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I'll try to condense this.

The movie was a good concept, initially. I already finished the series and watched 'Naruto: The Last' BEFORE I watched this.

The finite Tsukuyomi was a concept that made sense, to an extent. I feel like generally, the character writing was pretty off, Naruto and Sakura (protagonists for this movie) both seemed much more high-strung and quick to rage throughout the movie, though they arguably change that behavior by the end when they realize that it's better to be grateful with what you have.

I did feel like Sakura was pushed a little lower with this new scope of everyone ... being pissed, as she basically functioned as a side character for most of this (instead of being a supporting or a main character). She basically got an empty house with nobody to talk to (almost like Naruto), and the majority of her screen time arguably consisted of her sitting in her room alone, eating the same thing, and wondering if Naruto went through the same. She was useful in certain scenes with attacking and holding off enemies, though she didn't have a bigger role other than that.

There were some unanswered questions at the beginning that existed, as the initial finite Tsukuyomi jutsu was supposed to be a mirror copy with just a few differences, such as how Sakura's parents die, if Kakashi got his Sharingan (Shippuden Endgame spoiler) [spoiler] then does that mean Obito sacrificed himself? Is he out there somewhere? It doesn't make too much sense if you want to read in-between the lines about why he's kinda just wimpy even after he has a Sharingan[/spoiler]

I feel like my favorite moment was the Akatsuki's appearance, though it was pretty brief and it didn't have a massive impact initially. There were obviously some times when Naruto could've been smarter with certain things, assuming this was basically right after/around the end of the Pain fight.

Another major problem that stood out was the sound design. Dub usually has the characters quiet in a way where you need to strain to listen to what they're saying (in terms of the Naruto anime at times), though the sound design was a little chaotic, right after there would be major silence or someone mumbling, an explosion would occur with the volume tuned to 300 which would really make it hard to keep it on a set volume as you had to keep increasing and decreasing to make sure you were hearing things accurately.

Gun Gale Online was a story that took place in the SAO universe, with a fresh new cast along with familiar faces.

This manga is not a complete adaptation (the last chapter says to continue the story in the light novels), but it does feature one "arc" of some sort.

The arc is mildly enjoyable. Even though there is cliche plot armor applied at certain places, the tension does seem to build in places with an abrupt twist or two. The current plot does feature some character development by the end of the book, though the overarching plotline leaves unanswered questions that would probably be ... explored more in the light novel.

Overall, it's pretty short so it doesn't really waste your time and serves as a sample for the light novel.

This manga was... Alright, I guess.

To cut to the chase:

Art was very amazing with the general expression of themes and feelings visually, instead of showing the emotions the characters are going through, we instead get to experience them with abstract, visually pleasing spreads that definitely add to the quality of the manga. Another thing is that this manga seemed to be mostly black and white, you can't really spot too many 'gray' shades that are in most manga.

We have a limited third person perspective that explores different characters dealing with problems that arise once the main character becomes a vampire, however there ... doesn't seem to be a clear story: Just a view of how our cast progresses through life (without an objective really) when vague antagonists and obstacles are revealed.

There are many random elements of the manga such as elements from Ajin (secret organization that tortures monster humanoid races), along with Tokyo Ghoul vibes (having trouble controlling hunger, etc).

It was fine for a 50 chapter read considering the chapters are very short, however, it lacks correlation in some parts.

If you want a short read with a limited 3rd person point of view that contains horror elements with not too much direct objective story correlation, feel free to read this manga.

[Pretty much no spoilers]

Amazing first season, enjoyed it greatly. You might see some discussion about how it ended off abruptly, BUT keep in mind this is just one season out of 3+ (?), there isn't just one season either way so this isn't just the end of the story.

It does have the usual/general Isekai hook with someone getting stuck in a different world, though this was slightly similar to SAO in a way that surpasses it in some aspects.

If you aren't new to Isekai, you know the general opening. Someone gets transported to a different world, confused and all, and it takes up almost half ... of the episode to establish what just happened. This, on the other hand, has an almost 100% seamless transition to the new world, giving the protagonist time to adapt quickly instead of wondering how a truck hit them (there's no truck hitting the protagonist in this series, I'm using that as an example.)

Usually, an overpowered protagonist usually has a heart of gold and surpasses every obstacle very easily, the exception being their morals stopping them from solving something quickly. On the contrary, this protagonist seems to fit a more antagonist-like role, with their main focus being conquering the new world that they're put in.

