I like this episode. We’ve got:

• Hiro baited by the Exceed reel and being hilariously bad at handling money
• Harem-baiting
• Yuri-baiting
• Hetero-baiting
• Literal fish baiting of different types
• Fishes metaphor in romance

Speaking of the Exceed, he got it as a newbie. I’m not surprised if he’ll pick up some bad fishing habits that he needs to unlearn later

@rikka@ani.social

The tropes you listed, I realized this episode is like…

Trivia for the day: In Japanese, the way you write testicles is 金玉 (kintama). If you look at the kanji individually, it is gold ball. So, now we know what this scene in the OP is referencing:

I learned that watching Gintama. As Master Oogway once said, “there are no accidents”

Another trivia: Dandadan references Kinpachi-sensei, which Gintama also does. Peak references peak.

The post in the dandadan community ain’t federating properly in my instance, so…

Absolute cinema. Can’t believe this has better fluff than many outright romances

Forgot about this,

The Vatican actually trying to harness the power of God and anime at the same time lmao.

We actually have a Reborn as a Vending Machine S2 before GTA 6.

NGNL season 2, on the other hand…

College students can contact the authors and kindly request for research papers. I hope there’s a similar system for entertainment. I’m aware the reality is more complex than that.

A ten-place jump for Orb? :o

Blue Lock actually gained a place despite the CapCut-tier animation

Funny episode. Tsunehiro can’t catch fish. Hana can’t calculate in real time (just like me fr fr). I’m surprised she’s a high-schooler, I thought she’s a college dropout. Also, the new ED is chill.

@rikka@ani.social

Because the plan all along is generational theft.

Sweet! I’m planning to watch it anyway in the next few days, looking forward to a treat.

Speaking of which, S2’s visuals is a notch better compared to S1.

Think you’re right lol

Not necessarily “out of sand”. IP is basically putting a price tag on a person for them to say “Yes, I consent”. In other words, technofeudalism.

Interviewing the scantily clad race queen girls about their tastes in men is obnoxious though.

I haven’t watched S2 yet. If it’s like similar scenes in S1, Dandadan’s SA scene in Episode 1 is more explicit yet more appropriately handled, in comparison.

And the underpowered Toyota 86/Celica passing international supercars is “Harry Potter magic”

NFS Underground flashbacks

I hated the anime adaptation of Mermaid Forest, but I learned there that Japanese mermaids’ meat are said to contain the power of immortality.

Yamada Naoko doesn’t miss

Somehow, Palpatine returned reincarnated as the evil lord of an intergalactic empire.

Hiro is a Wallstreetbets enjoyer lmao

@rikka@ani.social

In the sense that Blue Lock S2 is in a “worst animation” competition and its opponent is this.