Jan 27, 2024
Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
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I liked this show. It's kind of like if Detective Conan was crossed with the Punisher. After Ron solves the case, he somehow hypnotizes the perp into killing himself/herself. Some of the mysteries are pretty good like the one with barber. The animation is pretty good. My only gripe with the show is that it does not really establish what the main conflict of the show is going to be until very late into the season. I know season 2 has already been announced, and I will watch that as well. I hope that this series will actually resolve the long term conflict of the
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Jan 27, 2024
Rosario to Vampire Capu2
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Rosario to Vampire Capu 2 has significantly more anime original content than season 1 and unlike season 1, it does not speed up the story or improve it any way. There are some good episodes. The one where all the girls visit Tsukene's house is probably the best. The original music numbers are not as good. A lot of the jokes get repeated over and over, and it just isn't as interesting by the end. The intro is much better this season. The ending of the series was perfectly acceptable, and the final two episodes had some really funny moments.
Jan 20, 2024
This is one of the better sports anime, and I do not typically enjoy sports anime and manga. It starts out very strong because it is kind of like the Hunter Exam mixed with soccer. As the story progresses, it however starts to feel like a more conventional High School Sports anime, which makes it a little less gripping. The animation is really good, and a lot of the characters are fun. The funniest character is the Guy who runs the Blue Lock training facility. The voice acting for the characters from other countries were really weird. I would have enjoyed this anime a lot
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Jan 20, 2024
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
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I enjoyed Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu. There are some very funny and sweet moments just like any other Rom-Com should have. Also the quality of the animation was quite good. I would have liked this show a lot more if the Male MC were more deranged. I think its kind of messed up how he only fantasizes about murdering Yamada for like one or two episodes, and then it never really comes up again. Also, the entire first season is "Will-They,Won't-They" and unlike say Kaguya I do not really find their daily not being honest with themselves or each other very amusing because
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Jan 8, 2024
Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season
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I do not think I have ever seen a series turn itself around like Jujutsu Kaisen did after Season 1. Every aspect of JJK season 2 is better than the first. Things actually happen. The fights actually felt like they had stakes. The Shibuya Incident Arc felt like it had a very tight story line. I went from forcing myself to finish JJK season 1 to binge-watching season 2. My favorite part is when Aoi is close to death, and he imagines Takada fighting alongside him versus Mahito, and there is the flashing test that says "AOI's Imagination". It kept a very hyped-up moment light.
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Jan 8, 2024
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is stylistically and contextually different from what most people would consider anime. It has a default animation style that is mostly associated with American Cartoons like "The Powerpuff Girls" with the humor of "South Park". The humor in a lot of portions of the anime is a little too low brow to be laugh out loud funny. The animation style and subject matter of plots prevent the show from being titillating in a way that shows with an Ecchi tag should be. The show would have been better in this respect if they had made more use of the animation
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Jan 8, 2024
Jigokuraku
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The action and animation are good as you would expect any Mappa production to be, and the opening is really something else. It takes a really long time to feel any investment in any of the characters, however. A lot of the characters get killed off before we can get any real attachment to them. Yuzuriha is probably my favorite character, and Gabimaru is not the most interesting protagonist. So far, I am kind of ambivalent to the setting and the antagonists. They are different, but they don't really keep my attention. This show also really leans into showing gore during the fights. The power
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Jan 8, 2024
Rosario to Vampire
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This manga is fun enough, but it has a few problems. The chapters are really long, and it feels like the arcs are kind of haphazardly put together. It definitely has a "Monster of the Week" feel to it. The Harem elements are fun; however, the fan-service is extremely inconsistent. Kurumu gets a lot of panty shots, whereas Moka does not, despite the fact that she fights primarily while doing High Kicks in a short skirt. Now, I don't particularly care about fan service one way or the other, but some consistency would be nice. Also, the action in this kind of sucks, frankly. In
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Dec 23, 2023
Rosario to Vampire
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I do not often say this about anime especially anime that restructure the storyline of the original manga and adds filler, but Rosario to Vampire's anime is superior. The anime covers all of the essential story, introduces all of the characters quicker, adds more fanservice/ecchi, and has a much more balanced harem aspect. They even added musical numbers. The action is also an improvement, though there still is not a lot of it. The addition of the bat, that provides commentary throughout the series including how long the fight of the week took was pretty funny.
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Dec 23, 2023
Mashle's adaptation is fine as an anime, and if you prefer anime to manga as a medium, feel free to add a point to my score, because the anime is a perfectly suitable way to get the story of Mashle, however you really only need one. If you've already read the manga, watching the anime will probably not do that much for you. A-1 Picture's adaptations of Shonen Jump manga have had a pretty wide range in quality from Kaguya whose adaptation improved the source material to Tokyo Ghoul and Blue Exorcist which made some pretty unforgivable decisions. Mashle lies in the middle of these
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