Konosuba - A World Without Bras!
It's a lighthearted adventure with a bunch of weirdos in a goofy isekai, with a few absolutely head-scratching moments of mean-spirited perversion from the main character. If you know you're getting a mostly fun story about someone reincarnated with a maxed out luck stat with a heaping side portion of fan service that veers into some wild territory, then I think you'd enjoy it. I was not expecting quite so much degeneracy from Kazuma but now I know!
Animation is fine, no mind-blowing stuff there (except for boobs, they really like animating boobs), story is pretty much just a fun
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Apr 23, 2024
An excellent story about being hard-headedly competitive, opening up, and fighting for what you want in life. Also a story about being so bad at singing that you ruin your reputation among friends, eating a lot of ramen, and becoming a Youtuber. It's really interesting to see what odd adventures show up in this series to lighten the tension of the main story, though I will say it likes to hit the same jokes often... but does it matter if it's got enough of a tweak to keep it fresh?
Regardless - how much you like this series hinges on how much you like Kaguya and ... 
Oct 25, 2023
One Piece Film: Z
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They gave a 60 year old man magenta hair, a terrible Southern accent, and Doflamingo's glasses and expect me to take him seriously?
I checked this out after hearing that it was one of the best One Piece movies, and I am leaving completely unimpressed. The plot is "bad guy wants to destroy everyone" in service of the same boring backstory you use when you have no ideas for why someone can justify their extreme means. The animation is good for about 3 minutes total. It's uncomfortable in the fanservice department given the messed up ages of the female crew. Barely any of the crew ... 
Oct 15, 2023
FLCL: Shoegaze
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A quick story that would've benefitted from a little more time to tell it!
Definitely more meaningful from having seen Alternative before it - it's a direct sequel series that reflects on the question "What do you do when you can't live up to other's expectations?" For the new characters, it asks "What would you do to shake up the world you don't belong in?" Both are interesting questions to ponder! It gets through them to some extent but would've benefitted from a little more fleshing out - though, it is fun to try and put the pieces together from the juuuuuust enough detail you get in ... 
Sep 9, 2023
Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai
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Solid series of one-shots (typically) starring the most stuck-up dude in Diamond is Unbreakable as he discovers some insane stuff going on in the world!
I typically have issues with the coherence of art in Jojos - it can be hard to tell if someone 1) has correct anatomy and 2) is supposed to HAVE correct anatomy in the first place. Not the case here, everything is clean and easy to read. Rohan Kishibe is a fun character in a world where he has a stable job amid the insanity of the Jojo setting, and is just powerful enough and smart enough to make him very ... 
Sep 9, 2023
Jinzou Ningen 100
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Interesting setting, fun main character dynamic, great art, better ending than most cancelled series.
I recommend this, even though it barely sticks a landing within the last 4/5 chapters after it becomes clear that it's not being continued. It's a cool relationship to have for a series to have the #1 strongest enemy in the enemy's group as your main companion! It led to some thoughtful dynamics - 100 will defend Ashibi at almost any cost, but she doesn't want to destroy the only Fabricant that can fix her. How do you proceed when you can't rely on your partner to end the danger your society ... 
Sep 8, 2023
More stylish, more fashionable dudes, more horrific Stand powers, less enjoyable.
Going in order through the Jojos, this is another twist on the formula, breaking away from having a real Joestar and having a weird half-ish hero by way of villain. The actual action unfolds into a similar chase like Part 3, but all throughout Italy and full of morally questionable folks. A wannabe mafioso isn't a very typical protagonist, and it's unfortunate that Giorno has even less personality than Jotaro because he could've done more with his motivation and the way he fights the structure from within. But instead, he is a stoic badass that ... 
Jul 2, 2023
Fullmetal Alchemist
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Took me a decade and change to finally read, but worth it. I really don't think it's in contention for the best manga of all time - but it does dive into topics that I haven't seen too many other series dig into. What WOULD you do if you found out your government was a genocide machine? How does partaking in inhumane actions degrade a person's soul over time? What would you sacrifice, really truly sacrifice, in order to get what you want in a world where you can make the impossible a tangible thing?
Beyond those themes, however, I just wasn't as impressed as I ... 
Jul 2, 2023
The new hit anime starts up, and the manga ends. Worked for Demon Slayer, why not for Mashle?
As everyone has noted, it's Harry Potter with One-Punch Man as the main character, but while Saitama in that is shaped primarily by boredom, Mash is driven by absolute simple-minded goofery. He's an absolute dumbass in a way you see from Goku or Luffy, but multiplied by 3. If you can get behind that, then you'll have a lot of fun with Mashle. The art starts off a little rough, but the action scenes shine throughout with beautiful spreads of the incredible feats of power as Mash fights overpowered ... 
Jun 15, 2023
Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to
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A show carried by its main characters and the fun conceit - what if your best friend was the cutest girl in the world? It's a little awkward at times but is mostly very charming, especially due to the acting of the two main characters (I watched in English). Fun fact, Tachibana is voiced by a romantic couple which I think has only happened before in Pop Team Epic. It's a fun friendship/romance/???? angle that you don't see much in standard anime!
This is only my second Isekai and it is not a genre I care about typically - that is still the case here. The ... |
