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The Yu-Gi-Oh GX manga is quite a departure from the anime; while the same characters (minus the villains) are in the story, most of them are quite a contrast from their animated counterpart and their screen time varies as well. It's only nine volumes, which provides a short read to enjoy.

Plot
GX's manga focuses more on the original Yu-Gi-Oh series; the main antagonist is derived from Ancient Egypt and constantly possess people a kin to how Yami Bakura would possess Ryou throughout his plans. The manga only covers one story lines, providing two tournaments and then it ends once the villain is slain. The main ... bad guy also will pick who to possess at random to give the characters an excuse to duel each other. It is rather disappointing as this manga has a lot of potential to cover their three years at Duel Academy.

Characters
Stated earlier, characters are similar but also a bit different in comparison to the anime. The biggest difference is Manjoume. In the anime, he was the comic relief that had several unique decks and only won for character development (though to be fair, that's every character outside of Judai; season 3 is just Judai in every duel.) Here, he is much more confident and serious, using only one deck - a dragon deck focusing on Light and Darkness Dragon- and actually winning. This last part was the biggest shock to me, as he is able to have a good win to lose ratio and possess a challenge for Judai where he may not win. Judai stays mostly the same, but his "get your game on" attitude is a bit toned down and he acts more serious. His deck still focuses on E-HEROs, but they are new one created just for the manga. My complaint with his deck is that he uses them because of his admiration for his hero. It gives Judai to look more like a copycat that doesn't really walk out of his shadow. The others (Sho, Asuka, and Misawa) are the same mostly, but Misawa crushing on Asuka while Manjoume doesn't seem to care about her. Unfortunately, Asuka never gets to shine enough and takes the most defeats. Other differences for some characters are what decks they use. Overall, the differences are great and provide something new to enjoy if you're a fan of the anime

Art/Duels
The art is rather good; some of the manga original characters do look quite differently due to the art style. One of the characters has weirdly drawn boobs that are tight on her coat, which makes them look bizarre. The duels themselves are interesting and mostly unpredictable. Judai loses a few duels which makes it more enjoyable then him winning every duel each time.

Conclusion
The GX manga is a great read; it is way shorter than the anime and only focuses on one villain, but still provides a quick, fun ride. If you were tired of Judai dueling every episode, rejoice as everyone gets their time to shine with multiple duels. RIP no Ojama Bros.

Quintessential Quintuplets designs their harem in a rather interesting way: having our lovable Fuutaro be surrounded by five, spoiled brats who are all sisters. That last remark only applies to them for about half of the show (except Nino but we'll get there). Yes, I know who he gets with, and honestly it would've been better if they all married him. QQ is an anime I've heard about constantly for the girls being "best girl" and I even went to read the manga, but I dropped it at volume 5 (where the first season ends at); no particular reason honestly; I just stopped reading and ... now use the volumes as means to prop up my other manga to have a two pillars for my manga shelf. Listen, I get it; five busty girls secretly fighting over you is a dream, but we must awaken from our deluded fantasies and realize QQ is not as good as everyone says.

Reviewing more and more (still a bit of an amateur) has shown that I should provide more structure so let's start with:

PLOT
Fuutaro, a boy in poverty with a dad in severe debt is hired by a rich man to tutor his five daughters, who are all quintuplets. Through trial by fire, he is slowly able to lukewarmly get them to like him. Half of the girls, Ichika and Miku, develop romantic feelings for him while the others, Itsuki and Nino, still are struggling to trust him. Yotsuba is kinda here to be honest; her personality conveys that she likes everyone, so Fuutaro never had to win her over. What makes the story unenjoyable at most times is having the five sisters be annoying and actively refusing to study. And they are all failing horribly, though Itsuki herself at least tries to study on her own. When they aren't being insufferable, they spend all their time with each other talking about how great or awful Fuutaro is; the other times they must make us remember they are, in fact, quintuplets. The dialogue gets old fast, and I feel it will only get worse as more of them start to desire Fuutaro. I'll give it props for not doing the festival episode as their last episode; it's quite refreshing, but the drink has still been left out on a hot summer in July.

