Past Seasons

I completed two anime over the past week. As usual, top-rated shows do not disappoint.

Grand Blue was good dumb fun. The slapstick humour was on point and got me laughing my ass off many times. I am glad I picked it up right before season 2 airs.

Easy 9 / 10

While watching Girls Band Cry, I had an epiphany: this is, in fact, a sports anime. The "sport" here just happened to be making music.

Think about it:

It has all the makings of a sports anime: main characters being heavily disadvantaged, them having tragic backstories, strong rival(s), numerous other obstacles; but despite all that, they persevered.

But if we take it one step further, a lot of these stories of sports teams or bands are typical of start-ups. It's just that the space are they in is sports / music.

Anyway, stories like Girls Band Cry never fail to tug at my heartstrings. Despite being a dumbass, Nina's personality makes me (and everyone else) want to root for her. Same goes for the other band members with their backstories. This show knows how to get you to connect with its characters.

There's not much I can add besides saying that this anime is absolute cinema. 10 / 10

P.S. I enjoyed their songs; now Hokago Tea Time has a challenger. I haven't watch much anime with bands, but my current ranking is as such:

1. Hokago Tea Time (K-On) - Don't Say Lazy is the GOAT. Let's Go and Sweet Bitter Beauty Song are pretty good too
2. Togenashi Togeari (Girls Band Cry) - Void is solid
3. Kessoku Band (Bocchi the Rock) - No songs particularly stood out / fit my taste

(Not including Girls Dead Monster because it has been quite a while since I watched Angel Beats or listened to their songs)

P.P.S. Perhaps it's because I'm obsessed with Umamusume lately, but why do so many of these band names sound like horse names?!