Well, Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou had a hell of an ending. Brought their absolute A-game to the direction and dealt with some great material. Plus, cute yuri-ish bits

Can't quite definitely say it's AotY, but that has more to do with the strength of the year as a whole than any faults on it's part. A+, highly recommend

Eh, there's a lot of killing game stories written by teenage edgelords that're about as original and well-thought-out as you'd expect. Pointing to a single one as the worst is a bit difficult

Guess they just decided to throw around every ship they could this episode of Love Live.

They teased a bunch of ships, but it was clearly based on fan-pandering rather than anything the show had been building up. I honestly found it kind of weird

In more immediate concerns, next season:

Citrus - This is happening. I think the manga is garbage, but don't let me stop you from liking it

Hakumei & Mikochi - Potatoes and gorgeous backgrounds V3. Only yuri if you squint, but good

Maerchen Maedchen - Promotional material consistently uses ae rather than umlauts. So, it's about a magical girl school. Based on the work of an author that normally does het romcoms, but no sign of any males in the promotional material. IDK

Mitsuboshi Colors - Not really yuri, but shippable if you don't mind elementary school girls. I think this might work better as an anime than a manga

Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san - So far it doesn't look like this'll be shorts and I don't know how that'll work. The manga has a major character that's not quite openly lesbian and a bunch of subtexty bits but is mostly about ramen. What the anime will do with this is unclear

The Seven Heavenly Virtues - Sequel to that show about sexy demon girls, now with sexy angel girls. First series was trashy and not really good, but it was openly yuri (also I thought it was bad in an interesting way)

Slow Start - Kirara series

Yorimoi - I think the Japanese title is supposed to be Sora Yorimo Toui Basho, but a lot of places have it under Uchuu Yorimo Toui Basho. The localized title is apparently A Place Further Than the Universe, which is an iffy translation. Anywho, all-female cast in what looks like a light drama. Might be yuri, might be het, probably be neither. Worth checking out just for the staff, though

Takunomi - Looks like a CGDCT series but with 20-somethings drinking booze

Toji no Miko - Another anime-original action series about fighting girls. This one is 2-cour, so we don't need to worry about it being cut down, though! Definitely going to at least have some subtext; the manga version had some cute scenes between the MC and her friend (interestingly, the "friend" character is of the nee-san archetype. Unusual!)

Yurucamp - Another one that's not really yuri but is kinda shippable. Also one I'd expect to be better as an anime. Be able to tell the characters apart now

Did Ryuuka make that food while going ToplessApron?

It looked like she had a bra on?

Well, that was vague

Sweet. Dubious canonicity, but sweet

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou dealing with interesting philosophical questions. Probably be relevant in the next few decades if humanity can avoid nuking itself

Meanwhile YuYuYu spent the last two episodes setting up Yuuna being in trouble... which the end of the first season already implied. Why?

Are you seriously expecting something coherent from koneko?

I was wondering when this pairing would get here. There's been a decent amount made

I can't wait for a doujin of this couple.

I can point you to a 3-page pixiv comic, at least

For a first chapter, it's alright, but it's annoying as a stand-alone release

Two Car stuff

This sounds to me like it was originally intended as a yuri(-ish) sports anime but got given to staff that wasn't interested in that. I remember a while back there was that Buddy Complex mecha show that had something similar happen

Btw, is two car worth the watch yuri-wise? I found the main duo...frustrating after 2 episodes. Is like it's some kind of het bait? Idk.

It's just yuri-bait. Every declaration of love not meant for a guy is followed up by "gross" or "dont be creepy". Even the duo that seems to be engaged are almost definitely just engaged to faceless men back home.

Who is Two Car even aimed at?

Utilitarianism!

Do I like Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou the best or Houseki no Kuni? Decisions

If you don't ship Leah and Ruby after the latest LL episode, you are lying.

No, no, they totally work together. Which is nice, since Ruby hasn't had much to do

YuYuYu is back for reals this time. 's good

Meanwhile the potatoes still aren't making out no matter how much I want them to

"Titus"?

Reminder that the WaSuYu airing is over and YuYuYu S2 is starting on Friday

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I can't relate, being someone who doesn't believe in God and doesn't believe life has meaning either, but I'm not depressed and I think the sense of freedom is actually good.

Yep, in practice the sort of people that adopt a nihilistic worldview are the people that're comfortable with it

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Okay, Love Live, look. Going "NicoMaki sure is popular, we should tease that in S2" was kind of awkward but okay. Going "RikoYoha sure is popular, we should tease that in S2" is not okay, because Riko and Chika's relationship was incredibly important to the first season

i don't see any nihilism, they clearly doing their best to survive.

Despite how the media tends to portray it nihilism isn't "Everything is pointless, we should all die!!!!!!", but simply the argument that there's no inherent meaning to things, which has come up a few times

It's amazing how Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou manages to be so melancholy and so comforting at the same time

Does anyone actually expect U6 to get erased permanently?

You know, I've never seen a SHAFT-styled manga before. I kind of like it, but it's not really a good direction for a mangaka already prone to incoherence

That looks like an uncomfortable way to play

Huh, the version of Bluebeard I'd heard ended with the girl getting killed