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Short: This manga fails in every way to be an entertaining story.

Long:
Whereas the Grisaia games and anime are able to create a stupidly fun story, the manga attempts to do the same but fails because this story is not meant for a manga.
The first point that this manga fails at is the kinetic feeling of the plot, where you get the impression that there are many parts moving individually to bring the Grisaia picture together, however, the manga causes what is a very complex story to become an unintelligible clusterfuck.
Let's look at chapter 0 and 1. Just like the start of the visual novel and ... the anime, the manga starts with showing us the characters and the premise behind their arcs all in one sentence, however the first two do something very different, they establish the characters within one single sentence while excluding 2 of the characters that are still very important but move differently in the story (Yuuji and Kazuki). The manga doesn't do this, and instead shows 3 panels per character with speech and major spoilers.
The importance of excluding Yuuji is that the game and anime make a game out of figuring out who Kazami Yuuji is, until its taken enough time to establish the plot. When the manga tells us everything about Yuuji in the first panel it ruins the hook of the manga.

Backtracking to the establishment of the main cast, the reason this bothers me is because in the game and anime, there is about 20 seconds dedicated to this, not much information is given and it's very easy to forget that scene but still feel like the characters make sense.
An example of this is Komine Sachi, who is given the phrase "the sin of defiance" in the opening. When we see her first meeting with Yuuji, we can make the connection that the sin of defiance caused her to become Ella Enchanted, and that makes sense because of how her character is developed later on. Sachi doesn't want anyone to die because of her decisions anymore so she follows everyone's orders to a-t, literally portrayed as a maid. When the manga shows us exactly what happened in chapter 0,
it completely ruins the momentum of the plot!

So, what if we exclude chapter 0 and look at chapter 1 itself and everything beyond. Its still awwffuuuul.
Unlike the anime or game, this is completely devoid of stunning imagery, personality-rich character movement or interesting internal mechanics that is commonplace in the other forms. This has the most generic art I've seen in a manga, I have seen DOUJINSHI better looking than this, and with better consistency with character height!
Another issue is that it turns the great designs from the other forms into bland parodies of the actual characters. The only exception for this is Amane.

HotD is about zombies and fun. If you like zombies, you'll like this. If you like fun, you'll love this. This is NOT a show for someone wanting a thrill-ride of massive stakes, this is a show for someone who revels in having fun and seeing the light in the darkest and most depressing situations, the type that makes their own fun. In conclusion for my introduction, HotD is the perfect show for the normies out here who are desensitised to fan-service, like me.

Story: Pretty basic story but it really shines in its theme of looking into how older systems worked, why they collapsed and ... how to live in your own system and not be infected by the cynicism of the older generation, it's a show about preserving your own childlike wonder in the world even though you should be depressed as shit.

Art: Slightly generic art style here but i love the shading and how the sky is done at dusk, it looks bleak and beautiful at the same time. Fan-service is littered literally everywhere and peoples tits will shake like its a spidey-sense. Also Tit-sniping. It does what it's trying to do and it's hilarious!

Sound: Consistently good and and used well to punctuate the visual humour.

Characters: Everyone is fun and hilarious, they drive enjoyment to the max.

My Hero Academia 4 follows the MHA formula of putting a villain arc and then a training arc or 2 and then rinse and repeat, copying MHA3 through doing a rescue arc and then a license arc.

The story is mediocre and easily understandable, clearly meant to appeal to a young demographic. I don't need to go through it again, however it needs to be said that the pacing is god awful.

The art is overall very pretty for the most part and the animation switches between pretty good and "HOLY SHIT THIS LOOKS INCREDIBLE" (refer to episodes 10-13) but occasionally the show downgrades to ugly as ... sin (refer to episode 15). I should also mention that the incredible animation and art follows a very interesting style where everything can be reduced to just hyperdetailed motion circles and cubes or removing and expanding objects in respect to those shapes.

This anime overall sounds great, especially in the hyper scenes

Characters are pretty average, theres not really anything I can say. Todoroki is still Diet Zuko, Deku is still average Shounen protag. There is Kai Chisaki who is a slightly complicated character.

Overall this season falls behind the other seasons for most episodes but for its highest moments, it's the best in the series, just like season 3, i'm starting to sense i'm going to like the first half much more than the ending.

Stardust Crusaders is about genetics and psychic ghosts and vampires and memes. This manga is consistently beautiful and hilarious. JoJo's kept me consistently laughing and rereading entire volumes, however why did I rate this down when i gave Aho-Girl and Grand Blue 10's for these very reasons.

At a certain point I felt like it was just going too far to be funny and that pandering was awful.
The characters barely develop with the exception of best boy Polneraff and some characters are kept on more than they should or brought back in the most dumn and insulting ways possible. Seriously *** and *** should have ... just stayed dead, they barely affected the story afterwards and their absence could have been easily written around.

