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5.5/10 - Watchable for the few fun parts, fairly appealing characters, and the OP theme. But imo, nothing to lose missing out on this, and not much to gain for doing so.

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As fairly funny as it has been, and as fairly appealing the characters maybe, this entire show just felt like it was about nothing at all. None of the story stuff were really interesting. And when it comes to Krai's 'want-to-retire' situation, they didn't really do a good job with that neither.

Krai went from being someone who couldn't careless and be bothered about anything but always ends ... up in very fortunate lucky situations anyway, to just another harem dude who knows what he got and takes advantage of it. The other characters lost any potential to be interesting as they become nothing more than one-dimensional characters who are obsessed on Krai's "greatness".
The gimmick being poorly executed pisses me off since a big reason to watch this show is to watch him get pulled into problematic situations due to his misconceived "greatness" as he tries his darndest to get out of it, only to end up being lucky and getting the obstacle dealt with unintentionally. But by the latter part of the show, he's basically pretty much self-aware of everything, and it just becomes about the shenanigans of a dude who takes advantage of his "fake" status to get what he wants. It becomes much less interesting without the obliviousness and unintentional solutions of the protag.

Sitri could've been an interesting character after the cult stuff but was then relegated to being just another obsessed waifu of Krai.
There wasn't even a low-tier mini-boss for them to deal with to end the season; the rivals that they built up near the end just became a laughingstock for nothing-- elevating no character and not adding anything to the story even just for the last arc of the season.

My only takeaway from this show is the OP theme, which reminds me of the good ol' grand energetic OP themes of the past. It hypes me up every time even though there's nothing about the show that I look forward to.

2.5-jigen no Ririsa - 6.5/10 "Cosplay-focused at first, became generic harem and 'Power of Friendship' drama by the end."

This show promised a story about Cosplay and it did just that. It was also quite a fun show to watch, comedy-wise, with its generic but well-timed comical bits. And while I found the story/character arcs being hit-and-miss, the entire show still managed to entertain me for 24 episodes-- mostly for the comical aspect.

STORY: 6/10
The story was fairly interesting, managing to stay on track with the Cosplay Culture concept. The cosplaying struggles they faced did feel like an insight into the life of newbie cosplayers. And adding ... to that, having some side-quests like their Otaku Club situation made it feel like the MCs have some obstacles to overcome before they could focus on their main goals. Unfortunately, most of the main story arcs they went through felt like it was downgraded to "Easy Mode", with it simply being resolve in a not-so-interesting ways. Also, while almost every arc had some senseful issues for the MCs to deal with, it often gets resolved through the "Power of Friendship". It becomes less about the attitude of the FMC as a cosplayer, and more about her personal attitude in general, which, for me, made those story chapters feel less interesting by the end.

CHARACTERS: 7/10
Entertainment-wise, both the MMC (Okumura) and FMC (Ririsa) were quite fun to watch as a couple of eccentric hardcore Otakus: Okumura being the genuinely overly proud Otaku and feels no ounce of shame for it, and Lillia being an airhead who seemingly trained under the "Gray Fullbuster Stripping School"-. Although, they still ended up being quite generic by the end of the season-- Okumura being the typical "Dense" senpai who doesn't see the overflowing "Nectar Juice" of the waifus that he causes, and Ririsa being a typical very nice, innocent, and pure girl that sees no evil in anyone, not even ghosts (seriously, she tried to catch ghosts like they're Pokemons).
The love rival, Mikari, didn't really feel like one, not until the final chapter of the season. Why was that you ask? Because she was barely in the show, seemingly forgotten. It didn't help that the very first rival that the Ririsa faced (Nagomi) was basically a leveled-up version of her: A cosplayer, sees Ririsa as a rival, and eventually fell for Okumura as well. If Nagomi stayed around a lot, they would've felt redundant, and Mikari would've likely been the odd one out with her mostly only getting involved in the story through her interest in Okumura. At most, she adds something by being the "normal" character that provides the 'confused' reactions to the Otaku Club's Otaku shenanigans.
Nonoa was quite an interesting character at first-- her 'communication disorder' worked for both the initial comedy parts and the latter serious parts of her character arc. Unfortunately, she was a victim of the aforementioned "Power of Friendship" effect, with her becoming a typical 'cute awkward little sister' to the group as soon as she started hanging out with them. It would've made sense for her to still slightly have problems communicating seeing as she just overcame a trauma, and it would've also given her a lot of comical materials as well. But all that personality trait went out the window as she turned into just another character we've seen a thousand times before.
Aria felt like a filler arc character with her not really being interested in cosplay or otaku culture in anyway, but instead only decided to do cosplay as it helps her accomplish her goal. But the thing is, she does accomplish that goal. And with that, she's basically in the same situation as Mikari with both of them kinda being in it for the fun friendship ride. On the positive side, she does somewhat play the role of representing the audience with her being a non-Otaku that's interested to get into the fun of that. And for what it's worth, she is up by one "Heart Event" with Okumura over the two main waifus (or three if we include Nagomi).
Mayuri has a 'Dommie-Mommie energy"... need a say more? Yes. I will say more. She's the resident "guidance" to these young Otaku group, who is also an Otaku herself. She provides the mature wisdom to them, but while also not able to provide the MCs all the answers they need since she's not that much older than them anyway. She's just more experienced than them, but it doesn't mean that she's seen it all, which is a good thing as it leaves the MCs a lot more things to figure out on their own.

