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After years of using the same Captain Jack Sparrow set I've decided to change.
For a while I did have my signature as a rotation though.
Let me know what you think of the new set.


Also resized it smaller for just because I don't care for big sigs at most places:


Loving the new Yuma sigs!!!
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I'm a bit confused regarding World Trigger. On MAL it is stated that S1 will last 50 episodes meaning it will end in two weeks from now, whereas the spin-off is stated to start this week. What is up with that? Also, the name of the upcoming episode is the name of the new season. Does anyone know what's going on?
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Really??
Shitty anime Dragon Ball Super got 2 votes and good Anime like Ushio to Tora got 1
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Technically this is just nominations. The voting could go entirely differently, who knows. Anyhow after some of the nominations last season, it didn't shock me with DBS being nominated. After all DB fanboys will be DB fanboys regardless of quality. But you know. =)
No, DBS is shit, you can cover a turd in gold, but it's still a turd.
case closed =P
Guilty.

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1) Dragon Ball Super (13-onwards)
2) Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (76-onwards)
3) Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Gears Crisis-hen
4) Fairy Tail (2014) (78-onwards)
5) Noragami Aragoto
6) K: Return of Kings
7) Heavy Object
8) Attack on Titan: Junior High
9) The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water
10) One-Punch Man
11) Comet Lucifer
12) Haikyuu!! Second Season (maybe-haven't watched S1 yet so I don't know if I can watch S2 just like that)
13) AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon" (maybe-don't know if this show is worth it)
14) Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya
15) World Trigger: Toubousha-hen
16) The Perfect Insider (maybe-don't know if this show is worth it)
17) Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation (maybe-don't know if this show is worth it)
What do you think of the list? Do you have any suggestions? And what's your list for the 2015 Fall Season?
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1) Dragon Ball Super (13-onwards)
2) Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (76-onwards)
3) Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Gears Crisis-hen
4) Fairy Tail (2014) (78-onwards)
5) Noragami Aragoto
6) K: Return of Kings
7) Heavy Object
8) Attack on Titan: Junior High
9) The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water
10) One-Punch Man
11) Comet Lucifer
12) Haikyuu!! Second Season (maybe-haven't watched S1 yet so I don't know if I can watch S2 just like that)
13) AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon" (maybe-don't know if this show is worth it)
14) Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya
15) World Trigger: Toubousha-hen
16) The Perfect Insider (maybe-don't know if this show is worth it)
17) Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation (maybe-don't know if this show is worth it)
What do you think of the list? Do you have any suggestions? And what's your list for the 2015 Fall Season?
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Aniplex producer Shinichiro Kashiwada announced at Aniplex of America's panel at Sakura-Con on April 3 that the company will produce The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) anime series. The anime is an adaptation of light novel series by Yuu Miyazaki with illustrations by okiura. Media Factory publishes the novels in Japan and eight volumes have been published so far.

Aniplex of America announced on September 23 that it had licensed the anime. The battle-action series will stream on Crunchyroll beginning on October 3.
Synopsis
Invertia (meteor storm)… an unprecedented disaster that struck the world during the 20th century. Because of this disaster, numerous cities around the world were destroyed. However, within the meteor, an unknown element called mana (the all-encompassing element), was discovered, which allowed human technology to make rapid strides. This also gave rise to a new species of human born with unique skills – the Star Pulse Generation (Genestella).
The setting for the world's greatest comprehensive battle spectacle, the Festas (Star Warrior Festivals), is an academy city above the water surrounded by six academies called “Rikka,” also commonly known as “Asterisk.” Having transferred into Seidoukan Academy in order to fulfill his own wish, scholarship student Ayato Amagiri swears he too will fight in this city.
Burning souls race…
The curtain rises on this school battle spectacle!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiLnJI7cTbk
STAFF:
Based on story by Yuu Miyazaki ("Gakusen Toshi Asterisk" MF Bunko / KADOKAWA)
Original Character Design: okiura
General Director: Manabu Ono
Director: Kenji Seto
Character Design & Animation Director: Tetsuya Kawakami
Set Design: Kenichi Morioka
Color Design: Aiko Matsuyama
Art Director: Yukihiro Watanabe
Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Nakanishi / Hiroki Sugiyama
CG Director: Nao Kudō
Editor: Masahiro Goto
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Music: Rasmus Faber
Music Production: FlyingDog
Produced by: A-1 Pictures
OP Theme: Shiena Nishizawa
ED Theme: Maaya Sakamoto
CAST:
Ayato Amagiri: Atsushi Tamaru
Julis-Alexia von Riessfelt: Ai Kakuma
Claudia Enfield: Nao Tōyama
Saya Sasamiya: Shiori Izawa
Kirin Toudou: Ari Ozawa
Eishiro Yabuki: Yūma Uchida
Lester MacPhail: Takanori Hoshino
Ernesta Kuhne: Chinatsu Akasaki
Camilla Pareto: Mutsumi Tamura
Irene Urzaiz: Yumi Uchiyama
Priscilla Urzaiz: Juri Nagatsuma
Dirk Eberwein: Tomokazu Sugita
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Dragon Ball Super.
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I would like to give this series a try. Would you recommend it Koby?
If you're just now wanting to watch it, I'd probably say wait till the about the time the final 4 episodes will air so you won't have such a long gap inbetween.
Thanks for the tip Koby.! I'll probably give it a shot overall when it's finished on its winter course.
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I would like to give this series a try. Would you recommend it Koby?
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Nice to meet you too KaitouYahiko and welcome on Kametsu!!!
There are lots of interesting threads and discussions here that will surely keep you interested!
Hope you'll enjoy this forum! 
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Slam Dunk

