>it's a baseball episode

Samurai Champloo had the best baseball episode.

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>its a cultural festival episode

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>its a beach episode

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>it's a Christmas episode

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>>123921903

>It's an episode where they go to a foreign country, and everyone there is nothing but stereotypes turned up to 11.

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>it's a re-cap episode
>with few new scenes scattered in it so you have to watch the whole thing anyways

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>onsen episode

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>MC has a fever episode

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>it's a villain backstory episode

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>it's a "grandpa isn't really dead" segement

>>123921903
The recent assclass baseball one was surprisingly good.

>>123922366
I love it when the villain is portrayed as a nice guy with a tragic back-story.

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>it's a comedy episode where everyone takes something inane way too seriously

>>123922209
>In April.

>Called game.

>it's a mountain training episode

>>123922585
I love it when the villain is the one who's right.

Or when the villain is the actual hero and we didn't know that since we were watching it from the biased perspective of the protagonist who's actually evil.

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>Calm and cozy episode before the final battle

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>Suddenly fanservice over 9000 episode in an otherwise tame show

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>it's a baseball series

>>123922787
>I must change this corrupt world
>But you can't hurt people!

Fuck this gay earth every time

>>123922892
Fuck off back to s4s.

>>123922905
Recently dropped Cross Game. The first episode was good, but the rest is just meh. Can't believe I got tricked into watching it.

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>>123922168
>during a monsoon

>>123921903
>baseball
>no one of the most boring sports ever

Almost as bad as golf

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>they are playing Lacrosse

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>>123922141
>cultural festival
>mc's class does a cafe

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>>123923707
I remember enjoying this stuff as a kid. Wouldn't publicly admit it.

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>>123923707
>Lacrosse

PLEASE NO

>>123921903
I wonder how that guy feels about becoming an Internet meme.

>>123923707
why do you hate lacrosse

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>It's an Imaishi episode

>>123924022
I'ts not like we make fun of him, we only use his pride and enthusiasm.

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>it's a shopping episode

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>sports anime
>it's an episode with the characters just hanging around together, not sparring at all

>>123923659
That's not Soccer.

>>123924176
This. Star Wars Kid and Double Rainbow Guy got it way worse.

>>123925366
>d-d-dateeeoooo??

>>123926903
>he didnt watch the last fifa
someone didnt get his dose of german nationalism

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>it's a recap episode

>>123926903
>soccer
Merifat please.

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>It's a space opera episode

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>it's a musical episode

>>123921903
>The Blue Jays still suck

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>it's a parallel universe school setting episode of a non-school setting anime

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>it's an onsen episode

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>>123922892
>A few tame fanservice scenes in a H-game adaption

>>123923494
Cross Game is great you faggot.

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>>123928507

>A few tame fanservice scenes in a H-game adaption
> people complain about it and say it ruins said adaptation

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>>123922266

this
I really hate this.

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>Introduce a new character and kill him/her in the same episode.

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>it's a baseball episode

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>It's a collecting salt episode

Never ever

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>>123922141
>its a cultural festival arc

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>it's an episode that has nothing to with the cliffhanger left in the episode before it

>>123925366
>Not enjoying watching cute little girls shop for panties.

>>123929501
Fucking Japan and their salt consumption.

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>it's an episode where the MC and the main love interest get isolated from the rest of the group and get to bond

>>123930593
Why is this guy so happy?

Must really love his OTP!

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>tfw forced drama episode at the end of a comedy anime

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>>123927311
>episode 1
>not 0,
>not 00
>but episode 1
>full recap of all events so far

>>123921903
Based Samurai Champloo baseball episode.

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>>123921903
>European characters who love baseball
Do Japanese not know that the only people in the world who care about baseball are Americans and Japanese?

>>123931449
and Mexicans

>>123931449
>>123931471
as well as Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans

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>>123930794
>fun episode added at the end of a serious anime

>>123929501

>basement dwelling manchild that doesn't know anything about preparing his own food much less handling the logistical support of a unit of dozens of people

The salt episode was great, fuck off m8

>it's a training episode

>Valentine's day episode
>Never followed up with a White day episode

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>>123931731
>SoL episode then a gorilla wrecks everybody's shit

>>123928030
>FairytailOVA.jpg

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>episode covers previous episode's events but from an alternate perspective

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>>123929501
Sounds like you're pretty salty.

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>>123922141
>it's an arc

based

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>>123921903
Good thing this gave him power to beat those roid-busters.

>>123922512
Subverted in South Park S1's Death. It was pretty cool.

>>123922366
>it's a villain-narrated arc, where his narration is a thousand times better than Araragi's

>>123922787
>Or when the villain is the actual hero and we didn't know that since we were watching it from the biased perspective of the protagonist who's actually evil.
Name one series

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>there is no filler

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>>123922892
>this post

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>>123921903
>It's a timeloop episode

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>>123930269
But that's actually great

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>>123921903
>It's a timeloop episode

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>>123921903
>It's a timeloop episode

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>>123921903
>It's a timeloop episode

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>Its the episode that finally reveals the cool character from the OP

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>>123921903
>It's a timeloop episode

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>MC moping around after their first big loss episode

>>123921903
>It's a timeloop show. or is it?
it is

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>>123921903
my nigga

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>>123922266
Naruto, anybody?

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>Budget saving episode

>>123933114
Holy shit this episode caused so many to almost drop it. Even I almost dropped it.

>>123932314
>kaiki
>villain
go back to school and study properly this time

>>123923256
I...

I JUST WANT TO BECOME STRONGER TO HELP OTHERS!!!

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>It's a quality series where every minute of every episode is put to good use.

