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I rewatched the first season before starting this one, and man did it keep up with my memories of it watching the first time around. The thrill of action, story, and developments of the first season are undoubtedly up there with the best. Diving straight into the 2nd season-- it's terrible. I feel like 6 episodes went by without a single meaningful thing happening. It genuinely felt like sitting through the endless 8 arc. So far there is no action, no meaningful contributions to the original story, and no characters developments. Sadly, the production is still almost as beautiful the first season. Which is an ... absolute shameful waste of talent on this uninspired boring show.

The main character was conveniently "emptied out" and had his personality replaced by hollow depression. They virtually nullified the entire plot of the first season with amnesia to, what feels like, buy time to come up with the next good storyline. You could genuinely watch a 2nd season of a plot-heavy anime and understand almost everything that has happened so far. It's unacceptable.

It's like watching a CGDCT anime, but the characters are all depressed and void of any unique personalities. So far, it's 7 episodes of nothingness. Every new character is entirely uninteresting. Their scripts all follow what you'd expect to hear from an NPC during a sidequest. The main character is literally doing a sidequest while the authors develop the rest of the mainstory. I could understand this sidetracking for an episode or two, but this looks to continue on for probably half the season.

I'm extremely disappointed to see such a beautiful and well executed story get absolutely dumpstered. Even if it picks up in the later half, this stain will never go away. I can no longer in good conscience recommend Vinland Saga.

This show is as average as they come, personally, I was really disappointed with not only the show, but the hype it garnered for reasons I cannot fathom. If you want the most basic example of a shounen, this is it.

TL;DR: This show is borderline bad. There is NOTHING in here that's better than other shows, and there are plenty of things that are truly dreadful. I only completed this show believing in the hype and hoping it would improve eventually-- it never did.

Summary:
Cool guy Naru-- I mean Itadori with innate powers stronger than the universe itself beats everyone else by order of ... magnitude cause he's an orphan and gets bullied. Oh wait, wrong show (His grandfather did tell him to be useful though so good enough). With the help of the most legendary jujutsu master Kaka- I mean Gojou, they go around beating everything down to a pulp. Oh, there are also side characters that get increasingly stronger to try and match Itadori's unreasonable growth like his rival sasuk-- I mean Fushiguro and the and fan service "I'm a badass but also hot" waifu sakur-- I mean Kugisaki to fill in the trio squad. Obviously no one can actually harm any of them since it's a terribly written shounen, but at least they pretend to.

Art & Sound (9/10):
Let's get this out of the way: the only reason anyone cares for this show is because it looks good and jujustsu sounds like jujitsu and that's exciting. Art and sound are great as you would expect from a show that is literally nothing but art and sound quality. The fight scenes are great, but I would personally argue there is much better out there.

Everything else (2/10):
There are curses or something that need to be exorcised, so we have sorcerers that may or may not have randomly assigned curse powers that can kill these curses that may or may not actually be humans with half-assed backstories half the time.

DISCLAIMER: this all depends on what feels the coolest at the moment and can change whenever the show feels like it.

These curses interact with the real world, but conveying that through storytelling is too much of a hassle. Instead we just accept random moms dying and entire school student bodies being seriously injured out of nowhere as being the unquestioned norm. But that's alright, because a character will do something funny the next scene so we can haHAA and forget about it.

The curses dealing such immense damage to society are ranked from weak to mega strong, but in typical lazy shounen fashion, in our story they actually scale from mega strong to OMEGA STRONG AND BEYOND. In their very first mission, the trio could barely defeat a "weak" curse. *spoilers till next paragraph* By the end of the season they defeat THREE curses of the "strongest" category in one swoop. We know those curses to be nowhere near the strongest in reality, but the show built them up to be on par with the most elite of curses. Also everyone gets promoted to 2nd highest rank possible straight from the bottom to adjust for their power level spiking.

This is horrendous story telling. It's a Naruto clone with an even worse story. We have nine tails-- I mean Sukuna chilling the whole time doing whatever he wants, but only when convenient to the plot. At least Naruto had a reason for the big bad evil being sealed away beyond "CaUSE ItAdoRI Is SpeCIAL".

We have no reason to like any of the characters. At no point in the story did I give a crap about any of them, why should I? They all have two-dimensional personalities with one dimensional attitudes. The show even goes out of it's way to claim "Sorcerers need to be one dimensional to be powerful" & "A sorcerer's power curve isn't always gentle". The show is self aware of how terrible it's own plot is and attempts to excuse it with more lazy reasons; I have no idea why anyone would argue otherwise.

