#Lapis Re:LiGHTS - Anime Review

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Lapis Re:LiGHTS - Anime Review

I started watching this since the art style is so beautiful and cute. I have always had a weakness for Magical Girls anime, but this one has the Idol aspect mixed with it.

Contains Spoilers

The main character of this show is Tiara Victoria Lex Waleland (voiced by Yukari Anzai who also worked on Happy Sugar Life and Release the Spyce), an extremely long name that, as everyone can guess, means that this girl is actually royalty. She’s one of the princesses of the Waleland kingdom, along with her sister, Eliza (voiced by Kana Anazawa who also worked on Angel Beats! and Deadman Wonderland). Against her older sister wishes, Tiara runs away from her home and joins the Flora Girls' High School, a magical school where students work in groups. It has some similarities to, for example, Hogwarts when it comes the evaluation system. You earn points if you do well in classes and lose them when you do poorly - and of course, after you lose too many, you are expelled. It’s mandatory in this high school that the students work in groups and earn the points together, going up (or down) in the ranking system.

This show has, like all idol anime, several girl groups that the viewer can adore (seven groups to be precise). So, of course, Tiara joins a group where her childhood friend, Rosetta (voiced by Risa Kubota who has also worked on Konohana Kitan and Ongeki), an extremely clumsy and fiery tiny girl called Lavie (voiced by Live Mukai who has also worked on Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu), a more stern girl called Ashley (voiced by Iori Saeki who has also worked on Nekopara and Uma Musume: Pretty Derby) and the bookworm Lynette (voiced by Mizuki Yamamoto).

All these girls have pretty standart and stereotypical personalities, but they are all extremely loveable, I absolutely enjoyed seeing Lavie and Ashley argue with each other, while Tiara and Rosetta bonded over their family backgrouds and memories, plus Lynette (even though she didn’t have a counterpart, per say) had enough interactions with everyone, while being important to the plot at the same time. I was afraid her character would be forgotten, but she was extremely charming since the beginning. Moreover, it was super refreshing to see the girls interact with the other groups and forming friendships with each other; it was genuinely refreshing to see, for example, Lynette become close to Ratura (voiced by Yukimi Hayase) and bond over their love for the group Ray.

Each group eventually becomes an Orchestra, a group that sings for the town’s people so a big quantity of mana can be stored in one of the biggest buildings of the school. It doesn’t hurt the people who are listening, despite my concerns in the first episodes, it is just a way to enjoy music.

Moving on to the groups then:

There are 7 in total:

LiGHTS - Tiara, Rosetta, Lavie, Ashley and Lynette. They become an Orchestra since they were in risk of being expelled due to having very little points among them. Their songs in the show have been 私たちのSTARTRAIL (in this particular song, all of the groups are present, but it’s mostly sung by LiGHTS) and Planetarium. It’s the pop style kind of group, their songs tend to appeal to everyone. These songs are, respectively, the Opening song for the anime and the Ending.

IV KLORE (and my favourite group so far) - Emilia, the daughter of a succubus, having the ability to drain the people who touch her of their energy (voiced by Hazuki Hoshino), Alpha, a magic doll that serves Emilia (voiced by Tomomi Mineuchi who has also worked on Slow Start and The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2), Salsa, a werewolf (voiced by Yuu Sasahara who has also worked on Ochikobore Fruit Tart and Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san) and Garnet, a ghost (voiced by Youko Nakayama). This group shows up quite early in the show, having an episode dedicated to Garnet as she joins IV KLORE later on. This group has no human members, all of them either being half-human or fully mystical creatures. They’re music is really enjoyable, having a bit of a darker tone when compared to everyone else. In the show, they sing two songs - Midnight Sapphire and Forbidden Fairytale. 

KonoHana wa Otome - Kaede, the younger sister (voiced by Yuuko Oono who has also worked on Konohana Kitan and Ongaku Shoujo), Nadeshiko, the middle sister (voiced by Rina Honizumi who has also worked on Hug tto! Precure and Plunderer) and Tsubaki, the oldest (voiced by Arisa Suzuki who has also worked on New Game!! and Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari). In the anime, they sing two songs -  Karakure＊Night Fever and Inochi Mijikashi, Ryouran Otome. This group mixes traditional japanese music with the rock concept, making this group my second favourite. Their songs are absolutely delicious. In the episode that is dedicated to this group, we see Kaede and Nadeshiko fighting over their musical concept, the middle sister wanting to mix rock music with the traditional. The viewer can see Nadeshiko struggling to keep the relationship with Kaede, while the youngest struggles with the fear of failure of not being able to perform both concepts well enough. It was a really cute episode and it was really fun to see the three of them, even though Tsubaki doesn’t seem to interact much with the other Orchestras, with the other girls and seeing them establish friendships with them.

Sugar Pockets - Ratura (voiced by Yukimi Hayase), Champe (voiced by Seika Hirose) and Maryberry (voiced by Hikaru Akao who has also worked on Assault Lily: Bouquet and Runway de Waratte). This is, in my opinion, the weakes group in terms of their songs. They do this cutesy, soft performances and when compared to the other groups, they lack individuality. Other than that, the characters are pretty loveable as well. Ratura is seen quite often as she and Lynette become close friends as the show goes on and Maryberry becomes less and less shy and more eager to perform with her friends. Champe is probably the most forgetful of them all, but still a very cute character. They perform two songs in the show - Wagama Caramelize and Chat Noir.

Sadistic★Candy - Angelica (voiced by Yuuka Amemiya) and Lucifer (voiced by Risae Matsuda who has also worked on Keijo!!!!!!!! and Love Live! Sunshine!! ).This group is the one that makes Sugar Pockets look boring, in my opinion. This Orchestra also has a happy, sweet kind of concept, but their chaotic personality and energy makes them stand out quite a lot. They performed two songs as well - Positive★Paradise and Are Many Chance!!! . Not only that, but when it comes to the plot, Angelica was also part of the popular group Ray, however her personality at that time now embarasses her and she is a more serious person, despite her childish self still coming out when arguing with Lucifer. 

supernova - Yue (voiced by Yuu Sakuragi who has also worked on), Millefeuille (voiced by Saeko Oku) and Fiona (voiced by Haruka Itou who has also worked on Omoi no Kakera).This is one of the most popular groups when Tiara joins the school. The members are all students in high ranks and they are used in several episodes to show how the hierarchy in this high school works. Their personalities and friendships aren’t shown as much as everyone else, what the viewer will learn the most about them is Yue’s hatred for Tiara and that Millefeuille works a bit like an older sister for both of them, often keeping Fiona in place. Their songs, despite being good, aren’t my favourites from all of them. They go for a more mature concept with their outfits and sounds, but it feels a bit “noisy” in the chorus. They perform two songs -  Ao no Shoudou and RISE.

