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So I was sitting around wasting my life as usual when this strange man wearing nothing but a tutu and Groucho glasses jumps through the window and starts pissing on my cat.
However that story doesn't matter because today we are talking about Devilman Crybaby, the most recent Netflix anime and hype generator.

Devilman Crybaby is an adaptation, or rather yet another one, of Go Nagai's Devilman manga. From what I gather a rather different take on it with some focuses shifted and some plot points shafted.
Without further ado let's dive into it's gore and sex filled flesh.


Devilman Crybaby takes a bit of a different approach from ... previous adaptations of the Devilman manga.
Let's clear out the differences right away, no spoilers included.
Characters such as Miki get more character development and screen time whilst others, namely Ryo, get less of it.
Speaking of characters there are some anime exclusive ones.
Akira is a crybaby which was sort of mentioned in the manga but here it gets a lot more focus, I'll elaborate on this aspect a bit later.
Some battles were cut out some changed.
Other changes will be a mystery to you dear reader partially because they dwell in the spoiler territory and because I cannot remember them at the moment.

Anyway back to the core story. The plot is set in a world in which demons are real.
Our main character,Akira, and his best totally-not-gay-for-Akira buddy get down on the dance floor on a party in order to summon and enslave a demon.
Akira gets possessed by demon Amon but retains his human soul becoming,as title indicates, a Devilman.
Shenanigans ensue what with Akira deciding to fight demons to protect humanity etc etc.
Doesn't sound quite enticing does it now? Well the show has the usual message of ,,humans are the real monsters,, but Devilman Crybaby actually pulls it off decently.
Firstly it is shown that demons only show themselves during cases of extreme violence,drinking,drugs and ass. Basically they are drawn to humanity's vices and human are shown to be a match to evils of demons. Show's later episodes showcase extreme paranoia, alienation, lynch mobs, selfishness, more violence, etc.
Anyway the climax of the show is something that'll leave you climaxing, despite having a few annoying out of place flashbacks mixed in.

Let's begin with some wonderful animation this anime has. It's fluid to the point you wet your pants and is a really good template for characters displaying emotions, which is thankfully utilized. Art style will probably make some people drop the anime, heck if YouTube comments are to be believed that's the main qualm with this anime, but believe me when I tell you the visuals just keep getting better and more enjoyable. I oughta say that some scenes look a bit off and you'll find cases where things in the background look like pencil sketches.

It is very unlikely those small tidbits will even pull your attention due to the incredibly fast pacing of the anime. This is both a good and horrible aspect.
On one hand all the more exposition oriented scenes fly by faster than a regular fart but this rings true for a few of the more emotional and key scenes in the anime.
Best example of this, don't worry I'll prevent spoilers by being vague, is a fight that happens merely moments after a really emotional and well done scene. It detracts from the impact of the previous scene and simultaneously removes all enjoyment currently present, sort of like my ex girlfriend.

Now let's do some rapid fire for the climax, heh.

Characters aren't too complex but have that feeling of being actual humans rather than a cardboard cutout, save for a few we get barely insight into but those aren't too important so let's move on.

Soundtrack starts of with some neat synth but goes over a few genres and quite a number of neat songs. You'll hear a few tunes being repeated but they are always used in conjunction with fitting scenes resulting in an enriched experience.

There is one extremely meaningless subplot with no pay off to it and one with a decent character arc finishing in a fitting conclusion.
I don't wanna spoil either of them but here are hints.
For the meaningless one hint is ,,bull,, and for the decent one it's ,,spider,, .

Now here's a minor spoiler, a reaally minor one.
SPOILER
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I've found the whole part where Akira's dad turns into a demon and murders his mum and some other folks,later capturing their faces so he'd make Akira unwilling to attack, completely devoid of emotions. Heck for most of the anime you assume they are dead because they are barely even brought up. So ye screw that whole shebang.
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SPOILER

Okay now time for a conclusion.
Devilman Crybaby is a good anime.
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Fine I can't help but make a bigger summary.
Devilman Crybaby utilizes the original material without being a page by page redo of the manga. It's also quite different to the OVA that predates it and is a bit more faithful to the source. What makes Devilman Crybaby good isn't only the fact
it has a unique and fun to watch animation but also it constantly proving it's main motive right rather just repeating over and over that ,,humans are the real monsters,, or whatever bullshit you want, looking at you Parasyte The Maxim.
Characters are fun enough to watch on screen and soundtrack gives some nice spice to the whole dish.
To recap my negatives about the anime.

