Maybe there’s a theme to this winter season given my recent experiences with Gushing Over Magical Girls and now Chained Soldier, because there is a plethora of bondage and a clear lack of consent i…
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: ISHURA
Something of a cross between isekai, DanMachi, and Hell’s Paradise, ISHURA gives us a world where isekai characters, called “visitors”, and demi-gods are known and dreaded forces of…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: BUCCHIGIRI?!
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Metallic Rouge
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Snack Basue
It’s been a long time since I last entertained a slapstick comedy quite on this scale, and if it weren’t for my already packed schedule, I might actually…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Solo Leveling
I first heard about Solo Leveling from a friend of mine who was a fan of the source web novel. I’d never heard of it myself, since I’m…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Sasaki and Peeps
There’s always got to be one show these days that comes strutting in with a double-length episode, and this winter, it’s Sasaki and Peeps. Admittedly, this is also…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Delusional Monthly Magazine
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Delicious in Dungeon
Ah, finally, a show that I will not be dropping. Even better, Delicious in Dungeon is now one of my most highly anticipated shows of the winter. The…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Meiji Gekken: 1874
I was this close to completely overlooking this anime, which, now that I’ve seen it, might not have been such a bad thing. I don’t say that because…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Brave Bang Bravern!
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Tales of Wedding Rings
One ring to rule them all, one ring to bind them…only in this case, there are five, and when you double those, you end up with one guy…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: A Sign of Affection
It’s been far too long since I last saw a deaf protagonist in anime, with my most recent and only example being A Silent Voice. It’s a shame,…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Gushing Over Magical Girls
I cannot believe that my first impression for the new season is for this, but, then again, it could be leagues worse, right? Right? The facts: Format: TV…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Mr. Villain’s Day Off
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess
Enter the conqueror, Hime! Well, only at the start, because shortly after, our girl is prisoner in the demon castle with little hope of being rescued with only…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga-
I had to watch a recap video on YouTube to remember what had happened in the two previous seasons because, after all these years, I’d completely forgotten what…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Fire Hunter Season 2
Well, well, well, this I did not expect, a sequel to The Fire Hunter exactly one year later. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy the writing of that…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Witch and the Beast
Queue MAJOR EXCITEMENT. I didn’t know anything about this anime prior to starting the first episode, but after watching it, I’m here for it. I’ve been pro-witch for…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!
Hokkaido gals are super adorable, and so are Tokyo boys like Tsubasa Shiki. Keep in mind, however, that this anime is unquestionably ecchi. You will be treated to…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Demon Prince of Momochi House
Finally, the anime gods have blessed me with a season of romance, because yet again we have what promises to be some supernatural romance in the form of…
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered
I’m still on the fence regarding this isekai, because my overall feeling toward the first episode is decidedly unimpressed. As it is, Instant Death Ability is here for…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Classroom of the Elite Season 3
Here we are, back again, with our not-so-inconspicuous protagonist, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, and the rest of Class D. Only now they’re Class C, with new enemies and rivals eager…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage
I soooo thought I was in the clear for winter 2024 anime, but then Draggle had to go and remind me that I had watched the previous seasons…
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil
Have previous seasons always been this heavy on the sadism? Because yet again, in a place I didn’t expect it, is another instance of chains and collars. Only,…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
We have finally arrived: the first isekai that Marina will be keeping on her watch list…for now. Because, truth be told, as interesting as the mystery is behind…
First Impression: Chained Soldier
Chained Soldier wastes no time getting started. We immediately join our two main leads in flashback form to some ambiguous memories that are supposed get give us some…
First Look: Chained Soldier
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Winter 2024 Taste Test: Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp
Oooooh, a double isekai with time travel included! How can I not gobble this up? If Elise’s modern life wasn’t a thing and we only had her spoiled…
Winter 2024 Impressions: Delicious in Dungeon, My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered, Chained Soldier
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Chained Soldier – 08 – Getting Personal
This is the second straight week where there’s not a lot of action out in the field, but this episode makes up for it with action elsewhere. Tenka…
Chained Soldier – 02 – Asserting Dominance
The 7th Squadron girls’ reactions to their commander’s new male slave vary: Nei is the friendly senpai, while Himari is the exact opposite, pointing one of her arm-weapons…
Taste Test: Oblivion Battery
Query: is amnesia real? Bear with me. I’ve seen amnesia tossed around so much over the years across almost all mediums that I started to doubt the validity…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
If there’s one word to sum up my feelings regarding this anime, it’s “puzzlement.” I’m puzzled by the quality of the art and animation, the genuinely pretty styling…
Chained Soldier – 11 – A Common Enemy
While it looked like the humans were poorly matched against their opponents last week, the tables are gradually turned here in one battle after the other. While Kyouka…
Chained Soldier – 03 – The Mistress’s Nemesis
Yuuki joins Kyouko on his first scheduled R-and-R, and gets to see Kyouko in civilian going-out clothes for the first time. A quasi-date ensues, starting with a somber…
Chained Soldier – 05 – Out of Time
Himari and Yuuki’s duel starts out well, with them scoring a hit on Yachiho before she can complete her pose and catchphrase (thus exposing a key curiosity in…
Chained Soldier – 06 – Eyes on Me
Having witnessed how “physically demanding” Yuuki can be on his masters, Shushu wants a piece of him too. She wants him to watch while she kicks the sleepy…
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!
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Every year that I’ve been in Japan – as far as I can recall anyway – my local chain of supermarkets has brought out a load of Okinawan…
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