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Here is the FULL PATREON EXCLUSIVE reaction to Mushoku Tensei Episode 4!

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Fay X84

"Attack on Titan : Junior High" please! >_<

Etienne Lubert

i think code gease should deff be first

_TKD_

Like this comment for Bocchi next ^^

dragonguard666

So wait, I remember you being a bit hesitant to jump into Castlevania because it has 32 episodes but you're willing to jump into Monogatari which has triple that? Pain.

FaerieRose

Looking forward to the Patreon poll. I do think Bocchi should be included, though, as it has quite a lot of support here in the comments.

Muligan Shinzuo

I would prefer not to have 1 year of monogatari, Maybe we could intersperse some other animes every now and then?

Vincenzo

To be objective (Monogatari is my favorite work of all time), it is a dialogue-centric anime, it has a lot of fan service, especially "heavy", it is a work that you have to follow in order to understand it. As much as I would love to watch it again with you, I don't want you to feel forced to watch something that doesn't appeal to you. Maybe start with Bakemonogatari (the correct order is the release order, don't listen to those who tell you that there is a chronological order), if the anime grabs you, then you can continue with the whole series, otherwise drop it without problems, it's not for everyone.

Burezu

Mushoku Tensei has a lot of combat, but from looking at the light novels it's always slice of life type stuff followed by action and then that repeats itself.

Luke

If you do monogatari do one season of it then open it to votes again, pls dont do all 100 episodes.

Blackcat menace

definitely dont want patreon exclusives tied down to monogatari for a year. much rather have something like bocchi the rock or code geass

_TKD_

I don't know what comment sections you looked at from last week, but the results I saw were this: On the s2 e2 reaction: Top Code Geass comment: 19 Likes Top Goblin Slayer comment: 12 Likes Top Monogatari comment: NA Top Bocchi comment: 29 Likes Prison school: 12 Likes On the s2 e3 reaction: Top Code geass comment: 10 Likes Top Goblin slayer comment: 11 Likes Top Monogatari comment: 17 Likes Top Bocchi comment: 15 Likes I have nothing against the other choices here, In fact, I love most of them, but I can't help but feel like Bocchi is being left out intentionally at this point... It shouldn't be a big ask to at least keep it in the poll together with the other 3 when it has this amount of support, right? At least assuming it's possible to do a 4 way poll on patreon. And if the copyright strike situation makes you not want to watch it or something, just say so, because that's easier to accept than it just being overlooked.

Kamil Butala

Before i watch about the next replacement would be great somthing like Lycoris Recoil its prety short and people would end up making their minds about what they realy want :)

Hend Taha

Does anyone know when he will watch bleach ?

Sean

Code Geass!

Breeze

Monogatari series is for sure worth the time investment! Its pretty dialog heavy so i think its never a good idea to watch it on stream but it would be a very good patreon fit. If you decide to watch it just be cautious about the watch order. In my opinion you should be starting with bakemonogatari and then watch the movies kizumonogatari 1-3. But i also can get behind watching the movies first because the movies are a prequel of bakemonogatari. Its like watching star wars you either start with episode 1 or episode 4. Also the subtitles can differ quite drastically, a lot of its dialoge is not as easy to translate because it has a lot of japanese wordplays so u should maybe check with the community which streaming service you can use to watch it. Some subs might even have explanation boxes to help understand the kontext. There are some jokes i only understood after the second watch but this could also come from me watching english sub while english is only my second language. Greetings from germany

Toasterfinal5

The Boner Journey? Not too far fetched but definitely more things are on the horizon.

Yui

Code Geass please :)

Mariokempes

Now the pace will slow down, still really good tho

_TKD_

If Mushoku tensei is dialouge heavy, then Monogatari is a fast paced, self scrolling novel just with some fascinating background visuals. Don't get me wrong, I love Monogatari, it's in my personal top 3, but Monogatari is arguably unrivaled when it comes to the sheer amount of text in each episode...

Emilis2023

In terms of action, you may want to temper your expectations a bit. This season is very front heavy in that regard. The rest is still very good I think, but don't expect guild mission battles every episode.

MatiX

In LN Elinalise said that she hates Paul and she doesn't want to be his daughter-in-law even before meeting Rudy.

Vincenzo

Nah. It should be seen in order of release, the anime was released like this because it should be watched like this, especially if we're talking about Kizu, it would take away all the aura of mystery of "some characters"

Sythe

bocchi got to win this pull

Orieng

I vote Goblin Slayer :)

Joku Jussi

Code geass is something everyone should watch. Monogatari is quite episodic so you could watch 1 season and take a break. It's not an anime for all tho.

blu

Mushoku Tensei can't be replaced with anything, so don't replace it.

Kamil Butala

I just wanna say for the few next episodes read carefully dialoges and whats going on in the world :)

Marco Nodo

castlevania sucks ass that's probs why he doesn't wanna watch it

Kager

Code Geass and Monotagari

Emilis2023

That 2 second turn around on your comment regarding getting a crush on Rudy was hilarious.

Tatersalad666

And so begins a mans quest to cure his ED. Looking forward to your reactions to this next arc.

blu

Look, you are saying things that happened between Sara and Rudy don't happen in real life. It literally happened to me so many times sometimes I've been left wondering what I did wrong, sometimes it felt like it wasn't salvageable anymore, cause even if u try to explain yourself in that case, people don't understand other's people perspective, either that or the "trauma" will still be there somewhere in the corner of their mind, cause people even if they forgive, they don't forget.