Bad characters, bad setting, bad story (even by shounen standards!), bad dialogue, and honestly even bad slapstick jokes which make up half of each episode. By the end of the show I skipped everything that involved a side character knowing it will amount to 0 impact on anything beyond that one scene. Actually, you could skip any scene in the show that isn't sakuga and not miss out on anything. I really hope this show doesn't get a 2nd season and people come to their senses of just how mediocre this show truly is.

This review is based solely on the 1st season.

Not sure why I chose to watch this considering MAL's score and top reviews. I didn't bother reading any of them, I didn't even bother with the synopsis, just felt like watching some mediocre romance. Regardless, I figured I'm likely walking into some trash tier watch & regret cash grab. Well, I was wrong. This show is NOT run of the mill, and you know what? It's not half bad.

This show is already long gone in the seasonal race, therefore I will focus on why this show is still worth a watch despite not being especially great. ... Not being a 10/10 show, there's no point exhaustingly covering any and all flaws abundant in this type of seasonal 1 cour. Instead I'll address some of the more common flaws the top reviews thought warranted rating 3D Kanojo as "terrible"- and why they are wrong.

Firstly, please, take this show at face value. This show isn't void of stereotypes, cliches, or whatever stupid shit you'd initially expect from a show called 3D Kanojo. This is a 12 episoder with the genres: romance, school, shoujo; What do people expect? That being said, no one likes when the whole story revolves around boring and redundant crap every subpar romance anime has done. This show isn't like that.

Nothing about this show screams take me seriously. It's as obvious as can be about how ridiculous and out of touch it is from real life. (Vague for spoiler purposes) you get plot progressors anywhere from "cool guy gets what he wants" publicly false accusing another as a lolicon/kidnapper, magically becoming a master chef as a plot convenience, to 'hero by stalking'. Hell, the introduction can be boiled down to 'protagonist being late for the first time ever and finding his true love'. There's no time for long set ups and payoffs, the show just tries to get to the point (the good parts) asap, and it fucking works if you aren't being a picky shite.

On the other hand, the romance keeps it real- the good parts. It's full of melodrama and misunderstandings, with heavy emphasis on MC otaku not understanding 3D girls. The essence of the show. People seem to be infuriated that the main couple's romance was so unnatural, but why? This isn't about how an otaku becomes normal, it's about the relationship between 'normal culture' and otaku (more like socially inept) culture. This relationship would never happen in real life, I felt like the show made it very clear it's unrealistic in that regard: no "slow and gradual" romance would ever sincerely work, that criticism doesn't make sense. Also romance is by definition a melodramatic shitfest, this is true for any media portrayal of romance ever. Proclaiming misunderstandings and the such are inherently bad is ludicrous.

In addition to '1/10 art' and '2/10' sound, albeit supporting those claims with "The voice acting in the show is pretty decent overall" *cough* bias *cough* , these + the vague examples from the last paragraph virtually conclude the show's major criticisms.

The art is nothing special, but it's definitely not awful. I personally thought the main couple's design looked great and not in anyway copy paste of most other shows. I never even noticed these "awful animation" claims, it looked good to me. Then again, I aimed my attention towards the pretty colors and dialogue, which is surely what the show put the most effort into. The sound was as good as any other show, nothing notable at all about it (not a bad thing). I believe the claims that some moments must've looked lousy, but in no way do they have any honest impact on the show's overall quality.

As I'm writing I'm simultaneously delving deeper into other reviews, and sincerely, the whole issue genuinely appears to come down to MAL otakus not liking how otaku culture was showcased here. There is never a mention of how MC gradually goes out of his shell, how the episode 1 scenarios were creepy in a very stereotypical otaku manner and overtime dissipated, how as the story progressed his attitudes ended up not wholly aligning with the otaku cliche.

I think the hate ended up being more about "this isn't what an otaku is like" above anything else. The author seemed to me to be merely applying the nerd formula to garner attention to the manga, just like Wotaku, Net-juu, Gekkan Shoujo, etc. But the difference being targeting shoujo audience, not the otaku crowd (I mean the biggest difference is literally 3D Kanojo having the shoujo tag and them actually being in a physical relationship). The hatred is really otakus no getting what they wanted, and the shoujo audience being a minority in an apparently otaku targeted manga.

The TL;DR of the hate: this show isn't wotaku ergo awful 1/10.

