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        1. Hey so Summer 2020's over. Here are takes. About anime. I'm trying to make this a seasonal thing, but obviously this is my first time doing this. I DON'T RATE SHOWS OUT OF 10. I use a custom rating system tailored for this purpose: docs.google.com/document/d/1hsaEOm4qLu25Tikv-_7uZuoYgv0VKN-vp0mvxLaB3Xw/edit?usp=sharing
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        Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Enjoyment: Did Not Enjoy Coherence: Passing Grade Politics: Inoffensive
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    The God of High School Enjoyment: Enjoyed Coherence: Passing Grade... ish Politics: Inoffensive
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      Imagine for a second you wrote a story that gained a bit of an underground following. Then you get lucky and an anime studio is interested in turning your story into anime. They'll even let you have a huge amount of sway over how the story turns out. There's just one catch...
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        You don't get nearly enough episodes to adapt your story. What would you do? GOHS is, at its core, a story about three friends who love martial arts and want to be good at martial arts. It seems like the creative team for this show wanted to focus on that, over all else...
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          ...even if it meant parts of the story would straight up not make sense because of all the cuts. I can't say the end result didn't suffer because of it. But a good story rests at the core of this one at the end of the day. I'll defend this show when others won't.
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            Rent-a-Girlfriend Enjoyment: Did Not Enjoy Coherence: Incomprehensible Politics: Straight to Hell
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              Oh my God. What. No.
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                What an absolute disaster of a fucking show. What a train wreck. I would burn every copy of the Kanojo Okarishimasu manga if I had the physical ability to do so.
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                  No one who watches the show even likes it? They like the promise of Kazuya's character arc (it's never coming, btw) and they like simping for one of the four girls. The show itself has no merit, other than being an extraordinarily creepy incel fantasy
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                    Sword Art Online Season III Part II Enjoyment: Enjoyed Coherence: Passing Grade Politics: Pretty Progressive
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                      I mean... it's SAO, right? If you didn't like SAO or SAO II or the movie. If you didn't like the light novels. If you're one of those people who think SAO Abridged "fixes" SAO and that Kawahara Reki doesn't know how to write a story to save his life... you won't like this either
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                        But, I think for people who are willing to be open minded the show has a lot to offer. The show successfully makes the thematic case that virtual and fictional worlds can be just as impactful as the "real" world.
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                          The story doesn't always make sense but the emotional beats land. And it even got in some anti-imperialism towards the end. It's a deeply flawed yet still underrated series. I can't stan every scene but I do dig it.
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                            Deca Dence Enjoyment: Enjoyed Coherence: Coherent Politics: Basically Theory *Mo Black Seal of Approval 🎺🎺🎊*
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                              I fucking love this show. It was the highlight of my September. Natsume is my legal child I love her. After seeing The God of High School struggle to use 13 episodes effectively, this show is written with that size in mind and it shows.
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                                The show is a fantastic and emotional look into leftist radicalization: the process by which someone becomes disillusioned with the system and decides to work to take it down.
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                                  It's filled with themes of teamwork, acceptance, oppression, revolution, friendship... basically everything I've ever asked for in an anime. I will never forget this show, especially in this moment in time politically. Good fucking shit. Watch it. Watch it now
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                                    Fire Force Season 2 (part 1) Enjoyment: Enjoyed Coherence: Sloppy Politics: Inoffensive...ish
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                                      This show isn't well-written and it doesn't have much to say about anything. It's kind of creepy and objectifying with its female characters However it still somehow defied my expectations this season.
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                                        You have to understand I dropped this show. I was going to do a treatise on it and then it just lost my interest. I had to finish Season 1 before starting this. And yet, it's won enough good will to encourage me to keep watching.
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                                          Not enough for me to call it a "good" show or to recommend it. But enough to stick around.
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                                            The Misfit of Demon Academy Enjoyed: Did Not Enjoy Coherence: Incomprehensible Politics: Straight to Hell
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                                              Rent-a-Girlfriend is lucky this show exists. Otherwise I would boldly claim that show is not only the worst Summer 2020 shows, but one of the worst things I've ever seen in my life. This show easily takes the cake in how garbage it is.
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                                                In terms of pure quality, I'm sure there are worse shows than Misfit out there, but a lot of those are bad because they're corporate products designed by committee (Conception) or made by a spiteful asshole who just wants to hurt people (Terra Formars)
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                                                  This show is weirdly earnest. It wants to be this grand, inspiring, anti-racist tale for the ages. But instead its one of the most patronizing, self-aggrandizing, shallow, illogical, and racist things I've ever watched. My hate for this show knows no bounds, really
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                                                    Re:Zero Season 2 (part 1) Enjoyment: Did Not Enjoy Coherence: Sloppy Politics: Reactionary
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                                                      Seeing how me not liking Re:Zero has become kind of a meme, I want to make my blurb here a bit more nuanced.
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                                                            sorry for deleting, I wanted to reword some things