Caught up on
Shadow and Bone which I enjoyed a lot. It's very Young Adult in vibe, in a way that I found refreshing to see in TV shows format, in that you need to not think too much about the plot and everybody is way too young; but it looks very pretty and is well realized to craft atmosphere wonderfully; and the characters are overall endearing.
For context I've read the Six of Crows duology but not the main Grishaverse trilogy (which i've only heard bad thing about) so it was a bit odd to see how the series adapt both stories by mixing them together a bit awkwardly. I love the Crows characters and they did feel like they were a full B plot of the story.
( spoilers )Finished watching
Star Trek: Discovery's S4. Overall that was my favorite season. I liked how the stakes were built, how the vein of optimism was worked and how the show has been increasingly using more of its full cast. I've not liked any of the final of the series a lot and while I still had issue with this one finale
( spoilers ), it was my favorite finale so far.
I've also watched an anime series called
Mashiro no Oto, from last year. It's basically a shamisen sport shounen thus proving once more that you can build sport shounen out of everything. It was a lot of fun, greatly helped by the quality of the sountrack. I don't know much about shamisen music, but I enjoyed hearing it immensely. The story is a bit rough and honestly feels more like a first arc to the story (which it probably is, being the adaptation of a light novel) than anything. The characters are fun - I especially appreciated for spirited and sometimes aggressive many of the female characters are. The story had gusto, I really hope there's a second season sometimes to watch. (also I wish I could find an OST for it which I haven't been able to so far).