David Molin

I'll repost my comment regarding monogatari: I would like you to watch the Monogatari series, but please keep the following in mind: No legal streaming service has the entire series. While most of it is available on funimation, it doesn't have the Kizumonogatari movies (which are on amazon prime) AND NO STREAMING SERVICE HAS THE FINAL 6 EPISODES OF THE SERIES (called zoku-owarimonogatari)!!! So, seeing as you would have to pirate the final episodes anyway, and the official Funimation subtitles are pretty horrible (They don't use consistent terminology and absolutely butcher some of the more word-play heavy dialogue), I WOULD RECOMMEND PIRATING THE WHOLE SERIES, as then you would have much better subtitles and also you wouldn't need to switch streaming services every season (and you would have to pirate the final episodes anyways). Personally I recommend the following torrent, as it has consistent subtitles and the series is neatly organized by numbered folders, because otherwise the watch order can be confusing: https://nyaa.si/view/1582135

Tomáš Votruba

Monogatari is just unlike anything else out there, but all 3 of the anime options for patreon exclusives are great!

Crunchy Potato

Redo of Healer for a bit of mischief? Anyone?

Roxy’s Holy Relic

I’m definitely down for him to react to some “sus” anime but jumping straight into Redo of Healer will probably scar him for life. DxD, To Love Ru, or Freezing, etc would be a better place to start

_TKD_

I think the most common opinion on the watch order is the intended release order, or in other words, release order for everything except for the Kizumonogatari movies, which were supposed to come out right after Bake, but was delayed (for 5 fucking years!) due to production issues.

Some0neElse

Monogatari is completely different experience from any other anime you watched but it is very long. I feel like Goblin slayer would fit best since its very popular overall and atm its hyped cause of the new season

Keith Merrington

My advice is NOT to do Monogatari in one hit (or at all right now). 100 episodes is way too long - you could fit in several medium sized animes instead. If you have to then maybe try the first series as a taster and then poll again for more? Or just treat yourself to a light comedy for a change and watch Bocchi next :-)

Toasterfinal5

Before he will consider taking on a huge anime, One Piece, Bleach, …etc, He mentioned he would like to get to 35,000 followers on his twitch channel. This goal ensures there is enough interest to watch them. Hope this answers your question.

Roxy’s Holy Relic

Monogatari still gets my vote. I concede that it is a big ask to watch the entire series (94 episodes + 3 movies) in one go. I’d say include Bakemonogatari (season 1) and maybe the prequel movies as well in the vote and if you dig it include Nisemonogatari, Nekomonogatari Black, and Season 2 in the next vote. Keep in mind that Code Geass is by no means a short anime either (54 episodes + 5 movies)

dragonguard666

That's for him to decide not you. It's one of my personal favourites and he was close to watching it before so I don't want him to forget about it. No need to act like that.

Grant Beaudette

It took a while but I've really come to love that in the dub Elenalise and Frieren are voiced by the same woman.

Heiron

I am not a fan of Monogatari so my vote would go to Code Geass and then Goblin Slayer.

Orieng

I have to be honest, Monogatari scares me. First of all i have never seen or heard about it, so i did some digging. Monogatari have a acceptable rating, but the viewership and fanbase is very small. From what i gather in my digging, ppl recommend to stay away for many reasons. I dont mind trying out a new anime, but if Monogatari wins, and Luke is going to watch his first 100+ anime, i am afraid his channel and fanbase might drop bigtime, which would really be such a shame. I have a anime rule about always watch 3 episodes before i decide if i like it. But i am not gonna pay 10month Patreon if i dont like it, and i think others will feel the same. Maybe i am overreacting, and everybody will love it. I hope for the best, but fear the worst. I hope Monogatari wont win for that reason...

Binbou

Code Geass is far better than Monogatari, and its much shorter. Monogatari is very strange, it's good, but it's hard to get into honestly.

Sean Mcguinness

Please don't do Monogatari, would be a real shame to see that take up so much time on this slot, and I really dislike that Anime series (sorry, fans! It just didn't hit with me). Gode Geass is 10/10 Anime, fully original and completed so you don't have to worry about anything else. Goblin Slayer is very good and very short, with a new season airing as we speak so it could be a good time to get into it.

Sai

Seems Goblin Slayer won't win. Bunch of goblin lovers here...

Hend Taha

Thank yoy very much , he can make a poll to vote here on pateron sure bleach anime will win the most votes

Frentzy

Season 2 is more action packed.... Famous last words (Timestap 2:07)

Luke

the recap movies? why would he watch those. Its just the 54 episodes and then resurrection movie is take it or leave it. Most channels don't bother with it.

Roxy’s Holy Relic

No, not the recap movies. Akito the Exiled 1,2,3,4, and 5. You could also include the Lelouch of the Re;surrection movie as well if you’re aiming to watch everything

XT 421

So Luke I just had a realization - you use the same ending screen for Patreon as you would YouTube and I find that funny because of the "Don't Forget to SUBSCRIBE" sign - we're already subbed here lol! Only teasing, I don't mind - just found it funny that I only just noticed this.

Arctic

A year is a looooong time for Monogatari. I'd be fine with it considering I plan to watch the series slowly soon anyway. Also This is the part of Mushoku where people in the community start calling Rudy "Floppy Quagmire" what a fun nickname

noah van den berg

i want bocchi the rock also because that isn't a year long commitment. it's a really fun anime that with 2 reactions a week will only take up 1.5 months.

Zer0

Ed, Edd, n Eddy in Search for a Cure Arc

Frentzy

I am pretty sure people will still pay for patreon for the youtube videos($1? hello lul). The way I see it, I agree with majority. If I dislike a series, I will just not watch it as the majority proceed to watch it, simple concept. If you want to help your case , luke can just add into the poll the number of episodes of each series he add into that poll. That way even those who are lazy to research will be presented with all facts in that poll itself.