Some jarring pacing issues, along with some less jarring ones.
Existence of a useless subplot that took up time that could've been used for better pacing.

A few cases of wonky animation, to be honest these didn't really bother me.

Whole episode being rendered emotionless by virtue of us having no connection to characters who've been struck by the shown tragedy, this one is in the spoiler section up above.

All in all I'd give this anime somewhere between 7 and 8. Let's just call this a 7.8 and put an end to this stretched scrotum of a review.

Whatever ungodly drive made me watch the show is also responsible for this review so let's use this sudden spark of productivity until it dies out like this anime's potential.

That first sentence might've been a bit too on the negative side, this is a decent anime, but let's delve deeper anyway.

Art
It was ok for the most part, art style being nothing special. As for animation it mirrored the art style in quality which is to say good but nothing that'd rupture my balls from the sheer amount of quality presented. There is one jarring,shit covered thorn in my eye and that's 3D modeled background characters. ... I understand this is done to save time but by god were they other wordly by appearance.
It was like looking at sentient marshmallows in clothing, Jesus save me from the sins I've witnessed.

Sound.
Ear grating opening you won't believe is in english and ending that I could never hear until the end without rolling my eyes. The OST itself had some pretty good moments although it didn't make me pay too much heed to it after I've finished watching.
I liked how they incorporated fart noises into the anime, I'm not even kidding about this.

Writing
Let's keep this short because otherwise I'll tear apart every annoying subplot for paragraphs and paragraphs until I realize I've just wasted 20 minutes on mediocre writing.
Rapid fire shitflinging on.
Horrible romance subplot between two characters that make even copulating fish seem romantic by comparison.
Horrible stalker girl subplot that goes on for too long and could've been bearable if cut shorter.
Some incredibly jackhammered environmentalist messages that at times are just a cut away from sounding like parody.
Mostly forgettable side characters who barely contribute to the plot.
Nigh on troglodytic decisions by some of the side cast.
Final confrontation with the super parasite felt like a slight disappointment due to the way he was fuckled by the MC.
That would be it for the rapid fire round now let's be a bit more positive.
Interaction between Migi and his human host are entertaining enough and the pacing was okay. There was a twist or two that caught me off guard and some really neat touches to the universe but as of whole the story was nothing special. However there's something I gotta give credit to before moving on. Tamura Reiko and Shininchi Izumi had some pretty decent character arcs, despite the latter sometimes having quite schizophrenic personality changes.


Enjoyment
Now I gotta get to the point that kept me actually occupied enough to finish this anime. It being intrigue. The anime gives us additional insight into the parasites as it progresses which I gotta say was done well and actually builds up the world well. Good fight scenes add to the enjoyment despite the final confrontation with a super parasite feeling like a bit of an asspull.
Would I recommend this anime? I guess go for it but don't forget to turn off your brain and keep a fast forward button close for unbearable drama scenes between Izumi and his gals.

In space age year of 2017 the eternal cameo Stan Lee decided to create a new comic. Unfortunately he was latter notified that comic was in fact supposed to be an anime.
Seeing how deadline drew near he made a bold move, he panned the camera over the panels and called it animation.
This... thing is a proof enough that we should keep Stan Lee as a cameo and nothing more.
I've spent days watching shit stains on a moldy wall to prepare for this abomination and I was surprised because I couldn't make it past the first episode without marking this anime a work of art.
A work ... of art in a manner that it has about as much animation as a painting. The top notch art style with less characteristics than a piece of dry bread is to be commended for its awfulness.
It is truly a must watch if you like having shit shoved in your face at 10fps.

Hayao Miyazaki/10

WARNIN':
Anime is almost done but hey 1 ep could change my whole outlook on this shitepaste(no it couldn't)
TL;DR
Don't

Alrighty after quite some time I watched through all these episode of season 2 and can confirm that this anime is letting me down more than a quadriplegic Parkinsons patient.

