And here is the sequel which has the Army Wives watching anime! Hope you enjoy! _

"So...how did we get roped into this again?" One Denise Sherwood asked her best friend.

"Haha well..." Claudia Joy's eyes rolled to the side as she remembered what led to what she and Denise were basically stuck in.

"Wait we're gonna have an anime binging watching marathon?" Denise blinked in astonishment.

"Damn right we are!" Roxy grinned in glee.

"Okay but why?" Pamela blinked.

"Think about it. Our husbands love all those Japanese cartoons, right?" Roxy began arguing her case.

"Right." Claudia Joy said, drinking a glass of wine remembering all the times Michael tried getting her and her daughters to watch anime like Dragon Ball Z and Naruto.

"So I think it's time to see just what the hype around these anime show thingies are!" Roxy said although the group still seemed a bit uncertain, mainly given the stigma about anime fans and how they were seen by some people as weirdos.

"I dunno..." Denise was uncertain as she remembered Frank and even Jeremy's weeaboo stages. To say that was a headache was the understatement of the 2000s. She hoped the others were on her side.

"Well I guess we could do that. I would love to see what the hype is around these cartoons that both Chase and Lucas love." Pamela shrugged.

"Damn." Denise cursed.

"Yay!" Roxy inwardly cheered.

"Claudia Joy?" Denise turned to her closest friend in the room. Realizing she and Roxy were tied she need a goal breaker. Please!!

"I think it could be fun." Claudia Joy smiled as Pamela smiled as well while Roxy looked ready to jump sky high while Denise looked ready to fall back anime style.

"YES!! THANK YOU CJ!!" Roxy jumped up and down like a cheerleader as Pamela laughed at her best friend while Claudia Joy smiled sweetly at her.

Denise meanwhile just sighed, realizing she was outnumbered and had to take the L in this regard.

"Thanks for having my back, CJ." Denise deadpanned said Claudia Joy just laughed in response.

"C'mon Denise, it'll be fun!" Claudia Joy cheerfully slapped Denise's shoulder.

"If you say so." Denise smirked as the door had a knock behind it.

"Hey guys!" Roxy cheerfully greeted with Pamela close by.

"Hey Roxy and Pamela." Claudia Joy greeted her girlfriends with a kind smile.

"You guys ready for this?" Roxy asked.

"As ready as we'll ever be." Denise chuckled wondering just where Roxy Leblanc got her energy from.

"Just give us a couple of minutes and we'll get started!" Pamela said with a smile.

"So how are we gonna watch this again?" Claudia Joy pondered.

"Through an app on TJ's PS4. It's called Crunchyroll." Roxy explained.

"Crunchyroll?" Claudia Joy raised an eyebrow at the slightly bizarre name.

"Yeah it sounds weird but they have a lot of anime on there!" Roxy shrugged.

"Let's get started then." Denise offered as Roxy cheered before starting the first anime off.

Dragon Ball:

"Meh Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z were at least somewhat good." Pamela shrugged.

"Can't say the same about GT." Denise said.

"Or that Super sequel. They really ruined things for Trunks." Claudia Joy sadly sighed.

"And they just made Frieza a Saturday morning cartoon villain." Roxy agreed.

"Poor Piccolo. He got beaten by chopsticks." Denise sent a smug amused smirk to Claudia Joy remembering her cartoon crush on him which she scoffed at.

"What about Yamcha? He got left out of the whole thing all together?" Roxy said.

"Yeah at least we wouldn't do that to each other." Pamela smiled as Roxy felt even more assured of these women's love for her.

"Well then what's next?" Denise asked with Roxy beaming.

Naruto:

"What kind of ninja wears orange?" Pamela was taken aback.

"I don't think it's meant to be that realistic." Claudia Joy offered.

"I guess but what about those other people. Like who wears green spandex and bowl cuts?" Denise referred to a certain eccentric father-son like duo.

"What do you all think about Naruto chasing after Sasuke?" Roxy asked.

"It was admirable at first but kinda stalkerish afterwards. Like Sasuke kept on telling Naruto to leave him alone but Naruto keeps on following him? In the real world that gets the cuffs thrown on ya." Pamela said.

"To be fair Sasuke is a rogue ninja." Claudia Joy tried reasoning.

"I even hear there's a sequel series called Boruto." Roxy said much to the puzzlement of the other three wives in the room.

"Boruto??" Denise, Pamela and even Claudia Joy were taken aback by the bizarre name. It was apparent that the women would have no interest in watching the sequel series featuring Naruto's offspring.

One Piece:

"They don't look like any stereotypical pirates." Claudia Joy noted.

"Well Blackbeard does." Roxy said making Claudia Joy chuckle.

"He looks like he smells like a gym locker." Pamela wrinkled her nose in obvious disgust.

"And how long has this show been running?" Denise was aghast at the number of episodes.

"Jesus Christ and it's nowhere close to ending." Roxy shook her head in disbelief.

"At this point OUR kids will be grandkids at the rate One Piece is going." Pamela sighed.

"Yeah...what's next?" Claudia Joy asked.

Yu Yu Hakusho:

"Okay this is like the coolest anime ever! Like who heard of a thug becoming a detective!?" Roxy grinned.

