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--TL;DR at bottom--

Let me start by telling my experience with volleyball.

I come from a community that has a lot of volleyball fans and players and I love this sport. The best thing about this sport is that the basics are easy to get and it is really fun. I've played volleyball for a year before knowing that a volleyball anime existed (I first thought Haikyuu was basketball lol). Considering my love for volleyball, I was very excited to start the Haikyuu anime. I watched it till To The Top Season 2 (the current newest season) and switched to the manga soon. The journey afterward was ... whole another ride...

This is the almost perfect example of how good a regular sports high school story can get. Starting off with a match right away and meeting in high school in a totally unexpected then later becoming best buddies; the story has the right amount of drama, twists, and is filled with its own epic moments. Comparing this to some other sports manga (no I am not pointing out specific stuff), Haikyuu plays just makes sense. It just makes sense x was supposed to happen because y happened or x didn't happen because y was there/had happened. It's not some ridiculous story where the main character knows some kind of jutsu and scores a point every time. Also, another of the best thing is, if someone is totally unfamiliar with volleyball, they can still enjoy the story no matter how much experience they've had with just a sport in general. Its repetition is minimal and the story progression is amazing. And not to mention how good the ending was, the almost perfect ending a sports manga or just a high school anime focusing on the future of one's passion.

Unlike the Haikyuu anime, the manga doesn't reuse panels for just a normal point and every time Furudate draws something new, his art can reflect the parts of the story he wants to stress on; with crazy two-panel art and tear-worthy after-match moments, his art has depth and intensity which elevates the excitement of the reader feels while turning/scrolling toward the next page knowing that he himself is thrilled because even know matter how good the story is, if the art is bland and boring, people won't enjoy it much.

One of the problems I see with stories with a lot of characters is that they focus on only the important ones getting developed but Furudate gives development and a brief backstory to even characters that only appear for a single match. Imagine if he does that, how much development would go the important characters. The best thing? they get better but their personality remains almost the same so no one can blame them for a major "change". Absolute genius.

TL;DR / summary
With all these elements - amazing art, thrilling matches, and enjoyable development - this manga is peak. I love Haikyuu and I am glad I was born in this generation where something called "Haikyuu" existed. Thank you Furudate.

~Redo of Healer alternative version~

Isekai NTR is basically Redo of Healer without the harem. The heal is just replaced with [skill]. Apparently, this guy needs power so he goes around and abuses women to get the "power". That's the story. Yes, that's it - the guy going around abusing women. The amount of time the artist spends drawing the ecchi scenes is truly some work but he gets nothing but criticism in the end and I feel bad for the time he has invested in creating those scenes.

I have nothing to say other than this is a true masterpiece. This manga will break charts ... and one day rule the world and the main character will become real and assault every single woman for their skills and clap them.

TL;DR - redo of skiller

I see there are no reviews yet so I want to write one.

Where do I even start? Do you know the feeling when the person you admire starts adoring you, that is basically this story. It follows a cute relationship between two school girls. One views the other as an idol and wants to become friends with her but her own idol turns into a lover for her. She is in shock and can't believe what just happened.

This is not like a relationship you observe in other Shoujo Ais since it has a unique aspect to it and that is something more than true love. ... Imagine, you like video games and you invite your admirer to play video games with you but she doesn't know how to play, then for the next couple of days, she practices games that you play and becomes better so she doesn't bother or bore you with her gameplay. It is truly satisfying.

If you gave me 1 word to describe this, I would say happy. Why? because this manga gives off a feeling of satisfaction from their relationship. This is the exact example of how relationships should be, swinging between best friends and lovers, because if it's best friends, then it will not have that much affection (unless you are close), and if its soulmates/lovers then things cross the line too much. I believe this story truly reflects what it is like for both people in a relationship to like the majority of the personality of the other person.

You don't need a reason to love, it just happens. That is this story.

Who cares if the average rating is not great? Who cares if someone says this anime isn't that good? Who cares if someone says there is no plot, just animals? If you want a fun slice of life to watch, this is a good choice.

Tenchi Souzou Design-bu or Heaven's Design Team is an anime where God (yes, literally God) has gotten tired from making animals himself that he branched it off to his angels or "employees" and they sit down to make animals. The angels are named after planets of the solar system and every one of them has some kind of specialty. For example, ... one of the employees made the masterpiece called "horse" so he specializes in his "orders/requests" from clients around horses. This may sound like a dumb plot at once but trust me, whether this may sound dumb or fun, it is truly fun to watch.

