Why didn't Eru create a swarm of Gandalfs? Is he stupid Because one Gandalf shall prove his own instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which even Melkor himself hath not imagined.
That episode felt like five minutes. I was expecting the episode to be about the dinner scene in Coffin, then the next thing I know, it ended. Boy, that meeting ended in an awkward note. The dinner scene must be that spicy for Juju to be that apprehensive about it.
Shinju is too attached to her sister and is lowkey yandere (most doting imouto since Kaju and Ui... wait, I sense a pattern).
Is Suzuka the same person as Bocchi Fan #2? Suzuka likes taking photos, Fan #2 is a film student...
The strongest accidental rizzlord of today strikes again (he's only just buying a not!Monster drink).
Banner: It doesn't take much for Juju to cosplay Bocchi
OC cosplays are possible? Does that mean I can live out my chuuni fantasies? ✨(☆▽☆)✨
Small world. Akira apparently knows Marin. The tension is evident, yet the episode does not explain why. Maybe saving it for the next one... I feel it's just something silly; Akira strikes me as an awkward chuuni in her younger days.
Suzuka's a closet pervert lmao.
This week's banner, Akira's M E N A C I N G aura just before she activates her Stand. There's a lot of unsaid communication done here. Suzuka (and Miyako a few frames before) gazed at Akira, as if they're egging her to join the Coffin group. Akira folded her arms like she wants nothing to do with them, or with Marin specifically.
To add more to the awkwardness while trying to fill the missing members, Gojo was aghast that Marin would invide Juju.
Nemu and Keigo-focused episode: Nemu wants to open up to Keigo, but she remembered what her mom taught her. She lost control of her floating magic. But on the other hand, Keigo, struggling with controlling the levitation ring Nico gave him, remembered his figure skating skills to finally utilize it and save Nemu.
Perhaps, that's the moment Nemu fell in love with Keigo. Great episode.
My rating of Vivy is 9, and thought Takopi is much, much better overall. I may agree with you that in terms of twist endings, Vivy (and also 86) could be better. As to why? Perhaps it's better explained there. Certainly, in terms of the plot twist, Death Note and Steins;Gate did it better than both of them.
As to why I would rate it a 10 (not just that, but the best anime, period), I took into account the totality of the work. Long story short, once all factors are considered, the conclusion is that Takopi's just built better.
Format: It didn't force itself to last a whole season. The staff deliberately chose to adapt a whole story in six episodes. Remember how we wish Death Note ended sooner?
Consistency in storytelling quality. Partly why I thought this work outranked my previous #1 Violet Evergarden is because its episodes 12 and 13 are relatively weak, dragging the "quality average" down somewhat.
Consistency in art style and quality. Even more impressive is the studio choosing to stick to 2D. Their 3DCG in Spice and Wolf (2024) is ass. They made the right decision to keep that to a minimum. I may be biased on hand-drawn animation styles since upon retrospect, I tend to rate those works highly (Frieren, Ghibli and Shinkai's works, the WMT series, etc.).
Amazing episode direction, all of them
Amazing music direction. Very few times do discordant music (the mood of the scene does not match the music) work. They did it. Very well.
Comparing the manga and anime ratings, I don't recall another animation that stayed faithful to the source material AND elevating the experience at the same time—except music anime, which should be straightforward why.
Takopi made me feel emotions that I'll remember long after I watched it. Vivy didn't evoke the same. Perhaps a lot of those who rated Takopi that highly thought likewise. I cried hard twice in the most recent rewatch of Violet Evergarden the Movie. Takopi's total length is similar if you combine all episodes. I cried hard in 5 out of 6.
Nemu and Keigo getting shy implies they like each other. Nico unintentionally friendzones herself by writing a letter of friendship with Morihito, but Nemu theorizes it could be broken by eliciting a strong enough reaction from Morihito.
He doesn't know better, but Nico's smile that reminds him of their childhood selves is a neuron activation. Strong enough to break the curse, it looks like.
Why didn't Eru create a swarm of Gandalfs?
Is he stupidBecause one Gandalf shall prove his own instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which even Melkor himself hath not imagined.