Roxy’s Holy Relic

It’s wild to judge something so strongly that you’ve never seen and just recently heard about lol

Gus

Code geass

Frentzy

IF code geass get selected -> No movies are needed, we only gonna watch s1&s2, and IF the engagement is high (lots of views/comments,etc and ppl are pleased) then movies 'sure'. The movies are not necessary. WHY NOT THE MOVIES? Here is top review quote from myanimelist from re;surection: "After the ending of season 2 of "Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch" it's comunity felt divided on the ending, whilst many didn't like it others said it was perfectly written. This movie, from my perspective, is above anything a way to fulfill the wishes of the fans that didn't like the ending of season 2 as this movie isn't canon, it is a filler alternative ending".

brotato 96

As much as I like Monogatari and I think its great, I think its too long and I will not follow it through. Weekend Slots are better for anime which are only few months of commitment, so that all types of viewers get something fresh that they like from time to time. We as subscribers should also realise that while we hype up a lot of stuff, we dont consider if all of it is reaction and watch along friendly. Hot take but Death note / Steins Gate and some other runs have suffered from this. I would put up my vote for Goblin Slayer because most people seem to want that or Code Geass, and I think Goblin slayer is more interesting to follow through each episode.

Orieng

To judge you need an openion (which i have not) what i did was adressing a concern i have. try reading my comment again. Big Difference :)

Frentzy

My G, I know this will sound =.= harsh but you need to start to only open yourself to people that you can actually talk. If you can talk with a girl about gross subjects like poop and whatever and she doesn't gross out but she makes jokes instead, you know you hit the real deal.

Frentzy

I watched only the movies in monogatari and I never watched the series (I know I did a sin but, the movies gave me so much detail I understood scenes even without the context of the series). And also I watched a bit of s1 and saw scenes from other seasons. Isn't monogatari like I think I saw scenes where the voice actors talk so much into one scene that , some anime fit all that text into 5-10 min of a normal episode. So am I correct when I say it's about "a lot of dialogue" and it has twice as much dialogue per episode than your usual show (movie,anime)

Orieng

I am not sure what you mean about "lazy to reseach" but i am guessing you are not talking about my comment, since i wrote "i did some digging" before i adressed my concern. But your idea about the pull and number of episodes, were a great idea :)

_TKD_

Well, the Kizu movies are prequels, so it makes sense that it would give enough information to be able to watch only those without being too confused. And the Kizu movies are the least dialouge heavy monogatari entries. I myself, as an inconsistent reader, spent 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes on every episode because my brain won't let me continue without catching every single word, so yeah, I'd say AT LEAST twice as much dialouge per episode than the average for anime

Anggst

I stand with you. I hope we get short animes for now, maybe long ones after most hyped short ones are done.

Daniel Griffiths

dont commit a year of patreon exclusive for 1 anime or only 1 fanbase would happy lol go for the ones with a season or 2 and mix it up a little get a few more anime under your belt and keep everyone happy:)

Daniel Griffiths

and my vote goes to bocchi the rock always:)

Hamza Stiti

I think you should react to all 3 from shortest to longest. meaning Goblin slayer -> Code Geas -> Monogatari

Daniel Griffiths

theres nothing weird about the holy relic... take it back heathen! lol

Matthew Williams

Hmmm you are close there Luke but not quite, it doesn't mean Rudy is taken but it does mean something very specific to Elinalise. Unfortunately we won't find out the truth until the second half of the season.

Cratto

As much as long anime can be good, I think that most of them are just not suited for reaction.

виина

Bocchi the rock 🙏🏻

Hitsters

That's your opinion, and I don't many sharing it. I found it really good, and would have liked to have more !

Obscuremango

Your d love bocchi for the break between parts of mushoku tensei

Some0neElse

I watched the series after dropping it and restarting it several times. It is true that the fanbase is very small compared to other big animes but thats because alot of people are put off from the massive dialogue based episodes and at times seemingly nothing happens but talk and talk and talk. It wasnt my type of anime but in the end i somewhat liked it. Luke said multiple times he loves movies where theres very dialogue driven plot so he might actually love the series. As for the views dropping etc - i dont think so. First: its Patreon exclusive so it wont affect Youtube and Twitch views. And second: im pretty sure 99.9% of patreons are here not for single anime but for everything unblured and ofc to support their favorite reactor. Im basing this on myself as ive been paying for his patreon ever since he started AoT and since then he watched some anime series i either didnt like, wasnt interested in or wasnt in mood for a rewatch, yet im still here for every other video he uploads here that gets blurred in Youtube

Hitsters

Exactly this. I don't watch anything on youtube anymore, quality is better, no adds, unblurred, and I don't miss anything. I even have the whole twitch/movie reactions which were cut the last time I've checked. Even if I wouldn't like Monogatari, I'd just skip it and watch the rest.

Gabriel Pires

The fact that the Red Dragon was still getting up after being skewered by almost ten giant stone spikes, and only stopped after its head was crushed by a giant boulder is nothing short of amazing.

