Everyone Sam here with late in sports cards, and I'm ripping one box of 2021-22 tops UEFA Champions League stadium chrome There's stadium club chrome soccer hobby and one box of 21-22 tops UEFA Champions League Merlin chrome soccer hobby for John M. So good luck John see what we get in here for you, buddy. I'm gonna go with the stadium club first UEFA Chompians League and we'll do Merlin second Merlin's a little newer. So I always like to do some of the newer stuff a little bit like second. I guess is the way to say it there. So Good luck, buddy. Not gonna sleep all the refractors right now.  There's a gobby rookie There's one billion dollar bio from Barcelona. It's a Pejri and Nicola Barreia Mucoco See you later, Brandon. Have a good one. Thanks for hanging out been a while that since we've seen you So it's good to see you again, man. I got a real-time Trent Alexander Arnold Devin Zapata the championship contributions and cuckoo for Leipzig and real-time is Paul Pugba Again stuff like that is all going into a pile to be sleeved. All of those will be sleeved There is a refractor to Billingham. There you go. Nice one there for Dortmund on the Bellingham Mosalla, there's a Chobby. There's this and one more order and that's it right now named our junior not numbered There is a Kenneth Taylor for IX that is green 118 out of 199 again for IX Alexander Arnold Mendez Pierre Kulalu Or Kalulu. It's not numbered. It's not a refractor either. I don't believe it. Max Peck God's glimpse of gold is Jeremy Pino for Villarreal And those are not numbered just refractors. Nice card though. Ivan Romero the Antoine Griezmann We've got Kai Haberts Red beam team five out of five Congrats John What a hit Let's go That is so nasty. We'll get that one in a mag for you after the break. Thanks to Ken John. That's so sick Congrats, buddy We'll take a red any day of the week for sure Tyler Morton, Nico Gonzalez on the refractor That was disgusting Kai Haberts red and pulling a red out of anything tops is always so much fun Got Luca Suchich for Salzburg on the Aqua wave 147 out of 250 Salzburg Mason mounts and Angel Gomez Got Giovanni Reyna Polisic Nico Gonzalez rookie on the back Let's go. That is championships contributions. Karim Benzema for Real Madrid years got refractor Jonathan David for Lille and Last pack of stadium club like your pink one per box. That is Andrea Pirlo for Who is that AC Milan then we've got night vision behind that that is David? Tres Jewett Tres Guit for 12 out of 1 5 or 175 for who Ventus and Base one second. Let me just grab a quick basket here move some of these cards over And we'll go right into Merlin Merlin's been fun, man. I like it. I like it a lot big fan It's my first time ripping it too.  There's a gobby rookie nice Oliver skip that is under 23 Suleymana Where is that he's on no, he's on Renet. That's right. He was on Monaco Stony got so funny jump I believe forest is breaking tomorrow night that Captain Kirk. Yeah, Captain Kirk It'll be forest Good boy. Yeah guys lots on Ibrahimovic for AC Milan on the refractor. That's cool. I believe this is yellow to 225 for Byron Munich Joshua Kimmich No problem, buddy, of course Mason mount got green sunny Perkins for West Ham Green Moja Rookie four out of 99 Nice one there for you. Grats on that one John. Oh We got a match ball auto That is Ryan Graven birch for Ajax Nice one there. That is not numbered Congrats John heck. Yeah, dude. That's so sick. These are technically kind of case hits right here Ryan Graven birch very nice. Look at that one in a mag for you after as well We'll take that man out of five red and a match ball signature Sonny Perkins got Erling Holland renaissance Holy cow back-to-back case hits Geez man, let's go Holy Geez Congrats John.  That is a killer two boxes for sure Wow, man, and we got something nasty coming up here. How about Asia's alchemy Luca Modric orange? That is nine out of 25 Holy cow, man, this is great. This box is just hitting dude Merlin is just is nuts Merlin does go crazy. There's another gobbie rookie Saudi Omane Got David Alaba for Riyama dread on the cracked ice That is 58 out of 250 Another nasty hit for you there, buddy The grass up got Timothy way for leal on the refractor Felix a penna beyond for Roma on the refractor rookie under 23 Declan Rice West Ham Refractor refractor Roni refractors Nicolo Borea for Milano see him at East high now Sesco under 23 Hannibal for man United Hannibal it's prophecy fulfilled Western McKinney who bent this to to go here What a break this has been this has been crazy and cuckoo Cream Benzema got a prophecy fulfilled kill you and bop it. There you go areas making an appearance for tennis St. Germain James Madison and under 23 is Curtis Jones That is gonna do it for your break there John King Gratz man. That was craziness. I will get all those cards out to you Thanks again, dude


AI is potentially the most powerful technology that we've ever created and it's going to create the next form of civilization. The real opportunity for AI is how we can actually help the 7 billion people that could benefit from these technologies in a practical way. We're writing the rulebook for how this technology will go into the world and we need more examples showing how artificial intelligence can create the utopias that we want to build. So the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE matters because it serves as a proof point for the AI for good dialogue. The AI XPRIZE is a five million dollar competition sponsored by IBM Watson that challenges teams from all around the world to use AI for good. Each of the competitors is actually bringing that grand challenge to the table and saying this is the biggest problem that's facing humanity and this is why my technology can solve it. We launched this prize in 2016. Since that inception the AI for good dialogue has grown a lot. It's partly because of the AI for good global summit that we partnered on but also because of this competition so it's been really fascinating to see where AI for good was three years ago and where it is now. Since every team is working on a different problem with a different AI technology we are inventing new ways of evaluating technologies towards really creating a policy that should govern the systems of the future. Judges are evaluating the teams across four different metrics, technical validity, real world impact, scalability, ethics and safety. As these AI systems are getting better it only stresses the importance of us talking about the ethics behind them and the consequences of what is happening and AI for good and the AI XPRIZE has become the mechanism to do that. We envision a future at XPRIZE where humans and machines can be used to benefit one another and machines are not here to replace us but to supplement us. Thank you.