Spirited Away is a classical isekai story where Chihiro stumbles into the spirit world with her family. Due to their lack of "giving a shit" her parents are turned into pigs and she is stuck in the spirit world as long as she wants her family.

I don't need to explain how good this movie is because it speaks for itself, however, every single aspect of this movie is masterclass film-making. Spirited Away looks, sounds, feels and probably tastes incredible (not that i have any). My only issue with the movie was that Chihiro starts off as a little bitch, although that is the reason that ... she lives past the first 15 minutes, but even that issue dissolved due to her development which is genuinely touching.

Sword Art Online is about a group of players trapped in a video game with a similar premise to Log Horizon. Unlike Log Horizon, Sword Art Online can barely be called an anime, more or less a powerpoint at 30 slides per second, there is no character, no pacing and no bad animation for me to laugh at, in the first half.
In the second half the show changed from a powerpoint to a walking human rights violation, apparently, video games are basically Somalia now? Anyway the second half is downright offensive to the senses in scenes which are so unnecessary that you can only feel ... like it was meant to arouse the viewer.
Overall though, the art is genuinely great, the character designs are nice and for the most part the anime sounds good but that doesn't help to bring up the score that much

If not for the enjoyment this series has brought me id give this a 1, but there's one simple reason this show gets a 10, the Abridged version by SWE which goes beyond the original to fix the writing and not beat the dead horse that is this series. This show has given use that Abridged series therefore it slightly pains me to say that this series has given me more enjoyment than most other series.

Gankutsuou is an adaptation of the classical revenge story by Alexandre Dumas following the Count of Monte Cristo through the eyes of Albert in an alternate setting of Space Opera 51st century France and the fucking moon.
Now the review, this show will make you thankful for the trope of anime characters barely moving because when they do move, the textures given to their clothing tends to move in the opposite direction, which is god fucking ugly, that being said, when still or for the second half of the series, the show looks bloody beautiful. Another issue is how they use CGI for mech battles, ... now I understand how difficult it would be to animate the mechs in the style of the show and how mechs were basically the only way of doing the duel without making it conflict with the setting, however in the first duel in the series between Maximilien (the best Scooby-doo character) and Albert actually looks pretty good.

The sound is alright i guess, the dub was pretty good, there was an issue with the subs and dubs i could find where the talking starts half a second before the lips start moving.

The writing is still great and holds up in a space opera setting and the second half is genuinely triumphant so if not for the animation, sound and art issues i ended up having a great time.

9/10, this anime will make you want to blaze it up at a carpet store.

Alot has been said about Akira, and alot has been overstated.
The fact is this is a masterpiece of animation in nearly every regard, the art and animation.
The subjective aspect is that I didn't enjoy this movie very much, the thing with the psychic blue baby "Binding of Isaac" bullshit made no sense and the first half of the movie kept me drowsy but in the final act, it changed from being a complete custerfuck to the most epic ending I've seen this year.
Despite all of that, the movie looks and sounds incredible all way through, it's definitely worth a watch by everyone.

y= Kaguya-Sama: Love is War
dy/dx = "Science fell in love, so I tried to prove it"

Donning the single worst title I've ever seen from, literally anything. Now, about the show, as a physics and maths student, it was genuinely entertaining and explained some concepts better than most students, like the explanation of Null Hypotheses in episode 1.
The show looks mediocre overall with a pretty great opening but shines in the character designs and also character history. Although the premise of the show is only driven by the commitment of the main guy to the scientific method, this show drives home that even the smartest people ... can be outright idiots.
The character designs (especially the main girl) are actually pretty good though, and we see how their pasts link to their designs which felt REALLY good to see.

There isn't much substance i can give to this review that doesn't break into spoilers or breaking into level 4 autism territory so i recommend testing the first episode and if you like it just watch it.

Generally, I review shows based on enjoyment mostly, that being said.
Haganai is about a boy who managed to fuck up first impressions at his new school that he i alienated for his entire first month, but after discovering that his classmate is in a semi-similar situation, they team up to make a club where they can just chill and make friends with people.

This is one of my favourite series of all time, despite its rating as a 7, this is because despite the fact that it does alot right, it looks great, has an incredible opening, season 1 has its issues.
Season 1 ends abruptly and ... leaves us hanging for a possible season 2. I am aware that season 2 exists however i am rating this season by itself and I couldn't find 'Next' for upwards of a year.
Overall though, I really felt myself in this show, it brought back memories of what i call the "crackhead crew" that i used to hang with at school and that touched me. This show is not for everyone but it is definitely worth a shot, you may see yourself here.
I enjoyed it as a 10 because it made me laugh, it brought me up and it touched me when i was feeling down. I come back to this every once in a while and still get entertained.
A show that can keep the feels after multiple re-watches is deserving of praise