I find it a bit too on the nose sometimes with the writing but I love some of the characters. So overall I'm more of a fan of the heartfelt moments than the political intrigue, although I also appreciate it (anime rarely does stuff like that, much less on this scale). I should finish it someday but it already felt complete around midway.
I'm only on Episode 24/25 and there are 110 episodes, so we'll see how I feel when it's done, but for now it's excellent.
From what I remember it's only gonna get better. Second arc is one of my favorite.
I imagine Nijika has some friends who regularly go to the club, while Kita has like ten friend circles at all times.
It's a great space opera. The space operas of space operas back when scifi in all mediums was a flourishing genre.
I haven't read the LN or whatever but doesn't he fly off into space at the end after some "he won't die even if you kill him" bullshit? They'd probably know him already
Not really an answer to your question but I've been wondering the same thing and I'd like to ask if the Trash taste podcast is one of the ones you tried and didn't like. I've seen that one around sometimes and haven't had the time yet to try it out, but at first glance it would appear that at the very least they don't really care about virtue signalling cause they had pewdiepie on last month despite his apparent 'nazi' status now.
Give Otaku Spirit a shot. They focus on current seasons, discussional podcasts and episodes that only play the current season anime OP/ED themes. They're normal guys that talk about anime and anime related stuff. You may like, but your mileage may vary.
I'll check it out, thanks. I've always avoided them because I've only ever seen them recommended in the same breath as ANNCast and Crunchycast. "If you like the guy who got pegged by Jesuotaku, you'll love this" didn't inspire much confidence. Maybe my problem is I've just been too quick to pre-judge shit as soy content without giving it a fair shake.
I didn't know they did an anime podcast. I've only heard of them from the vtuber thread here, because they sometimes say something that will cause vtuber fans to rip their dicks off in anger. I figured they were Twitch streamers or something. I'll give them a shot, but I don't have a high opinion of fog-breathing monarchist limey scum in general.
I've read the author fucking hates it because he was talked into going all in on marketability, and as a result he can't upset the dynamic and he made Anya too retarded (I am paraphrasing) to do anything interesting.
It's not like it needs to be complicated, the plot is basically Anya getting to six stars and bolts, getting expelled with the last bolt for doing the right thing, the family breaking up, Anya confessing her powers and the family getting back together and finishing the mission together. It's not an original story and I think the writer basically wrote himself into a corner for making the endpoint way too far and it being entirely reliant on Anya while Loid and Yor do their own things in the background. If it doesn't go anywhere it's better to either timeskip to older Anya still at school (so she's slightly smarter) or timeskip to the final star with some handwave how she managed it.