Vanilo S is very much a new kind of operating system or rather distro linux distro and funnily enough Mirko who is the author I knew way before this project and in fact I even interviewed him has the author one of the authors of the battles app for you know using Windows apps in linux in an easy way you might have seen that video if not go check it out so when he published this new project obviously we talked about it and I was kind of interested into using it and it sent me like an image one month before one month ago and luckily I had time to test it but finally I have some times to you know actually talk about what vanilla OS is and how it works now a lot of props to Mirko to actually for actually explaining to me how all of this worked because I'm extremely ignorant but now I can actually explain to you what he told me also it was very funny to see how he explained that he has worked on this project for quite a while now has kind of a toy project and then he announced the open beta on his Twitter without expecting that much success and instead now there are multiple articles and people reaching out and hundreds of people on the discord and now he has to you know scale up and allow other people to help him and have a structure and everything so that was actually quite a big change but it also shows the fact that there is a clear interest in a project like this so how it works oh before that yes this won't be a video with a lot of screenshots and you know applications and GUI user interfaces because you know a lot of the things here are very technical and there's nothing to show but a lot of technical information to explain so yes I could show the fact that they have a beautiful wallpaper and it's indeed beautiful and they're receiving a dark variant but that's really not the point let's try to focus on the technical side of things so let's start with saying that vanilla os is an immutable operating system similarly to fedora kinoita for kde on or silver blue for gnome other examples could be like makeintosh chrome os but those not linux kind of linux for chrome os but never mind what this means is that the operating system cannot be touched by the user except for the user space that is your home folder with your files in it obviously but also things like adc which contains some config files and also cache for you know cache everything else in theory should not be touched as touched in a immutable system as an example you have the usr folder which contains some libraries and application that in theory should not be editable by the user now the only way to actually edit the operating system in these folders that are protected from the user is through safeways as an example let's say that you're installing a kernel module that should be something rather safe because maybe you're using a dedicated drive manager or package manager that supports immutable functions these kind of things then you're only allowed to edit the root system via these safeways this is the general theory how it's actually implemented varies depending on the operating system that you're looking at now let's make a couple of examples so we can actually understand better this concept before stepping to vanilla os let's start with fedora silver blue and kinoita so fedora silver blue and kinoita uses os3 which is kind of a versioning system a bit like git if you know that but of course the developers realize that you know people still need to install their application so how do that work so they build rpm os3 which is kind of similar to dnf except that when you install a new application it creates its own branch as i said it's like git it creates its own branch and the application is installed in that branch now when you boot again the system that branch acts a bit like as a layer and is mounted on top of the root so that the operating system thinks that those things are installed within the os whereas it's actually the files are actually somewhere else entirely if anything goes wrong in this process then again by when you boot you can select to revert to the previous branch in group micro os second example there's something similar it uses btrfs as its file system and this file system has a snapshot functionality which means that whenever you install an application or you know whenever you want you create a snapshot which of course is optimized to consume not that much disk space and such and then if anything goes wrong then you can revert to the previous snapshot which obviously as you're talking in the context of root is only of root and not of your personal files in this case so these are two kinds of implementation fedora with os3 and micro s with btrfs and in both cases if anything goes wrong you can always reboot and switch back to the back to the previous snapshot or revert to branch so which one does vanilla os use and neither manila has its actually own approach but before getting into details of how vanilla os handles the 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things to wrap it up if you do want to use a free account or a discount there's a link in the video description and you should use that one again link in the video description and there's actually a new release just between me filming that part of the video and me filming this video now they have released the feature of being able to share files password protected I can say it so you can just give a link around with a password so it's safer so yeah check them out anyway vanilla I was talking about vanilla s vanilla s relies on the immutable attributes of files if you add the I attribute to a file which stands again for immutable then it cannot be longer edited by anyone regardless of whether you actually have writing permissions so you add I as a property you cannot change it when you take I off as a property then of course you can get back to changing that file and vanilla s just relies on that whenever you want to turn on or off immutability vanilla s under the hood just changes the I attribute of the root file so that you can no longer edit them even if you're root and this guarantees immutability and also allows for something that neither federal kinoita silver blue micro s could allow give you which is on demand immutability sometimes you do need to edit something within the system you just turn off immutability and then when you're sure that everything went well you can turn it on again as an example say that you need to install a driver for the linux kernel as an example the nvidia package on ubuntu this vanilla s is based on ubuntu that package is really meant to work and there's not much that could go wrong so you turn off immutability you install that package you turn it on again and that's it it's really meant mostly to install kernel modules there's also another way that it could make sense to use this feature which is very interesting and this I'll actually share an anecdote about this so just a few days ago my girlfriend who uses kedinion as I suggested her to and updated to the last version of kedinion and that update broke everything now