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You're listening to the After Hours Arc, your

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new anime podcast. My name is Antai, and I'll

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be your host. Join me as I review, recap, and

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relive anime, one arc at a time. And as always,

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these are all from a manga -free point of view.

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And welcome to tonight's episode. This is going

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to be a little random and all over the place.

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I wanted to start a new type of segment and I

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figured this would just be more of like an open

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discussion. I really enjoyed doing that in the

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winter 2026 roundup that I did. I will put a

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link in the description if you want to check

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that out. I'm not bringing up I think any of

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those titles today. Another reason that I wanted

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to do this random open format is I just got my

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new pop filter in for my microphone. It's Lime.

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It looks really good. But I wanted to see if

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it would help because I am looking for more of

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a consistent sound. I feel like every episode

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sounds different. And I don't have the luxury

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of keeping my setup the same way every time.

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I have a cat, and she is a fucking menace. She's

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adorable, but she gets into so much trouble.

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And this stuff costs way too much to just have

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her ruin. So I'm hoping that this will help.

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So we'll see. I also figured open would be better

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than doing a full -on review because if I don't

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end up liking how it sounded or if it's like

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way too quiet then that would be really upsetting

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so I figured this would be a safer bet. The first

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thing I want to bring up is the witch hat atelier

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because I am a liar. I have no idea why I was

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under the impression that it was going to be

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airing on Thursdays. Like it was replacing Jujutsu

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Kaisen in my mind. But the truth is, it's coming

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out on Monday, April 6th. So we are getting two

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episodes, I found out, which is really exciting.

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But... I have been wrong for weeks. I have been

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saying I am going to be watching and recapping

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this. And because I assumed it was on Thursday,

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I said the recaps are going to be on Friday,

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which no, they're going to be on Tuesday. So

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I'm not going to wait a whole week to upload

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it. That seems a little ridiculous. So I will

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say this actually works out way better for me.

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With the Jujutsu Kaisen recaps, I literally had

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to watch it twice, record, run out the door to

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go to work, and come home and then deal with

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that whole mess. It was a little stressful. It

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was a very good trial run for me because I was

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very familiar with the show from watching it

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for the last couple of years. I think figuring

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out how to... watch something and give my play

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by play has been a learning experience but I

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think this show specifically was a very safe

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choice for me the next anime I'm doing is a brand

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new one to me and again where I don't read manga

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I have zero clue on who the characters are what

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the main plot is I know it's fantasy, magic based.

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I know they have really fun pointy hats. But

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I also really like the designs and I thought

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the animation looked really beautiful in the

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trailer when I watched it. This one piqued my

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interest immediately. Hopefully I'll be able

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to handle that one smoothly and coherently for

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you guys. And if you are new here or it has been

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a while since you listened to my pilot. I have

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no idea what I'm doing. I have been literally

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figuring this out as I've been going episode

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by episode. And it's been a lot of fun. It is

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definitely filling my time, which is exactly

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why I started this. I feel like I've been learning

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a lot and it's been helping me slow down a lot,

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which is really good. I also had said in that

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winter 2026 roundup that... my spring list looked

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really light. And by light, I mean only the witch

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hat at Tellier. There was a reason. The biggest

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one is I wasn't caught up in a lot of the shows

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that are coming out with the new season. So there's

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really no point to jump in if I'm not there.

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Some of them I will not watch. The biggest one

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being One Piece. And I do love that anime i just

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can't deal with only like five minutes of a show

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i made it like 200 something episodes before

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it like drove me crazy i know what happened in

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the episode before like it just it really made

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it an unwatchable experience for me personally

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i'm sure that'll get me a lot of hate and sorry

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not sorry but like that's just how i feel I wanted

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to enjoy it. I loved it. I really did. But it

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really, it felt like my experience was being

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hindered by all the retelling of what happened

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in the episode before. So that's my biggest issue

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with One Piece. It's not the actual material.

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It is not the story. It is not the voice actors.

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It's nothing of that nature. It is literally...

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how the show is produced to me it is unwatchable

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i know there's a fan made version that has all

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that cut out but i feel like i shouldn't have

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to watch a fan made edit to enjoy a series so

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that's why i'm not i'm all set with that one

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The other one that I was interested in and I

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do need to start it is the Wistoria Wands and

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Swords, I believe it's called. And it's looked

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really interesting. Every time I've passed it,

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I've thought about clicking play. I just haven't.

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That is one that I need to start. And since this

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is only going to be a season two, I mean, it

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could have been doable, but I am not cramming

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a series in just to catch up. It is not that

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serious for me. There's two that I'm halfway

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through, the Classroom of the Elite and the ReZero.

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I might not even be halfway through ReZero. I'm

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not even sure what season's coming out, but I

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think I might only have finished like almost

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the first season. I'm not even sure. This was

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a while ago. There wasn't anything that really

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stuck with me. That's probably why I didn't pick

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it back up. It seemed pretty ordinary and not

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necessarily in a bad way, but just not one that

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that wasn't the vibe I was looking for at the

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time. Let's put it that way. And the classroom

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of the elite that just really bored me. I'm on

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season two and it just it feels like there's

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really nothing going on. It's like too much drama

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with no action, I guess, is the whole point.

