I haven't gotten around to reading the Nagato Yuki-chan manga yet, though it is on my list of stuff to check out.

I watched it immediately after watching the entire Haruhi series for the first time, which is probably a mistake - they are two completely different types of shows that just happen to take place in the same universe. Maybe for the first 8-9 episodes (whenever the black and white episode happens) I wasn't in the right mindset to properly enjoy the laid back slice of life type that was Nagato Yuki-chan. Also, I couldn't stop comparing the art style and animation to the KyoAni series, which is naturally going to be an unfair comparison lol.

Scorching hot take: for last season's ecchi offerings, I liked Chained Soldier more than Akogarete.

OK, mods may now ban me forever.

I haven't even heard of that title before, that's interesting. I wonder if those differences were made out of creative intent or out of compromise somewhere in the production process.

My personal list:

Anime > Source:

-Haruhi Suzumiya - LN - Anime somehow remains nearly 100% faithful to the LNs yet takes what was otherwise kind of a silly and meaningless story and elevates it to masterpiece level. Maybe a hot take: KyoAni already adapted all the best parts of the LNs, it's almost like I can feel Tanigawa's creative exhaustion seeping through his words in the later novels

-Mushoku Tensei - LN - The LN just took the web novel and published it. Yep. This was definitely an amateur web novel, a step above fan fiction. But the anime is terrific.

-Jujutsu Kaisen - Manga - The manga itself is a rough gem. The excitement and genius is here. All of Akutami's humor and personality is fresh here and was adapted faithfully into the anime, though the sheer coolness and style is unique to the anime. Also, some of the character designs look cuter in the anime, notably Nobara.

Source > Anime:

-Oshi no Ko - Manga - I personally disliked the anime while liking the manga a lot more. To me, the real substance of this story comes from its characters and their well-written psychologies, which is something that is just inherently more difficult to show in anime format as opposed to writing.

Source ??? Anime:

Now that I think about it, these bullet points don't even belong in this discussion topic, sorry I got carried away nerding out over anime lol

-Sousou no Frieren - Manga - Actually the source itself is terrific. The anime takes that already terrific source and jazzes it up a bit more. The anime hasn't even gotten to the best parts yet.

-Kobayashi-san chi no Dragon Maid - Manga - Bwahaha. They are both extremely good. Though similar to Haruhi, I think all of the best parts have been adapted so far.

Edit: edited for better organization

I'm curious, do you watch the raws? How good is your understanding of Japanese?

Or are the early releases dub/multi-dub?

Personally I hated it.

I thought the story was horribad and the main two characters were not likeable at all. Also, since I watched this anime for the first time only 2-3 years ago, the concept of terrorists disseminating their messages via viral riddles on a Youtube-analog already seemed quaint and outdated to me.

It had very good art direction and animation, though.

People are people

Clothes are clothes

Fan service is fan service

Almost as good as the character named "Eiai Nano" from Hyakkano, who isn't actually a robot, but pretty much acts like one all the time

If I seemed combative, I apologize. I appreciate you engaging in good faith. It is a rarer and rarer sight to see on social media.

Ok, so your problem is with people likening ANY anime with children to pedos specifically as opposed to anime with actually sexually suggestive content involving children?

Yes. I see this sentiment a lot and the sheer stupidity of it exasperates me to no end. Not only does it seem to me like it's a position that arises from people unable to differentiate between fiction and reality, it also irritates me because it actually diminishes the severity of child sexual abuse IRL.

I'm not talking about any of this, I'm talking about a very narrow scope here that you even quoted at the top of your comment.

Any site that bans an anime because of the girls’ ages in the show is full of hypocrisy. They pick and choose which shows and girls are inappropriate and aren’t consistent about it. Especially when they allow sexy shows based on real children (Cuties).

I think they’re doing a major disservice to actual victims by comparing them to cartoons. (emphasis mine)

Hot take: people who get upset over young characters in anime and compare it to pedophilia are actually the fucking worst. They don't actually care about real children or real victims of real sexual abuse, they only want to ride their high horse on a bullshit tide of false self-righteousness. Their sense of indignant justice and ego is inflated further by not only looking down on the concept as a whole, but also associating all anime fans with it, and thus looking down on them too.

I posted this comment on ani.social and got banned from Lemmy.world:

Who even cares, fuck those guys.

Lemmy.world revealed how far they have their heads jammed waaaaaay up their own assholes when they released their new TOS and were patting themselves on the back about it. Then, in true Le Reddit fashion, anyone in the comments section who dared to question that decision was getting mass down voted by brainless sycophants. Lemmy.world got lucky by being the most visible and attracting the most users this past summer, but it doesn’t make them inherently special, which they clearly now believe they are.

The Fediverse is a new opportunity for internet discussion to feel free and open again rather than confined by kowtowing to corporate interests. These instances defederating from ani.social is forewarning to any users with their heads up that they are just places to avoid anyway.

Now, regardless of whether you agree with my stance or not, or if for some reason you are offended by the fuck word, is criticism of policy seriously an offense so egregious that it warrants a ban?

Of course it isn't.

And before somebody tries to cleverly point out "hurr durr you sound butthurt because you got banned from LW" that's not at all the point I am making here. I'm pointing out the sheer insecure pettiness of the administration at LW that they would get so bent out of shape from some criticism from a throwaway account that they would ban it on the spot.

Ask yourselves if you really want to make LW your home base, because I do not.

Edit: also lol at Antik, a LW admin, coming to this comments section on an alt account and arguing with people. Dozens of testy, sparring comments bordering on harassment. This is the exact immature behavior that I am calling out. He had to literally do nothing to get a win here, yet he deliberately chose to show his ass to everyone instead.

Edit 2: LW banned every user in this thread who posted a criticism of their insecurity, pettiness, irrationality and cognitive dissonance of thinking that "pictures of anime" are somehow all CSAM. They have brigaded this post - roughly 50% of the 100 comments here are from the admin or his alt literally harassing people simply because they stated they do not like LW. These are not the actions of sound-minded individuals, these are the actions of actually insane people.