I enjoyed AnoHana, but I will say this: any time I hear …

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Comment on Top 25 Anime You’re Wasting Your Life By Not Watching by Yamato:

I enjoyed AnoHana, but I will say this: any time I hear “noitaminA”, I think “pretentious, overhyped bullshit”. AnoHana was an exception (at least IMO), but nonetheless, it sickens me how people go on about these shows being the most intellectual of intellectual anime just because of what fucking block they aired on.

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