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GO GO LOSER RANGER!!
What happens when The Boys meets the loved Power Rangers franchise, we get a cesspool of crazy stuff!
Absolute hit for me, been waiting for this anime since I saw the first ever teaser.
The character designs of this anime have been peak, the art style reminded me a bit of Bleach. The opening and endings have been a head bop for me.

Other than the generic shonen tropes, I had fun watching this anime. The menacing blonde Makima was my favorite character, Fighter D- our main character was hilarious. Loved Blue Dragon Keeper, the other cadets had good backstories added to their motivations to ... become certified Rangers.

Can't wait for Season 2!!

This Chinese anime or Donghua as they call it is really good, but my only complain is that the names are throwing me off! I have to keep a separate wiki tab to see who is being referenced. (Only Emma is the name I remember from this season).
The only media with Chinese I follow is the Kingdom manga but they have separate Japanese names for everyone so it isn't that difficult to grasp.

Other than that, the duo main characters are really good and the concept of photo-diving is very unique, the cliff hangers every episode gave was nerve wrecking.

Highly recommended if you are diving for ... the first time into Chinese Animation, looking forward for Season 2!!
P.s. Banger ending 10/10

​Totally unexpected plot development, literally blew my mind by the mid season episodes. I actually watched this anime because of the one clip of the ping pong match (the hot springs episode) I saw in reels. Basically I came here for the fanservice but OH BOY THIS TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING ELSE.
I haven't seen much of romantic comedies in both anime and live action versions and especially not the ones which includes Artificial Intelligence so on that note I really enjoyed this one. I liked the main character, my initial thoughts was that he too would be a sleazeball in a typical harem ... anime but nothing like that. The music was a banger and the NSFW scenes (not much NSFW .-.) were quality content.

DON'T EVER READ IN THE BATHROOM!
Koroshiya 1 or Ichi The Killer is a story about a perverted teen with abnormal superhuman strength. In a city filled with crime, it's Ichi's duty to clean up the mess the Yakuza/Japanese Mafia have infected with.

This is a seinen manga that contains a lot of gore, blood, body horror and usage of the word 'rape' so it may not be suitable for many people to read this one. Also this series heavily focuses on manipulation and bullying or the precise phrase would be 'manipulating through bullying' which could be some uncomfortable themes for many people. I picked up ... this series because I was interested in reading some gore manga, but it was kinda disappointing for me as it had more of 'torture' than gore. There are scenes in this manga that might make your member area very uncomfortable.

Overall it was a decent read. I disliked the protagonist of this series mainly because of his wimpiness but that's the defining trait of the character's strength. I would say the character that got me hooked into finishing this was the Ojii-San, you could say he was the central character of the entire story.
An overall score of 6/10 from me as I was expecting a bit more of extreme from this manga.

ALREADY SPOILED...
If you are like me who is an anime watcher, then you probably would have been puzzled that why did Saegusa Mayumi retire and how did *that person* become the Student President in the Yokohoma Disturbance Arc (Yokohama Souran-hen).
This Presidential Election Arc clears all those doubts. I was planning on skipping this arc, but I have grown to adore the characters of Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, so thought of finishing it in a go. There isn't much to the plot as the anime watchers already know about the new Student Council Members. The chapters add more emphasis on the relationships of the characters which ... the anime is missing.

Decent artwork, lack of action, just a fun read!

AN ABSOLUTE RIOT!
Never did I thought that I would actually enjoy an OVA episode more than a complete season.

Following the trend of the previous two OVAs which were anime original, lacked any plot and were very underwhelming, this one actually exceeded my expectations.

Good thing about the third OVA was that this focused very little on the Hestia Familia ladies, Ais too included. Great spotlight on the Miach Familia. The OVA gave more respect to the supporting characters than the season itself did.
Lot's of amazing references; and especially loved the plot revolving around the 'Gamer Girl' reference, if you know who I'm talking about ... ;)

Laughed like crazy, Great OVA!!

ANIME OF THE YEAR
I tend to dislike the Isekai genre as it generally seems interesting in the beginning but tends to get boring as the show progresses. I got recommended by many people to watch Jobless Reincarnation, I honestly had no intentions of watching it.I got hooked by watching the first episode, and in no time I marathoned the complete season in one go. I loved everything about this anime: the characters, the music, the world, the world building, the stunning visuals, it was definitely a feast for my eyes.

