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Good time killer with a new fresh taste.
This anime while of course is no masterpiece or anything, is a pretty good fun, funny, and light headed anime you can watch without expecting much.

Recommend for: Gag humor (comedy), Adult cast, Chillness > characters
Not recommend for: plot, seriousness

FULL REVIEW:
First and most importantly, this anime is a comedy anime through and through. Do not expect deep plots, 5head level character, pristine world building, or eye watering animation. This is something you should watch through out long period (weekly, not binge), as if you watch it through in little time sitting, you will get burnt out and bored pretty ... fast.

The comedy is pretty good, Of course as it's labeled, its gag humor. They done that pretty well with the directing and pretty ok production quality to support that. Also the fact that there's SO MUCH character in this show also help with always not making it boring. The settings is also a bit unique in that it bring in Japan mythologies and believes and magic into it, opening more doors for the comedy to be more diverse as well.

To my next point character. While only the few main characters have some good non 1 dimensional writing, the others have pretty 1 dimensional writing right now. HOWEVER, I think this make for a pretty good and fun balance of things to follow, and things to fill in for fun. This make it a positive. Having some deep characterized in dept story comedy, while also having little gags then and there from random character in the class, is pretty relaxing and not boring.

The fact that it's a adult cast also is a huge positive for me and some of you. Even if it's in a high school settings anyways, the main protagonist being a teacher bring is quite a lot of freshen perspective and open doors for the comedy to be much more than just another "highschool" comedy anime. Also the main protag is quite enjoyable.

Production quality is ok for comedy, it's good enough to achieve it point, while also not bad that u would notice and be put off by it consciously. Pacing is pretty good, and can change the format from ep to ep, like from one big event the ep, to little multiple snippets event like most comedy do.

In conclusion. it's a good time killer to clear your mind, good comedy for all tones, refreshing settings, fun many characters, and is not boring when watch from time to time.

My rating as a chill comedy anime: 9.3/10
My rating as an overall anime: 7.31/10

Mid slice of life at best.
Let me keep this review short a brief, as there's not much to review for this anime other than it being NOT a comedy, but generally just a wholesome slice of life with comedy theming. The type (1 male 1 female MCs live tgt wholesomely, and one of them overcome some kind of burden) that have been done to death by thousands of show before, so this is just another ok one to the addition.

Recommend for: Slice of life, wholesome, chill
Not Recommend for: "comedy", character
mid: production quality, directing

FULL REVIEW:
First of all, let me say that this anime listing as a ... comedy is kind of a lie. It felt more like a slice of life much more. The comedy do exist but just radiate through the atmosphere, how the character interact with each other lightly, and not in a serious tone.

This anime work best as a slice of life. As it's literally mostly about living a life in a house, with a "maid" assassin. This anime overall actually have a light theme, and is very wholesome. So I would recommend this anime if you want something to heal you with wholesome, chill, and calm energy. Even the little "fan service" we got is wholesome and cute kind.

Do not mind/look forward to the gimmick too much. The gimmick of an assassin maid, while do come into play most of the time through her character, won't be that eye catching or inquiring to follow through. At best it does flavor her personality more.

Character are actually pretty straight forward, and 1 dimensional. All character can be describe with just 1 sentence, even the MCs for the moment. So would not recommend for that. Like I can tell you right now the fmc trait is basically "Shy assassin girl that never experienced the world". They try shoving her sad back story too much down your throat, and I think it backfired as now it's her only personality.

Lastly, the production quality is ok at best, pretty average, more toward to lower end for a comedy or a slice of life show. Plus with the directing is ok and average for a comedy or slice of life as well.

I think my review this time is short enough to warrant a tldr conclusion, so that's it.
If you want something kind of similar to this, I would recommend "Mission: Yozakura Family" for basically is this show but better.
So the only reason I would watch this is if you want to kill some time in the background, some wholesome healing family energy, or that the female MC character visual design carry this show by that much.

