16 bit Sensation - Wakaki Tamiki never disappoints and he certainly wrote a very interesting story full of twists… but with one episode left I don’t know if his writing team will stick the landing.
Good:
Apothecary Diaries - Maomao is a fun protagonist and it’s a chill show set in medieval China.
Helck - The Anime screwed up the pacing imo, but the plot is outstanding. Simple, but very well executed.
Insomniacs after School - Excellent romance story in both Manga and Anime form.
Decent:
Dangers in my Heart - Edgelord gets a gf. Pretty neat generic Romcom.
Lupin III vs Cat’s Eye - As an enjoyer of Rupan Sansei, I’ve seen my share of movies of him, Zenigata, Goemon and Jigen. This one is a crossover with a 80s phantom thief anime Cat’s Eye, also a fun one. So what is the movie? Alright. Fun, but won’t leave an impression unlike say 1998’s Tokyo Crisis. Actually, it might - because of the ugly 3D CGI animation.
Tomo-Chan Wa Onnanoko - Fun MC. I dropped this show after missing too many episodes due to my frequentish trips to Poland, but it’s a fun enough show.
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead - Very strong start, but becomes generic zombie show slop if you’ve ever seen the kind, even if less dramatically serious than usual. Fun enough, but the quality is meh.
Underwhelming:
Frieren - I found it overhyped. It’s decent, but really slow to get going. Maybe once I get caught up, it’ll be better.
**Gundam: Witch from Mercury S2 - ** Unfortunately, I feel like it simply didn’t get enough episodes for the worldbuilding.
So bad it’s good:
Kamikatsu: Working for God in Another World - Hilarious trainwreck in every way imaginable. A weeb brained shitpost (?)
My One Hit Kill Sister - Uncomfortable Isekai, that however is less of a painwatch like the libertarian propaganda that is Oreimo and more just regular trashy. A decent enough show for bad anime connoisseurs.
I’ve loved this so far, my only criticism is that I think it’s going to eventually become a “the independent girl who rejects the man matures and eventually becomes a subservient woman” outcome. Which is essentially Japan’s “Rebellious headstrong young girl grows out of it, gives up on having a future and grows into her womanhood eventually wanting to settle down and start a family”.
I’m hopeful that it won’t do that, but I’m not confident that they’re not slowly building her up to have a crush on him and real romantic feelings. I would much prefer her to just remain rebellious or even be outright gay, but I think that’s unlikely.
Imagine if right wing conservatives in the west had a kink for feminists growing out of it and slowly turning into trad women.
Anyway, besides this issue I’m concerned about I do genuinely really like it. It’s executed very well. The setting is interesting especially with the hefty humanisation of the concubines and sex workers.
I dunno, just based on the past few episodes I think it’s gonna be more “male lead opens up and shows more emotional vulnerability, MC gradually lowers her emotional defenses, and they begin a relationship based on mutual respect without either of them having to give up their careers/aspects of their personality” which is still cishetero as fuck but better than most portrayals of romance.
That’s only marginally better. I’d rather it just continue being episodic sherlock holmes solves a daily mystery in old china. It still ultimately changes course to a traditional values thing.
I get the feeling that this show was written by a cis woman for cis women, with a large part of the vicarious escapist fantasy of being the only feminist in ancient china is landing the hot eunuch boyfriend
Mmmmmm maybe. Plausible. Still ends up being “the feminist who behaves combatively with men ends up falling to the hot guy’s wily charms and giving in to the natural feminine heat aching in her womb”(yes i’m aware how uncomfortable that is to read) though even if written by a woman. It makes it marginally better but is still something worth criticising as a trope, at least imo.
Not sure yet:
16 bit Sensation - Wakaki Tamiki never disappoints and he certainly wrote a very interesting story full of twists… but with one episode left I don’t know if his writing team will stick the landing.
Good:
Apothecary Diaries - Maomao is a fun protagonist and it’s a chill show set in medieval China.
Helck - The Anime screwed up the pacing imo, but the plot is outstanding. Simple, but very well executed.
Insomniacs after School - Excellent romance story in both Manga and Anime form.
Decent:
Dangers in my Heart - Edgelord gets a gf. Pretty neat generic Romcom.
Lupin III vs Cat’s Eye - As an enjoyer of Rupan Sansei, I’ve seen my share of movies of him, Zenigata, Goemon and Jigen. This one is a crossover with a 80s phantom thief anime Cat’s Eye, also a fun one. So what is the movie? Alright. Fun, but won’t leave an impression unlike say 1998’s Tokyo Crisis. Actually, it might - because of the ugly 3D CGI animation.
Tomo-Chan Wa Onnanoko - Fun MC. I dropped this show after missing too many episodes due to my frequentish trips to Poland, but it’s a fun enough show.
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead - Very strong start, but becomes generic zombie show slop if you’ve ever seen the kind, even if less dramatically serious than usual. Fun enough, but the quality is meh.
Underwhelming:
Frieren - I found it overhyped. It’s decent, but really slow to get going. Maybe once I get caught up, it’ll be better.
**Gundam: Witch from Mercury S2 - ** Unfortunately, I feel like it simply didn’t get enough episodes for the worldbuilding.
So bad it’s good:
Kamikatsu: Working for God in Another World - Hilarious trainwreck in every way imaginable. A weeb brained shitpost (?)
My One Hit Kill Sister - Uncomfortable Isekai, that however is less of a painwatch like the libertarian propaganda that is Oreimo and more just regular trashy. A decent enough show for bad anime connoisseurs.
If you like Kamikatsu then you’ll probably enjoy Gintama and The Eminence in Shadow. Same shitpost vibes
Yeah, Gintama is one of those infinite shounens, so… maybe one day.
I have been recommended the latter by several people now, guess I’ll check it out.
I’ve loved this so far, my only criticism is that I think it’s going to eventually become a “the independent girl who rejects the man matures and eventually becomes a subservient woman” outcome. Which is essentially Japan’s “Rebellious headstrong young girl grows out of it, gives up on having a future and grows into her womanhood eventually wanting to settle down and start a family”.
I’m hopeful that it won’t do that, but I’m not confident that they’re not slowly building her up to have a crush on him and real romantic feelings. I would much prefer her to just remain rebellious or even be outright gay, but I think that’s unlikely.
Imagine if right wing conservatives in the west had a kink for feminists growing out of it and slowly turning into trad women.
Anyway, besides this issue I’m concerned about I do genuinely really like it. It’s executed very well. The setting is interesting especially with the hefty humanisation of the concubines and sex workers.
I dunno, just based on the past few episodes I think it’s gonna be more “male lead opens up and shows more emotional vulnerability, MC gradually lowers her emotional defenses, and they begin a relationship based on mutual respect without either of them having to give up their careers/aspects of their personality” which is still cishetero as fuck but better than most portrayals of romance.
That’s only marginally better. I’d rather it just continue being episodic sherlock holmes solves a daily mystery in old china. It still ultimately changes course to a traditional values thing.
I get the feeling that this show was written by a cis woman for cis women, with a large part of the vicarious escapist fantasy of being the only feminist in ancient china is landing the hot eunuch boyfriend
Mmmmmm maybe. Plausible. Still ends up being “the feminist who behaves combatively with men ends up falling to the hot guy’s wily charms and giving in to the natural feminine heat aching in her womb”(yes i’m aware how uncomfortable that is to read) though even if written by a woman. It makes it marginally better but is still something worth criticising as a trope, at least imo.