HIGH RECOMMEND - 8.5/10
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - 10/10
RECOMMEND - 7/10
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - 8.5/10
RECOMMENDED - 7.5/10
IT'S A FUN WATCH ONCE - 6.5/10
I RECOMMEND THE SERIES BUT WAIT ON THIS UNTIL IT'S DONE
JUST FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN - 9/10
A little late for this roundup so my apologies folks, considering we're already like 6 episodes into Spring 2023's season right now. But it was an incredibly fun and interesting set of shows during Winter 2023, unfortunately some of them got put on hiatus so they aren't complete, but for the most part what I watched was great and fun. So let's kick things off with our first show................... TOMO-CHAN IS A GIRL! This is an anime I think I remember seeing the preview trailer for like a year ago and it seemed super interesting. Mainly because I enjoy a good rom-com and this one had a good premise to me. A girl named Tomo is in love with her childhood best friend, Jun, but he only sees her as a guy-type friend; the reason being that Tomo has been a tomboy her entire life in fact Jun didn't even know she was a girl until they were in middle school together. Secretly though, Jun ignored Tomo for a year because not realizing she was a girl until middle school he did quickly develop feelings for her in middle school as she was essentially his perfect match. Tomo’s best friend (and Jun’s friend) Mizuzu has always told Tomo that she needs to act more girly in order to attract Jun; in the back of her mind though, Mizuzu truly feels like Tomo probably doesn’t need to change anything for Jun. She’s in a complicated situation herself because she feels almost as if she’ll lose a friend, maybe two, if they’re together and she’s not actively trying to sabotage that but they could get together much quicker if she pushed properly. I believe in her case, Carol coming along to be a newer friend addition to the group provide her with the stability to push Jun and Tomo forwards. But yes, Tomo goes out of her way several times to be more girly: trying on newer more feminine clothes when she hangs out with Jun, trying to not wear shorts under her skirt, trying to do less masculine things. However there are still times she gets into fist fights with other guys, like when she protects a couple female classmates who go onto develop “weird feelings” in their mind because Tomo ends up coming across as both another girl to them but also as a kind of prince charming. The “end of the series” which isn’t over yet in manga form, but they ended this season in a way that doesn’t necessarily require a season 2 which is nice. It all wraps up in a great set of episodes. HIGH RECOMMEND - 8.5/10 DON'T TOY WITH ME MISS NAGATORO 2ND ATTACK Nagatoro and her Senpai are back in the “2nd Attack” of the series. While it takes awhile for it to actually show, throughout this entire season they very much try to show that Senpai is into Nagatoro and vice versa. Which is something that I like for sure, as funny as it was in the first season, you knew this was going to be what happened going forward and I like that rather than mess around it was clear from the get go. It is still awesomely funny like the first season and the moment to moment interactions between the two are great, still very funny and unique, a little more flirty this time though. As are interactions with her friend group of Gamo, Yoshi, and Sakura once again (who are VERY AWARE how much each one likes the other). We get introduced to “Anetoro” aka Nagatoro’s older sister, who probably has a name in the manga but I haven’t read it in a bit, and she as big of a shit disturber as her little sister. We also meet Senpai’s friends who are surprised that “he’s becoming so popular” considering he’s hanging out with these very popular younger girls. The thing about this show is that it’s all well and good to go, “oh this happened and this happened” but honestly, it is way better to watch it because it’s way more funny to just get caught off guard by the jokes. The “2nd Attack” was just as good but better in places than the original season and I’m looking forward to more seasons as the manga progresses further. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - 10/10 I also normally don't include the ending song videos but this one is really good so I did decide to include it. THE REINCARNATION OF THE STRONGEST EXORCIST IN ANOTHER WORLD The strongest exorcist of feudal Japan (sorry I don’t know what era) is killed by his apprentice, before dying he uses all his last bit of strength to create a reincarnation charm. He is reborn as Seika Lamprogue, who was left on a nobles doorstep so he accepts him as his son but lies and says it was that of a mistresses child. Thing is, he is born magicless in a world of magic, that makes him incredibly defective and especially as the son of a noble; basically the only way his father could come out okay is by having his son join the army. Seika however, spends all his hours making the charms he used as an exorcist, this allows him to conduct the same kind of “magic” he was able to do in his past life: summon yokai and ayakashi, summon elements based on their compounds, do all sorts of other weird things. Using this kind of “magic” he gets his father to let him join the Magic Academy with his servant Yifa, a descendant of elves, who can control spirit magic. It’s here they meet and eventually befriend the next hero, Amyu, who spends her entire entrance ceremony slaying demons (while Seika fights the demon boss unbeknownst to her). Some twists and turns, eventually the crew of three becomes a crew of four when a young girl pretending to be the hero named Mabel joins them. They have several interesting fantasy stories: tournaments, dragons, curses, meeting a Holy Princess and her knights (who kidnap Amyu). Near the end from both the “final boss” and from this Holy Princess we find out who Seika really is and what his relationship with Amyu truly means. We are also told what is going to happen to him in the future if he maintains his current life path, basically what he fears will come to pass, he will die protecting someone no matter how hard he tries to avoid