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Jun 30, 2025
The Apocalypse has come and gone, as predicted the world ended not with a bang but a whimper as humanity deserted the planet.
In this empty world all that remains -functioning- is a gimmicky hotel in Ginza run exclusively by robots. And here is where our story begins and spans over 500 years as the robots and characters deal with the everyday tasks of the hospitality industry in unique conditions... oh and aliens visit.
This show is odd but in a good way. It has cozy vibes that contrast sharply with the premise and more often than not it goes so left field that you
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wonder if they left the stadium.
This show is great and very different, every episode is entertaining and memorable (though I think the murder mystery one is my favorite!). The characters cute with Yachiyo being a gem and both the grounded AND agent of chaos character rolled into one adorable package.
A must watch, don't sleep on this one.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jun 21, 2025
Our story begins with a guy literally NTRed to death. I'm not joking...
Anyway the "guide" offers him a second chance at an isekaied life, the catch here is that instead of a Tolkien setting we get a blend of sci-fi and magic.
Also the "guide" is in quotations for a reason. He is the best part of the show though, no scenery left unchewed!
Keep in mind, that's how the show starts. We still have to get to the title, him being an evil lord with mechs.
TLDR= This show has it's faults, loads of them. But it is entertaining and worth a watch.
I'm going
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to be controversial here. This show, like our MC, had everything going against it!
- Isekaied middle aged salaryman that wants to re-do his youth, check.
- Generic sword and magic world, check but throw in the mechs!
- Women throwing themselves at him, check.
- The only men in the show are either elderly (aka not competition) or villians to be defeated, check.
POSITIVES, and the reason for the recommendation:-
Here's the thing. This show is fun, you're not always going to be sure where this is going and the jokes usually land. It's not a good a show but it is an entertaining one. Trashy but fun.
NEGATIVES, and the reason the score is low:-
- At times it's too dialogue heavy, this is all done on a still image on screen to save on the animation budget. This happens why too often and when it does goes on for ages which is just boring, more so because they're talking in circles to waste time.
- The plot comes off as a bit scattered and lacking focus.
- There is no love here. The premise of the show is "Everyone's against me" which is fine but the shows solution to this is, get good... I'm not joking. Everyone is against the MC because, just because. Nobody is supportive (to anyone not just the MC) nobody is even baseline social. They're your intrusive thoughts given a mouth and I mean that in the most negative way possible.
- The show doesn't end so much as stops a full episode after the big final battle which was really odd.
The show had potential however between the tight budget and the lack of highs to make up for really low lows I find it hard to give it a higher score. I would still recommend it as some bingeable trash though.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jun 20, 2025
So... what just happened?
Was this a tax write off or something?
So, the show is about a village of immortal magical girls occupying part of the city. Our MC, a 43 year old salaryman suddenly transforms into one and is now stuck so moves in.
Each "episode" is exactly a minute long... that includes the intro song and credits by the way.
Keep that in mind, each episode is one minute only even with the inclusion of an opening song and the 4 seconds ed (yes, I checked).
so why do I feel bad after it? Like, this thing is so weird, off putting
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and ugly that I have no words to even describe it to you. Each episode is like getting hit with psychic damage on all fronts.
The art = horrible
Animation = abysmal
Sound = the worst part, if you look at screenshots of this you'll see why this is an achievement!
Characters =... oh... my... GOD help me!
I feel traumatized. I think that was the point of the show, to just shock and confuse. Either that or it was an experiment of some kind, I just don't remember signing a waver when I watched it!
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Jun 17, 2025
This one was a surprise. All the ingredients of this stew were taken from the bottom of the barrel... and yet!
Ingredients:-
1 Gary Stu. Must be SSS rank in everything except one thing.
1 cup of getting kicked out of the party for being worthless (bad at that one thing).
2-3 tablespoons of main waifus. Must fall for Gary Stu on sight.
3-6 teaspoons of side waifus. Must cover waifu checklist left over from the main cast.
1 Mascot character, can be either a cute animal or Anya clone (little girl about nursey age)
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Add-ons:-
12 episodes worth of good looking food.
1 lolita that is at least 1200 years old and officially an adult.
1 Secret ingredient.
Recipe:-
Step 1. Gary Stu is kicked out of the party for being "worthless". Steer the pot with shots of them looking down on him.
Step 2. Gary Stu is shown to be SSS rank and the only reason the party was so good. Must be done in episode one directly after steering the pot.
Step 3. Introduce the main waifu. Side waifus added in as preference. Main waifu knits his talents outs for the world to appreciate.
Step 4. Start adding in the rest of the harem. Each must add something unique to the stew with the aim of elevating Gary Stu's social standing.
Step 5. Add the secret ingredient. This is what takes this from trash to a lovely meal.
For this recipe the secret ingredient is... everyone in the show was in on it.
The show knew the MC was a Gary Stu and decided to have fun with it instead of the usual wish fulfilment, he is not meant to be a self insert but an anomaly. Because of that the show WAS fun and characters likeable. It took trash and oddly enough made something decent out of it. I recommend it for a light watch and for that it gets an extra point from me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 17, 2025
This is pure shoujo. Everything else is fluff intended to make the MC "perfect" in an imperfect way.
