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Just curious on what people would do differently for the anime.

I've been thinking about this lately and I'm curious to see other opinions. A lot of anime adaptations are based on manga, light novels, or web novels that are still ongoing. Sometimes those source materials have been running for years with no clear ending in sight. Because of that, the anime itself often feels incomplete: plot threads go unresolved, characters don't fully develop, mysteries remain unanswered, and themes haven't had a chance to pay off. Off the top of my head im thinking Hyouka, Haruhi, Log Horizon. In those situations, is it fair to criticise the anime for those shortcomings? And is it something that should be mentioned in recommendations?

To be clear the criticism is entirely around the story as a whole not a criticism of the writers who face all sorts of issues during serialisation and cant be expected to work like machines especially when these stories have taken decades of their lives.

On one hand, an anime should arguably be judged as the product that actually exists. If a season feels unsatisfying, lacks payoff, or leaves major arcs unfinished, viewers aren't obligated to excuse those issues just because the source material isn't finished yet in the hopes that it might get answered. Not everyone reads the manga afterward, and the anime should ideally stand on its own.

At the same time it makes sense for certain character arcs or long running plot threads to be completed with the story due to what the end goal is so it can feel unfair to call a character arc "incomplete" or say that a mystery "goes nowhere" when the author hasn't actually had the opportunity to conclude those elements yet.

Should an unfinished adaptation be judged only on what it currently presents? Should potential future payoffs affect how harshly we criticise it? Or should ongoing stories deserve more leniency until the author actually finishes them, even when that finishing may not occur due to how long the source materials been running without consistent updates?

Outside of Kagura although she was pretty much wanting Kyo all throughout and we dont really see her future. Just an observation which I find weird.

I finally got around to watching Josee, the Tiger and the Fish and I'm honestly surprised it doesn't get talked about more. Its one of those movies thats hard to get out of mind and im so glad I gave it a chance. Spoilers ahead.

What stood out most to me was Josee herself. A lot of stories involving disability tend to either make the character overly inspirational or unrealistically perfect, but Josee feels like an actual person. She's stubborn, brash, sometimes rude, but also incredibly likeable. The film doesn't ignore the harsh realities of her disability either. You really get to see how limited her world had become and how difficult everyday life can be, while also watching her gradually grow more independent and mature.

I also appreciated that Tsuneo isn't the typical romance lead who needs to be "saved" by the female protagonist. He already has clear goals, works hard, and has his life relatively together. Instead, both characters help each other grow, which made their relationship feel much more balanced.

The romance was probably my favourite part of the movie. Unlike a lot of romance anime, the leads don't immediately click or fall for each other. Tsuneo actually finds Josee frustrating at first and often complains about her to his coworkers. It's only when he starts making an effort to understand her that they slowly become friends. As the movie goes on, they spend more time together, share new experiences, and genuinely start enjoying each other's company. Watching that friendship gradually turn into romance felt incredibly natural, which made the emotional moments hit so much harder. My favourite scene was when they went to visit the sea. Josee's childish delight to being able to touch and taste seawater whilst Tsuneo holding her was a joy to see. Both characters just enjoying the moment together beautifully captured.

The animation was absolutely immaculate. The backgrounds, colors, and emotional scenes were gorgeous throughout and really elevated the entire experience. There's something with water that Japanese animation just slam dunks everytime.

This movie isnt perfect there were definitely some things that i felt were overdone. Like how the characters met. Unnecessary love rival. The grandma dying or Tsuneo getting into an accident felt a bit too on the nose for my liking. But even then what this movie does well it does really well and im willing to accept it for what it is.

Overall, it's a heartfelt romance with great character growth, a refreshingly nuanced portrayal of disability, and some of the best animation I've seen in a romance anime film. Highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it. And please if anyone can recommend me some more like this please do cause this has been stuck in my mind since Ive last watched it.

Idk what this phenomena even is but there seems to be a thing where ill sometimes checkout anime i watched in the early 2000s to see what the status of it is. Usually they have a open ending anime wise because source material isnt finished so id assume after a decent chunk of time surely it would have been finished by now only to be disappointed and see that its somehow still ongoing or just put on haitus with the occasional chapters.

So after catching up to the anime and then finishing the manga almost 6 years ago i thought id do a rewatch to see the whole show. The experience rewatching some of the hype scenes like the 1st quick, the quick v2, Tsukki blocking Ushijima, 3rd years tears of reaching nationals etc. all was amazing. However around half way through s4 i realised theres no way 25 eps are enough and lo and behold turns out theres a movie but even then thats no enough. Doing enough research id learned theres 2 movies and 2nd one is supposedly the finale. From my memory theres a lot of content still left so it looks like the anime studio are planning to cut a lot of it to make it work.

But i dont get this S4 aired in 2020 (ive only watched till S3 before) hows it taken this long to get 1 movie out and supposedly the 2nd movie is coming out in 2027? What was so hard to give this a fiathful adaptation by doing another season? Idm a movie finale but the planning in this is just poor and i feel like killed the hype for this show. Honestly im just disappointed as i thought id given this anime enough time to be fully adapted and i could do a clean rewatch all at once.

As someone still new to padel theres a lot of information to take in and within all that its very easy to take the wrong message and then use that when playing. Wether its rules, tactics, playstyle, attacking, defending or even communication. Im curious to understand from people here what thing they were doing thinking it was right only to realise later it was wrong to do. Even better if its something that really improved your game by doing so but theres always the possibility that cause its technically a new skill you have to relearn how to play.

One example for me is assuming i have to lob as much as i can when defending. Only recently after seeing Dani Hoyos video on defending did i realise that i should lob when its a easier ball to claim the net otherwise just return without a lob.