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Yumemiru Danshi finale, Chiisai Senpai, Nanatsu no Makuen, and Level 1 Dakedo 11s.
Not a confession, but … To start off we finish off Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha, ending a little unexpectedly, but I suppose it was the right time to…
The Dreaming Boy is a Realist, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Maku, My Tiny Senpai
Chiisai Senpai 9, Yumemiru 11, Nanatsu and Level 1 Dakedo 10
Shiori and Takuma witness an office romance. Not theirs. Chiisai Senpai 9 decided that the material they had wasn’t enough for a full episode, so they tacked on…
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Maku, My Tiny Senpai, The Dreaming Boy is a Realist
Chiisai Senpai, Yumemiru, Nanatsu, Level 1 Dakedo, all 9s except for one 10
Caught! (Actually, it’s quite innocent) Even though Chiisai Senpai has just had the holidays episodes, the gang decides to take a day off and visit a hot springs,…
The Dreaming Boy is a Realist, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Maku, My Tiny Senpai
Nanatsu 7-8, Chiisai Senpai 7, Level 1 8, and Yumemiru 9
Being a girl gives Pete magical powers. After the torturing and killing last week Nanatsu no Makuen etc. 7 pulls back to more mundane things, apart from the…
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Maku, My Tiny Senpai, The Dreaming Boy is a Realist
6-8’s: Yumemiru, Nanatsu, Chiisai Senpai, Level 1 Dakedo
It’s okay–she’s still in middle school. I continue to like the way Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha does things. We start with Sajo and the cute Sasaki he met…
My Tiny Senpai, The Dreaming Boy is a Realist, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Maku
Fives and a six: Chiisai Senpai, Jitsu wa ore, Yumemiru, Nanatsu, Level 1, Zom100
I still feel a bit of disappointment that Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai’s main relationship isn’t going to advance beyond innocent flirting and blushing, but I’m enjoying…
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Maku, My Tiny Senpai
4’s: Yumemiru, Nanatsu, Level1, Zom100
A long nervous pause. There seems to be a story going on in Yumemiru Danshi, but everything is so low-key that it’s hard to figure out what it…
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, Maku, The Dreaming Boy is a Realist
2-4s: Level 1, Tempuru, Zom 100, Chiisai Senpai, Saikyou deshita
Eve the Killer Rabbit’s slogan. I still like Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu, it’s an amiable show, but now a couple cracks are appearing. One…
2-3s, Chiisai Senpai, Saikyou deshita, Yumemiru Danshi, Nanatsu, Dekiru Neko
First meeting. I doubt if Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai senpai is going to change from the routine. In episode 2 we go through a lot of scenes…
Summer new shows 4, truncated since I’m so far behind.
It may not look it, but Level 1 Dakedo is set in a fantasy world. Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu, yet another isekai, at least…
Summer new shows 3
Undead Girl Murder Farce starts with … dark blue. Undead Girl Murder Farce takes place in the Meiji era, where there’s an eradication of Oni in Japan, which…
Summer new shows 2
Lightning around a demon-lord’s domain. Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha starts with a demon lord being defeated by four brave warriors, led by Max. The demon swears…
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon, Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero, Sweet Reincarnation, OneRoom, The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
Insomnia finale, and new shows 1
Before going to the new shows I want to wrap up Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia, a finale which has no surprises whatsoever yet was lovely to watch. Ganta…
Finales and Insomnia
I don’t know how I got three episodes behind with Jijou no Shiranai etc, and it doesn’t really matter since much of it is the same. The mean…
Catching up: Insomnia, Jijou no Shiranai, Lv999,
Back from a week in America, and no, I didn’t bring you back anything, I decided to cut what few shows I was still watching to the bare…
Eights: Kuma Bear, Loafer, Explosion, Nyan, Insomnia
Nothing much happens this episode. Kuma Bear 8 is nothing at all. The show likes to indulge in cute characters eating delicious things, and this is just about…
6-8s, Kawaisugi, Tonikaku, Insomnia, Lv999, Jijou no Shiranai
In Kawaisugi crisis I keep wondering what the status of Earth’s annihilation is. While the aliens aboard the station still haven’t experienced a real cat, apart from Fiana,…
TOO CUTE CRISIS, Insomniacs after school, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
6-7s: Lv999, Kuma, Jijou no Shiranai, Loafer, and Explosion!