My rating as a Slice of life anime: 7.3/10
My rating as an overall anime: 6.9/10

One of if not the BEST Philosophical Historical (+drama) Anime ever!!!
This anime literally have no flaws right now, and set out to looking to be like one of the classics and best of all time anime we will ever had. Just from the plot and main memo of the story, being the quest of finding the truth, and the curiosity of human rising against the established oppressive idea, and taking full advantage of it, give this anime a huge up and be a masterpiece.

Recommend for: Thought provoking (philosophy), Historical + Science, Plot, Drama, Character, directing + production quality

FULL REVIEW (+Conclusion/TLDR at the end):
First of all, ... we got to talk about the one big thing that truly separate this anime apart from others, the philosophy. Philosophy isn't something all anime need to do to be successful or enjoyable, but it is the thing that an anime need to have if it want to be one of the classics, and masterpiece of all time. This anime got exactly that. I would not be lying if I say this anime changed my life.

The story set out to portray the curiosity of us humans back in the age where the established oppressive "religion" control peoples believe, and to fight against it using the truth, scientific method, and human determination. This is something that I'm sure everyone with a developed frontal lobe can resonate, and actually found this happening some times in your life. Furthermore if you enjoy science or is in a science field of work (I'm an engineering student), or even more in astronomy and history, you will enjoy this even more. With the pretty accurate scientific terms and events, this can be very informative to you as well. Though normal viewers fret not, this can be very enjoyable just from the philosophical stand point alone, and from these next points I will be pointing out.

Next let me talk about the character and drama. The character(s) is also one of the best trait of this show. The show MCs and supporting character stand for different view point and perspective on the matter of the philosophy and the plot. Everyone have a backstory that's portray through show not tell, and is very in dept, further support my first point even more. This also make the drama much more flavorful, interesting, and gripping to follow through.

Lastly I want to talk about the directing and production quality. Production quality in itself is pretty good. While its very high in standard for sure, is probably not the peak of animation. Though it does play into the directing and story well, and actually does give me many jaw dropping moments unlike even other better animation anime. Directing also play well into all points above, its more on the silence, thought provoking, to dramatic, and jaw dropping moments. Overall very beautiful and play well into the show strengths to keep you invest in the story and have many good memories about it to talk with others later.

One fact to keep in mind is that, the source material for this show (manga) length is perfectly fit with this anime airing scheduled, thus meaning this anime will end within itself. So no milking, and a concise story. Which is already another big up. Making it look like the pacing will keep it nominal pace and enjoyable throughout.

**I think this show have no flaws and thus have only include the better reasons to watch this show in this review.

In conclusion, this show is literal perfection, and will make you question life and have hope in humanity after you've watched it. The philosophy and underlying memo is very gripping, support with some of the best well written character ever, inside a very good and dramatic plot, all encompassed with the top tier production and directing, make this anime a must watch, and likely one of the classics of all time.

My rating as a Drama anime: 10/10
My rating as an overall anime: 9.7/10

The best mid harem romance ever???
Many people might get put off by this anime stereotypical-ness and things that have been done to death by thousands of harem romance anime before this already in the first episode, but let me tell you dear reader, they are self aware of the fact, and it get better later on, this is much better than you think.

Recommend for: Chillness+Comfy > Fan service > Harem > Gimmick+settings+story > production quality
Not Recommend for: Serious romance
Mid: Character

FULL REVIEW:
First of all let me start off with the DECIDING FACTOR of weather you might like or dislike this show. Many people seem to have ... the tendency to rate comfy, normal, fun shows low, and I get that. However, there's audience for it, and sometime, you just need the comfy show after work to cheer you up, and forget about the hard world a bit. This show is exactly that.

Compare to other harem romance show, this is one of if not the most chill and comfy one ever. While there's a bit of drama, just a bit, at most it's only lasted half an episode, and return the heart warming comfyness later on (at least as of first 3 episodes, you can observe my score under this review compare to the one I written at the bottom later if that changes(get lowered)). With the chilling theme, some fan service then and there, the undertone comedy and chill dialogue, and the very light looking and pretty good production quality, this show can be for you.

