abhutrash said: Oh, I didn't notice it doesn't have a length requirement. So it's easier actually. I'll try to avoid this challenge anyway (ew, shorts-padding) but if I can't, I'll make use of this link - thanks!fuyuki said: Pretty sure this one is Tier 2 and the other one is Tier 3 mostly because of the length requirement. The "less than 5 favorites" item requires it to be at least 16 minutes long, whereas the one I'm talking about can be any length.@abhutrash oh god, I haven't noticed that challenge, at first I though you're saying about the one with 'less than 5 favorites' in the 3rd tier, which I've already done. So they've made an even harder one ._. Thanks, I'll either watch that or exclude this task (I haven't removed anything yet, so I have 3 additional ones in the 2nd tier). Here's where the zero favorites start: https://xss.now.cc/topanime.php?type=favorite&limit=9100 Main obstacle for me was trying to find things that are even available to watch online, which is why I went ahead and recommended Speed. Of the zero favorites, I also watched Embah, which was trash, don't do it. I can PM you a link to Speed later if you have trouble finding it. |
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Archoxys said: Hey, could I get a recommendation? (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread. (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member. @SheyCroix For either https://xss.now.cc/anime/30276/One_Punch_Man https://xss.now.cc/anime/20431/Hoozuki_no_Reitetsu https://xss.now.cc/anime/12031/Kingdom https://xss.now.cc/anime/6211/Tokyo_Magnitude_80 https://xss.now.cc/anime/6880/Deadman_Wonderland Please don't double post, just edit your last reply @PLUT520 https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=1697305&show=1950#msg53715589 https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=1697305&show=1950#msg53715597 @gwendal738 https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=1697305&show=1950#msg53715645 https://xss.now.cc/forum/?topicid=1697305&show=1950#msg53715669 Pullman said: Lmao considering all that nitpicking about hair colors just on the last page I'm seriously wondering if anyone is still having fun doing these extremely pedantic challenges? It seems to be more about nitpicking and researching inofficial wiki articles and treating them like gospel even if you can obviously see that the hair is 'not' just black, than just having fun with anime. When you have to spend more time arguing about silly details like this than actually watching anime, not sure it still deserves to be called Anime Challenge rather than a competition of who can navigate their way through this Kafkaesque bureaucracy attached to it. I don't want to hate but I think it's sad what this challenge turned into. Originally it was just a motivator for having some fun with anime, but now the fun has taken a backseat and the whole organisation cares WAY more about being extremely pedantic about the silliest things. Valuing wiki articles more than common sense and just generally being extremely inflexibly in every regard. The rules are more important than people having fun is the impression I get. If you're having fun but one of your entries isn't 100% defined as fitting the age or color or whatever requirements or you missed a screenshot you're doing it wrong and don't deserve to finish the challenge according to the organisers and imo it should be the other way round. At the same time challenges becoming more and more narrow so that there is less and less freedom to really choose for a lot of them. Many literally leave you only a handful of options and you'll end up having to force yourself to watch something you know you won't like or to 'cheat' with shorts or other loopholes which defeats the point imo. The current approach is encouraging watching stuff just for the sake of ticking off a list item, and ideally spending as little time as possible on it because for a lot of the items you simply won't find anything that interests you because of how specific the parameters are. I used to enjoy participating but I'm not even gonna bother this year. This has become 80% bureaucrazy and 20% having fun watching anime which is just not an acceptable ratio for something that's supposed to be casual and enjoyable. This most recent page is the perfect example. When you have to argue about haircolors and their definitions for a whole page, priorities are seriously misaligned. I expect this to become a very niche thing for dedicated pedantics in a few years if this trend continues. Just my two cents. Seeing fun and casual events ruined by bureaucrazy and an over-eager organizing team is just kinda sad to me because I find pedantic bureaucracy to be a pretty toxic thing, which is like the opposite of what a challenge like this should be about. I don't expert the organizers to really care because they've continued this trend for the past few years even against constant waves of feedback that criticize these developments. They enjoy doing it like this, so everyone else has to as well. Not pointing out some wrong things you have said of minor importance, it seems you have given this much thought. Which is good. If you feel that strong about this challenge, you are free to share your ideas to make this a better event for the community. You can share what you think is a good way to run this. You can point out all the things that shouldn't be part of this and the things that should be incorporated, brought back or simply worked on a bit more. Since, most