"Yeah and those four are kinda like us." Denise noted watching Team Urameshi in action.

"Huh? Who would be who?" Pamela asked.

"I would totally be Yusuke, you'd be Kuwabara, Denise would be a taller Hiei and Claudia Joy would be Kurama!" Roxy said.

"I think that fits us to a T!" Claudia Joy cheerfully chirped.

"Says you! Why do I have to be the ugly one!?" Pamela growled, obviously offended.

"And I'm nowhere near that withdrawn!" Denise spat though all Roxy and Claudia Joy did was sip their glasses of wine much to Denise and Pamela's chagrin.

"Just play the next damn thing before I get mad!" Pamela grunted, crossing her arms petulantly.

Fairy Tail:

"Okay...this is okay but..." Roxy started not as impressed.

"What is with all the breasts and panty shots??" Pamela found the level of fan service in Fairy Tail to be kind of disturbing.

"Not to mention all this power of friendship stuff isn't really realistic. Yes your friends are important but this is going overboard." Denise noted.

"Agreed." Claudia Joy said as that was a huge red flag since it CLAUDIA JOY HOLDEN thought something wasn't that good than it really did kind of suckS

My Hero Academia:

"Cool action but can Deku stop crying for one second?" Pamela deadpanned.

"I know. I'm all for feelings and emotions but this kid is pushing it." Roxy sighed.

"Oh come on girls. He is only fourteen and teenage years are hell." Claudia Joy said remembering Amanda and Emmalin.

"I guess but...this only makes me wanna prolong TJ and Finn turning into Teenagers." Roxy buried her head in her pillow.

"Imma skip it with Katie and Lucas, thank you very much." Pamela grinned matter of factly.

"If you find out how to, share your secret with me." Roxy said with Pamela high-fiving her agreement.

"Next." Denise said with an amused smile alongside Claudia Joy listening to their drabble.

Fullmetal Alchemist:

"This has got to be the best anime we've seen yet." Pamela was impressed with the quality of the series completely focused on Alchemy.

"But it's kind of sad though. They were boys that wanted to see their mother." Claudia Joy frowned as this anime was sort of sentimental to her for a while host of reasons.

"That Edward guy is just as short as Roxy though." Denise smirked.

"Hey!" Roxy spat.

"Maybe even shorter." Pamela added with a smile as Roxy continued fuming.

"I am right here!" Roxy yelled as Claudia Joy decided to add fuel to the fire.

"Then again Roxy is kinda our Edward in the sense that she's the shortest of all of us." Claudia Joy grinned as that was the last straw for Roxy.

"Can we just start the next anime before I get pissed!?!?" Roxy yelled as the other women had a nice laugh at her expense.

Inuyasha:

"Who ever heard of a dog eared swordsman." Roxy mused.

"Better than a moss haired one." Pamela snorted.

"I think his little love story with Kagome is adorable." Claudia Joy beamed thinking of hers with Michael.

"It definitely has some nice action. What's next?" Denise chuckled.

Rurouni Kenshin:

"Okay this is the coolest one! Why are samurais so damn cool!?!?" Roxy's eyes would have turned sparkly if they could.

"Yeah! Too bad about the author of the show..." Pamela looked down awkwardly as a silence filled the room.

"Anyways...what's next? I think we have time for one more." Claudia Joy tried changing the subject as she looked at the clock realizing it was damn near close to two in the morning.

Sailor Moon:

"Once again a group of girls like us." Pamela said with an amused grin.

"Denise is definitely Rei!" Roxy looked to Denise who giggled.

"I can attest to that." Denise saw no problems with that comment.

"CJ is definitely Ami." Roxy and Pamela said simultaneously much to Claudia Joy's amusement.

"I was a bookworm at that age." Claudia Joy seemed content with her placement.

"Pamela is definitely Makoto." Roxy smirked as Pamela returned the look.

"I can definitely kick asses like her." Pamela was proud.

"And you're definitely Usagi." Claudia Joy, Pamela and Denise all turned to Roxy as they made their statement.

"Yeah I kn-hey! Are you all saying I'm dumb like her!" Roxy felt offended as they all laughed.

"Of course not. But you are a goofball like her." Pamela smirked.

"Not to mention you managed to reinvent and get the Hump Bar from the ground up and a dummy can't do that." Denise reassured Roxy.

"But the reason we say you're like Usagi is because just like how she got her friends together you got us all together." Claudia Joy smiles softly at the young blonde.

"Yep. If it wasn't for you, god forbid someone like Marilyn or Lenore would have found me about to give birth and that would have made my life even more crappy." Pamela chuckled as Roxy smiled.

"So...you all loved our anime night?" Roxy was hopeful that everyone had fun as that was her whole MO. These women had accepted her the most and she wanted to make sure they all had fun.

"Yes we did." Claudia Joy said without the shadow of a doubt making Roxy's heart feel warm.

"Yay! Because we have like ten thousand more anime to watch as that was only ten!" Roxy exclaimed as the three women all laughed

Roxy Leblanc probably would never change.

And honestly?

They hoped she never would.

There's just something about adults watching anime and playing video games that's just full of charm.