Erased - I finished watching this a few days ago, but I thought it would be nice to make a first diary post here with the anime I most recently watched.
I loved this so much that I added it to my short list of favourite anime in my introduction post the other day. I dare say that it's not just one of my favourite anime, but one of my favourite pieces of media. And I'm 200 (41) years old, so that's really saying something.
What a perfect show. Gripping story, not a second wasted with filler. The pacing was so satisfying, with each episode ending on the kind of twist that forces your jaw to the floor. Expertly written. I can't even imagine the effort to create something this precise.
I love shows that use time travel as a construct for a bigger story - in this case (trying to avoid spoilers here), mysteriously and involuntarily jumping back in time to prevent a terrible tragedy. Also, again without giving spoilers, I'll say that I liked how it explained intergenerational abuse without excusing it - and in fact, explicitly not excusing it.
This is exactly my kind of show. If it sounds like it might appeal to you, I can't recommend it enough.
Outside of anime: finished the latest season of the wonderful and relentlessly absurdist On Cinema At The Cinema. Greatly enjoyed listening to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's "Omnium Gatherum", Anthony Rother's "Popkiller", and Anneke Van Giersbergen's "Everything is Changing".