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TLDR: I give it props for not being an absolute cookie cutter shonen and I LOLed more than a few times.

This show has a slightly less used story mechanics mixed in with quirky characters and comedic visuals. The story starts off with what appears to be a random encounter of our 2 main characters. The girl (Fuuko) is ready to end it all because she is imbued with the ability to bring anyone she touches bad luck, to the point of fatality depending on how much she touches them and how much she likes them, making her existence lonely as one would imagine. The guy ... (Andy) cannot die as he will regenerate, meaning he's lived way to long and just wants to die. Antics ensue as Andy now think if has sexy with Fuuko, he will finally end it all. This springboard starts the world building as to who they are, why they are and what's going on. For the most par everything was entertaining with creative visuals, mediocre story, acceptable voice acting, decent character and fairly good pacing.
But all the glitters is not gold. Some entirely stupid plot twist mixed in with the typical Japanese tropes such as not opening their mouth to communicate till it's too late for no good reason or ecchi moments for the sake of it, makes the show somewhat cringe. This show was trying to do too much. There is too much plot for a show that has all makings of something to switch off your brains and enjoy or vice versa. I cannot help but think things might have been a better show if it was handled by a Western production team. I take that back. Nobody wants a show about butch lesbians MCs with supernatural powers. Not even butch lesbians.

TLDR: Other than jarringly obvious CGI, this piss poor generic garbage is the antithesis of what a good fantasy should be.

The world used to good but now it is bad because...when enough people have bad vibes, a monster is formed and only the legendary Shepard can purge the evil. There are magical people (seraphim or something) that weren't prayed to enough so most left. Our MC just so happened to be raised by these angles so he can still see and talk to them. This whole story boils down to the typical Japanese trope of not opening his big mouth. Yes, simply saying "hey dumb-asses, ... y'all are the problem. Chill TF out." could have save all the lives but being polite was more important. Instead, he goes on an adventure in the Humam realm trying to be the Shepard to vanquish the evil. But the people are no rocket scientist either as there never put 1+1 together to see that every time they get riled up, bad shit they couldn't explain happened. Yes, this anime is based on the cast of characters having an IQ less than a dodo bird. As much as I persevered, completing this anime was too much brain rot. There was no comedy, the drama fell flat, its level of stupidity was absurd and the visuals, let's talk about that. I do not hate CGI. Done right, it makes the screen more intense. Done wrong and we have this. The CGI takes you right out of the moment and you reminded you're watching a shitty cartoon instead of being invested in the moment. The sound and voice acting might have been the show's only good attributes. Was this show supposed to be a gage and it went over my head?

TLDR: Sometimes you want a feel-good brain-dead anime, and this could be it but don't plan on binge watching it.

What we have here is the glorification of brute force and ignorance. The MC, Mash, is as strong as an ox and as dumb as one too. All plot and humour are centred around that. It's fun in small doses but gets repetitive really fast. Moments of tension and drama fall flat on their face as a result. The supporting characters are cringe at best, and annoying at worst. It's always some super strong wizard being evil, then getting a knuckle sandwich. The only consistent source ... of entertainment is the MC's obsession with cream puffs. I wonder if there is a hidden message in that. To the surprise of nobody, a beach episode was crowbarred in. Is life in Japan that hard, that visiting the beach and smashing a watermelon a required event in every anime? Who knows. This anime takes inspiration from a certain Cape Baldy but cuts out everything interesting about it. Take that for what it's worth.

Animation: fine
Sound: fine
Voice acting: fine

TLDR: They made a lesser version of "A certain Magical Index"

It is with great regret that I say; I have watched every bit of this series to date. Why regret? Because I've watched a better version of it. Our MC, Touma...I mean Tatsuya, attends the first magic high school. His sister, who has incestuous thoughts about him, is a top-class magic user, while he sucks at it, and so is deemed an irregular. (Who else do I know that sucks at magic yet attends a magic school, never mind, it will come back to me.) Except for when the plot calls for magic, and ... then, all of a sudden, he is the most powerful Jedi there ever was. He is smart, good at hand-to-hand combat, can negate other spell casters, reverse all injuries even if someone is dead, disassembles your weapons remotely, has just about all the girls in the school in heat (did I mention his sister might want to have his children?) and can cast magic! WTF. That right there is my whole problem. He is sold as an underdog but is actually very over-powered. So, there is no struggle, development or encouragement to get invested. The show is simply: enemies show up with an evil plot and then Tatsuya reverse-no-jitsu them, then repeat. Interleave that, with girls fawning over him and we have a very formulaic and uninteresting show. There is no depth, mystery or drama to speak of.
The show is not a total loss. There is some semblance to a magic system, some fights are creative, and the story doesn't hunker down for too long. The voice acting is good enough, so that it doesn't distract you from what is going on and the animation is decent. We really didn't need to have him see his sister in panties and a bra that often though. There is plenty a waifu for those who are into the best cartoon girl thing. So, there is something for most anime consumers to take in, albeit with a good serving of cringe. This show isn't the worst thing you can watch but there are certainly better.