Though this might contradict my before point a bit, there's a underlying back story of the male mc and some drama in that department, but I wouldn't take anything more from it as it looks to not that dramatic, and actually will be wholesome, and likely will only be revealed at the end, or not even this season.

The gimmick and settings is also a breath of fresh air from all the school romance we mostly got. It's a shrine setting, with little amount of character, chill atmosphere, further supporting the things I said before even more. The story also look toward the future more than the present, which is something new for romance anime, rather than just encountering stereotypical events in the school, most thing are about the future of the shrine, the characters, and the status quo of the group, and their action work toward that.

Other point such as character right now, is pretty mid for harem romance anime. While not bad for harem standard, and all main character don't have 1 dimensional thinking and personalities. It is enough for the comfy settings, with not too less, but also not too overboard that it got too heavy.

And of course if you don't get the gist from all the things I said above already, this show romance while is pretty in your face, is pretty slow and chill. So don't expect some overly dramatic events and deep story to follow

In conclusion, it is a pretty beautiful show, with comfy atmosphere, story, settings, and characters. Best to watch for chillness, some wholesome healing moments, and don't expect much of it. So if you like or need that kind of show right now, this will highly likely heal your heart.

My rating as a Harem Romance: 8.5/10
My rating as an overall anime: 7.68/10

Dandadan is the best unconventional shounen action show available right now.
This show while may not be the literal perfect in any side, is very good in every thing. Now most of the time anime like this (jack of all trade) doesn't fare well with the audience, but this show make everything count and somehow pull through, with one of the most interesting world, character, story, and production quality

Recommend for: Character > Premise (scifi+supernatural) > romance > Production quality
Not recommend for: "Comedy"

FULL REVIEW:
First of all, let me talk about the comedy. Now the comedy is not bad by shounen standard, the reason I put in the ... not recommend reason is because it shouldn't be your main thing looking forward to in the show. The comedy moments barely exist, but instead radiate through the story by the vibe instead. So while the comedy isn't good enough to make me exhale through my nose, it dose make it more of a chill and fun style anime, so this anime is more on the chill and fun side instead of the serious side.

Now lets talk about production quality. While I don't think it is the peak quality or cinematic-ness as other action shounen show, this one is quite good and very well fit and suited for the show, and play really well into the character, theme, and vibe.

Next, the premise is one of the best reason to watch this anime. As you can se from the synopsis, mixing both ghosts and alien in a modern settings, is quite interesting to see through by itself. Although I would warn that after some episode after the first one, the premise seem to tone down quite a lot, and instead the show more focus toward the next best point.

The Character is THE BEST part about this show. Every main character is not one dimensional, have very interesting story and personalities, and most importantly have very fun and interesting dynamic between all of them. This bring me to one of the unique point about this show.

Romance. Most action shounen anime act like romance is a sin to their shows, thus never include them what soever, this anime though however, have some slow burn romance in our main characters, and make thing much much more interesting and fun to watch. This plays well and elevate all of the point above I mentioned even more.

Overall, this anime literally have a pretty good aspect in everything, and one of the best chill and fun anime in a while. It's definitely one of a kinda anime, and would highly reccomend to at least try it off.

My rating as a Action Shounen: 8.8/10
My rating as an overall anime: 9.5/10

Average rom-com, A bit too much drama, Useless gimmick, and Damaging Unnecessary Plot line
Ever wonder why most form of "election" (in this case student council) plot/arc is kept to the minimal in most shows? especially in rom-com? You can now see in this show because it've been the one and only single major downside of this show.

Recommend for: Character, Fan service
Not Recommend for: Drama, Plot, Gimmick, and especially one single plot point (election)
Mid: Comedy, Romance

FULL REVIEW:
First of all lets get the goods out of the way first, I can't deny that characters in this anime, albeit ranged from smart to very dumb sometime, is something. ... Not just the design is very appealing, but personality depth wise is pretty wel as well, altough can lead to too much drama (will talk more later). This combine with a lot of fan service, as it basically comedy form, can make people attach to the characters a lot, and cause a lot of "cheering" and glued to the story.

