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* Hellsing Ultimate

** Almost-veto from Mark, and awkward to fit into a schedule. (10 x double-length episodes)

* March Comes In Like a Lion?

* March Comes In Like a Lion

** It is both good and somewhat unusual in tone. Would happily re-watch. --maxb

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**** I suggested when we were brainstorming at dinner, on the grounds that CUAMS had watched it.

* Very much iyashikei but has some comedic moments. I loved it but I don't think it's everyone's cuppa. --YYY

** I watched episodes 1-2, they were pleasant. --maxb

** I watched episodes 1-4, they were pleasant. --maxb

** I don't think Non Non Biyori should go in the comedy slot because half of the audience will be bored to tears. - YYY

** I feel that after two seasons of Rabbit, we're due a change of pace from "girls do everyday stuff in their picturesque town", but that Non Non Biyori could still be a good slot 5 in the future. --maxb

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** The third season of Madoka the Gathering but with a new setting and cast. Essentially a dark melodrama about a card game eating your soul or something. The first two seasons were fairly mediocre (Mari Okada is a hack- except for 00 obviously) but the third season has a new writer and is a far more polished and compelling story. I'm aware this is a stretch but if I did push for it I'd suggest we jump straight into the third season- my friend did so happily and no prior knowledge is really required so far. -MP

** Currently watching it - somehow doesn't feel as high-octane as it should be -- AIM

** Watched. Super slow to get started, as a result the end feels a bit rushed. Not bad, but also not quite making it to schedule-level IMO. --maxb

* New Game! (ニューゲーム Nyū Gēmu)

** Cute girls designing cute vidya characters. -YYY

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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KonoSuba Konosuba]

** Japanese gamer guy dies, and is allowed to re-incarnate in another world to become an adventurer (to kill an demon king, or something). A happy comedy show with probably the most dysfunctional party possible.

** ~~Getting~~ a second season in ~~winter~~.

** Second season now airing.

** Watching, it's kind of fun. Felt like they were really running out of content at the end of S1 though, even though it was only 10 episodes. --maxb

* Interviews with Monster Girls 亜人ちゃんは語りたい

** Currently airing, comedy/slice-of-life based on there being rare "demi-humans" in society - vampire, dullahan, succubus, yuki onna - and one of each have ended up at the same school this year. Oh, and the biology teacher is a bit of a geek about this and has always wanted to write a paper on them if he could ever meet some. I'm finding it really fun, enough so that it's got me rewatching episodes already. Vampire-chan is awesome. --maxb

* Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu 昭和元禄落語心中

** I had it on the list before, this was a show that spent 11½ episodes in an extended flashback. I took it off the list because I didn't feel I could push half a story, but now the second season is airing, which is more like the actual second half of the show. Now that it looks like the story is actually going to get completed, I think it's very much a viable option. Consider this to be a historical drama centered on the art form of live storytelling, and the tribulations life throws at the characters as they try to learn and ply their art. For me this show stands out as being a genre I don't usually watch, yet I found very absorbing and something I was/am looking forward to each week. --maxb

* Interviews with Monster Girls 亜人ちゃんは語りたい

** Currently airing, comedy/slice-of-life based on there being rare "demi-humans" in society - vampire, dullahan, succubus, yuki onna - and one of each have ended up at the same school this year. Oh, and the biology teacher is a bit of a geek about this and has always wanted to write a paper on them if he could ever meet some. I'm finding it really fun, enough so that it's got me rewatching episodes already. Vampire-chan is awesome. --maxb

* Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu 昭和元禄落語心中

** I had it on the list before, this was a show that spent 11½ episodes in an extended flashback. I took it off the list because I didn't feel I could push half a story, but now the second season is airing, which is more like the actual second half of the show. Now that it looks like the story is actually going to get completed, I think it's very much a viable option. Consider this to be a historical drama centered on the art form of live storytelling, and the tribulations life throws at the characters as they try to learn and ply their art. For me this show stands out as being a genre I don't usually watch, yet I found very absorbing and something I was/am looking forward to each week. --maxb

