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Do not try and take my banana again or I will race your saucer on this guys back through Tokyo

I HIGHLY recommend this to MOST people. This is MOSTLY a SUPER FUN anime that IMMEDIATELY at episode 1 I wanted to 10/10 and only the way it ended (cliffhanger to next season) made me think otherwise for most part.
WARNING: CONTAINS [almost] RAPE [in a few episodes]
Also there is a singular SUPER emotional episode.

Poses: 10/10
Music (opening/ending/plus): 10/10
Background sound: 10/10
... Art Style: 10/10
Story: 8/10
Action: 8/10
Comedy: 9/10
Characters: 9/10

Content: filled with a [magical?] world with awesome characters interacting awesomely with sci-fi paranormal. Fear, laughs, cries, adventure, family, FAMILY, powers.

Style: comical, intense, [intentionally] bland at times. Colorful with LOTS of movement.

Personal Enjoyment: LOVED IT (for most part) and absolutely look forward to season 2!!! (minus the "rape" theme that seems to be a trend Q_Q)

If you don't like episode 1, I don't see you liking any of it in my opinion. If you loved episode 1, you'll enjoy at least a large amount, depending on why you liked episode 1.

Those that have been blessed to the art of Tea Party and embraced the life of Tea will continue to know that is the true way.
I don't read manga, but looked at manga panels and anime didn't do this justice.
Voice Actor "Ootsuka, Takeo" had to be my favorite part, I don't care about voice actors but I checked his other works and he does other valuable voices in shows I really like and didn't recognize him.

Content: look at the genres and themes. Does it look all over the place? Well this is an Otome reincarnation isekai anime for a game that included shounen-typical items like ... mechs from the perceptive of a background or "mob" male character (with complete game knowledge). We get suspense, we get awful people, we get drama, we get opposite of what say wants, et cetera.

Style: The animation is nothing special, I've definitely seen a lot worse a lot of times, but when I looked at manga panels felt was weak with the potential to translate to animation. Some stuff felt unique [to me] while others had trend I'm used to to different degrees. It is definitely unique [to me] having it from this angle (I watch normal Otome game animes, and play Otome games)

Personal enjoyment: Pretty good amount. The Main Main Character carried the show with his voice and lines and actions, one supporting character also was fun with nice lines, and another supporting character was best girl. I was very much happy with this ending but look forward to possible Season 2. I would give at least 8/10 if wasn't for below expectation animation and such.

Main Main Character 9/10
Other Main Characters 6/10
Good supporting charters 8/10
Queen 9/10
Princes 4/10 -> 6/10
Bad supporting characters 6/10
Actual Mob/background Characters 5/10
Opening 8/10
Ending 6/10
Voice Acting (mainly thinking of MC) 9/10
Art 8/10
Animation 6/10
Plot 7/10

Reverse futuristic "isekai" with a "Demon Lord" trying to rise-up in a cyberpunk/magic fused world.
Content Warning: does contain some intense themes like brutal genocide (briefly, but major point for a while) and mind alteration (briefly)

Art 8/10
Animation 7/10
Openings/Endings 7/10 (but for being fitting, 9/10)
Plot 9/10
Good Characters 10/10
Bad Characters 6/10

... Content: to me, it felt very dry, but very enjoyable. The Demon Lord is very likeable and very straightforward. The other main character (as listed on MAL) is somewhat relatable. There are nice side characters too that are very much lovable.

Style: again, felt fairly dry, but had kinda dark cyberpunk feel to art. Animation was mostly good/fine, some people were disappointed in some likely cool fights not being shown at all.

Personal enjoyment: again, felt dry, but wholesome and enjoyable. I hated the holocaust curvaball and some other things to lesser degree, but very enjoyable and positive. Such a vibe.

I would recommend this to people who like isekai's, reverse isekais, reincarnations, cyberpunk
The mains are adults (well more than that) and two of our favorite sides are high schoolers so can't say this is adult cast though because of the mains, felt very mature. This is very different from devil is a part-timer though multiple things give feeling like are watching that.
I hope this was helpful in some way <3

This is a single special episode, this will obviously over-inflate it's MAL scoring compared to whole series since easier to make a single episode a masterpiece, especially when based around 10/10 manga.
This episode is amazing for both fans, and those that have never seen One Piece. Those that hate One Piece for some reason will of course not like this. The animation here is very different to the series and does great. It does not conflict with the series at all and let's use see the perspective of the people (fans) of One Piece that you'll never see otherwise.

Animation/Art 10/10
Sound (I can't rate since don't ... remember/didn't pay attention, so likely AT LEAST 8/10)
Story 10/10
Pacing 9/10
Uniqueness 10/10
Characters 8/10 (skewed down DRASTICALLY by character(s) I hated)
Continuity 10/10

Personally I was getting emotional/tears of happiness, until mid-way point that triggered my PTSD from multiple personal experiences so had to pause and cry/scream, then the rest of the episode was emotions/tears of happiness again with a brief sad moment.