I won't go into details about the plot and setting as there are other spoiler free reviews but ... I do want to say that it's better you go into this anime blind. Judge this series yourself after watching a couple of episodes There might be adult humour inserted which might not be as per your taste, other than that this anime from the beginning to the end had put a smile on my face. It begins the journey of Rudeus Greyrat, the protagonist, being born to two lovely people, overcoming his fears faced in his past life, finding great friends in travellers and blossoming a sweet relationship with his reincarnated childhood friend to become the hero he wished to be in his past failed life. A complete redemption from being a NEET to a hero.

An anime definitely doesn't need loud noises with flashy martial arts scenes or a despair filled plot to be the Anime of the Year. It just needs to be a Jobless Reincarnation.

P.S. My closing line might be a bit corny, but do give this series a try! 

A DWINDLING PLOT!

I wanted to read an enjoyable gory manga, and picked up this manga, at first Dead Tube did seem enjoyable, but then the plot went off the rails and sometime later it made very little sense.
The original premise was about uploading any type of videography to a website called D-Tube (definitely not ripping off YouTube) and gain many views to earn huge sums of cash but later as the story progressed, the arcs just contained only references to D-Tube i.e. just do anything in the real world and D-Tube will cover it up.

I enjoyed the degenerating status of the main character as ... the story was advancing but at a certain point a tragedy occurred and it all stopped. It basically becomes a Revenge-obsessed story. The only thing that was keeping me to not drop the manga was the heroine, but she too has just become a disinteresting character, I really like her character and since I have read up to the 52nd chapter, I'm hoping for some kind of plot twist/ major shock from her. Nevertheless, I still find the main character unenjoyable as his character development just went off the rails.

The enjoyment level at the beginning was hype and becomes pretty sub-par as the story progresses.

I expect great things from the mangaka and for now will definitely read Dead Tube till the end.

THE PROMISED CLICK-BAIT
My review is based upon how dissatisfied I was when I saw 'The Promised Neverland' to be in many TOP LIST Horror animes of the decade. Color me disappointed when I saw not even a single horror element in the anime. It was to be expected since Neverland was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. The only intimidating experience I had was the presence of Sister Krone on screen, she was perfect character I could ever hope for in this mildly horror anime!

The opening 'Touch off' straight away gave off battle shounen vibes completely unrelated to the tense atmosphere of 'The Promised Neverland'. ... Perhaps UVERworld should stop making soundtracks for anime.

The story was pretty simple, a battle royale survival scenario on a stranded location. I liked the execution of the story and the sibling relationships blossoming between the young orphans, it was pretty generic to be honest, the power of friendship exists in this anime too. The main character hatches an impossible plan to escape the orphanage with the whole bunch of children. Her character isn't that appealing to me, she acts more of like a mother rather than a shonen protagonist.
Things do get interesting in the second half of the season. I actually got hooked when 'a certain character' meets an unexpected twist in his journey

I actually got a bit disappointed for being baited into this anime for being full of horrors, but now I am actually anticipating for future seasons and will be reading the manga soon.
I'm giving 7/10 for now but will positively review the upcoming season(s).

TRAGEDY STRIKES BACK!
It's dread and dreary back in Hinamizawa Town. This season had reduced the violence as compared to the previous season. I got into this show because of the horror and shock element introduced in Season 1 but I actually didn't mind the drop down in violence as I had started to adore the characters. I was interested in seeing more of the character development rather than the psychological horror which season 1 offered me.

I preferred the first opening of the show rather than the opening of Kai; 'Naraku no Hana', I felt the opening too had toned down the horror element which was ... present in Opening 1. Loved the ending though!

The season starts with a continuation of the Time Wasting Chapter Arc giving us an insight on the 30 year timeskip from the events of June 1983. The story arc (Episodes 2-5) following the first episode was truly heartbreaking. The creators of this show do like to torture us with repeated tragedies in new scenarios that keeps on repeating every single time, if it weren't for the goofiness of the club members, I surely would have been living in depression.
We've been getting entire arcs based on Keichi, Rena, Satoko and the Sonozaki Twins, season 2 is basically Rika's time to shine, the Massacre Chapter arc (Episodes 6-13) entirely focusses on the misfortunes of Rika Furude plus we get a reveal of the chaotic evil level antagonist of this entire show and their dastardly schemes. The anime finally makes some sense for now.
The final chapter of Kai ran for 11 episodes giving us the primary motive of the actions the antagonist was making, wouldn't like to give you spoilers but the final chapter was underwhelming for me. This arc focused more on the 'adults' rather than the members of Club, which actually was disappointing because I wanted to see more of Keichi, Rika, Shion-Mion, Satoko and Rena for the final time. It was a satisfactory finale for me, I'm not gonna complain more about it.

I'd give 8.5 to Kai only because of the toned down violence which was thrilling to watch in the first season.

Now, onwards to the sequel, specials and reboot!