Obscuremango

In the books the dragon is grounded, it's why it isn't going back to the other dragons as once it's on the ground it is very hard for it to get back in the air, it's why they normally only land in mountains because they can dive off and fly, but in flat ground they can't take off. It's why they were going off to fight the dragon so it won't harm a anyone. The books had an amazing illustration of Rudy casting the spell that attacked the dragon. I love that illustration one of my favourites

Matthew Williams

The party Fangs of the Black Wolf was a family of sorts filled with outcasts or black-sheep if you will. Paul a disgraced disinherited nobleman, Tallhand a gay dwarf (being gay is not okay in his society at all), Geese a demon (he is also something else that caused his exile from his people but that is a spoiler so...), Elinalise the well you know, Zenith the noblewoman who abandoned her family and upbringing to become an adventurer and Ghislane you already learned about her past from her brother in the first season. Actually the reason that everyone in the party Fangs of the Black Wolf that Paul led hate Paul isn't actually some big secret. He slept with every woman in the party and for the most part they were cool with that, it's the fact that he broke up the party to go off and marry Zenith leaving them all that pissed them off so much. Paul "abandoned" his family to go off and live like a "normie" while they all lost the only family they all had because of his actions. That sort of thinking builds up resentment.

Obscuremango

Rudy isn't worshipping the panties that's a object if worship, he worships Roxy, she is his Godess. This is where he starts truly making Roxy his goddess he worships her because of much she did for him. We all hail the Roxy religion

Jacob May

Goblin Slayer would be so good tho. It’s more than just shock value like some comments I have read have stated and it’s quite short. Plus goblin slayer reactions are hard to come by.

Frentzy

EDIT: @_TKD_ changed his comment so my disagreement in the comments below is not valid anymore, but the numbers represents the total of Likes and comments for each series and not only the top comment & likes. Basically I present a more in-depth situation for Luke & others). (Part 1/2 comment) (the numbers represent the Likes of a specific comment, anyone can go and check the validity). Top 4: Code Geass: 193 Likes, 21 comments Bocchi: 128 Likes, 11 comments Monogatari: 104 Likes, 14 comments Goblin Slayer: 87 Likes, 15 comments —————————————————————————————— S2 E2 reaction: Bocchi: 109 Likes => 24 + 14 + 21 + 15 + 8 + 13 + 13 + 1 (8 comments) Code Geass: 173 Likes => 19 + 11 + 17 + 14 + 9 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 13 + 8 + 9 + 11 + 11 + 5 + 9 + 6 + 13 + 1 (18 comments) Monogatari: 2 Likes => 2 (1 comment) Prison School: 18 Likes => 12 + 6 (2 comments) Goblin slayer: 66 Likes => 12 + 12 + 4 + 7 + 9 + 6 + 7 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 (11 comments) Dress-up Darling: 5 Likes => 5 (1 comment) ——————————————— S2 E3 reaction: Bocchi: 19 Likes => 15 + 3 + 1 (3 comments) Code Geass: 20 Likes => 5 + 11 + 4 (3 comments) Monogatari: 102 Likes => 16 + 17 + 17 + 13 + 11 + 9 + 8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 1 (13 comments) Prison School: N/A Goblin Slayer: 21 Likes = > 7 + 11 + 2 + 1 (4 comments) Dress-up Darling: N/A I don't like when people don't include the whole narrative into a comment, top comments do not represent the whole community itself. The hassle on patreon to scroll up just to find a random comment that says: "Vote for x anime". Most people look in the comment, see if there is a comment if yes they vote if not, they might comment themselves or just leave. Not that many scroll up. ****How did I picked the numbers?**** 1. If a comment said: I vote for X anime or just said the anime name itself in the comment, I added in there. 2. If a comment said: I prefer x show over y show, I added it there (many people said they prefer code geass over goblin slayer, bocchi over both, and monogatari over code geass, those type of comments were added as numbers). 3. If a comment said for e.g: "I like monogatari the best, but I feel luke is not ready for it cuz he needs +100 animes to fully enjoy it, therefore I believe goblin slayer is a better pick for patreon". In that example, the number Is added to goblin slayer and not to monogatari even if the user prefer monogatari. 4. If a comment is: x show is a masterpiece, I also like y and z show as well can't wait for you to watch them. For those comments I add the number to the "x" show. It imply the person wants "x" over y/z show. 5. Hate comments. there are 'few' but I added them as well, "I hate 'x' show, but I am selfish so I want you to pick 'y' show cuz it's better". I add in that scenario the number for 'y' show.

Kyle

My prioritization would be: 1. Goblin Slayer (25 eps + 1 movie) 2. Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (13 eps) 3. Code Geass (52eps + ? movies)

Frentzy

(Part 2/2 comment) My opinion: YES I did read the comments to understand narrative, I spent 90-120 minutes on this and I believe your narrative is bias and it makes it in such a way showing that in s2 e2, the top 2 animes were bocchi and code geass, but then on s2 e3, the top 2 animes are bocchi and monogatari which can sway luke to decide adding '2' animes only in the poll, when I want a fair fight between top 3 (or even top 4), and people decide what's fair. But when you look at the 'entire picture' and you understand how masses of people work, I actually read the comments and what I understood from them is that most people seems to make a compromise and decide this: If we have to go for a longer anime then: "code geass",cuz it's 50 episodes (cuz its long but not that insanely long), those who can't compromise,they decide between bocchi and goblin slayer cuz they shorter. And monogatari fans are: "we think it's too early for you luke but if you add it in the poll don't blame us voting for monogatari". I also want to add that the Goblin slayer is the only show that got most hate in the comments, the 2nd show that only had like 1-2 comments with hate was monogatari (saying it has plot holes or inconsistencies). Bocchi and code geass no one had anything 'bad' to say about it. So my conclusion from what I observed into the comments it seems that if bocchi is picked most ppl won't be mad cuz it's short, if code geass will be picked, none will complain beside: man it's kinda long zzz but I guess it's not a bad pick. If we pick goblin slayer: ppl will complain it's mid but they will be happy cuz it's short and it'll end fast at least. And if people pick monogatari: it seems it's so long that only monogatari fans can compromise there 1y worth of watching. When compared to "hate/compromise", the least is bocchi, 2nd least is code geass, 3rd is goblin slayer, 4th is monogatari (I included today's comments as well in this hate/compromise category since some ppl said they can't compromise 1y worth of watching only for 1 series, and they'd rather watch either code geass if we pick long series, or multiple shorter series) wrote 2 comments cuz I believe it's irrelevant my opinion to be added in a numbers comment.

