Kanojo, Okarishimasu 3rd Season

MBS's late night anime programming block which currently airs on Saturdays from 1:55-2:55.

A couple RomCom anime that are worth your time.

My scoring is based on the rate the anime entertained me. These anime mostly put me on a roller-coaster while being invested in the characters and events.
The ones I really like get to be on this list.

Romance Anime 2020-2023 and upcoming romance anime in 2024.
Not all new romance anime, but the most notable one's for me.
This list also includes romantic subtext anime.
Mainly includes school romance anime.

--Only the Sequel-- (The series didn't start in the 2020's)
‣ Masamune-kun's Revenge R [Watched]
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 [Watched]
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War: Ultra Romantic [Watched]
‣ Teasing Master Takagi-san 3 [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket 2nd Season [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket: The Final [Watched]
‣ The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 [Watched]
‣ My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax! [Watched]
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2
‣ The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2
‣ Date A Live IV
‣ Date A Live V

--Not Included-- (I dropped or skipped)
‣ Remake Our Life! [Dropped]
‣ Engage Kiss [Dropped]
‣ Aharen Is Indecipherable [Dropped]
‣ Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose [Dropped]
‣ Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory [Dropped]
‣ My Clueless First Friend [Dropped]
‣ Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! [Dropped]
‣ Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Double [Skipped]
‣ Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It [Skipped]
‣ Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It r=1-sinθ [Skipped]
‣ The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague [Skipped]
‣ The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses [Skipped]
‣ Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts [Skipped]
‣ Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence [Skipped]
‣ The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious [Skipped]
‣ Taisho Otome Fairy Tale [Skipped]
‣ A Galaxy Next Door [Skipped]
‣ Love of Kill [Skipped]
‣ My Tiny Senpai [Skipped]
‣ Ayakashi Triangle [Skipped]
‣ Temple [Skipped]
‣ Plunderer [Skipped]
‣ Love Flops [Skipped]
‣ A Girl & Her Guard Dog [Skipped]
‣ The Foolish Angel Dances with Demons [Skipped]
‣ Tales of Wedding Rings [Skipped]
‣ A Condition Called Love [Dropped]
‣ My Wife Has No Emotion [Dropped]
‣ Senpai is an Otokonoko [Skipped]

--Isekai/Fantasy/Supernatural/Sci-Fi Romance--
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 2
‣ The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3
‣ Sugar Apple Fairy Tale [Watched]
‣ Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Part 2
‣ My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! [Started]
‣ My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
‣ The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent [Watched]
‣ The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Season 2 [Started]
‣ Vermeil in Gold [Watched]
‣ Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World [Watched]
‣ Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside [Watched]
‣ Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2
‣ The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady [Watched]
‣ I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss [Watched]
‣ Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs [Watched]
‣ Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte [Started]
‣ The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior
‣ Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion
‣ I'm in Love with the Villainess
‣ Tearmoon Empire
‣ Surgeon Elise
‣ I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness: I'll Spoil
ㅤHer with Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World!
‣ 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!
‣ An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride [Started]
‣ Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again
‣ Unnamed Memory
‣ Love After World Domination
‣ Atri: My Dear Moments
‣ The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies

--Romance Movies--
‣ A Whisker Away
‣ Love Me, Love Me Not
‣ Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
‣ Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop [Watched]
‣ Fruits Basket: Prelude [Started]
‣ The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie [Started]
‣ Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie [Watched]
‣ The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes [Watched]
‣ To Every You I've Loved Before
‣ To Me, The One Who Loved You
‣ Kaguya-sama: Love is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends [Started]
‣ Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
‣ Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
‣ Make a Girl [Upcoming]

--More Airing or Aired--
‣ The Girl Downstairs (Chinese)
‣ No Doubt In Us (Chinese)
‣ Giji Harem
‣ Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
‣ Love Is Indivisible by Twins

--More Upcoming--
‣ A Bouquet for an Ugly Girl
‣ Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister
‣ Can a Boy and Girl Friendship Hold Up? (No, It Can't!!)

