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Too much I got sucked into from being comic related, along with BBT/Young Sheldon, The Orville, and soon to be Brooklyn Nine Nine again. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (my rewatch caught up to the current season. Apparently I'll finish that before the next one arrives, even watching weekly still) Arrow Black Lightning Daredevil (Dang it, Netflix) Gotham Legends of Tomorrow The Flash The Gifted Riverdale Supergirl I don't care enough about movies in general but should be going to see Aquaman this Tuesday (or Wednesday). I've heard enough about it to make me think it probably won't be great, but sure as hell better than Justice League.

You can set it to making votes public, but is seems that that was not done for this poll, as I can't do that. I noticed that you can't seem to take back votes too (but didn't quite notice there was no indication of what you yourself vote for until now), and I thought this was going to be about the number of choices in a given question, but I was very pleasantly surprised. ? I guess the pizza one was partly that.

Nico Yazawa (Love Live!) Ruby Kurosawa (Love Live!) Seira Otoshiro (Aikatsu!) Yurika Tōdō (Aikatsu!) Kirara Hanazono (Aikatsu Stars!) Ria Arisu (AKB49: Renai Kinshi Jourei) Ruka Suirenji (Hayate the Combat Butler) Momo Kisaragi (Kagerou Project) Sasame Mitsukuri (Music Girls) Maya Yamato (BanG Dream!) Laala Manaka (PriPara) Dorothy West (PriPara) I figured manga would probably be allowed anyway if brought up, and I did think of what I'm nominating now, but I didn't see her getting far, compared to anyone else that is up there for me. I'm still gonna give it a go this time, I guess because I'm a masochist. ? And sucks, I like Monochrome, but I never found her or her series that great exactly. Just enjoyable. Certainly a step up from the 1 other idol short I watched (Million Doll), though.

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To me, they seemed very out there, but honestly, too out there to care about most of them, that much is true. I enjoyed Kikkawa's, but after that, it still kept me coming back I guess, because I at least didn't find them bland. I was however glad when they were on their own again, and those aspects you are talking about truly began creeping up once more. But that's just it, it still took a while to get back up to what made it so good, so people will definitely check out.

Melon? I only seem a very inviting burg- uh AHHH! IT'S EATING M Welcome to NCM! Don't mind me, I've just be replaced by a very suspiciously similar looking thing person.

lol, around that time and a little after it, I feel like they introduced so many different "teams" and environments, and more drastic things happened to the team (if you know about the first 3 volumes, you kind of get the idea), that it couldn't possibly feel like a drag, but a little before then, definitely.

So what's it like for you guys? For me, I have a top 5, though a couple of them are only 2018 in terms of the English release and were only released the year before otherwise, I'm thinking it is fair to count them. And 1 of them happens to take my top spot... 1. BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Yes, this is a mobile game, but I feel like the fact that it has so little distinct characters themselves for what is essentially a gatcha game is a remarkable feet. All the development on just them really does it wonders. The way that the Rhythm game aspect emulates the look of other band games very well and doesn't have you playing so many times on 1 difficulty to for sure get all the rewards, which was a good part of what burned me on SIF... 2. Dragalia Lost Yes, this is a mobile game, but I feel like the way they incorporated Action RPG mechanics into a gatcha game was unique at the time for me. Maybe I've learned of it not being quite the case by now, but that type of gameplay instead of tap whatever I've seen so many times combined with the way the story totally did keep me into it is some good stuff. It isn't technically available for me... but the JP app through certain means seems to have an English option? I tried using JP voices but it seems like it just went to English anyway, weird. 3. Celeste If it wasn't for mobile games somehow being enjoyable enough for me to sink as much time as I did, an indie title would have taken it for me this year, and I never saw that coming. Still, story of the year, by a mile. 4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Words. 5. The Alliance Alive I was just so enthralled by that art style ever since playing the Legend of Legacy demo and finding out this was a thing coming to Japan, waiting all that time for it to even get announced for an English release, the premise appealing me at least a little more at a glance, by now I can say a lot more in general. I should be so close to the end, but various reasons have prevented me from having as much entertainment time for a bit. Potentially can get back on track now. And there you have it! I've heard far more talk on Smash than anything else this year, followed closely by Let's Go, but it didn't win the "true" game of the year, so I'm interested in you guys' thoughts. Didn't intend to write this much, but the fact that I had to choose 2 mobile games over anything else deserves some explanation.

So Grimgar, read up to part 2 of volume 13. If it wasn't so far past the anime the last time I talked about it, it sure is now.

I personally don't think Pastel Life was that up to snuff, Garupa Pico was much better quality. Probably the thing I'm next most interested in watching, but not a sure thing like the others. The idea of it felt right up my alley when it got announced, and unfortunately haven't checked out Plastic Memories yet. Tfw I notice I'm commenting on 2 things with Pastel in their name only just as I hit post.

I like how much it looks like the game. The animation, as I've said, though, oof. In agreement with how big a downgrade it is compared to everything else.

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Hello Striker, I hope it can for the most part too (since I noticed one thing ruins that already). I was getting active too late to ever really notice what happened, but you were a nice guy in the years that followed, I find.

Christmas and the days celebrating it were a fun time. The week after, New Years was enjoyable. The week after (tomorrow), I'll be celebrating my mother's birthday, but seems as though the school she works at ended winter break like, today, so dunno why I think that has anything to do with the holidays, it's just that close.

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meh nemn ish nickel lo ther

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