she's not a nerd she has linux because I installed linux on her machine she asked kind of so her in italy not having a functioning computer anymore because kedinion broke on the update was I was here in sweden not being able to help her in any way except by a phone calls meant that we were there at 1 am just trying to debug what happened to kedinion during the update it was not funny so how do immutable systems help here on demand immutable system especially what I can do is take vanilla s install it turn off immutability set it up exactly how I know it's going to be used whilst I'm there and then I turn on immutability I can go off to sweden without ever ever ever worrying anything going wrong she can't mess this up even if she wanted to so it is in some way a functionality that allows you to set up a system for somebody else and make sure that you developer can turn off immutability and do whatever you know it's going to work to set up that system and then turn on immutability for your actual users and users my girlfriend in this case now immutable systems usually are tied up with two different concepts which are offline updates and atomic updates so what are offline updates firstly so whenever you install an update all the packages are downloaded and a transaction with the software manager is created however it is not applied until you actually reboot the system so that the actual update does not is not applied when you're using the system at the same time this is what windows does this is what making touch does this is what everybody does at this point because it's common sense that you should not change the version that you're using whilst you're using it and this actually has caused some headaches even in the kd world sometimes you update and then you find out that half of dolphin is not even working anymore because while during the update you're using an older version of dolphin which was already loaded into RAM but then another component just got loaded and that was an updated version and that you don't talk to each other anymore and that makes sense there are two different versions making sure that you reboot and you only apply the updates when you're about make sure that nothing like that could ever happen it's a safe it's a way to make sure that you don't mess it up so what are atomic updates then and okay so you installed updates but the update is only applied if it works that is the transaction with the package manager is created it is applied at the right moment when you reboot if everything goes well the system does a check if everything goes well then you boot into your system if anything goes wrong if anything even just a single package the whole update is discarded you switch back to whatever the files were like before doing the update and you prompt the user to retry to update at a later date this makes sure that you never do an update and then end up with a broken system when you should be using your system just like you know my girlfriend four days ago at 1 a.m just saying so these three things together immutability offline updates atomic updates make sure that your sister your system is just safer from anything that could go wrong and then there's even more stuff on top of it so they have apx which is apt with an axe at the end and here there's actually a collaboration to make this from the with the distro box maintainer creator which is luca demayo and basically what this does is whenever you install an application with apx this is not applied to your root system because you know what might happen right maybe you're thinking that you're downloading steam and then your whole system gets removed because of some dependency issues pop os right you know just to avoid any linux tech tips issue what happens is that there's a container that you initialize when you start using apx and then whenever you install something that something is actually installed via apt but inside of the container and then via magic and miracle actually explained this to me as magic so it is magic the files that the application that is installed in the container is exposed to the operating system so that it is the operating system thinks that it is actually installed here like it adds a service so you can see it in your application menu just as if it was installed in your os but it's in inside a container and all the user files such as if its team is the user library as an example still live in your home directory which means that if the containers for any reason dies or maybe you you restart it you reset it you still have all the files in your home directory in your user space and if you install steam again you don't lose any of them and if anything goes terribly terribly wrong like installing steam removes your operating system then that only happened in the container and you can kill off the container start it again as if it was new nothing went wrong now at this point my notes literally says it is safe in block maiusk it refer referring to vanilla s so i guess that's really a point what else well vanilla s does have a graphical tool to install the drivers which is pretty nice it's meant for gaming according to the website but i mean the idea is that that tool should set up your drivers without you having to think about that and it also has always the latest kernel linux kernel so that's also very nice if you need this kind of things there's also an installation process which is actually being ported to a nice gtk4 toolkit that actually asks you how you want your system to be as an example you can select whether you want to use flat packs snaps are up images and depending on your choices vanilla s just sets everything up as you ask for it so these are the nice thing is but the the main point was not this the main point was the whole thing before immutability updates apx that then there's also the nice things just to wrap it up of course the first question i asked to mirko was this is coming for kd plasma too right because currently vanilla s has gnom vanilla out of the box so gnom without anything changed which means no extra theming as ubuntu usually does but so just gnom so i mean of course they are going to do a version for kd plasma too right and luckily ians worked with something like oh sure you you're going to help right and i kind of disappeared no i'm just kidding so they do want to do something like that eventually it all depends of course on the workforce that they have and as far as actually maintaining it it should be feasible but as far as making the tools importing them to qt and qmail that's a whole another story it's actually something that if i have some free time i'll try to help with but no guarantees but it's it is something they would want ideally no guarantees but you know one day you can thanks everybody for following along and see you tomorrow 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Thanks for checking out this video. I think I'm gonna call this a haul video because I think that's what I've been calling these things in the Past, but it's like a haul video unboxing video. Whatever you want to call it. Basically, I bought some blue rays from Diabolic DVD And I'll go through what I got and kind of talk about them and why I got them So if people don't know if you haven't seen me unbox from them before I've ordered from them before I think one other one I did on here. I don't remember, but they I like Diabolic DVD because they kind of get They're blue rays and they mainly focus on horror.  