Ray - Eliza, Chloe (voiced by Yoshino Nanjou who has also worked on Akuma no Riddle and Love Live! School Idol Project), Angers (voiced by Yuuka Amemiya) , Camilla (voiced by Sumire Uesaka who has also worked on Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! and Musaigen no Phantom World) and Yuzuriha (voiced by Ayane Sakura who has also worked on BanG Dream! and My Hero Academia). I really don’t have much of an opinion about this group as they aren’t really active anymore. I do enjoy their backstories quite a lot and I honestly hope that, if there is a second season, that these girls can get a little bit more screen time. Eliza, Tiara’s older sister, is now uncapable of singing, if she does, she might lose her voice. She was the one who asked Chloe, the now chair of the board at school despite her yound age, to put Tiara in a group that would be easily expelled. Angers became Angelica and changed her personality completely, going from a cute, soft and a bit ridiculous girl to a more serious one. Camilla was known as the Ray’s Immaculate Prince, but barely anything is shown about her besides the fact that she was a vampire that was extremely popular amongst her classmates. And then there is my favourite, Yuzuriha, a lesbian who loves to flirt with girls and spends her time in the school’s cabaret - which, by the way, the viewer can see that Champe works there as well (maybe Champe is a wlw as well?). Yuzuriha is the funniest of the group and I definitely enjoyed some representation even if a bit weird. The only issue I see with her in the anime is that her sexuality is used as a personality trait, but even so, so little is shown from the group itself that I didn’t really mind it. She was called the Graceful Dancing Princess as she was a great dancer.

The plot starts with LiGHTs struggling with the little points they have and trying to find ways to not be expelled, the viewer can see them in class and joining a group with all the other Orchestras (except Sadistic★Candy) to fight some supernatural monster that was lurking around in a forest close to the high school (it was actually Garnet, completely unaware that she was dead and didn’t know others saw her as a ghost). While they try their best to not have to leave the school, eventually they just aren’t able to have enough points and are forced to leave. From this moment forward, it’s revealed that several monsters are coming towards the high school and that all the Orchestras need to work together, so they can gather mana enough fromt he audience and protect the town. As this is going on, Ray’s backstory is revealed and LiGHTs still managed to save the day in the end.

I really enjoyed the show and the episode where Garnet joins IV KLORE was my favourite by far. The writers did a good job when it comes to allow the viewer to know the characters well, without feeling overwhelmed with so many of them. Truth be told, Champe, Camilla and even Lucifer don’t really have much screen time, but the writers still managed to make them interesting enough to not be completely forgotten. Other than that, I liked most of the songs and even those that weren’t my type were still fun to watch the Orchestras perform.

Rating: 7/10

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Lapis Re:Lights - Reseña

Start: Jul 4, 2020 End: Sep , 2020

Soy (hiper) fan de los animes de musica/idols y si encima lo sumamos a buena musica, animación y diseño de personajes, me atrapa aún más. 

Lapis Re:Lights comienza con personajes que parecen predecibles por sus roles estereotipados, y aun así son realistas de alguna forma. Cuando están desarrollados en una buena trama con un buen ritmo de guión, creo que se establece un universo sólido con sus propias reglas lógicas y lo vuelve una serie “firme”.

La falta de personajes masculinos principales es algo que admiro y respeto muchísimo, además las pequeñas huellas de shojo-ai también me parecen destacables... hasta que te das cuenta de las edades de los pjs. 

Lamentablemente las empresas de animación japonesas, cuando hablar de idols se trata, necesita femeneizarse. En el sentido feminista y no en beneficio del sistema patriarcal. Son buenos personajes en un buen universo, el problema son sus diseños levemente sexualizables (?) al ser menores de edad (casi todas de 16 años y un par de 13 y 14) y tener por ejemplo, la sala de “descanso” donde a las alumnas las “atienden” (?) otras compañeras. Creo que eso sería lo que más ruido me hizo. 

El final fue muy satisfactorio y a su vez emocionante. Lo recomiendo a personas fans de idols o animes de musica uwu

Overall score: 8

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Le serie Ganbare Douki-chan e Tawawa on Monday arrivano in streaming su Crunchyroll

I primi episodi sottotitolati sono già online per gli abbonati premium.

Il catalogo italiano di Crunchyroll si arricchisce da oggi di due nuove serie di cortometraggi animati che danno vita alle opere di due illustratori ben conosciuti nel web. 

Stiamo parlando di “Getsuyoubi no Tawawa” e di “Ganbare Douki-chan”, delle quali trovate già online il primo episodio, sottotitolato in italiano, dei 12 previsti in tutto. Entrambe mescolano vita quotidiana a momenti comici, sentimentali ed ecchi.

TAWAWA ON MONDAY

Anche se non specificato sul titolo al momento, quella che trovate in streaming è la seconda stagione della serie, lanciata a sorpresa proprio questa mattina in Giappone (ve ne abbiamo parlato in dettaglio qua).

L’anime si ispira all’omonima serie di illustrazioni ad opera di Kiseki Himura (Sword art Online: Progressive, Fantasia of Panzerjagd, Just Because!), dalla quale ha poi tratto un manga vero e proprio, serializzato sulle pagine della rivista Weekly Young Magazine. Kodansha ne ha pubblicato il secondo volumetto lo scorso agosto.

Lo staff al lavoro presso lo studio YOKOHAMA ANIMATION LAB (Lapis Re:LiGHTs, Miru Tights, Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst) è completamente diverso da quella della stagione precedente, che per ora non sappiamo se e quando arriverà sulla piattaforma. Questa volta la regia è affidata a Yuuki Ogawa (Miru Tights, Interspecies Reviewers), della sceneggiatura si occupa Hajime Kamoshida (Just Because!) e il character design è adattato da Tenshou Satou (Gamers!).

