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The story is very simple. Beginning with a typical hero versus demon intro, in which the princess of the human world is captured by the demons - already setting up the plotline where the hero will save the princess...

...but, what if it never branched off into a typical damsel-in-distress series?

Maoujou de Oyasumi manages to literally break all the possible tropes most action series have, while providing a surprisingly wholesome/calming experience for the viewers. Whether you like or hate to sleep, I think this series is a prime example of what upcoming goofy slice of life anime should be like - hence I believe most ... could easily enjoy this a lot even without having a slight interest in the subject.

As I mentioned, the story is very simple. The hero trying to save the princess while the demons try to lock her in their castle, right? But the typical plotline is simply a tool for the main character, Aurora Suya Rhys Kaymin (aka the princess). The princess simply wants to sleep. That's it. That's the actual plotline. Though the series dives much more deeper into this, like how can one sleep? What materials are necessary to fabricate good pillows for a good sleep? Or perhaps, can you sleep in a dungeon filled with lava with monsters swarming around?

We often find the princess trying to accomplish these goals, either by continuously killing demons for material, or perhaps adventuring to another area to collect a rare item - all which would be used for the princess' comfort of her sleep.

Though I got to mention the generic plot, as when you continue this series, you won't even notice that this plot exists. They greatly utilize the fundamental elements of the generic plot, like the appearance of a new demon to annoy the princess, or the upcoming arrival of the hero for instance, to add spice to the events the princess is involved in. People would start to get bored if we were given the same thing episode upon episode, where all we would see is the princess having a goal in mind, then trying to reach that goal, and finally accomplishing it in the end. New characters, original situations, and even the stuff you would see in other series allows Maoujou de Oyasumi to have conflict, comedy, and ultimately diverting from the typical plot to enhance the situations the princess finds herself in, perhaps making the princess fail to achieve her goal or go through hardship to accomplish it.

So this is where I tie into the cast of Maoujou de Oyasumi. The characters, whether human or demon, deliver what would've been a lack of comedy and synergy between main character and the rest of the series.

The princess is an interesting one - being that all she wants to do is sleep and she will do everything she can to achieve this goal. Unlike the rest of the characters, she does not fall into the basic standard for a main character.

Maoujou de Oyasumi gives a large focus onto the main character, following her story in the castle. Despite her usual dead, egoistic personality, she also has a wider range of traits on the inside. Whether it is a pre-sleep mood, a restless persona, or a time-to-hunt-the-demons-for-materials mood, this easily breaks the mold of a typical main character, while making her a prime factor of character progression for the demons later on in the series.

The characters other than the princess aren't too interesting at first. The Demon Lord is especially very simple. He holds the princess as a hostage, and acts as how a demon lord. A similar situation is among the other demons, in which they are not groundbreaking or complex - just there as a shock factor.

Though, as the princess simply does not care whatsoever about the main plotline and its basic standards, she is well used as an icebreaker for the otherwise simple Demon Lord and co. This makes the rest of the cast less prone to overuse certain tropes and actually progressing their character alongside the princess, generally creating a wider variety of characters - all at the disposal of the princess herself. The demons that were originally used as a shock factor, are still used as a shock factor. But due to the princess, allowing them and her to synergize and connect, the side demons too, have a part in the princess' series of terrifying events.

And due to these series of events, even the demons begin to develop a much lighthearted relationship with the princess, which I find quite beautiful. Both sides begin to open up, despite being enemies, much so that even the demons don't act demonic anymore.

On another note, Doga Kobo does a great job once again in the production part of Maoujou de Oyasumi. No complaints here, as the studio easily brings the usual fantasy-like setting and fits well especially for this series. The flow of the animation is good, and the animation helps express the character's thoughts as well. The character's apparel apply adequately to the environment of the anime, with the music adding even more onto the atmosphere. The VAs of this anime also give their characters a lot of personality which makes them seem natural and enjoyable to see and hear.

To conclude, this anime has a great fantasy-like environment that does well to not only break down a typical action fantasy plot to a much more wholesome, enjoyable series, but to include many characters and a variety of events to stimulate the princess' procedure towards her goal to sleep.

Very cute, and quite the relaxing series to watch. Definitely one of my favourites this year.

In my opinion, the fourth season to Boku no Hero Academia was definitely over-hyped at the start of its run up all the way until the end. Having read the manga, I had hoped that the series would be better than its prequels, but I was left mistaken.