I would like to take this chance and discuss with everyone about a phenomal series I just finished watching which is none other than Slam Dunk. First of all, and before I start my personal review on the series I think it's necessary for me to tell you how I started watching this series in the first place.
Some of months ago, I randomly saw a thread on Anime News Network where 10,000 Fans Pick What Sports Anime Influenced Them the Most on a poll. And that is where I fist saw the series for the first time. As an anime sports fan myself I wanted to know more about this anime/manga series in the first place. And so after learning that this series was serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump, was over 100 episodes and started on 1990 I was even more moved and intrigued to explore the surroundings of this sports franchise (as I am in love with the old style animation etc.).
To give you guys a better demonstration of Slam Dunk I decided to review some of the most moving aspects of the show which are "friendship", "effort", "determination", "willpower", "change for a meaningful life" and many others. Let's start off with some basic info though:
Taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slam Dunk (Japanese: スラムダンク Hepburn: Suramu Danku?) is a sports-themed manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue about a basketball team from Shōhoku High School. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1990 to 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. It was adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation which has been broadcast worldwide, enjoying much popularity particularly in Japan, several other Asian countries and Europe. As of 2012, Slam Dunk had sold 120 million copies in Japan alone, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history. Inoue later used basketball as a central theme in two subsequent manga titles: Buzzer Beater and Real. In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan.
Plot
Hanamichi Sakuragi is a delinquent outcast and member of a gang. Sakuragi, being very unpopular with girls, has been rejected by them 50 times. In his first year at Shohoku High School, he finds out that Haruko Akagi is the girl of his dreams, and is happy when she is not scared of him like all the other girls he has asked out.
Haruko Akagi, who recognizes Sakuragi's athleticism, introduces him to the Shohoku basketball team. Sakuragi was reluctant to join the team at first because he had no previous background in any sports and thought that basketball was a game for losers (also because the 50th girl rejected him for a basketball player). Sakuragi, despite his immaturity and hot temper, proves to be a natural athlete with potential and joins the team in order to impress Haruko and prove that he is worthy of her. Later on, Sakuragi realizes that his love for the sport equals that of his crush on Haruko. Kaede Rukawa — Sakuragi's bitter rival (both in basketball and because Haruko has a crush, albeit a one-sided one, on Rukawa), the star rookie and a "girl magnet" — joins the team at the same time. Hisashi Mitsui, an ex-junior high school MVP, and Ryota Miyagi, a short but fast player, both also rejoin the team and together these four struggle to complete team captain Takenori Akagi's dream of making Shohoku the national champion. Together, these misfits gain publicity and the once little known Shohoku basketball team becomes an all-star contender in Japan.
Manga/Anime
The manga was originally published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from issue 40 of 1990 until issue 27 of 1996 spanning 276 chapters and 31 volumes. While the anime, consisting of 101 episodes and 4 movies, was produced by the TV Asahi terrestrial television network and Toei Animation and directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa. It was first aired on TV Asahi from October 16, 1993 to March 23, 1996.
Production
Inoue became inspired to make Slam Dunk as he liked basketball since his high school years. After Inoue started Slam Dunk, he became surprised while receiving letters from readers that they started playing the sport due to the manga. His editor even told him "basketball was a taboo in this world." Due to these letters, Inoue decided he wanted to draw better basketball games in the series. With the series, Inoue wanted to demonstrate the feelings from an athlete such as their thoughts when they win, lose or improve at their sport. When he started making Vagabond, he noted that when he was doing Slam Dunk he had a simpler perspective on life as he focused more in victories and success.
With the series, Inoue wants the readers to feel achievements as well as love for the sport. Thinking that his success as a manga artist being largely due to basketball, Inoue organized a Slam Dunk Scholarship for Japanese students as he wanted to give back to the sport by increasing its popularity in Japan. However, when asked about the response from readers to basketball, Inoue commented that although Slam Dunk is technically a basketball manga, its story could have been done with other sports such as soccer. He also added that the artwork for the manga was very typical and mangalike in comparison to his newer works such as Real. His experiences with basketball also influenced the story from Slam Dunk: as a youth Inoue started playing basketball to be popular with the girls, but later became interested with the sport in and of itself. This was mirrored in the character of Hanamichi Sakuragi, who starts playing basketball to be popular with the girl he likes, to later become truly fond of the game.
Reception
The collected volumes of Slam Dunk sold over 100 million copies by 2004, and over 118 million by 2012. The title had more than 120 million copies sold by 2013 and is Weekly Shōnen Jump 's fifth best-selling manga series. In 1994, it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga. Until it was broken in 2002, volumes 21 through 23 of Slam Dunk held the record for initial printing of a manga at 2.5 million copies. The imprint version of Slam Dunk: 10 Days After was popular, having initially ranked 6th and then 15th in Oricon's weekly ranking of manga. The English translation of the series was listed as one of the best comics of 2008 by Publishers Weekly. Similarly, the Young Adult Library Services Association named the first volume one of its "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" in early 2009.
The success of Slam Dunk is cited as an influence in the increased popularity of basketball among the Japanese youth during the 1990s. The Slam Dunk Scholarship program was created in 2006 by Inoue and Shueisha. The winning 17- to 18-year-old recipient receives a fully paid academic and athletic scholarship to a university-preparatory school in America if they pass the school's admission interview. In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan and the scholarship program. In a poll of close to 79,000 Japanese fans for the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006, Slam Dunk was voted the #1 manga of all time. In the Japanese government's 2009 Media Arts 100 Poll of the public's favorite works of art of all time, Slam Dunk took first place in the manga division. In a survey from Oricon in 2009, it was ranked first as the manga that fans wanted to be turned into a live-action film.
