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Vinland saga is a show that captivated me 5 years ago , nearly made me cry , had one of the better antagonists I've ever seen , and overall presentated a well balanced story showcasing the culture and lifestyle of the vikings , while trying to push an anti war message criticizing the Nord's ideologies and religion , s1 was up there with my favs of all time but does s2 live up to it prequel ?

S2 surprised in many ways , the first thing I gotta mention is how mappa adopted a style similar to Wit studio and didn't do what they usually do ... with their adaptations which is a nice thing , overall a downgrade but still . Archeid's subplot with her husband was a beautifully written tragic story that may be the highlight of the season for me , tons of other new characters were introduced I like the majority of them and I hope they still contribute to the story .
Before we got the good part there was at least 8 to 9 eps of slice of farm work which wasn't that interesting, especially with slow pacing they adopted , and with Einhar the worst character as the focus ; thorfin in this part was still docile and not a proactive protag . Speaking of thorfin , his development is good in a nutshell but i didn't find the masterfull writing that I heard people preach , the indicesivness and docility he had for the majority of the show didn't help his case , caused some unnecessary deaths ( which is the thing he wanted to avoid ) , and at the end he came out with the most idealistc , unrealistic , rose tinted , happy go lucky conclusion I ve ever seen form a show of this genre , this is not how you write a pacifist character, this is not what Thors wanted . To add salt to injury , the author had to solve the conflict with most anticlimactic resolution , and the worst case of talk no jutsu I ve probably seen , ending Canute's character arc ( don't get me started on this plot device of a character) and solidifying Thorfin's ideology as the right one , with all due respect to the author but this some Promised neverland 2nd half level of writing which I wasn't expecting from a great author such as yukimura sensei.

On a posting note , liked that they brought back some old soundtrack , wasn't a fan of the 1st opening , but the 2nd one was up there with the greats .

To conclude , vinland saga 2 is a sequel thay sadly didn't live up it predecessor , BUT , it is still a good watch in my book although I struggled with it beginning and despite all it issues , I will be definitely checking s3 if it ever comes out 7/10

Sadly the journey came to an end , I m usually not the biggest fan of the Otome villainess genre , not only cuz of the isekai/regressor elements but also the tropes that come with it naturally like the evil heroine , the reverse harem and more .

Villainess Lv 99 manages to solve a lot of these problems with adding action to the mix ( which is very rare in these ) for some eps , but the majority of the time it is the high-school/slice of life and romcom elements that are prevelant . I was nicely surprised with the characters , Yumellia ... ( my aunt) is my fav character of the season easily with her socially akward personality , intimidating presence and sometimes cute interactions, Patrick the love interest who went from this beta male like guy to one of the strongest characters in order to rizz her , the deutaragonist Alicia is the happy go lucky shoujo heroine ( she is overhated tbh ) and her reverse harem of douchbags lol , and there is the stupid ojousama ofc which I heard will get her arc later , and finally the most notable character the final boss who i thought was gonna be a generic demon , but turns out to he was one of the better characters , I wished he had more screen time .

I surprisingly really liked the tracks they used especially the main one with all it remixes and some noticeable others too , pretty rare for these kind of low budget shows . Speaking of low budget , the presentation is decent at best artstyle is a downgrade from the manga which itself is a downgrade for the LN , majority of monsters are cgi ( at least its better than the shield hero turtle lol ) , my biggest issue with the show tbh .

I heard they didn't follow the source material which means we probably aren't getting a s2 , but I will definelty check the manga after it reaches later volumes of the LN . Overall a solid watch , the surprise of this season 7/10

It's is sad yet incredible to see a manga that i was following for +6 years finally completed , its a weird feeling that I can't really describe well , I will take this big opportunity to write this review with the classic structure .

Story :
Darwin's game start as generic Action survival game , with a lot of battle royal elements heavily inspired by Psyren , but with each passing arc , it develops into something else with the scope of the world expanding to unexpected degrees , which I won't go into the details for spoilers reason . There where some boring arcs ... like The Parrot killer but I later found out that it foreshadows the final antagonists , also the pacing can get too slow at times . Some details where left unexplained by the end but we can probably guess the explanation , also you could say that the ending was a Deus ex machina but I find it hard to judge since it was bittersweet ( in the original time line at the least ).

Characters :
There is where Darwin's game fumbles the bag in my opinion , although the main cast is solid , especially the protagonist ; he is not liked by many probably cause he is a borderline Marry Sue but I like him a lot especially his abilities and battle mind ; a lot of side characters and antagonists where left unexplored , especially Wu lan which was hyped up as the Number 1 player in the world , and the Kojin generals , who although participated in the final battle they didn't get much of a role , which is sad considering their potential . The final villain was a sorry excuse of a cartoony villain who wanted become ( you guessed it ) a god , although the plot twist of his identity was not that predictable in contrary to a lot of the twists.