GANBARE DOUKICHAN

Al debutto proprio oggi anche l’adattamento dell’omonimo doujinshi firmato dal mangaka e illustratore Yom, diretto da Kazuomi Koga (Rent-A-Girlfriend) presso lo studio ATELIERPONTDARC. 

A curarne la sceneggiatura in questo caso c’è Yoshiko Nakamura (Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun), mentre il character design è affidato a Yuki Morikawa (Märchen Mädchen).

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Autore: SilenziO)))

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What I’m Watching - Summer 2020

Do these all the time now, just posted Season in Review anyway, and MAL’s down for a fair bit tomorrow so why not knock this out right now?

SAO War of Underworld 2 - Crazy how this isn’t the first What I’m Watching Post in which I said I’d watch this. Fuck covid.

Re:Zero Season 2 - I watched season 1 and DX and all the other animated Re:Zero shit so why not continue.

The God of High School - Another really hyped manhwa adaptation? Sure.

Kanojo, Okarishimasu - Sounds neat, cute girls, AMAZING cast

Deca-Dence - Looks like a neat original, Tomori Kusonoki MC.

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! - I crave slice of life.

Gibiate - Sounds fuckin SICK.

Dokyuu Hentai HxEros - Might hate this one, but girls look cute and it sounds action-y so.

Lapis Re:LIGHTs - Has magical girl in the description.

Umayon - Holy shit remember Uma Musume?

Japan Sinks 2020 - Masaaki Yuasa anime, sure, also I’ve never explored the disaster genre so why not.

That’s it

[arachnofiend]

First week of the summer season is over and I’ve liked all but one of the shows I’ve tried; the show in question being Monster Musume no Oisha-san, which I tried mostly for its adjacency to Ishuzoku Reviewers. Unfortunately the initial impression is that its a far more by-the-numbers ecchi. The monster girl design is great, but when basically every gag is just the main girl being jealous there isn’t much else to enjoy. It’ll have to improve quickly to not get dropped.

The rest of the season’s (admittedly slim) offerings have been great, though. No Guns Life is as good as ever, of course. The first of the two best new offerings is The God of High School which I would immediately recommend to anyone who enjoyed Blood Blockade Battlefront; TGOHS is an action anime that is about the action and it knows it. It also has what may be the most immediately endearing male protagonist I’ve ever seen in an anime. He is just... so incredibly stupid. I love him

The other obvious best-in-season contender is Deca-dence. The show caught my eye with its trailer that is essentially just a list of all the incredibly talented and successful people working on the show, and so far it has absolutely lived up to its own hype. Whoever you are, whatever you like, watch it, it’s good.

I’m also watching Lapis Re:Lights, which frankly I didn’t expect much from. I mostly got what I expected, a decent cute girls/cute things anime. It did surprise me with some shockingly in depth world building; the magic system has some real thought put into it, and whatever the show as a whole ends up rating as I think it deserves some praise for that. Also it’s pretty gay, that is important to me

Lastly...  Dokyuu Hentai HxEros. I read some of the manga out of confused curiosity on the premise, so I can say with some certainty... Yeah it’s pretty good. If y’all remember Shimoneta it’s got a similar tone; it knows how silly it is and leans into it quite happily, and is ultimately just a fun story about it being okay to be horny. The first episode of the anime seems to be carrying that tone well and making some good adaptation decisions, so I’m looking forward to seeing more. Definitely a better horny offering than Monster Doctor.

There are a lot of shonen sequels this season for shows that are bad and I do not like and I will not watch them. I will not elaborate further

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Misfit of Demon King Academy 1 | Healin’ Good PreCure 13 - 14 | Lapis Re:Lights 1 | God of High School 1 | Muhyo and Roji’s BSI s2 1

Misfit of Demon King Academy 1

This originally had the ecchi tag on its anime entry on AniList…or, at least, that’s how it was in my memory…but now that I see it doesn’t have that, it’s just another reincarnation isekai-type series. Let’s dig into it!

I…think this guy is meant to be portrayed as “hot” because he has the piercing eyes and he’s tall (against the girls in what will presumedly be his harem), but he kind of looks like your standard Potato-kun in a white outfit…so, uh…*shrugs*

Uh…is that guy meant to be Indian? You can’t get more obvious than the “Indu” family. Update: You see his brother later and Leorg has fairer skin, so maybe not.

LOL, “Flame of Darkness” makes someone nothing but a chuunibyou.

Uh…this is called The Misfit of Demon King Academy, y’know? Anos (Anoth?) is gonna get in, you bet your butts.

The owl is cute.

…guy, that 3 second rule thing was actually funny, but the more you think about the joke, the less funny it gets. Show: 1. Me: Infinity -1

Just from appearances, I wanna guess Misha is an ice or light magic user, or whatever equivalent the show has.

Is this what Assassin’s Pride could have been…?

How did the mother (Anoth’s) think her kid maturing that fast wasn’t weird?

Mushroom gratin? Is that an actual dish?...Yep, seems so. Sounds nice. I like mushrooms.

What’s up with young mothers in anime these days? Then again, the only other point of reference I have is Masamune-kun’s Revenge…

I thought it was the other Indu guy we saw earlier. This guy’s…not that bad-looking, though (LOL, my preferences ring out loud and clear…)…welp, spoke too soon. There he is. Update: Leorg kinda looks like Hakuto Kunai from Demon Lord, Retry!, come to think of it.

If Zepes died several times over the course of this episode…would one more death actually matter? (Not really, to be honest. Zepes is a scumbag.)

Come to think of it, this anime got postponed due to COVID, yeah? Was that why there was a sakuga spot earlier…?

Was that Sasha (Misha’s sister)? I found her name while checking if the anime was postponed.

I like the colour choices in this show, at least.

I don’t think this show has the best sense of comedic timing. Let your jokes breathe, dammit! That’s what comedic beats are for!

In a season with more offerings, I might get rid of this or pause it, but the season’s fairly sparse as it stands (darn virus!) so it stays.

Update: I didn’t notice, but an Anime News Network staff member wrote that Anoth’s surname is familiar…if you read Harry Potter.

Healin’ Good PreCure 13

Gotta start in the middle for this and work our way back. Note I did watch the 1st 2 eps without subs earlier this year when they were on the official PreCure YouTube, so I’m ahead of most people.