Plot: 6/10

Since Season 2, we've seen that the two-cour season is usually split into 2 separate arcs. The first arc, being the most hyped arc for the season, was the Shie Hassaikai arc. This was in which Midoriya and a couple other members of the Class 1-A team up with several hero organizations to defeat a villain group ... named the Shie Hassaikai. The anime definitely lived up to the manga, however was very underwhelming. The fights in this arc were quite bland and were only good to an extent, and I figured that it was simply average compared to any other currently airing shounen anime.

The second arc, the School Festival arc was heavily focused on bringing a SOL (slice of life) feel to the audience. Although I did expect a SOL arc shortly after the previous fighting arc, we get almost no development in the main cast during the rest of the series, to the point where I could've simply stopped watching the series. Even if Boku no Hero Academia does include the school genre in its series, this arc felt more like a filler than actually being canon.

Art: 8/10

Bones brings us great animation once again as they have always done. Personally, the animation quality was something I always look forward to in an episode of Boku no Hero Academia. The animation serves us good in most scenes, however there may be some times where the animation "falls off" for a moment or so.

Sound: 8/10

The soundtracks for the anime are well-made and placed at very good times to match with the emotions of the scene. I totally felt more emotion through some of the scenes simply because of its art and music.

Character: 5/10

As written earlier, the characters weren't very special and didn't get much development throughout the run, specifically Class 1-A. Since most of the anime revolved around the main cast, we've already seen quite a lot of development with its characters since Season 1. I could only say that there were only some development with a few characters of Class 1-A, but they aren't very notable yet. We also see growth within Endeavor, but they aren't too notable once again for where the anime series is at.

Overhaul was quite the letdown for me in my opinion. I had thought that he would be a better villain than what we've seen in the previous seasons, though once again I am left disappointed. The villains for the first arc of the fourth season were pretty average and not notable at all. Compared to All for One or Stain, Overhaul would be under performing. Gentle Criminal was also quite a letdown, but not so much. It was quite refreshing to see an anti-hero again like Stain during the season, but the fight between him and Midoriya were just about the same as the Overhaul fight - average. One thing I can mention is Overhaul and Gentle's design, who look stunning, but that isn't all that makes a character.

Overall: 6/10

I originally had quite high rating for this anime, but it did disappoint me halfway through the series. All what I can say is that the animation and the sound quality is good as expected, but every other category disappointed me. Compared to previous seasons, I think this season could've performed much better, and I expect to see better for the sequel. Besides that, it was quite a ride to watch the fourth season to Boku no Hero Academia.

Finally, Isekai Quartet brings to us a second season for all isekai fans to enjoy.

The sequel to Isekai Quartet is definitely another well-made crossover anime that features the main casts of KONOSUBA, Re:Zero, The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Overlord, and The Rising of the Shield Hero. Having only seen three of the five current anime titles featured in Isekai Quartet 2, I was nonetheless able to find this mash-up very interesting and refreshing for me once again, especially since I've been waiting for new seasons for some of the featured anime.

Plot: 7/10

I mean, what did we expect for a school-like setting? Personally, the various ... comedic situations set for our cast seemed pretty bland to me. Though thanks to the characters themselves, it was somewhat more enjoyable than what I had thought. However, I was quite disappointed for this season due to the fact that the Shield Hero and his party didn't get too much screen time until the end. In my opinion, it definitely would've added more chemistry to the story.

Art: 9/10

Isekai Quartet was probably the anime that introduced me to chibi style art, and I do find it very unique. The characters of the show get to express themselves in much smaller proportions. Each design for the characters are well drawn and animated, and I personally think that some of the characters look just as detailed as their original.

Sound: 8/10

Nothing much to say about this one, but I guess it's pretty much expected to have ambient sounds and songs for a school setting. I also give props to the background designs as well, since both are very dependent on each other.

Character: 8/10

What's not to love about characters like Raphtalia or Aqua? Isekai Quartet 2's does great once again with the anime mash-up, putting similar characters from different shows to form various situations that can crack a joke or two. Though as I stated before, it is disappointing to find that the Shield Hero doesn't appear too often, but at least we can appreciate that his cast did great whenever they had screen time.

Overall: 8/10

The sequel to Isekai Quartet is a great watch and can freshen your mind off of the countless other anime series that you may be binge watching now. I believe that the most enjoyment will be found in Isekai Quartet when you've watched all the featured series in the quartet (quintet). But, even if you've only seen one or two of the anime series in Isekai Quartet 2, I still think that you can enjoy at least most comedy and the odd personalities one may not have thought a character would've had until now.