Updates:
-- started Post-season
-- added Clockwork Dandy Noodles awards
-- added Otaku Spirit best of

Updates:
-- Mid-season update: Otaku Spirit, ViniiTube, Echidnut, AH Brandon Reviews
-- added Chibi Reviews discussion of ZOM 100 production problems

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This stack consolidates watch recommendations for Summer 2023 from several YouTube critics/commentators. URLs are frowned upon in stacks so go to YouTube and search if you want to watch the videos. Or you can watch them at this blog post:
https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=900154

Mother's Basement (Geoff Thew) 1.32M subs: "Beat the Summer heat (and smoke) with the best new anime of the season!" MB only mentions his top 10 recommendations but includes a "bargain bin" with what amount to runners-up. In this stack, if MB is not in the description, then the show did not make his list. Returning or continuing shows are not included in his review. If you want to see his tier list for all shows, look for the Basement Life video noted below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YwoExo6hi4

Glass Reflection (Tristan Gallant) 582K subs: GR provides his first reaction to all the new seasonal anime in terms of whether he will be watching them: "Toss" those he is not interested in; "Hold" pending further judgment; "Keep" the ones to watch. GR watches at least the first episode of each show. Returning or continuing shows are not included in his review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZiu3gHb-eA

Garnt 477K subs: "I Watched EVERY Anime in Summer 2023". Garnt's rating system: "Must watch" for shows he will be watching for sure; "three episodes" for shows that catch his eye but don't yet rate a full season commitment; "one episode" for shows he will give a chance; "skip" for those shows he is not planning to watch. Garnt passes judgment based on the show description and trailer. The review video is a 38 minute edit of a five hour (!) livestream. A few of the shows were cut from the edit, presumably because they were rated Skip without much fanfare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95z9B2pY4I

Gigguk 3.52M subs: "Summer Anime 2023 in a Nutshell". Garnt and Gigguk are the same person - I don't know the channels well enough to tell the difference. This video is a rundown of shows this season with often snarky commentary, but unlike the others supporting this stack, there is no systematic evaluation. I do enjoy the snark so I'll try to capture some of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrZW6JVWvA

AH Brandon Reviews 59.4K subs: "What Will Brandon Watch Summer of Anime 2023". Brandon makes YouTube videos for shows that he enjoys watching and that pique the interest of his community. He will drop shows that either don't meet expectations or don't generate interest from his community. Brandon's subscriber count is modest compared to the others here, but his tastes and sensibilities are similar to my own so his review is included here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlZW-38sxiI

414Anime 151K subs: "DO NOT MISS These Summer 2023 Anime". 414Anime mostly makes listicle-type videos. Given his subscriber count, I guess people like these lists. His review doesn't include popular returning anime like Jujustu Kaisen. I will simply list 414Anime under the show if they make his list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI4rpLf1PPk

Animeology 182K subs: "Top 10 Best New Anime For Summer 2023". Animeology also mostly makes listicle-type videos. This review contains 10 shows in rank order: 1 > 10. For each show, I'll just note the rank order (not too sure how a Summer 2023 top 10 list exists without Bleach).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZAtaM2HU4

Basement Life (also Geoff Thew) 39.3K subs: "I Ranked EVERY Anime of Summer 2023". This is a side-channel for Mother's Basement. The MB review listed the top 10 in no particular order. This review is a tier list for *all* anime this season. In my opinion, this is a pretty good assessment across the board, but beware, this is a 56 min video. Tiers: Banger > Good > Ok > Mid > Bad > Trash. Thew uses "Trash" to mean a show could be real trash, but also could be "good trash" in that people with specific tastes might enjoy it. A nicely animated harem anime might qualify as "good trash". For each show, I'll simply note the tier level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teAfAC7U84s

I will interject in a few cases but for the most part, the focus is on the recommendations from the YouTube commentators.

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Just eyeballing the consensus amongst the critics, these are the shows to watch, in alpha order.

Three returning heavy hitters:
* Bleach
* Jujutsu Kaisen
* Mushoku Tensei

Plus five new shows:
* Dark Gathering
* Reborn as a Vending Machine
* Reign of the Seven Spellblades
* Undead Murder Farce
* Zom 100

=-=-=- Mid-season Update -=-=-=

I'll add to this stack as more mid-season and post-season reviews roll in.