Art :
Not a lot to mention here , it's pretty decent , not impressive but not mediocre , although in the arc before the final one , the quality downgraded noticeably, to the point some pages were litteraly sketches.

In conclusion :
There is a lot to talk about ( I don't want to turn this into a 2 pages review) , sadly the anime wasn't well received because viewers aren't fond of the genre , but I still have hope for season 2

Dear oh dear , where do I start , I just finished the final ep of s1 and I m feeling already hungry for more . I am an old manga reader from over 4 years ago  , with this being in my top 3 mangas of all time , so did this adaptation give the story justice .
Short answer , kind of , let's start with the bad , the animation was very stiff and average and it really showed in action scenes , thankfully it's not an action based show , it would ve been catastrophic . The art direction they used was ... baffling to me , it was bright and too colorful in contrast to the grim dark manga's style that I adore , they didn't nail the majority of the manga faces but the ones that they did good were beyond excellent . The director did this adaptation wonders tbh , they added a lot of metaphoric scenes that elevated the experience for me , also another thing to note that the pacing was a bit fast skipping a lot of minor scenes , I have no idea why they didn't just made it 13 eps .
Op and ending were great especially the ending song , the soundtracks were pretty good especially the main one , it elevates the hype scenes to the next level , there were other soundtracks that were imo underused .
To conclude , I wont be addressing the characters nor the story ,I will take my time talking about them in the manga final review . All in all , this adaptation could ve been definetly way better but i m still satisfied with it overall 9/10

As someone who enjoyed the first season and kai of higurashi no naku koro ni , i started Gou with medium expectations , so what does go bring to the table .
From the poster alone it should be obvious that they changed the artstyle completely , animation was improved a bit , you can say that it visually looks better , but i miss the classic feel the old anime had .In terms of story this season had a loooot of issues , the biggest one is that by the end of kai we know 90% of the wtf is going on which takes ... away from the most important aspect about higurashi , its mystery , although this season answered one last question we had . Characters wise , i will talk about the new villain , who was awfull with a detestable personality and a petty motivation for doing the messed up shit he is doing which was a also a problem .They used 2 new version of the main theme which played in some flashbacks . nostalgia hits like a truck man .
In conclusion , i didnt want to get into details but , would i recommend Gou ? nah unless you reaally wanna understand how the higurashi universe work ? willi watch it sequel Sotsu , definelty since it's shorter and i watched Gou just for it , i hope it wont disapoint 7/10

I ve read the manga for this show a while ago , and here i am writing a review about this meh adaptation .
Story 7/10
Battle in 5 seconds after meeting is a survival game anime with an action/superpower flavour into the mix ,the abilities present in the show for the most part are unique and conditional which makes the fights more about strategy than who is more powerfull , the games on the other hand where fairly simplistic and a little bit of a letdown .
Characters 7/10
There is a tone of characters in the show , but most of them is either detestable or forgetable ... , fortunatly the mc is very good , his strategic mind and the creative ways he uses his ability "the sophist" is the strongest suit of this anime .
Art 6/10
Pretty normal anime artstyle but sometimes cgi was used
Animation 5/10
CGI was majorly used in the fights scene , normal scenes had average anination , overall the quality was poor
Sound 5/10
I was expecting a memorable track in hype moments like in darwin's game but i was fairly disapointed . the op was ok , the ending is slightly better
Enjoyment 6/10
Tbh i was disapointed by this adaptation , could ve been way better but it is what it is .
In conclusion , this could ve been anime of the season easily for me , but it mediocre adaptation massacred it potential , another failure of the survival genre , guess i need to catch up with manga .

Here is a small review about the second show i finished from lat season , ik im late to the party lol , this time i will talk about Jouran : The princess of snow and blood , an ambitious revenge story set in an alternate history meji era .
Story 6/10
Tbh the premise is nothing sepcial , its the basic revenge plotline we ve seen times and times before and to be frank it was super boring at the begining i struggled to finish it , but the way it developped is what grabbed my attention , but some debatable ... writing decisions made me drop the score , especially at the ending , where some characters were brought back from death , others died pointlelssly its honestly quiet messy and i wasnt a big fan of the excution .
Art 7/10
Its pretty good , but they ve could done a better job with the monster designs tbh .
Animation 7/10
Again its decent but could ve been better
Sound design 7/10
Both the opening and the ending songs were cool , some soundtracks were decent , the thing is this show get praised a lot for it soundtracks but its remember only 2 of them .
Characters 7/10
The female mc was quite likable but her character arc got fucked at the ending , other characters were average at best{2+} , but the mvp kuzuhara jin the man who cleans the trash of this world is the one who saved this show from being a complete waste of time .
Enjoyement 6/10
As i said earlier , the show was fine at best , the fights were poorly done , the monster designs were lazy , but i liked the transformation of the mc and kuzuhara the man among men .
Conclusion :
As part of my new policy , i consider the enjoyement score the average score , the story was not that well done and it brought the show down imo.

