REMEMBER HAND SHAKERS? Making each other watch BAD Anime!

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Watching Gohands' disorienting camerawork drunk means "two negatives make a positive," and that is the "peak way to watch" Handshakers.

1. The Rant Café Anime Podcast spends this episode on a "making each other watch bad anime" format, covering Jahi the Unbeatable, Handshakers and Orb: On the Movements of the Earth. 2. Briggs hosts alongside Recon, who picked Handshakers, and Jordan, who picked Orb, with Briggs recommending Jahi; Recon says he recommends "a banger." 3. The hook is that the hosts rewatch or watch the first three to six episodes of each pick, and the show widely panned as bad, Handshakers, comes out more enjoyable than the supposedly safe Jahi. 4. On Jahi, one host calls it "a bad Devil is a Part-Timer" and says it "put me to sleep," while another rates it "a solid five" and Recon's rating is "two out of ten." 5. A host says Jahi's chapters feel like three-per-episode shorts, and he had to "force" reactions and add jokes on stream, which he calls "usually a bad sign." 6. On Handshakers, the hosts discuss Studio Gohands, whose best work Recon names as K: Return of Kings, and compare the battle-royale-for-a-wish premise to Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night; they criticize the CGI, the slow pacing, and the silent girl. 7. One host defends the show on a rewatch, saying ecchi elements like the opening chains escalate until holding hands is the central rule, and he says watching it drunk makes the disorienting camerawork "two negatives make a positive." 8. The hosts also note that Handshakers' sequel-like follow-up, referred to as WZ, scored around five points, and Recon's trailer example complains about a camera angle that goes "underneath the shoe" of a student on a staircase. 9. On Orb, the hosts describe a first character who believes the existing model of the universe is not "beautiful" enough for God, dies for his research, and passes it on, with one host saying the torch passes "too quickly" while another says the speed shows his choice not to lie. 10. Suited to anime fans who like opinionated, joke-heavy comparisons of bad picks and hidden gems.

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