NICE donghua. Interesting plot, overpowered mc like Xu Yang from One Hundred Thousand Years of Qi Refining. Binge-watched it at one go, looking forward to next episodes. Is the story unique? - Story isn't unique, we have had overpowered immortal mc's mortal journey troupe before. Do you think the art style is fitting for the story? - It is definitely well animated, it is not 2d comic style. Were the characters well-rounded? - Plot and characters are pretty interesting and also comedic. Did the characters react to situations and events in a realistic way? - The characters are enjoyable. Do you think others will enjoy/dislike this series? - If you want to relax ... and have some laughs, watch a chill anime with interesting plot, go for it! You may find the eps short-lengthed.

This OVA comes with a wildly misleading name 🤦‍♂️🔍, nothing about it feels even slightly “detective-like,” and calling it a “club” 🏫 is just… questionable. Yes, the cast is a group of girls 👧👧👧, but that’s literally the only accurate part. To be completely honest, there’s barely anything of substance here 😮‍💨. It’s missing a real story 📖❌, the animation is weak even by late-80s standards 🎨💔, and the overall structure feels like it’s falling apart at the seams 🧵😩. The OVA leans into over-the-top antics 🤪, including an overly attached girl who practically glues herself to the protagonist at all times 😳🤝 ➕️ plus some goofy, ... chaotic action that feels more random than intentional 😂🔫. Animation-wise, this is one of the rougher offerings from its era 🖌️😬. While other 80s anime had charm, style, or polish ✨, this one looks like it was rushed out at the last minute 🏃💨. Would I recommend it? Honestly… not really ❌. Even retro maniacs like me 🔁🕰️ might struggle to watch/enjoy it. But I’ll admit, there is a tiny drop of fun 💧 in realizing you just spent time ⏲️ watching something that completely wasted your time 😒😂, yet somehow still gave you a weird sense of retro satisfaction 🤭💀. It’s silly, sloppy, and kind of pointless… but in a strangely amusing 80s way 😅📼✨.

Best anime of all time, it's complicated to understand but it's totally worth watching, each episode it feels like you've drunk a whole bottle of vodka. One of my favorite animes, I love how Lain is built as a person with mental issues and I love how they build that whole internet atmosphere with the Nexus. Seeing the differences between Lain in the anime and Lain in the ps1 game makes me love the complexity of this show even more. I'm a big fan of Abe Yoshitoshi and this work is what made me discover him. It has a special place in my heart. I ... highly recommend it to anyone who likes psychological horror anime and animes like Evangelion, Haibane Reimei (they're by the same author btw ) and Death Note. One of the best animes to watch when you're tired of shoujos.

Fire Tripper is a 50-minute Rumiko Takahashi OVA about a modern girl suddenly thrown into Japan’s Civil War era, where she meets a hot-headed young man and slowly uncovers the truth behind her time-slip. The premise is familiar, but this OVA somehow stayed under the radar, maybe because it quietly sits between “underrated” and “forgotten,”. For retro fans 📼✨, it’s absolutely worth watching. For newer anime viewers, the appeal might be limited. 📖 Story The plot is simple but solid. It moves with intention, tells a complete story, and sprinkles in clever foreshadowing that only makes sense at the end. It isn’t complicated, yet it’s satisfying, and the ... mystery unfolds smoothly without filler or confusion. 👥 Characters Suzuko starts off slightly whiny, but becomes surprisingly mature and adaptable for someone thrown into another era. Shukumaru is loud, reckless, and hilariously stubborn, buut easily the most trustworthy person around him. Their chemistry feels natural, and even with the short runtime, nothing about their relationship feels forced. 🎨 Art The visuals show their age, nothing spectacular, but not bad either. The animation is average for its time, and a few scenes are genuinely beautiful. Newer fans might find it dated, but it never becomes a distraction. ⭐ Overall A nostalgic, well-paced time-slip story with good twists, emotional moments, and simple but effective execution 💯. Retro lovers will appreciate it; newer fans may need patience with the older art style. In its quiet, old-school way, Fire Tripper is genuinely enjoyable.

It's so fun to see characters like Bocchi in a friend group with different personalities. Seeing Bocchi and the experiences she has with social anxiety makes me feel represented and genuinely happy. When I started watching Bocchi the Rock, I swore it was going to be just another anime where the main character is totally a stereotype of a person with social anxiety—like they’re just shy or like being alone—but as I kept watching, I really saw myself there and could clearly see myself going through the things Bocchi goes through. I think it's incredible the way they handled this genre so well, especially in ... a slice-of-life anime, which usually treats everything in a playful way 100% of the time, but there are parts where you can really see they take Bocchi's problems seriously. It's also really nice to see Bocchi's friends and parents supporting her through all the bad moments and breakdowns she has. its a simple anime put, this is peak.And I don't even need to talk about the art direction—they got it really right, using various types of art throughout the whole show. The hand movements while they are playing are also wonderful. I really hope they don’t mess it up in the second season. The music direction was perfect too the songs are incredible, and the instruments as well. As a musical artist, I loved seeing all the references they included throughout the show. totally recomend.

Since nobody recommended this, I guess I have to be the one 😂. Because I know there are retro maniacs like me 🤓📼 who watch anything... boring 😴, average 😐, or interesting 😄. Every anime is special ✨ and terrible 😭 in its own way, and people have every right to judge what they watch. Some will say they wasted their time watching this 👀⏳. Some might say it’s “okay.” As for me? It’s average, and whether it wasted my time or not, I already watched it. What’s done is done 🤷‍♂️. So this recommendation is ONLY for retro maniacs 🧓📼. Any other kind of anime viewer might not enjoy this at ... all ❌. 📖 Story, or… the Attempt at One 😭 It’s like the story had no point. There is really nothing to say except: 👉 there is no story. No build-up, no meaning, no real direction. A storyline that brings nothing naturally becomes… nothing 🙄. Objectively, the only good thing here is the animation 🎨, and aside from that, there is absolutely nothing else holding this anime up. This OVA is 28 minutes and 53 seconds long, and yet by the end, you will find yourself asking: “What was the point of any of this? 🤔” Not because the story doesn’t exist, but because it exists in the most confusing, pointless form possible 😵. 👁️‍🗨️ Recommendation 🔸 Retro maniacs who watch anything for the experience ---> go ahead. It’s for you 😌. 🔸 Retro fans who actually care what they watch -×- this is NOT for you 😉. 🔸 New-gen viewers --xxx-- absolutely NOT for you 🚫😉. If this ever shows up in your recommendations, avoid it 💨, not because it’s horrifyingly bad, but because you don’t want this OVA to ruin your respect for older anime that are way better 💯. ⭐ Overall A visually okay OVA with no real story, no real purpose, and nothing memorable — except the confusion it leaves behind 🤣. Recommended ONLY for retro collectors who watch everything, including the questionable stuff 😌.

Once lost media, resurfaced last year, a South Korean production for Kiruminzoo that is functionally a rewrite changing character dynamics and destroying plot points. For the most part a Non-canon kids movie, very skippable. The genre tends to shift a little from the original TV anime, it was weird seeing all of the personality changes and their consequences on the character dynamics. Art direction is very similar to the anime but you can tell it's by a different studio, nothing really noteworthy other than the interesting choice of fight scenes. There really isn't much to write about this; it's just mediocre. Watch the anime instead, this is just ... filler.

This recommendation is only for retro maniacs like me 🤓📼, and since nobody recommended this on the review list, I guess I’m going to be the first to do it 😌. I truly believe every anime is special in its own way, and people obviously enjoy different things, but Ladius definitely belongs in a very “special taste required” category 😂. Now I finally understand why this anime is truly underrated, and honestly, it deserves to be 😅. I can only recommend this to hardcore retro fans who watch anything old just because it’s old 👴📺. If you're looking for fun 🎉, entertainment 🍿, or something memorable 🧠… ... you are literally wasting your precious time ⏳, time you could use to watch something far better from that same year. I wouldn’t call this trash 🚮, but I also wouldn’t call it good 👍. It sits perfectly in the middle, nice story, but poor pacing 🐌, rushed execution 🏃‍♂️💨, and very average animation 🎨. And as someone who has watched many anime from 1987, this one does not compete well with its peers at all. The villain? Acting like the final boss 😤… only for us to realize he actually had a boss above him 🙄. And that “main boss” shows up for only a few seconds 🤧 like he mistakenly walked into the wrong anime. The female descendant suddenly becoming hypnotized 🌀 made no sense. We never see how, why, or what triggered it. Was it emotional shock? Magic? Plot holes? We are left wondering 🤨. Moments like this remind you instantly that the anime was absolutely rushed for no reason. The animation? Mostly average 🎨, and it feels like they saved all their energy for the final fight scene ⚔️, which, to be fair, actually looked decent. To my new-gen anime watchers 👶➡️📺: Please stay far away from this. I’m begging you. This is NOT for you 🚫. If you watch this early in your anime journey, you might start hating old anime entirely 😭. This is strictly for retro fans who enjoy watching anything old for the sake of nostalgia 🧓📼. As a retro maniac who also understands what new-gen viewers expect, here’s my honest conclusion: Good story idea ⭐, bad pacing 🐢, average animation 🎨, rushed execution 🏃‍♂️ ---recommended ONLY for retro lovers.