Characters
Let it be stated right here: Fuutaro carries this show, no debate. He stands out from most harem MCs by having a personality and not letting the girls be rude to him. He is hilarious and his VA (same as Inosuke from Demon Slayer) makes his tangents comedy gold. The girls themselves are... well, they exist. Listen, I know they don't know he's poor for the most part or that he needs this job; but when they refuse to do anything to help him, it comes off as unbearable. And yes, the mom is dead and the father is never home. It's such a cliche in these shows you can easily mark it off on your "Harem Bingo" (that isn't a thing but we really should!) Miku is one of my favorites for wanting to study and being the only sister to tell Nino to shut it. The other three (Nino gets her own segment) are ok. Nothing wrong with them, just ok. The only sisters that get a good amount of development are Miku and Ichika due to the 12 episodes. Yotsuba seems to have the least amount of screen time compared to others. She gets at least two scenes focused on her that I can remember. Yes, I found the girls unbearable at first, but that went away for the most part. Also, Fuutaro's dad is a dilf and I will not elaborate.

Nino
So many people say Nino is best girl, and I cannot see that at all (yes, season two is her moment to shine but this is season 1). She's the token tsundere, but even for a tsundere, she is an awful person. She drugged Fuutaro so he'd leave and then she openly mocks him for it with a smile. Everything she does is just out of spite and it's hard to watch. Her whole reason to be rude to him is because she believes their house is only for the five of them. While it is sweet in a way, she is rude to even her sisters so it comes off as selfish. When Miku and Fuutaro tries to study, she decides to have a cooking competition with Miku. Since she knows Miku is not a good cook, she does this just to embarrass her in front of her crush and fluent her ego. At one point, Fuutaro has to go back to their apartment to get something; Nino comes out with only a towel. Since she can't see without contacts, she doesn't know it him. Soon, books almost kill her (God missed) and Fuu saves her, only for Istuki to take a pic of it and hold a trial for sexual harassment. This scene isn't just about Nino but it was pretty bad; Miku tries to defend him but then takes it back once her crush side comes out a bit. This one might be nitpick, but when Nino found an old pic of Fuu when he met one of the sisters (he's 12), she calls him a "Hottie". Girl, that's a literal child and you're almost 18. WTF. Perhaps Nino developing a crush on Fuu will make her more enjoyable, but that can't change her awful actions.

The Rest
Voice acting is good; animation is eh, except when a scene to show off how attractive the girls are.

Conclusion
With all that said, why did I give the show a 6/10? To be fair, Fuutaro is a great main character and the sisters are hit or miss on if they will have a good scene. The best times were when they were attempting to study because it shows the growth of their character. I'll watch season two soon, but I am hesitate because I feel all of them crushing on Best Boi will make or break the show. It was already getting old having every scene between Ichika and Miku be about Fuutaro (do they have nothing to talk about?). Let's rank the girls to conclude the review.
Itsuki (the prettiest one to me)
Ichika (I love the Big Sister trope)
Miku (loved her knowledge for history and wanting to get better at her studies)
Yotsuba (hasn't done enough to really stand out)
Nino (Enough has been said)

As a big fan of the novel No Longer Human, it is refreshing to see a good portrayal of the author who committed suicide after writing this book (seriously, it annoys me that Bungo Stray Dogs made Osamu Dazai a sexy anime boy). Junji Itou himself is able to convey the novel while adding his own spice to the manga and makes it work.

The plot follows a man (Yozo Oba) who cannot comprehend human emotions, so he spends his life being the clown so that no one can discover his secret. He becomes an adult and ruins his life, becoming addicted to alcohol and drugs. ... It's a tragedy to see him go deeper and deeper into a worse person. Yozo attempts suicide with a woman and fails, but she dies from it. He tries to find a peaceful life with a woman and her daughter, only to abandon them after seeing how happy they are by themselves. Yozo's lowest point is claiming to be in love with a woman who provides his drug addiction (I think it's opium but I do not know for certain, sorry!). He is married and his wife becomes more paranoid that he is cheating on her. He is. His wife threatens to kill herself if he does not go back home for her. He does not, and it is shown she hung herself. That single part made me drop the manga in utter shock.