Art and sound.
They didn't improve much from the original and even there they were nothing worth noting. I do not wish to stick on this for long until some adrenaline pumping action scenes come up. Opening is a bit of a doozy, the first one was definitely better at setting the mood for this type of anime but alas ... all good things must come to an end which is something I won't be saying when this anime comes to a close.
6

Story.
People have superhero powers, there's a school for shit like that, our protag gets into the best superhero school.
Alrighty now let's plunge deeper into the rectal cavity of this story. Initially we are met with probably best thing to have in your anime, a tournament arc. Unfortunately as it continues the quality of it keeps dropping until the point where it feels like creators just want to get it out of the way as soon as possible. Fights get wrapped up in moments and those that stretch for longer are extremely dull with fighters using the same move over and over again until one of them says ,, sod it,, and blows up half the arena. I will concur that next arc is good. It regards this hero killer dude called Stain and,despite being finished in just a few episodes, shows one of the most hectic and dynamic fights in the anime. As a conclusion we have yet,deep sigh, another training. Which is understandable cause it'd be quite weird if an anime about a hero school had very little school in it. However this conclusive arc is hit and miss in it's execution. Long story short it comes down to students fighting teachers. Students are in pairs but teachers are single with their limbs being weighed down with some classic weight bands or whatever. I have to say some of the fights are quite fun to watch keyword being SOME. Others as is already fashion with this anime are dull with whole thing being decided after a constant back and forth between two parties.
Here's a 6 because this anime keeps leaving me with dry feeling in both my mouth and heart as there's not even some moments like in season 1 where you could actually feel a semblance of emotion in shriveled black amalgamations we call hearts.


Characters.
Now this is something that actually changed . More focus has been set on characters that didn't get time to shine in the first season, this phenomenon becoming weaker as season flutters onward. As for our main character, the underdog crybitch of our story, he actually achieves some decent control over his power instead of having it break his own body whenever it's used.
Let me put another sentence in for MC. He is a whiny bitch and seems to spent most of his fights crying and yelling how he's going to give it his best and all that tripe.Not that he has to care much about harming himself when his plot armor can take a nuclear strike with no issue. Well to be fair I'm being a bit hyperbolic there but bollocks are there some moments where he keeps gushing the same crap we've heard dozens of shounens do and then have somebody or something pushing his arse out of a pinch.
Some characters got their motivations laid out ,which is always nice despite it being done in a really scrappy manner,and we are treated to a batch of new characters, that get all meaning and screen time kicked out of them by the second half of the arc.
Screw you here's a 5 there's about one good character to be made out of all the shallow, loud annoyances that are considered characters but could only pass as such in a deviantArt fanfic.


Enjoyment.
This part had me hooked but fucked it up so hard with it's goddamn annoying characters from whom some can have their whole dialogue written down on a one ply toilet paper.
Sure there's a few good moments and fights but if I wanted to scrape something positive out of a demented mess I'd work as a life coach.
What infuriates me is that this show somehow fucks up after every positive act it presents. I can't say that it's worse than part one, at least not in all departments, but I'll be fucked by the last of rhinoceros before giving this a higher rating for what it has put out. All my enthusiasm for this anime died after the Hero Killer arc and it's quite sad that a back alley mid tier hero killing enthusiast with a dumb ideology that makes no sense in light of what we've been shown is somehow a highlight of your show.
Here's a 6 and a trophy full of spunk for successful fuck up on every corner.

DISCLAIMER:
Yadda yadda spoilers yadda yadda

Let's discuss the art and sound first shall we? Art has improved since Stardust Crusaders,it's even better than past installments. Artists seem to use changing of overall color of the scene to symbolize feelings of a character. For example a character is angered so the scene is portrayed with strong,hot colors like red and orange. There are no immediately noticeable dips in quality and you can see a lot of effort was put in every frame when fight scenes come up. Characters seem to look a bit more smoother and less muscular than past incarnations of JoJo taking out a bit ... of that over the top factor out. However this is compensated for by backgrounds usually looking like some weird, I daresay bizarre, dream versions of real life. There's a pretty noticeable dip in quality in episode 21, I heard it was outsourced to another studio, where there was lots of derp frames. This is something that happens in a few other episodes which does somewhat annoy me but to no great effect.
Sound effects are top notch as always tho the first opening is much tamer than the past ones. Second one is a bit too generic, for a JoJo opening at least, but certainly intrigues with it's visual parts. Third one is definitely nowhere close to openings from part 1,2 and 3 in it's presentation. While first three JoJo's had openings bursting with energy and movement this one is much slower. Which can be good or bad depending on what you like but for me it was a pretty decent one. The art style and perfect use of sound effects are enough to boil your blood. Yeah and 10 for both tho I'd rather you just draw conclusions yourself without me numbering my opinions for you