(From wandering the wiki and the news) I’ve seen nothing but pink/blue/yellow Cures these days, so I kind miss the more adventurous colours like green and orange…but then again, I never really liked green. It’s the colour of envy and…as petty as it sounds, I think I developed that bias because green is stereotypically the colour of rot, vomit (aside from anime’s rainbow vomit) and stinky things.

I didn’t notice this, but there’s a faint highlight on the Cures’ eyes (red for Grace, purple for Fontaine and blue for Sparkle).

It’s a drone! In PreCure! Yay! (It finally hit me exactly how much of a distant dream it’s been – from watching Suite and episodes of most of the other PreCure ‘til now – watching PreCure legally as a simulcast is! It’s crazy and it only took, what…5 years between Suite and this? 16 if you count from Futari wa to Healin’ Good.)

Is it that drone?

Hah? This is almost like the electricity-themed PreCure I came up with on the fan wiki. It’s not like I could sue Toei for it, though…they own that stuff, I only own what came out of my own imagination.

The subs say “Rate”, but “rate” has a meaning in English. No wonder the initial wiki translations say “Latte”, especially because the queen is “Teatine” to match.

Okay, so Mei is the sis and Yota is the brother. Got it.

Hey! What if there was a PreCure where the villains had devastated another world before? That would really raise the stakes.

“[T]hunders” (sic)? Thunder is the sound, lightning is the flash. Which one is it?

I see. As soon as they identified it as the Element of Lightning, I sort of guessed they could add it to their repertoire later, and I was right.

Its’s nice to see they put a woman in the moving company as well. Proves that girls can do anything they set their minds to, even what are supposedly “men’s jobs”.

I guess from the face I should’ve expected the element to talk, like the Fairy Tones from Suite, but I didn’t really figure that out until I saw it talk,

I feel like Hinata should’ve gone to see how Mei made her juice. That way, the two might be able to make similar-tasting juice…but that’s just an idea.

Healin’ Good PreCure 14

I feel like Byogens were responsible for Nodoka’s sickness, much like they are for Latte.

“Energy Source” seems to refer to a place where energy appears…I know that sounds a bit dumb if you don’t realise genki hakken means something like “appearance of energy (for a person)”, but…yeah, the PreCure series is like this. Unfortunately, that’s what you have to deal with.

I feel like this “teamwork overcomes all hardships” message is important in this time of COVID-19.

Guaiwaru = “condition is bad”, or ill health (guai ga warui).

Is that the element of air? I thought the PreCure would’ve used their element of lightning to fix the steamer, but hey, teamwork works too.

I’m a weeny bit peevy they translate minna to “girls”. It’s correct in context when it’s been translated that way, but minna means “everybody”.

I imagined Hinata saying “Watashi no smartphone ga!” instead of “Atarashii sumaho ga hoshii!”

Lapis Re:Lights 1

Eh…COVID-19 means I gotta sample things I’m not so crazy about.

Why is one of the first lines in this show “My behind hurts!”?

Bristol? Is this England?...Nope, it’s a place called “Mamkestell”.

I was thinking this girl…I think the reviews said her name was Tiara…was going to sing to the flower to make it perk up again, but nup, she whistled to it. That seems a bit irrelevant, to be honest. (I would prefer an all or nothing approach to a wish-washy approach like this…as in, if this is an idol show, then either go all in with the singing and dancing, or do something else that’ll catch my attention.)

Tiara’s face looks hella generic.

For some reason, I get this ominous feeling when the word “witch” is mentioned…must be the instinct from Madoka popping up again.

Lemme guess. Lynette is the bookworm?...*sigh* Just another method of showing a character is a bookworm without actually showing their reading a book, which I think is counterintuitive.

Get some protective gear, girls!

Rosetta keeps saying “Yes” (in English).

Lemme guess…people ship the dumb one and the smart one? They’re like a gender-flipped Dice and Gentaro, only the smart one is more uppity and the stupid one is more sporty.

The word appears to be noumei, but that exact word doesn’t seem to exist. Lavie seems to say the word is the opposite to something else, but I can’t tell what that is either…

Albino rabbit, eh?

…people probably ship Rosetta and Tiara too, right? *sigh*

So there’s…no singing in this fantasy/idol show. Whistling is how you invoke magic…so how is someone who can’t whistle supposed to invoke magic?!

Whose idea was it to put the OP in the middle of the episode?

It was “Neechan, daikirai!” “Forget you” is a fairly loose translation…

Little Miss Rosetta = Rosetta-chan.

I think Tiara called Rosetta “sensei” when the former wanted the latter to take care of her (i.e. take her to their dorm).

Titi = Tiara. I didn’t actually figure that out because I thought it referred to the rabbits.

Gah! These almost-real-world names (or real world names, in regards to “Bristol”) are gonna drive me NUTS!

*sigh* Boob jiggle.

*sighhhhhhhhh…* Lemme guess, there’s a potential expulsion on the horizon? Update: Yep. Dropped.

God of High School 1

First Webtoon series I’m covering here.

Oh, I checked out the first chapter of the webtoon because CR linked it to their anime page. The only difference I’ve seen from that, aside from fleshing out the backgrounds, is…that creepy skull (?) on the wall.

You can tell it’s Korean when I don’t understand what the text says. (I don’t know Korean, but I do know some Chinese and Japanese.) Update: This is Japanese-dubbed, but they left the Korean text in.

That intro is much more powerful now that the backgrounds are fleshed out.

Ooh, the colours in the OP are very nice!

Hmm? They’re starting with the grandpa, rather than starting with “I’m Mori Jin, 17 years old”? Good choice.

The expressions in this show are funny. I like them already.

Waittttttttt…I dunno how Korean names work. Is Mori Jin’s first name “Mori” or “Jin”? Update: I checked it up, and I got even more confused!

KORG Arena seems to be…from Marvel? Like BnHA references Star Wars???

*sigh* Moonbucks? Again?...and of course the girls only talk about “hotties”. We need a Bechdel test in this thing.

The comments on ch. 1 said “A new Luffy is born”, so now I agree with it…but they’re not going to show how Mori Jin was enlisted for GOH (as they seem to abbreviate it)?

There’s Japanese, English and Korean in the afro dude’s comments.

