HOTTEST TRASH Anime of Spring 2024

[@mothersbasement]

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[@stevendobrzynski1655]

HOW IS THIS COMMENT 7 HOURS OLD???!!???!

[@TindraSan]

how time-limited was that discount? bc I don't see any when I click the link

[@Doodlesthegreat]

@@stevendobrzynski1655 Private posts don't show up in searches or timelines until the poster allows it. This allows for them to put a video up, make sure YT's BS doesn't nuke it, and then make it public. Usually.

[@FAAIFFP]

Hey, the sponsor link does not show any discount on the final price for the lifetime license me at least; Could we get a fix on that thx 🙏🏻

[@carsonrush3352]

Great job on this video. I love the closing bit where we get knocked out. After the screen blacked out, I half expected us to "wake up" in the Skyrim prison cart: "hey, you, you're finally awake."

[@The5lacker]

The idea of vampire society having a strict “No homo” rule is the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard. 10/10.

[@laszlokaszas1003]

Lestat is in shambles

[@jasonbrose6743]

Well, vampires are usually centuries if not millennia old. Why wouldn’t their laws be outdated?

[@scipio764]

​@@jasonbrose6743Cause the mf who makes the law still alive and make sure that it is still active 😂

[@MWhaleK]

Especially since lesbian Vampires predate Dracula by 25 years with the publishing of Carmilla.

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

The "no homo" aspect of BL vampires is important because their love must be forbidden.

[@kepstin]

Honestly, you missed a great joke by giving Re:Monster a dumpster instead of a Re:Cycle bin.

[@mothersbasement]

Oh god I gotta delete the whole video and start over fuck shit can’t believe I missed that

[@Aramakie98]

@kepstin, you struck comedy gold, you saint!

[@1964corvan]

@@mothersbasement it's simple really.....just Re:turn to sender.

[@shinkamui]

@@1964corvan guys let it go, no one deserves to keep Re:living the shame ;)

[@JetstreamGW]

@@mothersbasement Shameful!

[@galaxa13]

"You will never be Him." It's true, 100 Girlfriends has destroyed all harem protags. We can only ever witness that which we lack now.

[@DeadHaremGuy]

can confirm.

[@ntdb0ss]

The only one that can compare is Monster Musume MC. About 1/7 the size but just as chad.

[@somesalmon5694]

Its okay, I wouldn't want to be as controlling, insecure and manipulative as shintaro, I cannot stress enough how I don't like him

[@PineappleBaconPizza]

​@@somesalmon5694 Is he? I've only watched season 1 and haven't checked out the manga yet, but from watching season 1, it doesn't seem like he's that way. In season 1, it seemed like he was actually a pretty good guy.

[@hollowshield2315]

hell *I* started to want to be Rentaro's girlfriend, the dude is a gigachad

[@cass6082]

The show looks like garbage, but the fact that the villain dad’s motivation is that he is AWARE of the fact that his wife got anime-mom fridged, side-ponytail and everything, and is actively angry at the fact his world is following the trope is one of the funniest concepts I’ve seen in one of these for a while

[@andrewowens4421]

Honestly, an anime where all the tropes and cliches of fantasy anime are a motivation for the MC to get revenge on the gods of the world would be a hilarious, tongue-in-cheek jab at some of the half-assed attempts at isekai and non-isekai fantasies.

[@SolariusScorch]

Star Wars references at work XD

[@RRed19]

True. If they actually play that straight and do it like you say, I’d enjoy that.

[@alchemystudiosink1894]

The problem is that its like.. really bad in everything. Combats are like a few seconds long, usually just kinda moving still images around, and then cutting away when action actually does happen to some other character. The MC shouting out some random crap and doing the Instakill move of the monster of the week. And far too often, characters grabbing hold of the idiot ball with both hands.

[@MegaMegajennifer]

@@SolariusScorch wait, did luke's mom have side hair?

[@pulledporc5334]

I don't know what was more surprising about Vampire Dormatory, "No Gays Allowed" in the Vampire Club or the short wig coming off to reveal long hair instead of just cutting her hair shorter, lol.

[@appelofdoom8211]

I love the idea that main char is super poor yet somehow has a professional quality wig that perfectly matches their real hair colour.

[@AWeirdAxolotl]

Exactly! And how hasn’t anyone known her hair was fake wig hair isn’t soft. Just cut your hair :/ also boys can have long hair smh

[@MegaMegajennifer]

@@appelofdoom8211 maybe its cheaper than frequent visits to a hair stylist

[@Jupiters0rbit]

its so wild that "happy that slavery isnt a thing" is a notable good point for an isekai protag now

[@WillowEpp]

It's honestly distressing that "murder slavers with all possible prejudice" is somehow not the default response to any isekai "protagonist" who comes across it.

[@tinoesroho]

inb4 John Brown Reincarnated As A Street Musician In Shinjuku And Loving It

[@Doodlesthegreat]

@@WillowEpp _Reincarnated As A Sword_ has what you're looking for. No slaver gets by Teacher & Fran, unless it's in a cascade of body parts.

[@WillowEpp]

@@Doodlesthegreat It's been on my todo list precisely because I heard that's a thing!

[@molybdaen11]

This days they just outright buy the girls and be done with it. 😅

[@aname.6192]

As a lady who started watching Vampire Dormitory for all the wrong reasons, I screamed when she took off her """boy disguise.""" Because it makes more sense for a broke homeless girl to own a believable wig than a pair of scissors. I'm also impressed they took BL and twisted it into this strange genre where a guy accidentally falls for a gal. They are undeniably making choices.