Now, briefly, why I enjoyed 3D Kanojo. I loved some of character designs. While people seem to complain about pouty faces and lack of expressions, I'm the opposite. I've always enjoyed the more calm, collected and often unenthusiastic cast in a show. Examples being Oregairu, tanaka-kun, and Hyouka. I definitely got a similar vibe from Igarashi and some others.

THERE WAS ACTUAL COUPLE ROMANCE. I hate when the "romance" is 11 episodes of a forced along relationship without ever becoming a couple, but unfortunately that's most of the romance genre. I'm always looking out for romances like Ore Monogatarii, Golden time, or Clannad, following an actual couple- 3D kanojo does that.

Shit happens. One of my greatest pet-peeves is when there is absolutely no plot progression in an episode. When you got 12 episodes there shouldn't be a skippable episode; 3D kanojo keeps up the pace perfectly. The main plot starts right off the bat and never really slows down. Characters are introduced in reasonable and plot-wise beneficial moments and generally acclimate to the story within the episode, which I personally love. At least for the first 10 episodes.

Intimacy. Romance animes tend to often completely ignore the physical part of the romance, relying entirely on the emotional aspect (a kiss often being the be all and end all of a relationship). Having a couple doing couple-like things is entertaining. Having them come onto each other, kiss, hold hands, and at the very least mention sexual tension and desires exist is highly beneficial to the story. This is the same factor for my liking of Kuzu no Honkai and Koi to Uso, despite both being meh at best.

It's simple. There really isn't much to the plot's depth, the characters are honestly 2D and that's fine. In 12 episodes there was a surprisingly notable amount of development, but in hindsight it served as a plot driver from stereotype otaku towards a more common-sense understanding of social interaction. I personally thought it worked particularly well with the whole theme being a guy going from 2D to 3D girls and socializing being the harshest and most difficult obstacle.

There is plenty of good in here, and the bad doesn't cancel it out. 3D Kanojo has it's moments and getting to them is nowhere near as terrible as other reviews claim. If you can get through the worst of Gamers, Netoge, or Net-juu, you can make it through this.

A quick review on why I highly disliked this show, albeit obviously being one of the best/most popular this season.

Building up a mystery/thriller is hard. Establishing a unique utopia, as in one we know nothing about, is even harder. Setting them both up simultaneously is incredibly ambitious. And considering this show is a mere 12 episodes, I reckon near impossible. The Promised Neverland deftly managed to reasonably accomplish both tasks, but by forcing such ambition into so little time, I couldn't help but feel it couldn't possibly fill it's promise, and imo, I was right.

For a show so heavily reliant on its characters (which for ... the record were very well done in the time available), I consistently felt like I didn't know enough about them, I was never invested. You could argue that's just how these type of plots are, but I disagree. Monster, angel beats, eden of the east, and many isekai manage to either suffice or fill that craving with some distraction. Besides Neverland's promising storytelling, nothing else was offered. The story simply felt lackluster due to lack of meaningfulness, liking the characters just isn't enough.

While this show didn't fall terribly into the trap of introducing too many ideas and developments too late, there was too much off the get go to keep up. If there is one thing I truly hate in any media I consume, it is wasted potential. This whole season was equivalent to an arc, and that arc was a rushed introduction. The "mystery" was too involved to allow characters to develop, important moments I'd argue were crucial for the story were often skipped, likable characters without depth are merely cliches. Again, for a show heavily reliant on it's characters, they weren't substantial enough.

The story barely progressed, the characters were barely developed beyond an introduction to their personality, the mystery was showcased just enough to make sense, but not enough to add any sort of 'mysterious feel'. Despite being genuinely a good show, it felt empty. An empty show doesn't deserve a good rating.

If by some magic you haven't watch this show yet, sentimental to my grievances of it, and somewhat align with my way of thinking, here is my advice. Do NOT watch this show. Until either season 2 is midway through and seems promising, or better, until the whole series ends. There is a TON of promise, but it simply didn't occur here; nor enough to guarantee it next season.

I rate this season 4/10, but considering the hype for this show it's safe to assume another season will happen, and the premise can still reach its full potential. The show isn't bad nor ruined, I just wish this season was either 24+ episodes or simplified down to 2-4 to allow some seriously needed investment.

What every review won't admit: this show is average.

Gonna keep this to the point. It seems most people compare this to Evangelion or Gurren Lagann, but I couldn't help feeling I was watching an Eureka Seven alternative. I throughly enjoyed Eureka Seven (while not typically enjoying mecha animes), so that was my bias after the first few episodes.

