anime

https://myanimelist.net/anime/51859/Touken_Ranbu_Kai__Kyoden_Moyuru_Honnouji was the only new show that aired today

not translated, and not the kind of think anyone will care about

I only watched dekisoko because there is pretty much nothing for another two days

The only deviation from expected so far was Re:Monster

which was way worse than people thought it'd be

I thought Kami wa Game would be slightly more competent

oh right

I've already blocked that one from my mind

after the serious explanation of how an icebreaker card game was going to save the world

by asking the Avatar her blood type in the correct way

"I already know your name so I deliberately avoided picking those cards." "You're a genius!"

all while playing this thing where the players can clearly read the backs of the cards

tomorrow is a bartender show that I don't understand the audience for

stuff actually airs on thursday

did you ever watch the original Bartender?

no

My expectation is that the slow burn comfy atmosphere will not work as well in a modern format

and there are other shows; inspired by the original, that try to nail that atmosphere from different angles

Not counting metalic rogue ending, my next show is slime on friday

there's a reverse isekai on thursday that might be passible

here's a show for @Dane

no you should free the slave

elves belong in chains

6 hours remain

does this coincide with the CR price hike?

I think it's going to $100/year, but not till the end of the year??

idk, since it doesn't effect me I haven't really been tracking how much they're fucking over normies

yeah, $100-$150/year depenidng on your plan starts in Jan 2025

I think that's more than double what it was before

wasn't it $39.99/year?

~$55 per year yea

I remember it being around 2x a hike

Actually hilarious

I mean, I feel the same way about Netflix

I couldn't conceive of paying more than $100/year for a TV channel

Will make watching with friends a bit more annoying, but oh well.

CR doesn't have a in-built watchtogether thing do they?

that might accidentally add too much value

Not sure, I share an account and then watch with multiple people in person. I think almost every service has a CR app aswell

oh, in-person

icic

I thought you meant they had a watch party feature thing

or there was some 3rd party app that did watch-togethers

Yes, the rare occasion of leaving my home. The only watch together feature I've seen is, I think Amazon

Of course not Spooky, that would imply they put any more than the bare minimum into their product

CR does not do that

that's what I assumed Pika, just had to be sure

CR always seemed more interested in using their money on things besides their product

like HGS

High Guardian Spice beat me to it Leg

Beat me to it

For what it is worth, I did enjoy us watching HGS

we watched all of it if you count skpping from episode 2 to the last episode all of it

we made it through 4 whole episodes

HGS was not the worst thing we have ever watched

I'm sure if you didn't skip it would've soured your opinion further

Discords YT watch together is decent, though not perfect

Discords feels half-baked

I wouldn't mind it as much it I could log into an account to videos weren't blocked

Discord has the benifit of having monopolized internet communities from every other platform, so even if they release something half baked it is still a feature

CR is competing with piracy

which is always better

Big true Pika

Anime piracy especially

the most autistic dedicated people on the planet

Steam is the only online distributor that I think adds enough value that most people will not pirate

well, and a lot of people like spotify

music streaming hasn't crashed yet

it's a fine line

because musicians are making NOTHING anymore

anime streaming has never been good, and has never tried to be good, so it is always better to just pirate it

either from 9anime or torrenting

I had boomers at work talking about pirating today

because someone recommended an Apple+ show

I mean, im not as big of a fan, but is there much an anime website could add for value?

Watch 2 gether

Simulcast is minimum right

btw polar, 9anime has a watch 2 gether feature which is hilarious