Story is what I'd like to touch on next.Firstly focus was set on a mystical artifact called Bow and Arrow. Err and it's literally Bow and Arrow I guess Araki wasn't imaginative enough to make it a flaming gun with tits or something of that kin.Anyway the gist of the artifact is that it grants people with Stand potential Stand powers when fired into them however if they do not have any potential the shot outright kills them. Josuke Higashikata,fourth JoJo and protagonist of this anime, is visited by Jotaro Kujo,third JoJo and protagonist of Stardust Crusaders. Jotaro explains the situation with Stands and Bow and Arrow as well as telling Josuke he's a son of Joseph Joestar,second JoJo the protagonist of Battle Tendencies. From there on most episodes boil down to Josuke,Jotaro and a few other supporting characters that later join them fighting evil Stand users. However there is a point at which certain somebody becomes the main antagonist.His appearance is teased for a long time and payoff is an arc that makes this parts plot much better.There's some plot holes and plot sometimes stagnates so much that dust settles on it so here's a 7 now bite it.

Characters are diverse and have their quirks. Jotaro seems to have much more misanthropic way of acting thus far which I prefer over his ,,too cool for y'all,, behavior in Stardust Crusaders. Josuke seems much more interesting than him and supporting cast and villains cover a wide spectrum of personalities. However they are not that overly complex and despite me liking them their behavior and looks can be a bit stereotypical. Might as well give a 7.

Enjoyment is guaranteed if you aren't somebody who can't go five minutes without nihilistic thoughts. The colors,the sound, the way they make every hit matter in a fight make this anime exciting. Battle Tendencies is still my favourite JoJo anime but I'd say this one is just behind it because of the mash of art and sound and yes I know I'm repeating that the whole time but it is impossible not to when today's anime always goes for dark and edgy look rather than something energetic like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. I would give it a 10 but there are times when twists are a bit too predictable or I simply wasn't enjoying the anime to the point it'd warrant a tenner so here's an 8.

8/10 is ,I'd say, a fair score for this anime considering lackluster portions of the story and introduction of too many characters leaving them spread a bit too thin.

DISCLAIMER:
Some spoilers possible

Woo boy what is this? A bloody anime with loads of badass animation? AND it's by makers of Hellsing? Sign me up sarge!
Thankfully I was never that much into Hellsing, I liked it that's for sure but I've never been blinded enough to ignore any flaws made in it or in any further works of it's makers, so this review won't be too biased. I am however fond of art style presented here so buckle up Jimmy and let's slobber over some moving pictures.
As I was saying it's an art style I really like. I do like JJBA(JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) style that contains ... bunch of color changing and tension showing facial expressions but this one is somethin' I get to see more often. It's that thick,strong outline and damn detailed movement of muscles. It gives every strike a feeling of force and every evasive maneuver feeling of elegance and swiftness yet it makes them look like a lot of effort was put into their execution. Every move just leaves you in awe, especially when fight is between even opponents.
,,What about non fighting part gov'nor?'', I hear you asketh.
They vary from decent to poo bucket they still keep a strong outline going but from time to time they dabble in what I've come to call FMAB(Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood) visual comedy. FMAB visual comedy relies on a really cooky, undetailed, almost caricaturesque art. Of course there are actual jokes mixed in but they aren't/are barely funny on their own. It's the wonky animation,and jokey delivery of lines, that makes 'em funny.
This isn't executed too well and is pretty hit and miss, mostly miss, except when jokes are about shows own weird dialogue lines or obsession about poo.
No seriously there's at least three strategies that involve covering enemies in feces and dialogue gets so repetitive at times you'd be forgiven to think you accidentally pushed rewind.
Well that got stretched so let's keep sound and story short.
Sound is good, OP is bloody awesome and the rest of the soundtrack compliments the atmosphere currently present in a scene.
Story is The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets The Lord Of The Rings. It's set in the world that you'd expect to see in Tolkien's works. Dwarves,elves, hobbits etc they are all here. In this basic fantasy setting historical characters duke it out,some on the side of evil some on the side of doing fuck all. To be fair non evil oldies eventually start an uprising and go against Orte,an empire that's oppressing minorities so think pre social movements 'Murica.
But what are those evil historical figures doing? Surprisingly there's a third faction which is led by Jesus, yes they call him Black King but it's obviously JC. Who wages war against humans and can apparently cause rapid cancer. What I gotta mention, but isn't touched too much upon, is that these historical figures are sent to this world by one of two entities and as much as I'd wish to talk about them I can't cause most we see of them is devoid of any info.

