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I genuinely wish I liked this series, but it never seems to find its footing throughout the first season. (It might later, but I will not watch season two or three.) What amounts to a business in another world isekai starts as a girl's quest to read books. This might be a general issue I have with this character trope, but it holds true with our titular book worm, reading books is not interesting. When a character reads a book its short hand for "this person is smart, a voice of reason, or (in the case of classic literature) a stand in for the author," ... but it says nothing about how that character can actually function inside of a show. Our MC is not interested in any singular type of literature. She doesn't care if its instruction manuals or Tolstoy, she just wants to read, so the entire show of our strong willed protagonist slowly morphs into her wanted to run a bookstore, which is more interesting, but it feels like an excuse for her to use her super memorization ability to show off in a power fantasy way.

If you've read Tanya of the Evil you'll know the author slips in Austrian Economics consistently to showcase both Tanya's ideology, methodology, and real world examples of how decisions can come to pass. It is the thing that separates her from the pack and causes her peers to view her as evil. The bookworm doesn't have this ideology to root her character nor are any of the other characters interesting enough to warrant satisfaction to see how they fawn after her.

The great merit of this show is the slice of life elements. It is cute and unique in its presentation of cuteness. This may be enough for some people as it was enough for me to finish the first season.

Well animated and enjoyable magical girl monster of the week series. Zenshuu will likely not be culturally relevant, memorable, or contain anything noteworthy, but it is fun and significantly more worth your time than any other isekai currently airing.

The director/animator protagonist gives a different feel than other works in genre. It is most comparable to Ascendance of a Bookworm, but without the cringeworthy melodrama that follows a plot line of "genius invents paper in medieval world." Zenshuu instead handles those moments with having the protagonist blatantly state that she is isekaing and knows the future of the anime she is now in.

It is refreshing ... and well animated. Watch for the sakuga if nothing else.

Solo Leveling continues to waffle about for the second season. Its generic setting and world do nothing to bolster the lackluster characters and animation.

Even the most positive reviews of Solo Leveling only mention hype or some vague gesturing towards action, but it completely fails to deliver either. The issue primarily comes down to the main character's abilities and his relative strength vs his enemies. For example in episode three the MC fights some enemies where he just states "it can read my movements" after he already caught it off guarded and almost one-shotted it. Then said it was more powerful than anything he'd ever faced ... and must aim for the weak-point, its eyes. The next shot is him teleporting behind it and stabbing its neck killing it instantly. This was so far the action climax of the season (though it might be debatable that when he did this an episode earlier it was equally laughable) and its boring.

Don't watch this if you value your time,