Story: 2
This was is no way interesting, let's get this straight. The premise had potential, but in the end this show offers as generic an ex machina plot as you'll ever find. Predictable, weak character development, terrible world building, inconsistent pacing, incoherent & vague themes & ideas, ... and some moments make you question "what were the last 3 episodes for?" But hey, I wasn't here for the plot.

Characters: 5
The characters were great. As unoriginal as they were, I loved them. They played out their tropes like they should've. Evil guy was evil, looks evil but not really evil, good turned bad, good guy main character and friends. But again, not here for their personalities.

They were all nice to look at & were as consistent as you'd expect from a shounen. I didn't find the "filler cast" to be abysmal either. They (for the most part) did enough to warrant their screen time. In the end, they were nice to look at, and that's all that matters-- especially our seasonal waifu(s).

Art + Sound: 9
Excellent. Animation MUST be good for this type of anime, and it was. Nothing groundbreaking, but it felt clean, looked great, consistency seemed surprisingly solid throughout, and world detail never seemed to be lacking. Fight scenes always felt up to par-- and that's a huge plus for a shounen.

Enjoyment: 5
This is really the thicc of it. If you're looking for any shred of decent plot, you won't find it here. If you're looking for aesthetics, your fill of shounen fights, and a waifu or 2- maybe even 3, this might be worth a watch. This isn't amazing, but neither a waste of time. If you're looking for the best, THIS ISN'T IT. If you're scavenging through seasonals and in need of some hyped up bullshit, go for it.

Overall: 5
I binged this in 2 days and never got bored of it, so that's something. I also don't want any more of it, so that's another thing. I got my share of shounen action & waifu time out of here, so I'd say it was worth my time of that purpose. Would I recommend this? Nah, but if you're interested don't let the MAL reviews deceive you, its neither a 1 or 10. There are much more disappointing animes with a similar score.

Gonna keep this brief: Boruto is possibly the most wasted potential show of anime's history. Boruto may be Naruto's sequel in a literal manner, but the story & theme are NOT.

As of time of this review (~ep 60) the story has been a little more than a failed SOL. There has been one, yes one, unique/main concept so far. And that concept, after an entire arc dedicated purely for it's foreshadowing, has been absent ever since. Over the span of 60+ episodes (avoiding specifics for spoliers) virtually nothing has been completed on Boruto's journey. And it's one exciting unique feature has seemingly been utterly dismissed ... and abandoned for no apparent reason.

As for now, I would highly recommend staying away from this show. Not only is it a disgrace to Naruto's fans who've been watching since 2002, it's an absolute failure of an attempt in transforming a high-pace action filled shounen into an E rated kids show; leaving nil mature themes in a shounen- horrendous.

Story-- 3: as explained above. To summarize: story is absurdly slow and if you are looking for a good action-shounen, you will not find those awesome fights in here.

Art + Sound-- 6: Your usual shounen stuff, nothing notably good nor bad.

Characters-- 2: Copy pastes of the originals but worse. The main characters are burrito and salad, and their character design is just as creative as the names.

Enjoyment-- 1: Every time things appear to become interesting, they don't. The amount of nostalgic epic moments that have been missed so far is disappointing to say the least. It's like Ukyo Kodachi doesn't know a thing about it's predecessor, and if he does, doesn't want to have anything to do with it. I get he wants to do his own thing, but its such a slap in the face to the audience he is inheriting- come on.

Overall-- 3: Maybe something of interest will happen ~episode 200, but till then, this has been a slow and painful wreck.

This isn't your average magic-girl show, it is unique for its genre. But while being different holds the potential to be great, it doesn't inherently make it thus. There is endless praise for Madoka Magica, but delving into the pot of shining 10s, they are all based on its "deconstruction", it's breaking of standards, the depiction of the flaws and strengths of human nature. And while I'd argue Madoka does a subpar job confronting those ideas, even if I were to simply ignore them, what you're left with is an otherwise unpolished show.

Since every other review speaks exclusively of those aforementioned topics- I will ... focus on the other aspects instead. It may be unfair to willfully avoid the bulk of Madoka, but so is labeling it a masterpiece regardless of its obvious and plentiful flaws. My goal is to convey why I didn't find Madoka to be an 8+ anime.

Characters:

A very small cast- good. There are 4-5 "Main Characters" + an antagonist. This is perfect for a 12 episode show- no complaints here. But when you only have 4-5 characters to develop, I expect their development to be consistent and rational. Yet every single character does a complete 180 when convenient for the plot. And those turn arounds are so expected and patterned you can precisely guess who will suddenly change and when purely via their looks and screen time. All characters started off in a great standing, so for them all to turn out exactly as expected was incredibly disappointing.