of the time, many complain but just a few try to help to make it better. I'm not saying that only complaining is a bad thing, since like that we can learn if we made a mistakes or what people think could be better. If you do have more feedback, feel free to send it to me in a private message. It will be easier to look at it later when making next year's challenge. (same for anyone else that has new ideas for this challenge) PinkChardam said: For those that have participated previously does event staff respond to complaints and make changes? I try to incorporate suggestions and keep in mind complaints. If you have any more feel free to share them here. Mistywind said: Recommendations for #102 please? @SheyCroix @Yuki-Chan276 @Sojin @Conde_Mohr @TuyNOM @jhoson14 @mozgow https://xss.now.cc/anime/6211/Tokyo_Magnitude_80 https://xss.now.cc/anime/7662/Shinrei_Tantei_Yakumo https://xss.now.cc/anime/22135/Ping_Pong_The_Animation https://xss.now.cc/anime/12031/Kingdom @PLUT520 @thatjazzyman don't use the sign up thread to chat. If you both want to recommend something to the other, feel free to do so in comments or private messages. thatjazzyman said: @PLUT520 For challenge #19 you should watch Baby Steps. PLUT520 said: @thatjazzyman (2604) For Challenge #19, you should watch Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen III - Kourin thatjazzyman said: @PLUT520 for Challenge 54 you should watch School Days |
SheyCroixJan 15, 2018 2:41 PM
| Some quick questions as I was looking through stuff: 1. What's the difference necessarily between a web manga and a digital manga? I'm guessing how they're published but I'm not sure what separates the two. 2. Would a light novel adaptation count as being adapted from a book or would it be different? 3. Does anyone know of any anime adapted specifically from picture books? That one has been the hardest to find tbh Thanks!! I'm only doing 40 anime this year but I'm already really excited for all the new shows I'll be watching~ |
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TheMidnightWolf said: Some quick questions as I was looking through stuff: 1. What's the difference necessarily between a web manga and a digital manga? I'm guessing how they're published but I'm not sure what separates the two. 2. Would a light novel adaptation count as being adapted from a book or would it be different? 3. Does anyone know of any anime adapted specifically from picture books? That one has been the hardest to find tbh Thanks!! I'm only doing 40 anime this year but I'm already really excited for all the new shows I'll be watching~ Frankly, I'm not sure what the exact differences are for some of them, but the source needs to be listed appropriately in the MAL database. E.g for book it must say book, not novel. There's a pretty comprehensive list with suggestions here: https://xss.now.cc/blog.php?eid=811786 Hope that helps =) |
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Ph0esz said: TheMidnightWolf said: Some quick questions as I was looking through stuff: 1. What's the difference necessarily between a web manga and a digital manga? I'm guessing how they're published but I'm not sure what separates the two. 2. Would a light novel adaptation count as being adapted from a book or would it be different? 3. Does anyone know of any anime adapted specifically from picture books? That one has been the hardest to find tbh Thanks!! I'm only doing 40 anime this year but I'm already really excited for all the new shows I'll be watching~ Frankly, I'm not sure what the exact differences are for some of them, but the source needs to be listed appropriately in the MAL database. E.g for book it must say book, not novel. There's a pretty comprehensive list with suggestions here: https://xss.now.cc/blog.php?eid=811786 Hope that helps =) Oh thanks! That's a very helpful list :0 |
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| (48) Watch an anime adapted from a Game (49) Watch an anime adapted from a Book (58) Watch an anime with 3 or more human adults as the main cast (59) Watch an anime with at least two human children as main characters (60) Watch an anime with a human main character that is not Japanese Any suggestions for these? |
Makhib said: This might sounds really silly and I apologise, but are we allowed to rewatch anime from previous years? While its not against the rules, re-watching is not something I support. The main point of the challenge is to explore and watch new anime. If, even then, you decide to re-watch a title you will need to update the dates accordingly on your anime list to reflect the dates in which the title was watched during the year. Dalivinpotato said: For 17, does a movie count as a "completed anime" As long as it fits the requirement, yes. |
| @protoplasm Thank you! Now i can complete that items! :) |
Jihiden said: @jhoson14 can you please recommend some. Thank you in advance #102: Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member Hello there o7!! Sorry that took me a while to reply. Some recs for 102: Haikyuu Ghost in the Shell Planetes One is from your PTW if you don't mind, is really good so I had to include it ^^ |
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| Hi guys! Could I get some recommendations for challenge 102 and 27 please? |
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Aftesmo said: Hi guys! Could I get some recommendations for challenge 102 and 27 please? for 27: Psycho Pass Pandora Hearts Masamune-kun no Revenge Monster Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon |
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| Hi! I'm so excited to participate in this challenge! I would love recommendations for these two challenges: (82) Watch an anime which began airing between 1917 and 1959 (83) Watch an anime which began airing between 1960 and 1979 Also, would Haikyuu count for #108? (6 or more main characters with natural hair color)/if not, any recs? |
AndreaXCIIIJan 15, 2018 8:09 PM
| For 96: I'm currently watching 91 Days, and I'm wondering how important a character has to be to be considered "main cast"? All the re-occurring characters in 91 Days are older than 18 (including Angelo, I checked the wiki), but only two of the characters are actually marked "main" on MAL. |
| (21) Watch an anime with a main character that is a professional in their field: Would Starship Operators count for this? The description says: To gain funding, they make a deal with a galactic news network - and find themselves the "stars" of their own "reality show. So they are the stars of a reality show. So in my opinion that are professionals in that field since they are getting paid. |
ZangrilJan 15, 2018 9:56 PM
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Selinea said: For 96: I'm currently watching 91 Days, and I'm wondering how important a character has to be to be considered "main cast"? All the re-occurring characters in 91 Days are older than 18 (including Angelo, I checked the wiki), but only two of the characters are actually marked "main" on MAL. To be considered "main" they have to be marked as main on MAL. TribstyAnn said: When a item on the list has a number of main characters needed for it, like ones with a certain amount of main characters needing to have natural hair color, do the characters have to be listed as main characters on MAL? Something like The Tatami Galaxy has only natural hair-colored characters, but only three of them are labeled as main on MAL. Yes. They have to be listed as main characters on MAL for those challenges. |
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| I've already searched the forum but got no clarification for this: (57) Watch an anime with a main cast primarily of one gender The example used was unclear. Does it HAVE to be a cast of ONE main character of one gender and all the other MCs of the other? What if I wanted to use a series with 5 men and 2 women? 6 women and 5 men? |
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| Hi can i please get an anime that doesn't have 100+ episodes if that's at all possible (37) Watch a short anime with 35 episodes or more (i already have Season 1 of Saiki listed under another challenge) And any recommendations for these would be greatly appreciated thank you (85) Watch an anime with 30 minutes or more per episode (57) Watch an anime with a main cast primarily of one gender (104) Watch a completed anime with no Opening or Ending themes listed |
Brimmy21 said: Hi can i please get an anime that doesn't have 100+ episodes if that's at all possible (37) Watch a short anime with 35 episodes or more (i already have Season 1 of Saiki listed under another challenge) And any recommendations for these would be greatly appreciated thank you (85) Watch an anime with 30 minutes or more per episode (57) Watch an anime with a main cast primarily of one gender (104) Watch a completed anime with no Opening or Ending themes listed For (37) You could watch: Poyopoyo For (85) Here's a list of some examples. As long as it has more than one episode it should count. Just double check how long MAL says each episode is because I don't know if everything there is 30 minutes or more.Long Episodes For (104) what I did was use an OVA to a series I'm also planning on watching during this challenge. That would probably be your best bet. Either that or some specials to a series you already watched. |
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| Could I get a couple of recommendations for (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member? @SheyCroix @Sojin @jhoson14 Here's my challenge post with the stuff I'm already planning on watching: Challenge Post Just a few suggestion. Please don't recommend something that aired within the past couple of years. Also if it has a dub that would be a huge plus. While I'm here could I also get something for (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread? |
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(49) Watch an anime adapted from a Book: Would either of these fit for the challenge above? https://xss.now.cc/anime/1441 https://xss.now.cc/anime/7193 If not I'll look further o7 Also I have some general questions: 1. for the hair color challanges, "watch an anime with x or more main characters with a natural hair color" the show can't be used if there aren't x main characters at all, correct? For example, Tamayura has 4 MC's, but everyone in the show has natural hair colors. It would still not fit the "watch an anime with 6 or more main characters with a natural hair color" since there aren't 6+ MC's? 2. for something like "watch an anime with no opening or ending themes listed" it can be a film as well? 3. For the stand-alone OVA challenge, FLCL would no longer be usable, correct? |
