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Sep 29, 2018
Preliminary (53/? chp)
Your average, cute, office-romance 4-koma. Yea, OK, like 60% of the humor is derived from boob jokes, but for all that, I don't really find it offensive or crass.

The general premise: Takeda Kouta ('newbie' or 'Takeda-san) starts working at XOX Corporation, under the direct supervision of the titular boss, Takizawa Kyouko ('sempai' or Takizawa-san). Takizawa is an extremely well-endowed foodie who is somewhat unaware of the effect her assets seem to have on your everyday bloke. She's not entirely clueless about the matter -- that would be pretty obnoxious -- but most of the series' comedy derives from the tension between the obvious distraction of ...
Sep 22, 2018
Mixed Feelings
I know it sounds weird for me to be [kinda] plugging an anime that I just scored 5/10 -- but hear me out.

To be honest, I have a hard time imaging anyone NOT enjoying Harukana Receive. There's not much to dislike. The art is bright and cheerful, it has an amazing, summer-y soundtrack, and there's a good mix of decent volleyball matches interspersed with butt/boob/implied yuri shots. What's not to love?

The biggest issue with the series is just that...it's kinda dumb. There's nothing special about it whatsoever. The characters all have one of two personalities: aggressive, go-get-em genki, or a quiet intenseness that eventually ...
Sep 14, 2018
Mixed Feelings
I love me a good wholesome shoujo-ai. And that's what Asagao to Kase-san is. None of the usual yuri fanservice tropes are there; it's just a simple love story between two high school girls.

The only problem is...it's a boring story. The best part (realization of love and culmination to confession!!!) happens before the OVA begins, so you're left in this weird zone of not really understanding the relationship between the two mains. Yes...they're dating but...it seems like they're not? They *say* they're attached to each other, but we never have the pleasure of watching the relationship develop, so there's no real chance for viewers to ...
Sep 10, 2018
Preliminary (25/? chp)
Chang Ge Xing / Choukakou / The Song of the Long March is a beautiful and sweeping manhua set in China during the Tang dynasty. It follows the life and movement of Li Chang Ge -- formerly Princess Yongning of the Tang dynasty -- in the wake of a coup de etat staged by her uncle that sees her family dead and results in a (failed) attempt on her own life.

Without spoiling too much, I will say that the manhua is a must-read for anyone with even a passing interest in history, and anyone who appreciates a well-written, strong female character. Li Chang Ge is ...
Aug 29, 2018
Ben-To (Anime) add
Mixed Feelings
Don't get me wrong -- I wasn't going into Ben-To expecting a masterpiece. But based on other reviews I was expecting it to be a comedy. I mean, it is, to some extent. The premise is entirely absurd, and the show is very self-aware, so there is something comedic to the whole thing in that sense. But I thought there would be actual ha-ha-ha, laugh-out-loud funny gags in it; there weren't.

Well, OK, to be fair, there is *ONE* scene in episode 8 -- BOKU NO SATURN!!!!!! -- that actually made me chuckle, but by and large I spent the entire series waiting for the show ...
Aug 19, 2018
Mixed Feelings
The character design and fight scenes alone make Witch Craft Works worth watching, but if you're expecting any sort of original or gripping story, you're going to be disappointed.

The worldbuilding is your generic Magic-Land-With-No-Apparent-Consistent-Logic-Behind-Magic-Use-And-Abilities, which *definitely* weakens the story. The series also relies a little too much on the whole, "we're going to hide things about everyone's past to make stuff seem mysterious and dramatic" to create suspense, instead of doing it with good storytelling.

That being said, the character designs in this series are awesome. Nearly every character (except for the two MCs, really) are imaginative and fun, which brings a lot to the ...
Jul 8, 2018
Review up to Episode 24: (Completed)

Wow...that train went off the rails pretty quickly. All the development that had taken place prior to my previous review (and for a few episodes after) was thrown out the window for some dumb deus ex machina that made very little logical sense, on top of being just plain terrible storytelling.

I cannot in good conscience recommend this anime to you. It is extremely disappointing. I'll go so far as to give it a 3/10 because I did watch until the end, but man...I'm not even sure it deserves that much. Do yourself a favor and skip this one. ...
Apr 4, 2018
I don't really like ecchi or fanservice. I don't particularly enjoy harem anime. And I *definitely* dislike when my anime contains incestuous references -- implied, overt, 'it-turns-out-they're-not-blood-related-after-all-so-it's-ok,' or anything along that spectrum.

And yet, I LOVED Nisemonogatari. The follow-up to the similarly spectacular Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari (hereafter 'Nise') strikes all the right chords for me, even as it apparently indulges in all three of above tropes I generally don't appreciate.

I'm still not fully clear on *how* Nise managed to overcome my prejudices, but it did so with flying colors. The art and animation is as fantastic and clever as always. Every character from Bakemonogatari and Kizumonogatari is ...
Oct 28, 2017
"Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou" is a sketch/anecdotal comedy that parodies slice-of-life high school anime -- particularly those involving 'cute girls doing cute things' -- to great comedic success.

The humor involves a lot of non-sequiturs and trope inversion, and builds on itself over time without getting repetitive or trite. I will say that I thought the later episodes were funnier than the first couple episodes, though I'm not sure if that's objectively true, or if I just grew more receptive to that kind of humor over time. If you've watched an episode or two and are unsure if you want to continue, my reccomendation is to ...
Oct 16, 2017
I wasn't planning on writing another review for a while, but Binbougami ga!? surprised me enough (in all the right ways) that I thought I'd put pen to paper to quickly plug the series. If you're on the fence about watching this (as I was) I'll say it now: take the plunge. Every single episode made me laugh out loud, and 11 or 12 of the 13 episodes I could genuinely describe as 'outrageously funny.'

Though Binbougami-ga!? falls short of a being a true comedic masterpiece, it still left me feeling like I had hit the comedy jackpot. Sure, there are underdeveloped/extraneous/trite characters I feel ...


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