that fate. RECOMMEND - 7/10 IN/SPECTRE 2 Time to continue on the mystery and problem solving issues for all things supernatural with The Goddess of Wisdom, Kotoko Iwanaga, and her boyfriend the half-kudan/mermaid & human, Kurou Sakuragawa. I have to say that I prefer the little 3 episode bursts of stories and mysteries rather than 2 stories last time; granted one of the old ones was focused on the series antagonist Rikka and this time she plays a very small background role sort of bidding her time. We have a story about a Yuki-ona and her beau whose life she saves and then prevents him being accused of murder. We have a story about a man who asked a yokai to kill his wife so their company and their family could thrive and thought that’s what happened but it isn’t. We have a story were a cursed doll is terrorizing a small town and the only person that knows is an old lady and her “pet yokai cat”. We even have a side Rikki story and some other small ones too. I like these short bursts of mysteries it adds a lot to the show, makes things vary up and interesting. Like usual I think for me the biggest thing that shines through with In/Spectre is the characters that are used whether it’s our main ones or different yokai they are all fantastic as are the stories they are in. Since it’s a Crunchyroll Exclusive I know there will be more and that’s great to hear. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - 8.5/10 CHILLIN' IN MY 30'S AFTER GETTING FIRED FROM THE DEMON KING'S ARMY I personally understand the feeling of just trying to chill in your 30’s like our main bro Dariel in this show. Chillin’ in your 30’s is a rough deal sometimes, however, the reason he’s trying to do that is he is kicked out of the Demon Lord’s army. He is a demon that can’t use magic, so the top of the Four Demon Generals wants him gone (it’s mainly because he was outshone by Dariel his whole life). That leads us to our guy meeting Malika in the woods, after saving her, she changes his life forever. She takes him to her village, introduces him to her father as head of the guild so he can become an adventurer as a new job; by doing this Dariel realizes he can use human abilities and was actually a human the whole time and never a demon. Being between both worlds Dariel, the entire series, tries his best when it comes to disputes or issues between humans and demons to settle it with diplomacy. It’s why when he gets married to Malika, he takes her fathers job as village chief, and no matter what happens whether it’s a Demon General that finds them or the former hero fighting another Demon General, Dariel always does his best to solve things with diplomacy. It was a fun show to watch for what it was, very chill, enjoyable, and I just enjoyed everything about it; I think if an anime can be fun in just 12 or 13 episodes AND finish a fun story that is PERFECT. RECOMMENDED - 7.5/10 NINGEN FUSHIN: ADVENTURERS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN HUMANITY WILL SAVE THE WORLD What happens when adventurers who legitimately all have great reasons to hate the world, to not trust anyone and anything around them, are the ones in charge of and eventually go on to save the world from destruction? Well that’s what we’ve got this time around, imagine not trusting anyone and with good reason: having your party dump you for no reason, being accused of heinous things you didn’t do, being betrayed by your fiancée, being betrayed by your party. All of these are valid reasons to never put faith in others again but in a funny way, our heroes: Nick, Zem, Karan, and Tiana form the party Survivors because they do what they can to survive and while they don’t fully trust one another they are working for the benefit of each other. They all agree to one rule, we party together and dungeon together, split the earnings but no one questions each others hobbies; in the end that becomes a load of nonsense because they all learn to work together, trust each other, spend time together and become a true party. Like I said, they become adventurers that save the world in the end. Their actual adventures during the show are all pretty unique but nothing I’d say that’s overly special, apart from a match that Nick has with a beastman, to settle a dispute the guild has it where one party member solves math problems and that dictates who can hit who and it was pretty funny/unique. IT'S A FUN WATCH ONCE - 6.5/10 THE MISFIT OF DEMON KING ACADEMY 2 The thing about this show is I was excited to see it continue with what I assume is whatever is left of the manga (or light novel) because the author of the book passed away last year. I figured that we’d see up to what she did in this season and then that’d be it unless she left behind her planned notes so that someone could continue both works; however, that doesn’t look like it happened. In fact, we paused Season 2 after Episode 6 for I’m not sure what reason. This season looks so far to be Anos and the crew finding the Spirit King, trying to figure out things with Gods, and eventually fighting the TRUE Avos Dilhavia (not the one that Lay/Kanon was pretending to be). This poster unfortunately shows who it is but that is what the shows poster is; anyways, finding that out it made me super pumped to see what happens next. Realistically, I know that Anos and the crew will encounter a massive hardship but find a way to overcome it, I just wish that it finished off this season. I RECOMMEND THE SERIES BUT WAIT ON THIS UNTIL IT'S DONE NIER AUTOMATA: VER1.1a Another show that was paused after 4 episodes, there is more now and it’s still not done but I have to say this about the show. It is absolutely beautiful. If you want the story of Nier: Automata, particularly a more expanded version, or tried the game and the gameplay isn’t your thing then this show is definitely for you. I stopped watching after the pause, but I know there’s more now so I am going to return and finish it, however even a few episodes in and you’re hooked whether you already liked Nier like me or even if you don’t. Fantastic everything and I’m looking forward to the rest. JUST FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN - 9/10
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