This was a great episode. I am a proud オタク and not afraid to admit it! My all time favorite is Naruto. Aaron should watch Jujutsu Kaisen or Demon Slayer. Something newer, because they aren’t as long as the classics. みんなーありがとうございます.お疲れ様でした!
Recently I entered Full Metal Panic!, its because some Eng cast was same with Ghost Stories (Running gag-jokes and original touching Japanese), from the new world, etc. I'm not interested SF (robot-mechanic) anime for a long time. Its difficult to understand I'm always feeling. Glad I can open new door. some sexy scene, comedic, but serious part was 'serious' thats the reason I started watching.
The last part about SoL/nichijou-kei was so important lol Personally, I wanna recommend Macross Plus as a solid sci-fi drama that's self-contained in 4 episodes despite being part of a larger franchise. I also wanna recommend the 11-episode series Ping Pong the Animation for being a really good coming-of-age story using sports as the vehicle for conflict and growth. Anyway, I laughed when Aaron asked for short series and was immediately hit with Ippo (first season is almost 80 episodes with the OVA and movie), then FMAB which is ~64 episodes, and then MONSTER has around ~74. I know they're comparatively shorter than One Piece's 1000 episodes, but at least Cowboy Bebop only has 26 episodes and a movie.