One of the biggest differences is that Junji Ito makes Osamu Dazai his own person, even though he made Yozo his self-insert; they meet up and decide to make their lives better. Time passes, and Dazai finds Yozo, only for him to be in a awful relationship with a woman who he got pregnant a while ago, and their soon looking like Yozo's former friend who discovered his clowning being fake. This is the biggest gap from book to manga, ending with what happened to Dazai in reality: planning to throw himself in the river, killing him.

Overall, Junji Ito's No Longer Human adaption is one of his best works to me. His art is flawless as ever, and provides the extra chilling aura that the story provides. If you liked this manga, please read the original novel; it has been one that has stuck with me, and I have reread it many times.

This is the most 7/10 anime I have seen. The premise is focused on the concept of eight-grade syndrome, basically when you go through your awkward edge lord phase. Gundam Tanaka is a perfect example of this. Rikka, the main character, is engrossed in this. Yuta, the other protagonist, has gotten over his syndrome and is wrapped into Rikka's fantasy world. Now, this show is definite cringe, but it's pretty tame and able to watch through without it being overbearing. The only exception is Rikka's friend who always ends a sentence in "Des!"

The animation is flawless, typical of KyoAni. Yuta himself is pretty great himself, ... having to real back Rikka from her antics. Their relationship is quite wholesome, a word used for any anime when it's clearly not (Don't Toy With Me Nagataro-San). It's hard to remember most of the show to be honest. The imaginary fights are hilarious and executed flawlessly.

My major flaw with the show (my assumption being to continue the show) is that it was an important story arc that Rikka cannot be into her fantasy world forever, and should soon abandon it. Escapism itself is not bad at all; us humans have to find something to get away from the real world; however, Rikka does it 24/7 and throughout the series goes from 1st year to her final year of high school. Rikka seems to first become more normal, but she quickly goes back to her cringe-self (to be fair it's her quirk that makes her cute). This leaves a weird message.Yes, it's important to keep your childhood and enjoy what you love, but should still learn social norms and how everything operates.

Chuunibyou is certainly an interesting to watch. What I said earlier may come off that I did not like the story, but I did enjoy it; just the mixed ending was weird to me. The main cast bounce off each other well, and Rikka and Yuta carry every scene they are in. I'd recommend it if you want a funny cringe compilation.

(This review is 30% joke, 70% genuine remarks)
Miru Tights is the hidden masterpiece of our generation; it is simple and know what it's about: stockings worn by women. If this is something that you are into, then you will enjoy this anime. Each episode is about three minutes, which makes this show a heavenly half hour for pleasure.

Many people will look at this show with ignorant disgust at the premise, but who are they to judge? It is for a niche audience that requires true culture. Sydsnap (a popular anituber I find rather annoying) backs up my claim by calling it a work of art. ... The animation is better than 90% of what other studios produce everyday, with the shots of the stockings and feet being SSS tier. It is rather remarkable how such a niche series could get such good animation.

Episode 7 of Miru Tights is the highlight of the show. The teacher, a young but experienced teacher. What makes it excellent is that the show finally gives the adult her moment to shine. She teases one of her students and proceeds to give him a good time via her feet. The shot before it fades to black is that of sheer gold.

Listen, this is another ecchi show like the recently released Dress Up Darling. If you do not enjoy the premise, then just don't watch because it's not for you? Ecchis are meant to for sexual watches, not deep analytical reviews. Go watch if this is something you love.

Oh boy, what a letdown. Higurashi has been a huge part of my life since I discovered in back in 2011; the first two seasons were phenomenal with Rei being and Kira... so when the reboot was announced, I was hype. It was soon revealed to be a new series called "Gou". I'm mixed on this deception, as Ryukishi07 is known for his tricking of the viewer. After a mix bag of Gou, Sotsu was released and it was... god awful.

Everyone gives Endless Eight from Haruhi shit for showing the same scenario eight times in a row. Well, Sotsu goes that for 13 episodes ... straight with little changes that add nothing to the story. The only good part of the arcs is the first one, Onidamashi, which has new scenes. It goes downhill from episode 4 till the end. Each week I was hoping for something new, only for the same scenes from Gou.

