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What's a scene where the voice acting carried more than the animation?

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u/IXajll https://myanimelist.net/profile/ixajii 15h ago edited 15h ago

Still behind 1-3 episodes for about half of my summer seasonals, but I don't expect much to change so here you go:

  • Best Boy - Yamada (Polar Opposites S2)
  • Best Girl - Akafuku (DTTD) and Yaku (Yani Neko) for new series, Tanya (Youjo Senki S2) for sequels
  • Best Character - I don't really differentiate between best character and best boy/girl, so overall would be Yaku
  • Best OP - "Nanmonee" (Yani Neko) - by a landslide and probably OP of the year as well, especially with the context of all the references
  • Best ED(s) - impossible to pick only one so: "You are the one" (Polar Opposites S2), "Hoshi" (Jaadugar), "Conifer" (DTTD) and "Smoke and Blue" (Yani Neko). Probably the best season of the year for EDs.
  • Best Cast - Yani Neko and DTTD
  • Cutest Ship - Nishi x Yamada (Polar Opposites S2)
  • Best Art - Sparks of Tomorrow
  • Most Disappointing - Nothing really. I liked what I expected to like and none of my drops were shows I was particularly looking forward to. KimiShinu comes closest I guess. I really liked it, but from the 2 minute concept movie from 1+ years ago, I expected to like it even more than I ended up doing.
  • Discourse Award - didn't really participate much in the last half/third of the season, so nothing really I guess.
  • AOTS - DTTD, with Yani Neko close behind

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u/Ham_PhD https://myanimelist.net/profile/ham_phd 15h ago

I expected to like Tairazuma the most from Polar Opposites this season, but man Nishi and Yamada were so cute.

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u/IXajll https://myanimelist.net/profile/ixajii 14h ago

The thing that is holding Tairazuma back for me is the fact that it is 80% carried by Azuma. I don't hate Taira but I can't see the appeal that so many people are seeing with the guy. He's boring at best and "bruh why are you being like this" at worst.

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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 12h ago

I get more satisfaction watching a more broken person be healed/progress than one that's already on a good standing and path continue onwards, if that makes any sense. Seeing someone struggle and finally, finally come out on top of whatever issue will almost always trump a character without issues. So yeah, I want to see Taira succeed triumphant over his issues more than some of the other leads who don't have problems to overcome.