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Additionally, been watching it with another person who is going through the entire GitS franchise for the first time, wanting to compare their first impressions with mine.

And what are my impressions the second time around? 

• the CGI is rough. With standards set by previous installments and time, it just looks dated and everyone is off-model (does help that The Major has a moeblob waifu updated design that I really don't like, don't at me). Daresay, generic.
  
• it took to ep. 6 to get interesting
  
• music (as in, besides the opening and ending songs) are serviceable. so far they really havent had a chance to shine
  
• battle and fight scenes are still great 
  
• the one Black character getting the Clown treatment, hate it 
  
• someone on MAL said it was for the "Netflix audience" and now I can't unsee it; it kinda fits...
  

The other party is fresh off of Stand Alone Complex and Solid State Society, so there was also a bit of quality whiplash. Big shoes to fill and all that. One of their quips was "The tachikomas are carrying this show." They agreed with me that the visuals were a downgrade and they perked up when the backflips started happening. If it wasn't for the investment and backstory they already have in the character, they likely would've dropped SAC_2045. 

However. We've only just finished episode 6. 

This is where the real fun begins.]]>
Additionally, been watching it with another person who is going through the entire GitS franchise for the first time, wanting to compare their first impressions with mine.

And what are my impressions the second time around? 

• the CGI is rough. With standards set by previous installments and time, it just looks dated and everyone is off-model (does help that The Major has a moeblob waifu updated design that I really don't like, don't at me). Daresay, generic.
  
• it took to ep. 6 to get interesting
  
• music (as in, besides the opening and ending songs) are serviceable. so far they really havent had a chance to shine
  
• battle and fight scenes are still great 
  
• the one Black character getting the Clown treatment, hate it 
  
• someone on MAL said it was for the "Netflix audience" and now I can't unsee it; it kinda fits...
  

The other party is fresh off of Stand Alone Complex and Solid State Society, so there was also a bit of quality whiplash. Big shoes to fill and all that. One of their quips was "The tachikomas are carrying this show." They agreed with me that the visuals were a downgrade and they perked up when the backflips started happening. If it wasn't for the investment and backstory they already have in the character, they likely would've dropped SAC_2045. 

However. We've only just finished episode 6. 

This is where the real fun begins.]]> https://forum.ourfavoritevoid.club/thread-24.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:37:22 -0700 Sunspot]]> https://forum.ourfavoritevoid.club/thread-24.html
 The Magical Revolution The Reincarnated Princess and The Genius Young Lady

• A story about a princess born to a kingdom in which the mark of nobility is the ability to use magic... without the ability to use magic. Objectively a very gay story about how the princess navigates a world that spurns her for her inability to use magic, instead deciding to become an eccentric researcher to find ways to put magic in the hands of ordinary people. Explicitly she's not interested in men, only has interest in women, which, at least to begin with is no problem, as there are no political marriages to be had for a useless princess. To help ensure this never comes up, she renounces her eligibility for the crown. Features a bunch of eccentric ladies. Is TECHNICALLY an isekai, but this is not really actually explored, except insofar as "our protagonist has memories of a world where magic was just a fantasy, so of course she'd be in love with a world where it's real."
  

Last Witch Izetta

• What if the princess of (not-Hungary) and the last witch in existence teamed up to fight NAZIS and win Not-World-War-2? Aggressively gay, though never acknowledged in words. The narrative, on the other hand... Acknowledges it quite prominently. CW: It's a story about war, and is actually somewhat brutal in that regard at times. 
  

Lycoris Recoil

• Hideo Kojima was tweeting about this one! "What if we took young women detached from the system in Modern Japan, and raised them to be elite assassins and spies dedicated to keeping the social order from the shadows!" A story about two very broken young women, one of whom has made progress towards "becoming a real person again," and another who... needs that help. Not explicitly gay, but... also very, very gay. Contains some criticism of the Japanese myth of "cleaner, nicer, neater society, because we're just built different! We have no crime or disorder!" (Actually enforced by special-forces orphans.) Has some blood and violence and plenty of guns. Is actually a very silly fluffy story. 
  
  
  

I know there's more, but I can't think of any else right now, so I'll add more as I think on it.]]>
 The Magical Revolution The Reincarnated Princess and The Genius Young Lady

• A story about a princess born to a kingdom in which the mark of nobility is the ability to use magic... without the ability to use magic. Objectively a very gay story about how the princess navigates a world that spurns her for her inability to use magic, instead deciding to become an eccentric researcher to find ways to put magic in the hands of ordinary people. Explicitly she's not interested in men, only has interest in women, which, at least to begin with is no problem, as there are no political marriages to be had for a useless princess. To help ensure this never comes up, she renounces her eligibility for the crown. Features a bunch of eccentric ladies. Is TECHNICALLY an isekai, but this is not really actually explored, except insofar as "our protagonist has memories of a world where magic was just a fantasy, so of course she'd be in love with a world where it's real."
  

Last Witch Izetta

• What if the princess of (not-Hungary) and the last witch in existence teamed up to fight NAZIS and win Not-World-War-2? Aggressively gay, though never acknowledged in words. The narrative, on the other hand... Acknowledges it quite prominently. CW: It's a story about war, and is actually somewhat brutal in that regard at times. 
  

Lycoris Recoil

• Hideo Kojima was tweeting about this one! "What if we took young women detached from the system in Modern Japan, and raised them to be elite assassins and spies dedicated to keeping the social order from the shadows!" A story about two very broken young women, one of whom has made progress towards "becoming a real person again," and another who... needs that help. Not explicitly gay, but... also very, very gay. Contains some criticism of the Japanese myth of "cleaner, nicer, neater society, because we're just built different! We have no crime or disorder!" (Actually enforced by special-forces orphans.) Has some blood and violence and plenty of guns. Is actually a very silly fluffy story. 
  
  
  

I know there's more, but I can't think of any else right now, so I'll add more as I think on it.]]>