The story goes on at a fun pace, making 2 or 3 animals per episode and sometimes leaving off with a cliffhanger. Likable characters aid in making this anime even more enjoyable. Someone can even gain intelligence of animals from this anime, they describe every aspect of the animal that they make and I do pay attention to learn stuff I had never learned. Did you know that koalas eat their own feces or that Giraffe is directly related to deer or there are immortal animals? Crazy, right? This is one of the reasons I love this anime because facts are actually interesting and new to me and who doesn't love to learn new facts. Not to mention the comedic speech used is actually gonna give someone a nasal laugh. Personally, I may have laughed one or two times per episode but I did laugh nasally. This anime truly adapts the real world and its concepts and uses it to explain legit facts. Straight up, you can't deny facts spoken in this anime is facts, no one can.

There are several interesting characters who work with each other and help each other making animals which are really fun to watch. I am really a fan of their simplistic art style; just look at the MC, does he look like a traditional anime MC? maybe? but hey, he is the main character.

One of the best things about this anime is the OP. So catchy and upbeat, one of the main reasons I kept watching every episode as soon as it came out is solely for the catchy OP. This is one of my favorites for the 2021 season of Winter. From nice visuals to beat-matching movements and a nice way to caption credits, Asahi Production is really starting to become an underrated studio for me.

I would like to finish off by saying that this is indeed an anime that could be classified as "underrated" or "underloved". Ultimately, Heaven's Design Team is a Comedic Slice of Life of God's angels/employees making animals while respecting other species and their surroundings while aiding each other to make wonderful animals and listing several facts one did not know about. Who doesn't love crazy facts? Tell me. The fact that I am here spending time on writing this review shows how much I appreciate this anime for existing and it is one of the animes that you could have fun watching more than 1 time.

P.S - If you have made it until this part of the review and you liked my review, make sure you watched this anime since it is really fun to watch as I keep insisting. Have a wonderful day!

Fantasy animes in my opinion are crazy. Both in a good way and a bad way. There is so much the creator can do around with fantasies and can make it as "crazy" as possible.

Urasekai Picnic is an anime about traveling to an alternate world called "Otherside" where they fight off weird creatures while searching for their friend. I watched this anime since it has the "Shoujo Ai" listed in its genres because I love Shoujo Ai and it is one of my favorite genres and I expected somewhat romance but I didn't get it, even though I felt it. The CGI used here is ... somewhat decent, the studio made long-distance shots with the main characters in CGI for the first 6 episodes then stopped for 2 episodes and went at it again.

One of the policies I like to follow while rating animes on this website is how much I enjoyed it and how much I enjoyed the plot. Some of the parts in this were scary. Even though there were monsters/ghost-like figures in the "Otherworld", it is almost weird that almost none of them completely creeped me out.

One more thing I noticed is how the US Marines in the anime spoke english in a Japanese accent, it felt very weird to hear them say their mother tongue that way.

The characters were really cute and interesting and they made the most out of working with each other. One of the things I would like to say is that the two main girls say that they're second years in college but they look like they are not even third year in high school which I found kind of weird.

The OP gave me a vibe of Naruto for some reason and the ED is amazing, my favorite ending of Winter 2021. The song used in the ending, "You and me" was very touching and pretty nice to listen to after watching a cliffhanger episode.

I'll summarize the main aspects of this in some sentences -

Story (8/10) - Pretty good pacing and nice episode cliffhangers. I love how they make it super clear - what they are doing, where they are going, and what they will do. The decisions taken by the main characters in this are agreeable and lead forward to a better story.

Art (7/10) - Pretty but I felt the long-distance CGI shots were a bit lazy but another CGI was pretty well made.

Sound (9/10) - As I said, my favorite ending of the season; this anime has good OSTs and music. Also, the voice acting is on point and pretty good.

Character (9/10) - Characters were very cute and super compatible and they supported each other the most.

Enjoyment (9/10) - I enjoyed this anime a lot and it was pretty fun to watch every week on Monday, starting my new day. Most episodes were enjoyable and very nice.

Overall rating - (8.4/10).

P.S. - if you like fantasies with a cute relationship in them, watch this.

Here we go, Final OreGairu review -

I am gonna be honest with you, this series was hella awesome and very entertaining to watch. I finished it in 2 weeks (Jan 6, 2021 - Jan 19, 2021) and those two weeks are probably my best 2 weeks of 2021 yet. I am writing this 20 minutes from my birthday and I probably don't need a birthday gift after watching this series. I cannot describe how much I love this series. From hilarious scenes to dramatic acts, all of 'em were so enjoyable. The story is done pretty well and is very well-paced throughout, keeping the ... balance between a good cliffhanger, leading to a more enjoyable next episode. The art style has ofc evolved and I love how the flashback scenes are converted to the new art style as well. In my opinion, all characters have pretty art styles even in season 1. The music is done very well, from piano tracks of the previous seasons' OP and ED to playing the first OP in the final episode, it's all managed very well. Catchy Soundtracks, sad piano covers, and great casual music. The thing I love about OreGairu the most is that all the characters have somewhat significance, even from Zaimokuza to the 2 gaming club people. They all contribute something and I love almost all characters in OreGairu. The enjoyment is out of the world, with the addition of drama from s2, it has become more interesting and very engaging. This is one of the best romcoms to watch.