Characters are not too engaging methinks. They are certainly not bland but are also far from human.They are surely diverse in...well...characteristics and few are given to every character. I do love good characters so it's a bit of a shit in my cereals that these aren't touchin' my quiver bone.

Ah but the glorious bloody combat is more than you can ask for. There is some super natural diddling but it's still done in an a-ok way.
Mostly because the anime ends up being power against strategy. It would be expected that a flaming bitch would kill a guy whose only armor is bravado but trough some tactics and cooperation with a big breasted mage he can screw her the heck up.
Gore isn't too gruesome and it's almost at the perfect point,a bit less dissection classes with Mr Katana and ketchup splurts would be appreciated.Nobunaga, more of a tactician than a fighter, always thinks of strategies to screw up the enemy armies who are always greater in numbers. Orte is full of idiots tho. There are couple of tactics that rely on Orte's troops having a brain of a dead sparrow.

Overall Drifters is quite enjoyable and executes it's ideas quite well.It's art and lack of laser beams greatly please me. There are weak points in it and worst parts are definitely dialogue and some chops that will strain your suspension of disbelief.I'd say it's worth watching for spectacle alone but I'm unsure whether the plot will be to your liking captain Wankypants.

Warnin':
'Tis probable spoilers will occur ye wombat so walk away if ye care bout 'em
Announcement:
I'll be doing this new form of reviews instead of segmented ones.

Ah feels good to write reviews again. After I went trough a dozen of animes,which had nothin' to write home about, this gem popped up. Well not as much popped as recommended by a friend. It is not 'til I saw couple of episodes that I've noticed the gem was made out of plastic and food coloring.
Now that intro might've made you think I despise this anime and you'd be wrong to think so you silly slacker. I most certainly ... don't understand the appeal of ecchi animes but I guess some people just really like being blue balled for twenty minutes. Maybe it's a Japanese thing, maybe you need samurais and two nukes in your country's history to understand the appeal of it. Anyhow B Gata H Kei is a story about a fifteen year old girl who wants to shag a hundred guys during her time in highschool,I guess story goes for the realistic portrayal of fifteen year old girls. This does not mean she wants to do 'em in highschool,tho that would certainly liven up history lessons. The problem with this story is that it quickly turns into a generic romance. It checks couple of cliches during it's run. There's also a tsundere aspect to the female lead. Despite her being so keen to nom on some German sausage she gets extremely shy when it comes to instigating it with male lead. Speaking of him he'd probably be a background character in any other anime considering his lack of personality traits,wait actually that'd put him as a protagonist of a shounen all he needs is to shoot lasers. He's shy of course but it doesn't help much that female lead behaves like she's on a constant sugar rush. Whenever she talks to him it ends up as incoherent yelling. In couple of cases she berates him for being too slow with groping her tits. Yes you heard me well there's tiddies in here so if that's nuff for ya you can just stop readin'. In truth when they are closest to sex is when anime is the best. See this anime sells itself as a comedy but humor is pretty repetitive and generic. ,,Look at this pretentious asshole over here'', the villagers yell, ,,are titty jokes not good enough for you?''. Nope I've laughed at quite a number of titties in my life and problems aren't what they are joking about. Indeed jokes would be funny if comedic timing and execution weren't so bad, also I would be a good person if not for my apathy and disdain for humankind. But again during near sex scenes humor goes up with some interesting imagery, wink wink nudge nudge. Overall humor is hit and miss, more miss than hit. It is also a romance,as you might've assumed, and it fares better in that department. Even though it contains a number of cliches, like male lead having a childhood friend that likes him and there being a girl who likes her older brother, it's certainly better than many others and I'll tell you why in a jiffy. See in the beginning female lead is only after male one cause she wants her first time to be with a virgin. However trough these twelve episodes she starts liking him for what he is, more or less. The thing tho is that characters in this anime are pretty eh. Eh in a manner that most of them don't partake much in anything. They all have one joke tied to them. For example there's a short, flat chested girl who wants to have a boyfriend really bad but nobody wants to date her and there's a classic clumsy girl who apologises a lot. Art is good. It's not too plain as some other things I've reviewed so I gotta pet it for that. Sound is basic and that opening makes me nauseous.
Enjoyment is certainly present in this claptrap tho if you've already seen a decent amount of shoujo animes, which to a normal human being is below two, you won't find much new. I'd like to note tho that this is not what I consider good. Writing overall was pretty poor and seemed to repeat itself a lot. It still has that stinky air of by the book anime intersected with couple of lines that diverge from the norm. There's not a point where I felt engaged with the story to the point I actually focused on the screen. Better luck next time whoever wrote this.

