couple years. I can't help but appreciate it. So, I will at least give this show one more week. I'm going to watch the second episode of Trigun now.

Haven’t watched the second episode yet but I wasn’t impressed with the first one I did however enjoy the second episode of Revenger more than the first. I’ll stick with it a while longer!

Also, I think the drunken bass player that is introduced in episode #6 is my new favourite character ever

This whole Correa saga has been quite unbelievable! I hope he stays on the field and plays well in Minnesota. I'd like to see the Twins return to relevance again. They had a nice stretch of competitiveness in the 2000's. Those were some solid teams. But mostly losing seasons since 2010. Correa ought to be the best player on their team if he stays healthy. Buxton is also a player with lots of potential, and I think he's been a bit more consistent the last couple years. They have some other perfectly decent position players too. Seems like they can't develop pitching though, at least not in recent years.

Another solid new chapter of Choujin X, only 5 days after the previous chapter. This manga has a really weird schedule. Or, less a schedule, more of a "whenever Ishida is ready" release cycle. In any case, I will say it again, it's been really good lately Chainsaw Man #117

Episode #2 of Stray Dogs was a big improvement over the first one, IMHO. Finally we have colour! Ranpo's the best

Watched a couple more episodes last night, #4 and #5. I wish I kept a log of all the laugh-out-loud moments. Too much good stuff going on in this show. My favourite moment so far might have been Bocchi imagining Kita the normie singing her downer social outcast lyrics: I spend my days cursing you losers! What a lovely visual

I'm only three episodes in, but I think it's safe to say that Bocchi the Rock! was AOTS for the fall season. Oh man this show is good Still upset with myself for being late to the party on this one.

I honestly can't remember Watched the first episode of Bocchi the Rock! over lunch and it is fantastic. Thanks for the tip @Anelle ! As somebody who played guitar in bands in high school (and beyond) and has always been more on the introverted side, especially in those painfully awkward high school days, I really appreciate what this show is about. Judging by the first episode, it is going to be a barrel laughs. Feeling rather disappointed in myself that I didn't watch this during the fall season...

re: Sakamoto: I was starting to feel pretty tired of movie guy, so I hope this is the last of him for a while now. The fighting in this chapter was good though. Akane-banashi Tokiyuki's the best Choujin X continues to be exciting. Consistently several very good chapters in a row now