To be real for a sec, there's a bunch of 50s-70s shows that I've only seen a few episodes of that I would consider "necessary" to understand American culture and the history of the medium. What's weird is that there's a generation that will miss out on 80s television, which is arguably the most important decade of television in terms of not just the standards being set, but also what 90s and 00s television reacted against.
But I mean, watching episodes of All in the Family is just not as exciting as watching Game of Thrones, although clearly one is infinitely better than the other.
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Bunny Cafe 2
GOD DAMNIT SDBURTON WHY
The show itself is fine... I guess it'll come down to how that weird tea club anime goes though.
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Ping of the Pong 2
What can I say? This is really the best sports show that I've seen since Ace wo Nerae... to the point where I think Smile is basically a male Oka. The show seems to be a show about sports psychology rather than shounen power ups and tepid bromances, and you see the sport being used to reveal genuine aspects of a character's psychological state and background rather than simply have the sport around for the sake of sports porn.
As an aside, I thought this little bit of foreshadowing was clever. Yeah, it made for a somewhat comedic aside, but taken in context with the second half of the episode? Hah.
Arbitrary ranking time:
Ping Pong > Teppu > Baby Steps >= Haikyuu.