“The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún” is what happens when you priorities story and not plot. I am a fan of fairy tales. Something that for some reason many people don’t believe. I haven’t read the source material of this short but I will now. But, I have a rule of reviewing something as it’s own creation. If something has a prequel or sequel but it’s in a different medium or a different season of a show I will not take that into account. So I will review the plot and story of “The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún” as ... it is. I’m also autistic so if there is any sort of symbolism here then I probably missed it. Sorry not sorry. I actually recently decided to change the definition of “Plot” and “Story” that I use. If You want to know what definitions I used previously just check any of my recent reviews. But from now I will use these definitions: PLOT are the surface level events. What, when, where, how and why (externally) things are happening. STORY is why (internally) things are happening and what internally happens to the character during the plot. This short reminded me of “The Ancient Magus' Bride” just replacing the romantic subplot with a guardian type one and having a very fairy tale vibe. A young girl lives with a humanoid magical creature that has the power to mutate other living creatures into twisted, evil looking beasts. He doesn’t seem to have control of it though. I can’t say I hate it, I actually enjoyed the form and the fact that there are no spoken words. The plot is actually mundane. We see the creature and the girl prepare food, read books and watch start. Nothing that would scream action. At least on the surface. The creature obviously cares about the girl. He takes precocious not to touch her. It’s actually left in the air if his touch would mutate her or not. Maybe her touch would mutate him? We don’t know and it’s not really important. What is important is his reaction when he sees the girl gone from the armchair he left her in. He’s obviously distraught, seen by the fact that he spilled the liquid he prepared for her, and he rushes to find her. The girl obviously lived with this creature for some time judging by the fact that she doesn’t flinch when he’s near and accepts food from him. The doors doesn’t seem to be locked so if she really wanted to escape I doubt she had much trouble with that. But she stays and doesn’t seem unhappy. She does have a nightmare about another dark creature and being mutated but she deals with that pretty fast. The last scene is actually pretty sad and does pull on your heartstrings as a culmination of everything we saw up to that point. We see that the creature wants to hold her. Hug her. We see him doing that and nothing happens to the girl. But it’s revealed that it was just the reflections on water moving. I am curious whose head was that projection from. The creature, the girl or both? For a 10 minute short it achieves what most anime can’t do in 12 episodes. It made me actually curious about the MCs and it even made me care about their relationship and circumstance. Do I think this is a masterpiece? No. Not even close. The writing is too obscure for that. I have more questions than answers and that really annoys me. Even fairy tales take time to explain themselves most of the time. But do I think this is something worth your time? Yes. It’s a nice, short, competent tale that uses buildup the right way to deliver the final gut punch at the very end.

After nearly a decade on air, My Hero Academia is coming to a close. After every high and every low that My Hero has experienced, this is its peak. Every single animator, director, sound designer, and music producer has put everything they can into final season; A fact that needn't be said, as you can see, hear, and feel their ambition in every single episode. Some may argue that the show is corny and full of cliches, something that I won't argue against. But it's the shows' ability to still be engaging and meaningful to people despite those flaws that keeps this as one of ... the greatest anime's this generation will ever see. If we only ever look for the bad, we can't ever appreciate all the good something offers.

A very good coda of the perfect ending of the masterpiece with a capital M going by the name of Kamen Rider Geats...sorry, I mean Dragon Ball GT (because yes, the DB Super and Daima animator and Kamen Rider writer Yuya Takahashi copied 1:1 the ending of Dragon Ball GT in KR Geats, in case you're wondering. Both of which are Masterpieces of the same kind) which is very entertaining, well written and on the point with the previous DB iterations, particularly what the older version of my main waifu (main waifu in Loli form ONLY) Pan says to the torch bearer of Son Goku's ... legacy is very reminescent of what the main protagonist of the entire IP experienced in DBZ. The animation is good, the OST is good, there's not really much to complain except maybe that is not 100% as good as the main series, but still highly recommended nonetheless and it's better than a whole slew of crappy DBZ movies by a mile.

I've seen some fair shares of romance animes and I gotta say this one was pretty good. The premise is very interesting. Imagine you are cursed and everything you touch dies. This means you cannot touch your significant other. I mean this sucks you can't bang! At first there is an easy solution and that is to not touch anyone. But the situation is not as easy as it seems. You have to distance yourself from everyone and it gets pretty lonely. You also have to live with the fear that if you make a mistake and touch someone by accident, you kill them. This ... anime captures this dreadful situation really well. But in this dreadful and dark situation the anime throws in some good comedy to balance things out. The comedic scenes are done really well and I think it is one of the best parts of the show because it is a good contrast to the sad story. You don't really realize how important touch is in relationships. You use touch for simple gestures like shaking your friend's hand or hugging your lover. These simple gestures help us feel alive and maintain relationships. And this anime teaches us the importance of bonding through touch. Touching is used as a symbolic gesture/tool to initiate and continue relationships in the anime. The animation is not good. But the colorful cast and witty voice acting makes you forget the bad animation. If you like a good romance anime with a twist try this one out.

The anime itself isn’t that bad (or at least I think so). The anime starts off really weak and, in my opinion, way too generic, but what I really don’t like is the excessive fan service. I mean, I can accept a little here and there, but in every episode it’s just over the top. As the story moves forward, the main character starts to develop and stops being the same horny guy. The story finally gets good once they tone down the excessive fan service, and that happens when Satsuki and Naoto talk and go back to the past. I wouldn’t recommend it if I wanted to ... make my friends suffer, but if you’re willing to endure all the fan service until the story finally gets good, give it a chance—though I don’t think it’s the kind of story you’d watch twice.

A future classic Anime like Dororo are so hard to come by. A 10/10 from beginning to end. The story contains samurai and demons, which is pretty common in the genre, but the execution of the story is what makes Dororo so good. The plot has so much depth to it, and it tells its story with great pacing. The main character, Hyakkimaru is so likable and empathetic, by far one of the easiest characters to cheer on for. And the art is dark and moody, which adds so much to the atmosphere. I can already tell that Dororo is going to become a classic, and ... it is for sure a 10/10 masterpiece

"This author is definitely the same one who made 'Look Back!'" At first, I wasn't into Chainsaw Man. I thought it was just another raunchy manga for teenage boys. But... after being moved by the movie "Look Back," I decided to rewatch the first anime season since it was by the same creator. That's when I learned about Himeno and Aki's backstory and Makima's conspiracy, and I got hooked. Then, just one week later, I watched the movie "REZEarc" and ended up bawling my eyes out. That's when I truly understood: "This author is definitely the same one who made 'Look Back!'" Chainsaw Man might seem like a ... typical action hero story, like Superman or Batman, at first glance. But it's actually the coming-of-age story of the protagonist, Denji. It's a human drama depicting the bonds, trust, betrayal, and disappointment within the various relationships that form during his growth. I think it's an emotionally stirring masterpiece. I truly believe people who avoid watching this work just because it's labeled an action hero story are missing out. I hope you'll ride this wave and connect with it, not just dismiss it as some raunchy anime for boys.

"Dude watch this anime about horse girls," then proceeding to show them the first season of the original animation would usually reinforce their beliefs that it's nothing more than a silly, gimmicky concept. Cinderella Gray adopts a more traditional sports anime approach to it which makes it a lot more digestible for newer viewers. Instead of cute horse girls doing cute things and running on a track, it's cute horse girls doing cute things and running on a track with the added bonus of gacha-money animation quality, storytelling, tragedies and relatively serious undertones. Each character having amalgamated personalities and stories of their jockeys, trainers, owners and ... their real-life counterparts adds additional depth of pseudo-nonfiction for those wanting a more tangible experience. So if you're trying to convince your employed, functioning member of society friends to watch an anime about horse girls, start with Cinderella Gray.

I honestly didn’t expect Zenshu to be this interesting. The best part for me is when Natsuko starts “glitching” the story. The idea of a character realizing she’s just a puppet in a narrative, then deciding to fight against the premise of her own world… that’s insanely cool. Every time she hacks the timeline or forces fate to shift, I’m genuinely amazed. But once it gets to the action and the villains… it’s half-baked. The enemies are supposed to feel intense, but the moment they show up, they’re done. The stakes don’t hit, the danger feels flat, and they often exist just to push the plot ... along. It’s like the anime hypes you up for a big showdown, but when it happens you’re just like, “oh… okay, that’s it?” The impact just falls flat. The thing is, if you look at the message, the anime actually has a strong intention. Natsuko starts off wanting to “win” alone—she doesn’t trust anyone and tries to control every part of the story to fit her obsession. But as she goes on, she meets people who genuinely care about her. Little by little, she learns how to live alongside others, and eventually… she falls in love too (even though the show delivers it super subtly). It’s just a shame that such a meaningful message gets buried under weird pacing and underwhelming conflicts. Zenshu is the kind of anime with a great concept, a main character with clear growth, and a universal theme—but the execution just doesn’t reach its full potential.

I enjoyed every single episode of Code Geass R1. If I had to describe it in one phrase, it’s chaos built from conviction. The series constantly moves forward with purpose, and every major event feels like a result of strong beliefs colliding rather than random shock value. Lelouch is a phenomenal character and easily the essence of the show. His actions are ruthless and morally dark, but they come from clear conviction and a genuine desire to change a broken world. Watching him manipulate situations, outthink everyone around him, and slowly carry the weight of his choices is what makes R1 so compelling. The plot is incredibly ... interesting and, most importantly, it makes sense. Nothing felt confusing or forced. I especially loved the dynamic between Lelouch and Suzaku. Their clash of ideologies — revolution versus reform, rebellion versus obedience — is one of the strongest parts of the story and gives the conflict real depth. The side cast works well overall, though I despise Nina. She is annoying and disgusting, and her presence never added anything positive for me. The pacing is near perfect. This is one of the very few anime I never felt the need to speed up. Every episode kept me engaged, balancing strategy, action, and character moments without dragging. The ending is mysterious and phenomenal. It leaves you with questions, tension, and a strong urge to continue immediately. I can’t wait to start R2.