[@morganbiddlecom]

The first episode was so disappointing! I went and read a good chunk of the manga and apparently the mangaka just doesn't believe in short hair for girls??? How would we know Mito is a girl if she doesn't have long hair?

[@kanjonojigoku8644]

"So you're saying you're just a woman and not a clumsy cute femboy?? Ugh!!"

[@kaiknlast]

do these people know how fucking EXPENSIVE good wigs are? how much maintenance they require???

[@plushdragonteddy]

@@kaiknlastlet alone short hair wigs, where the tracks can’t be as easily covered up by the length. like i’ll admit i don’t know that much about wigs, but come ON, GIRL

[@a.e_man78789]

​@@kanjonojigoku8644 "My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined".

[@seraphonica]

"no waifus were harmed in the making of this anime" so in your restaurant, this dish is... cruelty free?

[@jasonbrose6743]

No, it’s just that the victim is usually the customer instead of the product.

[@RumoHasIt]

😂😂😂 ​@@jasonbrose6743

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

@@jasonbrose6743👏…👏…👏

[@stephenreiter6585]

I also like thy the website on screen redirects to the video, nice touch

[@qq-wy7zs]

Cruelty is only allowed for male characters.

[@Moon-Vixen]

the vampire dormitory bit felt like getting punched in the gut with every single sentence. I don't know if I'll ever recover. I'm watching it with my bestie immediately

[@morganqorishchi8181]

My mom making me wait until she was free to watch this with me was worth it to hear her coo about how cute Geoff looks in pink, although - and this is a direct quote - "the way that fabric is cut is doing nothing for his shoulders". My mom's comments, listed in order of an anime's appearance on the list: "Everyone in this anime is friend-shaped and adoptable." "Mom, what does that mean?" "It's in their eyes." "Red Kirito. Redito. Oh, I like that! That makes it sound like he's from Reddit." Later: "Oh, no, never date twins. Learned that one the hard way." "As a redhead almost too beautiful to bear, it's nice to finally have some representation." Later: "Is the implication that Ruka is too dumb to know what a girl's chest feels like, or does she just have no breasts at all? Because I don't buy the former, but the latter would be a nice message to send to girls in an era where everyone on Tiktok has huge boobs - not only do you not need those, but true love doesn't care if they're there at all." "Mom, I *promise* you, they weren't being that progressive with it." Physically hitting pause on the video herself and taking a deep breath: "He could have kept his wife alive by using birth control. Medieval birth control sucked, but there WERE options. His wife died because he was too horny to think." "I'm adopting this protagonist." "You can't say that every single time we watch one of these." "Yes I am. I'm your mom. I outrank you." "Having broken my bully's arm: it didn't help me back in the day." "...what?" "Oh, one time when I was 8 I broke a 15 year old's arm. I watched a lot of wrestling as a kid. But nobody thought I was cool for doing it, is my point." "..." "After mastectomies to get rid of breast cancer, if you don't moisturize your nipples, they can fall off. Your grandma taught me that. She saw some wild stuff in the ER. This isn't a mystery, it's a PSA." After multiple attempts to contain her giggles: "Gobro means... it's like the Serbian equivalent of himbo... Himbo-sama the goblin..." "There's an anime for Nascar fans. That's nice. Anime is so inclusive!" "I love the idea of an 'ex' dragon goddess. That makes me think she got fired for gambling with company money." "This feels like it's not bad, it's just camp. I'm not sure camp counts as trash." "I like that there's no limit on how long a title can be in Japan. I don't like the way these women are interacting with this child." Later: "Is this guy neurodivergent? Talking about rocks and not noticing obvious social cues at the same time... I may have to adopt this one, too."

[@plaza3825]

Ur mom is freaking unhinged. Also, you watch this channel with ur mom??? Unhinged

[@okgibberish6771]

This made this entire video better. Your mom is a gem!

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

Ngl your mother sounds like an absolute legend. Though "anime is inclusive bc some shows appeal to NASCAR fans" will never not be a hilariously innocent take lmao

[@crackerjack0349]

I love your mom. Can I be her friend

[@SageofIrrelevance]

Please keep watching these with your mom. Reading this comment just made my day much better.

[@goldenthebean8678]

THE VILLAINS ARE NAMED CRAIG AND BRETT??????? I’M SOBBING

[@IDOLL_Dev]

ABC = Alan, Brett, Craig. Genius.

[@CrispBaker]

I love that the MC is an Enix Hero, but his dad is a SQUARE protagonist. You can tell by the whole "powerlevelling to kill God" thing, classic Square move they all do it

[@sanfransiscon]

tbf in the source material the setting is pretty crap to live in, I'd be mad at the gods too lol

[@Langtw]

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. Total case of "Jeff", "Bob", and "Xzar the Mad Wizard"

[@qq-wy7zs]

It is I, the great demon, devourer of souls and worlds! I have slain trillions! You will bow before the name ... Steve!

[@KinglyRed]

As a longtime follower of the channel and a voice actor myself it was already an honor to see Viral Hit (in which I play Hobin in the dub) get a mention in the Ones to Watch video...but it's an even HIGHER honor to see it wind up on Hottest Trash

[@murderman8578]

That's pretty dope for your first MC role

[@mothersbasement]

Yo, congrats on landing that leading role!

[@ScotRotum]

I'm always blown away at how intuitive the garbage rating system is. The delicate balance between dumpster and fire speaks volumes.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

It's difficult to make a non-intuitive rating system. By their nature, they exist TO make comparisons more intuitive.