**slight spoilers until next section** This is especially true for Madoka. Madoka simply *does not* change. She sits in the background of the plot for its entirety (literally), and when its her turn for her 180, its unoriginal, uninspired, and contradictory to everything the show stood for. Its like everything she heard and saw went through one eye/ear and straight through the other. Her actions just don't make any sense, let alone her 'power' being complete BS dues ex machina and an undeserved one nonetheless.

Art + Sound:

Great. The music was very fitting, varied, accompanied the right moments, and was genuinely fun to listen to- I'd argue this was the best aspect of the show. The overall art was nothing special, but it worked with the theme and remained consistent. The scarce 'magic-girl action' moments were creative, visually appealing, and truly interesting.

Pacing:

Absolutely horrendous. Usually bad pacing is something I'd attach to dead-time in tournament arcs or filler-like episodes, but Madoka, being a 12 episode show, does a terrible job at managing its time. The first 3 episodes were the hook, and was successfully executed. This means the rest should plot about: 50% for the meat of the story, and 25% to its conclusion. Instead the story appeared to become driven directly by the mangaka, not the characters nor story.

Nothing of interest _ever_ happens if not for divine intervention by the author. And while this is just usual lazy writing, these interventions are so vaguely and sparsely placed there is an immense amount of downtime, and for the most part, not properly used. Especially when character development is lackluster, action or meaningful drama is missing, and our main character still can't make up her damn mind knowing she'll have to eventually do it anyhow.

Plot holes:

The major hole was so massive it was a serious detriment. Obviously minor spoilers, but I'll try to avoid specificity. The broad prospect of the show is the implication of magic. The magic-girl gets to request a single wish, and in exchange becomes a magic user with her future solely used to fight evil. This concept is necessary for the show's purpose, but is executed very poorly- in all its aspects.

The pre-magic-girls wish can be *anything* and i mean ANYTHING. There is absolutely no restriction on their requests. Thus it appears the wish-provider selects girls who are in desperate need or otherwise momentarily mentally unstable to make an impulsive wish that won't cause unnecessary hassle. We also know there isn't a lack of magic-girls, in fact, there are too many. Via that provided piece of information alone, the decision making process both our MCs continue to use is straight-out flawed. But even earlier, the notion Madoka & Sayaka were chosen as potential magic-girls doesn't make sense since both were not in a desperate need of a wish, unlike every other magic-girl in existence.

Madoka and Sayaka had the time to choose *any* wish they could imagine. World peace, global removal of disease, family's eternal safety, etc.. But they don't do it. Why? The show itself declared anything is possible, but they choose to limit themselves, fully aware of the opportunities. Let alone both taking way too long.

The wish-provider is emotionless- but he isn't. He is the embodiment of Utilitarianism- but isn't. There are moments where he claims he didn't "trick" anyone, because he doesn't even understand the concept of tricking. But throughout the show his favorite pastime is to trick and deceive people. His selection of Madoka and Sayaka is also not utilitarianism in nature, he should've stuck with desperate girls. A very, very flawed character- and it deeply hurts the show.

Lastly, the ending. The ending throws every "deconstruction", every thought and realization the show provided straight out the window. Madoka tries so hard to illustrate the hypocrisy of magic-girls; these small, feminine, caring, prepubescent girls, sent out with cheers and excitement by the viewers-- straight into the claws of hardship and inevitable deaths. It hammers this realistic approach to fiction over, and over again- because that's all it has to latch to. By doing so it enforces ideologies such as: Hope and despair always balance out in the end, emotion in the long-term will be used & abused, and interactions or any reliance on others will surely lead to sorrow- but are necessary. These are all controversial of course- but the ending of the show contradicts everything. In a complete turn around, out of nowhere, the power of kindness and friendship prevails! It was predictable, idiotic, and completely against everything the show itself explored and realized.

If I were to re-watch, I could pick up on a dozen specific unquestionable plot holes entirely due to bad writing or insufficient detail. An average of at least 1 plot-hole per episode isn't the worst thing a show could do, but its monumental in a 12 episode show considered a masterpiece. This show was meh. There is nothing this show does another hasn't done better.