Yoru(Night) no('s possessive) Kuni(Land/Country) [Country of Night, Yoru's Domain, or something like Dreamland if you prefer] This is very much a children's show so I'm not really mentally deficient enough to be able to appreciate it. It's not particularly deep or interesting as it uses generically relatable social drama for the audience to self insert and learn a juvenile lesson each episode: coping with mortality via death of a family dog, coping with feelings of loneliness and jealousy as friendships change over time, coping with feelings of inadequacy/insecurity and jealousy in following your dreams. Each episode follows a different unrelated dreamer, and the episodes are only connected ... by the same dream setting with the noncharacter Yoru, who stands there spouting off poorly translated positive affirmation filler and exposition while trying to be mysterious. The imaginary friend/dream guide is a somewhat generic shadowy candle bird figure of similar design to many children's media/games (such as Kingdom Hearts or Pokemon) which works towards giving a vague sense of nostalgia towards him as is the intention of his character in the show itself, especially ep 3. The narrative premise itself is also suitably generic to be as relatable as possible: Navigating these social issues/memories in the character's dreams by reflecting on them and learning to be happy while guided by the encouragement of their friendly dream guide, Yoru. End of episode climax of crying kid tearjerker, "everything will be okay", cue explosion of colorful spectacle and musical bombast ending the dream as daylight floods in: "10/10, I like it when the pretty colors go by." The art/animation is unique but in a low budget way aside from the 1 pointless visual spectacle sakuga climax in each episode. I'd have preferred instead more attention to detail of little human expressions/gestures/actions to humanize the characters rather than having them all stand around like hollow shells most of the time. Most of the runtime each episode is wasted on very slow walking filler to reduce costs and pad the 27 minutes total runtime with barely anything of substance. The official site unfortunately lists/links the videos in reverse order starting with episode 3 which is far from an ideal watch order and worsened my experience. 2/10 (where 5/10 is average)

“Metallic Rouge” is what happens when you have “Blade Runner” at home. This is one of those shows that wants to be deeper and smarter than the writers' skills allow it. That said it’s not a total failure on those fronts, it does come close though. It does touch on some pretty nice, serious and depressing subject in a heavy handed, naive and inorganic exposition heavy sort of way. The plot is a mess that is needlessly convoluted and the scraps of story that there are here are not worth the struggle of going through it. Before we start I would like to explain something. I will ... be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page… I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them: “What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.” “STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”. I wanted to like this show. I really did. Philip K. Dick is one of my favorite authors and this anime is clearly inspired heavily by his works and Ridley Scott’s movie “Blade Runner”. Silvia seems like a Roy Batty ripoff, and a terrible one at that. Too bad the writers didn’t understand why Dick’s books are iconic and their, also often convoluted and midfucking plots (looking at you “Ubik”) worked. I was surprised. I checked who was responsible for the scripts to this anime and the people working on it have some really solid work under their belt. Why did they drop the ball this time? My theory is that this time they didn’t have source material to work with. Unfortunately people who are able to work on an adaptation don’t always have the skills necessary to create an original piece of work. “Metallic Rouge” is a show that screams baby’s first script (ok… maybe after max 2 revisions but not more). It’s pacing is all over the place, it doesn’t explain a lot of things and demands the viewers to just roll with the nonsense and use heavy, and I do mean HEAVY, handed references to history (the WWII German kind). The fight choreography is just barely above some basic fantasy shit and the characters are annoying and make little to no sense logically. One of the biggest problems with world building are the Neans (aka Replicants from Wish) themselves. For starters Dick used his artificial humans as a way to explore themes like empathy and what it means to be a human. “Metallic Rouge” (I’m gonna call it MR from now) uses its artificial life forms as token characters. In the beginning I was hoping that the show would go the way Dick’s book goes and show us that the more advanced models will be more human than humans with a will of their own. No such luck. The last 2 episodes destroy completely the characters of the “immortal nine” (I’ll get to them… oh will get to those fucks) members. It's a really weird choice. The show sets up something really good and decides to trash it at the end in a very lazy and anticlimactic way. In the beginning we aren’t given a solid reason for Neans creation. We see them working normal jobs, having normal conversation, even feeling pain. Apart from being artificial and depended on Nectar — another thing poorly explained apart from that it’s the thing keeping them “alive” — there don’t seem to be many differences between them and humans. Only Rouge and the members of “Idiot nine”… I mean “Immortal Nine” have any sort of superhuman abilities. Later we find out that Neans were soldiers in a badly explained war against aliens and are used as labor force to colonize Venus. And here we have some really big problems with them. 1. If the Neans were soldiers, why don’t they have enhanced physical abilities like speed, perception or strength? During wartime those would be more than useful. Especially against a foe with more advanced technology? There are a lot of veterans of that war around but apart from maybe a little bit higher endurance (that comes from not exactly having organs to be destroyed by conventional fire arms) they don’t seem different than human soldiers would be. The same goes for workers on Venus. They work in an extremely hostile environment and yet their expected lifespan there is about 3 years (a nod to the 4 year lifespan of a replicant maybe?). Creating neans with the ability to deal with this environment would make the work go smoother and faster. Yet we don’t see any evidence they do anything of the sort. We just see that they are mass produced. That’s it. Seems like a waste of resources to me. 2. In episode 3 we see a settlement design to keep neans in one place at bay. Why? I mean I know why, the heavy handed German thing to make an allegory… soooo original. But if You think about it logically there is no need for it. Neans aren’t welcome in the city. They are treated like second class citizens. So why keep them at all? They are dependent on a substance to live. If You want to get rid of them why not just take it away and watch them die? If there is a law problem with that solution You can always just arrange some accidents with the transports or production once every few months or years and get rid of them slowly. Let’s be honest, this is a badly written pseudo dystopia so a bribe would probably do the job to take the law enforcers off your back. Plus, the ones that keep everything in this classicist way are the law enforcers. 3. As a supplement to #2. If Neans are made as labor force why keep them in that camp… I mean settlement. Totally a settlement and not something alluring to specific things that happened 1939 and 1945. I’m sorry, I know I’m heavy handed here but that's how much this pissed me off. I’ll try to control myself. They are literally made for work. Use them to expand the city, make them take care of jobs that most people would believe are beneath them, or jobs that have a high mortality rate. You have a whole ca… settlement of people who need jobs and were made to take care of things humans don’t want to or can’t. At least that was the point of replicants in Dick’s universe. What’s the point of neans again? Neans are a very cliché idea with even more cliché and bad execution. Nectar is an artaficial weakness that makes no sense. Why would soldiers be dependent on a substance that has to be taken regulary? A soldier has to sometimes take part in prolonged combat encounters or missions. You can make an argument that it’s the same as food for people. It’s a bad argument but you can make it if You want to be wrong. A human can refrain from eating if needed and be totally fine. Neans die on the spot if they miss a dose. Having one soldier like that in a squad would be risky let alone a whole company. It doesn’t make much sense from a design point of view. And you can’t tell me that the nectar thing is a post war addition. We see a veteran of the war that has a nectar intake unit installed. It would be a pain in the ass and a logistical nightmare to install those after the war. Not to mention additional costs. So they had to have that artificial flaw from the start. I get it. A superficial life should be controlled but in this case it seems redundant. They program neans with the Asimov code (Three Laws of Robotics anyone?) to make them obedient and harmless to humans. Replicants had a 4 year life span because they were stronger, faster and more intelligent than humans. They were used in wars against more than their own kind so making them obey the laws of robotics would be redundant. Making their life short minimized the threat of a rebellion or any sort of long term danger. Neans don’t need the nectar as a backup system since they have the asimov code. Every nean except Rouge and Immortal Nine follow the “be nice to humans” rule. Not only that, not acting on those rules kills them instantly as we see in episode 7. Nectar doesn’t even play much of a role in the plot other than two scenes in episode 1, one scene in episode 3 and one scene in episode 5. Other than that it’s forgotten and not even mentioned despite the immortal nine and Rouge herself being depended on it. Ok. I avoided the subject long enough. Let’s talk about the “Immortal Nine”. Whoever was responsible for naming them has a weird sense of humor or just followed the rule of cool. I don’t remember anyone stating why they are called that and they are far from immortal. In combat they are actually inferior physically to Rouge (something stated by her father later down the line). Her fight in the first episode can’t even be called a proper fight. Rouge wiped the floor with her opponent. On top of that we don’t really see anything that would make them a real threat. Yes, they have some feats of power but they don’t scale. We have no idea how Rouge would handle the same tasks. If one of them would destroy with one hit an opponent that Rouge couldn’t defeat or at least took a massive beating doing so, that would put everything into perspective. As it stands they don’t seem like a threat since Rouge got rid of 2 before the show even starts. She doesn’t even have visible or permanent wounds. That’s not how you create an intimidating organization. Knowing what we know about the world is clear that Rouge and the Immortal Nine were built illegally. How do we know that? Well… they were built after the war so the asimov code was already in place and Nine didn't abide by it. They have no problem killing anyone that gets in their way. I have a problem believing that if that was an official build someone would approve not installing a leash on them. Especially that it seems they are the only neans capable of transforming into a battle mode. Ina certain way they are the only neans that have anything resembling free will. Or at least that’s how it seems until the last episode takes a steaming shit on that notion and actually makes the whole show redundant. I don't want to reveal that part because someone might actually want to watch this show and this is a Spoiler with capital “S” but trust me, the amount of bullshit and ass pulling in the last episode is off the charts. I don’t think even “Classroom of the elite” did something so stupid and that show is idiocy incarnate. Classifying every member of the Immortal Nine as one unit would be pretty inaccurate. Not all of them even want to do anything but live their lives. Violet — Rouge’s victim in the first episode — doesn’t seem to want to do anything but sing. She also had nothing to do with the death of Rouge’s father. So why kill her? Why even have everyone in that group killed? Rouge didn’t even ask Violet any questions, she just killed her not really knowing if she was involved. So much for free will in Rouge’s case. Of course there is a hidden reason for that but even that is destroyed in episode 10. It makes the whole mission of killing them just a whim of Rouge’s brother and not something that is truly needed. This is the problem when someone with not enough skill wants to write a convoluted plot and doesn’t keep notes on what has already happened and why. The plot cannibalizes itself. Some members of the Nine spout out nonsense about fighting for nean freedom. Well that is also proven to be bullshit in the last episodes (seriously the last 3 episodes must have been written by someone who didn’t give a flying fuck about the previous 10). But even before that Silvia (the leader) has no problems sacrificing neans to achieve her goal. She didn’t have to. There was no reason for what happened in episode 7 apart from that she’s a bitch with a murder boner. At least pretend to care about your own cause for effs sake. Apart from Rouge and the moron nine there a lot of characters that are set up underutilized. Especially Neomi (Rouge’s partner) and Ash (a detective type). Naomi gets to have her 5 minutes of glory in the last episode but Ash is just there because… I have no effing idea. He does jack shit during combat and doesn’t contribute to anything. He’s a good idea on paper – a noir style detective working on a murder case – but she’s absolutely butchered by doing nothing of value. He’s not the POV character (that would make for a far better show), he doesn’t info dump, he’s just there. I effing love noir films. I want Ash as a POV character, I don’t even care if You make him a deuteragonist, just give me him as an MC because Rouge is a shitty one. Rouge herself is kind of an obedient idiot. I’m not sure if her obedience is because of some programming or the fact that she didn’t put any points into Intelligence on her S.P.E.C.I.A.L card. She makes bad jokes, follows orders… until she doesn’t and kills her targets with little regret or thought. She is annoying as fuck. I really didn’t want to watch her. Naomi is also annoying but at least she has a personality. Rouge is just an NPC with scripting problems… wait… shitty world building, bad scripting, power armor… did Bethesda write this show? Rouge’s whole shtick is that she has more luck than brains and eats chocolate. By the way, how does that work? I don’t think neans have a digestive system so what happens to all that chocolate? There were moments when I thought that she was inspired by Vash the Stampede from “Trigun” but that died pretty fast. Vash was an awesome and deep character. Rouge is deep as a puddle in summer. Despite having some good and deep thoughts she doesn’t act on them to the very end. There are a lot of things that could have been avoided if she did. But I guess strong and stupid is the name of her game. Now listen I don’t want You to think this show is a travesty. Yes, the writing kinda sucks and the OST is generic but the art style is clean. Nothing ground breaking or amazing like Jodorowsky’s “Dune” concepts mind you. It’s still a pretty serviceable art style for a generic Sci-Fi show. If you are in the market for a sci-fi to watch and have enough of things like Disney’s Star Wars or Kurtzman’s Star Trek you can give this a go. I just want you to know what you’re getting into.