[@WeiHaoLong]

"that's every kind of phobic at once" briefly made my mind flash to an alternate reality where instead of "misogynistic" everyone said "gynophobic"

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

Technically speaking, this is due to a general misunderstanding for the greek/latin roots that the academic community is fond of. Terms like "homophobia" or "transphobia" got introduced through the zeitgeist. Laypeople coined the terms without understanding the etymology, because everyone understands what a phobia is. Phobias are fears, which is not an accurate description of what people mean by homophobia or transphobia. People aren't afraid. The prefix miso- means hate. We should also note the fact that both misogyny and gynophobia are real things, words that exist. Gynophobia is exactly that, a phobia, while misogyny refers to hatred. Technically speaking, more correct terms for "every kind of phobic" would be terms beginning with that miso- prefix, and not including the -phobia suffix at all.

[@dreadogastusf3548]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 I considered myself as well-versed in English. So, thank you for teaching me more.

[@ConvincingPeople]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 This is a misreading of the term. The way that the suffix is used in "homophobia" et al is after "xenophobia," and implies aversion and dread as well as the treatment of the thing being railed against as a threat. It is also worth noting that "homophobia" specifically was actually coined by the psychologist George Weinberg in the 1960s, with the wording specifically meant to describe such prejudices as having the character of morbid preoccupations. Whenever a homophobe pulls the "I'm not *afraid* of gay people…" line, they entirely fail to understand the subtext: That the nature of their hatred implies an obsessive discomfort and indeed fear with what the people they hate represent to them.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@ConvincingPeople Being an expert in something does not make you an expert in everything. In the context of english word structure, etymology, and morphology, a psychologist IS a layperson. Yes, I'm aware that people use the terms "homophobia", "xenophobia" and "transphobia" to describe things that aren't phobias, but something else entirely. That's why I said it myself, in the comment you responded to. Your insistence that hate must necessarily stem from fear is entirely off-base... it's a meaningless insult that only detracts from the actual idea being presented. All you're doing by insisting that hatred for the LGBTQ or aliens is rooted in fear is delegitimizing the stigmatization of that hatred.

[@DanialTarki]

misandristic

[@brutusthecat6044]

You monster, forcing your mother to move halfway around the world just so you can stay in her basement.

[@alicianelson1252]

I know right taking moochers to a whole new level

[@CLouDBRoS]

IF THE FATHER OF THE MC hates Gifts because he thinks god controls you through them then why did he cast out the MC when he didn't get a gift If I hate gifts then having a son with no gift seems like a blessing, you can even push your ideal of levels being better by training him and show everyone that he is still better without a gift. For a minute I forgot that this is trash and tried to use logic

[@mamluk]

Because it was that incident that made him hate gifts, and his son is the reason.

[@Salsmachev]

Based on the video (haven't watched the show) it seems like this actually might make sense. If the dad actually hated gifts for the stated reasons, then he would probably think an ungifted son is great. But he doesn't actually hate gifts because he thinks levels are better. He hates gifts because he blames them for his wife's (apparently meaningless) death (for which he also blames his son). That his stated reason doesn't make sense could be seen as a hint that he has some other motive. I am probably giving this anime about 5000% too much credit here, though.

[@JeffDvrx]

Don't think about it friend. Just agressively skip that one lol. I'm watching it because I'm absolutely MESMERIZED by how stupid and bad it is, I can't take my eyes off of it lol. I'd have to think long and hard before I could come up with another show close to how abysmal the fight scenes here are, add to that the zero effort MC and it's... it's something to behold.

[@TheBaldrickk]

I watched the first episode. Opening episode. Chance to make a good impression. Dragon fight. Awesome! Animation: is literally just a cardboard cutout on a stick moving across the screen. If they can't even be bothered to animate their series hook, I can't be bothered to even attempt Ep2

[@majinvegitto4238]

Dropped this one after the 3 episode rule. Bad animation combined with bad story, bad characters. There is really nothing that redeems it.

[@Shahars71]

I'm a dude, I fully read Vampire Dormitory, it was fucking hilarious from start to finish. I'm so happy that the girls are finally getting their dose of garbage. They've been waiting for so long!

[@mamluk]

"You're attracting too many customers, leave!" Said no resteraunt ever...

[@TheAllycakes]

I was dying with laughter as I watched one. I expected something sexy and instead got something so terrible, it was hilarious.

[@peaj4812]

​@@mamlukI thought the exact same thing in the first episode. Maybe more plausible with Japanese culture. But I would have to see it to believe it.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Calling it garbage... whats your problem???

[@SmallPanda-f8l]

I nearly died trying to suppress laughter or at least to laugh a little quieter while watching it during the night. It is so delightfully stupid and horny.

[@jamesprice1352]

"I can predict the future enough to know that my wife will die giving birth to a protagonist, but not enough to know that said protagonist is sandbagging"

[@MegaMegajennifer]

ikr?

[@ghostlyhonks]

I can't believe the plot summary you gave for Vampire Dormitory. It just...kept going. You just kept explaining more and more things and I want to believe you're lying to me, but holy shit. Holy shit I gotta watch it. I gotta experience it. Thank you for enlightening me about this it sounds absolutely insane (in the best way possible)

[@Ganymedia9]

"even the ones you'd catch doing a ukulele apology video in another universe" fine, take my like, you've earned it

[@extantcadence2707]

The Vampire Dormitory wig reveal goes so hard like how do you put so many "living a double life" cliches without actually including both lives?

[@jorgelotr3752]

One thing I don't understand is why manganime seems to accept and enjoyshorthaired girls, yet almost every time a guy turns into a girl it comes with free hair lengthening and almost every time a girl dresses as a man, it comes with a short hair wig... even in cases where the hair the girl hides below the wig doen't even reach shoulder length.

