It would be so funny if Medaka died.

@Cyclone_Baroness:

I only just realized it's under 200 chapters, feels longer for some reason. I feel much better about this development now.

Because the fights are one page and the arcs are short (I'm not complaining, I'm impatient, I love it).

I'm guessing SAD = Rumble ball, which is why Chopper turned in to the Monster form.

Maybe Vegapunk/Caesar developed a way of creating Zoan DF's and control them, hence why the genetic mutations of Brownbeard (and going back, of some of the Sea Kings the New Fishman Pirates had).

Also Doffy nakama is definitely Sabo. No doubt, same hat, covered up because of the scars/burns?

So far it's not been as good as Spring. Kokoro Connect can become interesting, Tari Tari is somewhat entertaining, Natsuyuki Rendezvous is so far been disappointing. The josei anime I've watched tended to be very good (I guess because anime adaptations of josei are usually reserved for the better ones).

Really I'm more interested in Space Bros from last season, and Hyou-ka, although I'm still waiting for something interesting to actually happen in the latter (great animation/cinematography gets you so far).

I think Nise emphasizes the harem aspect of the show more than Bake. Kanbaru and Hachikuji's feelings aren't nearly as pronounced, let alone his sisters (who you will come to "enjoy" later on).

Bake sets up an interesting narrative about a boy with problems helping out girls with problems. They take the form of supernatural in the story, but are really just (pretty unsubtle) metaphors for real world problems. It does a great job of building a set of unique and interesting characters, and allowing us to see them talk to each other. There is fanservice and tropes, but it's really used to complement the story. Most people refer to its fanservice as sophisticated, I personally refer to it as relevant (the opening scene with Hanekawa, and the changing scene with Senjougahara both establish relationships quite definitively). Bake has a sort of gratifying quality in that on the face of it it is a story about a vampire boy and his harem of different tropes (tsun, loli, neko, megane) but being different from anything else in the industry.

Nise takes all of that and sort of sells out a little. It sacrifices story for entertainment, message for fanservice, and just really panders and indulges. It has some remnants of what's great about Bake, the dialogue with its metaphors, symbols, subtleties and humour, but it's only great beenfit is selling enough copies to fund the rest of the more serious (as I'm told) novels.

@Davy:

I mean AFTER Nisemonogatari. I've already watched the whole thing!

If you didn't know, Bake and Nise are huge hits in Japan. Pretty much all the novels have been green-lit for adaptation. The next two is a movie coming out end of this year/next year (Kizumonogatari, a prequel) and TV series, possible 26 episodes, that covers quite a few of the novels I believe.

Bakemonogatari is my personal favorite anime, although I thought Nise was average. It had some good parts, but it showed that the author was just indulging himself. It was written pre-Bake fame (the last one to be), and he never thought it would get an adaptation.

For those who don't know much about the -monogatari series, Bakemonogatari is quite popular for its SHAFT art style and it's heavy, reference-ridden, subtle, engaging and humorous dialogue, as well as a couple of dramatic set-pieces. It's not like Medaka Box at all.

Nise is Bake but with a lot more overt fan-service, both in terms of visually and story/character-wise.

I thought I was reading Beelzebub for a second. To be fair, Laxus pre-timeskip was stronger than Erza, and he actually went and did training.

I wonder why Kumagawa was left behind. Probably on orders from Medaka.

I really hate selective amnesia, but Nisio Isin is taking it to such an extreme that I'm assuming it's parody. I mean "Will you ___ me?" from a girl to a boy, how could he forgot that one word?

Only 11 pages…?

If I was fluent in Japanese, I would love this series even more. Even so, this style of fighting is awesome. This arc could be great yet.