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A very chill and enjoyable anime with a fun hook. It's not as slapstick comedic as The Way of The House Husband, but it feels like it's in a similar vein of shows. It has some really interesting emotional beats between The General and everyone he encounters which gives everything a really wholesome vibe. It starts off a bit slow which is unfortunate as the first half of the season is basically "pandas are cute" so lets do everything possible with a theme of Pandas. While it was cute for two or three episodes, I think they overdid it in the first half which is ... why I can't give the series a higher rating. I really wish it had a second season in the works, because I was left wanting more of all the characters and their stories.

By far one of my favourite manga and anime series of all time. It's an adorable and gorgeous story of two hurt people finding love in both themselves and the many friendships they grow. If you want a tooth-rottingly sweet romance between a 'monster' and a human this is more or less the pinnacle.

This is not really an angsty romance anime though, so if you're looking for some sweet sweet romantic pain this won't be your best choice, but I still think you'd enjoy it for the many other reasons for which this anime is great.

If you liked series like Akatsuki No Yona (Yona ... of the Dawn) or Shirayuki - Akagami No Shirayukihime! (Snow White with the Red Hair) this is a must-watch.

A deeply fun and heart-warming story of a kid with ex-machina god powers who would love to not have said powers. The characters are all fun and play off of anime stereotypes but in light-hearted comedic ways. If you love anime in all its wacky weirdness you'll love this anime and manga series. The story is somewhat episodic in nature but it all builds up the relationships between characters from Saiki barely tolerating his classmates to being tenuous friends with these happily oblivious fools. This series is a lot of silly jokes and slapstick comedy rounded out with heartwarming characters and character growth. I've probably ... never laughed harder at an anime than I did this one, and it maintains a loving place in my heart. Truly a top-tier anime for a fan of anime.

I'd watch more episodes but Netflix only has 50 ;_;

There are better romance anime out there. You could watch one of those instead.

A typical Cinderella-esque story where everyone hates and abuses the MC for not having the cool inherited family powers. Watching Miyo slowly gain confidence after being removed from her abusive family home was very nice. It's a very feel-good anime where the main characters are very one-note but maybe they'll get more development in later seasons.

I liked how they made the childhood best friend character flawed yet not possessive of Miyo despite crushing on her real hard. I think it would have cheapened his character if he was so selfish now that ... she was finally freed by someone with more backbone. It won't change your life, but it was fine.

Honestly not a bad reincarnation anime so far as the story is concerned, but the main character's multitude of sex crimes really drags it down. You'll casually go from scenes of this guy pulling of awesome magic in a new world where he gets a much better family and life, (which will be genuinely heartwarming to see) then you'll see him sexually assault a sleeping 9-year-old child. Yeah, that killed the dying horse for me. I understand he's a main character with flaws (mainly being a creepy dirtbag) but the anime revels in it to a disturbing degree.

I've seen a bunch of ecchi and ... pervy anime with harems but this one actively disturbed me enough to drop it before I was bored of the actual plot. If there wasn't this creepy fixation with preying on any female character of any age at arms length the anime wouldn't be all that bad. This is just pedo-fetish content, unfortunately.

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Disclaimers: I only watched the first three episodes after blindly browsing anime on Netflix. I've never read or encountered the manga, nor heard anyone discuss this anime. This is not typically my genre (fighting for the sake of spectacle anime/tournament-themed anime) so my having dropped it is pretty much a given.

Pros:
- The visuals are very pretty, even if they're nothing exceptional
- The designs of each of the Gods are incredible.
- Brunhilde is cool and I regret not watching further simply to see more of her story and motivations develop.
- There's a hint of in-fighting with the whole second-class half-god/half-humans thing going ... on with Brunhilde which I liked.


Cons:
- I hate the little sister Goll. She's so damn annoying in the anime and I really don't understand why she needs to exist beyond being a wimpy idiot so the older sister can explain her plans and ideas. She is a rubber ducky with until this point at least, no redeeming or interesting character traits.
- The backstories of the first two fighters felt like they were completely ripped from other anime. The Human competitor was basically just the Pirate King from One Piece, and the Godly competitor was just Attack on Titan. I don't inherently hate the two characters, but if they want to pull off an 'I respect the strength of my opponent' story, I need to feel some connection for the characters. It doesn't work (for me at least) if I don't have a personal investment in the fate of at least one of the characters involved. Otherwise, it's just two strong randos enjoying a fight, which I don't find all that compelling.
- The concept of the strongest members of the human race fighting Gods is interesting, but if you give the humans divine plot armor it kind of defeats the point.

Overall, maybe a straight 1 vs 1 fight just isn't a great format for telling interesting character stories. Or maybe this anime just executed it very badly.