[color="#9932CC"][font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]As much as I hate myself for it, I've been catching up a bit on [b]Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt[/b]. The good thing about this series is that, since it works like a western cartoon, you can skip some minisodes and not really miss a whole lot. It's especially good for this series since some episodes, quite frankly, are a bit much for me.
But I have such an odd relationship with this show; normally I despise shows that rely on such blatant grossout humor [90s cartoons notwithstanding], and I've complained in the past that PASWG just tries WAY too dang hard in that regard. And, quite frankly, it does. But there are also some episodes that are just plain good. [i]The Diet Syndrome[/i] was one of the first episodes I really enjoyed. [i]Les Diaboliques[/i], the one full-length episode, was...okay. But I couldn't sit through it. Not cause it was particularly randy, it was just kinda...eh. Though that may be because I'm honestly not a big Scanty and Kneesocks fan. Their designs are nice, but as characters, they just kinda bore me [and yes, I realize I'm in the minority on that]. I also really enjoyed [i]Vomiting Point[/i], mainly because of how friggin' different it was [and really bittersweet, too]. It also reminded me quite a bit of the late Satoshi Kon's work a bit, or at least what I've seen of it.
My favorite episode so far, though, is [i]Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City[/i]. Stocking falls in love, and it's one of the times that it's shown how Panty truly does care for her sister. And the end! [spoiler]Garter saying how the ghost she fell in love with was made of all the regrets of men, and how it couldn't pass until he truly fell in love...and he did. AUUUUUGH MAN GAINAX. ;____________;[/spoiler]
Oh, one thing that's consistently good about this series is its soundtrack. It's got some kickin' tunes. ...except of course half the songs' titles sound like they got yanked out of a porno. [Funnily enough, my two favorite songs have fairly normal, non-dirty titles -- Fallen Angel and Chocolat]. Also Stocking is adorable and it makes me wish the whole series was just about her.
But yeah. I may continue watching...I might not. We'll see.
tl;dr No. Go read it. :[i][/i]|[/font][/color]