Solo Leveling, while having a story that is nothing particularly special, is a solid, fun & somewhat edgy action show about one man's journey to get stronger in a world where your strength is pre-defined. The main standout is of course the action, which is universally well animated by A-1 Pictures.
If you're up for an anime with more focus on spectacle over a unique and complex story, Solo Leveling is worth a watch. If not, maybe ask someone who's read the web novels and/or the manhwa (not me, I'm anime-only atm) if the narrative becomes more interesting & unique later on past where this
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Feb 17, 2024
Psycho-Pass 2
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While Psycho-Pass 2 does fall short of the highs of it's predecessor, I didn't find it to be quite as bad in comparison as others have made it out to be. Most of the new characters (especially new villain Kamui, even if he isn't quite as charismatic or complex as Makishima was) manage to be both interesting in their own right & different enough from the cast of the first season to make this storyline feel less like a rehash of season 1... Even if certain parts of the plot do make the rehashing pretty obvious.
Now time to go watch Psycho-Pass the Movie & the ... 
Feb 9, 2024
Bocchi the Rock!
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Watched over the course of 3 weeks as part of watch parties on the "The Paradox" Discord server (a Discord server based around the “The FeMC Paradox” series of Persona fanfics on AO3; link to join here: https://discord.gg/xy5yYFM7, and you can read the fics themselves here: https://archiveofourown.org/series/3456529).
I’ll be honest, going into this show, I admittedly wasn’t sure if I was going to like it. I’m still very green when it comes to anime and I don’t normally watch slice of life stuff like this. That being said… I ended up absolutely loving Bocchi the Rock! This was a riot of a show! Probably the most I’ve ... 
Feb 9, 2024
Persona 4 the Animation
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Watched over the course of 7 weeks as part of watch parties on the "The Paradox" Discord server (link to join the server here: https://discord.gg/xy5yYFM7)
Persona 4 the Animation (much like the game it's based on), is a story filled with peaks and valleys. When it's good (ex: the last 3-4 episodes (and the OVA), the King's Game), it's REALLY good. But when it's bad (ex: the accursed Hot Springs episode, Kanji, Rise & Naoto's dungeons), it's REALLY bad. But this is not a BAD story or a bad anime on the whole. It's just aged really, really, REALLY badly. Needless to say, I prefer P3 ... 
Feb 9, 2024
Psycho-Pass
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What a season of TV!
Psycho-Pass presents an interesting dystopian future & does an excellent job exploring the realities, benefits & drawbacks of the society that something like the SIBYL system creates. Of course some episodes are better than others (this is still a 20+ episode TV season after all), but there’s more bangers than misses overall, but even the misses are still pretty good episodes. Of course, all the characters are great, but the standouts are definitely the central characters of Akane, Kogami & Makishima. The former pair make for interesting protagonists to learn more about whilst Makishima makes for an interesting exemplar for the ... |
