Anime appreciation thread~!

I just binged Tokyo Ghoul and loved it. One of the quickest watches i've done. I don't get the massive hate it gets online, but from what i can tell it stems from comparisions to the masterpiece of the manga it apparently is. That is probably why i liked it so easily, i havent read the manga and dont really plan to.

My favorite character was Yoshimura for sure, but the show had a great cast of enojable characters to pick from. 

Plus both opening songs are amazing.. 

Now I'm almost finished with Nisemonogatari, and I would recommend not watching it. I didn't know this when I started Nisemonogatari, but it's pretty much the writer's take on fan service anime. I knew about the toothbrush scene (thought I hadn't until just recently experienced the extreme discomfort of actually watching the scene, which, with the setup for the scene, takes up all of a 25-minute episode), but I didn't know that the fan service was going to be so prevalent, first, and secondly that it was going to be at the expense of the plot. The long dialogue sequence the Monogatari series is known for is used for, instead of character development and plot development, simply humor and fan service. Only one or two things actually happen in each episode and sometimes nothing actually happens, which is why the series takes 7 episodes to get over the first arc when most of the arcs in Bakemonogatari took 2 or 3. The other thing is that the fan service is extremely uncomfortable and not okay, morally. It's a very frustrating series, especially considering what Bakemonogatari was, and if you are watching the Monogatari series, you wouldn't miss much if you skipped it. I only have a couple episodes left, so I'm going to see how it turns out, but, again, I wouldn't personally recommend it.

UPDATE: final thoughts on the first, third and fourth anime mentioned

1. Anime of the season for me. Hilarious comedy, setting the bar high for art and animation, and the action (even though kind of tedious which is understandable) was still to me engaging. Saitama could give less of a f**k regardless of any situation. Definitely "broken" as a character in that aspect.

3. It's fine for what it's worth, but it's probably my least favorite of what I watched this season. Wasn't really engaged and invested in this anime as the others, and some crucial plot points were handled poorly to me anyway.

4. Aragato > Season 1. Bishamon arc was probably my favorite of the series thus far, and the Ebisu is probably my least favorite actually. I expected him to be more in the morally grey area and what not, and I guess I reacted negatively towards what actually happened. (Expectations are a bitch, aren't they? lol). At least the ending made me look forward to what's going to happen next (spoliers will be avoided here). But still, with that same character (who was revealed to be someone else in said ending), his introduction and the situation that was a part of it in a sense felt out of place. Of course, there's probably some ulterior motive for that in the first place, but who knows?

How come? I thought it was good. honestly prefer Aragato to Season 1, to be honest.

WOOOOOHOOOOO PROG REPRESENTING!!!!!!!!!!

Woah, interesting stuff!