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To start out my review, I haven't seen/or touch any Hiro Mashima works. Edens Zero is my first.

Story(8/10): Shiki is your usual shounen protagonist who like going on a adventure. Throughout the whole shows we stop at planets that have their own uniqueness. Even though it not groundbreaking, this shows offer nonstop hype moment & tearjerker. Imo, I preferred the 2nd half over the 1st cour.

Characters(8/10): The characters are the best aspect of Edens Zero. Longtime anime fans will try to undermine their significance, but, they give me a vibe of early 2000s shows. Shiki is fun to watch on screen. Rebecca(B-cuber) is the best ... heroine from what I seen so far. Homura is very adorable when she sprouted her inner-monologue. Weisz is a awesome professor.

Four Shining Stars is a whole other story.

Art(8/10): Gosh, every scene can be a background material. Some shots reminded me of Osamu Dezaki "Pastel-Chalked" freeze frame(*but very vibrant*)


Enjoyment(8/10): I highly recommend it to those who love early 2000s shounen.

Side note: Can't believe I enjoyed this shows more than other seasonal shows that came out this years.

With Winter comes to a close, one shows stand out & kept my attention throughout it airing. The shows I'm talking about is, Mushoku Tensei.

From the poster alone, you probably thinking, "meh, it your typical isekai with waifubait. borrringgg". The animation alone, will make you drool.

In a nutshell: the plot is not that complicated, but, it mostly about the journey with our MC and his companions. The first few episodes already make me hooked into the story.
Why yes, our MC personality is quite creepy, due to his age in his previous life. However, it doesn't make me gag and wanting to drop ... the shows at all.

Side characters are easily 10/10. They are fun to watch when they interacted with the MC.

Oh the flip side, the animation is absolutely gorgeous. This partly due to White Fox animator hopping on board. Fun fact, this is the studio first major project.

They absolutely nail it. Can't wait for the 2nd half of this shows

Verdict: I highly recommend it. On par with Re:Zero.
Don't let the naysayer persuade you.

Best girls ranking:
1)Roxy
2)Greyrat Zenith
3)Eris
4)Sylphiette

SAO don't need no further explanation. With it popularity still booming in Japan, SAO become well known franchise(*right behind Fate/Naruto/Bleach/One Piece*). On the opposite side of the spectrum, this series is hated among the anime community.

Back to the review: this adaptation adapted the 3rd volume of Progressive, aka Barcarolle of Froth.

As a hardcore fans of SAO, Progressive have been a let-down(*mostly the manga version*). The adaptation water-down some characters, who were meant to be serious. For instance, Asuna/Kirito were hitted the hardest. Asuna become your typical "violent tsundere", plus fanservice galore. Kirito become your pervert character.

Overall, my attitude toward the adaptation is at ... a all time low. No redeeming qualities at all.

In the word of Vito Corleone, "look how they massacred my boy".

As you can see from my score, this shows absolutely deserved a 10/10. One of many recommendation from my sister, this series managed to stay fresh and the gag are original. There aren't any negative aspect that I can think of. The student council still have some decent chemistry.

However, the highlight of this season is Shinomiya x Shirogane moment. Since this season is underwhelming due to COVID-19 postponing some major known shows(Such as, Re:Zero, SAO and Oregairu), Kaguya-Sama should be under everybody radar.

Animation: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Character: 10/10

Mini-rant: The way how A1 Pictures are handling Kaguya-Sama, is making me jealous. Other series in their portfolio don't ... get this type of treatment. Some series ended up being rushed or axed badly. For instance, A1 Pictures mismanagement toward SAO hurted the series.

As you can see from my score, the series deserve a 10. For the past few day, I been reading the manga that my sister recommended.

This series started out very basic, particularly due to setting up the mechanic and the cast. the first volume did a great job on hooking the reader off the bat. Later on, the story become more complex due to the circumstance. I don't want to go in detail because it require the audience to pay attention to the dialogue. Also, don't expect alot of action in it.

Future arc lead to a rabbit hole(*in a good way*).

My favorite character in this ... series was Oz and Alice. Both of these character are connected in some way. All the supporting cast character are well-written.

Character: 10/10
Setting: can be better. Pretty much basic
Concept: easy 10/10

Ah Urobuchi, your writing never disappoint me. Fate franchise is commonly known for it battle-royale with historical figure in our human history. Anyway, this installment is quite popular within the anime community for it complex message and it dark tone than other predecessor.

This reviews will cover both season by the way.

the shows POV will shift around master to see their motivation on winning the holy grail.
Our Protagonist, Kiritsugu, is a complex character who will do anything to become a "hero". Also, his ideology crashed with other master because of his method on dealing with situation. Saber, our heroine, will spent most of her time arguing ... with servant on how to be king.