Story - 8
Art - 8
Sound - 10
Character - 10
Enjoyment - 9

Overall Score - 9/10

THIS REVIEW DOES NOT HAVE ANY SPOILERS. Alright so, before writing this review I did watch until the end of the series and this review basically answers this question - Why should you watch Food wars? or Why did I rate Food wars 10? or what's good about it. I divided it into sections.

Story - The story is very unique, about a diner chef at the highest honored cooking school in Japan on his journey in the wastelands to be the best chef. The story is very interesting, takes good turns and is very enjoyable overall. This story is better than any school anime I've ... watched and it is very well paced to make the viewer enjoy every unique aspect of it, from intense action to sad flashbacks, all of them are very well done.

Art - The art is indeed very good with nice animations because it is very hard to make people like a cooking/action anime without including satisfying animations and that's what JCStaff excels at. Very well done animations making every battle unique and rememberable. About the ecchi stuff, I think it's unique and an amazing aspect of this. Even I didn't find it comfortable in the start but later it became a device that increased the overall impact of the food. Imagine if a judge ate a dish, said it was good, and gave a score. That wouldn't be satisfying, yk what I mean?

Sound - This is one of the rare animes where every single soundtrack is amazing. I find every OP and ED very nice to listen to. This is mainly an action anime, so you'll expect rock-type OPs and that's what you mostly get but even the non-rock tracks are very nice. Even the battle OSTs are very good. They are perfectly timed and I have to mention s4 ep 11 and the last episode and I love how they did it so well.

Character - This anime has a ton of characters and most people think if there are a ton of characters, no plot for development but that is false. Every single character provides something to the story and overall development for the other characters. From every single battle, both of the parties learn something and imply it later, getting stronger, leading to a more enjoyable portray of their skills. Best character development i've seen in an anime.

Enjoyment - The enjoyment is out of this world man, this anime is so enjoyable. Before starting this, I asked myself a question, "How good can be a cooking anime?" and I found the answer after watching the first 3 episodes. Very enjoyable, epic battles, intense plot.


1/17/2021 - On this date, Food wars is my fav anime and will probably remain forever. I will not hesitate to share this series with anyone.

I am gonna say this straight up - I was not a fan of the whole art style chance since I loved the art style in s1 and I didn't like the addition to the drama. But later as the story progressed I understood and really liked it. This is probably one of the most enjoyable anime I've watched and the enjoyment increased with the addition of the drama which I didn't expect to happen. Overall, the story is alright, it progresses and transitions well and is very engaging. The art style is beautiful, especially in the OP which I thought feel. did perfectly. I ... liked the s1 music more than this season's but how they played the OP and ED of s1 in some parts of this season was nice. The characters are perfect and they still play their role perfectly even after introduction of 4-5 new characters. Enjoyment is out of this world because this is just sooooo engaging and fun to watch, I generally think high school and drama animes get a bit boring but despite the little reduction of comedy in this season, I LOVED IT!

Story - 8
Art - 9
Sound - 9
Character - 10
Enjoyment - 10
Overall - 9.2 - 9/10

So I divided this review into sections, here goes -
This contains spoilers
Story - most romcoms have a chill story and that's kind of the same case here. The backstory of Hachiman makes you develop sympathy for him and I love how the accident is all related between the 3 main characters. Overall the story goes pretty well for a romcom with exceptionally enjoyable arcs about supporting characters and overall becomes quite enjoyable.
Score - 9/10

Art - well, considering this is a 2013 anime, the art style is alright but when we're talking about the OP and ED, the artists nail it. Absolutely beautiful art ... pieces. Even when the ecchi stuff comes around its not to that point where it's uncomfortable and I love that about this
Score - 9/10

Sound - Music is a great part of anime. If some people like the OP of an anime, they might listen to it with other people who consider the anime like in the case of Fire Force, Food wars, etc. The OP is well done and the same goes for the ED. The OP and ED feel like its syncs in perfectly with the anime and the translation for the ED is pretty good too.
Score - 10/10

Characters - What I love about OreGairu is that almost all the characters contribute to the story.
Hachiman - great MC, my perfect taste in romcom husbandos (like Ishigami and Sakuta). I love his attitude and his approach toward other characters
Yukinon and Yui - they're great too, wokring with Hachiman to make me like the series even more
Saika - 😳
Komachi - about little sisters, this anime has a good one. She absolutely nails her role and she's very contributing to the whole storyline
Score - 10/10

Enjoyment - Romance animes are enjoyable, espeically when added with comedy it makes the viewer more engaged and more interested.
Score - 10/10


Overall rating - 9.6 = 10