Kyle

Well we all know Luke's favorite saying: "There is no romance like bromance". ;)

Hitsters

Well yes some shows such as Steins;Gate and Death Note suffered from the watch alongs. But Monogatari is even worse on that point, unless he intends to pause pretty oftenly to get answers from chat. He probably will have many problems reacting to the shows on YT and maybe even Twitch. Again, Patreon is a safer choice. Plus, Patreon exclusives are ... Well, Patreon exclusives. If it doesn't appeal to many, only a minority of his total viewers would "suffer" from it. But I agree it's not something everyone can like, even tho it's a wonderfull show and so amazingly done/writed. It demands a good amount of focus, and the majority is not action heavy at all, even if it has its moments. What I would advise is to watch Bakemonogatari (the first season) followed by the three movies (Kizumonogatari) if the series won the poll. And then after that, if he doesn't like it, he could drop it, and if he likes it but is afraid the viewers don't, he can do a poll to see if people wants to continue or watch something else. BUT once the second season is started, Luke should watch the rest. No polls in between because Luke and the viewers would loose too much in doing some breaks. I've been there. With this solution, he and the viewers can test the ground, and move on if needed, or just continue and loose as little as possible in doing this. I'm interested in watching code geass and bocchi as well, code geass being a classic and a favorite show for many. I don't know much about bocchi so I won't comment on it. Goblin slayer however... Yes, it's good, but kind of... bland compared to code geass and monogatari ? IMO he would get more from watching all the others shows. But everyone has their taste and goblin slayer is pretty short, so he could move on quickly and love the show anyway. Anyway, the problem is it's a long anime. There will always be someone unhappy about that. He could do ten more shows, there will always be other new or older ones he "should" watch before getting on a huge one

charlymoon

I would love to watch Monogatari, it's one of my favorite series

Hitsters

Unless he just says he will watch the three in that order and sticks to it, there will always be some other show contending with the longer ones. And there's so much more short animes than long ones, I don't see those winning xD Well, I guess if it's one of the big three... Or anything on the scale.

_TKD_

@Frentzy Even with your numbers my point still stands... I don't mind more complex counting systems like how you're doing it, but I'm not trying to compare all of them point by point, I'll leave that part to the actual poll. I'm just arguing that Bocchi should be included in the poll because it has support that isn't significantly less than the others Luke are including currently, which your way of counting votes also proves, so I'm not quite sure what you disagree with. There is no realistic way of actually knowing how many people want each of the choices just from the comments, which is why we're doing a proper poll in the first place, and for this reason I feel like using such a complex counting system for my argument is wasted effort when my argument honestly is as simple as "Bocchi also gets support". I just needed some source for why I'm saying it, so I took the simplest stat that properly shows my point As for the possibility of Luke only including a couple of the anime. That's a fair concern, I wouldn't want that either, but I honestly don't think he would do that at this point. He seems too set on Goblin Slayer and Code Geass being choices, and Monogatari he also seems pretty sure about including from what I understand, because he wishes to leave the final decision up the fans as always

Frentzy

you miss the entire point my G. At the time he started patreon and he watched 1 ep/week , so that's like 32 episodes, 32 weeks.that is 7.3 months only for 32 episodes @_@........ Code geass is 50 episodes but now we watch 2 ep/week so that's 25 weeks , that is 5.7 months. And monogatari is 12 months. The reason LUKE didn't picked castlevania is because we told him (me and others) that it's too long, too risky of a pick since 7 months for a series is a lot. He agreed to us and he changed it to shorter series. back then he had like 1.7 - 3.5k patreon , now it's like 9k patreons, so meanwhile cuz more ppl came to patreon he dedicated more time to patreon, and added "2" episodes per week, which means now that we can watch bigger shows faster. Castlevania is now on the table 100% and it's way shorter than both code geass and monogatari (3.6 months). You don't have to get mad :), just so you understand that now it's easier to recommend castlevania than it was back then, we have more daily slots, So think of castlevania as being unlucky being a pick at the time, When it comes to it, and there won't be any good picks better than castlevania we will watch it.

Obscuremango

This episode now marks that Rudy is now 16 years old, by the opinion of the world he is now an adult

Matthew Williams

Luke you need to cook a lot more then you have been. Hitogami has always appeared to Rudy for very specific reasons and it was never really to "help" Rudy. He has always had his own agenda it was never for Rudy. If you look back at every encounter you can start to see a pattern in Hitogami's "advice". If you're good enough you can figure out the rhyme to his reason.

Obscuremango

The original source this is based off is the light novel the manga is so innacuratr and misses so much stuff. Before that it was a web novel which when it first started being written it became #1 web series on the site within its first yeat

Toasterfinal5

It was a fun anime. Putting the characters in a slice of life situation was a nice departure from the OG show. I personally enjoyed it. But, it will unlikely get the votes.