The anime adaptation has also been very popular in Japan. In TV Asahi's 2005 Top 100 Anime survey of multiple age groups, Slam Dunk ranked as the 8th most popular anime. In another poll from TV Asash.
Review
1) One of this show's greatest (if not the greatest) aspects are the characters themselves. They are described as realistic and slice of life people and designed to resemble the "true things" as much as possible (except on the comedy scenes which define a huge portal of the show). Meaning no cute huge eyes, thin boy/girl bodies, small lips, crazy color and shape anime hair (except the protagonist xD) which make the characters look ever more real and not confine them on the Japanese culture and ideals only, but expand them on a multi-country section. Of course this makes a lot of sense considering the fact that this show was created around the time where anime was increasing its popularity and expanding its drawing and style preferences. Anyway, these characters are dealt with everyday decisions and problems just like we are. The most interesting part of it though would be how they deal with them and what solutions do they seek.
Let's start with the main protagonist. Hanamichi Sakuragi is just your average first-year high school problematic deliquent who can't find any true meaning or purpose in life so he just starts getting into fights with other groups and waits for the days to just pass. All of this changes when he meets a girl from school named Haruko Akagi (his love interest) who convinces him to join the Basketball team because of his great height (1.88 m is a bit too tall for a 1st year student, but hey, almost all of the characters of the show are drawn extremely tall to resemble real life Basketball players) and his amazing athletic abilities. Because of his love for Haruko and as a self proclaiming "Tensai" (="Genius"), Hanamichi decides to enter the team, but it doesn't start off too well for him cause of his small temper and the fact that he is a complete amateur to the game and isn't even aware of its most basics of basics of basics of basics (xP you get the idea. Seriously, your grandma is more aware of the game than Hanamichi). And that is exactly what I admired of Hanamichi, the fact that he doesn't start off as an amazing basketball player with Super Saiyan-like moves and rays and enerygy blasts and Zone-transformations and Emperor Eyes shit like Kuroko no Basket (Yeah, I've seen KnB and I have to say that I'm really disappointed of this show after waching SD. I'll get to that part later though.) BUT, after 3 months of training he starts showing off some amazing skills and abilities that make him imporove even more and surpass everyone's expectations. His motivation from playing only for Haruko's shake changes to love for the game which make him concentrate even more on the later games and less on the surroundings. You can definitely "evolve" yourself as you see Hanamichi proccessing on the series. Also, his background story will make a lot of you cry! :'( Anyway, you'll see that there is not possible for anyone not to sympathize with this amazing person who finds his true purpose which is none other than to be the best on the thing he loves more which is of course Basketball.
Although I would love to talk more about a lot of characters I'm afraid it will take too long. Just remember that many of the pros than Hanamichi possess apply to most of the characters of this show and that's what excites me even more. It's rare for a show to contain many likeable characters with different opinions and ideals, but this show succeeds in that.
2) The music and the animation are truly beatiful and breath-taking. Drawn and developed in a wonderful '90 style animation and art, the music will also most definitely make you remember a really nostalgic and unique era. The battle themes are making the games even more intense and there are also some really dark and sad themes that can really connect to the story. So it's not an exaggeration to sate that the art and animation of this show can really amaze even the most modern anime loving fans. It is also important to note that the voice actors have done an amazing job to apply to their roles as much realistic and true as they can possibly be. Personally, I'll never forget this scene near the end of the video cause it made me realize just how much we can change our lives to be meaningful and find the right path one day.
3) Let's not forget that this show contains 2 of the most memorable anime quotes. More specifically, from Mitsui and Anzai-sensei that is to love Basketball and never give up on the game till the very end. Those words can definitely give so much inspiration to new generations and many people out there that wanted to have a purpose in life!
4) And, one of this show's most amazing aspects is the balance between comedy and drama. Seriously, this show has such a high class comedy that can certainly make you enjoy all of the episodes (you have got to love those chibi expressions which compose about 95% of the funny parts of the series). And the dramatic past and background of many characters will cerainly make you familiarize with them. So even though the story and the character development will most cerainly not disappoint you, one tiny flaw would be (imo of course) the slow pacing of the most imporant games. Once again, I believe that it will not bother most as the slow paced episodes will provide enjoyment through its hilarious comedy, more background flashbacks for the characters and amazing basketball scenes. The same thing also applies for the filler episodes considering the fact that I haven't seen any boring or disappointing one. Also, note that the original story of the movies introduce new characters and plots that can all connect to the main story.
5) Finally, I believe, and I want other people to see this, that Slam Dunk is a much higher class series than Kuroko no Basket. Please don't get me wrong, I'm also a fan of the latter, but after watching this phenomenal '90 version I can say without a doubt that SD tries to explore every bit of development that applies to all the characters, make them face real life problems like daily fights and find solutions that will make them grow as better people and not try to win the audience with the flashy new animation and energy like fights like KnB did. For me KnB would be a second class sports anime for people who want and love futuristic-unreal adjustements to the game.
Personal Ratings:
Animation: 8/10
Art: 9/10
Music: 10/10
Story: 9/10
Overall: 9.5/10 (A+)
So once again I would like to thank everyone who spent some of your time to give this review a chance. I just wanted to share my thoughts and opinions for this unique series and try to pursuade more people to give it a go and support this amazing franchise that will continue to exist for decades to come. Also, I cross my fingers and pray for this series to have have a remake/reboot or a coninuation one day in the future cause let's be honest, the sports loving fans continue to increass rapidly by the day and classic series like Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and HxH already had ones so why not Slam Dunk!
HOPE YOU ENJOYED! THANKS!
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meh, I've seen worse.
Remember in Naruto Shippuden Pain vs Ninetails, THAT was a disaster :/
This.