TLDR: The One Punch Man of isekai

Honestly, that's all there is to know. The MC is an apathetic entity known as the Alpha Omega. He can will you to death. Some flashbacks to his origins are given. It's an Isekai. He gets zapped into another world and the adventure begins. You ever wondered why the MC didn't stop a particular person or monster or just use his superpower to get past that obstacle...Don't! He does. Its carnage from the get go. The animation, sound, voice acting, pacing, etc are all average. The story for all its mediocrity is fun enough, but it's given that ... extra edge with the MC. Basically, if you didn't like One Punch Man, then is not for you but for the rest of us,, trash loving isekai fans, this is the hero we always wanted.

TLDR: Meh

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu; after an unexpectedly great first season, has boiled down to your standard self-insert anime romcom. Or maybe it always was? No... The first season had some genuinely interesting characters, good story, really good pacing and moving moments, but they played their hand too early. This season could have been summed up in an OVA, as, all the major hurdles have been crossed. Ichikawa is no longer going to go Columbine, and Yamada, for whatever reason likes him. To be honest, other than plot armour, there is very little reason for Yamada to like him. And Yamada is....just a ... cute glutton with good genetics, so why do we like her? Season one milked the odd couple's idiosyncrasies for all it was worth, and this season gives us:
The Sports day.
The field trip.
The whole class shipping them.
The (not so) hard choice.
...and the confession....
Yeah, I bet you all didn't see that coming. Oh, wait you did? Colour me surprised. What were left with is, not much in the way of a story. At least the pacing was okay if not a little slow, and the animation was well done. The forced drama was cringe. The voice casting for Ichikawa and Yamada was always horrible. Mr. Yamada and Yurine Hanzawa (the blond green eyed girl) were more interesting than the rest of the cast and that speaks volumes as there was a little masked pink hair girl who just wanted to start a flash mob. Who doesn't like a good Flash mob?
All in all, just as there are people who will watch any trash isekai (now an official English word), the hardcore romcomers will probably love this show....and there is nothing wrong with that. It's just that there have been so many good romcoms lately, including season 1 of this show, that I want to believe, everyone standard should have been elevated.

TLDR: Cheap generic fun.

An "attractive" older stepsister, Ichika, doting over her new stepbrother, Tomoya. No, it's not a hentai but it's Japanese and there is a dozen of these amusing 3-minute anime series with the same premise. I guess this is a popular trope. Basically, it is generic. The music, art, and animation quality are pretty standard. But it's not horrible and I don't get a creepy incestuous vibe. That might be the one thing that set it apart in that Ichika just wants to be a loving big sister. This almost gives "Oneechan ga Kita" a bit of wholesomeness; all be it in a ... very strange way. As without that little bit of context this show would quickly degenerate into something less "appropriate" for general consumption. You've spent more time watching a single episode of a bad anime, so why not to give this show a chance as this entire series is about 20 minutes.

TLDR: This is the ever so popular recycled trope of the nerd boy gets the hot chick except this is generic AF and the male MC is squirmy and annoying while the hot chick MC is a garden tool.

What does "My first girlfriend is a gal", "3D Kanojo: Real Girl" and "Don't toy with me Ms Nagatoro" have in common? They're all better version of this show with something unique. This show is cliche as it gets. I find no remarkable qualities with this couple so far. This may change but things don't look promising. Edit- it didn't! It's cringe, unfunny and boring.

The good news, ... it's not completely horrible and there is a huge audience of self-inserts who clamour for the content. The animation and voice acting are par. The story and dialogue are generic. It does try to have a hook but a girl who penis hops every 2 months is not quite the kind of premise I think most people will find appealing. I'm not judging...no wait I am. Maybe there is a groups people who find this concept amusing enough to watch. There is no motivation to cheer on either of MCs as they both seem more like NPCs.

TLDR: This Anime is the textbook definition of mediocrity.

The show starts off with MC doing generic MC stuff with little to info on whether or not Truck-kun isekaied him. When we were graced with how he's so powerful, it's so lame they only refence that skill once again and it wasn't even useful. And the rest of the show is plot Armor. The end. You could watch 2 episodes side by side at 2x and not miss anything but if you did, just put some random generic isekai trope and you've missed nothing. The fights we, "oh no. this overpowered monster will destroy the village. ... I have to save everyone" and then he wins without breaking a sweat. If this was one of those shows to which you just switch of your brain to enjoy, I might have given it a 6, but this didn't even try for that.

So why nota 3 or 4 rating? Well, isekai fan will enjoy any trash and the individual scenes are of any typical isekai. It's the bare minimum. Take that for what it's worth.

If you watched the original series (and you should), this is just 4 more episodes. If you're not a fan of a slow-paced slice-of-life, this isn't for you. It is, however, a refreshing break from the hypersexualize, ultra romantic, action packed, overly dramatic amine that's thrown in our face these days. The story continues to follow of the MC, Hitotsubashi, living her life after becoming a literal god but somehow remains the shy, weak, timid schoolgirl that you feel obligated to stand up for. And that's exactly what her two school mates do. Somehow the creator of this managed to keep the god story 2nd ... place to everyday life. I am reminded of Azumanga Daioh and Minami-ke. The animation style is old but adds charm and character to everything. The voice acting is adequate but there is nothing here that needs to be spectacular. Overall, this show nails what I believe it set out to do and left me feeling at peace and happy, wishing the real world could be as chill as this show is.