I HIGHLY recommend for One Piece and non-One Piece viewers. Ichi Ni Sunshine Yon WE GO!

So I finished this, apparently multiple people really love this. Both episode 1, and episode 2, made me want to drop with a 4/10. I thought about a 6/10 but I was so confused (writing bad, not because complex) and had so many issues. This anime does have 8/10 potential, but fails to me.
So I might be a little off on this but Episodes:
1-2 Sexual Assault and Rape, easy 4/10 and drop worthy, also triggered sexual trauma.
3-7 kind of felt 6/10 but repetitively had problems (my favorite character introduced at some point)
8 favorite episode, not path I was expecting/hoping for, but very hot
9-12 just keeps ... stacking my problems I've had the entire time and not making any sense
I hate to say it, but I think the female MC is my spirit animal

Art 8/10
it was mostly nice and fitting for the show

Animation 8/10
was mostly fluid and fitting for the show

Characters 7/10
Diverse and some are slightly interesting

Romance debatable 3/10 to 9/10
it was very off-putting for me, but I also understand it and honestly... I really liked episode 8

Plot 5/10
Nothing special, we got devils, people that that hate devils, people that work with devils, irrational hate et cetera. Things that didn't make sense and had issues with just got worse and doesn't make any sense.

Ending 6/10

I recommend this to anyone that loves forbidden love, vampires/devils, romance, police operations
I DO NOT recommend this to anyone who cannot/doesn't want sexual assault, rape, questionable founded relationships, a story with many blatant flaws, irrational bigotry

I hope this helped I tried my best not to spoil anything. I feel a little bad as I've arguably graded worse higher, but I can't bring myself to give above a 4/10 (bad)

This review is for Episode 25 which takes place between the final battle and ending of episode 24.
I kind of had mixed feelings because Episode 24 ended so perfectly, but Episode 25 was good and was a coming of age or growing up kind of episode never forgetting but moving forward. Senketsu lives on in her heart and all about putting down one's sword.

This episode did NOT interfere with 24's ending and was similarly impactful to 人は人服は服だ！(People are People, Clothes are Clothes). Truly graduated from the abnormal insanity. Great and completely matching ceremony will everyone surpassed their passed selves. They grew up so well <3

Content:
Mostly ... action and overcoming one's past.

Style:
Same as KLK, awesome!

Personal Enjoyment:
Started out "Why are they ruining such a perfect ending" but this episode was AWESOME and lined up perfectly with the show and the E24's ending. I think one could be happy with or without watching this since E24 had good ending, but lines here were really good too!

This is a masterpiece of an anime but I can't bring myself to give a perfect 10/10. I highly recommend to everyone (It's PG-13 (I think of it as R) on MAL but if can handle blood spurting everywhere with some minor grotesque or horrific forms, you should be fine.)
This anime as you can tell from MAL page, has entirely female main protagonists and antagonists (minus an article of clothing). There are still multiple great male sub-main characters. It is in-fact an action comedy fantasy based mostly in school and with super powers, but I don't think ecchi is exactly accurate, but can't think of ... a better word.

Protagonists (main & side) 9/10
They are very fun and full of life. Mako is my favorite but after re-watching... She still is my favorite, but not by large margin.

Antagonists (main) 6/10
They have nice designs and somewhat interesting actions but absolutely hate them. One of them is kind of fun when on screen though evil.
[TRIGGER] WARNING one of them is a monster and child sex abuser (and worse)

Antagonists ? (side ?) 8/10
Lots of diversity and kind of fun to overcome. Lots of school sport derivative.

Plot / Story 8/10 into .... 10/10?
It starts out simply being [for the most part] action, with no major plot points, but then somewhere after the half-way point the story goes into top gear. Up until that point, it's a very enjoyable anime that you can for the most part easily not take too seriously and is just wild, after that, the show is still a fun one, but is A LOT more serious [while continuing to be wild]. One line from the end lives rent free in my head for 8 years now, but I don't think anyone else shares this problem.

Art / Design 9/10
Was really interesting style for me and enjoyed I love the outfit diversity

Animation 8/10
Was really good and enjoyable, it might just be my brain but the style of animation in lots of parts was... unique?
People who care about action will enjoy the sequences I think.

Music 9/10
So first time watching I LOVED the music and soundtracks, 2nd time watching it was still good, but I likely listened to WAY too much outside of watching so felt more... spoiled?