This review may be biased as baseball is definitely not my cup of tea, but comparatively to other sports and specifically baseball animes I've seen, this one is near the bottom. Nevertheless, Diamond no Ace does it's job well- it stuck to it's focus on baseball, developed a strong cast of likable characters, made every game exciting, and for the most part followed a reasonable plot. If you're looking for an anime entirely dedicated to baseball, this is it.

My 5 rating is very harsh considering this show does a lot of things well, notably establishing one of the most enjoyable, unique, and vast cast ... of characters. But for a show that is entirely dependent on it's hype, I lost interest too frequently.

Considering the sheer length of this show, not much happens. Our MC Eijun is scouted for a prestigious baseball school, assimilates to the baseball club, and goes through a tournament. This could theoretically fit 75 episodes with extensive background development of side characters, episode-long training montages, school life, maybe even romance- but that just doesn't happen. The tournament starts at around episode 20, meaning this is a 55 episode tournament arc- it's inherently too long. And yet the show focuses on nothing but the tournament for the following 50 episodes. This means each game becomes progressively longer to fill the inevitable empty space, and that entails constant flashbacks & mundane camera angels between every. single. pitch. I am not exaggerating when saying most flashbacks (which are plentiful) play up to 10 times throughout the tournament arc; the games became awfully slow- painfully slow.

And while this is very common in shounen, this one really pushes the boundaries. While overusing cliche flashbacks and showcasing the dugout and crowd every 30 seconds, the dramatization never ends which turns itself dull. Yelling is initially exciting, but at some point it becomes too much, unfortunately, that's the case here. With most games lasting 9 innings, the intelligent-based cast are bestowed closeup screen-time to let the audience know something important is finally about to happen. But the further the tournament progresses they start proclaiming every single inning as the turning point; They start crying wolf. The anime's pattern in general became very predictable, and I ended up skimming through the end due to lack of interest.

Lastly the plot is very odd, and personally not to my liking. When following a shounen MC I'm expecting him to be the best. Not from the get go, but he needs to prove his promise. And while Eijun is given immeasurable chances to do so, he seems to always fail when it matters- not once, always. And considering his teammate rival Furuya is outright superior in every sense, seeing Eijun failing again and again and yet still getting supported becomes discouraging. He is in the 1st-string of one of the best baseball schools by sole virtue of his lucky and unique pitching form, and he never pulls through. Either make him struggle more before he makes it or have him be useful. People, even in fiction, don't get this much back patting. His character design is good, its a waste to have him stubbornly cling to his weaknesses. His existence in the team doesn't really make sense, might as well have Furuya as the MC, he gets to play nearly twice as much as Eijun.

The Characters, art, and sound all range from 7-10, but the story and dependent hype enjoyment just doesn't hold up. If you're looking for either a baseball or sport anime, there is better out there. But if you truly love baseball animes, the cast, don't mind hours of ideal time, and already watched the better shows, this isn't the worst of them either.

This is exactly what you expect, and not in a bad way. If you're going into this show looking for a complex, original, mind bending masterpiece- this isn't for you. But, if you're looking for what this show clearly is: A lighthearted, feel good, slapstick romcom with beautiful art- it doesn't get much better than this.

This is an episodic show, and being combined with romance- as you'd expect (and rightfully so), there's virtually no plot progression. But while the plot doesn't truly progress, you can't help but feel a step was taken in right direction. The tease-skit holds true to itself throughout, and yet ... each episode still inches you on that they're so close, almost there, just a little further. This is often the demise of slapstick's repetitive nature, but it manages to keep you sucked in; it's executed masterfully to make each and every single interaction refreshing via creative schemes and deftly executed sudden intense moments.

I couldn't, and still can't help but want more- and that's meaningful considering the amount of competition in this genre. If you're looking for either romance or a fuzzy-feeling / awkward comedy, I highly recommend giving Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san a shot.

A quick PSA: This show is incredibly promising, so don't watch it. The Utopia theme, characters, and motivation were very well established. But it went off track and died, real fast. This show took on more than it could chew and ended up destroying itself.

The pacing works for the start of the show, but at the half-point it feels as the studio realized "Crap, we are out of time" and shoved a dozen of undeveloped, and sometimes even un-introduced concepts, for the rest of the show's duration. It dished out way too many side-plots & characters but didn't provide any meaning to them, let ... alone the fact the show just kind of 'ends' without solving anything. Hell, it may be the worst anime ending I've seen, and anime isn't exactly known for it's good endings.

The premise of this show required 110 episodes, not 11- and it was outright terrible because of it. Sometimes simple is best, No.6 Proves that if nothing else.