I’m amazed that tall dude with the spiky hair wasn’t more surprised about Mori Jin and the girl passing by…

Would those glasses on Mori Jin’s head be any help? Update: Turns out those aren’t “glasses”…they’re a sleeping mask.

Kamina glasses!

They put CR and Webtoon advertising over everything in this anime…geesh.

These red parts of people’s noses are gonna bug me, aren’t they…?

It should be battle royale, right? Update: Okay, so I checked and both are correct spellings.

This seems like the sort of thing that would never get funded because you need to pull off every battle scene right.

They cut the initial fight with “Blondie” out, but that actually makes things more interesting! Good choice.

Lemme guess – Mori Jin is going to have to fight this Kang Manseouk guy at full power one day? *shrugs* (Can I stop referring to people by their full names already??? I can’t stop until I know which is the first name and which is the last.) Update: So the wiki finally helped me out and Mori is the first name and Jin the last, meaning I can call him “Mori”. Got it.

*Mori suddenly pulls the prisoner’s pants down* - That was…random.

I liked it more than I thought I would! (Just for reference, the other protag dude is called Han Dae-wi and the girl is Yoo Mira.)

Muhyo and Roji’s BSI s2 1

(Update for the Tumblr fans: I finished s1 outside the seasonal format.) 

Kokkuri-san never goes well in anime…

Where does Nana work again…?

I don’t think Muhyo and Roji are legally (magically legally?) obligated to tell Nana anything about what they do.

Yay! Goryo is animted for the first time! He has such a beautiful voice~!

Notably, Roji wouldn’t have had a smartphone in 2004 (or whatever year close to that when the manga put this bit out).

Goryo (5) vs Muhyo (6). Didn’t figure this out at the time I read the manga.

I think the subbers misgendered Goryo. Goryo is a dude, as can be gathered from the name “Daranimaru”.

“Waka”? Does that stand for “young head [of the office]” or something?

Okay, whose bright idea was it to pair Now on Air (female vocalists) with Muhyo and Roji’s (a series dominated with dudes)…?

Ah, Funimation is on the production team of this anime. That would explain the dub rights.

[shazzeaslightnovels]

September 2020

(Series: Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho | Artist: Yoshinori Shizuma)

No. of Reviews: 15

The anime season of Summer 2020 was okay, I guess, but I ended up dropping Lapis Re:Lights as it was just too boring to justify contuining.

Deca-Dence: I kind of lost interest in this one at around the half-way point and I’m not quite sure why. I think it just took too long to develop story points and I ended up liking it well enough but not thinking it’s anything special or wanting to recommend it to anyone. I did appreciate the character designs and general aesthetic though and the focus on a platonic relationship between a man and a woman, as well as the representation of a disabled woman.

Digimon Adventure: is a really mixed bag. I loved episode 8 where we finally got (almost) all of the gang together and there were a lot of fun moments but then we got into the ultimate digivolutions and I just got really disappointed. While some of the evolution episodes are definitely better than others, the whole thing just feels rushed and the characters don’t get as much of a chance to show off how flawed they are and grow from their mistakes. It definitely doesn’t help that I can’t stop comparing it to the original at least a little bit because it was so good at having all of the characters (except for Hikari who got her moments in 02) be so deliciously flawed. I can understand wanting to do certain things faster than the original did but I would have thought that it would be better to speed up the arrival of Hikari than speed up the digivolutions. My best guess is that they were trying to make Angemon seem less OP and also wanted to skip Etemon because, as much as I love him, he’s definitely the least scary of the big bads. Hopefully, later arcs will be better at giving the characters flaws but I have mixed feeling on the series so far overall and I really think it would have been better to space out the digivolution episodes more instead of having all 6 in a row. That being said, I fucking love the digivolution sequence for Zudomon. I have pretty much waited 15 years for Zudomon to get the amazingness that they deserve and that really made me happy. Thanks to whoever animated it (Sakuga currently credits Junpei Ogawa but I don’t think there’s an official source). Oh, and the second ED is so good that it justifys the reboots existence.

Oregairu Climax: I’d be interested in seeing if this season holds up better when watched together with the previous 2 because everything just feels really different to me. The characters and the tone all feel inconsistent with the 2 seasons that I watched and liked but that may just be nostalgia talking so I do want to watch all 3 seasons together at some point and see if it works better when taken as a whole. For now, though, I can’t say that I enjoyed Climax much. Part of it was the much slower pacing as a result of having less material to adapt and part of it was the focus on the drama and love triangle and those aspects aren’t what I like about the show. It quickly became a chore to watch a new episode each week and that’s a shame.

Re:Zero 2: I’m not going to lie: my enjoyment of this series really shot up once Subaru started to die. Death by rabbit were definitely my favourite deaths. Those sure were something. I do still find the story really drags whenever there are exposition scenes where nothing really happens but I enjoyed this season well enough despite that and I really like Echidna.

SAO Alicization: All I needed was that one part in episode 6 to be happy with this season and Alicization in general and I got that so I’m happy. I will admit that I have mixed feelings on Alicization as a whole; I really liked all of the character moments and the plot was interesting but there was so much sexual assault and info-dumping and I didn’t find the ending to be very satisfying and I’m not a fan of romantic Alice/Kirito. I kind of saw them more as bros in the Unital Ring arc so it was weird to see all the implications of Alice having romantic feelings for Kirito. But, yeah, I enjoyed it overall and that one part in episode 6 was just amazing and kudos to Ai Kayano whose performance as Alice was a highlight of the series. I probably won’t read the Moon Cradle arc but I am looking forward to the Progressive anime.

What I watch next season depends on where it ends up getting streamed but I’ll definitely be watching Danmachi 3.

List of Reviews:

Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho 5

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 17

Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon 2-1

Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden 6

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 18

Hataraku Maou-sama! 8

Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho 6

Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden 7

Hataraku Maou-sama! 9

31 Banme no Okisaki-sama 1

Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho 7

Hataraku Maou-sama! 10

Isekai Goumon Hime Gaiden

Skill Daidokoro Shoukan wa Sugoi! 1

Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho 8

There’s a new volume of Overwrite coming out next month and I’m really excited. I’m glad we got a second volume of the series and I look forward to seeing what the writer does with it.