In the romance department, it's your usual stuff and I don't know what to add more to it as it's very plain, and many time get overshadowed in drama. Though, comedy, is mid at best. This anime comedy is the type that's called "fan service". Yes it's the type of anime where "funny sexual occurence" = funny, so if you're not in to that, it will be mid at best.

However, the amount of drama in this anime can not be overlooked, and is too much to not be listed as a drama show. Character depth is great, but it is done through sacraficing the chillness of this show, and make it a lot more drama. If that's your cup of tea go for it, but I can't deny that since it isn't listed as a drama anime anyways, this will be counted as a negative.

Last but the MOST is, this one single thing call "Election" in school anime. Many show that include this thing mostly avoid talking about it for too long, mostly just 1-3 ep max, or make it in the background, BUT this show make it a lot of time about it, and EVEN SHAPE characters around it. The reason this is bad is because it can get political real fast, and when you include politics, you will loose some of your audience, in that case me kinda a bit.

Character in this show seem like either they are new to earth, insane smart, or outright dumb and ignorant when it come to the election. Which make this election very painful. As sometime they will potray dumb stuff as the right stuff, and right one as dumb ones. Not to mention that of course this is a high school anime, thus world view wise is very narrow. IF you like this kind of stuff I would recommend others like classroom of the elite. The wrost part is that they shape the character, and even construct the romance around this "election". Which might as well be the dumbest idea ever, as many people might not be able to relate with, and can get really dumb sometimes.

In conclusion, half of the character is this show are living in the rom-com world, while the other half is playing 4d chest with love and election on the line. An imbalance plot in a way. Not leaning into one thing or another can loose both at the same time, and it's what happened here most of the time. If you don't mind the drama, and don't know lot about politics, then this anime might be for you. On the other hand, if you're not here for drama, or you know a bit about politic and policy, this anime can be too dumb at time it just hurt to watch.

My rating as a rom-com: 7.2/10
My rating as an overall anime: 7.9/10

PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK CINEMA.
This show is SO flawless, stainless steel got nothing on this absolutely stain-less of an anime.
This show got EVERYTHING done right, so in this review I will only cover what it mostly shines from and highlight the super good of this show.

Recommend for: *Romance, *Directing, *Production Quality, Character, Pacing, and script

FULL REVIEW:
First and most of all is the directing. I feel like I've been transported to the era where A-1 pictures peak as a studio again, with "Your lie in April". A-1 truly struck ... gold with this story, and they fully pull out all the stops to make this story the best it could be. The directing is VERY good, as I will discuss on why in details for each aspect later in this review. This have the same quality, if I may say, as the comix films anime movies, which is very captivating and stunning just to experience. [10*+/10]

Firstly is the production quality. I'm not a production quality / animation Andy that much per se, I normally doesn't care much, but HOLY this show have some absolutely STUNNING visuals, as well as some absolutely angelic OST. If I could mute other sounds, and just look at the scenery in this show, with these beautiful sound mixing, editing, and gorgeous OST, I would for hours, just like a documentary. Though I wouldn't because the character, story, and script in this show is also very good. [10/10]

The character in this show is also what make this show good. Everyone truly feels like have their own life, own story. There's BARELY any stereotyping in this show, at most mixed stereotyping with the characters, which I really like. For example, the dude that's the president of the Literature club, could be seen as your typical handsome dependable president, but he's also like weeb stuff, and don't shy about it, which holy BASED ASF. [10/10]

Next is the pacing, this go in very well with the first point I just mentioned (the production quality). We got some good old comedy, that come in snippets, have some good pause to admire the atmosphere of the circumstance its in, then cut. Which is hardly done to this level of perfection. The story is also not too fast, and not too slow, and always keep e laughing at the edge of my seat every time I watch it. [10/10]

Lastly is the romance script. This arguably is the best (on par with directing and production quality). The romance in this show is VERY real and good. By that I mean there's little to none inner dialogue, nor overly excessive sound effects or animations to signify stuff. Sure there's some comedic animation like derp face etc etc. , but most of the time they let it play out with the atmosphere, which make it feel very real. Also with this mentioned, this make the romance on a whole another level, some may thinks it will take too long to progress in the romance department with the show dont excessively and obviously show us, but I would argue otherwise.

