What was the last anime you watched that left you genuinely surprised?

>>144798398
Madoka Magica. I was surprised at how shit it was.

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>>144798465

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>>144798398

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>>144798398
I watched YuruYuri because of this gif, and I thought it was going to be about some pink haired Neptune-tier asshole magical girl thing.

Boy, did it hurt.

>>144798398
RE:ZERO

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>>144798662
Meant this gif

One Punch Man. I thought One Punch Man would be able to defeat anyone in one punch, but that last guy took two punches. I was shocked.

>>144798714
I never saw the show but I saw random pictures and that bun pull actually surprised the fuck out of me so I guess that.

Sakamoto ending, didn't expect to cry bitch tears

>>144798714
>>144798662
This makes me think you have a whole file on her anon. Please tell me my thoughts are wrong.

>>144798832
Very wrong

>>144798398
Aoi Hana

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I shat bricks so humongous that any subsequent bricks I may have shat went down unnoticed through my still stretched anus.

>>144798688
This

I expected it to be shit frankly and was pleasantly surprised. This was before it took off as hard as it did. I only ever check here a few times anymore so honestly enjoying the fuck out of it and it's my AOTS for this and the previous season.

Konosuba

Went in with 0 expectations and ended up enjoying it.

>>144800387
When you're about to watch an anime, always make sure that you have no expectations.

>>144798688
Yup. Surprised by how good it is, surprised by individual plot points.

>>144798688
Same desu. Was expecting SAO of the season.

>>144800977
What the fuck? I don't remember typing "desu". This is fucking weird...

Re:Zero the masterpiece of the millennium.

>>144798398
Re:Zero

I expected it to be Isekkai garbage and it somehow turned out worse than that.

>>144798398
Luluco

>>144801043
Just like your mother when she gave birth to you prematurely.

>>144801021
baka desu senpai

Chihayafuru.

Holy fuck was I not ready for something that good.

Death Note

I am on ep 19 and it seems to be taking the same steps as SAO.

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>>144798465

>>144801141
uwu

>>144801094
>Imaishi
>surprised about it being so good
Please, anon. Unless you were surprised about it being bad in which case go fuck yourself.

Ping Pong.

I don't think i'll ever watch anything like that again.

>>144801021
Guys this is a newfag right? The baits are really complex these days so it's harder to tell, but this has to be one right?

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>>144798688

You know the next episode is gonna bee gud.

>>144801283
Yes, that shit is too random to be bait

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>>144798398
Re:Zero
I was surprised at how hard the Jojofags tried to shit up the threads

>>144801313
they had been saying this since ep 14

>>144801279
There were so many very specific parallels in Ping Pong to days playing a sport in my youth. Even without those personal elements it would be a masterpiece to me. I know I am never seeing anything like that again.

>>144801373
As a fan of JoJo and Re:Zero who has never entered a Re:Zero thread, please explain.

>>144798398
Thunderbolt Fantasy. makes me want a puppet

>>144801213
I've been laughing at this since I saw it.

Charlotte.
Was pleasantly surprised when his annoying sister died.

Maybe Valrave or Samurai Flamenco. The sheer insanity of both were so mind boggling that I'm not sure anyone besides the writers could have foreseen where they were going with the series.

>>144801283
I'm only here for Re Zero, so yeah... I can't really stand any other threads on here since I dislike the big 3 and Evengayeons

>>144800287
This is probably the most recent genuine surprise anime has actually pulled off. I can come up with several unexpected developments (the massacre in Code Geass comes to mind) but nothing completely out of nowhere like this.

It wasn't that long ago

Kuma Miko

I mean, fucking really
That's the ending they decided to go with
Like who thought this was a good idea

Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised by that though

>>144801547
Re:Zero fags, everyone

>>144801547
I'm considering dropping this show so I don't have to be grouped with people like you.

>>144801610
>>144801627
Stay mad, fags. <3

>>144801547
You're the reason people have to false flag. Fucking idiot

>>144801687
>Have to

What are you, 5?

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>>144801712
>he doesn't hide his power level

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>>144801665
>>144801547
>>144801021

Re:Zero. For the longest time I had confused it with Aldnoah.Zero which I saw one episode of, and thought was fucking mech garbage, so finally after endless hype, I decided to check it out, and ended up watch AOTY.

>>144801605
How did it end again?

>>144801530
She got better

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>>144801605
this

Holy shit /a/ really has gone to shit. Delusional normies thinking re zero is good.

