Watching Ancient Magus Bride now from your recommendation! I had it on the back burner for a while. Five episodes in, it’s good. Still curious what exactly will happen, there’s not too much of an actual plot. But I’m fine with it even if it goes on like this.
Hell yeah lets goooo! Finally managed to convince someone. In my case I love the contrast between the laid back chill moments and the more dramatic/action filled moments, so yeah, often plot takes the backseat. I hope it stays good for you till the end!
Finished the first season now. It’s really good - I especially love the soundtrack and the calm nature of the first half. It sorta reminds me of the first half of Frieren (before Frieren’s second half which turns into shonen fight stuff 🙄). The second half is really sad… it feels like everything is going wrong all the time and there’s not really a nice resolution. It feels like the characters are struggling a lot but not managing to fix things despite it. It’s kinda sad and frustrating.
I’m really a sucker for happy endings so this style doesn’t really leave me satisfied. It’s not that it ended sadly per se but I wouldn’t exactly call it a happy ending either. How would you say the second season compares?
I have yet to watch the second season since I think the animation is absolutely beautiful and want to see it at its height from a BD rip. Its been a while since I watched it but I remember it ending in a hopeful tone, even if all problems weren’t solved it still seemed like it would mostly work out with time. Contrasts are really central in this series I feel, from chill and happy to sad and hopeless, nothing captures that more than the exquisite soundtrack no doubt!
I can however recommend the two OVAS that come after the second season (tho one is a prequel), those were pretty nice too!
Btw, it makes me seriously happy that not only you took my recommendation but also really liked it so thank you very much
I’ll probably give season 2 a shot. As far as I gather, it’s almost caught up with the manga? I’m kinda considering to just read it but maybe I’ll go for the anime if it’s close to caught up anyway.
Btw have you watched Steins;Gate? Perhaps now that I’ve humoured your suggestion, you could humour mine :)
So here is the thing, I heard about it but, I tried to watch it 3 times. Every single time I get to episode like 4 and Im bored out of my mind, and I haaaate the main character.
Ah okay haha. It’s important to like the main character as he’s in every scene of the whole thing basically.
I will say… it kind of intentionally makes him annoying at the start, which makes for some good development of his character later. But he won’t change completely I suppose. It does start slow, but it will really take off if you get about half-way, and I mean really take off. The first half and the second half are markedly different. You have to enjoy the mystery and just the interactions between the characters as a kind of slice-of-life thing in the start of the anime.
It’s alright, maybe it just isn’t your genre or your thing. Still my personal favourite of all time, but I am a sucker for that kind of story.
I do wanna try it again, maybe. Its just really difficult getting past that start. From what I know about Steins Gate, you might like Summer Timer Render, its the same theme I think, and unlike Steins Gate, you will know if you gonna enjoy it from the first episode
It’s a little slow and unevenly paced, but overall I do solidly enjoy it. There are some really great characters and arcs and I especially loved Elias trying to make friends. My girlfriend absolutely loves this show as well, so it’s something everyone can watch and enjoy I think.
I may be misremembering on the pacing. I do remember liking season 2 more, though at first when I saw they were going to magic school I was worried what direction things were going to go in, but I really enjoyed Chise making friends and Elias’s attempts and the accompanying adventure. The school felt like a real place, not just an excuse to do magic things.
I’ve seen some comments here saying they didn’t when Frieren took a diversion to magic school, and I felt the same at first again, but I think they did enough unique things with it as well.
I keep recommending Ancient Magus Bride. Nobody watches…
It’s a seriously good anime with some slice of life and drama, an amazing magical world and SUPER GOOD SOUNDTRACK
If anyone reading this watches it, I beg of you, please tell me what you thought
Watched them all, subbed as they came out, dubbed for seconds.
Also:
Apothecary Diaries
Cool, did you like them? Im waiting on the BD for apothecary diaries but heard its really good
Dug both (Ancient Magus Bride & Apothecary Diaries). About ready to watch them again.
And I want to intern at an apothecary.