It's interesting as it still contains that element of mystery, usually Isekai protagonists either know nothing about or almost everything about the world that they're put in, though this series contains a mixture of both: The protagonist recognizes certain gamelike elements, though there is also a totally new environment and unclear lore with new elements that the protagonist was not previously aware of.

In Isekai series, the norm usually has the bad guys being portrayed as general undead enemies and inhumane creatures such as goblins. This series does the opposite, showing us that the protagonist's avatar is an undead entity itself, along with the fact that his whole team's theme is general undead/odd monsters.

To add on to this, there's also the fact that the protagonist is either left completely alone or surrounded by teammates. The protagonist did have teammates with him at one point, and their armors (basically statues/figures), along memories with the MC are brought up every once in a while in a "previous generation of heros, I'm the last one left" kind of vibe, but it isn't overpowering and is actually very wholesome, considering it also adds weight and meaning to the story and to why certain characters exist.

With this being said, the last positive point I must talk about is morals. Instead of the protagonist having the default base values of being morally good, following the standard good boy example, this protagonist instead has more than one sense of morality. They retain their human morals, though they also have an override to this caused by their undead avatar choice, along with a system that calms them down if they freak out over anything. It's interesting to watch them come to both realize and embrace the dual morality factor, making remarks that would repaint a scene as a whole to reveal an ulterior motive.

If there was anything negative to report about this series, it would be the pacing. Right now the plot events seem random and the pacing is generally slow, you could say it is uneventful with only minor events - HOWEVER, this was just the first season. This review will only be covering the first season and not any other seasons, though it's clear that this first season was mainly focused more on worldbuilding and generally setting up characters/hierarchies and a potential threat to the main character's existence, leaving us off on a note that would look very much incomplete and unfinished if one were to forget the fact that more seasons exist.

Looking forward to the next season, pretty good for a 13-episode-long first season.

There'll be light spoilers in this review, but they'll mainly be discussed as general themes instead of in-detail plot spoilers. Read at your own risk.

This review is very cluttered, and so is the story.

I initially thought the "Mob" in the title was referring to something along the lines of a Mafia member, but soon realized my mistake. This anime was alright for being only 12 episodes long, but there are multiple inconsistencies that are hastily patched up last minute in a very rushed manner.

First - The protagonist. Our protagonist is named Leon, he's a dude who's playing this romance game. Isekai stuff happens ... and TL;DR - He falls down the stairs and dies, awakening as a 10-year-old on a farm (on a floating island or something).

To his dismay, he realizes that he's inside the game he was playing, which is not very good for him as he was ranting about the game being stupid the whole time (Before he made his trip Down D. Stairs).

My main problem with this is that his goal, his ultimate motivation, is very unclear. He spends about a decade in the world as a kid growing up, realizing that this is a world where women are dominant and pretty much have much more authority in comparison to men, which means that they aren't really on equal footing. The main focus of a man is to marry a rich girl and socialize in an elite academy by hosting tea parties and getting to know your future soul mate. One thing you should note about this world though is that is has many base elements such as floating islands, weird mobs that die like they're in a game, and default isekai magic, though there are also things such as mechs. There are deeper elements that are occasionally revealed but don't really add to the immediate story as they seem to be forgotten in the background, not referenced again at all after being revealed.

Leon supposedly decides that he'll follow this goal in order to piss off the bitchy wife his dad has because he knows that he'll be drafted or married to an overweight golddigger instead. Using his previous in-game knowledge, Leon decides to go adventuring to find the most "OP" type of spaceship he used in the cluttered dating sim game in question before he entered this identical world. Remember, this spaceship is OP. After a near-death encounter with a sentient robot inside the spaceship, we learn that there are two types of humans: Ones that weren't related to magic and are dead, and ones that are embued with magic. Leon is apparently a mix of both, which grants him a servant (robot in question) who can operate the entire ship. Unfortunately the magic humans vs normal (they are extict) vs Leon being a mix never comes back into discussion, the only exception being Luxion vowing to kill all the magic humans after he's done serving Leon because that's his purpose.

This robot is named Luxion. Now, Luxion recognizes Leon as his master which means it is very submissive action-wise. This makes sense and isn't bad, as it does act as a monotone companion for Leon, constantly pointing out his flaws but also just asking permission to do actions. While it is present in Leon's life, it's also usually hidden from everyone else at the academy (fast forward: He gets in, big surprise!)

