Hello everyone, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’ll once again be watching an actual ongoing show, as my generous supporters (that’s you guys!) are keen on facilitating some more timely criticism. This time we’ll be checking out 86, a show that I’ve heard has some pretty solid production chops, but whose light novel origins stopped my interest cold. I’ll admit it, I’ve basically called a personal moratorium on watching light novel adaptations; I generally find their writing sophomoric and frustrating, and since I no longer have to watch every premiere or review seasonal anime, I no longer have to deliberately watch things that I know will frustrate me. That said, the volume of praise this adaptation has been receiving did pique my interest, so it feels worth checking in on how exemplary this production is; I have my own media preferences, but am always open to being wrong about something (I mean, it’s in the site title). Let’s see what everyone’s been talking about, and stroll through the first episode of 86!

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