real fan over here!!! you get it!!!

anyway i’ve ranted about this before and i’ll probably do it again. it’s a tragedy this show isn’t more popular outside of japan, because it’s so high quality. i actually met a few fans at sakuracon who noticed my gaku itabag, and it was great. maybe we’ll get a few more after the 4th season is out.

i’m not going to pretend it’s not for people who like cute boys, but there are a thousand cute boy shows out there, and none of them do it like this. it’s one of those shows where you can tell the people working on it really care. they gave the third season 30 episodes to adapt the whole story.

people might look at it and think it’s about boys singing and dancing, but it’s primarily about their relationships—to each other, but also to the industry, their fans, and the machine that keeps them going. and when you have so many pieces in play, it takes a master to weave the stories together.

but sort of like a long running sitcom or drama, the writing really shines when the characters have established themselves. it genuinely has some of the best character writing of any anime, because it’s written for the long game. it does a great job of getting you to care and cheer on these boys.

earlier this week i saw a video of a parent turning their kid’s room into a prison as a punishment and someone used it as a springboard to discuss millennial parenting and it’s like ???? it was filmed for the bit. this is content. most people do not do this. i’m not even sure these people do this.

just saw a video of a woman putting roses in her toilet tank and a bath bomb in her toilet water and a bunch of other extremely extra things to get ready to take a comfy shit and there’s a hundred replies wanting to see her dead.

i really love episode 5 of s2, when everyone just shows up at their house. ryuu’s drunk off his ass, sogo’s trauma dumping on yuki, gaku manages to get rejected twice in quick succession, iori thinks tenn tenn is a cat, just so much fun

the comedy really ramps up after re:vale join the cast doesn’t it

i completely forgot the 2nd opening. it’s not anywhere near as catchy as the other two

yeah i’m less concerned with “new” music in the sense of what just came out, but more “new to you” stuff. expansion of tastes and all that. i feel ya on the loss—i don’t drive so i rarely have good opportunities to listen to the radio anymore, so i had to find other ways to get at new stuff.

radio, dj sets, someone’s playlist, hell even spotify’s algo isn’t terrible at playing stuff it thinks you might like if you use it regularly.

the boomers in my life never expanded their music tastes after their thirties and now they shrivel up and die every time something new comes across their radar. it doesn’t have to happen to us!!

part 3 really erased in my memory how vindictive papa yaotome was

i forgot how chaotic the web show was lmao

i like that the japanese is simple enough that i can almost follow along without looking