SatouKazuma

Yeah this show is brutal. I think I picked it up on a whim just to have another show to watch, and somehow I'm still regretting that decision.

Agreed entirely. No notes.

I got to like the volume before the most recent one and dropped because it felt like there was zero progress on any front, anywhere.

Yeah simulcasting in the West is a clusterfuck

I'll fully endorse Dagashi-ya Yahagi. Shame the series seems to have been axed in Japan, though. And I'll say for The Frontier Lord Begins With Zero Subjects (though, I expected at least some romance from this one) that it's decent, but can get boring at times.

Before you declare your top 2, reminder that Lazarus's finished version starts tomorrow (the American "simulcasters" somehow managed to screw it up and take unfinished versions of the episode)

You've nailed it. At worst, it's a mild teasing, unlike Nagatoro, which is closer to straight up bullying.

As a member of the alphabet mafia

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I agree with your sentiments here in thinking that this might actually have the ingredients to be something well worth watching. I've been meaning to start the novels, but alas I'm constantly sidetracked to other series...

Why haven't we just tried shrinking the entire world into the same time zone? Are we stupid?

You know, it sucks that I keep getting back to you so late. Anyways...you're right on the money here. I'm still not sold on Kazuki's casting in the anime, though...

Yeah. A while back, I couldn't even make it to page 15 in the light novel.

...no. I'm just dumb. XD

Isn't be the first time I've made this mistake, nor will it be the last.