Witch Watch's Magical Debut is like watching a magic trick when you know how it's done. It's still impressive, but the magic just isn't there and you focus more on what the magician is doing well. Synopsis - Childhood friends meet again as Nico, the with comes in Morihito's, a descendent of ogres, life and it's discovered that he is her familiar, and it's his job to protect her as it's slowly revealed what Nico's true power is, assuming they can make it thru all the magical hijinks and the chaos her magic causes. Story - This is a slice of school life romcom, with Nico's ... magic usually being the added spice that takes a simple solution and makes it worse. This review is from someone who read the manga, dropped it, and then picked it back up because I was shocked it was still going. It is with that mindset that I think many viewers looking at this story will have as well, as it's very slow burning, focusing more on a "situation" of the week style of writing with there really only being one part of the storyline that moves the plot forward. Think of it this way, they wrote the movie, but now they need to know who is gonna star in it, and slowly build the cast, and at the end of the first season we feel like we are actually now going to begin filming the movie and telling the story. It may turn some people off, but I promise as a second season was announced at the time of this writing that the story does get going, but for now it is a low point when grading it. It's only saving grace is that all of these episodes that are just them goofing around, are very good and do a lot of tongue and cheek making fun of tropes or established topics in life or in anime. A casual fan may not enjoy it as much as say someone who is use to all of the tropes we have seen again and again. Characters - Speaking of those characters they recruit, while they have their own tropes each of them are very likable and all of them have their own flaws that while if it was real life is annoying, the writing does a great job of heightening it to great comedic effect, as to be expected in Shinohara's writing, the story is almost always second, and the characters first and making them bright and likeable and you wanting to see what hijinks they get into next, which is why it's so forgiving to excuse the less that stellar pace of the writing. If you have read any of Shinohara's past works you know he does characters very well, and you're happy to spend time with each of them. Animation - Bibury, a studio who is no stranger to the romance slice of life genre, I regret to inform almost seem to have dropped the ball. While the openings and endings in this anime are phenomenal, and there is actual movement of the characters, it still felt rigid and almost boring at times, and with such a fun bright show like this I think they could have gone more loose with it and put some extra love into it, perhaps the episode load total made this more difficult. That being said it is a very colorful show, and they do a good job with even simple things like background characters to make them each feel unique and not the same repeated model over and over again. If they are doing the next season I hope that they really get the chance to make it better than before Audio/Music/Voice - Cute is honestly how I describe everything about this show. From the music, to the sound track, to Nico's magic, to it's characters. It's all light and uplifting and honestly cozy, perhaps that's why it didn't leave much of an impression with me, but I say this positive tone, because I enjoyed almost just relaxing while watching this anime. The voice actors are all fun and play their parts well when they need to be goofy, dramatic, or love struck. Genre - This didn't break the mold of which you would assign it to, beyond putting just a little more oomph in the emphasis of the action side when her familiars need to protect her. It does it's job and it does it well, learning to pace the comedic, with the dramatic, with the action packed side of things. I know this first season won't be everyone's cup of tea, and that's fine, I myself was wavering from a scale of 6 to 8 as for almost every good thing I found, I also saw a negative or lacking aspect of this show. Because what it does well or does differently it does very well, like how something as simple as Nico's magic going haywire because of a play on words, but where it lulls or does badly it really does take away from making you want to continue to watch. All I can say as the end of the day I did enjoy this, and with a second season on the horizon I may come back to watch this season, only time will tell

I'm just gonna straight to the points : watch it if you're interested, but keep your expectation as low as possible when you decided to watched it. This movie giving me some Ghibli vibes about there's a lot of interpretation from what happening through the movie. Since I'm not a Ghibli fan, ( I'm dumb when talking about the message in some kind of metaphorical forms) I don't understand almost anything from the creator want to tell us about those kind of things , but I definitely still can enjoyed the movie until the end. The plot was very simple about revenge ( read the ... synopsis ) there's nothing special about it, like really. The characterization from the MC or other side characters was nothing special too, it's just really like a Shounen type of characters. BUT the animation and scoring was really the one that makes me can enjoyed this movie until the credits end. The animation is combination of 2D and 3D, so if you can't enjoying a 3D type of animation so this wasn't the movie that you'll enjoy but it's still a very good 3D for me. The art was really beautiful, I don't know why but some of the frame makes me remember of anime Devilman: crybaby, but it's just really my mind playing some trick. And the Scoring is the one that's makes it worth to watch in the cinema! Trust me, if this movie gonna release in the streaming platforms, you can't never ever feel the fullness of the background music and the sounds effect that this movie gonna give you (unless you have the technology about that lol). Conclusion : watch it if you interested, but set the expectation as low as possible and just remove your brain from thinking about the plot. I know 2025 giving us some masterpieces movie like Look Back and Chainsawman: Reze Arc in the last few months, that's why perhaps a lot of people giving too harsh scores about it since this movie is really flopped in terms of plot and characterization. But about the animation and scoring, Its definitely worth to watch (atleast in my opinion lol :'p) . Thanks for reading, it's my first time making reviews since I kinda feel bad about the score. So, I hope my reviews give you guys some insight about the movie. Have a nice day! Edit: the song tittle is " A celebration Song " if you guys perhaps wanted to hear the full song, it's a good song too in my opinion!

I was holding on to watch this for quite some time, but decided to give it a try to free myself from those generic isekai titles. It is somewhat what you'd expect from an ecchi anime, but surprisingly it didn't felt "generic". Story - (7/10): The story is a bit basic, the villains are kinda just there to serve the plot, so do not expect some pansophical debate regarding their actions. Characters personality - (6/10): The supporting cast is a bit disappointing, a lot of missing opportunities. Lillia has a lot of potential but is made to be just the losing childhood friend. Ecchi - (7.5/10): Is there, but ... is PG-13. Animation - (8/10): Good. It didn't felt like a PowerPoint presentation and in today's reality this deserves some praise, I guess. Voice acting - 8.5/10): Good, professional. It didn't lack commitment like 90% of other animes out there... it does not stand out but isn't lacking too. The MC is like every other, suffering for being too naive and having no survival instincts... I do give credits for him at least not being your typical virgin MC, but he still too much of a push-over having "one note" type of personality. Vermeil herself is a good character being nerfed for plot’s sake, but overall good character. (We all came here for her, no need to lie about it) If you compare this anime with the avalanche of generic isekai animes out there, this one feels like a 9/10, but I still give it a 7.5/10 for being good enough. I gave it the "Better than most Isekais" seal.

When I first started this anime, I really wasn't enjoying it. It felt like a yuri anime that was made to be intentionally edgy and dark. I couldn't have been more wrong. This might be the most emotionally mature anime I've seen in a long time. There's a very realistic depiction of depression that is never used cheaply or shrugged off. One of the characters is basically learning to be human in a way that feels like an allegory for autism and I'm finding it to be very relatable even in a painful way. This anime respects the subject matter it is trying to depict ... and gives your a healthy feel for the gravity of it. I absolutely love it and I think most people will be hooked by the later half of the show.