_____ Rasse _____

From what I've seen in the comment sections, Bocchi seems to have the most support behind it, and I also think it would be the best choice to watch next, since it's much shorter than the other candidates.Also it's almost starting to feel like Luke is leaving Bocchi out on purpose, despite there being a lot of people asking for it. Did he get scared away from the series after the copyright strike or something?

Reennji

We continue with the information not shown in the anime. Part 4 This time there's not much to say. -> Red dragons like this one are strange as they usually roam in herds through the mountains. -> Although Rudeus went with Soldat, he continued the same mechanic as before, joining other groups, but he regularly sought them out due to his competitiveness. -> The character we see at the end of the episode is the same one we met in the OVA. Translated with ChatGPT Un beso ;)

_TKD_

@Frentzy On another note, thanks for thoughtfully constructing a comment when stating your disagreement, that's always highly appreciated over the alternatives ^^

Eduardoff

Goblin slayer ….!

Felipe

Even if you think castlevania doesn't suck, which it does, there are like 20 legendary animes that he hasn't watched yet. long ones too.

Guilherme Vergne

Maaan, so happy to see you making some questions that no one i watched made and the answers are part of why i love mushoku tensei, cant wait for future seassons.

brotato 96

I think its still not that clearly given what hitogami's motive is. Its obvious that he is doing all off this for some sus reason. These guesses are better left off for future seasons. (I know btw)

MixRex

I'm Code Geass team all the way

Reennji

Luke, could we watch Monogatari alongside Goblin Slayer or Code Geass? Although I'd prefer Code Geass to stay on YouTube.

BanTheUndead

The regret of going to find his mom would be not finding syphie.

Animeter

So happy that you already like Season 2, I loved it so far and the second part starting next year get's even better.

Frentzy

@_TKD_ Short reply: I'd summarise my long reply into Influencer echo chamber dilemma where the more he ask about something, the more that something become 'main topic'. Feel free to chatgpt in my long reply in case you want to read it, to save some time. Long reply: Well I wanted my comment to be more "pure stats", so I force him out of the 1v1 mentality and shifting his attention to a more 1v1v1 or 1v1v1v1 . I notice he asks questions and ppl answer those questions, making it an echo chamber. If he asks about monogatari ppl will only talk about that, there is zero reason to talk of the rest 3, cuz luke asked only about monogatari. SO only hardcore fans will write other anime names in comments (Recalling to the point in time when Luke kept saying castlevania and kept asking ppl about it and most likes and comments were about that, but then hardcore fans said 'hellsing ultimate', and then he kept living into that bubble of echo chamber, where he thought ppl want castlevania cuz they keep writing in the comments[ but it was his echo chamber fault], but then hellsing won, making him surprised. What's surprising is he didn't realised he created his own echo chamber where what he says, become the main timeline). Since he said before out loud more times code geass & more goblin slayer, there is actually more comments about goblin slayer and code geass and less bocchi(s2e2) but in s2e3 cuz he said monogatari that became most commented stuff, making him thinking that people changed their minds("so people now want monogatari and are less interested in the rest I see"). So history repeat itself, he will pick as #1 his echo chamber pick, and then as #2 the one that seems to have most likes in the latest video overall. Making it a 1v1 only. Code geass was #1 as most comments and likes overall in s2e2 and monogatari was #1 as most comments and likes in s2e3. Bocchi always #2 (hence him giving less attention). Since he is such a 1v1 guy, your comment didn't helped the situation at all. Your comment made a point that, bocchi should be part of that 1v1, but then goblin slayer fans and code geass fans are out of the poll because of his echo chamber by asking in 2 different videos about monogatari, his perspective shifts from "code geass #1 to monogatari #1". But if your comment suggests bocchi is #2 and his mindset is monogatari #1, then it's #1 vs #2 (monogatari vs bocchi). And I saw the bias here, not in the bocchi choice but in the fact that there is no one to enforce the narrative of multiple choices more rigorously, that's why I gave the FULL stats so if he magically (and pray) watches the numbers, he understands that 'oh, maybe I was wrong?' Making him thinking twice of only adding 2 choices and enforcing multiple choices. So in a way you can say I disagreed on your way of presenting everything, your case was: bocchi need justice. My case is all 4 animes need justice =] (and if a poll between 4 sounds bad then 'top 3 poll' sounds better), at least I manage to save 1 series to be added into the poll and making sure it won't be only a 1v1 situation. PS:Would be cool if luke ends up reading this comment, to see him become aware of the echo chamber problem, and that might actually make him more mindful when he speak out loud names since he can actually manipulate the winner just by saying the names. He has to say all 4 names in order to be a fair echo chamber, or no name. Which is why I always never agreed with only reading comment sections and likes. Just look at hell's paradise, he also created that echo chamber, he kept saying: "complete trilogy of mappa shows". No one said is a bad show... but XD the numbers told the flipping story (if he added madoka and was: madoka vs hell's paradise back then in a poll, I bet your ass hell paradise would've never won that either, then he'd end up surprised, and would start asking himself: "what happened I thought people would want Hell's paradise, not madoka". And the answer is always 'echo chamber'. I picked these 2 cuz he picked these 2 based on comments and likes, one was more of a flop, the other is a better choice, which means it's just gambling, but gambling with decent/good shows, so you can't go wrong, but after watching top 100 animes, more stinkers will appear, making echo chambers a worse strategy, and polls a more realistic one.). He should use less his gut when comes to big lengthy shows and add multiple choice, more than 1v1 (1v1v1 or 1v1v1v1) since people can skip not watching an echo chamber choice of 12 episodes, but if we end up with an echo chamber of 100 episodes @_@...... the compromise will be big. PS2: this is a realistic example of what luke might think btw, if he picks a 4 way poll and let's say bocchi win with 33%, he might think 66% not want to watch. But u know what's funny. when you are presented with a 1v1 poll, and let's say your pick is not there, you will pick the one you are most ok with compromising. So in a 4 way poll even if 66% didn't picked bocchi, that doesn't mean 66% won't watch, but that some of those 66% will compromise and some will not watch at all. It's just that in a 1v1 situation, the majority will pick +50-60%. You as a creator feel mentally better when 60% picked to watch option #1 and only 40% not to watch option #1, it feels like you 'please the majority'. But when you compare 33%(1v1v1v1) to 60%(1v1), it feels like you are doing something wrong, that you are not pleasing majority. Which is one of the reasons of why I believe he hates doing polls on youtube/patreon. He dislike the idea that he doesn't please the majority , but many people are doing compromises here and there constantly. Just look at the Love-stories community KEK. These dudes know they won't get a shot until we finish all shounen shows, and when normies have nothing good to recommend anymore, they literally compromise constantly until they get their chance. So I feel like he should be less afraid of polls and accept that people already compromise so it doesn't matter if it's shown into numbers or not. (Unless he knows something we don't know of why he avoided for 9 months polls on patreon/youtube)