Satoko has gone full villain here, without any remorse on using and killing her friends. A hero gone bad is one of favorite tropes, but here it's just bad. Satoko gets away with literally everything she does, no matter how impossible. When she decides to make Mion her target to inject a syringe, it is shown off screen without any explanation. They are both outside, in public, broad daylight, and Satoko is able to do it without any suspicion. Mion was fully awake and only her back to Satoko; how in the hell did she not notice an injection of a needle. Ryukishi is known for his attention to detail, with one hidden thing revealing the whole twist so this is just lazy. Sotsu just shows Satoko unfairly winning every loop without a problem and OH MY GOD THE GODDAMM EYES! Every. Other. Scene. Her eyes will go red, as if the viewer forgot she was evil and lying. If you did a drinking game, you would die in five seconds. She only shows remorse when she plans to kill Teppei, her abusive uncle that is responsible for some of the worse loops in the show. It's bizarre this is the character she hesitates.

Gou setup that Satoko became a looper due to her abandonment issues from Rika. Sotsu says "Fuck that; it's because she doesn't wanna study!" No joke, Rika and Satoko's "Dragon Ball Z SSJ4" battle is all due to studying; none of the other issues are brought up and it makes Satoko seem like an even worse person. At the end of Nekodamashi, Satoko is revealed to be the culprit and we are left on a cliffhanger with her holding Rika at gunpoint. It is not shown what happens next until over a year, and all of Sotsu just shown the same damm scenes leading up to it. The results? Satoko shooting Rika than herself in five seconds, completely destroying the hype. Rika didn't even outsmart her to get to this point; she got lucky.

Rika herself honestly is godawful in Gou and Sotsu. Whatever lessons she learned from those 100 years of looping goes out the window. She returns to her "oh woe is me" mindset. In these new loops, she could experiment a little bit: ask Takano for help, Ooishi, Irie, literally anyone in the show would help her, but she stands in the sidelines and just lets the same events happen. The original ending of Kai showed Rika that her friends can help her and overcome the trap of fate.

The ending of Sotsu is atrocious; Rika and Satoko go out of nowhere shounen and fight for the McGuffin that could end either of them; after a whole episode, Rika abandons it, where Hanyuu (another waste of a character) uses it to end Satoko's loop with benefits, Not Featherine From Umineko. In the end, Keiichi, Mion, and Rena (remember them?) give Rika and Satoko a forced speech about how friends don't have to be together all the time; Rika suddenly forgives Satoko for everything and goes separate ways. It's so bad... Satoko got away with everything she did with no repercussions.

The link between Higurashi and Umineko goes absolutely nowhere. It is heavily implied that Rika and Satoko are Witches from Umineko, major players in the story. And whatever MILF Hanyuu was is Featherine, the most powerful Witch in the series. Ryukishi actively toys with the audience in a way that comes off as lazy; as a big Umineko fan, it is downright annoying he refused to make a connection aside from a forced speech at the end.

Overall, Sotsu is garbage that insults the original tale of Hinamizawa 1983; I'm gonna pretend it isn't canon, and no, not because Rika and Satoko are lovers. It's fine if they do, but honestly they are a completely toxic relationship. There are way better lesbian relationships in anime, hell, Ange and Mammon from Umineko is much better. Please do not watch Sotsu, only listen to the amazing opening.

Ok, hear me out? No one is going into this show for the plot; so, why not just turn your brain off and enjoy the amazing visuals this show provides. The plot, though, is simple and clean. Two big breasted women, one a high-schooler and the other a Mommy Dommy Goddess spend their days with an older man they are in love with. The former protects the girl from harassers on the train while the latter is her coworker that does projects with her. Analyzing this plot is like trying to seriously analyze Dora the Explorer. Like seriously, let us men (and women) enjoy the ... big boobs? And no joke, these oppai are amazingly big. Not super realistic, but who cares? They are enjoyable to watch. My only big complaint is that one of Ai-Chan's friends gropes her with no hesitation, but that's a cliche I actively dislike. It's hard to fill out the required texts for a review with this show. The episodes aren't that long either, so you can easily get through it in a day if you are so determined. Would recommend if you are horny and like big mommy milkers.

