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This post’s title is funny because “droppings” could be interpreted as “shit.”

And how appropriate is that? By dropping, I am referring to the ceasing of following a show that is airing. Like, the “Dropped” list on MyAnimeList. Funnily enough, this first set of shows I’m dropping only has an overlap of one show with the list of shows I said I would flame to hell and drop.

Here’s the list:

4. Casshern Sins – even Megaman would have been better. I know, I know—Owen called it fiber of the anime diet—but still, it’s kind of…lame? CJ says that she’s sick of its pretentiousness, but Episode 4 (that is, the last episode that I dropped) didn’t give off any pretentiousness. It just sucked. Sophita was a nutcase and Casshern’s jug of emo has gone sour. There’s no fun in Casshern Sins and there’s no deeper meaning that I can discern, either. And this isn’t me being a dick. This is me scratching my head.

They throw a lot of philosophical shit at us^[1], but it’s totally boring. And the center of the whole thing—Casshern—is so confused and empty that he isn’t even a subject worth studying. All we really get are the feelings of others—mostly robots, so lol@feelings—regarding death. Maaaaaaybe there’s something deep in contemplating death, but whatever it is it’s not interesting to me.

Also, lol @ John Lichman:

Casshern Sins: Rewatching Ep 1. I think this is the stand-out for Fall 08. So far, this and Detroit Metal City OVAs are the year’s best.

No, dipfag, no—even if Casshern were as good as DMC, Aria the Origination owns this year. But I guess it’s possible that Mr. Lichman just doesn’t understand Aria because he’s a Republican. I’m noticing a trend—they tend not to understand things.

3. Kemeko DX is being dropped for obvious reasons. Or at least, they should be obvious. If they’re not, you’re TheBigN and your taste buds have been ravaged by one bad show too many.

2. Kurogane no Linebarrels is absolute trash, as DiGiKerot so carefully explains to us with his masterful weekly comics^[2]. I expected this show to be trash; I hoped I’d be able to sit through it. Just as planned, it was trash. Thankfully, I’m not broken enough to keep watching it.

1. Kuroshitsuji – I think that these two tweets explain my feelings for this show with incredibly concision:

Kuroshitsuji doesn’t accomplish a whole lot. It’s not going anywhere, and if I’m going to be watching slice-of-life I’d rather be observing the antics of good people than those of rich evil people. I don’t sense Kuroshitsuji heading for a “Ciel is evil and greedy so good people take his shit and give it to the needy” end, so I’m dropping it. I’ll admit that the show is nice eye-candy for shotacons but that’s not really my thing. Really.

Why the sudden dropping of shows? I have a disgustingly heavy load this season. Before this dropping, I was watching 28 currently airing shows. That’s like, the same kind of load I was taking on back two years ago when I was a depressed brat. Guess what? I’ve been mildly down for a couple months. Recently, I’ve been getting back into a groove with my fiction writing and some art, and, as such, have begun dispelling some of my worries and doubts. Along with this improvement, I’m finding less time for shit.

Less time for shit means less time for shit anime, and less time for shit anime means it’s time to drop the above-mentioned shows.

It also means it’s time to drop ChäoS;HEAd. But I won’t yet. I’ll give it another episode to win me over. I really shouldn’t—it’s like a mixture of NHK ni Youkoso and Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni and, much as how baby+baby=baby, shit+shit=shit—but I will. I’m doing it for CCY-senpai, and for my unfounded faith in all things otaku^[3].

Anyway. There’ll be another wave, I’m sure. I’m trying to hang in there for a number of shows—Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka^[4], for one, and Yozakura Quartet^[5], for another, but I’m sure they’ll come swooping down like so many disgusting brown-white smears^[6].

Footnotes

1. kind of like Michael [↩]
2. Okay, so he’s actually saying that the show’s getting better. But “getting better” isn’t happening fast enough, and the show is just a waste of time. [↩]
3. this doesn’t actually exist; clearly, only my love for Senpai keeps me going [↩]
4. I’m in this one for you, IcyStorm. For YOUUUUUUU. [↩]
5. savage genius OP demands loyalty [↩]
6. seagulls can traumatize a man [↩]