Happy Holidays! (and upcoming schedule thoughts) (Patreon)
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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and soon to be Happy New Year!
With Dan Da Dan ending its half-season this week and Arcane ending in a few weeks, there's some big shoes to fill.
Here's what I'm thinking:
This week will be a normal week (no post today, decided to just rest on Christmas and resume tomorrow) with Arcane and Re: Zero (x2) still to come.
Next week will be a bit light (Arcane + Re: Zero (x2) and no Dan Da Dan) because I have to do a visa run.
After that I think it's a good time to do some movie catchup. I'm definitely going to watch the Haikyuu movie, and I'm also thinking about Look Back, but not sure. Let me know in the comments if that's something you'd like to see. The Fruits Basket movie is also WAYYY overdue.
Next I want to start Assassination Classroom. It's on that list of LONG recommended shows that I have yet to watch, plus it auto-played after I finished One Punch Man so I'll take that as a divine hint.
Once Arcane finishes, I think a slice-of-life show (or just non action / hero related) would be best, but I'd like to put that to a vote. Anything is fine, live-action or animated, from any country. I can make the poll from previous choices, but of course I also always welcome your recommendations.
From there we can take it as it comes. There are a lot of shows coming back for new seasons or movies next year, so I can add to the schedule as that happens as usual. There are also some highly anticipated new shows, of which I am particularly excited for Lazarus :D
A side note for anyone interested: This course of action was quite difficult for me, by far the hardest since I started the channel. I think that's just a necessary consequence of watching great things faster than they can come out. I deliberated on this for a while, and initially I thought it might be the best time to dip back into live action. The only thing is... there really isn't anything that stands out to me as an obvious, must-watch choice that I haven't already seen. I'm not sure why that is exactly. Side side discussion but it seems like there haven't been any real huge cultural TV events for quite some time, though it could be that I'm just out of touch (very likely). Where are the Breaking Bads and the Game of Thrones? (I know about House of the Dragon but it doesn't seem to have the same unified cultural significance as its predecessor). Is it streaming services? Are we all "withdrawing into our own small gated community, afraid of a larger forum, staying inside their our little ponds, leaking whatever "truth" suits us into the growing cesspool of society at large," like the MGS2 Patriots predicted? Are we neither clashing nor meshing? Where is the clashing and meshing???
Side side note, I actually was thinking One Piece would be amazing right now and, despite the con of being extremely long, has the positive element of predictability and stability (for a really long time). But I've heard there's a newer version coming, so it makes more sense to wait for that.
Anyway, this is the plan for now!
Thank you for all of the wonderful comments and support this year. It means the world to me, more than I could ever express with the power of all my yapping abilities combined.
Love you all and I wish you all a happy holiday season, and joy, success, meaning, personal fulfillment, all the good stuff for 2025!
TLDR:
Limited schedule next week
Haikyuu movie and maybe more movies
Assassination Classroom
Slice of life show chosen by voting
Please: Let me know if you are interested in Look Back, and your recommendations for slice of life shows.
Best wishes, love