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But I've just lost a lot of interest with that.

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So I believe it's the fourth season coming out.

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So there's no way I was going to watch a season

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and a half in like a week, especially for a show

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that I considered really boring. The other one

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is one I actually just started, which is Dr.

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Stone. that I have been dying to get into I didn't

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realize there was so many episodes and seasons

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and specials and oh my god I feel like I'm gonna

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have a field day with this one so I'll get into

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that one a little bit I am on I think episode

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four or five I'm not really sure but immediately

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I recognized The main character, Senku, is the

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guy who voices Cry Andre from Let This Grieving

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Soul Retire, which I love. So I was immediately

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excited to see him. I really enjoyed the character

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designs. I thought it was very fun and interesting.

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I really liked that they just jumped right into

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the problem and then back. before the problem

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and then into the problem so it was a really

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cool way to open the series it gave me like a

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little teaser and i really can't believe they

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just stayed alive for like 3700 years or something

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like that that is insane to me and this is a

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really smart anime I described Apothecary Diaries

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the same way, and it did really give me the same

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kind of vibe. Except it's a lot more on the science

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and I think action, where Apothecary Diaries

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was more about the science and the mystery. So

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I think that's the difference between those two

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for me. The way Senku is... Reminds me of Mao

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Mao so much. I really enjoy it. I will say his

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friend Taiju, the second one to wake up, he is

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so loud and obnoxious, but for some reason it

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does work. It almost gets to the point of being

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too much, but it seems like they were able to

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kind of reel it back enough to not ruin the show

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for me. I don't know if that's the case for anybody

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else, but I've been thoroughly enjoying it. I

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can't wait to get even deeper into it, especially

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where I have so much material to go through.

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I'm so excited. I've needed something that I

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can actually binge. Especially after coming off

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of all the new shows during the winter. That

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was a lot to keep up with and to have to wait.

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I'm filling my time with all these shows, but

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I have to wait a whole week to enjoy them. It

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was really like a double -edged sword for me.

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The struggle was real, but I made it. I'm very

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happy about Spring. Because I only have two shows

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that I'm going to be watching, that Witch Hat

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at Tellier, and I don't actually know if I brought

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it up, but I found out there was another anime.

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Daemons of the Shadow Realm that I am very interested

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in checking out. I just saw it the other day

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looking through what's coming out this spring.

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I completely missed that one, so I was really

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excited to now have something else. And Two Shows

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is still very manageable, I feel like. That is

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nothing. I can still enjoy shows outside of that

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realm. Like Dr. Stone. Or the other new one that

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I just started was Hell's Paradise. And my coworker,

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the one I've brought up a ton, she is actually

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the one who recommended that one to me. So I

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figured I would give it a shot. I think I'm on

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episode six or seven. I can't really remember.

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I just got into binging Dr. Stone, so I do forget

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the number I'm on. They're at least on the island,

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and not too much action has happened yet. But

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it has been entertaining enough to keep my focus

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and attention. I do feel like the main character,

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the Gabimaru dude, he reminds me of Killua from

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Hunter x Hunter. Except a deadpan version. Like,

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with the white hair and his hands, he uses them

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as weapons. Which he literally turned his hand

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into Killua's hand. I don't know if I'm the only

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one who felt that way. But that is how I felt.

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It was literally like I was looking at a wish

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version of Killua. And no disrespect to the animators

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or the designs of Hell's Paradise. I do really

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enjoy it. I just think that is such a specific...

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style of fighting to pass off as original to

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be honest as with the dr stone one i am really

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enjoying it i feel like there's been a lot of

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build -up so far the sagiri girl the swords woman

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who's supposed to be his executioner she sucks

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i assumed she was going to be This complete badass.

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Which, I mean, she can be. But the first couple

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episodes really painted her as this brutal executioner.

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She seems really fucking useless on this island.

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So I'm really hoping that she can kind of pick

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it up. Because I was really looking forward to

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a strong female executioner. It seemed that that

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was very uncommon, so I was really excited to

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see her go all out. Hopefully she will. I will

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keep you posted on that one. I am not sure if

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it is a 12 or 24 or 26 episode season. I will

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definitely find out for the next time. I will

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say I do like the slutty Shinobi girl. I forget

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her name, but she seems like a lot of fun. So

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I'm really excited to see more of her. But now

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getting on to something I don't want to see,

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which I thought I did until I started seeing

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what it was sort of about. And don't come for

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me. I know I'm judging a book by its cover. However,

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Oshinoko was something that I wanted to check

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out because of the art style. I really thought

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the eyes were cool. I'm a sucker for eyes. And

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I really thought that would be a fun one to get

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into. I'm pretty sure it's like this mystery,

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supernatural drama. Also, Slice of Life -y. That

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is the vibe that I got. But I am pretty sure

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she is in love with her twin brother, even though

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I believe they are actually like reincarnated

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people that aren't related. Regardless of how

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you spin it, I have a really hard time digesting

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shows like that. I am probably not going to be

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getting into that one. It reminds me of a lot

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of isekais. They follow that very similar pattern

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where the gaggle of women have to be the stepsisters

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or the cousins or the literal sibling. I have

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a really hard time with that, so I am probably

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not getting into that one, which is unfortunate

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because I did want some more variety in my watch

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list. I'm going to keep looking in that department.