The movie is a continuation from Season 1 of Chainsaw Man where it introduces Reze, the Bomb Devil. If you loved watching S1 of CSM, you will definitely enjoy this movie. So here's my review: Plot: 8/10 The plot is a solid and simple. It's a tragic love story between Denji and Reze. There are twists and unexpected moments here and there which changes how you feel about a certain character. Also, some symbols were used in the movie which sets up the scenes for later. It creates this unease feeling when watching the movie like you know something is about to happen. Another thing is that ... it was a bit predictable, but the delivery carried it where it didn't matter that much. Art: 10/10 It's gorgeous. As expected from MAPPA. They really stepped up and took CSM to the next level with all of the visuals. The background art is amazing. The way they were drawn were just beautiful and it really immersed me into the movie. The colors were also vibrant, it felt a bit chaotic but at the same time, fun. Lastly, is that they drew Denji's Hybrid Form in 2D instead of the usual 3D that we saw in S1 which I really liked. Fight Choreography: 7/10 The fights are really well done and the choreography is amazing. But towards the end, It's full of BOOMS BOOMS BOOMS. While the explosions were visually stunning, It felt a bit overwhelming and repetitive to put them everywhere which made me think what the f was going on. Like it was hard to follow the story. Soundtrack/ Sound Design: 10/10 Same with the art, its gorgeous. The opening and ending scenes, are amazing. The background soundtracks, are really good and set the mood for each scene. Nothing much I can say. Overall, the movie is a 9/10, its enjoyable to watch and you won't get bored.

Kind of sad to see so many people giving such a low score because it was 50% recap :( It didn't try to be something it wasn't, it was clear that it would be recapping the most important scenes from season 2 - which it mostly did - and you would get to see some of season 3 before anyone else. It may have been worth it for some and not so much for others, depending on your cinema ticket and popcorn prices. I loved being able to see one of my favourite shows in the cinema, I can't say that about the majority of ... my favourite shows so to even have one made into an outside event where I have to put on outside clothes and have loud sound effects blasting my eardrums is a treat for me. The first episode of season 3 in particular was obviously great, but I understand that sitting for an hour before you can watch that part if that's all you're there for, will be less fun.

By the time I reached the last episodes of Season 2, I had this weird gut feeling that Season 3 would stop swinging swords for a bit and instead poke at something deeper. You know that feeling when you sense the air is about to change even before the storm hits? That was me. And wow, Season 3 Part 1 proved me right in a way I wasn’t fully prepared for. If you’ve watched Season 1 and Season 2, you kind of get used to this rhythm where every other episode throws you into a chaotic battlefield. Titans charging, humans screaming, blades flying. But Season 3 ... Part 1 takes a sharp turn and says, “Hold on, let’s talk about the real monsters.” And suddenly the walls start feeling smaller, colder, and way more suffocating than any Titan ever did. These 12 episodes don’t rely on flashy action at all. Instead, they hit you with government secrets, corruption, manipulation, and the ugly truth of what “humanity inside the walls” actually looks like. Honestly, I found myself pausing a couple of times just to let certain scenes sink in. It made me ask this stupidly simple yet devastating question: Were we ever fighting Titans, or have humans been the real enemies this whole time? What I especially loved is how the season expands on the lore without dumping information for the sake of it. You get to learn about the origins of Titans, the meaning of the walls, and the history that has been quietly rotting underneath everything we've seen so far. And it’s done in a way that feels earned. Nothing is wasted. No scene is thrown in casually. The character work here is honestly some of the best in the entire series. I used to think Levi, Mikasa, and Eren already had their arcs pretty defined, but Season 3 gives them layers you don't expect. It peels them open in moments that are small but emotionally heavy. Even side characters you barely noticed in Season 1 suddenly feel like they’ve been waiting in the background for their moment to step forward. And they don’t step forward as “side characters” anymore. They step forward as pieces of a much bigger truth. That’s one of the things I love the most about Attack on Titan. There is no throwaway person here. Every single character feels alive. They blink, breathe, break, and rebuild themselves in ways that feel weirdly relatable for an anime about giant man-eating creatures. By the end of Season 3, these people who once felt like random teammates in training suddenly become the backbone of an entire society. And I genuinely thank Isayama for that. You can feel how thoughtfully he placed every character, every decision, every bit of dialogue. Season 3 Part 1 may not have the high-speed action of earlier seasons, but it rewards you with something much more important: understanding. Perspective. And an eerie sense that everything you thought you knew has been a half-truth at best. For me, it’s a 10 out of 10. Not because it’s perfect in a cinematic sense, but because it made me feel something different from the other seasons. It made me question humanity, not Titans. It made me realize how terrifying people can be when they believe they’re doing the right thing. And honestly, any anime that can pull that off in just 12 episodes deserves the full score. If you’re starting Season 3, prepare yourself. Not for Titans, but for the truth hiding behind the walls.

I laughed in every episode, lol. It surprised me a lot! My 8 rating isn't because of a complex plot or impeccable animation; what I mean is that, even though it's an anime with a simple idea, it manages to execute that simplicity very competently, making the entire season extremely fun to watch. It's the kind of work that doesn't try to reinvent anything, but delivers everything it promises—and that, for me, is already a huge merit. The animation: it's really not the most fluid in the world (because it doesn't need to be), but it does a good job in the more action-packed scenes, especially when ... the action demands something a little more dynamic. Added to that is the unique design of the comedic moments, where the style changes completely and gives that feeling of intentional exaggeration that only makes everything even funnier. That's precisely why I praise the animation: it knows exactly what its role is. It doesn't try to be something grandiose, but it fulfills its function of enhancing the humor and making each joke more impactful very well. Story: Leaving aside the comedy, the romance and the more serious passages of the work are surprisingly well-constructed. There are reflections there that really resonate, phrases that keep echoing long after the episode ends. One example is Iori's line that really stuck with me: "He's disgusting, but he's also amazing. Someone who loves something so much that, even though the people around him call him disgusting, it's something he loves so much that he simply doesn't care what they say." This type of phrase, which mixes humor with a profound truth about passion and authenticity, greatly enriches the work. Furthermore, the romance is handled so openly that it truly feels like the protagonist could end up with any of the suitors—or even alone—and it would still all make sense within the context of what has been built. It's not that obvious story that reveals the main couple in the first episode; everything is conducted naturally. The comedy: Although it's a narrative device present throughout, I wanted to separate this topic because it's definitely the high point of the work. There wasn't a single episode where I didn't laugh. Seriously, the humor here is really good. I started watching without expecting anything at all, thinking it would just be another silly anime, but the comedic moments were so well done, so well integrated, that the lowest score I can give it is an 8. I can perfectly understand why this season has such a high rating (8.50). The jokes are very varied: there are dirty jokes, sexual jokes, nerd jokes, jokes involving drinking, absurd jokes… in short, they really joke about everything. And Iori and Kouhei's facial expressions are simply a spectacle in themselves. The combination of these two idiots generates some of the most striking and memorable moments of the season. I conclude that, for the genre to which the work proposes, it is excellent. Whether in comedy or drama, everything is very well done and delivered consistently. An 8 is a minimum score, honestly, for what this season provides. That being said, my final score is a solid 8. #Fully_supported_by_team_Iori+Chisa =================================================================================================================Versão em Português===================================== Fiquei rindo em todos os episódios kkk. Me surpreendeu muito! A minha nota 8 não é por causa de uma trama complexa ou de uma animação impecável; o que quero dizer é que, mesmo sendo um anime com uma ideia simples, ele consegue executar essa simplicidade de um jeito muito competente, o que deixa a temporada inteira extremamente divertida de acompanhar. É aquela obra que não tenta reinventar nada, mas entrega tudo o que promete — e isso, pra mim, já é um mérito enorme. A animação: ela realmente não é a mais fluida do mundo (até porque nem precisa ser), mas faz um bom trabalho nas cenas mais movimentadas, especialmente quando a ação exige algo um pouco mais dinâmico. Somado a isso temos o design único dos momentos de comédia, onde o estilo muda completamente e dá aquela sensação de exagero proposital que só deixa tudo ainda mais engraçado. É justamente por isso que elogio a animação: ela sabe exatamente qual é o seu papel. Não tenta ser algo grandioso, mas cumpre muito bem a função de potencializar o humor e tornar cada piada mais impactante. História: sem considerar a parte da comédia, o romance e as passagens mais sérias da obra são surpreendentemente bem construídos. Há reflexões ali que realmente pegam, frases que ficam ecoando depois que o episódio termina. Um exemplo é a frase do Iori que ficou muito marcado pra mim: “Ele é nojento, mas também é incrível. Alguém gostar tanto de algo que, por mais que as pessoas ao redor chamem ele de nojento, isso é algo que ele ama tanto que simplesmente não se importa com o que falem.” Esse tipo de frase, que mistura humor com uma verdade profunda sobre paixão e autenticidade, enriquece muito a obra. Além disso, o romance é trabalhado de forma tão aberta que realmente dá a sensação de que o protagonista pode terminar com qualquer uma das pretendentes — ou até mesmo sozinho — e, ainda assim, tudo faria sentido dentro do que foi construído. Não é aquela história óbvia que entrega o par principal no primeiro episódio; tudo é conduzido com naturalidade. A comédia: apesar de ser um recurso narrativo presente o tempo todo, quis separar esse tópico porque é definitivamente o ponto mais alto da obra. Não teve um único episódio em que eu não desse risada. Sério, o humor aqui é muito bom. Comecei a assistir sem esperar absolutamente nada, achando que seria só mais um anime de zoeira, mas os momentos cômicos foram tão bem feitos, tão bem encaixados, que a nota mínima que consigo dar é um 8. Consigo entender perfeitamente o motivo de essa temporada ter uma avaliação tão alta (8.50). As piadas são bem variadas: tem piada suja, piada sexual, piada nerd, piada envolvendo bebida, piada de absurdo… enfim, eles realmente brincam com tudo. E as caretas do Iori e do Kouhei são simplesmente um espetáculo à parte. A combinação desses dois idiotas gera alguns dos momentos mais marcantes e memoráveis da temporada. Concluo que, para o gênero ao qual a obra se propõe, ela é excelente. Seja na comédia ou no drama, tudo é muito bem trabalhado e entregue com consistência. Um 8 é uma nota mínima, honestamente, para o que essa temporada proporciona. Dito isso, minha nota final é um belo 8. #Fechadão_com_o_time_Iori+Chisa

Wistoria: Wand and Sword is best described as a meeting between uninspired concepts and passionate production. Many narrative decisions here stem from derivative shounen formulas and tropes, with an unoriginal outlier main character premise, prejudicial opposition from their powerlessness, and egotistical antagonists turned allies getting their comeuppance. However, the adaptation admittedly has standout animation, great action choreography with creative perspectives, and triumphant and whimsical scores. Some character and plot moments, when paired with these aspects, can be genuinely enjoyable. Moreover, this series does, albeit gradually, improve with establishment in regard to the writing. There is potential with future seasons here with world-building, lore, and storytelling.

