My torn to shreds fig tree.

They are genuinely the best birds ever. And their chicks are so adorably fluffy with down.

I was expecting an exhaustive list of our fauna Luke! ;)

Do you know how sick I was of hearing about “feeding the quokkas” at Rottnest Island every bloody week at Show and Tell for the first five years of primary school? Fuck quokkas and the not-remotely joeys that they are.

No love for the Kookaburra? They’re at least less likely to kill you than a Cockatoo, who can be nasty buggers at times. Plus, kookaburras are fucking loyal. We once rescued a kookaburra, and its entire family—eventually three generations—started coming to our house for lamb every morning and evening. We tried…

The anime heightens everything about the manga. It’s genuinely beautifully animated and more cleverly framed and directed than the choices made by the mangaka. The story is solid, but the anime makes the experience better.

Oh yes, were it not for the writing, I too would have just dumped it in with all the other anime detailing centuries-old artforms set in the immediate post-WWII era, the preferred period for anime. What on earth are you talking about? Rakugo is literally one of two anime listed on MAL that deal with rakugo, and one of…

OMG YES!!! GEN 7 HERE WE COME! MAGEARNA OVERDRIVE !

One person sitting in one spot and talking for-fucking-ever. Really riveting stuff Morie. :P

Because SAO was an incredibly popular series and thus is a useful point of comparison. You are right though, it wasn’t that good. The Aincrad arc, and Mother’s Rosario were maybe the best it’s been. Then again, LH S2 was also a major decline in what made the first season good. I personally like Grimgar more than…

If you haven’t enjoyed it after four episodes, it probably isn’t the show for you.

I personally don’t mind the writing: it’s not nearly as on the nose as some series, like SAO, but obviously not as well-written as say Rakugo. My main issue is the “roaming camera” honestly. That said, if you like the idea of watching a…

By and large an excellent list Richard, but if we are talking about “must watch”, I would also include Grimgar (though flawed, it is how I wished SAO would have been like, and it is stunning), Tabi Machi Late Show (which is a really poignant reflection on life), and Sekkou Boys (because it’s a boy band of marble…

Yes, you being so wrong about this makes me violently sick too.

If we’re going to play, let’s be serious about this shall we?

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Steel/Fairy for sure.

Man-Made Pokémon? I present to you Magiana.

I was pretty invested from the beginning honestly. I immediately found the idea of following players who are actually pretty terrible and overwhelmed. in this MMO-style world fascinating. The focus on character building is what sold me on it. You are right though, it is a slow thrill, and I really am sad that we’re…

I swear to you that Erased and Rakugo are immediately gripping. Erased is is enthralling thanks to its realistic, subtle, portrayal of people and the central murder mystery/time-travel conceit. Rakugo is a character piece entirely and so admittedly if you’re not into something like Mad Men or Better Call Saul it might…

Well all I can say is that Erased is one of the most beautifully animated and directed murder mysteries in recent years and Rakugo is simply captivating human drama that explores an area rarely touched by anime/manga.

To its credit, Grimgar has averted any notion of harem and is really focussed on struggling…