Premise: In this world you receive an animal god's blessing at the age of 16. Depending on the blessing you might get scouted for specific career opportunities.
Our MC got the gorilla god, a 1 in 7 billion type of blessing only surpassed by... ok, we'll burn that bridge when we get to it!
Because of this blessing she's scouted by the knights as a defender of the kingdom the very next day... except blessings are kept as personal secrets similar to medical conditions so how does that
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work?!?
Reasons don't matter because the Knights are all hot guys and omg look she's the only girl. She gathered those color coded stereotypes around her faster than you can say reverse harem.
This show is bad. It speed runs all the stereotypes. Our MC is weak, scrawny and timid. But she's super strong and fast and awesome you guys! Just no ugly muscles because not cute teehee. She's like the best of the best but she didn't want it, it was forced on her honest, look look she's even bulled at school by all the other girls out jealousy because omg she's so awesome and all the guys wuv her so feel bad for her but know she's awesome.... spare me...
It's so stereotypical that side characters don't get a face let alone a name. No, literally. Side characters are either greyed out outlines or generic body type #682 and no face. It's very weird and off putting.
This was a very hard watch for me. A reluctant hero is one thing but they need to start putting in effort eventually, having everything handed to the MC because PLOT is just boring. I will give it a "mixed" rating however because I can see it appealing to a younger audience. Also because it's pure shoujo fluff with no negative messages (hello fruit of evolution, you've lowered my standards to the ground!)
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 28, 2025
Set in yee olde Tokyo of 1948 comes this detective story.
Kanna, our main is a student and plays Watson to the Sherlock Holmes inspired Sensei Chuuzenji.
The episode starts with a hint of the supernatural or urban legend then Sensei walks on and logics it all down to earth, the end. And there is a white haired dude in there that is clearly supernatural but we don't talk about that!
While the artwork is... fine, just fine. The animation is stiff as a board. It actually brings the whole show down.
Sensei's job is to mug at the camera. No really, that's it. He's a pure
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Sherlock Holmes dupe and nothing else to where it's actually boring.
The premise of the show had potential but between the stiff characters, the obvious "mysteries" and the poor animation it just too rigid and not entertaining enough to keep you interested in what's going on.
Normally I'd give this a meh 5 and mixed bag since there is nothing REALLY wrong with it, however there are better detective shows out this season that by comparison this one just doesn't hold up.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 28, 2025
What a round about way of doing things.
The detective genre has a few famous troupes. You have the Sherlock Holmes, the flashy know it all detective that gathers seemingly irrelevant clues until he bares all at the reveal.
You have the Watson, the sidekick that is actually the brains of the operation and hides in the shadows of the stupid wanna be Sherlock for whatever reason. Think Detective Conan or Penny from inspector gadget.
Less common is the hidden talon detective. Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple by Agatha Christie. The one that purposely gets underestimated and hides their wits till the end when it's time
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to strike.
Ok so.... lets have them all in one show.
Kyouichirou is our flashy Holmes wanna be and set up as the stupido of the show.
Reiko, our Watson that tolerates him to hide her true status of rich heiress. A bit weird because they're both Heirs for high end companies so they should run in the same circles. Add to that she's the klutz trope, no literally. Her character intro is to fall flat on her face 30 seconds into episode one. AKA don't take this person seriously, she's just supposed to be cute... and nothing else.
Kageyama, This is our hidden talons. Because he's a butler/servant his job is to be invisible. More so to the upper classes. He is the actual detective of the show though they couldn't help themselves and made him the "cool dark prince" stereotype. So, not really a hidden talon just one from the point of view of the mains.
Does it work?
Kinda? I mean, the butler seems redundant to the dynamic of Sherlock and Watson. An extra step to enforce that our main is "just a girl"... god I hate that saying, but here that's what this show is pushing.
The murder mysteries are a bit dumb but not too bad. The dynamic between Sherlock and Watson is the best part of the show and I wish they just committed to making the girl the real brains instead of outsourcing that part.
SUMMERY
Episodic in nature, it's a mixed bag with quite a few redundancies. The Character interactions are entertaining but the murder plot usually is not. Art is nice and animation lively, Dub is rather bad so stick to the sub.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Apr 21, 2025
TLDR = Cute anime and it subverts the usual rom-com tropes.
Plot = 7/10
Nothing new here. Girl likes boy, they contrive a reason for them to live in a two story house alone, boy is oblivious to her romantic advances to keep the story going.
Twist here is that she's a witch and he's a oni.
It does get one extra point because the "seduction" parts depend more on cuteness rather than jiggle mechanics like others with the same plot.
Characters = 7.5/10
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Both leads are very cute. Also I do like that they are written like actual people not stereotypes.
Nico is ditzy and a bit stupid but not annoyingly so. Also while she is trying REALLY hard to seduce her partner she still acts like a person rather than throwing her panties at him or something.