ART & MUSIC: 5/10
Since my standards for Anime art are still based on the post and pre 2010s, this was fine for me, personally. Although, for today's standards, I'd say this is far from being good enough, especially when it comes to the body parts, i.e. the disproportioned drawing of hands, fingers, cleavage, and lats. Not to mention, 2 of the 4 main female character's cosplay design (Mikari's and Aria's) not really having that "Main Character" energy as the other half (Ririsa's and Nonoa's).
Music-wise, I'm personally not a fan of the genre of the music they used for this Anime but, I think it was fairly fitting for this Anime genre. All the music used does sound generic Anime idol pop though, imo.
The VAs, imo, is what made it easy for me to enjoy. It's nothing too impressive but, each VA fitted the characters so well that it made them easily distinguishable from one another, even with the lack of unique manner of speaking cliche for each of them.

OVERALL: 6.5/10
It was a fairly entertaining, easy to binge-watch show that relies on characters, comical bits, and of course... the Ecchi. The cosplay aspect is definitely there and not just a bait gimmick. The comedy, depending on how much you appreciate the 'friendly banter' and character-based running gags, could either be a reason to enjoy this, or get turned off and drop this show. And while it's tagged as "Ecchi", I'd say this one is definitely on the tame side of it, even during the mandatory Beach episode.
I wouldn't recommend this for the drama since most of the serious parts of the story either felt like the characters are self-pitying, over-complicating, the arcs being a bit tamed to avoid being too dark, or worse, over-staying it's welcome, i.e. a character going on and on when the point has already been made. Not to mention that the resolution tends to be disappointingly lazy.

Overall, I'd say there's nothing to lose by missing out on this show, but it could also be quite an entertaining watch for anyone looking for a basic comedy of mostly friendly banters and character shtick, with a lightweight drama.

[I scream Parry at Everything]

Straight to the point, DON'T expect anything much from the "Parry" gimmick-- It's been loosely and often inaccurately used by this show: Ordinary [Slash]? [PARRY!!!] Ordinary [Tackle]? [PARRY!!!] Inactive machines? [PARRY!!!] [Brain attempting to make some logic and sense?]... [PARRYYY!!!] In short, if you're gonna watch this Anime expecting some 'One Punch Man' level of execution for its gimmick, then go PARRY!!! yourselves away from this.

With that being said, it does have one fairly executed gimmick that made the show fun enough to watch: Misinterpretations.
We usually see Misinterpretation bits in comedies- i.e. Komi Can't Communicate, Handa-kun, and the aforementioned One Punch ... Man- where one character does something for one reason, only for other characters to interpret it to be for a completely different purpose. It's usually intended to be funny, but for this show, I can't really say it was exactly a gag since 1) It usually doesn't come off as funny, and most importantly, 2) It's basically the only reason that the journey of Noor (the Main Character) even began, and kept on going in the first place. Whatever it was, it surely gave the story a bit of fun silliness, which made it more watchable than it should have been.

Story (5/10):
It's the cliche powerless-protag-becomes-powerful-in-an-unusual-way shenanigans, with some High Fantasy world war and politics.

Characters (5/10):
Aside from Noor and Lynne, no other character has shown anything of note yet to standout-- aside from milady Ines who standout from her outstanding striking beauty alone! (I thirst. Pardon me.) But even those two MCs don't have much personality in them aside from being a couple of oblivious individuals that tends to misinterpret very clear statements and intentions-- bad for character, good for the LOLz.

Art, Animation, and Sound (5/10):
Fine character designs. Mediocre animation. Decent Voice Acting. Typical anime OP/ED.