_TKD_

Ah, I think I get the confusion here. Since Luke mentions all three of Monogatari, Code Geass and Goblin Slayer I've been assuming that means he is currently intending on doing a poll with those 3, therefore I try to go against the echo chamber you mentioned by trying to get Bocchi, one Luke doesn't mention in either video, included among those, which is also why I use the word "include" and not something like "replace", "instead of" or "rather than" and emphasize my love for the others as well. Additionally, this echo chamber effect is the reason why I didn't mention the comments from Thursdays OP reaction, where he also asked about the next patreon exclusive, because the Monogatari and Code Geass fans will 100% be there, whereas Goblin Slayer and Bocchi fans might not. In other words, it seems to me like we want the same thing; a fair poll with all 4 of those included, but we're understanding Luke's intention differently, thus also going about getting it differently. Though I guess it can't hurt to make it clear that a 4 way poll is what I'm pushing for, so I'll edit that into the main comment in case Luke reads it

Frentzy

35k followers on twitch by the end of the year and he will start a big anime. Ppl will vote what will be that one big anime. so you can expect 'big 3' being part of that list.

TheBigOhm

I have that same exact un-easy feeling. As an anime-only fan, I don't expect a fully happy ending for readeus' family, and man God is fishy af

Frentzy

Yep, you are 100% on the point. I also edited my 1/2 comment and added a top edit, and the numbers should look a little bit better visually as they act as a more in-depth visualization of your comment.

Slipstream

Monogatari has a massive fan base and is going to generate views for Luke. It would be a great change of pace from what he's seen so far. How could Luke not react to Monogatari? It would be a massive draw to his Patreon.

Matthew Williams

Is all of this information and statistic gathering actually necessary? Luke already said that he is going to put up a poll so we can vote on which series we want to see on Patreon. It's not like all this will make Luke just decide on his own on which series to watch, that isn't how Luke does things.

Matthew Williams

The reason will never be clearly given for a long time we are right now in volume 8 of the LN, we don't find out why Hitogami is manipulating Rudy until Volume 15 of the LN. Even then we don't find out the reason behind that reason until I think Volume 24 the conclusion arc.

Toast Ghost

I don't want any of these so called "front runners" but I'm not sure id stick around if Monogatari takes up the slot for an entire year.

dragonguard666

@Frentzy. I just remember a time when he talked about it a lot, to an extent it seemed on the verge of following on from Hellsing Ultimate and then it just seemed various animes barged it out of the way and now it seems largely forgotten. I just want reassurance that he's still at least aware of it. Thank you for at least some reassurance that he hasn't totally forgotten about it. I watched Code Geass recently and enjoyed it so that would be a solid pick too imo.

kloos

I really prefer that you react to CodeGeas now. I think Monogatari is for people who have more understanding of all the otaku and japanese culture. So I will put monogatari in wait for some more time

ItZ OWL

Code Geass!

Rodrigo Flamenco

People: Is it true that you killed a red wyrm on your own? Rudy: No, no, he was already half head. People who were there: Yeah, after you impaled it to hell!

CoreTendency

Code Geass would be suitable for YT with only the rare blurring. But I'm not sure how much attraction it would get there. It's really good, imo, but I'm not sure if it would draw a crowd there. I would love for you to watch it, though.

slipstride

monogatari is my vote the other 2 are phenomenal but i think your reaction to the mind fuck monogatari series is would be comedy

Cole Chard

Goblin Slayer, Cautious Hero, or Castlevania for next Patreon exclusive please!!!!

Paul

I’m down for Monogatari as long as when Mushoku Tensei comes back for Season 2 Cours 2 it also gets watched while it’s airing? It is coming back April next year.

Katerflori

Watching this the first time with you and man it's been a lot of fun. Looking forward to that School Arc, I bet it will have a lot of exciting interactions with the Characters shown at the end of this episode

_TKD_

He's 15 here, This is 2 years after turning point 2 when he was 13, and he turns 16 after his first year in the magic university

Colm Barry

"Maybe the manga addressed the Sara stuff more" The original run of the manga basically jumps from the end of season 1 to the start of this episode, this whole arc you just watched was adapted from the Light Novel, and it made me realize what a thankless job it is to adapt LN-exclusive content into an anime: It will NEVER be detailed enough for Light Novel readers, it will be seen as unnecessary filler by manga readers, and anime-onlys are likely to notice the slower pace compared to the countries Rudy could traverse over 4 episodes in Season 1.

