[HAIKYU!!] S4E13 Full Reaction (FINALE) (Patreon)
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~ I ended up scoring the season (which is only the first HALF of season 4) a 7.5 out of 10 (which is the same score I gave the Land VS. Air OVA).
I'm very excited for the next half of the season, I REALLY want Karasuno to kick the other teams ass :P clearly I do NOT condone heckling of any sort, especially when you're booing at high school kids. There has been a heavy focus on good sportsmanship in Haikyu so far. so this really threw me off. Whether or not it's common, I think it's shitty.
I'll probably go back to watching these episodes on my own from the next half of the season, instead of watching live. If there is enough request, I could do a "season review" about a week after it's over, after everyone (including me) has had time to process their emotions/thoughts in their own time. This will make for a better environment for a more "objective" discussion. It'd be easier for me to address a group of people (like in a livestream) if I'm in the "review/discussion" frame of mind, and not just halfway in the process of stepping out of a pretty emotional moment (like at the end of this episode).
I was watching S1 - 3 on my own and just posting reactions afterwards, so I didn't expect to need to do it for S4. But in the future, I will just mention more often that reactions are different from reviews and I'm not always ready to talk about things "objectively" at just any given time. I used to choose more carefully the kind of anime I watch for reactions (pre-recording) VS the kind of anime I watch live. But I started doing more and more streams, and I pretty much just watch everything except One Piece live at the moment.
I don't think people realise that the review part of my brain is not = to the reaction/emotion part of my brain. There is quite literally a right brain/left brain divide. So when I'm on the one side, it can get pretty jarring to be expected to step right over to the other side (from emotional involvement in a story, to objectively discussing it), especially when it's just me being watched by 80+ people and half or so of them participating in the chat, some joking, others being serious, some stepping in at an awkward moment and not understanding context etc.
Anyhoo! Overall, it was a good season, maybe not my favourite (I can't decide whether season 2 or 3 is my favorite), but still nice to watch. I think it laid a good foundation for the second half, and I honestly didn't notice the style/animation difference unless the comparison was right next to each other. I don't think it was better, or worse - just a little different. What did you think?