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RulenneClarissa said: (49) Watch an anime adapted from a Book: Would either of these fit for the challenge above? https://xss.now.cc/anime/1441 https://xss.now.cc/anime/7193 If not I'll look further o7 Also I have some general questions: 1. for the hair color challanges, "watch an anime with x or more main characters with a natural hair color" the show can't be used if there aren't x main characters at all, correct? For example, Tamayura has 4 MC's, but everyone in the show has natural hair colors. It would still not fit the "watch an anime with 6 or more main characters with a natural hair color" since there aren't 6+ MC's? 2. for something like "watch an anime with no opening or ending themes listed" it can be a film as well? 3. For the stand-alone OVA challenge, FLCL would no longer be usable, correct? Neither of those will work for 49. They say Source: Novel and not Source: Book. Here's a list of examples if you need help finding something. Examples 1. Correct. If MAL doesn't have 6 characters listed as main then it can't be used for a challenge that needs 6 main characters. 2. Yes. Unless a challenge specifically says movie, ova, or something like that you can use anything for the challenge. 3. Yup. You cannot use FLCL for stand-alone OVA, since it has 2 sequels listed in the database even if they haven't aired yet. |
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Zangril said: Thanks for clearing it up, and the link with examples too :)RulenneClarissa said: Would either of these fit for the challenge above? https://xss.now.cc/anime/1441 https://xss.now.cc/anime/7193 If not I'll look further o7 Also I have some general questions: 1. for the hair color challanges, "watch an anime with x or more main characters with a natural hair color" the show can't be used if there aren't x main characters at all, correct? For example, Tamayura has 4 MC's, but everyone in the show has natural hair colors. It would still not fit the "watch an anime with 6 or more main characters with a natural hair color" since there aren't 6+ MC's? 2. for something like "watch an anime with no opening or ending themes listed" it can be a film as well? 3. For the stand-alone OVA challenge, FLCL would no longer be usable, correct? Neither of those will work for 49. They say Source: Novel and not Source: Book. Here's a list of examples if you need help finding something. Examples 1. Correct. If MAL doesn't have 6 characters listed as main then it can't be used for a challenge that needs 6 main characters. 2. Yes. Unless a challenge specifically says movie, ova, or something like that you can use anything for the challenge. 3. Yup. You cannot use FLCL for stand-alone OVA, since it has 2 sequels listed in the database even if they haven't aired yet. Shucks for FLCL though. I'm gonna have to think of something else to use as an excuse to throw the show at my friend. Though for the stand-alone OVA, I can use something that's been adapted to that OVA only, correct? Like One Pound Gospel (https://xss.now.cc/anime/1328)? |
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https://xss.now.cc/anime/2966/Ookami_to_Koushinryou https://xss.now.cc/anime/13125/Shinsekai_yori https://xss.now.cc/anime/22789/Barakamon You've seen Handa-kun but not Barakamon? You need to watch that right away. Barakamon came first but not everyone enjoyed the prequel when they released it. Mostly because after Barakamon, it was a little disappointing. Zangril said: While I'm here could I also get something for (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread? https://xss.now.cc/anime/8476/Otome_Youkai_Zakuro https://xss.now.cc/anime/13125/Shinsekai_yori https://xss.now.cc/anime/11013/Inu_x_Boku |
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RulenneClarissa said: Thanks for clearing it up, and the link with examples too :) Shucks for FLCL though. I'm gonna have to think of something else to use as an excuse to throw the show at my friend. Though for the stand-alone OVA, I can use something that's been adapted to that OVA only, correct? Like One Pound Gospel (https://xss.now.cc/anime/1328)? No problem :D Yup. As long at the OVA is the only anime then it's fine. Hantsuki said: Zangril said: While I'm here could I also get something for (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread? https://xss.now.cc/anime/8476/Otome_Youkai_Zakuro https://xss.now.cc/anime/13125/Shinsekai_yori https://xss.now.cc/anime/11013/Inu_x_Boku Thanks for the recommendations. I'll go with: https://xss.now.cc/anime/13125/Shinsekai_yori |
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Zangril said: Thanks for the recommendations. I'll go with: https://xss.now.cc/anime/13125/Shinsekai_yori Nice choice! That one was in my top 10 for a while. I hope you enjoy it. :) |
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Dalivinpotato said: does any staff member have any thing I should watch? (This is for challenge 102) I tend to like horror and mysteries but anything will do. Steins;Gate Shinsekai yori Z_Tetriminos said: I've already searched the forum but got no clarification for this: (57) Watch an anime with a main cast primarily of one gender The example used was unclear. Does it HAVE to be a cast of ONE main character of one gender and all the other MCs of the other? What if I wanted to use a series with 5 men and 2 women? 6 women and 5 men? Quoted from this post: needs 4 or more main characters; at least 1 from one gender and 3 from the opposite gender, i.e. 3 males and 1 female / 3 girls and 1 boy; can't have a main cast of the same gender So if there are 2 men, there need to be at least 6 women. harmony19 said: Can I get a few recommendations for #102? Preferably something 1 or 2 cour long and any genre is fine. Cheers. Iria: Zeiram The Animation Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster @MeowImAvery This post should explain everything. If something is still unclear, ask here again. @Kineta Can we get rid of character limit in this thread ? |