Luxion has access to the ship, which gives Leon a ton of plot armor. However, usually for plot armor you see that they have the plot armor indirectly. "Oh, protagonist survives 100000000 attacks in the span of 3 seconds by tripping? Yeah, that's plot armor." is usually the reaction, but for this, Luxion constantly reminds Leon that he has plot armor.

Leon: "This guy is annoying"

Luxion: "Should I send the entire mothership to obliterate him and the rest of humanity?"

Leon: "No I don't kill haha..."

Anyway, although plot armor is a key trait in Isekai series, this becomes slightly irritating when it's directly rubbed in our faces every so often. This kinda proves that Leon's just like the other girls because it's mentioned earlier that Women are dominent and rule this world in terms of most hierarchy, Leon gaining all this power directly breaks it in the first few episodes.

Next, some more about the world. Things are clearly off about the world, things aren't 100% same as the game. The former protagonist behaves like a background character while another character takes her place delebirately. I'm assuming this other character is supposed to be the antagonist of the story, but their presence is so faint that they only whine about their plans going wrong in the background. You could say that the wannabe antagonist motivates other minor antagonists, but unlike most stories, the minor antagonists have a bigger impact than the main "antagonist". There were several hints dropped that the antagonist wasn't just the new protagonist, she had also been Isekai'd and decided to take the protag's place.

Well, it's not really a giant spoiler because at one point they stop dropping hints and they're just clear with it. Guess what Leon does? Nothing! He questions it very briefly in the first 1 or 2 episodes, but gives up completely and annoys people for the fun of it. Along with this, he has apparently "accepted" that he's a mob character and strives to find a wife at the academy so he doesn't go back home to get married to a gold digger. Using his big brain, he continues to annoy people until he's hated by pretty much everyone BUT the former protagonist, deciding that he'll probably leave the academy anyway.

Okay, so yeah. He's a background character who might leave the academy. He's also noticed someone else took the former protagonist's place but refers to the former protagonist as a former protagonist. Now what? He has a game-breaking op robot servant and ship, free will to do anything, but he chooses to annoy people and cage himself in the "I'm a background character" mindset. Along with annoying people, he also steps out to help the former antagonist (along with the former protagonist) earning him 2 attractive friends, one that has a high title as a noble while the other is a nobody (former protag has that quiet new kid vibe).

The other isekai person/(main??) antagonist seems to be vowing to complete the game by achieving the harem ending, but Leon finds everyone involved in the harem annoying. So he chooses to attack them just because he finds it funny. This does help as it's one of the factors that draws in the high noble friend, but it also uses the minor antagonist's (harem participants) amount of stupidity to further ridicule them in the eyes of the harem chaser (main??) antagonist.

His goal is very unclear but by the second last episode, the character development is a little stunted. Leon is challenged many times by wavering from an overprotective guardian of the timid protagonist to a cold as-stone figure knowing he can't romance them because he's a mob apparently, getting mad at Luxion whenever the robot tells him this and ignoring to face his problems head-on. Luxion even reveals that he's actively preventing any growth and chance on both his social reputation and his relationships with the girls with the way he can't choose.

He faces the consequences of him doing this and instead of trying to apologize or explain, he goes off the deep end and ghosts anyone involved until they literally forget about it. Character development? None, really. Power development? I guess ghosting someone then pretending like nothing happened which indirectly sends them even more deeper into muck results in good results somehow? At this point it's obviously clear that Leon isn't just a side character but he still traps himself in that mindset and resists any urge to properly romance a girl, leading them on even further.

Some positive points though were that the cast was considerably interesting. Minor antagonists that were very egotistical got the chance to reflect on themselves and realize that Leon was leagues above them, even trying to help him. This was great to see, considering even though Leon has been playing them this whole time, they've accepted he's better and are starting to recognize their own flaws. Unfortunately, all of this is thrown away near the end of the story, just right when all of the development happens. "You're my goal, I want to get to your level and I'm starting to see my flaws.. FLAWS? WHAT FLAWS! I'M GOING TO TRY TO KILL YOU YAAAAAAAAA!"