Momo is bored. After the last story arc of Lv999 I thought we’d see less of Runa for a while. Instead, episode 6 starts with a whole fairy-tale…
4-5s: Explosion, Kaminaki, Kawaisugi, Tonikaku, Insomnia
This time it’s for real. I am trying to figure out what problems I have with Kono Subarashii … after watching episodes 4 and 5. The episodes, I…
TOO CUTE CRISIS, Insomniacs after school, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
Kimi wa Houkago 2-3, and 4-5s of Lv999, Kuma, Jijou no Shiranai, Loafer
Busted. But it turns out all right. I thought Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia was going to be about two restless, sleepless kids wandering around at night, but in…
Insomniacs after school, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, Skip and Loafer
More 2-3s, Loafer, Explosion, Kaminaki, Kawaisugi, Tonikaku2
After watching the first episode of Skip to Loafer I was afraid there would be a lot of Mitsumi being overly ambitious and bumbling her efforts, and episode…
TOO CUTE CRISIS, Skip and Loafer, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You, KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
2-3s: Lv999, Boku no Kokoro, Jijou wo Shiranai, Tensei Kizoku, Kuma
The important things. Three episodes in, and Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi o Suru is turning into quite a good series. It’s managing to balance the shoujo aspects…
New shows Spring 2023 #5
Ganta’s clock ticking away late at night. I’m getting serious new-show burnout so I’m cutting out some that look borderline. So we jump to Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia,…
New shows Spring 2023 #4
Cafe Terrace starts with it being closed. Megami no Cafe Terrace starts with Hayato, a Tokyo U. student returning to his grandma’s old cafe after she passes away,…
Otaku Elf, Magical Destroyers, A Galaxy Next Door, Rokudo's Bad Girls
New shows Spring 2023 #3
I can’t remember why Watashi no Yuri begins with a cup of tea, but there you go. First off it’s Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto Desu!, staring Hime,…
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You, The Legendary Hero is Dead!
New shows Spring 2023 #2
Alice Gear starts with a light show in space. On to round two. Alice Gear Aegis Expansion starts with a lots of outer space and a good, but…
Kizuna no Allele, Skip and Loafer, alice gear aegis Expansion, KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, Kizuna
New shows spring 2023
Good to be back, and ready for the Spring 2023 anime season. I’ll do this like I always do: I’ll watch shows that I might actually want to…
The Dangers in My Heart, Hell’s Paradise, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
A note about the rest of the season. I won’t cover it.