Is it through Vinegar Syndrome or whatever? You can just go to DiabolicDVD.com And get whatever you want there. You know, I'm not sponsored by them. I don't have any relationship with them or anything I just like Going to that website and doing that.  It's an extra company. I dig it So I'm gonna get into what I bought most recently One of the things to know about how they do things. Oh, and by the way there It's Diabolic spelled with a K instead of a C at the end So Diabolic DVD one of the things to know is a lot of the times if you want to purchase something that is not available at That time they will hold your order until everything's available So like mine actually took a few months for me to get but I'm fine with that because you know I didn't like need these blue rays. It's just You know, there are ones I've been wanting for some time So I'm just gonna like randomly pull them out not in any particular order just however they're stacked in there All right So the first one is an awesome awesome horror comedy that if you haven't seen it You should definitely see it. That is dude bro party massacre three This one is really smartly written. It is funny throughout. There's so many awesome horror references in the film So if you have not seen this it was on shutter at one point and that's where I initially saw it But I liked it so much that and I like horror comedy so much that I felt like I had to get it so there is the Cover art for do bro party massacre three and just so you know, there's no one or two of this film They go over the events of one and two which which don't exist in the beginning of it And that's one of the funny things. So I read what it is just in case anyone's intrigued They don't know what it is in the wake of Wait, I'll go even further back a satirical twist of the gory and sexually charged 1980 slasher genre dude bro party massacre three is presented as the only surviving VHS copy of the revealed horror franchises third and final installment in the wake of two back-to-back mass murders on Chico's Frat Row loner Brent Chirino must infiltrate the ranks of a popular fraternity to investigate his twin brothers murder at the hands of the serial killer known as motherface motherface as They are picked off one by one Brent and his fellow dude bros must face the terrifying reality that their deadly foe Believe to have been killed twice has returned from the grave again and is hell bent on the destruction of the Delta Biss Definitely worth it Even if the description I read doesn't sound good. Trust me. It is good. It's funny. It's great Plus how many horror comedies that are good. Do we actually get? Not a lot All right next one.  Oh, no, I don't Okay, this is what I've been meaning to buy for some years now It's a film I fell in love with maybe four or five years ago something like that And I've been wanting to purchase this steel book But the price has always been like I kind of want to wait I kind of want to wait. Well, the inventory was starting to get low on diabolic and I don't think it's gonna be around forever So I was kind of like I might as well just bite the bullet now. Just get it It's a little bit on the pricier side But I really want to add this to to my collection so that I can always access this film I think it's available and still available and shutter at the moment to watch but that is Society like I said fell in love with this many years ago the first time I saw it this is such a weird quirky film and If you haven't seen it definitely watch it like I said if you have shutter, I believe it's still on there Joe Bob Briggs had covered it at some point which when I was watching that episode of the last drive-in and he and he said Society I was like, oh my gosh, this is gonna be awesome. I can't wait to hear what he says about it. So yeah That's a cool cool steelbook cover too. So actually something to kind of say about it I don't know if Joe Bob said it. I think he probably did during his last drive-in episode about society but Brian Usina and Stuart Gordon work together on reanimator now Brian Usina did society and Both of them also worked on honey. I shrink the kids. They wrote the script for that film So it's really weird to like have seen reanimator and I have seen society and then know that Brian Usina was involved with both of those and Stuart Gordon was involved with reanimator and did Honey, I shrunk the kids like it's it's just weird when those things happen because reanimator is Not it's totally the opposite and society is also totally the opposite But anyway, so for people who don't know society, I'm gonna go ahead and read the back real quick after Producing Stuart Gordon's hit reanimator Brian Usina Bride a reanimator and returning living dead three. That's right. He did return living dead three as well really good Turned his hand to directing with 1989 Society and gave birth to one of the ickiest most original body horror shockers of all time. That's true Teenager Bill Whitney played by Billy Warlock has always felt like the odd one out in his wealthy upper-class Beverly Hills family For some reason he just doesn't seem to fit in but his sense of alienation takes a sinister turn when he hears an audio recording of His sister's coming-out party which seems to implicate his family and others in a bizarre ritualistic orgy sounding weird it is and Then there are the strange things he's been seeing glimpses of people with their bodies contorted and possibly out of shape is Bill going mad or is there something seriously amiss in it in his neighborhood Packing stomach churning grew and thought-provoking social commentary in equal measure Society is a biting horror satire which culminates in one of the most gag-inducing climaxes in all of horror history The shunting Gotta be seen to be believed the first time I saw it. I was just like whoa and like I said, it's amazing. So society Finally did it. I'm gonna be very happy to put that in the stacks back there All right next one Ha ha, okay, so on my channel. I have reviews for two Frank Hennan-Lotter films I am going I already have the box set of basket case one two and three blue rays I'm going to be doing reviews for those and add in to that. I will also be doing a review of Frank Hennan-Lotters, Frank and Hooker. I really like I have a soft spot for Hennan-Lotters films He has a particular voice to all of his films a a particular wackiness Corkiness that's infused in all of them that just I just like it. They're very charismatic films.  