I love how vitriolic your take is on the Class de 2-banme anime. I do think its first episode absolutely lacked in the finesse of the manga. Absolutely. I can see how it came off.

Let’s say it wasn’t just the line art, like here, but rather the whole look of the series had changed ever-so-slightly for the worse - nothing too offensive, it still looks ok, but it just happened to become more run-of-the-mill - which then made cute and clever look simply stereotypical to a watcher that knows to look for tropes. The hook was definitely missing.

If I hadn’t read the manga and loved it, I might’ve stopped at episode 1 too. But I just want to show you a few pages from the chapters that the anime adapted: Maki being discombobulated, Asanagi playing with Maki, Maki worrying about trying to be a friend.

I do think it has a light, cute touch all its own, and doesn’t shy away from seriousness either, even if the drama is relatively light, much like in this show. It also couldn’t be further from a harem, lol. I know what you mean, but don’t we all want Gals Can’t Be Kind

Back to your point about warmth, specifically, I would say the same goes for Class de 2-banme too. I think I’d give it a few episodes, or check out the manga if you like to read. It does have a big heart, too. Thanks for the additional info on Klutzy & Short as well.

Woo! Season 2 in the summer. See you then!

One of my favourites too. This season is a little too stacked, TON of great manga adaptations this season. Are you watching anything, in want of recommendations from a particular genre?

There was a ton of it to carry the character over. The girls move with personality unlike in most other shows!

I’m not as high on the animation as you are, as I’d have preferred the line art to look as thick as it is in the original. The look and feel is simply less “inked” as I’d like, but I do agree that the animation is good. I especially like that there is a lot of it to carry over the character. I too have been reading this right from the start, and it’s been consistently in my top favourites all that time. We are in for a treat for sure.

Are you watching Class de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni Natta too? It’s just as good a series and the adaptation looks to be on par with this one. The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt looks to have the best art out of the current rom-com adaptations, but I’m less familiar with the manga, so I can’t vouch for the story there.

She’s great! The author of this manga has a fantastic knack for fully rounded characters, including but not at all limited to the leads. Polar Opposites is very similar to this show. You’re in for a treat in case you haven’t seen it. It’s a show where pretty much everyone you’d like to has a story.

I was a little uncertain about the pacing and tone of the first half of the first episode, it felt like they were going too hard trying to set up the show. But I see now that it simply was a difficult task to get things going, the manga is very subtle and has a ton going for it.

This second episode is already on top of things and the humour is starting to show through. I’m already super looking forward to the third episode, much in the same way I was with the anime of the author’s other series, Polar Opposites. I’m pretty sure this is going to be as good.

I would say that Minato and Koyun are in similar ruts, just from the opposite angle. Minato doesn’t know how to stop, and Koyun doesn’t know how to start. I am loving how her dumbfoundedness is animated, it’s much funnier here than in the manga.

Wow, this is great! I’ve seen a bunch of these before but never in a more concerted effort. Looking forward to it.

The last 5 orders that I’ve made - with intermittent attempts at boycotting the store between them - have all had something wrong with them. Amazon literally can no longer fulfill an order completely up to par: There’s always something that you have to refund, resend back or just gripe about. Minor details, big problems, there’s always something.

They’re an “always something” service. Yes, there are products you can’t get elsewhere. Yes, the price is often cheaper. Yes, they’re easier to use than others. But they simply fail at the simple task of actually fulfilling your order more often than not. I’ve stopped thinking about where to move my purchases to simply starting to reconsider whether I need a particular thing in the first place. It’s pretty much the only way you can get off these services :( That, and being infuriated over and over and over again by the inadequacy of the service.

Freedom is my top feeling too! I was so, SO miserable on Windows. Every task felt like a chore. Haven’t felt that way on Bazzite once, even if some things take an extra step here and there!

I am loving, loving KDE and Bazzite. It feels like such a mature operating system compared to ol’ Windows :D

I didn’t much care for the student council focus either. I did like the show up til that point, though, and while I heard there’s going to be more of the council shenanigans in the next season, I’m still going to give it a go. If it’s more of the first half of the season, then might as well watch, and if it’s more of the second half, then it’s a drop.

Same, great update, happened a few times already and I’ve only been on Linux for two months.

One thing I love about swapping OS is that over the past two months, I’ve already seen 10 or so patches to the OS that have legitimately made my experience better. On Windows, everything just got progressively worse with each upgrade. It makes me hopeful for the future instead of despondent!

I’ve definitely seen people do it successfully. Mending Wall exists, too, though I’m not sure if it applies here.

You could go straight for, too, 5 if you like the setting at all compared to the others. There’s a sidequel called New Dawn for 5, too. It’s nice.

Absolutely second Singularity - it’s a game very much in the vein of Half-Life 2 and BioShock. Almost as good, if not quite, but rather quite forgotten. Loved it when it came out.