==== Special candidates ====

=== Special candidates ===

* Blood Blockade Battlefront last episode

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 * Hellsing Ultimate
 ** Almost-veto from Mark, and awkward to fit into a schedule. (10 x double-length episodes)
-* March Comes In Like a Lion?
+* March Comes In Like a Lion
 ** It is both good and somewhat unusual in tone. Would happily re-watch. --maxb
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 **** I suggested when we were brainstorming at dinner, on the grounds that CUAMS had watched it.
 * Very much iyashikei but has some comedic moments. I loved it but I don't think it's everyone's cuppa. --YYY
-** I watched episodes 1-2, they were pleasant. --maxb
+** I watched episodes 1-4, they were pleasant. --maxb
 ** I don't think Non Non Biyori should go in the comedy slot because half of the audience will be bored to tears. - YYY
 ** I feel that after two seasons of Rabbit, we're due a change of pace from "girls do everyday stuff in their picturesque town", but that Non Non Biyori could still be a good slot 5 in the future. --maxb
@@ Line 117: / Line 117: @@
 ** The third season of Madoka the Gathering but with a new setting and cast. Essentially a dark melodrama about a card game eating your soul or something. The first two seasons were fairly mediocre (Mari Okada is a hack- except for 00 obviously) but the third season has a new writer and is a far more polished and compelling story. I'm aware this is a stretch but if I did push for it I'd suggest we jump straight into the third season- my friend did so happily and no prior knowledge is really required so far. -MP
 ** Currently watching it - somehow doesn't feel as high-octane as it should be -- AIM
+** Watched. Super slow to get started, as a result the end feels a bit rushed. Not bad, but also not quite making it to schedule-level IMO. --maxb
 * New Game! (ニューゲーム Nyū Gēmu)
 ** Cute girls designing cute vidya characters. -YYY
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 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KonoSuba Konosuba]
 ** Japanese gamer guy dies, and is allowed to re-incarnate in another world to become an adventurer (to kill an demon king, or something). A happy comedy show with probably the most dysfunctional party possible.
-** Getting a second season in winter.
+** Second season now airing.
+** Watching, it's kind of fun. Felt like they were really running out of content at the end of S1 though, even though it was only 10 episodes. --maxb
+* Interviews with Monster Girls 亜人ちゃんは語りたい
+** Currently airing, comedy/slice-of-life based on there being rare "demi-humans" in society - vampire, dullahan, succubus, yuki onna - and one of each have ended up at the same school this year. Oh, and the biology teacher is a bit of a geek about this and has always wanted to write a paper on them if he could ever meet some. I'm finding it really fun, enough so that it's got me rewatching episodes already. Vampire-chan is awesome. --maxb
+* Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu 昭和元禄落語心中
+** I had it on the list before, this was a show that spent 11½ episodes in an extended flashback. I took it off the list because I didn't feel I could push half a story, but now the second season is airing, which is more like the actual second half of the show. Now that it looks like the story is actually going to get completed, I think it's very much a viable option. Consider this to be a historical drama centered on the art form of live storytelling, and the tribulations life throws at the characters as they try to learn and ply their art. For me this show stands out as being a genre I don't usually watch, yet I found very absorbing and something I was/am looking forward to each week. --maxb
+* Interviews with Monster Girls 亜人ちゃんは語りたい
+** Currently airing, comedy/slice-of-life based on there being rare "demi-humans" in society - vampire, dullahan, succubus, yuki onna - and one of each have ended up at the same school this year. Oh, and the biology teacher is a bit of a geek about this and has always wanted to write a paper on them if he could ever meet some. I'm finding it really fun, enough so that it's got me rewatching episodes already. Vampire-chan is awesome. --maxb
+* Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu 昭和元禄落語心中
+** I had it on the list before, this was a show that spent 11½ episodes in an extended flashback. I took it off the list because I didn't feel I could push half a story, but now the second season is airing, which is more like the actual second half of the show. Now that it looks like the story is actually going to get completed, I think it's very much a viable option. Consider this to be a historical drama centered on the art form of live storytelling, and the tribulations life throws at the characters as they try to learn and ply their art. For me this show stands out as being a genre I don't usually watch, yet I found very absorbing and something I was/am looking forward to each week. --maxb
-==== Special candidates ====
+=== Special candidates ===
 * Blood Blockade Battlefront last episode