It's been on my list to get and I finally went ahead and did it From Frank Hennan-Lotter the creator of basket case trilogy and brain damage comes Frank and Hooker a gory horror comedy twist on The Frankenstein legend, which by the way real quick the two reviews I have up for Hennan-Lotter films are brain damage and bad biology, which bad biology by the way You don't need to see that When Jeffrey Frankens fiance is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower He uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life He reassembles his beloved Elizabeth using the body parts of New York City's finest prostitutes and Resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm Unfortunately for Jeffrey his dear Elizabeth's brain is scrambled and she runs a muck on 42nd Street Turning tricks and bringing high-voltage death to her customers Totally worth it. Very excited to have this. Like I said, I will be doing a review I'll be doing a review for all these at some point actually I already have a review for Dubro party massacre three on my channel did it some time back Maybe like two years ago now actually that's crazy But anyway, I'll be doing reviews for these But I don't know when I'll get to them because I have a lot of a lot of films on the docket to get to And then we have the final one And this is actually the one that was holding up my box because it was out And I bet this is another one I've been meaning to get for years because when I first saw it I fell in love with it as well, and it's one of those so bad. It's awesome films I'm sure most of you know this and that is sleep away camp the original just the original Some time ago. I had really wanted to get my hands on the box set that they did of the trilogy But to be honest, I'm not that upset that I'm not able to get it because sleep away camp is really the star the original The second one I like and I would like to re-watch so maybe I'll buy that separately at some point the third one I just don't like it like it's trash. It's just so crappy Good to see once if you've seen the first two, but that's about it So I'm going to go ahead and read this because I've been reading it for all of them But I'm sure most of you know it, but here we go After a terrible boating accident killed her family shy, Angela Baker played by Felicita Rose Who's cool went to live with her eccentric aunt Martha and her uncle Ricky her uncle cousin Ricky Your mind just fills things in this summer Martha decides to send them both to camp airwack Sorry Send them both to camp airwack a place to enjoy the great outdoors Shortly after their arrival a series of bizarre and violent accidents begin to claim the lives of various campers Has a dark secret return from the camp's past a real and unspeakable horror in the summer season for all From its grisly makeup effects to the truly shocking and unforgettable climax sleep away camp is no ordinary slasher film It's a cult classic Very accurate And I have reviews up for all three in the original trilogy of Sleep away camp on my channel and they're in their own playlist too. So you can just go there if you want to check that out It's up to you But anyway, those are the four films that I got very excited to rewatch all of these and put them in my collection Yeah, super awesome Thank you diabolic dvd for doing what you do. I love it. I you can rest assured I'll be doing another one of these videos at some point in Months from now, I'll probably do yeah, I'll probably do it like december-ish to kind of treat myself by myself present Because I have a laundry list of blu-ray horror Blu-ray that I want to get my hands on one of my biggest ones that's been out of stock And you can do like a wish like a wait list for Titles through diabolic and they'll let you know if they end up getting that back in So one of the ones that I did is uh death race 2000 the original one by The roger corman one. I love that film and I just I need a blu-ray of it. So Um, yeah, that's another one that I'm definitely gonna want to get but like I said, I got a huge list of ones to get Uh, so who knows what I'll do next but check out diabolic dvd and uh, yeah Put some comments down there if you have purchased through them and if you did, what did you get recently? Also, let's just talk about like what are your favorite horror blu-ray that you have or even dvds And talk about it from the standpoint of the actual film But also from the standpoint of ones that have really great special features Because I know like I'd gotten the ice cream man one from vinegar syndrome I believe it was and it has the last drive-in the joe bob's last drive-in From back when it was on tbs like a long time ago It has that episode on there as a as an extra and then it also has like the commentary and stuff I haven't gone through that yet, but I need to but um, but yeah Let's talk about like what ones have really good extras on it. So And if you can let me know that then if that's already on my list I might end up bumping that title up to the top of my list to buy for myself But anyway, thanks for checking this out. Um, do me a quick favor though Hit that subscribe button if you like any videos I do these unboxings which are more rare More importantly the movie reviews that I'm doing But if you are going to do that go ahead and also hit the notification bell that way You know when I'm putting up new videos or doing live streams or whatever But I really would appreciate it I always appreciate it when people subscribe because that's how I grow my channel It means a lot to me. So I appreciate that But thanks for checking this out and until next time keep it brutal


The anime's summer season of 2022 had a lot of promise, a lot of shows were returning to finish off their seasons, a lot of brand new ones debuted it.  Orient Part 2 The story picks up immediately after the first part of Orient and right away the change is noticeable, focusing on Musashi's group encountering a massive band of Bushi and their leader Uesugi Tatsuomi. They have all gathered to slay a giant kishin who is threatening to consume a waji island. I wasn't a huge fan of the start of Part 1, it was bogged down by a mashup of plot devices we've seen in different shounen, characters are underutilized or hardly developed at all, lackluster animation, and a story that takes a while to get interesting. Unfortunately, Part 2 suffers from the same issues as Part 1 but to a lesser degree. Having the introduction of other Bushi soldiers gives our main characters a chance to learn more about the world and the evil they are facing, but at the cost for us the viewer to see any meaningful development. The decision to split up the trio and leave our protagonists with new squadmates who are very standoffish and somewhat arrogant left me a bit bewildered. I never really cared for these new characters and just wanted to see the main trio confront new problems and deepen their friendship. Instead, it all comes off as a black clover slash bleach hybrid with squads, captains and super powered laser swords. I don't mind this kind of crazy though, but having our main characters sit back so that other secondary characters get exposition for a good chunk of the arc was kind of off-putting. The villains have