[@r3dp9]

@@jorgelotr3752 A short haired girl in baggy clothes looks far too similar to a short haired guy in baggy clothes, especially with normal animation quality. It isn't unusual for a given animation studio to use the same chin and face shape for both genders. Hence, the exaggeration.

[@jorgelotr3752]

@@r3dp9 That's a convincing explanation for the cases where it makes sense, but not for the case where it doesn't. The "let's grow the hair" gimmick for most MtF tends to come hand in hanf with visible changes in body shape (interesting enough, in the few cases where hair length doesn't change, it's replaces by a slight change in hairstyle plus a remarked rounding of the face), while most female transvestism comes hand in hand with chest bindings which are used alongside the secretly long hair to get the cat out of the bag, both at once (meaning getting a wig instead of a haircut makes no sense whatsoever for plot reasons).

[@eddmario]

The real question is how the fuck does she keep her long hair underneath such a short wig

[@ConvincingPeople]

@@jorgelotr3752 Put bluntly: I feel like a lot of people playing with these tropes don't know a lot of out trans people or drag performers, particularly transmasc folks who are a lot less visible in general, so they don't entirely think the implications through. That said, I think there's also an aspect of leaning into the fantasy of leading a double life and being desired in a way which does not objectify one's femininity, which I'm sure appeals to many cis women and… people who think they're cis women, or for that matter don't but are maybe on the downlow.

[@Jarakin]

Ah yes, the finest possible villains in a not-isekai world: Craig and Brett.

[@mosesmm5473]

The author watched alot of 80s underdog movies

[@MrGksarathy]

@@mosesmm5473 Was about to say the same. Real sports movie vibes.

[@zenmaster8]

10:00. That taking off wig scene sent me! Even Ouran knew that women are allowed to have short hair.

[@AlarnaM-24]

it sounds like not much in that anime makes sense like a poor homeless orphan owing a realistic wig instead of just cutting her hair or her getting fired because she brings in too many customers? like oh no how dare you make me so much money.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

You say “even Ouran” but that manga was kind of ahead of its time in a lot of ways. Haruhi literally states that she doesn’t care what gender she is perceived as and she doesn’t care about gendered expectations. She was a non binary (if not just in fanon) icon before most of us knew NB people existed!!! I love her so much.

[@guggelguggel7491]

@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle perhaps a better way to put it is that few have caught up with Ouran?

[@princessjello]

Can't believe we were better off 20 years ago 😩

[@taenimin]

fym even? ouran is peak

[@segevstormlord3713]

7th Prince's Lloyd is... He's at his most dangerous not when he's mad, but when he's _interested._ If you've seen Hyouka, and the main squeeze's "I'm curious!" face she uses to make the main character of THAT series do whatever she wants him to, then you get the vibe with which Lloyd shows interest in things that pique HIS curiosity. Except Lloyd is a True Neutral scientist who wants to test every possible permutation of this, including how much the monsters that piqued his curiosity can dish out _and take_. And Lloyd frequently demonstrates that he's _impressed_ by things that hurt him, not put out by them. And he wants to try them out on the guy who just did them. Not for revenge, but for SCIENCE.

[@Steelblaidd]

FOR SCIENCE!

[@abraveastronaut]

I will give "One Room Apartment, Nice Lighting, Angel Included" credit for actually making good use of its status as an overly long title.

[@BDeerhead]

"Vampire society has strict 'no homo' rules." That's the funniest load of BS I've heard all year!

[@thebohemian814]

The Camarilla would be in shambles if that law passed

[@marytambascio3700]

You telling me the most dramatic and flamboyant monster in history ever has a no homo rule PFFT😏ok~

[@danebirbhaha7520]

A straight vampire is like an angel without their wings

[@hallroney]

"he said SCHEME" LMAOOOO

[@warpspeedscp]

Keikaku means scheme now

[@Alabenson]

What really sets Reincarnated as the 7th Prince apart is how gloriously unhinged Lloyd is.

[@TheBaldrickk]

It's one of those anime that knows what it is, and runs with it.

[@gregperianayagam4522]

"Why bother with all the beautiful naked women around me? When I can learn rune magic to make an army of unbeatable solders, or make a magic machine gun and see if I can kill a demon if I just keep hitting it consistently enough" -Lloyd probably

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

@@gregperianayagam4522 "Who cares if they brought a fucking monkey out, I have to keep following the regulations. What kind of a boxer would I be if I didn't?" -Little Mac, facing the same problem.

[@maxwellmcnarrow9732]

I recommend the manga warmly, it's gorgeous (and hilarious)

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

And God DAMN the production value is through the roof. If someone told me this was done by Madhouse, Mappa, KyoAni or Bones, I'd believe them.

[@hectorvivis3651]

"Aqua out of ten" made me wake the house laughing. Good job sir.

[@atomicskull6405]

It's pretty funny how the demon king just keeps dropping by like a next door neighbor.

[@Noir_Man]

It's hilarious how every one of these ends up being a isekai shooting gallery

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

It really has and makes me feel all the more justified when I wrote the genre off after the first two seasons of SAO 😅.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Amd there's always that one that earns his respect,this time it's Lvl 2 Cheat Skills.

[@xelldincht4251]

makes me wonder how many of those shitty Gary Stu Isekai anime exist

[@ryanandzach411]

@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley But SAO isn't isekai though...

[@joshlegacy1101]

​@@ryanandzach411 The video game world they get trapped in is another world from reality that operates on different rules. I'd count it.

[@galaxa13]

I am blown away by the level of trash Vampire Dormitory is. Every time I thought "ok, that's trashy enough to be served at this restaurant." you went and listed MORE qualities. My face hurts from grinning over it.

