Tag Archives: reviews

Winter 2025 Wrap-Up

Due to some production delays, not all Winter ’25 series that aren’t continuing into the Spring ’25 season have wrapped at this point; both My Happy Marriage and I Left My A-Rank Party still have episodes to air as of 3/31/25. However, with the Spring ’25 Preview Guide getting underway, I have decided not waitContinue reading “Winter 2025 Wrap-Up”

Winter 2025 Mid-Season Report, part 2

This half deals with titles which hit either their 6th or 7th episodes during the week of 2/17/25-2/23/25. It also includes the remainder of season 3 of Arifureta, which finished airing during this time frame. Arifureta s3 episodes 12-16 Rating (these episodes only): B- After a short delay, the third season of Arifureta finished itsContinue reading “Winter 2025 Mid-Season Report, part 2”

Fall 2024 Wrap-Up

With the last handful of titles for the Fall 2024 season having now aired, let’s take a summative look at what did and didn’t work well this season. In addition, I will have some wrap-up commentary at the end about a certain Spring season series which finally got around to finishing. . . Because ofContinue reading “Fall 2024 Wrap-Up”

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 9

Rating: A- Given Hestia’s persistently undignified behavior, it can be easy to forget that she is actually a goddess. Even with her divine powers curtailed, she is still the supreme power in Orario within her domain: that of purity. Unfortunately for Freya, that domain is the one that stands most directly opposed to the allureContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 9”

Fall ’24 Mid-Season Report, part 2

See here for part 1. This half of the report covers Orb (which I somehow overlooked in my first half) and all fall season series I have been following which are first hitting episode 6 or 7 between 11/16 and 11/20 inclusive. Mostly these are the series that were later starters, though in one caseContinue reading “Fall ’24 Mid-Season Report, part 2”

Fall 2024 Mid-Season Report, part 1

Week 7 of the Fall ’24 season marks the season’s official midway point, so let’s take a look at how some of the series airing this season are doing. Like with the past three seasons, I am keeping up with a massive number of series this season (23 to be exact), so I am onceContinue reading “Fall 2024 Mid-Season Report, part 1”

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 7

Rating: Despite Freya Familia seeming to have nearly all-encompassing control of Orario, last episode still left the status quo with a few loose ends. This episode explores several of those, while also dropping the first vague hints about possible resistance to the status quo. With so much ground to cover in various little scenes, thatContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 7”

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 3

Rating: B+ One point that often gets underemphasized in discussions and analyses about this franchise is how much the structure and nature of familias can vary. Some (like Hestia Familia) function like a true family, while others function like businesses (Ishtar and Dian Cecht), fraternal organizations (arguably Loki Familia), spy groups (Hermes Familia), civic groupsContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 3”

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 2

Rating: B+ I have seen some claims that this installment is only supposed to be 15 episodes long instead of two full cours. If true, that means a much faster-paced adaptation than the previous story arc, as volumes 16-18 are collectively at least 100 pages longer than volumes 12-14. (And that’s without factoring in theContinue reading “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 2”