This make the romance develops very real. There's no love at first sight here, there's no love just because he's good, love takes time to develop in this show subtly without the show just blaring at us with their inner head dialogue of "OUUUU I love him so much omg" or something like that. Thus make this very real and very interesting and a good time.

In conclusion, I think this show have no flaws. The production quality with the directing already make this show realllly good, but also with the script and pacing and character that's really real, along with the romance that's very subtle and not blaring, make this even more stand out and the best. There's some point I would be cautious about, that is how fast would the romance develop in the future, but I think it will be good from what we've seen this past 3 episode.

My rating as a rom-com anime: 10/10
My rating as an anime overall: 9.98/10

A Good Funny parody take on Isekai Genre.
The most comparable anime to this one would be kunosuba, but this take on a more dark tone, with more real life and adult perspective, a bored to death adult writer one as that. As well as this is one of the few isekai that the MC is not from the present day world, but the 1900s instead, so there's also many interesting aspect in that.

Recommend for: Isekai, parody, comedy
Not recommend for, if you don't like: Isekai, Travel/journey style story
Neutral: Animation, production quality, directing

Full review:
First of all, the concept and parody itself is pretty good, funny, and unique. ... Since the protagonist isn't from the present day world, he find many things that's already cemented itself in isekai as normal as weird things, like concept called "stats" etc. Which in concept by itself, can already make for a pretty fun anime to watch for me, but add in with its parody nature, and the bored to death adult nature of the MC, make this even more funnier. Also the fact that the protagonist is a writer, making fun and self aware jokes to this isekai world is hella funny too. [10/10 comedy, concept]

Secondly, I will talk about the characters, pacing, directing, and world building. The few main prominent characters we have is actually fun, have good and well written story and personality, that when mixed together is very enjoyable to watch by itself, while the side character while only is single used so far, is ok and believable enough, or just a complete goof ball for the sake of the joke [9/10 characters]. The pacing is also pretty good for an isekai and as an anime in general, with average of 3-5 scene / action per episode, make for the perfect pacing for a comedy anime [10/10 pacing].

The directing and world building is pretty ok in this anime. While not too flashy, it did it job, with some above average world building and lore behind it [8/10]. The production quality is also pretty above average for an isekai, and did play well into the comedy and scenes when it's need to [9/10]. Lastly I will mention this for people that want action, there's barely in here, so don't even think of wanting one, it's just not the style of anime.

Last but not least is the message. Many people will barely even expect this, but as most comedy show do, they will always have the lurking message of the anime that will punch out the comedy and drown you with wholesomeness sometime. This anime message is pretty good and actually not one that've been in many anime much, and it also play well into the MC comedy style as well [10/10 message]

Overall, this anime doesn't have much flaws, other than if you don't click with the protag adult cast style, or the journey/travel story style,. The only concern I would left off is that the future of this anime is very shaky still, since they will need to be creative to keep this up and there's no direction toward the end goal right now. If you've watched many isekai and other anime before this, you will find this anime very enjoyable and relatable. Just enjoy it as a comedy parody relief.

My rating as Isekai comedy [9.4/10]
My rating as anime in general [8.7/10]

Laid out masterpiece in the making.
Yes, this anime have potential to be the masterpiece classics level in the making. With very high quality and passionate staff, good laid out story, and very strong world building. This anime got everything good throwing at it.

Recommend for: World building, Directing, Production Quality, Character, Story
Not Recommend for: If you don't like the bullied but secretly OP character troupe.