[@emilsoderman3691]

It's the most horny (girl) I've seen in a while and I'm here for it.

[@eddmario]

If you like The Apothecary Diaries or the slower episodes of Dead Mount Death Play I HIGHLY recommend it.

[@altoxicity]

took one look at the "villain" dad from banished former hero and instantly, instinctively knew he was voiced by koyasu before he even opened his mouth lol. boy was i taken aback that he and the older son are named craig and brett though. incredible stuff

[@TwoSoulsOneCup]

I’m too old to participate in any meaningful way here, but as the only gen x commenting here: on behalf of my meager demographic, thank you. Your humor makes these bleak mid life years more bearable, I love you man.

[@dreadogastusf3548]

Hey kid. You aren't all that old. in 1954 an armistice was signed putting the Korean War on hiatus.

[@sciohermetikum3902]

@@dreadogastusf3548 Are you a vampire?

[@dreadogastusf3548]

@@sciohermetikum3902 Nope. I am Neko no yōkai.

[@MegaMegajennifer]

@@dreadogastusf3548 you're a cat?

[@Steelblaidd]

I saw Star Wars (now A new Hope) in theaters during its initial run so you are not all alone at this end of the demographic pool.

[@meredithvaughan5946]

"asshole dad Craig" and "asshole brother Brett". God I love names in isekai/reincarnation anime they're funny.

[@TwoPairSA]

13:25 Having your big evil scheme be mastermindeded by dudes named Craig and Brett makes this sound more like an 80s "we gotta save the rec center!" movie than a not-isekai isekai.

[@Truck-kun11]

Darkness being the most competent and well-adjusted of the group wasn't on my Bingo card for Konosuba Season 3

[@andrewowens4421]

I guess that's character growth. But still, _Darkness?_ I mean, she's one of my favorites so I'm happy. But still _Darkness?_ Did she get hit in the head just a little to hard and it knocked something loose? (or back together?)

[@carbodude5414]

Its cause this time, her father's reputation is at stake

[@WinterGirlRules]

Only when she has official business to attend to as a noblewoman. We've only seen her as an adventurer, so we weren't aware she had this side of her until now. Light Novel readers weren't aware she had this side of her until Volume 6, which is pretty much the first half of Season 3.

[@KainGerc]

everything is relative. plus Kazuma gets a little out of control if things go his way too much.

[@jambott5520]

​@@andrewowens4421 It isn't character growth, it's seeing the character in their element. Darkness was brought up in this environment, and as such knows how to function there.

[@pixelbomb97]

I love 100 girlfriends did so much that it is the new bar, which every other harem anime is measured against and inevitably falls short.

[@blockland30]

100 girlfriends, quintessential quintuplets, and DxD are the only harems that I can enjoy at this point.

[@blockland30]

Oh and the world god only knows is decent

[@moonshinershonor202]

How does Shomin sample compare, specifically with the muscle guy harem?

[@ConvincingPeople]

I feel like early Tenchi Muyo! and the Monogatari Series are also in this conversation, but in terms of pure harem comedies where the multi-dynamic romcom setup entirely supersedes the other genre trappings, 100 Girlfriends is the gold standard by basically every metric.

[@meganmartin3373]

I was Like 100; I feel so accomplished

[@shadebug]

The real majesty of 7th Prince is framing the little boy as other anime would frame any girl and leaving the question of why you’re uncomfortable now for the viewer to ask

[@tc2241]

I was uncomfortable with it then…

[@feelingveryattackedrn5750]

Many such cases

[@heitorpedrodegodoi5646]

The first anime femboy protag to exist.

[@feelingveryattackedrn5750]

@@heitorpedrodegodoi5646 so close! He’s not a femboy he’s just a child 😁

[@mmangalisomasinga432]

@@feelingveryattackedrn5750 Not drawn like that he's not

[@RagnarokMaster]

I haven't seen the anime for Chillin' In Another World, but, the manga is absolutely wild. There's a plot twist that you can see coming a mile away, but, when they reveal it, it mirrors Konosuba-levels of incompetence from certain characters. Also, I wouldn't exactly call it a "harem". Sure, it's got the obligatory harem pieces, but, only the wolf-girl wants to jump the MC's bones. The other girls are just following him because he's the strongest, or they follow his ideals...If anything, the real harem happens with side characters, which are hilarious to see unfold.

[@yuridhjeeyn9034]

blood for the blood god skulls for the sull throne milk for the Khorne flakes comments for the algorithm . cheap interaction for the trash restaurant

[@stoops187]

All hail the Lord of Rage, Taker of Skulls!!!!

[@laurencebrown3822]

I've never seen or heard 'milk for the Khorne flakes' before, thank you for that, I'm going to use that in response to my friends who use the first two lines a TON.

[@amwoodco3049]

@laurencebrown3822 Really? I heard that almost 30 years ago when I first got into Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Mind you, Korn the band was popular then, so not a stretch.

[@fdajax5107]

@@amwoodco3049 us 40k fans have been saying the same jokes for years!

[@plaza3825]

Khorn flakes!?😭

[@vustvaleo8068]

Kirito has more clones than the Star Wars Clone Troopers.

[@molybdaen11]

Banished from the hero party has like 9 copy's already too.

[@andyenglish4303]

You know that would be a pithier joke if you said 'more clones than Jango Fett'

[@alicianelson1252]

Why didn’t Sao’s author sue everyone

[@Steelblaidd]

There is some MMORPG story where there is a gag Guild where EVERYONE in the guild is a Kirito clone, that's the entrance requirement for the guild.