Otaku Spirit 14.4K subs: "Does Japan Love Your Favorite Anime? Summer 2023 Anime Ranking!" Contrasting anime popularity in Japan and the West using popular ranking systems and sites such as MAL and Anilist. I added the mid-season rankings for the top 10 on MAL and Anilist to the appropriate shows. I skipped the long-running and carry-over shows on the MAL "Top Airing" list (why is Eminence in Shadow still on the Top Airing list?). The other lists OS cites are: Anikore (Anilist equivalent), Akiba Souken, NicoNico Video (Japanese YouTube equivalent), and Dimora (weekly TV rankings). I don't read Japanese so I am going strictly and only by what OS says about these sites. He doesn't cover every ranking so if he doesn't talk about it, it is "n/a". A show that doesn't have a ranking was not mentioned at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0eFWSpLRUw&t=201s

ViniiTube 1.06M subs: "Top 10 Best New Anime of Summer 2023". This is a mid-season Top 10 list of the best non-sequel shows. ViniiTube mostly produces listicle-type videos. The anime are described in order from 10 to 1, 1 being best. I've noted the placement in the appropriate description.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrbFBAfVx1s

Echidnut 241K subs: "Ranking the Best Anime in Summer & Spring 2023 (Tier List)". Tier list using TierMaker. Standard tiers: God > S > A > B > C > D. I only noted tiers for the Summer shows.

=-=-=- Post-season Update -=-=-=

Otaku Spirit 17.1K subs: "Best Anime of the Summer 2023 Season!". Top 10. "... unfortunately this season where we've seen a really big gap between the good and the bad."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqJp0ZqHwm0

Clockwork Dandy Noodles 719 subs: "Top 3 Summer Anime 2023! Summer Anime Awards!". More than three awards but I only noted the Top 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jchk3BbYXRA

This is a compilation of the hottest trash anime of Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall 2023, as proclaimed by the Mother's Basement YouTube channel. This is "gaaarbaage" served fresh by "shaaay gaaarbaaage". You'll get the idea if you watch the videos or maybe you can figure it out from the shows stacked here.

"You guys need to understand, trash isn't always a bad thing. I adore trash. The whole reason I do this in the first place is so I can get paid roll around in the stuff." -- Geoff Thew

"When I call an anime trash, I'm not saying it's of inherently poor quality. That would be garbage. Trashiness isn't about quality at all. It's about taste. Or rather the deliberate and often delightful lack thereof. Trash is gaudy. Casually offensive. Nakedly self-indulgent, pun full-frontally intended... But some trash uses its unparalleled creative freedom to break truly new narrative ground." -- Geoff Thew

I try to pull a few amusing or informative quotes and include the trash rating. The rating system is based on trash receptacles and fire. A dumpster fire is probably considered a five or six on a scale of one to ten, but the system is definitely not rigorous or linear.

There isn't a particular order or implied rank in the presentation but I'll try to keep them listed here in the order they appear.

You can find the YouTube videos in this blog post: https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=900440. There are chapter markers to help you get to specific portions of the video, though sometimes the titles are a bit cryptic. You can also follow these links:

Winter 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVBjpewizQo

Sprint 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIPJaiVcjoo

Summer 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SYms74s6Sc

Fall 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrW3DnC0i1g

Complete Rent-A-Girlfriend Franchise Watch Order.

Only complete ones(and sequels to completed ones) here.
All anime are officially dubbed by crunchyroll in Hindi here .some are dubbed out of order so I will give a note on that.
Last update: January 2024

Animes which got featured in the Kazoku Project

List with all the Latin Spanish dubbing available on the Crunchyroll platform, whether they are distributed by Crunchy or available on the platform.

Part 01: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45947
Part 02: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45949
Part 03: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45951
Part 04: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45952
Part 05: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45953
Part 07: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45955
Part 08: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45956
Part 09: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49338

These are the worst anime I've ever watched. Just made this for fun lol.

if you are looking for some banger RomComs that hit that spot somewhere in your empty soul, take a look over here ig :)

Anime featured in the YouTube video "Ranking 'Loser' Anime" by Commodity

The higher anime on the list, the more you have to pause the video to get away from the cringe.
I love cringe.