Openings/Endings 9/10 to 10/10
Amazing and very fitting for the show. The 2nd half's ending is very helpful for lifting spirits <3

Other information:
-Lots of nudity or near nudity from pretty much everyone
-Lots of outfit changing and outfit changing sequences
-Apparent wrist slitting (They aren't, but the motion looks like it. Wasn't problem for me first time, but now have mixed feelings, but I can't think of a better thing they could have done)
-I think I cried A LOT at least 2x the 2nd time watching. Both somewhere in the 2nd half, with first triggering my PTSD where I had to cry in the corner and sob (I think should be fine for most people, but it being an emotional event in show PLUS me having real life experience with imagery that matches...). Almost cried once in first half.
-Anime Original (manga is an adaptation of the Anime)

"Mixed Feelings" recommendation is mostly because there is a LOT of sex (it's 13+ appropriate but damn). I personally understand why there is so much, and everything around it is super nice, but personally not a sex person.
Another major downside is very brief reference to pedophilia and statutory rape which pisses me off greatly, but is very brief problem and minor point of the show, but has value as unfortunately that issue does genuinely exist in the real world (woodchippers... where they belong). I think this may have been my first dedicated BL, and see why so many people love them.

Content: Some may argue, especially ... for the main couple, it's kind of meh/generic, but I loved it! To solve this issue, this has more than one love story!!! Each being unique in their own way and super <3 <3 <3. We get multiple different kinds of people with a lot revolving around the film club. We get genuine conflicts and genuine resolutions... development. Side characters are pretty nice too.

Style: while it is animated, it felt like was mostly impactful around freeze-frame moments. They kind of obstruct/blur out some borders to give more central focus to multiple shots. The choice of characters designs were really nice and diverse.\

Personal Enjoyment: Outside of the sex, I very much enjoyed it, even those scenes because of all the emotions with them were really nice honestly. Having multiple love stories was amazing and refreshing by preventing stagnation.

If you: Enjoy BL or Romance, I recommend this to you
If you: Don't want to watch BL or don't enjoy romance, I do NOT recommend this to you
If you are: under 13, I do NOT recommend this to you

Same thing I told my kids (Teenagers):
-Don't have sex
-Older people [men] that want to be with you, don't actually think you're "mature", beware
-(same guidance to ALL ages) If someone (anyone! including me, your family, teacher, et cetera) is trying to get you to keep a secret or have you do something you don't want, tell a trusted adult!! if that person isn't helping, tell a different one!!!
-No means no
-Don't feel pressured to do anything
-If you do have sex, practice safe sex and get tested, DON'T FEEL PRESSURED OR FORCED!!! SAY NO IF WANT NO!!!

Unlike the first 73 episodes that got a 6/10 from me, 2nd Season is AMAZING with almost no annoyance to me. If don't want to watch or dropped the first 73 episodes, I highly recommend watching this and just read summaries/highlights to get better context/knowledge.

The content here technically isn't anything different to the previous, but it's clean and is completely focused on the best parts of the previous and has continuous progress. Diverse combat strategizing and execution is basically the entire 12 episodes and it's great! We get lots of new characters, new tactics, and so on. The higher-up don't disgust me as genocidal xenophobic ... extremists anymore and there is no degenerate media. Higher-ups actually seem to be more competent and logical.

They changed the way trion body damage and trion body leakage appears significantly, I think there are mixed opinions on this but I personally overall prefer this new way for many reasons.

I personally greatly enjoyed this, before watching my expectations were 8/10 because came out 5+ years after previous, but was fighting my spirit had to want to give 10/10

If you like to see different ways of executing combat strategies and/or enjoy seeing lots of different personalities/characters I highly recommend this to you.
If you liked the previous, I highly recommend this to you.

If you don't like seeing a sequel without seeing the prequel, I do NOT recommend this to you
If you hated Mikumo-Squad and want some Dragon Ball, Bleach, Naruto, et cetera SUPER power-up, I do NOT recommend to you

Originally was 5/10 and wouldn't recommend, but this has A LOT of nice aspects and world builds nice kind of like One Piece. I overall recommend just finding summaries/highlights, then going to S2 (made 5+ years later).

Content: extremely triggering as contains unwarranted extreme xenophobia that just wants to commit genocide and doesn't actually care about people. This was my #1 Trigger and made zero sense though EVENTUALLY stopped hampering on it.
There are lots of characters, styles, combat tactics. Lots of recaps and such. There is only 1 fairly long filler arc to my knowledge.

Style: it actually seemed pretty damn unique to me, I'm failing to ... think of an anime that recreated it. The art can be a little redundant/annoying even if kind of fun/cute.

Personal Enjoyment: early on, hated it and wanted to drop. I didn't hate the MC like a lot of people did, I thought he was pretty good, other than this positive qualities just keep on failing me. I started LOVING the anime somewhere in the middle when they had combat competitions.

If you like stuff like Naruto, Boruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail, et cetera that can be a bit drawn out, I think you will like this too.
If you hate that type of stuff, I recommend steering clear, but maybe getting summaries/highlights so understand S2 better as those 12 episodes are entirely clean.