Science Fell In Love, So I Tried to Prove it was definitely not what I expected. The premise is simple: two graduate students (Ayame and Yukimura) are in love with each other, but due to their scientific minds, find that illogical. They decide to conduct experiments to see if their love is able to be proven. This concept is laughable, but the fact the two play it serious is what makes the jokes land. They get their fellow classmates to conduct the experiments, acting as the straight man. Kanade especially stands out as she is the most normal one who acts as a counter to ... Ayame and Yukimura's antics. Each episodes provides a new way to test their love, calculating every single part to an extreme degree. They act very much like characters from Big Bang Theory, though this provides more enjoyment. What makes this show great is that they both openly state their love early on; it can be such a pain watching anime after anime of two people (clearly in love) never admit their love after wasting 12 episodes barely making progress. The scientific couple are adults, which allows them to be more open despite their unique look on love. It is also refreshing to see an anime focused on college students who are in their 20s. For once, you can call Ayame hot without feeling weird since she's 22. The animation is a bit average which is never a big deal. The show does follow the cliche misunderstanding, but it is only done once and is thankfully rather short. Another comedic aspect to the show is Kosuke, an devote lover of a girl from a visual novel. I don't have much to say about him aside from that love he has, but he also provides comedy to the show, going so far as to making his big presentation about the choices and effects a visual novel provides. This show was an 8/10 for me at first, but the last episodes shot it up to a 9/10. Highly recommend this show.

Is it the consensus that Jojo Part 7 is the magnum opus of the Jojo series; while to me Part 4 is better, I cannot disagree with the popular opinion. Part 7 is a fantastic ride in every chapter. Araki's artwork has truly evolved over his 20 years of JoJo. Steel Ball Run provides amazing visuals, especially in the colored scans of it. The JoJo, Johnny Joestar, is one of the more interesting and complex JoJos. Almost all the JoJos, minus Giorno, are not keen on killing. Johnny, however, is not afraid to kill if he must; his eyes are even repeatedly commented as one ... of a killer. This makes him one of the more morally gray JoJos. He still possess that JoJo sense of heroism; Johnny still does not want those who he deems as evil to prevail. Johnny being crippled plays a major factor in the story, being the reason he joins the race: in the hopes that he can find a way to recover his ability to walk. He is not the focus of the story for the majority of the part, that being occupied by the lovable Gyro Zeppeli. Despite that, he comes on his own and becomes one of my favorites JoJos, barely being below Joseph. Now Gyro is amazing too; he joins the race for non-selfish reasons and introduces the new form of Hamon: the Spin that is represented through his Steel Balls. Now I can't fully explain how they work, but it is a cool way to fight. Stands are here as well, though less common and only achievable through interacting with the Corpse. It would not be a review without mentioning the antagonist, Funny Valentine. I would not call him a villain, for his plan for the Corpse is not of selfish gain, but to make America a better place. He does, however, have his desires blind him, and will not hesitate to kill anyone in his way. His stand is one of more complex stands that makes it difficult to get rid of. Dio in this part, I would say, is far superior to his Part 3 counterpart. Dio possesses a complexity to him and is not downright evil; he is a bit of an ass, but it is no way like DIO. Dio in this part is more sympathetic due to his backstory, and his reason to race in general is compelling. It makes him a much more interesting rival for Johnny to overcome, as he is not a two-dimensional villain who only desires to be the best (except when Part 6 retcons this). Dio also wants to be the best, but it's more to flaunt his ego. 10/10 but don't skip to this part.

There is little more to say about Death Note; it is a masterpiece that transcends the Western and Eastern gap. This is due to an English dub that is fantastic and being easily accessible and a plot that can be enjoyed through an culture. Light Yagami is an amazing protagonist/villain that carries the show along with his rival/lover L. Their constant attempts to one-up each other makes for an intense and unpredictable course of action. I doubt anyone expected L arresting Misa in public then completely restricting her movement. This show brings up the debate on morality too, and if Light is justifiable in his ... actions to become God. While not apparent, I would argue that the show too questions L's morality as he takes actions that are also not morality good. L does not care about true justice, but more his personal gain to take down the "bad guy". Ryuk is insane and makes the comic relief aside from Misa. He is able to be menacing when needed, showing that he is there until the fun is gone. Several claim the show gets uninteresting after [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS]. I would argue the show remains intense and great to watch, though there is a decline in quality. The second half allows the viewer to see a world to Light's desires, and the conclusion to the show is one of the best in any anime. Whether you are on Light's or L's side, it is hard to argue it's a masterpiece to watch.