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Summer 2023 Non-Isekai Fantasy Round-Up

Posted: 8/30/23 Last week, I did a run-through on the various isekai titles for the Summer 2023 season. Despite isekai tending to dominate the fantasy genre these days, this season still had numerous fantasy series that did not involve that trope; at least nine, in fact, and maybe more depending on how loosely you interpretContinue reading “Summer 2023 Non-Isekai Fantasy Round-Up”

Summer 2023 Mid-Season Isekai Round-Up

Published: 8/21/2023 The Summer season features seven isekai titles and one reverse-isekai title. I have followed six of these beyond the first episode (the exceptions being Sweet Reincarnation and The Great Cleric). With all of these series now having completed at least half of their season run, let’s take a look at how each ofContinue reading “Summer 2023 Mid-Season Isekai Round-Up”

Review: Ruroni Kenshin 2023 eps 1-6

Posted: Saturday 8/12/23 I had intended to have this review up last week, but a certain large gaming convention and the hectic start of the school year got in the way. Hence, I will still take care of this first and then do the mid-season Isekai Round-Up next week. The airing of this reboot ofContinue reading “Review: Ruroni Kenshin 2023 eps 1-6”

Review – Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune

This is an ONA series consisting of six episodes – a 45-minute first episode and five additional episodes ranging from 27 to 30 minutes long – with a total run time roughly equivalent to an eight-episode TV series. It is based on a pair of novels by Carlo Zen, the author of the Saga ofContinue reading “Review – Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune”

Mushoku Tensei s2 eps 1-3

This is the first installment in a rotation I intend to do for the Summer 2023 season, where each week I will choose one title that I’m following and look at what it’s doing so far/since its last review. I am starting with this one, but I also intend to cover Rurouni Kenshin and oneContinue reading “Mushoku Tensei s2 eps 1-3”

Review – Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King

Posted: Wednesday 7/19/23 Now that the seasonal Preview Guide is over, I’m planning to post a couple of reviews that I had been putting off. This is the first; expect Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune to be coming next week. Movies connected to shonen action franchises are often non-canon affairs, designed to show off the castContinue reading “Review – Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King”

Spring 2023 Wrap-Up

A fairly stacked spring season has finally come to a conclusion, so it’s time to take a look at how an assortment of titles turned out. Title of The Season: Oshi no Ko I have covered this series extensively in episode reviews, so the only additional commentary I’ll add here is that it is solidlyContinue reading “Spring 2023 Wrap-Up”

Summer 2023 Preview Guide

Last Update: Thursday 7/13 2:57 p.m. EDT (probable final update) NOTE: With the posting of the last debut that I will be covering (i.e., The Devil is a Part-Timer! s2 p2), this preview guide is now complete. Welcome to my seasonal Guide! (For the debut schedule, see here.) I expect to cover every full-episode seriesContinue reading “Summer 2023 Preview Guide”

Oshi no Ko episode 11 (season finale)

Rating: A- For a series which has idols at its heart, Oshi no Ko has been remarkably light on actual idol performances. Since episode 1, the closest the series has gotten is the silly exercise video with Pieyon (which I don’t count) and Kana’s past music videos (closer, but not really the same thing). TheContinue reading “Oshi no Ko episode 11 (season finale)”

Oshi no Ko episode 10

Rating: B+ Aqua and Ruby are the centers of this series, and that’s not going to change. As much as character development might focus on other characters, these two are the impetus around which all of the major events in the series happen. That being said, I am increasingly convinced that the true star ofContinue reading “Oshi no Ko episode 10”