>>144798618
Never expected the Matrix. Like how the fuck

>>144801845
>normies

You can stop false flagging buddy you're really bad at this.

>>144801802
Machi gets bullied until she's mind broken and is even more unaware of things outside of the village than when she first began. She no longer wants to go live in the city.

>>144801605
>Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised by that though
You really shouldn't, considering the entire show was about her crippling social anxiety and how she's making absolutely no progress with it.

How stupid do you guys have to be to not realize that this anon >>144801021 is not the same person as this anon
>>144801665
>>144801712
>>144801547
???
Fucking newfags everywhere.

>>144798398
DBS. It surprises me every time I watch it. I keep thinking it can't get worse, but then it does.

>>144801870
How did you expect that situation to end? People who move from rural communities to the city end up miserable as hell. It would have been a bad end either way.

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>>144801784
I'm just trying to pass the time until my inevitable demise, nigga.

>>144801804
Did she stop torturing her brother with pizza sauce?

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Boku Dake. You know the part

>>144801945
>How did you expect that situation to end?

Like the manga.

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I'm more disappointed than surprised nowadays.
The last time I was surprised was when I watched Gundam Build Fighters like a month ago, and Arakawa Under the Bridge a month before that

>>144798688
Pretty much this. I was vehemently shitposting in the threads without watching the show. Finally gave it a shot when I was bored and was surprisingly entertained.

>>144800463
I think this is true with any form of entertainment. Having expectations get outright ruin something. It's better to go in and experience it firsthand instead of going off of what other people said.

>>144801845
/a/, much like you, was shit the moment it was conceived.

>>144798398
>wonder what coconut head has been up to lately
>google him
>his real name is William Robert Pinkston IV
>his only other notable role was in punked
Must be tough having your life peaking on a disney show at 15

>>144801974
that was one of the dumbest animes ive ever seen

>>144801946
You fwubbed it.

>>144798398
One Punch Man. I was pleasantly surprised in that it told the story of an over-powered hero, without it boring me. Normally, when an anime's protagonist is the strongest (or one of) it drags by. Yet this one felt like a light hearted show that I could enjoy the shit out of and still come to respect the fighting scenes when they appeared.

>>144802047
>animes

Fuck off.

>>144802076
no, why should I?

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>>144801907
...

>>144802002
Scratch that. Started reading Soremachi manga today and was pleasantly surprised but how much I enjoyed it.

>>144802159
Took you long enough to figure out how to use inspect element.

>>144801949
He grows to like it, I think. I don't remember much about the show besides wanting to harapan Nao.

>>144802106
ur obviously not a true anime fan

>>144802194
What the heck is an inspect element???

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>>144798398
>What was the last anime you watched that left you genuinely surprised?
When I got hassled into finally watching SAO one of its few saving graces was the main pair actually getting together and being a couple on screen. I went in expecting balls to the walls harem shit so it was a relief they chose to cut the crap after the girl of the week episodes.

until Sugu came and ruined everything. Everyone knows you'll never get MC stop wasting our time

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I wouldn't say it's the last one that surprised, but Locodol is probably the anime that surprised me the most. It's so fucking good.

>>144802221
Why? I remember the first time I heard the word "animes" before and it sounded so strange to me (not to imply this is the first time you've heard it). Over time I've heard it so much now through memes and plebs that it sounds more natural to me now and I don't care if it isn't the proper plural form.

>>144802238
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry is a decent anime if you wanna see a couple on screen. It's pretty nice. Solid 6/10 to a soft 7/10. I didn't have to force myself through it.

>>144802317
It's kind of like saying "deers" or some shit.

>>144802407
I think if I heard that enough times it would start to sound natural too, I don't associate myself much with deer though.

>>144802486
What about "sheeps"

>>144802570
Not sure, that one seems tougher to get past though.

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>>144802310
My nigga

Cowboy bebop. Pretty big disappointment

>>144802945
epic

>>144798688
For all the praise you guys sing, I think it jumped the shark pretty hard.

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>>144798398
Thinly veiled rec thread.

D Frag!

I thought it was going to be another generic 'cute girls make videogames harem anime' and I was happily surprised that it wasn't.

>>144798398
Kill la Kill honestly. I expected it to be fun and good but I really wasn't expecting the complex themes, political symbolism and interesting meta narrative.

>>144800287
this