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Just took a look at the standings for the first time in weeks (maybe the first time this season for divisions other than the North) ... since when were the Panthers one of the best teams in the league!? I barely recognize any of the names on the roster, though I'm sure that would be the case for many other teams as well at this point. If I sort it from youngest to oldest then I know a few of the names at the bottom of the list, that's it.

Yeah The first two episodes impressed me quite a bit, so I'm cautiously optimistic that it will continue to be good!

Episode #2 was pretty good too, except for one thing at the end

Loss yesterday but a win today for a 2-1 series win over NYY I'm surprised that today's starter (rookie TJ Zeuch) lasted 4 scoreless innings. Dude doesn't have swing-and-miss stuff so I figured he'd get shelled pitching to contact against the Yankee hitters. Vlad homered today, which is a great thing to see, and the bullpen was good again. We're off to a nice start here!

Are the Canucks going to survive the season?

Vivy -Flourite Eye's Song- #1 -- I just watched this out of boredom not knowing what to expect, kinda thought it was just going to be a music anime... turns out it's got a pretty strong sci-fi element to it and I find it very interesting so far! You got AIs, time travel (an AI from 100 years in the future trying to prevent the AIs going to war with humans in the future), some nice work by Wit Studio. And episode #2 is already available too. I'll for sure keep watching.

SSSS.Dynazenon #1 -- Solid first episode. It's a slow starter, took probably 15 minutes to get to the good stuff (kaiju and mecha), but they did a good job of introducing the main characters and their situations in life before getting to the action. The studio is Trigger, so the show looks great and has some style. Even if you're not normally a big fan of mecha, I'd say give this a look anyway. I think this is sort of a sequel to SSSS.Gridman insofar as it takes place in the same universe, but it doesn't seem like it's necessary to have watched Gridman before watching this one.

I thought the final course was a little too over-the-top but it was pretty rad anyway. Love the emphasis on how fun skateboarding is I agree that the side-story about the investigation into Adam seemed unnecessary, but it was nice to see...

Horimiya is 100% my anime of the season for the winter, no doubt about it. That was a pretty fantastic final episode. I would have appreciated just a liiiiiittle bit more of the silly stuff, but that's only a minor complaint. The more serious parts were great too. And at least Hori's dad made one final appearance

Jays win 3-2, good start to the season!!!

Nats/Mets Opening Day game postponed due to COVID-19. Welcome to baseball season!

Mets extend Lindor https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/03/mets-to-extend-francisco-lindor.html 10 years, $341 million. With deferrals of $5 million / year so they won't actually be done paying him until 2041. That's a pretty big contact! Not the biggest ever, but it's certainly up there.

Yikes, that sounds rough. Do you know if he tested positive for one of the variants? I keep hearing that the "variants of concern" can make people more sick. Kinda scary.

They're calling this the third wave. You'd think we would have learned more by now. I guess the plane needs a new pilot! That's no surprise to me though. I don't have a very high opinion of Doug Ford (Premier of Ontario).

The province of Ontario is getting pretty COVID-y again The seven-day average of new daily cases climbed to 2,316, its highest point since January 26. We apparently also hit a new record for number of people in intensive care. Ontario was doing better late Feb. / early March, but that didn't last very long... now the Premier of Ontario is telling people not to make plans for Easter (I wasn't anyways, so who cares) and that there will be an announcement tomorrow. Probably another lockdown of some sort. Work has been a major headache lately. I know lockdowns are supposed to be bad for business, but I really wouldn't mind if some of my customers had to shutdown for a few weeks, sales numbers be damned... A little tidbit from a CBC News article: Lovely.

Yeah, hard to imagine they would plan a recap episode into a 13 episode stand-alone anime I am already excited for this special. I should set a reminder for myself or something though, because I'll totally forget about it by the time June rolls around

Opening Day is tomorrow!!! Jays @ Yankees is the first game of the day I've seen a few different publications now predicting the Jays to finish 2nd in the AL East, around 90 wins, and being a Wild Card team. That is promising to see. Keith Law is predicting a Yankees/Dodgers World Series Also FWIW, Law has your Mets finishing 1st in the NL East, Garlic!

Yeah, unsatisfying is a good way to describe it. I hope the news re: a special episode is accurate. Maybe it will be included with a Blu-ray/DVD release.

Bit of a weird ending for Wonder Egg Priority As I've said at least once or twice now about this show: I'm not totally sure what to think! Feels like there should be an episode 13 or an OVA to follow... but there was also a "Thank you" at the end of the episode so that makes it feel like a definitive ending... I need to watch it again tomorrow.

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That's a long wait! But it's been apparent for a while now that 16 episodes was not going to be enough to cover the rest of the story, so it makes sense that there is another part yet to come.

I read somewhere that the manga has been selling well, so I think that bodes well for a season 2. But it's probably more up to the TV ratings and streaming numbers for the anime to decide if a second season would be profitable. Here's hoping!

Kemono Jihen -- That was a pretty satisfactory ending to the Yui case and the series overall. Kind of a bummer that we didn't get see Kabane meet his parents, but maybe there will be a second season if the ratings / streaming numbers were high enough. I'd keep watching. I've had my fair share of complaints but I'll probably continue with it whenever it comes back. This season has me feeling a bit burnt out on the show and story, but I'll still give it another shot after a break.

Happy birthday web

Only one episode left. I'm gonna be pretty bummed out when it's over