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Anime Review: Lapis Re:LIGHTs Episode 1

Anime Review: Lapis Re:LIGHTs Episode 1

Lapis Re:LIGHTs Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab Genre: Music Streaming: Funimation

  We always get a couple of idol anime every season, and the genre clearly has its niche audience. Idol anime don’t have as much influence in the West, with only a clear, small audience really following them. Still, every now and then idol anime merges with other genres to make it more accessible (And usually…

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Adachi to Shimamura - Anime Review

Contains Spoilers

This show is a romance, slice of life anime between two high school girls, Adachi and Shimamura. They met while skipping classes and spending their newly found free time playing games and talking, or sometimes, just sitting together in silence too. However, the longer they stay together, the closer they get and their feelings get more and more complicated.

I would like to first talk about Shimamura Hogetsu (voiced by Miku Itou, who also worked on BanG Dream! and Anitore! EX), one of our main characters. She was, to be quite honest, a real mystery to me, in the beginning. This girl has built a wall around herself, barely allowing others to know her true feelings and thoughts. She prefers to be alone and mentions this quite often too, wishing it until the end of the show. Despite showing a quite extroverted personality, it’s clear that she seems to dread to be needed by others and doesn’t really pursue the company of other people. It’s usually others that come to her. She will seem quite cold throughout the show and she is the main reason why I find it hard to say that this show fits the shoujo ai genre.

She never truly sees Adachi as a possible lover, even comparing herself as her new friend’s big sister and, at some point, even mother. She never truly rejects Adachi, she actually learns to accept her more and more and becomes more open to her affections as time goes by, but she fails to see just how deep Adachi feelings are for her. Adding to this, Shimamura overthinks quite a lot about her relationships, even if she seems to not care about them, but even more about herself as a person, overanalyzing her traits and behaviors, closing herself a bit more and more. She sees relationships as fleeting things and doesn’t see the need to make them last or to strengthen them. As soon as she becomes a second year, for example, she gets a new group of friends that she doesn’t even bother herself to know the names of.

Now, to the second protagonist of this show, Adachi Sakura (voiced by Akari Kitou, who has also worked on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Umamusume: Pretty Derby). She is the reason why I, finally, considered this show a shoujo ai and why I absolutely adored the series. Adachi is the perfect representation of a young girl slowly, but surely, coming to terms with new romantic feelings, that don’t fit the societal norms, and struggling to understand what they mean and how to express them. I saw myself quite a lot in her, in her good and bad moments, to be honest. Adachi is characterized as very introverted girl who, already, struggles quite a lot to speak her mind and avoids people altogether (that being her reason to skip class). However, she starts seeing Shimamura as someone who is worth and different of others, enjoying the time she spends with her and actually allowing herself to be more open about her feelings with her (even if it’s still… to a minimum).

Adachi is scared of her feelings for Shimamura, being a bit jealous and possessive of her (for example, believing that Shimamura only talked to her on the phone and being sad about it, but never acting angry towards her friend), thinking that wanting to be best friends is as far as they can go, when in reality she clearly wants more, frequently fantasizing about kissing her friend. She is so desperate for her feelings to be validated by Shimamura that she ends up compared as to a puppy that follows her everywhere and would do anything for her. Adachi is so confused with her emotions and identity, not understanding with Shimamura is even aware of her feelings as well. The show is mostly focused on Adachi coming to terms with how she wants her relationship to be with Shimamura, her struggles and attempts to become closer to her crush. Her perspective is so innocent and genuine that I believe that anyone wlw that had romantic feelings for another girl in their teenage years might relate to this character.

There are also a few other characters on the show, two of them are Shimamura’s friends that she actually bothered herself to know, Nagafuji Taeko (voiced by Reina Ueda, who has also worked on 3D Kanojo: Real Girl and Dr. Stone) and Hino Akira (voiced by Manami Numakura, who has also worked on Aikatsu Stars! and Konohana Kitan). These two are a bit of stereotypes and honestly only there to be cute together. And then there’s… Chikama Yashiro (voiced by Iori Saeki, who has also worked on Shoujo☆Conto All Starlight and Lapis Re:LiGHTs). I don’t understand what’s the point of this character at all, they are supposed to be an alien from another planet looking for their brethren on Earth, but they barely add anything to the story and are only there to annoy Shimamura and Adachi from time to time. It makes the story less serious, which I can understand some would like, but for me, it definitely made me pay less attention to what was going on.

Other than what I mentioned before, I think this is a show that, while might not be for everyone and could even frustrate quite a few people since it has an open ending, it is definitely a fun watch! I think this is a quite good representation of a girl struggling with her romantic feelings for another and how that confusion can make you feel flustered and sometimes, quite idiotic too.

Rating: 7/10

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Seconda stagione per Tawawa on Monday, il primo episodio è già online

La serie di corti ispirata alle tavole di Kiseki Himura torna con alle spalle un nuovo staff.

Annunciata una seconda stagione di “Getsuyoubi no Tawawa” (Tawawa on Monday), con il lancio a sorpresa del primo nuovo episodio della serie di corti, già disponibile online da questa mattina, sulla piattaforma di streaming giapponese AbemaTV. 

Lo staff al lavoro sull’anime, presso lo studio YOKOHAMA ANIMATION LAB (Lapis Re:LiGHTs, Miru Tights, Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst), è completamente diverso da quella della stagione precedente. Questa volta la regia è affidata a Yuuki Ogawa (Miru Tights, Interspecies Reviewers), della sceneggiatura si occupa Hajime Kamoshida (Just Because!) e il character design è adattato da Tenshou Satou (Gamers!).

Il box Blu-ray con tutti i 12 episodi uscirà in Giappone il 13 dicembre e includerà un 13° episodio inedito.

Il cast è invece sempre lo stesso, con alcune aggiunte inedite:

Ai-chan: Sayaka Harada 

Kouhai-chan: Ai Kayano 

Maegami-chan: Rie Takahashi

Volleyball-bu-chan: Shizuka Ishigami 

Imouto-chan: Yuka Iguchi 

Okaa-san: Kikuko Inoue 

Onii-san: Junji Majima 

Senpai: Yasuaki Takumi 

Sensei: Junichi Yanagita 

La prima stagione di 12 episodi della serie, prodotta in quel caso da PINE JAM (Just Because!, Gleipnir, Kageki Shoujo!!), è stata trasmessa nel 2016. Con l’edizione home video sono poi state incluse due puntate bonus.