Warning:
Minor spoilers for Mob Psycho 100 and One Punch Man are possible

I was flabbergasted when I found out ONE made another anime. Well Bones studio made it but you get the gist of it cause you are a good lil' boy, or a girl or whatever gender came up in the last few days.
What is immediately obvious is that ONE has done a bit of recycling from One Punch Man. Main character has an emotionless face and is sort of emotionless himself. This coming from main characters extremely dangerous supernatural powers. However there are pretty big differences in how both work and what the show ... focuses on, more about this later. For now I have to say that this anime focuses more on the character and his struggles rather than action,tho that might be due to less side characters who usually participated in fights in One Punch Man.

Alright so art style. Now this is one of those cases where art style and animation are, I assume, supposed to look like manga. I love it by the way. Of course I could go and pick every part I like about it and talk about them for hours, okay maybe few dozen minutes, but instead I'll just mention a few. There are pretty hilarious facial expressions that have good comic timing, which is the key. Main characters powers look like a fast forwarded rave party, really colorful and flashy. For the first few episodes there aren't as many buildings reduced to smithereens as was the case in OPM but they do come to the point where cement gets destroyed easier than child's dreams. There's also moments where art style just goes an extra mile and looks almost exactly as a manga. Add to that some bizarre imagery that pop up and you've got visually pleasing anime. I gotta add that opening is bloody awesome visually and made me feel emotions again that I've squeezed out of my body trough excessive wanking over ONE and Araki's work.
This anime gets an 8 only because I doubt everybody will consider this art as intriguing and enjoyable as I did, cause for me it's a 10.

As for sound this anime doesn't go too far with it. There's an effect or two here and there but nothing extreme. The opening was a-ok ,tho the song on it's own isn't as good as it is in conjunction with the video part of opening. Here's a 7 cause english in the opening was actually decent, who would've seen that comin'.

Let's get into that story sonny. Story revolves mostly around young Mob, it's a nickname but it's shorter and time sparing so shut it, and his struggles. I'll talk more about Mob as a character next but for now the thing that the story focuses on is Mob's lack of skill in anything but his telekinetic powers. Even tho main character sometimes gets called to exorcise ghosts Mob Psycho 100 feels pretty relatable.Apart from occasional ghosts popping up there's other espers such as himself who confront Mob. Overall I heavily enjoyed the story and there's some other elements in it I do not wish to spoil but are certainly interesting. Story gets a 9 cause it's not so much about ,,saving the world,, as it is a story about personal hardships. Now I'd give it a 10 but I felt there needed to be a bit more substance and if I'm anything it's nitpicky.

Characters are pretty interesting. There's Mob's boss who exploits him but also teaches Mob some pretty useful life tips. There's a plethora of characters to find in this anime that I could talk about but that'd be spoiling a lot of anime, seeing how you can't talk about them without talking about parts of the story they show up in. Mob's somebody I ought to talk about a bit more, what with him being the main character and all that. This will be more of a difference between Mob and Saitama, from ONE's other work. See in Saitama the main character wasn't born with his powers he earned them trough ,,hard,, training while Mob is born with his powers. While that isn't much of a difference the reasons for them being almost devoid of emotions, which is something that is focused on in both cases, are. Saitama is simply bored, nigh limitless physical power isn't that fun when it removes all challenges in front of you it seems, while Mob has to constrain himself from using his super duper insta genocide powers cause he might hurt others which lead to him being extremely introverted. This time the core isn't that character is too strong but rather character being incompetent in everything else. For my finishing words on this matter I have to add that there's multiple characters that go trough some development and it was quite enjoyable following their journey, here's a 9 but that's mostly because what I've been treated to lately were completely boring characters that can't even be called stereotypes cause that require them to have any character. Tho others characters might rank lower, objectively I'd go for an 8 cause there most definitely are some that do not intrigue as much.

