Picking a swing state governor is the safest bet.

1. Gretchen Whitmer (MI gov)
2. PA gov?
3. ?

Candidates that would still potentially lose, ordered by losing odds.

1. 
2. 
3. Gruesome Gavin (California governor)

All these options fundamentally suck, but Dems have options for their kind of voter.

You forgot Gunbuster and Diebuster.

The kind of gay one and the gayer one

Yeah its also hard to when you’re crying so many tears at what’s happening.

The whole sequence, cutting to our Soviet queen crying, the final shout from Noriko

It’s just so worth it.

Good luck! If you want a hint

Did you get the item that allows you to double jump?

There’s like 3 rooms the kangaroo rotates between, not a bug.

There’s a few exceptions, but there is a real issue with writing good endings in anime/manga

Anime endings are so rarely good.

Gainax had some crazy magic that made them create amazing endings running out of budget (Gunbuster b/w, Eva).

This is the exception though, most anime endings are at best mids.

Back in the day this was because mangas were ongoing so you’d get a thrown together anime ending.

Nowadays though, I couldn’t tell you why.

The girl who lept through time is low key heartbreaking (though romance isn’t the only part of it). It’s one that always got me very emotional, and the ending really guts you.

The old school (very old school, 20yrs old for some of these now) Kyoto Animation eroge adaptations (Air, Kanon, Clannad) all had a lot of melancholy, though they’re all blurred together in my memory and I can’t remember which was the real tearjerker.

Perhaps not as tragic, but melancholic to the core is Whisper of the Heart, a really good Ghibli film that foregrounds the romance.

Like @Cromalin@hexbear.net , I also have to every time emphasize Gunbuster and Diebuster. They’re mecha anime, but focused on the characters and like utena, the main relationships (especially in Diebuster) make me cry every time.

At least she acknowledges the workers, etc at the end and lays it at the feet of the corporate arm, but yeah I was waiting for the turn and it never came.

In many ways, Moloch is more appropriate. Mammon effaces the real blood sacrifice of capitalist society.

Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei, Season 1 (2007, 12 Episodes) - This show apparently was a darling of weebs a decade ago, and it is not hard to see why. Edgyness, egregious fanservice, a cynical attitude towards society so typical of the 90s and apparently the 2000s too. The show provides critique that can sometimes hit at the core of the problem (including anticapitalist critique), and at the same time mock people who seek to do something about it. It’s hit and miss, but undeniably interesting. The unique artstyle, the music, the Maeda cameos are bonuses

Great write up. I was watching it when it came out in college (I am one of those weebs). I’m so glad it’s still holding up, and I want to just say it’s the masterpiece of SHAFT/Shinbo style. If you are a Madoka fan, this show is required viewing.

I’m mostly watching delicious in dungeon, which remains solid.

Manga, I’ve been keeping up with the Oshi no Ko manga, which remains interesting. Also Kill Six Billion Demons, which is about to go on hiatus.

I also recently powered through the finished Jitsu wa Watashi wa which, as far as high school romcoms go, is funny and cute. Pretty solid concept as well. The authors new manga (Kesa Mo Yuraretemasu) is good, has the potential to be really fun, but comes out at a snails pace.

Aside from that, I’ve been meaning to marathon Frierin, but I need to VPN, etc.

DAbsolutely GOATED voice cast. Yukarin, Mai Nakahara, kira Yamato…

K1 such a legend

Fantasia actually slaps.

Kara no Kyoukai is great, definitely worth your time

If you like Gurren Lagann and Eva, you need to go back to the well for both (and in some ways kill la kill as well): Gunbuster.

It will have Gainax fan service. It will also have an ending that really delivers.

Then you can watch Diebuster.

Seriously though, Gunbuster is and will be an all time great. One of the rare anime with a truly affecting ending.

Sort of like an moment

Or maybe I’m totally wrong. idk, because I don’t want to watch 40 hours of miserably nihilist murder porn written by someone who pretty obviously hates humanity.

No, you’re not wrong. It’s at best . And as we know, libs are just the moderate fascists.

The anime tried to be a bit more critical of Eren, but it’s ultimately very “nothing REALLY matters” lib/libertarian coded. The fact that even Eren’s genocide doesn’t actually do anything is a silly fucking cherry on top of a silly series.