L’anime si ispira all’omonima serie di illustrazioni ad opera di Kiseki Himura (Sword art Online: Progressive, Fantasia of Panzerjagd, Just Because!), dalla quale ha poi tratto un manga vero e proprio, serializzato sulle pagine della rivista Weekly Young Magazine. Kodansha ne ha pubblicato il secondo volumetto lo scorso agosto.

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Crunchyroll, ecco i primi anime estivi che arriveranno sulla piattaforma di streaming

Già confermato il simucast di nove nuove serie e altre sono ancora da svelare.

Annunciati da Crunchyroll i primi anime che andranno a far parte dell’imminente palinsesto estivo 2021 della piattaforma, che come ormai ci ha abituato, fra novità stagionali e serie in corso, vedrà il catalogo italiano riempirsi di titoli un po’ per tutti i gusti, da seguire in streaming on demand, in contemporanea con la trasmissione giapponese.

NUOVI SIMULCAST

GIRLFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND

Serie animata basata su “Kanojo mo Kanojo”, la nuova commedia romantica firmata Hiroyuki (Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to, Doujin Work, Aho Girl).

Naoya Mukai ama Saki Saki sin dalle elementari, e quando lei finalmente accetta i suoi sentimenti, lui è al massimo della felicità. Poco dopo, però, una bella ragazza di nome Nagisa Minase confessa a Naoya di essere innamorata di lui! Non volendo ferire i sentimenti di nessuna delle due ragazze, Naoya decide di uscire con entrambe! Cosa uscirà da questo triangolo amoroso che sfida il senso comune?

L’adattamento è diretto da Satoshi Kuwahara (The Quintessential Quintuplets, Adachi to Shimamura) presso gli studi TEZUKA PRODUCTIONS (The Quintessential Quintuplets, Adachi to Shimamura). La sceneggiatura sta venendo curata da Keiichirou Ochi (Hinamatsuri, The Quintessential Quintuplets, Machikado Mazoku) e Kazuhiko Inukai, Mayumi Morita (Dagashi Kashi 2), mentre il character design è in mano ad Akiko Toyoda (direttrice d’animazione in Adachi to Shimamura). Le musiche sono invece composte da Miki Sakurai (Machikado Mazoku) e Tatsuhiko Saiki (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom).

I’M STANDING ON A MILLION LIVES (Stagione 2)

Torna la serie tv tratta dal manga fantasy isekai scritto da Naoki Yamakawa e disegnato da Akinari Nao (Trinity Seven). La prima stagione di 12 episodi è andata in onda lo scorso autunno ed è già disponibile in streaming sulla piattaforma.

Il distaccato e razionale alunno di terza media, Yusuke Yotsuya, viene trasportato in un mondo parallelo che sembra un videogioco. Diventa il terzo giocatore e si imbarca in una pericolosa missione insieme ai suoi compagni di classe Iu Shindo e Kusue Hakozaki, teletrasportati lì prima di lui. Il freddo Yusuke rifugge ogni dimostrazione di emozione ed esamina ogni elemento con distacco, talvolta prendendosi gioco delle vite dei suoi compagni. Potrà proteggere il suo gruppo dagli attacchi dei mostri, i terribili incidenti e i piani dei nemici per vincere il gioco?

L’adattamento è diretto da Kumiko Habara (assistente di regia in Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion) presso lo studio MAHO FILM (If It’s for My Daughter I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord, By the Grace of the Gods). La sceneggiatura è supervisionata da Takao Yoshioka (High School DxD, Bugie d’aprile), mentre il design dei personaggi è curato da Kaho Deguchi (By the Grace of the Gods), Eri Kojima (I’m standing on 1,000,000 lives) e Toshihide Masudate (In Another World With My Smartphone)

PEACH BOY RIVERSIDE

Serie animata basata sul manga adventure fantasy scritto da Coolkyoushinja (Komori-san Can’t Decline, I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying e Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid) e disegnato da Johanne, che prende spunto dal famoso racconto giapponese di Momotaro, reinventandolo.

Saltherine Aldarake è una giovane principessa sempre solare e allegra, desiderosa di andare all'avventura perché annoiata dalla vita nell suo piccolo castello in campagna. Un giorno, però, un gruppo di feroci demoni conosciuti come Oni arrivano alle sue porte, minacciando la vita di tutti nel Regno. Per fortuna, vengono salvati da un viandante solitario di nome Mikoto Kibitsu che uccide tutti mostri grazie ad un misterioso “Peach Eye”. Scossa dai pericoli del mondo esterno, la principessa decide di intraprendere un viaggio per conto suo, senza sapere che questo avrebbe messo in moto una catena di eventi tali da determinare il destino di questo mondo magico.

Il progetto targato ASAHI PRODUCTION (WAVE!! Let’s go surfing!!, Heaven’s Design Team) è diretto da Shigeru Ueda (Senran Kagura Estival Versus) e sceneggiato da Keiichiro Ochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets, Hinamatsuri). Il design dei personaggi è curato da Satomi Kurita (3D Kanojo: Real Girl) e Masato Kato, mentre la colonna sonora è firmata da Takaaki Nakahashi (Mannaka no Rikkun, Control Bear).  

THE AQUATOPE ON WHITE SAND

Nuova serie originale dello studio P.A. WORKS (Iroduku: The World in Colors, Nagi no Asu kara, Shirobako, Appare-Ranman!) all’insegna dello slice of life.

Il Gama Gama Aquarium è un piccolo acquario di Okinawa, a un'ora di autobus da Naha. Kukuru Misakino è una liceale diciottenne che lavora lì e conosce il “segreto” di quel posto: a volte appiano cose misteriose all’interno dell’aquario. Un giorno Kukuru incontra Fuuka, in piedi davanti a una delle vasche e con le lacrime che le scendono sulle guance. La ragazza ha rinunciato al suo sogno di diventare una idol e si è trasferita da Tokyo ad Okinawa alla ricerca di un nuovo inizio. Fuuka comincia dunque a lavorare all'acquario, che oltre a dare qualche grattacapo inaspettato a causa del suo “segreto”, rischia di essere chiuso a breve.