Damn this western medicine!Watching Ancient Magus Bride now from your recommendation! I had it on the back burner for a while. Five episodes in, it’s good. Still curious what exactly will happen, there’s not too much of an actual plot. But I’m fine with it even if it goes on like this.
Hell yeah lets goooo! Finally managed to convince someone. In my case I love the contrast between the laid back chill moments and the more dramatic/action filled moments, so yeah, often plot takes the backseat. I hope it stays good for you till the end!
Finished the first season now. It’s really good - I especially love the soundtrack and the calm nature of the first half. It sorta reminds me of the first half of Frieren (before Frieren’s second half which turns into shonen fight stuff 🙄). The second half is really sad… it feels like everything is going wrong all the time and there’s not really a nice resolution. It feels like the characters are struggling a lot but not managing to fix things despite it. It’s kinda sad and frustrating.
I’m really a sucker for happy endings so this style doesn’t really leave me satisfied. It’s not that it ended sadly per se but I wouldn’t exactly call it a happy ending either. How would you say the second season compares?
I have yet to watch the second season since I think the animation is absolutely beautiful and want to see it at its height from a BD rip. Its been a while since I watched it but I remember it ending in a hopeful tone, even if all problems weren’t solved it still seemed like it would mostly work out with time. Contrasts are really central in this series I feel, from chill and happy to sad and hopeless, nothing captures that more than the exquisite soundtrack no doubt!
I can however recommend the two OVAS that come after the second season (tho one is a prequel), those were pretty nice too!
Btw, it makes me seriously happy that not only you took my recommendation but also really liked it so thank you very much
I’ll probably give season 2 a shot. As far as I gather, it’s almost caught up with the manga? I’m kinda considering to just read it but maybe I’ll go for the anime if it’s close to caught up anyway.
Btw have you watched Steins;Gate? Perhaps now that I’ve humoured your suggestion, you could humour mine :)
So here is the thing, I heard about it but, I tried to watch it 3 times. Every single time I get to episode like 4 and Im bored out of my mind, and I haaaate the main character.
Ah okay haha. It’s important to like the main character as he’s in every scene of the whole thing basically.
I will say… it kind of intentionally makes him annoying at the start, which makes for some good development of his character later. But he won’t change completely I suppose. It does start slow, but it will really take off if you get about half-way, and I mean really take off. The first half and the second half are markedly different. You have to enjoy the mystery and just the interactions between the characters as a kind of slice-of-life thing in the start of the anime.
It’s alright, maybe it just isn’t your genre or your thing. Still my personal favourite of all time, but I am a sucker for that kind of story.
I do wanna try it again, maybe. Its just really difficult getting past that start. From what I know about Steins Gate, you might like Summer Timer Render, its the same theme I think, and unlike Steins Gate, you will know if you gonna enjoy it from the first episode
It’s a little slow and unevenly paced, but overall I do solidly enjoy it. There are some really great characters and arcs and I especially loved Elias trying to make friends. My girlfriend absolutely loves this show as well, so it’s something everyone can watch and enjoy I think.
Thanks! Well, I actually like how it is paced, kinda keeps you guessing you know? Did you watch the extra stuff?
No, I was not aware of any extras.
I may be misremembering on the pacing. I do remember liking season 2 more, though at first when I saw they were going to magic school I was worried what direction things were going to go in, but I really enjoyed Chise making friends and Elias’s attempts and the accompanying adventure. The school felt like a real place, not just an excuse to do magic things.
I’ve seen some comments here saying they didn’t when Frieren took a diversion to magic school, and I felt the same at first again, but I think they did enough unique things with it as well.
I haven’t watched season 2 yet (waiting for BD release) so I stopped reading half way not to see any spoilers, but great to know you like it better!
After season 1 you can watch 2 OVAs:
https://anilist.co/anime/130713/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-Nishi-no-Shounen-to-Seiran-no-Kishi/
https://anilist.co/anime/21688/Mahoutsukai-no-Yome-Hoshi-Matsu-Hito/
They were pretty good, worth watching!
Ah, good, I was tempted to say a little more but held back. Lots of great stuff ahead if you havent seen it yet!