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Aug 15, 2024
Spoiler
I watched the subtitled version in 2024, over the course of maybe 4 days.

Nothing about this anime was bad. I think the worst any of its elements got were "pretty good," as opposed to "very good" or "outstanding." There was a lot going on in 12 episodes, and the last two or three felt kinda rushed. Overall the pacing was only "pretty good" as a result. I thought the characters were good to very good overall, and the important ones had enough time devoted to them to get enough backstory to get a feel for who they are and their motivations. ...
Jul 29, 2024
Preliminary (3/26 eps)
Watched the sub version in 2024.
I wanted to write a review after one episode. I wanted to drop it after one episode. It wouldn't let me. I needed to watch three. I watched two more episodes just to write this review.

"Bad" could be overstating it. "Not good" maybe? "Worse than average" perhaps? The voice acting is fine and the background art is also pretty good. The music was... there. It's not like the show made me regret ever watching anime in the first place.

But episode one especially, and three episodes in, there's nothing compelling at all about the world, the school, ...
Jul 16, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Spoiler
Saw it all in 2024, subtitled, upon reading advice a couple of episodes in I saw this series before the original (which I haven't watched yet) and I never read the series it's based on.

Since I haven't read the source material or seen the original series, I'm not comparing it to itself. Because of that, I'm probably not as critical about what it isn't or should be, or how it doesn't measure up. All I know is what it is.

And what it is, for the most part, is enjoyable. Most of the stories are very good. Not every story is self-contained, but ...
Jul 13, 2024
Mixed Feelings
I'm really not the right person to be reviewing this. While I watched all of it after watching the first season (subtitled), I'm not Japanese and my knowledge of the Sengoku period is moderate at best (a few documentaries, a couple of books, and too many hours playing the original Nobunaga's Ambition on the NES). So a lot of the historical references that I imagine most (if not all) Japanese people would easily get don't reach me enough for me to completely appreciate.

All that said, the episodes are cleverly written, and there are a couple of original songs which are really enjoyable (and unexpected given ...
Jul 11, 2024
I watched all of it over about a week in 2024.

The animation is pretty good, opening song is ok and the ending theme can easily get stuck in your head and make your day a bit brighter. The voice acting was very good.

Each episode is subdivided into multiple segments that may or may not be related to each other. Some are recurring throughout the series, like ones that take place on a grassy area near a river. It's almost like sketch comedy, with some recurring sketches. Like anything, some sketches are better than others, but on the whole I found most to ...
Jul 4, 2024
Tsumiki no Ie (Anime) add
The animation is very pretty. I don't know if it would be considered "anime" in the traditional sense, but that's for more knowledgeable people than me to decide. The music is beautiful and used to great effect. There's no dialogue, but despite that you get a very good feel for the main character.

The plot, and with it, the world it exists in, can probably either be taken literally or metaphorically or both. The main character lives alone in a house in a water-world of sorts. The sea is always rising, and as it does, he has to keep building additional levels above as the ...
Jul 4, 2024
Mixed Feelings
One of the biggest draws of this anime for me was that is was adults, in an adult world, not dealing with any supernatural stuff. It's a change of pace from so much of the rest of anime out there. They deal with real-life adult issues. And this anime delivered that. And as a gigantic departure from so many other anime (and media in general) they don't shy away from using actual brand names. When alcohol is shown, they use real brand names. Denny's isn't "Danny's" here, Smirnoff is Smirnoff. I really appreciate that fact. It keeps the immersion.

The ...
Jul 2, 2024
Crazy for It (Anime) add
You really have to watch this at least twice if you want to evaluate it. Once if you want to pay attention to the technical aspects, and once to react to the imagery.

I really enjoyed the technical aspects. I'm old, so if I see a drawing-style animation of a guy looking in mirror in something like a music video, I'm going to think of A-ha's Take On Me. But that's very much not what this is. There are a lot of transitions between styles, a lot of different kinds of imagery. Nothing stays so long as to become "stale" but nothing goes so ...
Jul 1, 2024
I think I watched the entire series over the course of four days.

The plot is pretty creative. Two high school girls in the same class are voice actresses with aliases/personas and (initially) don't know the other is a voice actress, and they really don't know each other because they're not social with each other. They get hired to do a radio show together. Things move on from there.

The animation is pretty good. The voice acting is, not surprisingly, very good. I have no idea what it must have been like recording for some of these scenes, which are set in a studio ...
Jul 1, 2024
Mixed Feelings
How do I have mixed feelings about something I'm rating an 8/10?

On the plus side, the animation was absolutely wonderful. The sound work was great, the voice acting was great. I can accept the fact that the "season" was only 8 episodes, with the 8th episode being exceptionally good. And if you're at the stage where you're watching this season, you're not starting the show at this one... I guess you're deciding whether to continue after the Swordsmith Village Arc. That brings me to my caveats, and my "mixed" feelings.

1) Aside from the final episode of the season, for the most ...


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