[Meatball Edition] 20 Slightly Fun Days of Anime/Manga

6. Best scene you have seen (link if possible)

Mai-Hime's final battle. I have no link so I'll go for the second best.

It doesn't have the whole scene but meh. (Spoilers for Gintama episode 142).
Proof that some shounen anime still manage not to make female characters utterly useless.






7. Anime/manga with best concept
Death Parade is one of the anime I found out had an original concept and managed to pull it off without ruining the entire series. I'm not going to elaborate on it because it might be a tiny, bit spoilerish.
There's also a one-episode anime (from the Mirai Project) called Harmonie which I found extremely interesting, I recommend everyone to watch it. It saddens me that they haven't made a full anime about it since it has a lot of potential. It's about people reconnecting in a dream world of sorts (that represents a completely different world from reality) that can be accessed through a song one of the protagonists knows but isn't sure where she learned it. Just watch it, it will be worth your time.  


8. Anime/manga with best character cast
Gintama. It has tons of characters and even so 90% of them avoid being cliché in any shape of form. That's great character making if you ask me.

9. Anime/manga with best art style
Manga: Wild and Horned Hermit. I absolutely love that art-style. (I love Aki Eda's as well but Aya Azuma takes the cake for me).

Anime: I have no idea. Most anime look pretty much the same to me with different levels of lens flare. I like what INU CURRY do, though, even though that doesn't constitute as "art style" per se.


10. Best anime soundtrack
Mai-Hime, Noir, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Pandora Hearts? I'm not really sure, but Yuki Kajiura is the common denominator here.


11. Best villain character (including anti-heroes characters)
Psycho-Pass's Shugo Makishima, by far. His motivations are actually logical, if it wasn't for his extreme actions at times, you'd be confused as to who was actually the villain of the series. He has a very cool and logical demeanor, likes to observe how people act and push them a bit to see if certain factors motivate people to do things differently. There are no dark motives behind his actions and he doesn't fight to conquer the world or to achieve more power and that alone is a plus.



12. An anime/manga world that you would like to live in?
Gensokyo.
Ok, humm... Kemono no Souja Eirin's world? But they're at war so... I dunno, at least it would be a colorful fantasy world with flying monsters and different animal life. (I'd prefer Gensokyo, though. Even though we had Youkai at least we had the spell card rules to save our butt.)


13. Most overrated/underrated anime/manga

Most over rated anime: Sword Art Online, by far. The plot is average at best, despite having tons of characters only Kirito and Asuna are ever relevant. Asuna is supposedly a kickass sword dancer, get's relegated to useless, damsel in distress the moment she falls for Kirito, Kirito is a Gary Stue who's OP because the author says so and everyone falls for him because he probably uses Axe deodorant or something. The remaining characters are absolutely uni-dimensional, uninteresting and/or have a copy-paste sob story that can seem to be interesting at first, but you can be certain that they'll make Kirito look like a martyr by comparison anyway, even if it makes no sense. But look! We have shiny battle scenes with Yuki Kajiura kickass themes so this anime is the best thing since sliced bread!

Most underrated anime: Kemono no Souja Erin. What, you never heard of it? Yeah, that's how underrated it is. It tells a story of a little girl back till she's an adult, you see how much she grows through a plot full of heartwarming and heartbreaking moments, as the gets pitched to the middle of a war because she has a gift few have, a gift many will try to turn into a weapon. The anime looks like a kid anime at first, with simplistic art style, but believe me, it has a lot of depth and it will make you think. It's one of those anime I'm glad to have given it a second chance.

14. An anime/manga that you enjoyed as a child and still do now
Montana Jones. Hey, they have an episode about Portugal!


15. A decision a character made that you would definitely choose differently
If I was Shinji, I would've gotten inside the freakin' robot. You freakin' wuss.
No, seriously, if I was Madoka, I'd wish for free, unadulterated entropy for everyone. There, problem, fixed lulz.

16. Is there any resemblance/pattern in the characters you like?
Apparently, I tend to like blond characters who are energetic, cheerful, funny, sometimes a bit violent but caring nonetheless. *Looks at Marisa, Miyako (Hodamari Sketch) and Yang (RWBY).*


17. Your favorite piece of fanwork for your answer in first question
I have no idea what is my favorite one, but I love this one.

Source.

14. An anime/manga that you enjoyed as a child and still do now

Fruit Basket and Yuki no Joou.

15. A decision a character made that you would definitely choose differently

Why you depart and leave your friends all of a sudden like that, Loki ;~;

16. Is there any resemblance/pattern in the characters you like?

Intelligent, perceptive, strong characters with gentle mannerisms, sense of humour and hidden stories.

17. Your favorite piece of fanwork for your answer in first question

tfw Pandora Hearts has like next to none good fanarts and fanfictions.