I like the pacing of the series, despite those rushed art style.lol
I want to see more Gohan though.
Gohan doesn't fight anymore. He's a book-nerd.
You should probably get used to the fact that DB Super will mostly be about Goku and Vegeta. The rest are supporting characters who double as cheerleaders when the fights happen.
That's about right! Although, I really cross my fingers that Gohan, Goten and Trunks will play a major role in Universe 6 Arc just like Mashima turned little useless Wendy into a badass character on Tartaros Arc.
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7etTW_hped0
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4RSs3wjBP8
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVUQbIRj67E
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3jnXxIH_s4
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Wow, talk about shitty animation. Only thing worse that I recall was Sailor Moon Crystal where it looked like a 3 year old colored the video due to colors being outside of the lines, etc.
Actually, I've read many many posts on the net and they mostly agree that the animation was pretty good, but the art sucked dicks and these pictures justify my statement! ;P
Personally, I liked the pace of the episode! I also liked the fact that dispite the shitty arts Goku demonstrated his SS transformation individually while fighting instead of fighting Beerus at his SS3 transformation from the start. And just for the record, King Kai's Japanese voice actor is really old and sick and therefore cannot perform as great as others (hence the sleep talk). I think Toei is keeping him cause they wish the series to retain the original VA.
Nonetheless, I believe that in 3 weeks from now we will finally see Goku's SSG transformation and I would really really like it if he could find a way to obtain it on his own!!