Overall (6/10. It Parries Boredom)
There isn't really much to take away from this. It's "Okay" at best- but, it's so much more watchable than what its title and synopsis made it seem to be. I'd say it was the humorous approach to the 'Misinterpretation' gimmick that gave it some uniqueness and a bit of fun. Also, the director seem to have the skill to make a low-budget Anime look presentable by doing some scenes with 'extra' touches on it (i.e. NPCs passing by the camera while the main characters are having conversations, Lynne's face being cut at the bottom of the screen to emphasize her small stature for cuteness purposes, and other stuff like that) without requiring fancy-looking stuff or trying too hard. Maybe the sequel would get a higher budget and do better? We'll see.

To anyone who dislikes the "It gets good later on" kind of show, this might not be for you. But for anyone who has enough patience to watch half of the show before deciding whether it is for them or not, this might be worth a try.
I say that because in my opinion, the show only became interesting when it's telling the backstories of the main characters, and that only started during the 6th episode.

The 2 MCs have not been interesting so far. Kaname has been doing nothing but forced and redundant "comical" bits for the most part, which now became so tired and irritating. ... But his character did get a development relating to his Amnesia before the season ended so, that at least gave him a little pump of interest. Kiyomine on the other hand still doesn't have any personality other than being obsessed and teasing a BL with Kaname.
They did utilize the other character, Toudou, for the baseball and serious aspects of the show, seemingly presenting him as the most mature and leader-like among the crew. His character arc was the first part of the story that made the show interesting for me.
Chihaya also had his character arc spot before the season ended. It wasn't too strong and was more of a first hurdle for him to overcome, but the point of the backstory was quite helpful to give him a motivation going forward.
Yamada the POV character has become less of an irritating embodiment of a narrator and finally started taking part during the baseball games and some of the character events. That's an improvement from when he was still mostly like a ghost that speaks from time to time.
The "2D" gamer dude... I don't think we got much from him yet-- his introduction episode was fairly fun though, to be fair.

Frankly, if this had bad animation, I would've dropped it already. But since it's visually pleasing, it wasn't hard to keep watching, which is why I managed to see its much more interesting latter half. With that being said, I do see a bit of possibility that this could turn into an interesting Baseball-themed Anime when the MCs finally get into some competition/tournament arcs. They've already setup some rival characters to look forward to, and some challenges for the characters to overcome. The only problem would be if the 2 MCs, Kaname and Kiyomine, remain stuck with a romantic angle even during serious arcs. IMO, if they don't get any more motivation other than them wanting to play with each other's "balls", then the writer(s) might as well focus on the other characters as the main ones.

TL;DR: You want some Baseball action in Anime? You got it!.... during the last 3 episodes, that is. (I'm not counting the practice match against Teitoku-- that was more of a plot setup.). If you don't mind going through some character-building that would PROBABLY lead somewhere then it might be worth checking out. Otherwise, just watch the Major series.

WARNING: Toudou's older sister is flaming hot!!!

Watching this series felt like playing a quality RPG game with a Novel Sci-fi story then it turns into Flappy Bird by the end.

This is one of those series that could've used more episodes to fully utilize and better lay out the many tools it has. Unfortunately, they crammed it all up into a 1-cour run. It was a big picture with lots of characters and substance in it when it was being painted, then that picture got crumpled and whatever remains to be seen from its crumpled state is what was shown to us by the end.

I'd at least hope that someday, in some ... way, shape, or form, this gets a remake. Henshin, Sci-Fi, existential-crisis story, it has a pretty interesting mix of ideas. And it WAS pretty interesting in the Anime for the most part. Just a shame it had to force everything it set up into the latter 4 episodes.

Positives:
- The 2 MCs' chemistry
- OP, ED, and the BGM (Crimson Lightning)
- Variety of characters
- VA
- Henshin Designs

Negatives:
- The last 4 episodes effectively rendering all the 'Positives' wasted.

(1st-half thoughts)

There are 2 things that I believe one should be aware of about this Anime before watching it:
The first is that it's a very wholesome show... with a tiny bit of unannounced gruesomeness. Don't get me wrong, the vibe and story of the show is definitely intended to be light-hearted and funny. But if you have a dislike for anatomical dissection, blood, and such stuff, you need to be wary that you'll see those things at some point in the show. Not often, but it has some. Might wanna check it first before letting kids watch this.
The 2nd thing I think everyone should know ... before watching this is that... this is NOT a story about food. Instead, it's a story that heavily involves resourcefulness in making food out of the limited stuff that could be found inside dungeons.
The main story itself is simple: Explore a dungeon with a purpose, deal with obstacles, get to the goal, and then survive and succeed. Sounds simple... BUT... how would they survive dozens of days' worth of exploration if they don't have any money to prepare food to bring with them? That's where the 'Food' aspect of the show plays a part. How will they find food in an underground dungeon that mostly consists of items and monsters? Will they find anything edible? If so, would it be safe to eat it? And if it is... will it be something they'd want to put in their mouth?