[@shankarban1135]

"Levelling up in a JRPG lets you kill god maybe" He's not wrong, though.

[@Nocturnewashere]

Shin Megami Tensei IV be like:

[@andrewowens4421]

Final Fantasy?

[@eddmario]

@@Nocturnewashere Technically, isn't the whole franchise that? Hell, even Persona does that every game!

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Sometimes you kill a Demon King pretending to be God, and merely have a friendly bout with God.

[@tecanec9729]

​@@eddmarioMore like half the genre, through especially MegaTen given its themes on religion and ideology.

[@SorasShadow1]

7th Prince is peak "recommend only to the weirdest of your friends" trash and i'm glad it got a highlight here. A fun aspect of watching it week by week has been the crunchyroll comment section, 7 episodes in and there's still people surprised that the mc is so skimpily dressed. It's hilarious watching folks who might not blink at a loli being dressed like that absolutely lose their minds about some short shorts being on a boy. They would never survive Black Butler.

[@mothersbasement]

To be fair, just when you get used to it he does take off his pants and fight only in a t-shirt

[@SorasShadow1]

@@mothersbasement that's true, and i wonder if those sorts of comments will die down after the most recent episode since that should probably be a line for the folks who didn't even get used to the short shorts. "op mad scientist mage" is a type of character type i didn't know i needed, but this one scratches the itch so good i wonder if there'd be anything that comes close. to say nothing of the devil's bargain the studio must've made to have it look so damn good.

[@ThornheartCat]

I feel like calling Mahouka "the Harry Potter incest thing" does a disservice to all the hard work the author did to make that series into essentially fascist propaganda.

[@mysmallnoman]

Me when i make up shit

[@stm7810]

Harry Potter was fascist propaganda. the author is best friends with actual nazis.

[@Xenigma5050]

Thank you for giving such a big highlight to 7th Prince! It really is a beautifully animated show with great music, and really funny characters as long as you can look past the surface. Lloyd is an absolute psycho with his magic obsession and it really makes him just so entertaining to watch XD

[@NerdyMusicChef]

I’ve watched each episode multiple times. It’s too much fun!

[@r3dp9]

I, too, was turned off by the first 1-2 eps, but hearing that it sticks to a consistent level of poor quality to the point of becoming a running joke has rekindled my interest.

[@syedshahrukhraza2923]

I was absolutely dying of laughter in Ep 5; Pazuzu’s voice actor had me in stitches.

[@Xenigma5050]

@@syedshahrukhraza2923 YES!! The Yame-Yame-Yame-YAMERO YAMERO was amazing XD

[@eddmario]

Honestly, if they didn't design the MC to look like he got kicked out of Boku No Pico I would have recommended it to family members.

[@melodiousgamer8792]

0:01 WARNING ⚠️: no beard jump scare

[@MrTruedragonknight]

Hold on now, I feel like that villain motivation about leveling instead of gifts was actually pretty good. Tying a character's ideology into an differential understanding of the world's metaphysics can make for a pretty good villain.

[@guggelguggel7491]

Alas, that anime looked so boring that this motivation should get transplanted somewhere itll be explored.

[@OriginalPiMan]

And that would make it the most interesting part of the whole damn show. It really is catastrophically bad. The animation is so bad that at least one time, they forgot to include the main girl's legs during a walking scene. Just completely missing.

[@jithianlaurent6490]

It also makes the hero hiding his power out of laziness the bad guy of that arc since it's what creates the villain. Something actually interesting to cover so of course it doesn't focus on that.

[@MyuriMiyu]

@@jithianlaurent6490 To be fair, there is a proper explanation about his reasoning for hiding his powers at first. We only got a few snippets so far, so here's hoping they do explore that more.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

Any character's motivation SHOULD be rooted in the way their beliefs and experiences interacted with the world they live in. That's a fundamental storytelling principle.

[@azurerandomness]

I think the new pink shirt tux works “The parts where ads play” Geoff you’re a genius

[@sarcastictruth9427]

My sanity and patience were being tested just listening to you explain these basic as hell anime. And you make them sound fun through your descriptions. I surrender to your strength of will and pray for you my brother. I would die of boredom.

[@molybdaen11]

In that case this restaurant is not for you. Take the one down the street with the angry looking guy in the front.

[@grayrook8637]

Gotta admire how committed vampire bro is to being a vampire. Dracula cosplay and everything.

[@thebohemian814]

Which is weird cause the Camarilla does not have a dress code

[@jr637-1]

Grim has a bad case of Nyanko-Sensei, acting like he’s not totally down to stay friends with Lloyd forever. It’s freaking adorable.

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

Nah, he's just reskinned Dimple.

[@MegaMegajennifer]

@@gregoryfolsom7882 whos dimple?

[@gregoryfolsom7882]

@@MegaMegajennifer An early adversary turned unwitting ally turned friend from Mob Psycho 100. One of the best anime ever, cannot recommend enough.

[@MegaMegajennifer]

@@gregoryfolsom7882 ok, thank you

[@MegaMegajennifer]

@@gregoryfolsom7882 *looks it up* ohh, wait, ive heard of this

[@znoozaros]

I've enjoyed "I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability" and "As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World" surprisingly much

[@JeffDvrx]

the aristocrat isekai is pretty good for having such an apparently run of the mill premise, even taking into account the anime bs bits lol

[@mariusweber4990]

Same here! Definitely didn't expect those to be so entertaining. Though I have to say that the sexualisation of the 7th prince is a bit too much for me at times. If they tone that down, it'll be a legit show to recommend.