mozgowJan 16, 2018 2:13 AM
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| (75) Watch an anime with 3 or more main characters with unnatural hair color excludes black, brown, blonde, red, white and gray What about characters with 2-tone hair that uses those above colors? Like Kagami from Kuroko's Basketball who has red hair gradients into black. Or Hasegawa from Haganai (even worse, it's brown at the roots then becomes blonde then becomes brown again at the tips yet is his "natural" hair color according to the description). Not a natural look by any means but it technically does use natural colors listed. |
| Hey everyone :) i need some recommendations, preferably with romance :) (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread and (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member @SheyCroix @Yuki-Chan276 @Sojin @Conde_Mohr @TuyNOM @jhoson14 @mozgow Thanks! |
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bibinator72 said: Hey everyone :) i need some recommendations, preferably with romance :) (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread Hope you might like one of these: https://xss.now.cc/anime/3470/Special_A https://xss.now.cc/anime/33241/Honobono_Log https://xss.now.cc/anime/18119/Servant_x_Service https://xss.now.cc/anime/24031/Denki-gai_no_Honya-san Although the 2 at bottom don't have a romance tag, they do contain rather a lot of romance I'd say, and end up with couples, sort of =) enjoy! |
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bibinator72 said: Hey everyone :) i need some recommendations, preferably with romance :) (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread and (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member @SheyCroix @Yuki-Chan276 @Sojin @Conde_Mohr @TuyNOM @jhoson14 @mozgow Thanks! You can watch either Oniisama e... or Glass no Kamen (2005). They're both dramas, but the first one specially is so dramatic that it turns out being hilarious. The second one is a personal favourite of Shey that I watched for last year's challenge. Good luck. |
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| Hello! I need some recommendations for the challenge, specifically for: (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member Not sure how to get ahold of a challenge staff member, though. Any help is welcome! |
ichaelmayJan 16, 2018 4:51 AM
ichaelmay said: Hello! I need some recommendations for the challenge, specifically for: (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member Not sure how to get ahold of a challenge staff member, though. Any help is welcome! (27) I recommend : https://xss.now.cc/anime/34636/Ballroom_e_Youkoso https://xss.now.cc/anime/6347/Baka_to_Test_to_Shoukanjuu?q=baka%20t https://xss.now.cc/anime/6211/Tokyo_Magnitude_80?q=tokyo%20ma https://xss.now.cc/anime/10165/Nichijou?q=nichijou https://xss.now.cc/anime/13535/Binbougami_ga https://xss.now.cc/anime/13663/To_LOVE-Ru_Darkness about (102) you need the staff from @AWC_mod or @MRC_mod just put their name behind an @ |
ichaelmay said: Hello! I need some recommendations for the challenge, specifically for: (27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member Not sure how to get ahold of a challenge staff member, though. Any help is welcome! @Sojin @Conde_Mohr @TuyNOM @jhoson14 @mozgow @Yuki-Chan276 @SheyCroix |
| I'm going need some help understanding some of these challenges, so here go. (36) Watch the last movie part of a Movie-Series. Does it means that for a movie series, etc like Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito, the last movie part of this movie-series is Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 5? (29) Watch an anime from the predictive search using a participant on your sign up page. How do I go about with this 'predictive search' thing on a participant's anime list? (I'm presuming I have to do that in their list.) Just type in a random letter and watch the first thing that appear? (68) Watch an active staff member`s favorite anime. Does this apply to both MAL and challenge staffs? And at this part I guess some suggestions/recommendation would be helpful. (85) Watch an anime with 30 minutes or more per episode. (86) Watch a related anime that aired at least 15 years before/after a previously completed series. (105) Watch a completed anime that doesn't have forum discussion threads. I guess that's all for now. Advance thanks to anybody who help! |
ArchoxysJan 16, 2018 6:24 AM
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bibinator72 said: Hey everyone :) i need some recommendations, preferably with romance :) (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member @SheyCroix @Yuki-Chan276 @Sojin @Conde_Mohr @TuyNOM @jhoson14 @mozgow Thanks! Skip Beat! Planetes ichaelmay said: Hello! I need some recommendations for the challenge, specifically for: (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken Harmony |
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| Ah, I forgot. We did that last year, didn't we? Requested. |
Kineta said: I don't know. @SheyCroix can answer that.Ah, I forgot. We did that last year, didn't we? Requested. I just found it really annoying when I give recommendations and there are not enough characters in the post. |
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