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>>123922266
>It's a re-cap episode
>Its not a clip show and the character just discuss the plot so far with lite strategy.

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>its a filler episode

>>123922266
I saw Hajime no Ippo pull something like this in the first season

except you didn't have to watch that episode at all

Gundam Wing had two recap episodes, iirc, one of which had a new scene at the end

>there is no episode, it's cancelled

>>123933354
>anime is cancelled soon afterwards

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>it's an unresolved ghost from the past returns to haunt the MC episode.

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>every single episode is a filler episode
>there is no character development or overarching story
>watch it all anyway

>>123933408
>Nisekoi

>>123932453
>>123932660
>>123932775
>>123932791
>>123932893
Why does she sit like that?

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It's a maid cafe episode.

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>it's the final episode

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>wrestling episode

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>>123933408
>every single episode is a filler episode
>There is little overarching story and little character development
>Its a plot episode

I hate it when the plot gets in the way

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>>123933548
>It's the final episode

>>123921933
Came here to say this.

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>last few episodes start to build up to a climax
>second last episode: high tension crazy shit happens, leaves it on a cliffhanger
>final episode is a shameless series tie-in where everything goes back to normal and no one appears affected by what's happened

>>123923840
>or spook house
>eat only takoyaki/yakisoba
>perform a stage play of "Romeo and Juliet"

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>>123933548
>>123933641
>it's the final episode with no conclusion and a cliffhanger
>S2 never

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>it's the episode where best girl wins

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>>123933548
>It's the final episode
>Your otp happens

>It's the episode after the introductory material has been established
>sadistic-for-no-reason, cartoony filler villain is introduced.

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>it's a filler episode where the cast is in a completely different setting than the usual and do something they'd otherwise never do while still having the same personalities and interactions between each other

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>>123933258
>it's a filler arc

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>>123933959
>others' otp has failed
The NaruSaku tears were delicious

>>123934438
I still wish they went full crack paring with abosolutly everyone just the see the absolute devastation over every single ship not happening

>>123934438

Believe it or not Nurutu isn't the only series with pairings involved. Now fuck off back to >>>/mal/

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>>123934438
>No Shikamaru x Clouds end

it still hurts

>>123934593
Its the biggest and most recent example of a shitstorm caused by a failed otp. You fuck off.

>>123922366
>the villain is just a dick for the sake of being a dick
love that shit

>>123934669

That you know of, sure. Now if you please, >>>/mal/ is that away.

>>123934653
You know, it took me a while to realize you were actually talking about clouds and not some girl who had cloud based attacks.

>>123933662
Man fuck Gaim

>>123921933
BUNT

>>123934856

Micchi did nothing wrong.

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>its a dancing episode
>>123934977
We both know that's not true

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>It's a "Let's go karaoke!" episode

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>it's a touchy feely finale with tears of joy and sadness
Fuck you Dr. Seuss, I'll be sad and smile.

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>>123933114
To this day i still can't find any anime where BUDGET EPISODE was so fucking clear as in TTGL

Man i would have loved browsing /a/ at the time when this aired.

>>123935419

Watch Twintails.

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>>123933114
>the entire second half is budget saving

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>its a totally one-sided fight
>hero refuses to stay down

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>>123935621
>they used the entire budget on the first episode

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>>123935630
>Hero gets beaten to near death.
>Hero magically gets his strangth back and then some.
>Hero wins the fight with one hit.

>>123921903
Is /ñ/ dead?

>>123935829
Yeah that annoys me. It's kind of a bummer that heroes in manga don't lose a lot. Zoro/Mihawk and Gash/Barry were great fights and set the scale for the rest of the series.

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>Massively overpowered hero and villain both conveniently sidelined so the second-stringers can duke it out

>>123931282
Shin Mazinger did it right.

>>123934805
You know. that actually would've been pretty nice instead of throwing Temari at him because reasons.

>>123932354
I can't, But Rising X rydeen is similar, although I've only ever read the manga, which isn't even completed yet.
This sort of development should be used more often.

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>seemingly unimportant character dies
>it hurts the most

>>123931449
Not even 'merifats really like baseball all that much anymore. It's heady over to U.S football.

>>123933854
NGNL

>>123933579
my fetish

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>it's a tournament arc

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>>123930593
so all of nisekoi?

>>123923979
the stuff of nightmares

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>there's no OP

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>>123937443
>special OP or ED
>it is sang by the seiyuus

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>It's the same OP/ED
>But starting from a different verse

>>123933854
>dtb

>>123921903
/tv/ please go

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>>123937443
>the OP plays during the episode

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>>123939079
>Final episode
>1st OP plays as the ED

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>The OP switches place with the ED and has inverted colours

>>123935829
That why Jojo is so great

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>disaster happens in both the anime and real world Japan.
Our worlds are connected confirmed.

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>it's a shitposting thread

>>123933579
Frogman, get out.

>>123931327
It was great.

>>123924154
Because I'm not a 14 year old trust-fundee.

>its a recap episode
>but you cant skip it because not 100% of it is recap
fuck you anno

>>123933114
episode 4 wasnt nearly as bad as people say it is

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>>123939079
>ed starts playing mid fight

>>123940567
That was a civilian account episode that added to the lore and reality of the situation

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>>123937443
>there's no OP
>intense, abnormal opening scene
>ED is different

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>party contains overpowered as fuck character who could win every conflict easily
>gets cheaply one-shotted at the start of every single fight only to resurrect once it calms down

>>123931449
B-b-ut i love baseball.
*Not American or Japanese*

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>Manservice

>>123932354
Shana S3