Full review:
First of all, let me praise it world building, because since the first episode has aired, it got me thinking every time I watch this show of how incredible the world is. It's not a reach for me to say that ... in 1 ep it's event (in my bias opinion) better than Frieren for the whole season. Coming from the writer of Danmachi, I knew this will be a good world building, and it is. If you like mixed mythology, un-answered lore, and classist social system and history to strive for, this is the world for you. [10+/10]

Next, the directing and production quality of this show is STUNNING. I do not say this lightly when I tell you that this show got some of the best directing, pacing, framing, camera work, and lighting of this season. Sure this might not got the most flashiest of scenes, or animation so fluid that Archimedes would be jealous of. But every single second of this show is beautiful in its own unique way. The moving fabric of character cloth details, the sky, the architecture, and the scenery, is breath taking. [10/10]

Lastly, the story and the character. Right now, it's pretty average. I can see people don't like this story and character styling, because it's the same ol secretly OP got bullied in a classist society where some arbitrary skills define your worth (aware). But this feels different, and that's wholly because of the cast. The Protagonist is the main reason of this, he's not some overlly dumbo, nor overyly good, he just, himself. This make many character in this anime shines through in its own way. The close friend are just there cuz the writer want them to be their, there's some reason to it as well (se ep 2), so overall feels very natural writing and story development.
For the future of the story, I can see this expand into a truly wonderful one, because there's an established "end goal", foreshadow big event and lore, and established characters for it to take places. [9/10]

There's not really a con in this show, other than if you don't like the troupe, or you walk in expecting something you shouldn't, like comedy or something. So Overall, this is a very enjoyable show to watch, great potentials, great visual, and impactful story.

My rating as a fantasy anime: 10/10
My rating as overall anime: 9.2/10

The most real romance anime ever!? There's no spark, no love at first sight, no fall in hand dumb romance moments. Its just really 2 people, falling in love with each other slowly through daily occurrence and some workplace drama without realising it. There's no blatant hint, the show doesn't even acknowledge it with some sound effects / animation effect about the love, its all just feelings. {Btw, episode 4 is very important to this show, that's why I hold off this review till now, and if you give this anime a try, watch till the end of ep. 4}

Recommend for: Drama, Feels, romance, Yuri, ... Voice acting
Not Recommend for: Comedy

As I said at first paragraph, the show is very subtle with the romance, but also very progressive toward the aspect. There's no in your face sparkly love styles, nor acknowledge of it. This can be good or bad up to you, but for anyone that at least watched some romance shows, this can be a breath of fresh air. So this bring me to my first point, the Directing. The directing doesn't stand out that much, but also subtle about everything. Sometime this show got so much drama it can forget what it is at time, but will always bring it back masterfully and in a meaningful way in the romance plot line. The OST, animation, and especially the VOICE ACTING support this FULLY as well. [Directing 9/10] [Production Quality 7.5/10]

The voice acting tho, MWAH, perfection. This anime is one of the anime that have that MASTERPIECE voice acting scene. The quality also prolong through as per industry standard, but damn that one scene in one of the episode is VERY good, the sheer feelings radiate through my screen directing to my brain, and I love. (ofc as expect from an anime about VAs, it should be good, and it is) [Voice acting 10+/10]

The drama is one unexpected good thing from this show. Even though the show isn't listed as a drama in its genre, means this probably will be a not recommended thing since its out of the scope its selling at, but well if you enjoy some drama (its not that much, at longest the drama only lasted like 1.5 ep). So if you enjoy irl relatable drama, it's very fun. [Drama 8/10]

Lastly the com in the rom-com. What should I say, it's mid at best. The comedy barely exist in this show, or at most not that good that I already forgot all of it. [6/10]

IN CONCLUSION:
The yuri? good, the character? good. What's phenomenal about it? the realism directing and the voice acting. The unexpecting drama can be good if you enjoy it, its not that long nor prominent, but there to spice up the romance of course. So, definitely reccomend.

My rating as a romance anime: 9.5/10 (-0.5 for comedy)
My rating as an anime: 8.15/10