I am burned out writing about shows that aren’t worth writing about. Even the beautiful-looking epics Ooyokiumi no Kami and Hikari no Ou, the only shows worth watching…
8s, 9s and a 10: Kaina, Hikari, Benriya, Ningen Fushin, Eiyuu Ou
Happily, the next day. The title of Ooyukiumi no Kaina 8 is “Lost at Sea,” so I was expecting, and rather dreading, a long episode where the three…
8s and some 9s, Ningen, Tensei Oujo, Benriya, Eiyuu Ou
That’s Agate, by the way. Ningen Fushin 8 is a standalone, basically to deal with the idol Agate, or Bell Haggins, who’s been wandering in and through several…
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
6-7s: Otonari, Benriya, Eiyuu, Ooyukiumi, Hikari no ou
Even when events happen in Otonari no Tenshi-sama it doesn’t seem to matter much. We get more of Itsuki and Chitose in both episodes 6 and 7, and…
More Eiyuu, Ooyukiumi, Hikari, Ningen, Tensei Oujo
Eiyuu Ou etc. 4 finishes the story arc with some twisted morality. Basically, the town of Nova is having all the aether sucked out of it, then it…
2s, 3s, 4s, 5s
Whew, I’m farther behind than ever! They made it, but “out of the frying pan,” you know … Some basic worldbuilding and minor thrills in Ooyukiumi no Kania…
The Fire Hunter, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
More 2-3s, Tsundere Akuyaku, Otonari, Rougo, Benriya, Eiyuu
Tsundere Akuyaku etc develops things decently in episodes 2 and 3. The two kids grant their power, somehow, to both Liese and Baldur, the latter because they feel…
Twos and threes: Ningen fushin, Tensei Oujo, Tomo-chan, Isekai Nonbiri
Some trust issues to be worked out. Now it’s time to catch up with shows I’ll keep watching for now. Some of them are up to episode 3…
Farming Life in Another World, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
New shows – Winter 2023 5
That’s a nice looking castle to start Eiyuu Ou. First off we have Eiyuu Ou, Bu o Kiwameru Tame Tenseisu: Soshite, Sekai Saikyou no Minarai, and we meet…
The Fire Hunter, Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill
New shows – Winter 2023 4
Rougo ni Sonaete starts with a lovely shot of the blue sea, which Mitsuha is about to fall into. Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka o…
New shows – Winter 2023 3
A rainy sky shot to begin Inu ni Nattara. In Inu ni Nattara Suki na Hito ni Hirowareta our hero wakes up in the rain, wondering where he…
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World, Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
New shows – Winter 2023 2
Spy Kyoushitsu opens with a deadly battle scene from a distance with dramatic lighting. Let’s look at Spy Kyoushitsu, where we meet Lily, aka “Flower Garden,” who is…
Farming Life in Another World, Spy Classroom, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, GIANT BEASTS OF ARS
New shows – Winter 2023 1
Welcome to the first installment of my new series reviews for Winter 2023. Mind you, I’m not going to watch everything, or even half of them. I’m going…
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
Renai Flops finale, and shadow 13
Let’s see, I predicted that Renai Flops would end with Asahi meeting Ai in the other-verse or whatever, and he and maybe she would make peace with the…
Kage 12, DIY and Bocchi finales
I thought Eminence in Shadow would end this week but apparently there’s more to go. Episode 12 is in two parts. In one, Shadow Garden pop up in…
Eminence, DIY, Bocchi, Renai 11
I’m not sure what Cid is getting at in Eminence in Shadow 11. His name is called to fight in the Princess Trials (a big combat event between…
Tens – the usual
Bocchi, the abstract We know pretty much how Bocchi the Rock! 10 is going to play out. Bocchi wants Kessouku Band to play at the school festival, but…
Eminance, DIY, Bocchi and Renai nines
Eminence in Shadow (Why I used the original, long name for so long in these posts?) 9 goes along with no complications, to the point where I got…
Eights: Kage, DIY, Bocchi, Renai Flops
Cid, acting in the third person again. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 8 is spared the usual “What is Cid up to now?” questions because we know exactly…
Kage, DIY, Bocchi, Renai 7s
I wish I knew what Cid was up to most of the time. In Kage no jitsuryokusha etc 7 we are still confused. Cid keeps doing things like…
Kage, DIY, Bocchi, Renai 5-6
Cid showing off. Let’s see, in Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakuke! 5 we have Kageno facing off against Zenon to rescue Alexia, and we get a side battle…
More fours and fives
Mad scientists always say that just before they die. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 4 continues its bewildering story with an unpleasant episode that has Cid beaten to…
BOCCHI THE ROCK!, The Eminence in Shadow, LOVE FLOPS, Management of a Novice Alchemist
Threes and fours
I was worried that Bocchi the Rock! wouldn’t be able to keep up the quirky energy that made episode one so delightful, but I needn’t have worried. Well,…
BOCCHI THE ROCK!, LOVE FLOPS, Management of a Novice Alchemist