Overall Impression First of all, I liked this anime. It was an enjoyable watch from start to finish. Story The series starts with a strong first episode and an interesting plot. The story has a dark tone that I really enjoyed, and it progresses well throughout the episodes. There is no filler, no boring moments, and nothing that feels unnecessary. It begins in the right place and ends the season in the right spot, so the overall story structure feels well planned. The pacing is fast, and episodes finish before you even realize it. Visuals and Animation The anime has an interesting look and aesthetic. The animation quality is good ... and consistent. The fight scenes might not have extremely high frame counts, but they still look very good. In several battles, they use minimal frames but still manage to make the action feel strong and clear. You can tell the staff understood how to direct impactful scenes. The later episodes also include some impressive animation, especially during the bloody scene near the end. Music and Sound Effects The music is not particularly special or memorable, but it fits well. The opening and ending themes are good, and the ending reminded me of the ending sequence from Maoyu. The sound effects, however, are very good and surprisingly impactful, especially during the fight scenes. They add a lot to the weight and intensity of the action. One memorable example for me was the sound effect of Drel’s attack, which I did not expect to sound the way it did. Recommendation Overall, this was a good watch. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys dark fantasy or fantasy stories in general.

This is a really good anime for teen girls. I think they will love it. Most, if not all of the anime takes place in the food court or restaurant. And nothing much happens in the show other than two girls just talking to each other. And its all 'girl-talk'. And yet I enjoyed it because it was funny and the writing and acting was good. The conversation feels so natural and free flowing. You feel as though you are eavesdropping some real girls talking in a restaurant. The OP is good too as a bonus. It has a dance and a good song. If ... you are looking for a slice of life anime ... I recommend this. My Rating : 7/10 (Good)

The movie Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars feels like a storytelling fuck you to the fanbase, written by some random fan who wanted to canonize their ship last minute before the series ended, with all the enjoyment (if you can even get any) coming from the life support of the studio’s massive VFX and sound design budget, and the fun (for the most part) action scenes. Okay, now that that’s out of the way, time to discuss the movie. Warning: I will be talking about VERY SLIGHT spoilers but will do my best to be as vague as possible. Let’s talk about the good ... first. The movie was made 6 years after season 2 ended, and the tech behind the animation and special effects took a massive step up and you can very clearly tell. Also, the original cast does reprise their roles, and they are just as skilled and great at VA work as in the previous season. And the music score is just ear candy, and I was physically singing along when they played the season 1 OP during the high points of the battles, like how it was done in season 2. Okay, that’s literally everything good I can say about the movie; now to get into the movie. In my review of season 2, a problem I had was how, after characters had their respective screentime to play love interest to our main character, the series moved on and so did they, and along with that it feels like every interaction between the respective love interests during that specific arc gets undone and everyone else in the story moves on as if it never happened. This movie does that but suddenly amps that up by a hundred. The entire driving factor of season 1 and mainly season 2 was the budding relationship between Izana and Tanikaze. However, the series opens up to a 10-year time skip where that entire relationship just either never happened or ended off screen. And less than 10 minutes in after that, the relationship between Tanikaze and Tsumugi is suddenly the main focus of the romance plot of the series, and based on the title you can expect how that goes. This wouldn’t have been a problem if in the previous seasons small interactions were established throughout the series to allude to budding feelings, but after rewatching the entire season 2, never once did Tanikaze even show an ounce of romantic affection for Tsumugi; and inversely, all the “romance” Tsumugi had for Tanikaze was presented as her wanting to have friendships with people since, keep in mind, she is presented as essentially having the psyche of a child. So you can imagine how it feels out of nowhere when you’re just told, “yeah, these two love each other and, by the way, this was always the case.” It feels genuinely frustrating, as it feels like it reduces all the character writing and plot developments between characters from all the previous seasons. Forgetting the baffling choice of direction with the romance, the entire movie leaves nearly every plot hole and inconsistency from the previous season completely unanswered, and those that the movie does discuss it proceeds to contradict itself on many times over. For example, when the Big Bad gets revealed, it’s meant to come across as terrifying, since it’s revealed that none of the weapons the Gardes have can harm him; however, the final confrontation occurs with the very same weapons we were told just earlier can’t harm him, only to see them working despite the only difference being that Tanikaze just happens to be the one shooting them this time. Beyond this, the ending feels extremely out of place, and it’s almost like they took it out of a fairy tale book for kids beat for beat, and everyone goes home happy and nothing bad ever happens again. Which, if you saw season 1 and to a degree season 2, you can understand why this feels like you’re watching a completely different show. It honestly feels pretty disappointing to watch the movie after having a 6-year wait, and to be honest I really struggled to finish, with the only thing keeping me from dropping it being the massive production value the studio put into the fights. Frankly, my advice would be to watch season 1 and just read the manga, or season 2 as well if you really want. This movie feels like a trainwreck of a story and ultimately is better off being skipped entirely.

Most of the time I don't write review after watching any anime. But Violet Evergarden is an anomaly. It forced me to write a review. The way this anime is written is truely outstanding. I literally cried 4-5 times while watching this anime especially last 4 episodes which i don't buy in any other anime. This anime broke me emotionally. After watching the 10th and 11th episode, I wanna hug my parents so badly. Violet Evegarden is an emotional package. It's story, narration, animation evaerything is so perfect I can't describe. I think you will enjoy this anime. The story is unique. The art style is fitting ... the story. The characters are well written too. The emotion violet shoewd strong enough to make me cry.

These OVAs are fantastic if you go in with proper expectations. It's a 50 minute ad for a manga, and it's not going to spend time on the basics of a story, like telling audience who the characters are or why things are happening. Instead, this is pure animation spectacle with a big "buy the manga if you want to know what any of this is about" sign taped to the end. The OVAs are directed by Yashuchika Nagaoka, director of the outstanding Crest and Banner of the Stars series, and feature early career work from current star action animators like Yutaka Nakamura, who get to ... go off on some very ambitious and well-executed action scenes. The character designs are attractive and the characters have fun personalities. It's an easy, entertaining watch if you just go with it and don't expect any context for the action scenes that make up 90% of the run time

This might be the best animated film ever. The Kizumonogatari films set such a high bar that I didn't think could ever be surpassed, but god damn this is so unbearably good. I still don't know whether it surpasses them though. They're on the same level I'd say at least. The animation is absolutely beautiful. There wasn't 10 seconds in this film that felt like corners were being cut. It's so consistently good, and then like over halfway through the movie, it suddenly gets even better. I didn't think it could get better. They animated it like it was an anime original. Feels like so ... many anime nowadays just copy and paste panels from their source manga, adding barely any animation, whereas this does everything so much better than the manga. I can't believe this is the same Mappa that had so much criticism while they were doing Attack on Titan. They've improved so much it's incredible. The plot is good. It had a few twists. Far above average writing I'd say. Even draws a few tears. Voice acting is great, as to be expected with this series. Nowadays, a lot of works feel dry. Even if a storywriter or artist has ambition and skill, they might be restricted by age ratings or political correctness or whatever else. I know it sounds farfetched to say that censorship degrades the quality of a work significantly, but it does. And this movie feels like a work where the creators never had any censorship holding them back (beyond just not drawing nipples and stuff ofc). It's such a breath of fresh air. They don't hesitate to show a girl's panties, or an arm getting chopped off. It leads to scenes and angles you wouldn't see elsewhere. Honestly such a beautiful film. Might not be able to experience anything else this good in my lifetime.

Charlotte, genuinely a great piece of fiction 9/10 I had a little hopes going into the show, something to watch cause I was bored. But this show really is something else if you enjoy deep, cutting emotional moments and sometimes sappy love stories than this one is for you. I enjoyed the animation, especially for the time that it came out. It has a nostalgic feel, probably will watch again hopefully with my future girlfriend lol The show consistently brought a sense of calm and then quickly shifted to a sense of urgency and fearfulness in what was happening to the characters. From a simple question to ... a full on beat down, making you scared for what was going to happen to the characters Highly recommend 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 Dec. 11th 2025

This anime follows the basic isekai trope without being an isekai. And it's executed terribly. Even the death initial process left us with mysteries that were never answered in the 12 episodes. It's pretty obvious that this "writer" of this anime is new to this cause the story in itself also has many holes. 1 example i can provide without spoiling is that during one of the fight scenes, the author couldn't think of a way for the character to lose the fight so the screen turns to black and our character is now on the brink of death. Like this is so ridiculously terrible. And the ... other fights in this show were also really bad and not exciting at all. And did the writer really need to include a scene of Dolan drinking milk that was milked from a humanoid baby cow??? This has to be a kink thing. Don't watch this, instead watch some other isekai slop cause only isekai slop fans would ever find this horrible anime in their feed.

