because that’s when the new anime season starts (along with April). Many years ago, I used to sit in my chair for hours and plan out my course of action on how to tackle the visual orgy of new anime. I’d time my sleep schedule to queue my downloads as soon as possible so I could be the first one to talk about them. I almost took pride in auditing even the shittiest of shitty shows just for the sake of knowing that “Hey, this fucking sucks. Let’s not watch any more episodes.”
Now, I know better. One quick visit to moonphase and I can systematically eliminate what I don’t want to watch in a matter of minutes. If I miss a hidden gem then the greatness of said gem will come around to me eventually.
So why do I still hate October?
Because for every enlightened soul (me), there are 8239082394 people who are still contently living in ignorance. I’ve seen the following scenarios too many times. Maybe you can relate to them as well.
- Scenario 1 – The action anime
“Hey, I just saw the first episode of this new anime. It was, in a word, AWESOME! The fight scenes were kickass, the animation was fluid and the storyline was great. If this show keeps up this pace…”STOP! Please don’t embarrass yourself. Are you so naive that you actually believe this to be true? Everyone knows how this scenario ends…
“What happened? This show had so much promise. Too bad it never lived up to the hype of the first episode…”
Yeah, that’s the same thing your parents said about you.
- Scenario 2 – The H-game conversion anime
“Oh man, Kotori is soooooo awesome! I hope that Juunichi ends up with her at the end instead of Nemu.”What the fuck? Are you like four years old or something? Is this your first time watching television? That’s not the worst part, though…
25 weeks later…
“WHY DID HE PICK NEMU?!?!?!?!? SFKLJDFLKFLKDJSFLKJF!!!!!!!”Being delusional is one thing. Being in denial after the fact just makes you look crazy. To complete the trifecta, all you need to do is start an online petition (in English) to send to “Japan” to fix the ending to suit your needs.
- Scenario 3 – The manga elitist
“OMG! THIS WASN’T IN THE MANGA! THEY’RE DOING IT OUT OF ORDER!!!!!!! I’M GOING TO WATCH THIS SHOW BUT NOT ENJOY IT AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT SUCKS AND WHY YOU’RE STUPID FOR LIKING IT!!!!”At least you aren’t delusional like the others. You just like pushing his own agenda down everyone else’s throats. I’ve been guilty of this before but, then again, I hate everything.
And these scenarios always take place twice a year. I’ve also seen people repeat these mistakes over multiple seasons. I try my best to avoid posts like those on forums and such, but that never works. The general idiocy of the slobbering masses is too great to just overlook by turning the other cheek. All I can do is rant about it within the bounds of my personal space. Something else I noticed is that people only “reserve judgement” if the first episode sucks. It never happens when the first episode is good. This makes no sense.
So exactly why is April worse than October? That’s because the baseball postseason is in October, which is a holy sanctuary from the pain and suffering that anime and its culture can be sometimes. Nobody’s a crazy tsundere bitch on the Dodgers maybe except for Jeff Kent. Go Dodgers!
P.S. Galaxy Angel II will suck.