The first two chapters of this epilogue series after the main series are out at mangadex. They concern Ume's fate in college. It involves a lot of blushing so it's all very romantic.
I've been grousing about these missing, untranslated chapters for years. But now there's finally motion and good momentum heading towards completion. Even if this whole arc is translated, though, a new Kimi ni Todoke chapter came out this August, so it still won't be fully translated either way.
If all the missing chapters were translated it would come as a great relief. Ume was endearing enough to make my fictional character hall of fame. I want to know as much as possible about anyone I've honored so highly.
Meanwhile, my top anime rankings now has 8900 episodes/movies to its name. It's possible it could reach over 9,000 by the end of the year. That would be nice, since I prematurely celebrated making that mark twice already now. The third time's the charm!
It's good to see the world continuously improving, though. A year ago there were a lot fewer good episodes of anime extant than there are today. A year from now there will be many more great anime episodes than there are today. Steadily but surely, future generations are inheriting a brighter and brighter artistic legacy to feast upon. While I had to watch the filler-filled series of Naruto, Dragon Ball and One Piece, future generations only ever have to watch the edited Dragon Ball Recut/Kai, Naruto cut to manga/Kai, and One Pace. They get a much better experience in a lot less time.
This fall will see a dramatic improvement to my top 200 anime rankings lineup, as the weakest series will be kicked out in favor of the new fall entries. So not just in quantity of episodes, but also quality of franchises, everything is improving every year. Japan has been making more and better anime for the past 40 years, it's a magnificent, unprecedented legacy in human history. So long as Japan perseveres, I could care less what happens to the rest of the planet.
As '100 Waifus' points out: 61 of my fictional character hall of fame names originated from outside of Japan, the other 1045 originated inside of Japan. This is pretty much the correct weighting between Japan's worth compared to the rest of Earth. (For people who want the math done for them, Japan is 17 times as great as the entire rest of the Earth combined).
Probably this year, there will not only be over 9,000 (the magic Dragon Ball number which = HIGH) great anime episodes/movies to watch, but they'll be composed of properly edited, non-filler episodes, unlike last time the total reached 9,000, so each episode will be worth its weight in gold.
It's almost enough to occupy a lifetime. :). But the number will have to grow some more before people can do nothing but watch anime from cradle to grave, sadly.
I've rewatched Magia Record Season 1, proving it was indeed a great addition to the Madoka Magica franchise, and am now working on Fate/Grand Order and Honzuki no Gekokujou's rewatches. If I can finish rewatching all the great anime ever made, fulfilling my oath and proving all the anime I've ranked is indeed great, that will make my covid-19 time as productive as ever.
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