Morihito is the now obligatory stoic and stiff character but here it's more that he's the straight man to Nico's silliness. Also he has his own interests and hobbies which already makes him more interesting than the boring stereotype he's based on.
Art & Animation = 8/10
Beautiful art, fluid animation. Everything is very livily and fits the vibe. no budget cuts are noted so far. There are some shots however, when they're outside, that the world feels empty. It would have benefited from some background work.
Fun Factor = 9/10
The jokes land in this one. Also for anime fans they drop a lot of HxH references which I wasn't expecting.
One of the things I like about this anime is that it will present you with a trope just to laugh it off as silly and unrealistic. This subversion keeps things fresh and interesting.
Overall = 7.5/10
This show is very cute and rather funny. The story is light hearted and doesn't take anything too seriously.
While the plot of "girl drooling over oblivious boy" is hardly new, I do appreciate them taking the cute route instead of the usual heavy handed fan service so rounding up.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Feb 21, 2025
Ichi is a mountain child. To survive he learns to hunt in said mountain where the law of eat or be eaten is all there is.
He accidentally acquires a magik one day and becomes a witch... in a society where only women can have magic.
The interesting part here is that this isn't a reset button. Ichi just shifts his focus from hunting animals to hunting magical creatures (magik) using the same principles. This contrasts with an entire society built on arcane practices.
I want to note that the author (Nishi Osamu) is also behind Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun, a story about a human boy in
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demon hogwarts. They very much are into the displacement thing, I call it displacement because "fish-out-of-water" doesn't work. You need to keep splashing the fish with "because plot" or it'll die. But with Osamu the person introduces ideas and practices to the new world/society and things develop from there with both parties learning from each other.
It's a well written manga, even more focused compared to Iruma-kun and the artwork is amazing.
Also, like iruma-kun, the adults here are responsible. They don't endanger children just because this is a shonen. Something so basic yet I rarely come across it in this genre.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 16, 2025
Tokimeki Tonight, or what it was called in the Arabic dub, Ranze the amazing (رانزي المدهشة)
I grew up with this anime back in the 80s so it was a real throwback to come across it again 40 years later.
The show masquerades as a shoujo anime but it's really a circular gag show, similar in style to Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi (of Ranma 1/2 fame).
The characters are introduced, they fall in love, the relationship never advances past the introduction and its used as an excuse for comedy to happen. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it was inspired by Urusei Yatsura as the character
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dynamic and situations are pretty close.
Summery = Ranze is a daughter of a vampire father & werewolf mother. On her first day of highschool she falls for Shun the bad boy, because he's human and she's a monster it's considered forbidden love. Love rivals are introduced to complicate things and hijinks ensue.
Plot (7/10) =
Episodic by nature and very character driven. A situation is set up and the characters are left to run amuck. Similar to Urusei Yatsura (and Ranma) regardless of what happens no lasting harm is done and the relationship status quo is maintained. The episodes are memorable though, If I can still remember some of them including one off characters over 40 years later then the show must be doing something right. Ending was rather lackluster though, I always thought the arabic dub stopped at an odd point so imagine my surprise to find out they were actually faithful to the OG.
Characters (8.5/10) =
This is the show's strong point. Not only are they solid but memorable, they're not stereotypical at all. If anything every single character is created with some form of conflict in mind so the relationships and interactions are very dynamic, explosive in some cases.
Ranze's mother is headstrong and tries to force her daughter into a more traditional marriage, which is hilarious when you find out that she herself rebelled against her parents and married for love. A man she now uses as a punching bag whenever the full moon rises (gee I wonder what that symbolizes... subtle...)
Ranze herself has a strong sense of self and doesn't let anything or anyone get her down. She is sure both of herself and her parent's love (to her and to each other) & very internally motivated. More than can be said for 90% of modern heroines sadly.
Even Shun the love interest, I didn't like him as a kid as it seemed like he was just leading the girls along. Well yeah he is but he isn't your typical bad boy jock either. He actually has a personality and just because he is the love interest doesn't mean he HAS to like the girl back.
Art and animation (7/10) =
So... yeah. This came out in 1982 with the typical low to moderate budget animation of the time. I suspect it was funded by what change they found in the couch cushions...
Characters often walk in space. Backdrops are missing in none essential shots. repeated animation to cut on costs...etc.
They did try to stylize it though. Lots of English signs to hint at this happening in the west and the characters will often drop english words randomly. The backgrounds have a stylized look, style of something drawn by a 5 year old sure, but still stylized.
The characters have this long thin body with a large head typical of 70s animation.
It's a date look but even with all that it's still charming with a lot of attention to detail. The characters expressive and the animation matches the show's energy.
Sound (8/10)
Another strong point for the show. The music and sound are really catchy and memorable. I would score it higher but I feel like the japanese voice acting brings it down a little.
Fun Factor (7/10)
This is a cute show with lots of gags that still land. It's of it's time but a cheap laugh is still a laugh. Also while the characters can be a bit much at times they are never unlikeable.
OVERALL (7/10)
A cute gag show from the 80s, good characters and doesn't take itself too seriously. It's of it's time for sure and more a curio rather than a hidden gem.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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