I enjoyed every single bit of Mob Psycho 100. In my eyes it's better than OPM in every aspect except maybe action, as there is very little of it overall. It made me laugh at times with it's basic but fun comedy. I mustn't forget some quotable paragraphs spoken out by Mob's boss that hold quite a lot of truth.The action was neat and overall design was everything I'd want from an anime. Here's a 10 cause my butthurt is gone now.

Overall the anime is neat,sweet and kept me in my seat. Here's a 9 and a recommendation although I wouldn't recommend it if you like romance and jittery crap bollocks like that cause there isn't any of that gobshite here.

Achtung:
Might contain spoiler, might not, it's a gamble sonny

Ah we meet again D. Gray-man. You and your awkwardly spelled title have been haunting me since that level 4 Demon jiggled it's titties around.For those who are interested no the anime hasn't improved. Scroll lower and you'll see why.

Animation.
You know how old Grayman had it's nice and a bit unique art style? Well that buggered off. Greet the bland style of 2015-2016 anime for the first few episodes and a bit improved version of it after those eps. It's completely devoid of imagination and uniqueness. Fight scenes are even less interesting than before, there's barely any ... energy in them. Character designs didn't change much, except for Allen who looks even more gay now. Speaking of designs there's lots of powers that look pretty uninteresting, apart from two that barely get any screen time. Oh huge blades? Haven't seen that one before! Laser beams too? Gee please stop with such drool inducing innovation Picasso. To make it worse all the interesting looking, and interesting overall, characters have been pushed aside to make space for Kanda and his fuckbuddy, two of them in fact one is Allen and another one shan't be spoiled for you. So here's a 5 and you know why? Because art still mostly sucks. Oh sorry did you expect some other non obvious conclusion? Too bad you'll only find an awkward ending to a paragraph here.

Sound.
I swear the creators read my mind and picked the only song that I liked in the first Grayman. It's that piano piece that Allen plays near the end of old series. Unfortunately they didn't learn that repeating a good thing makes it pretty agitating pretty fast. As for new opening I ought to recognise they did well to recap old series trough it buuut the actual sound in it is pretty lame. Here's a fiver for ya chap now leg it.

Story.
It continues on from past one. It's really rushed tho and every important scene has lessened impact due to that. Probably one of the most boot to the pacing moment was when baddies have a get together to count their numbers and present strategies. Now after that you'd expect them to show up after three episodes and execute their plan. Not in this anime tho! Three minutes later they are already in the midst of their master plan wrecking havoc.There is this flashback that was actually pretty interesting and added something to the upcoming fight,that being context and stakes. Quite baffling that the best part of an anime is a flashback considering those are usually shunned. I oughta acknowledge it amused me slightly in some portions so I'll give it a 5 and move on.

Character.
You expected characters but it was me, bad writing! Okay, okay maybe I'm overreacting let's go over the characters, at least those with any bloody time given to them, and their interactions. Allen Walker is attempted as a formal general guy in the first two minutes after which he just goes back to his usual behavior,which is being an usual shounen protagonist. Wanker is accompanied by his old companions( Kanda,Levi,Lenalee) and some fresh ones but they barely get any time in this banana poop cake so they can butt off. No I'm serious they don't even get shown during their fight scenes, at least I assume fight happened cause next cut to them showed 'em tired and battered. Kanda is still Kanda, cold and a bit mean. Lavi is a bit more cheerful than in the past which is okay, he does get the same treatment as everybody else and get's airbrushed away after five episodes or so. And Lenalee... Is back to bland female character tho I know that bitchy annoying girl is still in there and is just waiting for an opportunity to piss all over my lasagna. There's more characters,as I mentioned a few paragraphs ago,but I needn't point out my frustration with characters themselves when their interactions take the Oscar from most migraine inducing aspect of this anime. Every talk feels dry and cheesy like it was written by a dehydrated mouse. There's no emotion or reactions at the times that should provoke ones. There's some attempt at comedy that falls flat because,again, no emotion. The original had some rivalry between Kanda and Allen,their bickering being the most notable part, but here it feels arse painfully forced. Somehow a part that was implemented into so many cases that didn't fit it but still managed to work with it felt forced. Here's a 3, that number has more representation than some characters.