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If you have any... mystery, drama recommendations,

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be sure to let me know. I am always down for

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suggestions. But I am really happy that the spring

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break is here because winter was so fall and

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I am excited to re -watch a couple shows. I am

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very big on re -watching anime. One of my favorites

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to rewatch is Cowboy Bebop. I must have seen

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this one like a hundred times. This is also the

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only anime that I own. I am not somebody who

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collects. I don't obviously read manga, so I

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don't have that for a collection either. That

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is pretty much how important that series is to

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me. It is one of the first shows I was introduced

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to. Is one of those shows that I feel like just

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gets better and better and deeper with each episode.

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It is fantastic. And I also really enjoyed the

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live action Cowboy Bebop. Maybe I'm only thinking

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of this because I brought up One Piece. And One

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Piece has their live action. Which I didn't necessarily

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hate. But I did enjoy the first season. I thought

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it was really fun. And it's really hard with

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the live action because of all the CGI. That

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is one I didn't mind, but the Cowboy Bebop one

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I thought was really good. I enjoyed it so much

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more than I thought I would. I figured I would

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be over it in like an episode or two. I figured

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it wouldn't do it justice, which they do take

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their own approach on a couple of things. I wouldn't

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say I was fact checking, but. I definitely noticed

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they changed Fei's background a little bit, which

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is fine. I also really liked the actress who

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did her. Maybe I'm biased because that is one

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of my top favorite animes of all time. Maybe

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that's the case. But getting away from watching

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Cowboy Bebop again, I also would love to re -watch

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Freerun Season 1. in the Japanese with the subtitles.

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And I brought it up so many times that I was

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having a hard time with the Japanese voice actors

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because the journey wasn't the same with season

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one's English dub. Well, by the time I got to

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Himmel's memoirs, I was absolutely sold. His

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Japanese voice is perfect. So much so that it

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made me feel like I was missing out. And I also

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feel very similar about Jujutsu Kaisen Season

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1. But not for the voices. For the whole concept.

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The Culling Games literally has shaken my faith

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in what I actually know about what I've seen.

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It has been a while. And on top of that, with

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all the game mechanics that they have added throughout

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the Culling Games. To remember all these different

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curse techniques and reverse curse techniques.

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Like, I don't even remember Yuta being able to

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copy. Maybe that was in the Jujutsu Kaisen Zero

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movie. I'm not really sure. But I feel like I

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also knew he could do it. I don't really know.

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That's why after sitting with myself for a little

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bit, that is pretty much what I think is my next

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step. And the springtime with only having two

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shows is a perfect opportunity to do that, I

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think. And getting away from rewatching to re

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-recording, I would really like to redo my Bungo

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Stray Dogs and my Windbreaker review. I feel

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like I didn't do them justice and it was like

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the first reviews I've done. This has been a

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very big learning process. I have been figuring

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this out as I've been going. I feel like with

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what I know now, I feel like I'm at a point where

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I could probably go back in and actually dive

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into the series. The only people I really went

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over was Dazai because I really enjoy him. He's

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my favorite. I do feel like it would have been

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nice to get into more of the characters. And

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with Windbreaker, that is one of my all -time

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favorites. It gave me the same effect that the

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ICK Office Worker did, where most of the episodes,

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I was smiling and grinning from ear to ear. But

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with Windbreaker, I also cried so many episodes.

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It was so emotional. But in the most uplifting

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way, it was insane. I was like crying and smiling.

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I can get really into my shows if you couldn't

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tell. I feel no shame in it. I really enjoy when

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the story sets me up to really feel emotions,

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especially coming from an animation. So that's

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what I would really like to do at some point.

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If you've made it this far, thanks for vibing

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out with me. Hopefully you've had a good time.

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I know I've been kind of all over the place.

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This is my first attempt at an open episode.

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I wanted to do something that didn't feel as

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formal, if you know what I mean. I really wanted

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to feel like I'm shooting the shit with you guys.

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I am going to work on recording my ICK office

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worker either tonight or tomorrow night. I'm

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not really sure. But Monday and Tuesdays are

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usually nights that I do not work. This also

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makes the new recap I'm doing so much more easier

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on my body. I really am happy that I get to sit

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with it and not feel rushed. If you're looking

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forward to that. Make sure you check it out on

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Tuesdays. I'm not uploading it on Friday. I was

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the liar. I was so wrong. I am so sorry. I will

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try to do better. Let's be real, though. I probably

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won't, but I will try. Also, hopefully this pop

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filter sounded good. We will see in the playback.

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That's all I have. So until next time. I will

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see you then.