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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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Twos and threes

Time to look at episode 2s, starting with Noumin Kanren no skill etc.. We start with Fal in disguise taking Al to the adventurer’s guild, greeted by some…

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Fall 2022 3

Our first dull concrete shot of this post. I try not to read reviews of shows until I’ve seen them myself, but even with that I got weird…

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Fall 2022 2

SpyxFamily reminds us of the premise. This second installment is off to a good start with Spy x Family’s return. We got two things going on, first, a…

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Fall 2022 1

And so, the new season has begun, right in a moment when I have almost no free time. Long story. But here’s the start of my Fall 2022…

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Finales: Lycoris Recoil and Made in Abyss 2

Lycoris Recoil, my second-favorite show of the season, had set up everything it needed to do last episode, and now all they had to do was finish with…

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Some finales and near-finales

In Kinsou no Vermeil 11, as expected, we and Alto get escorted to Vermeil’s dark past, and it’s done well, emotionally. She was brought up in a small…

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Abyss and Lycoris 12, Tensei Kenja finale

The cavalry! Ta ta-da! For those of you waiting to watch Made In Abyss 11 and looking for more Faputa vs. Reg battling, or Faputa meeting Vueko, sorry…

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Some of the lesser shows, nines and tens

I found Yofukashi ga uta 10 more entertaining than usual because again, more characters are introduced. Also, it’s a stand-alone, and I was happy to get away from…

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Mostly 9s and 10s

The plague! Isekai Yakkyoku 9 begins and ends with some evil asshole named Camus, first as a flashback by Bruno, who wonders where Camus went wrong, and then…

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Sevens, eights and nines

Isekai Yakkyoku 8 mainly follows a pharma guild member Pierre, whose daughter catches the flu. No one else can receive him except the Parallel Pharmacy, where Farma manages…

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7-8s: Abyss, Soredemo, Ojisan, Kuro no Shoukanshi

In Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou 8, the two stories, Riko and her friends and Vueko with her tribe, come together as we learn the origin of…

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Sevens, eights, and a six.

After the death and resurrection and shared heart and love declarations last week, Kinsou no Vermeil takes a little down-time in episode 7. We get a scene between…

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More Kuro no Shoukanshi, Yakkyoku, Maou-sama, Lycoris, Ojisan, Tensai Kenja

I like her already. Kuro no Shoukanshi 6 looks like a more peaceful episode, and I suppose the characters deserve one after the hell they’ve been raising. They…

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More sixes: Lycoris, Tensei Kenja, Vermeil, Abyss 2, Yofukashi, Soredemo Ayumu

In Lycoris Recoil 6 we learn that … Kurumi is pretty much responsible for the botched mission that led to the loss of those guns and killed some…

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5s and a 4

I love Funimiya’s expression in this shot. Isekai Ojisan 4 still has only the three of them, and what we get is more of the same. Well, the…

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Threes, fours, and fives

Her majesty, before Farma’s treatment … Isekai Yakkyoku 3 and 4 gives Farma the same problem Kelvin had in that other show. His skills are too amazing to…

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3-4s, Abyss, Yofukashi, Soredemo Ayumu, Kuro no Shoukanshi

Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu 3 has the trio escorted to a sort of village, where Majikaja explains the situation, basically everyone there is a hollow who decided to…

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Threes and fours: Lycoris, Tensei Kenja, Vermeil, Ojisan

C’mon Takina, lighten up! Lycoris Recoil moves away from caper of the week to have Chisato and Takina go off to a secret base, for Chisato to renew…

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Episode 2s and one new show

The second couple could be as fun as the first. The first half of Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru 2 brings us to the sports festival, where Ayumu is…

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Some 2s, even though 3s are coming out.

LIttle do they know … On to episode 2s, starting with Lycoris Recoil, with about as good a second episode as the first. The girls get an assignment,…

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Summer 2022 4

I think that’s the gateway to the next world. Kuro no Shoukanshi has Kelvin as the one reincarnated to a fantasy world. We learn that he gave up…

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Summer 2022 3

That’s a compass point to, well, you can guess. Of all the shows I’ve watched so far this season, and the few that remain, there’s only one that…

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Summer 2022 2

A burned-out land where Yuji’s foot is about to appear. Next is Tensei Kenja no Isekai Life, where some adventurers are drinking and laughing at Gale, a guy…

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Summer 2022 1

Hello and welcome to the new season, Summer 2022, when there’s nothing to do since it’s 36 degrees outside but sit at home and watch shows, well, there’s…

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Finales, Shijou Saikou, Heroine taru mono, Spy x Family, Komi-san2

Shijou Saikou no Daimaou 11 presents us with a couple of surprises. First, the demon lord, or “Complete Failure – Disaster rogue,” er, I’ll call him the demon…

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Finales: Healer Girl, RikeiKoi, Paripi Koumei

Aoi seems at a loss. Up to 11s now, starting with Healer girl. Basically the girls have hit a wall in their training, so that their beautiful singing…

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Nines and tens–Heroine Taru Mono, SpyxFamily, Kawaii dake janai, Komi-san

Heroine Taru Mono 9 spends several minutes of nothing much happening except for steady progress. Hiyori competes at a track meet, LipxLip practice hard to get a slot…

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