I thought the movie was well executed in terms of animation, storyboarding, directing, fight sequences, and the sound (especially in IMAX) but the story itself falls flat on it's face. The whole premise of the movie just doesn't make sense and I was distracted throughout the whole movie on just the premise. Everything is too convenient and never explained how so many characters all ended up where they did. The animation style along with the wooden characters just made things worst. The movie tries to add symbolism and mythical creatures along with pacifist themes, and it's fine if they don't explain the world but if ... the characters themselves and the circumstance of their plight doesn't vibe, make sense or likable, all you have left is some cool fight scenes in between dialogue.

Season 3 of Kingdom is EPIC and it will give you goosebumps! It is a massive improvement compared to the first two seasons. The first two seasons did not wow me but this one did and I'm happy I stuck through to see this border-line masterpiece. Not many anime can create a magnificent story like this one. This season has much more detail and improvement in the animation. Even the first episode started strong and the detailed animations and facial expressions adds more depth to the story. What I really liked about this season in partifcular is that it made the other seasons meaningful. Everything ... that the characters experienced in the first two seasons were made relevant and they all made the characters grow. The story is very good. Every information revealed and plot point seems carefully planned. There are times when I had to stop the video and fully analyze the story to grasp what's going on but once everything connects you feel like you're some amazing tactician from this anime. The second anime ending song and animation is also pretty cool to see. The twist and turns were all ingenious! If there is a season to make someone a lover of this anime series it's definitely this one and it's a must see!

I love this anime. It's not anything deep, but it's a whole lot of fun. In particular, the English dub makes this show, which suffer from the typical still image subbing in for actual animation, ten times better. The dub is campy, over the top, and the voice actors make every ridiculous line that comes out of their characters mouths sound so natural and so unbelievably funny, that I am genuinely delighted to find out what insane thing the characters will say (and do) next. The romance in this is also super cute. Regan Murdock (Prince Julius) and Morgan Lauré Garrett (Scarlet El Vandimion) are ... perfectly cast in their roles. Scarlet comes off as haughty and confident, yet sweet and naive. Prince Julius is sarcastic and flirtatious, yet occasional lets his true feelings slip out in a more measured and regal fashion. Their dynamic of two oddballs dancing around their feelings for one another as they work together to stop some evil plots is predicable but so enjoyable. Scarlet is an "Ice Queen" with a passion for bloody fisticuffs and Julius is the semi-demented Prince with a Ph.D. in Trolling who loves her all the move for it. I ship them. Hard. The supporting cast rounds out our band of misfits. There are some cute side romances and plot-twists that kept me intrigued. I also found the motivation of the villain in the story to be quite interesting. Considering I prejudged this anime as just another villainess isekai, I was pleasantly surprised, and quite wrong in my summation. Although this show is no FMA Brotherhood or The Apothecary Diaries. It is fun, the script is great, and I'm so excited to finish it and watch it all over again. Special shout out to Ryan Negron, who voices Alflame Rare Vankish. You sir made that character. 10/10 please act again!

This anime is undoubtedly a hidden gem. The characters (and their development), the story, the plot twists, the subplots, the settings, the atmosphere, the soundtrack, the explanations of unusual concepts, the conceptual idea behind it all, everything is very well done and very well connected. Except for a few details, such as some things not being explained sufficiently, leaving you with a few doubts, and Shinpei's character may seem intolerant to some, but otherwise it is a great work. This is the kind of anime that generates many emotions at once, one of those anime that convey their entire essence and draw you fully into the story. ... Being highly immersive, you empathize with the characters and understand the difficult situations they face in each episode. Personally, I highly recommend this anime; everyone should give it a chance.

A monstruous insult to the Guilty Gear series. It was painful to watch and my heart aches that the chance to finally bring GG to a proper animated show has been screwed up this bad. If you enjoy the games, watching this will feel horrendous. If you don't, this is just a big waste of time. A special mention to the comically lazy way this show introduces characters from the games, litterally pausing the action every times to let the narrator give you an AI-slop like introduction as if it were a powerpoint. What a sad waste. Guilty Gear deserved better.

I am a longtime fan of the game, so I'll admit I'm somewhat biased, but I truly do think this show is pretty good and worth a shot. I think having the Disney name tied to it turns a lot of people off, and that's definitely understandable. Still, Disney Japan is it's own thing entirely, and TWST is very much a passion project of the creator (Yana Toboso) and it shows. The pacing is handled well, not too slow for a first season so you can understand the world and really get into what's good about the series before too long. I definitely can see ... how the excess of characters introduced in the first episode and included in the post credits scenes can be a turn-off for anime onlys. It 100% feels like fanservice for established fans (which I'm enjoying), but doesn't really benefit the story of S1. I think it would have been much more palatable if they stuck to introducing only the Heartslabyul members and the housewardens and allowed the rest to join the story more organically over time, but I digress. The performances have been great regardless, and I'm having a blast. Regarding the animation, I've seen a lot of people referring to it as bad, which is confusing to me. You can definitely see which scenes are more or less of a priority for the budget, but that's pretty typical for anime, and they really kill it when it counts, such as in battle scenes. The backgrounds and character designs are consistently stunning, and it's just a treat to look at regardless of how much movement is happening on screen. Even when there's less it's never clunky. It truly does feel to me as if a lot of people put a lot of care and love into creating this show, and that they wanted to do the best they could. I imagine the animation quality will only improve with subsequent seasons, and I look forward to it. (Though the way they introduced the Great Seven did not work, should've all been stylized like the Queen of Hearts at least.) If you don't know anything about TWST and are debating checking it out, I really recommend giving it a shot. It's a fun watch and the story that will unfold as it continues only gets better.

Long overlooked on my watchlist without much interest, the massive hype and scale of this franchise finally sparked my curiosity and pushed me to dive into the first season. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby takes place in a world like ours, where horse-human hybrids—with ears, tails, and horse-like athletic skills, called "horse girls" (Umamusume)—live with humans and replace real horses in races. A heady mix of fierce rivalries, grueling training, and breathtaking sprints, seasoned with a dash of shonen spirit... or so I thought at first glance: a realm echoing Ao Ashi, where our protagonist leaves the family nest for a elite sports academy boarding school, blending ... studies and passion in an ideal setting, after being scouted on a whim by a top-tier trainer who spots her immense potential. If that's what you've come seeking, look elsewhere—this anime offers none of it. No true rivalries, no strategic depth, and a heroic rise shrouded in mystery: a single win builds a legion of fans, three races crown an athlete as tomorrow's prodigy, and barely four propel her image across Shibuya's giant screens as the undisputed national star... without ever facing the elite yet. The concept is pretty quirky. Equine half-humans race on the track, and the winner has to perform as an idol on stage, backed by the two runners-up who smile through their defeat. There's no real explanation beyond pleasing fans—sponsorships aren't a thing here. So Umamusume have to train in dance and singing just in case they win. Ironically, this idol side, which seems key in the game, drops off quickly in the story. The races feel flat and come at a frantic pace, with zero strategy. Beyond baggy outfits that aren't race-ready, the coach's plan is often just: "The track loops the hippodrome (no shot!)—run the way you feel it." No tactics. It's tough to tell which race matters, as wins and losses lose their emotional punch before the next one hits. Too bad there's no team racing like in cycling or F1; that could've added depth and purpose to the teams. Races lack twists until the final stretch, killing the excitement—especially since they make up 60% of the show. It's so obvious that a random donut-eating contest in one episode has more suspense than a G1 title race. The Umamusume are cute, expressive, and likable right away, but the show piles them on without building them up. You get overwhelmed by horse girls with charming designs but similar personalities: tons of energy, love for racing, dream of being the best, and little depth for most. A few get some development, but others stick to one trait or gag, making it hard to care about any one specifically. This shallowness shows in G1 races, where only 2-3 favorites get focus while the rest are nameless filler chorusing "Muri!" as they're passed. These should feel like elite battles, but it just spotlights the same faces, weakening the stakes and world-building. The animation does its job solidly without being amazing. Runners move smoothly enough, with some reused shots that don't bother you, but nothing stands out. That said, the rough CGI in crowd or wide shots can hurt your eyes at times. In the end, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby S1 is a chill watch that goes down easy for relaxed viewing, but it feels like it stuck to the basics. No real originality—it just checks sport-idol boxes without twisting them, relying on the game's gacha popularity to throw in lots of characters who look different but feel empty inside.

TL;DR - Hey, Nana... There are plenty of actual reviews of the show already, so instead of a review, I'll write a raving recommendation. If you are new to anime, this is always on my list of "Anime is for grownups too. Here, watch this first." This anime is a overlooked masterpiece, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note, and Monster... Sure, it's nothing *like* those anime, but it's just as deserving of your time. Many slice-of-life anime tend to be great and relatable. Drama and romance anime? Less so because there is conflict and drama just ... to have conflict and drama. Nana straddles all three genres without breaking a sweat. And although the show never addresses mental health directly, it does play a large role in the poor choices and impulsive decisions of Nana Komatsu (I feel she has borderline personality disorder or bipolar ii). Nana Osaki has her own issues, but she is by far the more mature and stable of the two Nanas. The show also does an immaculate job of showing how some friendships quickly establish themselves from a chance meeting, but then the two people slowly drift away without necessarily devolving into hatred or enemies. They just grow apart due to life events, relationships, careers, poor choices, even fighting... with both people deeply missing the other person and what they once shared, but never just saying it. The writing is great, the plot is well paced, the characters are believable and fleshed out, and the soundtrack is great too. The tension caused by Nana Komatsu's flighty nature and inability to assert herself is absolutely maddening, and it takes a masterful writer to create that sort of tension for the viewer. The other characters in Nana are also well written and whenever they are on screen they feel genuine - we also see character growth throughout the series and nothing is rushed because the sheer number of episodes gives everything room to breathe. I honestly miss these older anime with 30+ episode seasons, the 6-10 episode seasons we get these days just makes for very rushed plots and leaves anime feeling more like a storyboard. Monster, Nana, Full Metal Alchemist... Give me them long anime any day! The largest weakness of Nana is the animation and possibly the art style. At times, the animation is really great, at other times it's just panning still frames or frozen crowds around our moving characters. Anime still has these budget induced flaws, so it's honestly hard to knock Nana too hard over this, but I still see it as a flaw. The art style is certainly older than some more popular anime from the era and might initially feel off putting, but as you watch, it grows on you. I don't personally feel that the art style of the characters is bad, but it was kinda weird to see something which looked like it might have been 10 years older than it really was when I first began to watch Nana. The art style is lifted directly from the manga, so I'm guessing that the writer was really inspired by older works. Those are my only nit-picks, it's a damn good anime that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster. If you were a teen or young adult in the early 2000s, you'll also be getting a lot of nostalgia hits.