L’anime è diretto da Toshiya Shinohara (Iroduku: The World in Colors, Nagi no Asu kara) e sceneggiato da Yuuko Kakihara (Tsuki ga Kirei, Iroduku: The World in Colors), mentre il character design è ad opera di Yuki Akiyama (Iroduku: The World in Colors) e si basa su quello concepito da U35 (Lapis Re:LiGHTs, Magia Record Puella Magi Madoka Magica Gaiden Another Story). Akiyama si occupa anche di supervisionare il comparto animazioni, le musiche per la colonna sonora, invece, sono composte da Yoshiaki Dewa (Iroduku: The World in Colors, Nagi no Asu kara, Flying Witch).

THE IDATEN DEITIES KNOW ONLY PEACE

Serie animata tratta dal manga “Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi” scritto da Amahara (Interspecies Reviewers) e disegnato da Coolkyoushinja Komori-san Can’t Decline, I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying e Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid).

800 anni or sono, gli dèi apparvero sulla terra sconfiggendo e sigillando i demoni che avevano portato l'umanità sull'orlo della distruzione. Le divinità di oggi vivono un’esistenza pacifica e non hanno alcuna esperienza in battaglia, ma i demoni stanno per tornare e per dèi e uomini è di nuovo tempo di combattere.

Prodotto dallo studio MAPPA (Dorohedoro, Jujutsu Kaisen, Zombie Land Saga), l’adattamento dell’action fantasy è diretto da Seimei Kidokoro (assistente di regia in Fireworks e Hells) sceneggiato da Hiroshi Seko (Dorohedoro, Jujutsu Kaisen), mentre il character design è curato da Nao Ootsu (Beastars, Land of the Lustrous).

RICONFERMATI

Serie tv in simulcast annunciate in precedenza durante altre occasioni.

FENA: PIRATE PRINCESS

IDOLISH7 THIRD BEAT! (Il primo episodio è già disponibile in anteprima)

MISS KOBAYASHI’S DRAGON MAID S

THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME (Stagione 2)

IN PROSECUZIONE

Serie tuttora in corso, già presenti sulla nostra precedente guida simulcast stagionale.

KIYO IN KYOTO: FROM THE MAIKO HOUSE

BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

DRAGON QUEST: THE ADVENTURE OF DAI

ONE PIECE

MY HERO ACADEMIA (Stagione 5)

SD GUNDAM WORLD HEROES

TO YOUR ETERNITY

TOKIO REVENGERS

WELCOME TO DEMON SCHOOL, IRUMA-KUN! (Stagione 2)

Come al solito, gli episodi delle serie arriveranno ogni settimana in lingua originale con sottotitoli in italiano; gli abbonati premium potranno vedere da subito le puntate, che però dopo sette giorni saranno accessibili a tutti gratuitamente.

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July 2020

Series: Sayonara Isekai, Mata kite Ashita | Illustrator: Nimoshi

No. of Reviews: 23

Favorite volume of the month: Hataraku Maou-sama! 4, Sayonara Isekai Mata kite Ashita 2

New season, new shows, mostly sequels.

I have warmed up to Digimon Adventure: since it has started to focus on the remaining members of the cast instead of just Yamato and Taichi. I’m enjoying seeing how it’s handling the initial evolutions for each digimon.

I must admit that I’m not the biggest ReZero fan. I think it’s fine but it’s never really connected well with me like it has with many others. Still, I do find some of the plotlines and characters intriguing. So far, season 2 has mostly focused on a story that I haven’t really been interested in but the last scene of episode 3 did get my attention so I’m looking forward to getting more information about Subaru’s life on Earth.

I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to watch that last season of Oregairu since I can’t aford HiDive so I’m glad that Crunchy was able to pick it up as well. My favourite thing about the series is the way that it treats Hachiman’s self-sacrifical behaviour as unhealthy for his mental state and, 3 episodes in, the season hasn’t shown much of that yet but I’ve still been enjoying it a lot anyway. I especially liked the sibling bonds that we’ve been seeing between Komachi and Hachiman and episode 3 was a lot of fun all around.

SAO is still the ultimate guilty pleasure series for me. Despite all of it’s many, many flaws, I still come out of each episode enjoying it. I’ve never been able to quite understand what it is about the series that keeps me coming back in a way that no other series has. The new season didn’t start off amazingly with yet another sexual assault scene that focuses on the pain of someone who has to watch sexual assault happen rather than, you know, the actual victim of said sexual assault. Thankfully, Asuna’s stuff has made up for it and I think it helps that I never finished the Alicization arc in the light novels (I got up to volume 15 I think before stopping due to personal reasons, skipped Moon Cradle and came back in for Unital Ring) so I can’t compare it. So I’m still enjoying the series and I look forward to a new episode every week.

I started Lapis Re:LiGHTs and it’s okay. I’m three episodes in and I still don’t know where it’s going because so little has happened (like, based on the advertising of the game, I’m pretty sure this is meant to be an idol anime but only episode 2 has had an idol sequence so far and episode 3 just ignores that happened) and the characters are very archetypical. That being said, I do find myself smiling sometimes when I’m watching it so I guess it’s doing something right and I’ll continue it for now.

I don’t know what to think about Deca-Dence yet because it keeps on introducing new things each episode so I have no idea where it’s going to go but I am definitely interested in finding out more and I’m enjoying it overall so far. I also really like Natsume and Pipe.

List of Reviews:

Hataraku Maou-sama! 4

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Orusuban Imouto no Yume wo Minai

Mokushiroku Alice 1

Baccano! 1711 Whitesmile

Sayonara Isekai, Mata kite Ashita 1

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 6

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yume Miru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai

Baccano! 1935-A Deep Marble

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 7

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Hatsukoi Shoujo no Yume wo Minai

Mokushiroku Alice 2

Baccano! 1935-B Dr. Feelgreed

Mokushiroku Alice 3

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 8

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Odekake Sister no Yume wo Minai

Baccano! 1931-Winter the time of the oasis

Joshikouseidoushi ga mata Koi ni Ochiru Kamoshirenai Hanashi

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 9

Sayonara Isekai, Mata kite Ashita 2

Baccano! 1935-C The Grateful Bet

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 10

Seireitsukai no Blade Dance 11

Baccano! 1935-D Luckstreet Boys

The new volume of Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road is coming out in August and I’m a bit interested in Saihate no Shuumatsu Girls Packer so I’ll be looking out for reviews on that. Otherwise, I’ll start next month by catching up on a few July releases and will be working on getting further in Blade Dance.