pretty simplistic motivations which isn't a big deal and unfortunately the story beats were all too predictable. Also doesn't help that the animation, while a little bit better than Part 1, was still rather serviceable. If you enjoyed Orient, more power to you, I'm super happy about that. Again, these are just my overall thoughts on a show that I think has potential, but it's being dragged down with a lackluster adaptation. Vermile in Gold This show, at first glance, didn't look bad. I didn't know I was getting into a light novel adaptation with a lot of fan service, which typically doesn't bother me, but in the case of Vermile in Gold, I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Sometimes I get easily fooled by a series with a nice looking key visual or poster, such was the case here. The animation was simply alright, serviceable in key moments. The world of the series isn't super fleshed out or anything, you're thrown into the story knowing about magic in schools. The characters aren't the most entertaining either, most can be downright boring and copies of other people from better shows. Our main lead, Alto, is a wholesome kid that just wants to do good in the world. He's shy and desperate to graduate his class by summoning a familiar, and through some crazy shenanigans ends up with Vermile, a powerful succubus that is 95% of the fan service in Vermile in Gold. To put the cherry on top, she needs to replenish her strength with a quote unquote kiss, and it's constantly putting our main character in awkward sexually themed situations. The power scale and other characters in the show don't really put much of an effort to make our lead character grow, things just sort of escalate and resolve themselves rather easily. The one highlight of the series, however, is Vermile's backstory, which was surprisingly interesting and rather dark. Unfortunately, everything else about this anime was rather underwhelming. Dropkick on My Devil, this show returned for a third season after a successful crowdfunding, and instead of advancing any sort of plot, not that it had a deep one to begin with, Dropkick on My Devil X decides to spend its time just having fun with the characters in various situations and hijinks. Yashin does get one major arc as she's flung across Japan and is trying to find her way back home, earning money through gambling as well as escaping the clutches from the Yakuza and mob bosses. The introduction of Hatsune Miku was a hilarious surprise as well as the introduction of several new characters, however it never really amounted too much as the show's structure and plot were more centered around having a good time with comical nonsensical stories. Dropkick on My Devil's strongest aspect is its wild kooky cast of characters, each unique and rather gullible. There are a lot of goofs and gaffes with loud rapid-fire comedy that may not appeal to everyone. The voice acting and animation remains a high point, a bright, colorful palette that contrasts the chaos of the show. Uncle from another world. This show has been one of my highlights for me this past summer season, however as of me making this video the series has been put in a long hiatus as the studio making it has suffered through COVID infections. Definitely a bummer, but I wish them well in a speedy recovery. We need more Uncle in our lives. Uncle from another world subverts your expectations of an Isagai. Instead of showing you the typical tropings of set genre, this story takes place back on Earth. The main character has returned from a coma and is telling his nephew about his adventures via a recorded footage from his mind.  The constant references to Sega culture had me laughing out loud and as a retro gaming enthusiast I was loving it. I can't even imagine how much the license for Sega caused, but to have such a show enthusiastically talk about the Mega Drive and Saturn consoles, as well as feature Easter eggs and mention things like Sonic the Hedgehog, Alien Soldier, and even Guardian Heroes, which serves as a unique plot point within the show might I add, really shows the uniqueness of Uncle from another world and the attention to detail on a company so beloved in Japan. Having a character use his nerdy experiences to navigate a strange thing like being Isagai'd into another world makes him one of the most endearing and relatable heroes in modern anime. I couldn't help but smile and root for the guy in his clumsiness and out of touch humor as he tries to be up to date with not only his family, but the world around him in present time. Made in Abyss, the golden city of the scorching sun, haunting and disturbing as always, we finally have more episodes of Made in Abyss, which is always a cause for dread and celebration. Picking up after the movie, our trio is headed for the sixth layer, the capital of the unreturned, and in it they will find some of the deepest, most introspective character interactions the series has ever had. The season is split up into two stories, the one in the present with Reg, Riku, and Nanachi, and the other set many years in the past with the first people to explore that sixth layer and the tragedies that occurred at that time. Harrowing at times, this season pulls at your heartstrings with a fantastic narrative about the sacrifices that exiled explorers are forced to make and how the path of revenge and redemption can mold out a city and its individuals. Like the previous material in the franchise, it isn't for the faint of heart. Our trio of characters get more character progression as they are forced to deal with an antagonist that is unlike anything faced before. Everything that went into the production of this adaptation was on point, the animation, the sounds, the voice acting, all of the highest caliber in my honest opinion. It's just a damn shame that we have to wait so long for more manga chapters or anime seasons. Harrowing in the Labyrinth of another world. I was misinformed. I thought this was going to be another average isekai with raunchy content.  