Don't Toy with Me Miss Nagatoro is an easy to watch romantic comedy with some cute characters. By the end of the first season, a healthy relationship has developed between the main characters and healthy friendships develop with ancillary friends. It's a wholesome series with some cool cast members.
It's easy to write off the whole season when watching the first few episodes because of Nagatoro's initial bullying of Naoto, which was drawn out a little long in animated form compared to the manga. In the manga, in Japanese, the dialogue in the first episode at the library plays out in a better way than
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Mar 27, 2024
Yofukashi no Uta
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Having never read the manga before watching the series, this show launched an interest into the manga series for me.
The night time aesthetic and mood matches the slow burn of the series well. It's one of those shows where 25 minutes feels like an hour but without feeling like a snore-fest, holding my attention the entire time. The characters are interesting. I'd classify it as a mystery romantic comedy. Vampires are abundant in fiction but the series is unique in depicting the night time living of vampires, and night-time living in general. The cinematography is well done, with some slice of life depictions ... 
Mar 27, 2024
"Oshi no Ko"
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This show was far too overhyped and lacked in its final delivery. I was expecting much, having watched Kaguya-sama, from the same mangaka. However, this series just fell flat. I didn't like how it turned into your average highschool harem show, because we have a million of those already. It didn't really develop on the genre much, and could have played up the unique setup far better. Instead it dwelled too much on high-school drama. It also went too far in depicting the male lead as the perfect person, never making mistakes and always making the correct predictions and calculations.
Mar 27, 2024
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
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I watched it in Japanese and the pacing was just off the chart, swinging all over the place throughout the dialogue. The english subtitles were very poorly done and I only have N5 level japanese, so it was difficult to follow the dialogue and figure out what was actually said.
It's a show that drags on and is episodic in nature without really getting anywhere. There isn't much character development, with the characters acting the exact same way each episode, and without much variance in scenarios. It's full of tropes and doesn't do a good job at introducing any changes in behaviours because honestly, ... 
Mar 27, 2024
If you're into alternative history dramas, this is a great one. It intersperses little pieces of historical context for the era, but diverges from history in an interesting way. If you're interested in gender studies, then give it a watch, because it's realistic in its depiction of gender disparities, for both men and women.
The pace is fairly good, and it holds interest. There's a diverse cast of characters with a web of drama between them, in different geographical locations. The way it weaves a present and past story, slowly revealing the mystery of how culture ended up in the present tent by depicting ... 
Mar 27, 2024
Horimiya: Piece
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It's difficult to watch these episodes because their displaced from their chronological positions within the other episodes. They came out far later than the original 1st season so I have a tough time remembering what was happening at any given time of the episodes from this special.
Because each episode is far different in timeline from the subsequent one, they have no flow between the episodes. It's like watching little 20 minute short films about the character, but in a confusing manner. If you really like the series, you may enjoy this special season. If you have a list to work off of ... |