The animation is gorgeous to look at and the fighting choreography is very fluid.

Yuki Kajiura is still a god with her amazing composition. Kalafina 2nd OP still give me chill still to these day.

To start out my review for this manga. I'm a big fan of SAO(collecting all the light novel/manga), and you can see this on my profile that I'm a huge fanboy. This adaptation of Progressive from the light novel into manga format was absolutely dreadful.

For the positive, The art style resemble like abec illustrator, which is a plus one for me.
But, the story as whole, divergence from it original source material in the early chapter. Asuna in the original was 10x better than the manga. I know that manga adaptation allow numerous perspective to be added in and allow original content. I personally unwilling ... to consider Asuna in this version canon. You know what, I loathe how the writer make her a jerk toward Kirito. Another things I dislike is the fanservice in this manga(is feel like the mangaka who is adapting this arc, like shoving fanservice in your face). I hate this term, but, Asuna in this version is a mary sue(*insert shocking face emoji*). If you compare Asuna in the book( the definitive version) and the manga, you will see day and night comparison. I know I'm being harsh toward her, but, this is how I feel about her in the manga version. Other version of Asuna in the different manga is tolerable.


Kirito in this version is okay-ish( resemble like your typical anime character, very pervert).

At the end of the day, I highly recommend checking out the light novel(alot of characterization and monologue, which are very essential).

As a manga reader, Wit studio manage to capture the atmosphere and the tone for this season( kudo to them). This arc was considered to be the best among the AOT fandom, which I completely agree. By now, anime-only watcher have witnessed the greatness of this series.
Now, on to the review.

Story 10/10: With the ever growing expansion of the universe within the AOT, anime-only watcher are invested on what in the basement since season 1( Manga reader are still divided within the community over the revelation. Personally, I love it). In this season, we see the three main MC return back to their homeland, ... Shiganshina, where the bloody battle will occur over securing the lost exterior in wall Maria( since season 1) .

Character 8/10: Even though people might dislike the 3 main cast, I find them enjoyable. Eren is still hard-headed, but he is more stable compare to the previous season. Armin still use his brain on combating the enemy. Mikasa is still a badass( which is not a bad thing)

Art/Sound 10/10: Wit studio amazing animation still impress me, still to these day. The OST, composed from Hiroyuki Sawano, never let me down.

Conclusion: If you are a big fan of this series, you will find this season enjoyable.

SAO, one of the most hated anime of all time( even though it not the worst) and one of the loved franchise who saw this anime as a gateway to whole different anime. In the nutshell, there are no middle-ground on this biopolar show.

Now on to my review,
SAO was my first major anime I watch(by myself), after my sister introduce me into watching Re:zero and this lead to spark of interest in anime. Ever since I watch Re:zero, I watch anime around that time such as Kabaneri of the Iron fortress being my first anime. SAO didn't got me interest because of the hate ... train that still continue to these day. Out of the blue, I decide to watch it and I got to say, it was very emotional ride. The romance between Kirito and Asuna was very beautiful and the final fight on floor 74 got me tense up. I know that people didn't like the time-skip and the harem element . This cause people to drop the show because of it losing the reasoning behind the titles "SAO" and not expecting another game. Plot hole was another factor that people complain about, and I completely agree with them because the anime didn't give the source material justice and not including monologue for Kirito and Asuna. I personally feel that the director hate both of the character and not adding it, cause in the source material it shape them into what they are. They also butcher the murder arc in episode 5-6, in the source material it show that Kirito and Asuna was both equal and not showing Kirito smartness. The harem didn't bother me, because they got over it.
If I was to give one criticism, it was be showing off more game element.
I know that SAO is not a perfect anime and not either cancer that people might say.

Music: 10/10 by the goddess herself, Yuki Kajiura. Swordland is my personal favorite cause of the sheer epicness at the end and Asuna theme "Luminous Sword"

This season of Sao so far is on par with the first half of the first season and its fix problem that people have with the previous season such as lacking world-building(I heard from the light reader that the world building is present in some arc).My complaint so far for this season is that the studio who are adapting this arc didn't include some character monologue such as Asuna, and it was her who solve where Kirito is in book 10. I really hate how the studio included anime-original scene during episode 5-6 subplot where they have every girl in kirito harem there having a ... discussion about Rath project and Kirito condition. So far, this season is better than alt-ggo.

pro:world-building and addition of 2 news character name Alice and Eugeo
Con: Didn't give Asuna(best girl) justice in episode 5-6 subplot. When comparing her from the book material to the anime, Asuna from the book is way better than her counterpart in the anime.

Light novel Asuna> Anime Asuna

Idk why, but the art is kinda throwing me off than the ordinal scale movie

I recommended you to go to the Gamerturk youtube channel on youtube who do very well to explain where the anime didn't include.