Enjoyment.
After all things I disliked about first one I still derived some enjoyment from it due to some extremely intriguing mini stories. This one I can label a grand disappointment. However despite my utter contempt for it there was a thing I enjoyed. This being the aforementioned flashback. It was something that feels like a part of the past series, which looks like God incarnate compared to this.Unfortunately after the flashback it went to a fight scene that was as lifeless as the past ones.The best I can do is 2. Besides the flashback anime is a pain for it's extremely rushed story, lifeless dialogue and characters,boring fight scenes and blargh.

Conclusion.
Screw this anime. Here's a 3,an average of grades should be 4 tho that'd mean I rated it decent. I recommend you stick it up your arse and die from rectal bleeding. Or if you like watching half naked hot guys jumping around with other half naked hot guys in a rain of lasers I recommend this anime greatly. It's a hot guy extravaganza.

WARNING:
This might contain some of em car parts you seem to dislike so much

Bungou Stray Dogs, a masterpiece of innovation in this bland world we live in. Now if you are one of those heated fans of the series you'd better leave before my meds wear off and I beat that last statement.
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Welp time's out chaps here comes the buggery.

Story of Bungou Stray Dogs is one that seems to want to play a few different tones but ends up doing that plain old riff everybody's already heard from at least ten other sources. Main character and some of the antagonists had unlucky childhoods, orphaned and ... pushed aside, they find their place in a group that accepts them for what the others shunned them for and so on. This is where I'll can it with the story cause frankly there isn't much to say that isn't said in the synopsis. Here's a 3 cause it didn't make me set my earphones on fire.

Err you know I've realized what usually turns my piss to blood. It's bad characters. After animation and sound, which are the strongest tools of visual media, characters are ones that provide talking material. Any story can be made fun when you've got good characters and more importantly who else will end up on those waifu pillows? You aren't going to spend hours talking to your friends which scene had the best drawn bench. In that department Bungou Stray Dogs does better than it does in story. There are some interesting chaps and, unlike D.Gray-man: Hallows, they do get quite an amount of screen time. Shame is that in the end most emphasis is put on the crappiest twats. Your by the book MC, who gets worse by every word he says, is our focus when it comes to the good fellas. For big baddy we've received Vlad Drakul who likes to stick people on sharp things, also his voice sounds really gurgly. These two wonderfully boring people battle it out on more than one occasion and it's just as boring as you'd expect it. Now enough about them, let's shed some positivity. There's a suicidal bloke who does help make some jokes funny when paired up with his partner with glasses who's stiff. There's a few more oddballs in there and I appreciate that. In the end characters do offer fleeting pleasure due to simple diversity of the cast. In the end it's a 6 or 7 let's say a 6.5.

Art and sound should get fives across the boards. Unfortunately five is a pretty crap grade here isn't it? In short animation isn't too thrilling and songs are more or less poop on a stick.

Enjoyment is existent but is less and less present as the anime progresses and more annoying characters are implemented while fun ones get pushed aside. Comedy is similar to one attempted in Taboo Tattoo but executed better resulting in some chuckles. Action is fun at times, fights that involve our protagonist still being boring as history class about post stamps. It goes from 7 to 2 slowly over the course of episodes so it's hard to deduce the grade. I'll settle for 6 cause I'm a good fella.
At least that's my mother says.

All in all Dogs is not so much a disappointment as it is overrated. I do dislike that word but lately it seems to be fitting a lot of anime. Dogs might be the best of its season or even year but things it contains don't change no matter how many awards you give it or how many fans tongue bathe it. There's a new season upcoming but I think studio is barking up the wrong tree over here. Oh sod it I had to make at least one dog pun. By now you might be asking yourself:Should you watch this?

Heck if I know. I'm just here to put my opinion and piddle over mediocre anime.

EDIT: There's a part I consider quite stupid. This is a smaaall spoiler about a characters superpower so feel free to skip on it but it's been bothering me. Namely Akutagawa's Rashomon ,,eating,, space between him and enemy attacks making them ineffective. Which kinda makes completely no sense. What happens in one occasion is that somebody shoots at him and he ,,eats,, the space between bullets and him making them lose velocity. This boggles me cause he's effectively increasing the impact by shortening the distance they gotta pass. That would make bullets arrive to him at a bigger velocity instead of drop down. Now later on he does the same bollocks but this time around it manifests as a barrier. How does it work for the love of all omnipotent beings of questionable existence! Also how does it work for melee attacks?

Bah that'd be it I'm ending the rant about Rashomon's ability here.