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And despite all previous entries saying otherwise, turns out the first series I actually start and finish recently is Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. Maybe I'm grading it on a curve, since the only other things I've watched are a crappy yaoi anime I watched for basically laughs because I realized Id never watched one despite knowing the infamous cliches of the sub-genre, and then Captain Earth, which I've already explained in part why it's frustrating. Gargantia was fun and charming and reminded me of the stuff I liked or was interested in checking out when I was younger. It has its cons, no doubt, but i actually enjoyed watching each episode of basically seeing our teen lead adjust to a different, peaceful way of life, the animation obviously had a big budget behind it so was gorgeous but also just did moody colours well so it didn't feel too much style or substance, and i was honestly shocked with how much I liked the main characters. My fave was of course the giant robot, but it says something to the charm of what went into the series that I found an AI a genuinely likeable character.

I know the story doesn't do much new for its sci-fi musings, in fact its pretty easy to see where the major plot points are going, but it was still presented in a way that I could probably recommend it to people - while also warning them "Hey, there's a painfully unfunny bit in an otherwise fluffy episode where drag queens are turned into the butt of jokes" of course, because that's still the biggest downer to the whole thing - and may even save up for DVDs or something if I still like the show after letting it sit.

For now I'm gonna take a break from anime and watch a bunch of superhero cartoons I never saw as a kid, camping out on Netflix will be how I spend my brief unemployment.