I appreciate how every single episode always involves food in one way or another, not missing a beat when it comes to the concept.
Be it a regular episode or a backstory episode, food will always be a part of it and not in a forced or out-of-place way.

When it comes to the characters, I wouldn't say they are anything to write home about individually but, the dynamics and chemistry of the entire party are definitely there. There's not a single character that doesn't feel close to any individual party members.

Both the OP and ED music provide a lovely energy that fits the vibe of the show.

Judging from these 12 episodes that are available so far, and the hints on where and/or how the story will go from here, I think it's now fairly safe to assume that it's going to remain the way it is now and maintain its vibe. As for me, my concern will be focused on their handling of the 'Food' aspect of the show, and whether they can keep it relevant even if the story starts getting a serious vibe without it beginning to feel like a nuisance to the story.
But so far, they've done a great job in doing so, in my opinion.

As much as I'd want to go ranting so hard, I'd just refrain from doing so as it's clear to me now, that this entire season (Part 1 and 2) has been designed for younger audiences. And I'm ashamed for denying that for too long. So me wasting my time on this show is all on me. I've got nothing and no one to blame but my Emi-and-Suzuno-simping self xD

Obstacles that have been set up since the beginning of the series? Taken care of in a matter of seconds.
Characters being kept hostage and/or in a tough situation needing to be saved? Effortlessly saved in a ... matter of seconds.
Long awaited meeting encounters and closures? Undermined by bad execution in just a matter of seconds.
It almost felt like the people working on it really just wanted it to end. Can't blame them though. Even I, a viewer of the show felt as such.

I see a possible sequel, seeing as the situation with Yusa's mom is still yet to be tackled but, unless they get a different studio that could make this show at least as interesting as the 1st season, I just wouldn't give a flying F anymore.

POSITIVES: OP theme
NEGATIVES: Wasted precious time of precious lives

"Undead Girl ANIME Farce"

POSITIVES:
- Character-filled
- Art Quality
- Voice acting
- Bop OP, good ED
- MCs chemistry

NEGATIVES:
... - Clickbaits
- Unnecessarily stretching out cases for too many episodes.
- Rushed climax/finale
- Threading two rivers at the same time while clearly favoring the other.

I'm not even gonna talk about its story-- it's interesting to me, personally. Instead, I'd rather judge how it performed as a show, and how it ruined the story-telling of this Anime. And just like the finale of the show, I'm gonna rush through my rant as well.

The first episode had a Dark Fantasy-Action vibe which had the then yet to be acquianted MCs battling each other in a somewhat testing of strength, which concluded in a partnership to achieve opposite goals relating to a common enemy.
It then immediately took a sudden 45-degree turn and became a full-on dialogue-heavy Detective/Mystery the very next episode. It would have been just fine as it acted as the introduction to the protags' now-established investigative team... except it took 3 episodes to conclude and felt like an unnecessarily stretched-out filler arc.
It was then followed up by an arc filled with new characters (I'd refrain from describing them to avoid spoilers) who were the ones that took the center stage in dealing with the case at hand as the MCs get relegated to the sidelines, showing up once in a while on-screen, with smug reactions on their faces implying they are picking the case apart one by one while they were off-screen.
What came next was the climactic first interaction with the villains of the story. This set the tone for what's to come as the show nears the finale... except it didn't come.
What followed is another helluva stretched-out dialogue-heavy case where they teased the presence of the villains just being around, and the presumed chaos that might ensue at any moment...
... which was paid off by a less than 5-minute still image battle slide show, followed by a barrage of words to close the final case and end the series, which took about 15 minutes... but felt like forever.

ART? Good. Sound? Good. VAs? Good. Characters? Fun...
... "Crack-Crack-Crackle" OP by CLASS:y?..... GOOOOOOOOD xD

OVERALL:
I feel so betrayed by this Anime. Even after watching its clickbait-y 1st episode, and reading the complaints of people towards it, I still stuck by it as I found the execution of the Detective/Mystery path it took quite entertaining and fun anyway-- and I did enjoy it. But it's a shame that it had to lie once again, for the finale no less. Not to mention, having to rush that said finale after over-extending most of its chapters. All I could've asked for from this Anime was for it to just be a clear Detective/Mystery Anime instead of trying to be a pretentious Dark Fantasy/Action. It did have a quite interesting arc which had an abundant amount of characters involved. But that was the middle part and barely involved the MCs. What should've been prioritized were the most important parts of a story-- the beginning and the conclusion.
And for that, I can't recommend this to anyone who's looking for an Anime with a good story. Not to say it didn't have one-- it does. It just failed to tell that "good story" properly.
Watch it for aesthetics? Yeah. Sure. Do you. Want me to give at least one good reason to watch this Anime? I can give you one. Here it is...