The main character like so many others in the isekai world quickly realizes he's in a different world after scrolling through a mysterious website and now meticulously sets out to understand his surroundings. From violent encounters with bandits to spending countless hours killing monsters and dungeons to gain experience and items. Where the series differs, however, is the slave purchasing. Michio ventures into a famous slave trader and ends up buying the second character in this adventure, the beast warrior Roxanne. The majority of the series is soon after spent worldbuilding as well as learning about role classes, dungeon exploration, and the relationship between the two lead characters, which you guessed it, gets pretty sexual. Again, I made the bad call of thinking this was going to be a tame isekai comedy, but it was actually really funny to see the crunchy roll stream heavily censor the sexual scenes. The series isn't that great, but there are some ideas thrown at you that are actually kind of interesting. Like the roles and economy of this new world. It's just a shame that everything about the series is just one big wish fulfillment scenario for a guy isekai. Also, did I mention slave purchases? That's a little messed up. Call of the night. When I did my top 5 summer shows, this was definitely on there. Not only is it gorgeous to look at with the neon drenched cityscapes, it is actually a fun quirky mashup of the spooky meets the romantic. Ko is an awkward teenager trying to figure out more about himself and why his wonderlust has taken him to ditch the normalcy of life in favor of seeking the thrills of the night. To make things extra nice, add in vampires to the mix and you've got a pretty fun anime. Nazuna is the other half of this equation and her free spirited ways is perfect for a character like ko that is coming into his own as he learns of the potential of becoming a vampire. Of course, there will be the usual shenanigans with vampire stories, but call of the night stays pretty fresh most of the time by leaving those plot points in the back burner and focusing on the main character's journey. Artistically, this is probably in my top 5 of the year. The show is oozing vibes and personality and I was there for it. I love seeing the heavy use of neon colored purples, pinks, blues, and yellows to accentuate a scene and genuinely made me jealous that I couldn't experience that in real life. Those aesthetics, I want to live there. Whenever I saw a backdrop, I thought, man, I wish I could go out right now and the sky would be like that and the streets would be illuminated like that. I loved it. Also, the character designs match pretty damn well the original manga and look really nice on screen. And acting wise, I got to mention Soda Amalia crushes it once again voicing another great character in Nazuna. Call of the night is just one massive love letter to growing up and finding out what true love really means, just with a supernatural twist. Summertime Rendering. This spawned two seasonal viewings, but we finally got the resolution to Summertime Rendering and I absolutely loved it. I don't want to give anything away, but this story had a ton of twists and turns. It constantly left you guessing which route the plot was headed. Summertime Rendering has a fantastic, diverse cast of characters from all walks of life and they all get their moment to shine and develop. The art by OLM was almost always spectacular in my opinion with great attention to detail on things like clothing, character expressions, background artwork, and more. From a visual aspect, this was easily one of the best shows of the year. One thing to note is how well-paced everything is in the series. Every action is deliberate and is followed up in each episode with more intrigue. At times, it can be a little bit overwhelming trying to keep up with the hypothetical nature of the show and the possibilities of it. However, there is enough action and visual stimuli to keep you engaged and actually understand what the characters are talking about. The one thing that this series got right was its ending. As you follow along the adventure, you feel that it was earned. Some people were disappointed by it, but I thought it was a well-made finale and in the grand scheme of things really made sense. Yakuza's guide to babysitting. This easy-going slice of life story was a wholesome experience filled with adorable heartwarming scenes. Kirishima's relationship with Yaeika is the highlight of the series. A former angry enforcer called the Demon of Sakuragi is now reformed as a charming babysitter for quite possibly one of the cutest anime characters of all time. While a good majority of the episodes are a slice of life nature, there are moments of story and plot sprinkled throughout to keep audiences engaged. But honestly, Yaeika is such a sweetheart that I could just watch a show of her experiences growing up. I appreciate the fact that our main character is forced to confront various aspects of his past life and be a better individual. Whether it be work-related or dealing with the memory of his family, having that massive change in his life by now being a babysitter to the boss' daughter gives him a fun character progression arc. Also helping out is the fantastic animation. I really love the artwork in this series. It really pops on screen and brings these characters to life. Shine on Bakumatsu Bad Boys. Bakumatsu was an example of me not paying much attention into what the show was about and just going with it. Unfortunately, that wasn't a successful strategy. I took a look at the cool-looking visual key and assumed we were going to get a gritty feudal Japan drama with great writing and character studies. But instead the show goes for a more conventional plot of themes like revenge, sacrifice, redemption, while also going book-wild with sci-fi and magical elements for the bad guys. The nuisance and gloomy characters are nice, but nothing to write home about either. And the art went with brighter colors than what I would have liked. In the end, everything was just perfectly serviceable. There's nothing wrong with liking a show like that, but I do feel like there were some missed opportunities to really make a dramatic samurai story about criminals giving a second chance at life while protecting the citizens of Japan. Renta Girlfriend returned with a second season. One of my guilty pleasures from 2020 and with it comes the same baggage. Kazuya is still Kazuya. People either love or hate a story with a character like him. Yes, he can be incompetent and dumb, but also honest and sincere in his simplicity. His interactions with the girls will frustrate you if you take this show seriously. Instead, try to see this for the romantic comedy that it is and not get too worked up about it. This show and its original source material already get enough hate online and I don't want to be another cog in the wheel. Instead, let me focus on the positive aspects of this second season. Adapting volume 6 through 12 of the manga, you get some much anticipated moments like the batter cage date, the dolphins, the infamous typhoon, and the surprisingly emotional backstory for Chizuru. When it comes to Renta Girlfriend, you are in it for the girls and their shenanigans as they try to sway the main character. And I think the show delivers on that. It isn't perfect, dang if I wasn't having a good time laughing along. Engage Kiss is a mixed media project similar to things like Fates Tonight or Tacked OP Destiny where the goal is to tell a multi-layered story through anime, video games, manga, light novels, and so on. One of the strongest aspects of the series is its characters. They're all unique enough where you show interest in their lives and problems. Shu, while not perfect, kind of scummy at times, tries to honestly better the city he lives in. Him having a work partner and love interest is where things go sideways for me. Engage Kiss is trying to be an action-packed show but also a tropey rom-com with a love triangle that sometimes is played out for laughs and other times takes itself a bit too seriously. When the show moves away from that and focuses on the monsters and mysteries, it works for the most part. But at just 13 episodes and the fact that it is a mixed media project, you know everything is paced awkwardly to make room for the eventual sequel, for the eventual game, and so on and so forth.  