So i just finished this weird ass romcom and as promised i wrote this short review
-Story 6/10 :
It has some unique ideas and concepts that i ve never seen before in a romance media , but it has also  it fair share of cliches .
-Characters 5/10 :
Ooh boy characters were disgusting , imo the only good  characters are the devious mc's friend tsukihiro and little girl akane
-Art 7/10 :
Not gonna lie , they know how to draw cute female characters🤭
Animation 6/10 : although i gave it an above average score , but these kind of shows dont need to be very good in ... this departement
-Sound design 6/10 :
Op and ed were nice , they share some VAs with the quintuplets show , but it was lacking in terms of osts.
-Enjoyment 6/10 :
Allthough it was a harem story , i kind of enjoyed this show since it was surpingly funny for the most part , and i say for the most part cuz some scenes were straight up cringe worthy
Overall 6/10

Burning kabadi is an obscure spring anime for this obscure south asian sport called kabadi which is a mix between tag and jujutsu , i started it with low expectations but i was blown away .
Story 6/10
It's a standard high school sport shounen but what made it stand out is the kabadi ,this sport is so unique and fun i would pay money to try it but there is no clubs for it in my country .
Art 7/10
Its not excellemt but i like the way they draw facial expressiosn its epic
Animation 5/10
The worst part about this show , and they use still ... frames a lot too , but i cant blame them since this sport demands a lot of movement from the players so animating even with above average animation would be a nightmare for the studio
Sound design 7/10
Op is a banger , ending is cool but i didnt listen to it enough time to judge it fairly , the soundtracks were fine expect one of them that stood out and i m waiting for it to be post on youtube so i can spam the shit out of it
Characters 7/10
Mc was solid , there have been some couple interesting players , but Oujo the captain stole the show for me , everytime he entered the court i was jumping with excitement.
Enjoyement 8/10
It wasnt an excellent sport anime by any means but it was highly enjoyable , one of my fav this season , mainly becuz of the usage of symbolism and metaphores which is something i am a big fan of in this medium
Overall 8/10
This is definetly in my top 3 sport shows , although the chances for a s2 are slime since this anime didnt do well , i will most likely check the manga if is translated that is

As a manga reader and a big fan , i ve waited months for this to come out , i will try to not talk about the story or the fights in this short review , i will mainly address the technical side of things .
Story 8/10
Its quite a unique take on the tournement style media , also it is heavily inspired by different mythologies , its like a crossover of mythologies and i am big sucker for that . The story aint that deep but one easily can get invested in it especially with the high stakes . But sadly they removed a lot ... of scenes from the manga which gave some of the fighters more scree time , but on the other they ve added some new heavy important scenes especially in the last ep . Another thing to note is that they added a little bit of comedy too which i wasnt a big fan of but i will let it slide since it was minimal also it didnt take from the enojyement .
Art 9/10
This shocked me , after i saw the character models in the trailers , i hated on them so much some og them lke brunhilde's is still average , some of them didnt like them even in the manga like ares and aphrodite , but the others looked awesome , the crazy facial expression were on point too ,i think they didnt keep just one of brunhilde faces .
Characters 8/10
Cool and badass so i dont wanna spoil the participants in the tourenement .
Animation 6/10
Easily the worst part about this show , honestly i didnt think it was below average but they used static images a lot and sometimes it was litteraly a slide show , the problem stems from the fact that the designs are too stiff and have a lot details so it was hard to animate , but overall i wont say it was complete shit , at least we didnt get cgi fights lol
Sound design 10/10
Incredieble , as expected of the composer of naruto , a true mad lad ,even the voice acting was excellent imo , the opneing and the ending were slapping too
Enjoyement 9/10
Was it as enjoyable as the manga ?, idk but it was pretty damn entertaining i litteraly binged 12 eps in 1 seat .
Overall 9/10
To conclude , are manga readers allowed to be disapointed ? absolultely , but calling it shit is an overstatement , would i recommend it to new comers ? absolutely , but dont go in expecting jujutsu kaisen or one punch man .