JIRI-JIRI TOOOOOOO!!! MOTO-MERU GIMME MOOOOOOORE!!! xD xD xD

"The Girl I Like Doesn't Realize She Can't See Shi* Until She Gets to School" xD

Positives:
- POV male protag exists!!!!
- Aesthetically beautiful
- VA quality
- Bop OP theme
- Wholesome

Negatives:
... - Too redundant
- Minimal utilization of side characters

STORY:
There isn't really much to say about it. It's the usual Waifu-focused, Youthful-romance Anime. The only thing that separates this a bit from other shows of the same genre is that it has a somewhat unique concept that justifies the "Perfect" female MC noticing, and getting close to the "Average" POV male MC. The female MC (Mie) struggling with her bad eye-sight gives way for the male MC (Komura) to be put in situations where he can aid his crush during times of need, but not without having to find the guts to talk to her first. That simple concept alone gives this show an advantage compared to some shows of its kind which usually just have their female MCs already inexplicably interested in their POV male MCs from the get-go with barely any reasoning for it. The only problem is that it gets too redundant and often lacks creative/humorous reasoning as to why Mie would forget her glasses for each chapter. So in a way, that concept mostly just served as an ice-breaker for the MCs to start having conversations with each other, and effectively ended up a running gag during the latter parts of the Anime.

CHARACTERS:
It's basically just the 2 MCs. First, there's MIE, a usual clumsy, airhead, cute female MC that the male MC would be swooning over. Unfortunately, she has a bad eye-sight, which requires her to wear prescription glasses to be able to see properly. But an even bigger "UNFORTUNATELY"..... her memory sucks. So she forgets it almost, if not every day when going to school.
Fortunately for her, KOMURA-- the male MC, is around. Her -not so- secret admirer who's more than eager to help her with her eye-sight struggles... as soon as he gets over his fear of talking to her. Komura's character would mostly be acting both as a POV character for Mie's shenanigans, and basically a narrator for the show. But what I like about his character is that, he's actually a part of the story. He's not your usual 'insert-self' cardboard POV character, but an actual leading man to the leading lady. And in my opinion, that decision to not make the male protag of this story a non-factor greatly added to the watcheability of the show.
There're are some side-characters that shows up once in a while, but I'd rather not spoil the minimal contributions they had for some of those were actually fairly fun-- for what it's worth.

ART & SOUNDS:
I've been aware of the opinions about the "disorienting" animation style for this Anime since the first few episodes. I do get why but, it never really affected my own personal viewing experience of this Anime at all. I did mostly just watch it at 720p on mobile and 1080p on laptops though so, maybe watching it on bigger screens give those feeling off? Idk. As for me, my only nitpicks are the very sharp linings/edges of objects such as walls, lockers, tables, etc., especially when they're viewing an empty hallway. But overall, I find the art style beautiful.
As for the sounds, I'm loving the OP theme. I even added it on my playlist and sing along with it without shame for my manhood xD
I didn't notice any of the BGMs if there ever were ones. I do appreciate the VA performances but of course, there's basically just 2 VA's to appreciate as it was mostly just the 2 MCs that had screentime.

OVERALL:
Simple, sweet, beautiful, and wholesome are the nicest things I could say about this Anime. But it's quite hard for me to recommend it to anyone as it was basically the same episode every week. I do highly recommend listening to its OP theme "NAME" by Tsuzuri though. And watching the TV size OP sequence might help feeling the show out.

This Anime has been a bit loose when it comes to its "unique" concept so far (keeping it vague to avoid spoilers).
And while that "unique" situation is being actively tackled and dealt with during each episode so far, it just doesn't seem to be making much impact in the story other than being a "plot device" to get the waifu MC and the insert-character MC entangled with each other. It also made me worry that with the recent episode (the 3rd one), there were some signs that this Anime would be spending some time on relationship-building between the female MC and the side characters before ... even properly establishing the unique circumstances, which could turn this into just another simple slice-of-life, neighborly, feel-good story.

With that being said, it has been a very wholesome, simple, light, and straightforward show so far, which might appeal to people who just need some relaxation Anime show without worrying about any story complications.

TL;DR
NOT RECOMMENDED - If expecting the story to focus on the romance with some special/unique circumstances.
WORTH CHECKING OUT - If looking for a light, wholesome, easy-to-watch family-friendly show.