I did like the development for the game's former antagonist, and the side characters were absolutely delighted with how they assisted Leon in you scratch my back I'll scratch your back way, but certain characters such as the game's former protagonist and game's new protagonist arguably stay static. Another thing is that the execution anime-wise is very poor, the scenes that need OST to properly build up events are usually awkward and silent and the animation doesn't always have the audio synced up.

It did sound very cluttered in the beginning and it definitely was, with random plot events happening in a way where it just changes the setting for no particular reason, with each event barely advancing the plot.

I'm forgetting the rest of my points but the last episode felt pretty rushed and tried to do instant character development changes such as people changing their mindsets with little to no actual development leading up to this. I think the "Main?" antagonist will be more present in the 2nd season, though I might check out the manga because I've heard that this just isn't a good adaptation.

This review was definitely cluttered as there's so much to really get into for the story, but... TL;DR - It was a 12 episode anime so it wasn't a massive waste of time, but could definitely use some polishing - Both in writing and anime element execution. It was an interesting general concept, though I'm really hoping that next season contains a more clear purpose. You might find it good and entertaining, but the flaws might be harder to look past depending on what kind of viewer you are.

This manga was interesting at first, though it became very cluttered with story elements and different settings.

At first it gave a Gantz feel with an exciting and engaging hook with a mysterious labyrinth connected to the disappearance of a childhood friend. The main character seemed like an anti-social person who had no friends at first, though I'm not sure what else to say about this manga.

It's a short Manga with only 14 chapters as you can see, which means it won't really be a waste of time, though as the story progresses you'll notice that although the protagonist's goal stays the same, the characters ... introduced become very cluttered and do not have enough time to be processed or expanded on in the story's short span.

The setting changes multiple times as random miscellaneous info about the labyrinth and creatures come to light, though this information doesn't exactly affect the characters in the story to an extent, it just gives the reader a sense of pointless context that makes the mysterious aspect become less mysterious and a little more basic/passive.

The art for the monsters were nice and if you read Gantz you might feel the similar atmosphere in this manga, though if you read this manga and are left wanting something better I'd suggest reading Gantz.

This manga was interesting, both in the sense of feeling like a more aged/older manga artwise and the slight self-awareness of the characters. I started out by reading the first 2 books in paperback/in person but continued online with fan translations.

Rosario to Vampire had a good beginning, the main character and first female lead did seem to be aware that they each liked each other and their relationship balanced out with their supernatural environment. It was enjoyable to see their feelings towards each other develop as they grew into roles that would be highly supportive of each other. Compared to other romance mangas where ... the leads only realize their feelings at the end, it's safe to say that these leads are aware of their mutual feelings for each other, they just don't put a title on it.

Unfortunately, as the story went on, the genre and theme started to change more. Fanservice became heavier, each volume had the exact same scenario: A suspicious person appears at the beginning of the chapter, the Main character or fem lead insults the other (or do something of the sort that results in the two being distanced), the suspicious person turns out to be a bad guy who attacks one of the distanced people for no reason (wow, who could've guessed!), while one person is being attacked the other one would come back and apologize and/or save them. After this, the suspicious person either falls in love with the MC and joins their harem/group/whatnot, or fades into the background and is treated like a normal person on their next appearance like they didn't just try to murder whoever for no reason. It's very repetitive when this happens and the romance slowly plateaus in a neutral state for a while as more female characters join and like the main character.

While this is happening, the story also attempts to take a darker turn that doesn't quite transition well. The random attacks become more concentrated and an evil group is incorporated into the story, a group that sends people to attack the main character and company. This doesn't really break the cycle but makes the story seem more serious with more repetitive attacks (not to mention when someone gets attacked, another character comes to save them and takes down the attacker with a single punch usually), leaving the characters with less time to recover and/or focus on developing stronger/more romantic relationships.

It's awfully cliche at times and it's hard to say if there's really been any character development but it's a short manga, there are about 4 chapters per volume so it wasn't really a waste of time for me. As the theme becomes more serious there is some power development for the main character which isn't too interesting but it does help in providing a reason to show how they can stand their ground against an evil organization dubbed "Anti Thesis".

I'm yet to see if the sequel is worth reading, but to sum it up: Rosario to Vampire is a series that transitions from repetitive fight scenarios and romance to a more serious theme where the romance stops progressing. If you can focus on the rom-com part then you may enjoy this, if you have trouble with looking over copy and paste repetitive sequences, this might not be for you, but again there's only one way to find out.