Tamus Heath

Agreed, Monogatari has some great moments, but it's not worth the incredible amount of time it'd take to understand them. Watch any of the other suggestions. It'd be like starting Fairy Tail to watch Monogatari

Matthew Williams

I figured out what Hitogami was trying to do long before it got revealed in the LNs. If you're actually paying attention it isn't particularly hard to figure out motives and motivations of characters. First off nothing written there is or will ever be a spoiler. Second why is it wrong to make suggestions for someone to pay attention to a story? I am quite literally suggesting that he should cook...

FinalMasterM

Saying it again, I'm for Code Geass if Monogatari is guaranteed afterwards.

Ron Farmer

Just to see your frazzled face as Bakemonogatari slams into you like a burning bus full of lunatics... I'd watch it with you. Kakakaka!

Luke

CG was my favourite anime for over 10 years and even I wouldn't recommend anyone to watch the akito movies. 4/10 movies.

brad marsh

my thought on doing a long anime on patreon for a year or half a year is likely the people voting for it have seen it already and so will they stay committed for the year? and the others who didn't vote for it, will they care to watch it? So now an anime for a whole year may be up to be watched with little interest and a whole year for paying patreon members may not get any other content suited to them as now they lost the whole year. So imo smaller animes are more safer and fair to all.

Roxy’s Holy Relic

Code Geass is a solid 8/10 anime and it’s true that the Akito OVA’s aren’t as good as the main series but I enjoyed them and I’m a big fan of Leila Malcal 😉

Frentzy

@orieng, when I said, lazy people that don't research I didn't said about you. I said for most people who don't know monogatari, when they will vote, if they see "100 eps", "50eps", "24 eps", "12 eps". They will get a time perspective based on the number of episodes and how long it'll take.

Bobby Vang

I rather have a shorter anime for Patreon exclusive. Sorry.

Hawk of Battle

I've never seen Monogatari or Goblin Slayer, so I'm not voting for them. I'd be ok with Code Geass. But really I wanna see somebody react to Link Click, so I'mma throw that curve ball out there! (Even if I know it'll never happen).

Eliana

"So this is the quest to cure Rudy's ED" yes and no. People should understand his (and most) ED is psychosomatic and he needs more than a simple drug or remedy.

Rur

It's important canon content tho. It should be in the manga as well.

FraaD

Nope honestly i hope you not choose Monogatari ,that good Anime but 1 year commitment ? If that Anime have much viewer as your AoT or ReZero that good for you Luke ,but if thats anime just few people watch it for 1 Year its big no no and i can see Monogatari views never reach your AoT ,JJK ,ReZero Views so nope dont choose it

EGGY MCNUGGETS

I don't personally think doing long anime on patreon is the route to go. There should be smaller/ hard copyright shows. If you do longer anime there should be more episodes watched per upload like with your twitch streams. But personally if there's two shorter anime and a really long but popular one, get the shorter anime finished first before deciding on the year long commitment to make sure everyone is happy and no one is waiting a whole year to get a chance to watch something like goblin slayer for instance. P.s. i would like goblin slayer to be the pick.

Chris Gama

Yeah, I don't know why people are pushing you into Monogatari. Granted it is a fairly well liked anime by those that do enjoy it. But its an acquired taste, at least to me it is. A few other friends also tried to watch it and just couldn't keep it up. I still say for your Patreon exclusive, because you dont have to worry about youtube censorship, you should change things up, go for a rom-com... specifically My Dress Up Darling. I'll keep asking for that cuz I really want you to see it, Luke! haha

Shendri27

Monogatari is a very niche and complex anime i know it's really good but the main interrest is genrally within the text and the discussion in the anime and a good knowledge about japan isa plus to fully understand the anime. For me personnaly i think Code Geass will be better to react to but as always it's only personnal.

James Yancy

I recommend The Irregular at Magic Highschool. It's only 2 seasons (currently) + an OVA. Very interesting world that combines Magic and advanced technology.

draggo

I do hope Elinalise has some sort of magic anti-STD or something. I don't know that I trust her with condoms if they exist there. I feel like she would be the right person to ask about ED though. I have to assume it was brought up off-screen since he did mention it in front of her and Sol. My little... maybe too optimistic theory about his mother is that if he were to go there at the wrong time it might kill her. I doubt that's all it's gonna be though. I'm so worried he's going to eventually go there only to find both her and Roxy dead or something DX

Peter Parker

rudy is powerful and I can't wait for him to rematch with Orsted

PeLiaS121

In the novel there is Sarah's perspective. After Rudy departed, she learned about Rudy's condition and decided to apologize when she meets him again. It feels much more resolved than the anime. You can give it a read if interested.

Visoth

I do feel the Anime's adaptation for volume 7 was a bit sub-par. But I am glad they attempted to, regardless. Volume 7 is a very unique volume compared to the others. It doesn't feel like filler, but at the same time, its a very self-contained volume. The purpose of the volume is to let the reader know how low Rudeus has fallen mentally. I feel skipping it, would make everything between volume 8-9 feel less important. The problem was introduced in volume 7. The trauma has been established and we now know how hard it is for Rudeus. Which in turn makes the journey to resolving the issue more fulfilling between volume 8-9 (episode 5-12).

Nathan McCabe

Smokescreen my ass Rudy just smoked that lizard and is still surprised after everything.

rarebearvt

"Sylphie is in the fucking university? WTFALALABALGAHALBIASDAGSDMUA WTF" 🤣