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Thanks for the info Koby!

But, since I'm inexperienced on this, could anybody please give me a small tutorial with steps on how to render CCCP's resolution of PGS subs to 576p? It would be really appreciatted!
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OK! Small problem. I installed CCCP and it doesn't play/display the PGS subs of my files. Any idea how can I display the PGS subs on my files with CCCP??
CCCP by default works with PGS, the issue is the retarded encoders who use PGS fail to resize them after resizing the video. I'm assuming you're trying to play 720p video with PGS that is still being rendered at 1080p. You'll have to demux the PGS and edit, or switch the subtitle renderer to a different one that plays them at video res and ignores the PGS res setting.
I currently only have tlacatlc6's release of FT (576p) and that's what I want to watch.
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OK! Small problem. I installed CCCP and it doesn't play/display the PGS subs of my files. Any idea how can I display the PGS subs on my files with CCCP??
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Unfortunately, Kawaii codec pack didn't solve the problem, but CCCP did!!
:)The video plays perfectly fine now that I installed CCCP!!

Thanks for all the help guys!!
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OK. So that was supposed to show up according to a guide...but I guess not. Okay so do u have madvr?
No. Should I download it?
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With madvr?I downloaded ANF's release of Slam Dunk and the first 49 episodes play normally with MPC (Media Player Classic) as their codec is XviD, but episodes 50-101 don't cause their codec is WMV3/WMV9. When I try to open a file with MPC the audio and video are completely out of synch continously from the start of the episode till the end. The video images move for around 1 second then stop and they do the same thing all over again.
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=group&gid=3822&aid=590
So is there any possible way to play them with MPC? I would appreciate it if you could do a testing to see what I mean. Any help or suggestion would be life-saving. I want to avoid other players like VLC as I definitely want to watch them with MPC.
Thank you for your time!

Try disable DXVA. (First open MPC-HC without opening a video or music, then click: View-> Options-> Internal Filters-> right click the column on the right and click 'Disable DXVA filters')
If that doesn't work try:
try to disable FFMpeg at the same menu
When you say "right column" do you mean the one that says "Transform Filters" and has the followin list of filters:
MPEG-2 Video
H264/AVC
HEVC
VC1
v210/v410
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I downloaded ANF's release of Slam Dunk and the first 49 episodes play normally with MPC (Media Player Classic) as their codec is XviD, but episodes 50-101 don't cause their codec is WMV3/WMV9. When I try to open a file with MPC the audio and video are completely out of synch continously from the start of the episode till the end. The video images move for around 1 second then stop and they do the same thing all over again.
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=group&gid=3822&aid=590
So is there any possible way to play them with MPC? I would appreciate it if you could do a testing to see what I mean. Any help or suggestion would be life-saving. I want to avoid other players like VLC as I definitely want to watch them with MPC.
Thank you for your time!

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Animation and story look pretty promising so I don't see a reason to not give it a shot. Thanks for the notice Koby!

I found it kind of funny the synopsis mentions she has red eyes and blue hair, but to me her hair looks purple.
I like it when something is 'anime original'. It means they don't have to wait for the source to finish, nothing is filler, pacing doesn't have to suffer, and no one can spoil things as everyone knows nothing along the ride.
That is so true!!!
The first 'anime original' series I saw was NGE and I haven't been disappointed since! 
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Animation and story look pretty promising so I don't see a reason to not give it a shot. Thanks for the notice Koby!

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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!









Fall 2015 Anime Season
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Thanks Pn8!!!
This really helps clear some arguments I had. 