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Eh, not really missing anything, it'll still be there. Unless you've just ruined it for me :p

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Highly unlikely I've ruined it for you as there are other more important spoilers I haven't even mentioned.
 
Seven Deadly sins Revival of the 10 commandments ep21- probably worst episode of the season. Boring flashbacks and a random character I don't remember gets alot of screen time.

Darling in the Franxx ep20 - what the hell was that? This series better have some payoff. I don't want a terrable ending like Gurren Laggen.

Sword art online GGO ep 9 - strong episode with plenty of action.

Full Metal Panic ep8 - Intense and brutal episode. I can't wait for more, One man army definitely lived up to its title.
 
Finally caught up on all my weeklies, after being behind for a couple of weeks (Black Clover, Tokyo Ghoul:re, LotGH, Gundam Build Divers, FMP!IV, Persona 5 and One Piece) now I’m watching the last few episodes of Zeta Gundam.

After Zeta, then what? I’ve got a few box sets I’ve not opened yet - Escaflowne, Martian Successor Nadesico, Outlaw Star and Black Lagoon come to mind 🤔
 
No Game no Life Zero + No Game no Life TV (Rewatch)
Zero had some really epic and awesome animation, but reminded me sorely what I'm most impressed about the franchise as a whole by having exactly those parts almost completely cut short. So I went to revisit the TV show, time flew by only to be reminded that it's ending is sorely hanging out there in open air. Then now I totally want to read volume 7 of the light novel and while it coicidentially actually comes out this month (after taking forever), that still totally won't be released until the 26th and it totally won't arrive within two weeks, because the online shops are just so slow, whence I will totally not be at home when it might arrive and totally will have to wait until at least end of July to get my hands on the volume, which is probably when the wave of enjoyment will totally be all but fluffed off.

And I can't think of any other show, that is as colorfully well directed and so wittly self-conscious about being what it is its tropes and how to play with them to bridge over the time.
(Except perhaps Gintama. But that's not not quite so powerfully colorful.)
Is there even one in existance or did I just miss it? .___.
 
In no particular order...

Darling in the FRANXX Episode 20
Food Wars! The Third Plate: Totsuki Train Arc Episode 22
Amanchu! ~Advance~ Episode 10
Record of Grancrest War Episode 22
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Episode 22
HINAMATSURI Episode 10 ( Sssssssshhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... )
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Episodes 1, 2 & 3 ( I somehow missed this one... ^^; )
Lostorage incited WIXOSS Episode 10

/umiko
 
Free! - Eternal Summer - eps 10-13
This season had a lot of repeated themes and, due to the nature of sport, a lot of repeated events but with different outcomes. There were some new characters and themes, but instead of freshening things up it just made it less focused. I liked episode 12, as it focuses on only the 2 main characters and their story. The only thing that I can complain about in the episode is the comedy accents, seriously could Funi not find some jobbing actors from Australia to say a few lines, at least the Japanese dub sounded right unlike the job KyoAni did on K-On! The Movie.
7/10

Free! Forbidden all Hard! Special
The Iwatobi guys visit the Samezuka academy cultural festival. Fun extra episode.
8/10

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (sub)
Been meaning to (re)watch this for a while after finishing the manga. Also Digi Bro has started a podcast series watching and reviewing all Ghibli films on his Pro Crastinators Podcast YouTube channel. I'm watching them all in Japanese as I haven't watched all of them in Japanese yet. Most, but not all.
As the manga is a sprawling epic (and mostly written after the film) stuff is obviously cut with the actions of one group later changed to another one not in the film at all. And some stuff later omitted from the manga doesn't always make much sense and probably could have been cut as the film is a little over long which is a problem that a lot of Ghibli films suffer from. Overall the story is very good, and the art, animation and music are all excellent.
Still a 9/10 for me.

Caligula ep 10
We finally learn a bit about each character as they explain why they came to Mobius and the spy in the group is revealed.

Uma Masume: Pretty Derby ep 12
Another tense race. I knew El Condor Pasa was up to something when we didn't get to hear what she said, the result was funny. I think I read somewhere that there's one more episode.
 
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Food Wars! The Third Plate 2nd cour episode 22 Let the games begin...yet again. Soma never makes things easy for himself.

Uma Musume! Pretty Derby episode 12 An expected but well earned outcome. It apparently follows the real life events of the 1999 Japan Cup. Wonder how the last episode will fare?

Un-Go episodes 1-6
 
My Hero Academia Season 3 (Dub) Episode 10

Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card (Sub) Episode 22 (Complete)
And with that CCSCC is finished. A strong start to the final episode but ends weakly with many unanswered questions and one of the biggest cliffhangers I've ever seen for a series finale.

Cutie Honey Universe (Sub) Episode 10

Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (Sub) Episode 9
A Love declaration of war, and a shocking truth about the OTF pilots is revealed.

Gegege no Kitarou 2018 (Sub) Episode 11

Lost Song (Sub) Episode 10
Flashbacks, Finne's pleas for help are finally heard and Rin's true identity is revealed.

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Sub) Episode 12
All of spe-chan's training comes to fruition with a crushing victory.
 
Darling in the Franxx episode 20. Well that certainly took a turn. I'm predicting some awesome Gainax ending from all this

Comic Girls episode 10. More proof that Fuura is best girl

WotaKoi episode 9

Megalo Box episode 10. Bit of a nitpick but that CGI segment was horribly out of place for the animation style. Why stick to an aesthetic if you're going to include that?

Magical Girl Site episode 10. I'm guessing the studio is going for an anime original end here since a really important character should've been introduced at this point and I'm really not sure how they'd introduce her now

Hinamatsuri episode 10

Magical Girl Ore episode 6

My Hero Academia Season 3 episode 10

SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online episode 9. This has unexpectedly become one of my favourites this season despite not watching the original SAO series

UmaMusume: Pretty Derby episode 12. Never thought I'd fall this hard for a horse girls anime but here we are.
 
Your Lie In April (1-22 complete)
I expected this to be very overhyped and not worthy of the comments I see about it, but I really enjoyed it. 9/10 for me.
 
Casshern Sins eps 11–14
This is keeping me gripped. It's amazing how this show manages to craft such an engaging tale with what is essentially just a succession of done-in-one episodes as our (anti-)hero wanders aimlessly from place to place, and also such a downbeat atmosphere in spite of Casshern's campy '70s character design.

Steins;Gate 0 ep 8
Wow. That was... intense. I really felt that. Poor Okabe.

Kiss Him, Not Me eps 3+4
Favourite line from episode 4:
[through clenched teeth] "She's rich, beautiful, smooth-talking, able to do anything... It's like she's a walking life-hack!"
 
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Oh, and also...

Baldr Force EXE episodes 1–4 (complete)
This is one of Manga's old titles I just never quite got around to buying on DVD. Spotted it in @NormanicGrav's epic Legal Streaming list, so I thought I'd give it a spin on Crunchyroll. It's got some clever ideas in it, but the character writing is just... not very good; maybe I'm just spoiled with DARLING in the FRANXX. The characters fall squarely into anime cliché territory, and one of the villains is just beyond reprehensible. The simulated rape scene is rather distressing to watch and seems to actually be there as some form of warped fanservice.

It still felt like it was overall worth seeing, though, and it's probably pretty decent considering that it's a game adaptation. What I didn't realise, however, is that the game it's based on is an ero-game. That'll probably inadvertently bump up my perv percentage on MAL Graph now. Oops.
 
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