In this post, I share my thoughts on some anime and other television series that I’ve been watching since April.
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Psycho-Pass S1 – Cyberpunk stories where the protagonists are the police are a challenging thing to pull off, and while I enjoyed this story while I was watching…
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Mekakucity Actors – I pretty much only watched this because Crunchyroll announced it was leaving the platform and the summary looked mildly interesting, so I figured I’d check…
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Denki-Gai – This workplace comedy about seven oddballs working at a pop-culture bookstore is written by the same person that does Aharen-san, so if you’re enjoying that show,…
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Servant X Service – I believe this workplace comedy about civil servants is by the person who did Working!!, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The romance plot was…
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