But the premise and setting made me forget about it. Made way through the show, the story splits into different elements without regaling itself back in, leaving some plod holes and underdeveloped antagonists that I wish could have been further explored. But hey, maybe the Engage Kiss mobile app will answer that. One of the surprise hits of the year, Lacorice Recoil, was a wild adventure with memorable characters. It really did feel like watching a high octane action flick spread out across 13 episodes. Featuring fantastic artwork with well choreographed shootouts and fights, one of the central themes of the series is the idea of moving forward in life. Even after a major setback, how we pick ourselves up, march onward and learn from our mistakes can determine our growth as individuals. Takina is a very cold, blunt, and calculated person, which sharply contrasts Chisato's bubbly, energetic, and optimistic persona. Unbeknownst to her, Chisato has had issues in the past and trauma that she has chosen to move forward from. The same can be said with a large portion of the cast in this show, who are all dealing with some issue from their past, whether it be about their personality or something work related. The dynamic of the two lead characters is what truly brings this show to life and makes it as memorable as it is. Sometimes they'll butt heads, and other times you'll see them behaving as lifelong friends. The villains in the show aren't necessarily the most fleshed out, but provide enough incentive for us to be invested in the agents and their violent mission for peace. Overall, the anime had fantastic production value. The art, the acting, its character designs, backgrounds, and overall direction were top tier and really made for a memorable watch. And hey, if you can get Hideo Kojima to like and promote the show for free via Twitter, I think you've done something right. The maid I hired recently is mysterious. This is one of those anime that I tend to diss on for the lack of plot. There isn't a lot of substance there and what little there is doesn't get addressed until the very end of the show. And by the time we got there, I kept asking myself, could we have solved this on day one? But I have to tell you all, Rie Takahashi and Saori Hayami are two of my favorite say-us and both are on the show, so you know I wasn't going to miss it. Lilith is charming and wholesome, bit of an era ahead at times when it comes to paying attention to her master's statements and declarations of possible love and admiration, but she really does care for her master and wants him to feel like a normal kid after being struck with unexpected tragedy. Yudi is an honest boy that is trying to make the most of life, being saved by Lilith from a downward spiral of grief and solitude, and now by having this maid allows him to open up and make the most of his life and hopefully grow up to be a competent young man. Now the shtick here in this series is Lilith and her unusual or mysterious demeanor. Her eyes make her seem like she's hiding something and Yudi is going to try to find out what that is and that's most of the plot The rest is dedicated to the young master growing up and going to school, as well as befriending his maid. So to summarize, there's not much there, to be honest, so I was mostly coming back week after week because of my favorite actors. Parallel world pharmacy. I thought this isekai would be similar to all the others where a character sets up shop and sells things to the new world's inhabitants, but instead I was pleasantly surprised with what was presented. This alternate world has magical elements mixed in with the medical stuff. There's political intrigue too as different guilds try to monopolize and control the city's medicine. Our main character Pharma is different than all of this. He is trying to right his wrongs from his previous life on our earth and coping with the passing of his sister by working with family, friends, and fellow countrymen in this new world, giving the help people need and making society a healthier, better place. Along the way, man's greed steps in and you can probably guess the rest. Visually it's a solid show, nothing too flashy but still well animated and designed. The main cast is pretty competent and interesting. I enjoyed seeing the protagonist use his powers for good and try to solve whatever crisis was at hand. I will say though the pacing for the show was a little all over the place. I understand that most anime these days are not picked up for second seasons so you do your best to adapt as much as you can from the light novels or manga, but in the case for this series you could have easily made three seasons worth of material out of the many arcs that occur. Yurei Deku. I had high hopes for this one. Yurei Deku had the wildest premise out of the bunch, a futuristic city run by algorithms, social media, and virtual reality. No flora or fauna. Everything dictated by the amount of love one has. Our main character is a bubbly hacker interested in the urban legend of Phantom Zero, a mysterious individual that steals love and upsets the establishment. Barry eventually joins with the character of hack the ghost detectives, eccentric characters that are invisible to society and the government. Now by having all of this presented in bright colors and Saiyan Saru's indie art style makes for an interesting watch. I was definitely hooked and wanted to see where the story was headed. Unfortunately it was just okay. There were great emotional beats throughout however, such as Barry's relationship with her parents as well as Finn's backstory from the detective club. But certain story aspects were not as fulfilling. The setting is there for a wonderful story about a futuristic high tech dystopia. The greed and the abundance of love points, if you will, and how much they determine people's self-worth, the parallels are there with modern society. Yet the anime doesn't really develop these topics. Instead they are just the backdrop for the main character's quest, which does get a resolution, a somewhat predictable one, but a resolution nonetheless. However, Yudei Deco's greatest strength is in its inventive world building and quirky characters. And even though the ending isn't all that spectacular, the journey getting there sure was a lot of fun. And that is that ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much everybody for watching. At the time of recording this I am like three weeks behind of posting it, so I do apologize. For the people watching later, it doesn't matter. But thank you nonetheless. It's been a chaotic time, so I was rushing to get this out. Unfortunately came out a little bit late.  Others that I don't recommend as much. 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