User blog comment:Miskos3/Spring 2017 - FT Wiki in Anime/@comment-4449950-20170618000706

Funnily enough I only watched SnK and BokuNo as well XD

In regards to SnK... I dunno. I have such mixed feelings about the series as a whole, and my more negative outlook certainly isn't helped by the fact that it seems everyone on the internet sans haters seem to think this series in the bees knees. I'm not going to say the series is overrated but it is definitely overhyped.

I didn't like this season as much as the first, but only because everything I didn't like about S1 is still around and there were a few parts I thought were worse. I agree the soundtrack wasn't too great, or perhaps I felt it just wasn't utilised in the best way. The direction imo wasn't as tight as the first season, the dramatic moments didn't hit as hard I felt, and some of this season was so slow I wanted to cry. I hated that almost every episode needed a flashback of sorts, I hated that they took Eren out of the first half (no, this is a good thing, I hate Eren) but then faffed about killing off side characters introduced at the start of the episode to "build tension" for the main cast. I hated that EVERY FUCKING EPISODE had to end on a cliffhanger.

To positives though, and I liked that Eren was taken out of the first half of the anime. I liked that we got to see the Armoured Titan again because that design is so fucking kick-ass. I loved the OP, I liked the background art a lot, and I liked the way they animated the Beast Titan moving and that whole character in general.

But... I still have all the same problems I had with S1. I am literally only watching this anime for the spectacle. It's got big action scenes and dundunDUN style mysteries and stuff like that. But the characters, lord I can't think of one I actually LIKE. Maybe Jean? Maybe he's the only one that hasn't pissed me off at some point? Eren is such a bad protagonist and Mikasa... lord I can't stand her, she literally only has two characteristics of "look I can do badassy action things so that makes me a well-written, strong female lead (NOT!)" and "EREN!". She is so 2D I can't take it. And the rest of the cast... just... I dunno I feel like there so much *drama* *sparkles* They're always... running around yelling dramatically, eating dramatically, giving long pointless speeches dramatically. I can't think of one character I can point to and say, "That one. That one has good character development".

And I know, a big part of SnK is the spectacle and stuff like that. And I get that, and I appreciate that. I enjoyed the big fights and transformations as much as the next person and SnK is great at doing things like this. But I don't respect the characters at all, and that creates problems for me. Take the last episode for example, when Eren's trying to transform. It's meant to be a super sad and powerful moment, and all "Oh I can't save anyone I need to grow" and I was laughing. I kid you not when he was biting himself and going "what?" I started laughing and thinking, "Ah, man you suck hahahaha!" These characters mean nothing to me, and that's why I can't enjoy SnK as much as I should. Fuck, I find the "bad guys" far more interesting to watch and I actually want them to win, which I don't think is the mindset the author was trying to create. Sympathy for the bad guys maybe, but not wanting them to win .-.

So yeah, I dunno. I will watch S3 because I gave up on the manga shortly after this arc, but who knows what I'll think :/ Solid 6.5-7-ish/10 for me.

BokuNo is good so far. Haven't seen today's ep, but I've enjoyed the series so far enough. It's kinda just fun, though I can't get 100% into it. Probably because it's a shounen and I've been burnt one to many times with them. Not BokuNo's fault though, that's on me.

Bakugo is still the worst character I have seen in a long time though. I cannot even begin to describe how much I hate his character and everything about him. Honestly, he must just combine every character trait I loathe into one, because he ticks me off in every single way imaginable. IceFireGuy is also kinda meh on my radar, but Deku continues to impress me and I adore All Might with a passion. Honestly, this season gets +1 rating just for All Might being such a great character.

Yeah, I don't have much to say on this one. I'm just enjoying it and I'll see how it wraps up next season. Hopefully well. Will rate when it finishes.

I also saw A Silent Voice a little while back. I ceebs typing out too much here, but I thought it was pretty good. I got super pissed off though at the movie's sort of "ah youth" tone and the way it presented the themes because the manga was so much better in this sense. Some of the adaptation choices also pissed me off greatly. Overall it was a nice watch and I'd recommend it but if you come out feeling like something in the plot/characters/tone was a little... off, it's because it was. Read the manga instead in this case. 7/10

Lel, I have no idea what I'm watching next season, if anything .-.