[@znoozaros]

@@mariusweber4990 Been watching anime for so long I don't even give it any attention 😅

[@dvillines26]

the appraisal one isn't even trash, really, aside from the mage girl's character design post-time-skip.

[@aristoth]

These titles are gonna be paragraphs real soon

[@jacobprice8769]

For that last one you forgot to mention the best part, the fact that when the mc sees new magic he straight up becomes a masochistic psycho who lets his opponents get free hits just so he can feel the spells, only to then obliterate TF out of them

[@lukisprieston477]

I appreciate the halfhearted dedication to restaurant kayfabe. I expect nothing less from a trash goblin professional.

[@VivSlakes]

the domain was still available 👀 welp, not anymore 😅 configured a redirect to this video for now

[@mothersbasement]

You are a hero. I wish I could pin this comment

[@freebrickproductions]

Which domain?

[@jackkatz8604]

As someone who has experience in a fire academy, a "Five Alarm Dumpster Fire" will ALWAYS be the BEST description.

[@ConvincingPeople]

Oh boy, I just read an absolutely incensed summary of where Vampire Dormitory goes later on by a disgruntled manga reader, and all I can say is this: I hope they get to the *really* stupid stuff sooner rather than later, because this sounds fucking incredible.

[@rb4121]

seeing how i'll likely never read or watch this series: what is the "*really* stupid stuff" the story gets to later on?

[@ConvincingPeople]

@@rb4121I don't want to spoil it for the people who might prefer to be surprised, but in short, the dramatic plot reveals and gender-bending shenanigans don't get any less absurd, and they *certainly* don't get any more heterosexual. Or cisgender, frankly. Or tasteful.

[@LaineMann]

@@ConvincingPeopleoh please give us SOMETHING. 😭

[@r3dp9]

@@LaineMann You can always consult TV Tropes or Wikipedia for proper spoilers.

[@LaineMann]

@@r3dp9 I mean but you brought it up

[@gpdragonfire1652]

37:08 “Wow, glowing rocks!” He’s literally me

[@garykelley9027]

Walmart Overlord. That's pretty spot on. I love the ep 1 bait/switch of Oh we did the whole SAO plot as background, here you go. I love the total edgelord of his outfit as well. Like it's an MMO totally would've been a thing.

[@ーテイル]

"Aqua out of ten" is going into my insult dictionary and (after witnessing Oshi no Ko), it deals double damage.

[@MagicSwordKing]

I love that you somehow make the conceit of these videos even more tortured and bizarre with each new season. First it was the explanations of the rating scale, then the differentiation between trash and garbage, now we're into full blown existential crisis over the dissonance between the restaurant concept and youtube.

[@15shadowgoku]

Geoff is killing that suit ❤❤❤

[@molybdaen11]

As disc world mentioned it so goo: „What is a normal orgasm compared to the raw power of the cosmos constantly flowing through your venes?”

[@overwhelmed_cactus6820]

“Damm that’s every kind of phobic at once” Statement of the year

[@MeadowGearSolid]

I, 5-Star Yelp Personality, support this restaurant

[@Alias_Anybody]

Wait, purple hair for protag-kun instead of brown or black? The animators were daring with that first one.

[@Dracon7601]

Honestly brown is way rarer than blue, purple, white or green.

[@Alias_Anybody]

@@Dracon7601 In Harem and Isekai? Action shonen is famous for the crazy whites and blues and what not.

[@Dracon7601]

@@Alias_Anybody Yeah I'm saying brown is rare, but also isekai in particular has a bunch of white hair protagonists even if everyone else has regular hair. Off the top of my head kazama and maybe rudeus are the only ones that come to mind for isekai protag.

[@pengen_gantinama]

@@Dracon7601 the protagonist of isekai oneesan has brown hair too and isekai okaasan

[@ImWintercat]

I think losing the tux gives the opportunity to bring more color of tuxes for different genres you're talking about.

[@krazypipe]

Chillin in another world, three bags of fresh air in garbage bags? OMG, as a fan of the show... that is so perfect.

[@mysmallnoman]

" a fan of the show "

[@jackhammerMean]

@15:11 Absolutely correct. Indisputably burning garbage. Outro totally slaps though which is so strange and tempts me to just watch every episode for that at the end.

[@mamluk]

23:49 Oh, it gets worse in the light novels. "Goblinating is bad... so I'm going to drug them with aphrodesiacs until they are willing."

[@profegabu5304]

No worries. It also happens in the dang manga........ I'm so tired 😫

[@andrewowens4421]

At first I thought Re:Monster had potential, what with him being killed by his ex and him trying to find her to take his revenge, but it's basically a dungeon crawl with more and more sexual exploits bordering on assault. The characters are fun but they can only pull the story so far, the plot is basically non-existent.

[@Zlyde007]

@@andrewowens4421 the plot is there, but it has the same level of presence as a cash grab mobile game

[@molybdaen11]

Well, we knew in the very first episode that the girl was right to stab him :)

[@spontaneouscombustion7009]

They are also imprisoned in cages in the dark indefinitely, on top of the drugs, until they ‘’consent’’, so... yeah. I don’t like that or what it says about the author’s understanding of words

[@ArlanKels]

New Gate's animation quality is so atrociously low end I'm concerned they had a single guy animating everything with 2 seconds to do a whole episode. And then Banished Hero popped up this season.... Love that he got caught by the 7th Prince too. The author and the mangaka have both worked to make a crazy, weird, awful, trashy, amazing, wonderful, weird, hilarious series.

[@Electric0eye]

"Best girl by default" is the funniest classification for a character I stg

[@andrewowens4421]

To be fair, "Best Girl" is relative as everyone has their own tastes, but I suppose there would be a baseline understanding of the qualities that would make up a "Best Girl." Thus, being the default one means the average qualities are present.

