I had hoped to get a couple more full-series reviews in before the Spring ’23 season hits in earnest, but it looks like I’m going to run short on time for that. Thus, I will instead provide thoughts and ratings on a number of series that I either have or am following through to conclusion.Continue reading “Winter 2023 Wrap-Up”
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Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World (series review)
What do you get when you form an adventuring party out of rejects and cast-offs from other adventuring parties? You get the Survivors, a bunch whose members all developed bad habits after having been betrayed and/or screwed over, hence resulting in them having deep distrust of humanity (or humanoids in general, if you prefer, sinceContinue reading “Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World (series review)”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 22 (season finale)
Rating: B+ Between last episode and this one, I saw some commentary in some online forums lamenting that Bell was once again be the hero and solo the Juggernaut. Even if I didn’t already know what was going to happen (from reading the novels), I still think I would have soundly refuted that complaint. ForContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 22 (season finale)”
Has The Angel Next Door Spoiled You Rotten?
Review: The Angel Next Door Has Spoiled Me Rotten eps 1-10 I would absolutely forgive anyone for dismissing this one as just another generic romcom about an ordinary guy who somehow gets the interest of the school’s Perfect Girl. Indeed, its early episodes, while still having some entertainment value, don’t leave much more of anContinue reading “Has The Angel Next Door Spoiled You Rotten?”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 21
Rating: B+ Original novel writer Fujino Omori is on record as wanting to have as many characters as possible fall for Bell, and he’s proven that statement to be at least half-serious; while some female characters have fixed romantic interest elsewhere (most notably Tiona, Mikoto, and Chigusa) and others are either neutral (Asfi), merely admirersContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 21”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon IV episode 20
Rating: A- The inevitable has arrived: the episode-opening flashbacks on Ryu’s past with Astrea Familia have finally led to the pivotal moment where the rest of her familia gets wiped out by a Juggernaut while trying to pin down Jura and his Evilus compatriots. And as expected, the perspectives of the only two survivors ofContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon IV episode 20”
Fantasy Farming Done Right
In an interesting coincidence, the Winter ’23 season marks the second in a row that a farming-themed fantasy series has aired. While last season’s I’ve Somehow Gotten Strong When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills (hereafter Farm-Related) and this season’s Farming Life in Another World (hereafter Farming Life) do have a few things in common, theyContinue reading “Fantasy Farming Done Right”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 19
Rating: A- Episode 19 is the first one in the second half of season 4 to exclusively focus on Bell and Ryu’s plight on floor 37. That’s primarily because the other groups have now assembled and are in transit mode with a full rescue team, but this was also a necessary move in a thematicContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 19”
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 18
Rating: B+ In some respects, writing reviews when familiar with the source material is actually trickier, since you have to avoid spoilers and carefully gauge if an anime-only viewer could reasonably discern key points only from what’s been animated so far. In this case, though, I think it’s safe to say that the direction theContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV episode 18”
A Second Chance at Greatness: Reincarnation Stories in the Winter ’23 Season
One substantial recent subcategory of reincarnation series in anime (and its source materials) has been one where a man has achieved the height of power, but for one reason or another winds up dying and reincarnating either in a new world or in a later time period in the same world. The The Summer 2020Continue reading “A Second Chance at Greatness: Reincarnation Stories in the Winter ’23 Season”
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