Nyanpasu~~~~ Modern anime alongside modern media feel vary fast, due to a plethora of reason attention spans are dropping it seems collectively as a species we have lost interest in the slow parts of life and seem to render them off. This show is a break from all this, what happens in the show? What is its hook? hows the drama? these kinds of questions seem sharp when pointed at this show. what happens? moe happens, and its perfect. and you NEED to watch it! As a self proclaimed conousour of CGDCT ive seen many concepts, girls playing music, girls in tanks, girls that are gun?!? (ill ... review it eventually) never once have i seen a concept as plain as this one, a girl moves to the country. Thats all we get, no niches to incite. Even with this it has been one of the most entertaining Sol Ive ever seen. the music is mixing with the constant sound of nature in this show each character has a kind of theme that plays when they're around, the instruments change slightly to match their personality's and the motifs they each have begin to merge together beautifully when they interact, the art especially the background and landscapes is immaculate and museum worthy. Ive never really had a comfort show, i guess i could never get too into story worlds, too worried about life to live it, that seems to be what this show fights against its a reminder that you should do something away from flashing lights, cook a meal, dry some fruit, ride a bike but whatever it is do it slow and with care. that word, care, is exactly what i like about this show it has care behind the calm hills aren't drawn that way due to the animators running out of time it was meant to be that way. the characters are perfect dialog flows so seamlessly between them i could just listen for hours. gags aren't groundbreaking but usually funny. and after a year of time with them at the end of the season i found myself waving back at the characters, smiling like a child again. now,after all that soaking sop! The meat! The pure moe bliss! everything in this show is cute, the art, the music, the jokes,dogs,cats,rice,grass,potholes,the whole damn show! name an aspect and it'll be cute, well cute may not be the right word for it, i would say moe but that while being present isn't it either. Iyashikei isnt it? the term for this kind of show, if i had one word to describe this show it would be iyashi (healing) my like my worsening vision and worsening hearing is reversed, i can see like a child again innocently gazing upon the beauty of the world. one thing you get told is people become complacent with the common, bored of the usual, even if the world is just a pretty as always. its imperative to remind yourself of that, and negate it. this show reminds will you that, so well infact that it could be used as a replacement for that (you know who you are @w@). forget the flashing lights, the constant stress, the impending void and sit, smile and relax in the countryside. comfort show... i never really had a comfort show but yeah, i think that's a good term for it. anyways, anybody feel like moving to hokaido?

I did not like the opening episode of this anime. At fucking all. It completely thru me off. The studio didn’t do tougen anki any favors having such a damp squib for an entrance into the anime. I’m positive many viewers dropped this cuz of that, like a solid 3 episodes were just total shit, I’ll be straight. Shocking fact is, I actually like this series now, though it took me about 5 episodes to glean some merit from it. Was definitely bored and underwhelmed by the cliche tropes to start and goddd the entire situation inside the forest felt like it was taken straight ... out of a Kakashi love novel and plagiarized by this anime, literally the exact concept of this cat and mouse game between teacher/student happened in Naruto almost carbon copied facsimile. It’s got a bad rating I think for decent reasons with several negative reviews already, but I am not picky tbh and can fw basically fanfic trash anime so I got over it. The positives I now see: Story has some cool things happening with the side characters backstories and powers that are materialized by one’s past experiences, whether it’s trauma, pleasure or niche. Pretty cool idea, and the plot isn’t as boring to me now that I gave it a minute before reviewing or thinking too harshly of it. Cuz at first I may have given tougen anki …5 stars? Based off how I review, to me - that means it fucking sucks. but I believe(now) that this series is actually good after I let it marinate a bit. The catalyst for my mind change came when the frantic and silly emo kid’s powers and backstory were introduced. It became intriguing almost immediately from there. A hypochondriac, anxious mess of a personality who had a really enlightening change of character and fight sequence happen episode 8. I certainly did not expect the level of thoughtfulness they put into that to come from this anime, and I think his story was relatable, which is always great too, and that changed my entire view of the anime tbh. If you’re the same type of viewer as me, you might enjoy the engaging turn taken once all the fighting started to happen. Also for whatever reason the animation style improves a bit. Don’t understand why that is but whatever. The pacing was decent at that point too. This is of course If you’re at least able to get over the rough inlet. So, I wanted to write something positive about this anime in the sea of bad reviews it’s gotten because I feel it’s not all bad. My last summation would be to clarity that - YES every female got magna cum nada boobs that fully do blind the senses, I concur with fellow reviewers on this Haha all the tits in my face felt like someone was trying to help me achieve sexual enlightenment driving my tastes into the balloon boobies abyss of no return. Just, there is so much boob. The author simply just loves boobs.

TL;DR - This season starts off great, pulls back on some stuff (slurs are mostly gone) and pushes the envelope a little further with other stuff, gives us our first male transformation montage, sails straight into familiar territory, then veers into a poorly explained climax with a villain who is just randomly tossed in. If you loved season 1, you'll love a lot of season 2 as well, if not all of it. It's worth watching. The first episode picks up right where season 1 ended, and weaves that really weirdly abrupt ending back onto a course which works out better than I thought it would. ... The first several episodes are great and generally follow the overarching plot, but later episodes return to season one's formula of random shorts of varying quality. Some heavily reference/parody Japanese cinema which is likely lost to most American viewers, but it's still enjoyable for what it is. A stand out short with a very catchy song (The Cursing Song) has Panty unable to swear, but she can sing the swears. The song slaps! Another stand out short parodies Magic the Gathering in the most delightfully Panty and Stocking fashion, I was laughing so hard! But, for all its strengths, the writing also falls flat and feels lazy at times. Some of the fights are over as soon as they begin, characters weave in and out of the episodes without us really learning much about then (the male angels are vapid twinks, and that's their entire character). As we near the end of the season, a new villain is abruptly introduced and the plot around him is just so lazy. Some gags from season one mostly disappeared in season two - language was a tad more PC, and Garterbelt was *not* molesting Brief or other boys (but he's still a freak), but there was a funny callback to that in one of the last episodes, where Garterbelt falls onto an unconscious Brief's back. Stocking is still desert obsessed, but it felt deemphasized. Panty is still a delightful skank, and at times it's turned up to 11. Skanty and Kneesocks had a *lot* of character building, and it was really fun watching them grow and become more three dimensional. Overall, the show felt like the writers started off really inspired, got bored at times, and then got rushed by the end. Story overall... 6/10 The art and animation is better in this season, and since this wasn't airing on Adult Swim, nudity is tastefully used. We see it all several times, but it's not a focus and it's not overused for shock value or smut. It's there for comedy and narrative. The quality of the animation is on point for the art style, 10/10. The soundtrack... Season one's soundtrack was notorious among some circles, and this season rivals it at times. I do think the music for season one was better, but not by much. 8/10 Would I recommend season two to fans of season one? Absolutely.

The story is okay, but the animation and episode format are very disappointing. At first I even wondered whether this was a “real” TV anime or just some internet-produced project, because the 13-minute episodes combined with the extremely weak animation make it feel more like something a small group uploaded online instead of an actual televised series. The art style and motion often remind me of old Flash cartoons or low-effort mobile games. What worries me most is the idea that this could become a trend-- studios cutting corners, shortening runtimes, and counting the money they saved on animation. I don’t really want to support anime ... that thinks it can skimp on animation this much. A world where more and more anime looks like this would be tragic. The story itself is fine. Simple, but decent for yet another potion-themed isekai. As someone who likes generic isekai, I enjoy the basics of the story as much as other mid tier titles. The problem is that the extremely short episodes prevent anything from being explored in depth. There’s little room for world-building and things just kind of happen abruptly. It feels like something that could have been more if it had the time or budget. Honestly, I think the original author wrote a perfectly fine generic isekai premise but the production gets in the way at every turn. The one thing I will compliment is the voice acting, which is genuinely solid and does a lot of heavy lifting to make the show watchable. This is the weirdest anime to score I've ever had to think about-- the story so far is maybe a strong 6 or 7. The animation is maybe a 3, and that’s me resisting the temptation to call it a 1--appalling. The character designs are okay and they probably did a decent job for whatever budget they had, but the limitations in movement are so blatant and distracting that I can't ignore it. If animation like this becomes more common, I will curse the anime industry for the rest of my life.

I actually got shocked after reading the reviews, bcs I quite enjoy the anime. I want to raise people opinions about this anime but I will try to rate this anime objectively. The world building and the premise is actually good and kinda fresh, also relevant to the real world today (since the story revolves around AI, which you won't see much before later episodes). But when I think about it, I understand why so many people got disappointed. The pace of the story is slow, It's more like an adventure anime, where random event happens. They are also trying to introduce a new concept ... of love, which is not to everyone's liking. Long story short, the story will finally make a big progress after eps 9, which is very long. Anyway take this review with a grain of salt because I truly do enjoy the anime. The animation and style is nice too, the world feels fresh with some looming dark backstory behind it. Lastly, the plot twist is at eps. 10. Big one. This will make you more invested, or just lose interest.