[@fezzman9898]

Aqua/10 is the greatest, most insulting trash rating I've ever heard in my life. Better than someone slow clapping Salt Bae.

[@jellyfishjan3498]

Normally when i visit Che Garbage, I have a good laugh at the menu and leave. Vampire Dormitory is the first offering I have felt truly satisfied with. 10/10 my compliments to the chef.

[@micahmock3505]

Re:Monster was such a letdown. The first few episodes were good, with the RPG elements being solid and the pace being very rapid. It seemed lighthearted with a hidden darkness behind the scenes, suggesting that the main character was morally grey. Then it just spiraled out of control when every single human woman he captured and was holding captive joined his harem. They just completely lost their original motivations for living so that they could follow MC Goblin Demon Lord. He became OP so fast that there are no stakes anymore.

[@mamluk]

so I could be wrong, cause it was a long time ago and I can't find another reference to it, but I remember reading once that Re:Monster is what inspired Goblin Slayer... so at least that good came of it.

[@mysmallnoman]

" the isekai harem with an OP MC is an isekai harem with OP MC " You're a clown

[@molybdaen11]

He got a long list of skills he would never use too.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

That kinda describes Reincarnated as a Slime perfectly as well.

[@bigshotnickiz4332]

Having the worst day, now I get the best meal. Truly props to chef geoff

[@mothersbasement]

Hope your day turns around from here!

[@dorksanddragons]

I died at "Re:Ady" then double died at "Re:dBear".

[@Ubersupersloth]

In a better show, a villain’s ideology about how the power you gain yourself (ie levelling) is superior to the gifts God gives you because levelling lets you retain your autonomy as a person instead of being beholden to a higher power would actually be really interesting.

[@meganmartin3373]

Thanks for the spotlight on Mysterious Disappearances, definitely one of my more surprising favorites from this season.

[@cloudieo]

As someone who was bullied, had spongebob as one of their first hyperfixations and wanted to be a youtuber when they were younger that manwha adaption is... Very interesting to see.

[@DerT0d]

finally someone gives 7th prince the recognition it deserves. especially its animation. they did not need to go so hard on the spells but damn it's fun to look at.

[@maoulegna]

Oh no no no, by looking at the colored edition of the manga, one can see that going hard with the magic is the first requirement.

[@Zlyde007]

@@maoulegna its the mob psycho anime equivalent of the art style changing into manga, but in reverse. reality bending

[@Miraihi]

Beaten me to this exact comment! 7'th prince is a great show. I also love the opening song with touching lyrics about the spirit of curiosity.

[@nicholasdaniel2778]

Geoff... You put Darkness in a maid outfit on the thumbnail, so I had to watch, time to feast extravagantly.

[@natekiellach2940]

idk why but the trash bag dirigible contraption award might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

"Arachnophobia is so stupid, just let spiders get married." is what I have to say to the whole idea of "phobic."

[@Moon-li9ki]

I don't even watch that many animes nowadays, but chez garbage is one of my favorite things ever. Pointing and laughing at trash anime is never going to get old

[@JeffDvrx]

this season of Konosuba is outdoing the previous two without breaking a sweat imo, I always found it very good and fun but I've spent every single episode laughing out loud this time around. It's like it got into its groove and it's so, so polished

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Your trash is the best jeff! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤

[@mothersbasement]

Thanks for always being here to hype me up!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@mothersbasement 🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@Becvar80]

Vampire Dorm tricked me into watching the first episode, then I realized it was secretly straight and happily dropped that trash in the bin. Besides, I knew I'd learn all I needed to know about it once Chez Garbage reopened.

[@TheElly750]

I await these videos every season. The humor and the occasional subversive banger in disguise are the highlights of my anime watching endeavors.

[@Reese_sRandoms]

19:52 I literally spit out my water with that kimchi slap, they really out here using it like a whip

[@kingsleycy3450]

Father guy talking about how leveling up is the instrument with which mankind will use to defeat God is peak writing

[@emilytheimp]

Honestly, Im really digging Vampire Domitory. Yes its trash, but the scene of the MC cross-crossdressing (doublecrossdressing if u will) makes my fujoshi cavewoman brain very happy

[@tsunderelict]

i am now sold

[@BakaHoushi]

Double reverse crossdressing is peak fiction.

[@molybdaen11]

Finally our sisters have something good to eat too.

[@kyleawsum7]

my favorite part of watching these as a person who reads a lot of shitty isekai is going "oh shit they stooped low enough to animate THAT?" 1 or 2 times evert episode

[@mothersbasement]

instead of “scraping the bottom of the barrel” they’re “scraping the bottom of the Narou”

[@kyleawsum7]

Every season im on my knees for an I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! adaptation.

[@mysmallnoman]

If you think they're actually shitty you wouldn't be reading them

[@sidzero]

So glad you're not sleeping on 7th Prince anymore. It's going to keep getting better. The manga is fantastic.

[@air5723]

You say you lost your tux in customs, but i think you *know* this one is an upgrade

[@higherground9888]

Depends on the man. Some men just can't pull off pink. Luckily, he can.

[@colonylaser4860]

I used to watch your Trash pieces only for occasional funny. No more. I can't no longer do the 3-episode thing before dropping. You, sir, are adding years to my life and providing a much needed public service.

[@straight_man]

"Aqua/10" I am stealing that insult.

[@tecanec9729]

I'll just say this: Alan looks *distractingly* like a heroic swordsman with secret powers, a massive harem, and an evil dad. Wonder if he's got an ancient mech, too.