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I'll start by saying that I'm being generous with my rating. I gave it a 5/10 just because I think this anime is so bad that is kinda iconic, and it can live on as a meme. I was curious since everybody kept talking about it, so I gave it at try... but jokes aside, I don't understand why would anyone prefer watching this series over any Hentai?

I have no problem with sex scenes if they align with the plot.... but this anime is literally just the main character having sex with any hot girl that crosses his path, until the people he wants to ... get revenge on suddenly appear (and the revenge is also sex, but more twisted). So if you like that type of plot, I recommend you go watch any random Hentai instead, so at least you'll get to see the action more clearly and the level of story development is still the same 😂

Horimiya...

When I began to watch this anime I immediately loved it and I was hyped for the rest of the season. The main protagonists caught my interest with their uniqueness and I was prepared for a wholesome romance about acceptance. That was the strength of Horimiya, so I naturally believed the author would embrace it and use it to make a memorable story.
However I was truly disappointed to watch the story unfold, as the stylish Miyamura, who was so amazing in his own way, suddenly had a makeover and was transformed into a normal boy, instead of gaining the courage to ... show his trueself to everyone and use his style with no fears. To me, that direction was terrible. From that point on, the anime lost its charm and became a normal romance without anything new.

There was also another problem with this series: The main romance progressed too quickly, which was a disadvantage, since there was nothing to anticipate at the end of the season. Then the author tried to focus on the side characters, but they were simply not very interesting to begin with.

Overall, I feel sad about seeing a story with so much potential actually becoming boring and with nothing memorable about it.

Mawaru Penguindrum, a metaphor for Love and Pain. If fate exists, is it a blessing or a curse? Is it the luck of finding good people to endure through the pain or the despair of having to go through a fated life of so much suffering?


We are introduced to the Takakura siblings, who were meant to be nobodies since birth. Each of them is accompanied by a cute penguin i.e a bird that won't ever be able to fly, like the three siblings, who were never meant to accomplish anything. However, they find comfort in each others' existence, and no matter how grey the ... outside world is, their house is always colorful, abundant and joyful.

Their world starts to fall apart again when Himari, the youngest sibling, is diagnosed with a terminal illness. While she is at peace with herself, her brothers Kanba and Shouma refuse to let go of her and declare war against destiny, which has only brought them misery since birth. They start looking for the Penguindrum, an unknown object that no one knows what it looks like, but that is able to change anyone's fate, including Himari's. Much like their opposite hair colors, Kanba and Shouma are like the day and night, and their contrasting personalities start to clash as soon as Himari's condition gets worse and their emotional stability falls apart. Believing that the end justifies the means and blinded by the pain of losing the one he loves the most, Kanba starts to commit attrocities in order to save Himari, even if it means to destroy himself in the process. On the other hand, Shouma, who is thoughtful and full of good principles, greatly opposes his brother by establishing that others shouldn't have to suffer in an attempt to save Himari, which Kanba sees as a lack of resolve and love towards their sister. However, no matter how good Shouma's ideals are, his passive personality doesn't get him any closer of finding the Penguindrum, so he accidentally ends up increasing the burden on Kanba's shoulders, indirectly contributing to his madness and despair. That's when the siblings realize that in life there will never be a happy conclusion to everybody, and that in order to achieve something, they have to forfeit something in return.

Mawaru Penguindrum truly did a wonderful job emphasizing the lengths that someone is willing to go to save someone they truly love. It also makes you realize that no matter how positive you are, life is indeed painful, cruel and full of suffering, and that no one is able to endure that pain alone. Life is meant to be shared and only love can give your existence some warmth.

"From the New World" truly illustrates the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover".

Watching this anime is a rollercoaster of emotions. At first, it doesn't stand out much and it just looks like any other anime with spells and magic schools, so you watch it with low expectations. Then you start noticing its weirdness and it causes discomfort and tests your boundaries and tolerance towards what's different. When you finally accept it for what it is, you start to see how unexpectedly good it is. By the end of the series, you are completely blown away. Each episode is better than the episode ... before, and the quality of the art is always on par with the story.

There were two themes that stood out to me through the series. First, there was a confrontation between the individual and the collective well-being. If a child displays some personality traits similar to those individuals who ended up turning into Demons, should that kid be allowed to grow up, knowing that there's a possibility she/he might end up kill the whole village? Or should one life be sacrificed to protect the community, even if that means killing someone who is still innocent and might actually never become a Demon? Secondly, how far can we go to protect our status as the dominant species? We use and control other living beings, arguing that we have higher intelligence and complexity, so it is only natural for us to behave as the dominant species. But if another species is proven to be as intelligent as we are, would we be able to accept that fact and share our status or is our intelligence just an excuse to dominate others? Are those words just lies that we keep telling to ourselves to justify our cruel desires? Since there are no answers, those topics makes us uncomfortable by pushing us to confront our own beliefs and principles, and that's exactly why "From the New Word" is able to dive further that other anime in the same genre.

Honestly the author deserves full praise: he was defiant, controversial and fearless. I actually loved the unexpected "Gay episode" that made so many people drop this series, because that was when I realized how out of the box this series was going to be. Even after opening my mind to all possibilities, I never saw that ending coming, not in a million years... my jaw just dropped and I was left with so many feelings. Outstanding.

"My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!" is one of those shows that could have been great, but wasted its full potential.

As the name implies, the anime tells the story of a girl who dies and is reborn as the villainess of her favourite dating game. Since she is destined to fail no matter which path she takes, Katarina must now fight against fate in order to survive the game.

I believe the author's idea was really interesting and creative, because even if there are lots of anime whose main character is reborn in a game, we rarely see the ... adventure from the main antagonist's point of view.

The main issue I had with "My Next Life as a Villainess" was that the game didn't present any obstacles to Katarina at all and everything went well with little effort. Although we frequently watched the strategical meetings of Katarina's different egos inside her head, the truth was that Katarina rarely used any strategy at all to fight her doomed fate, other than being friendly (which most of the times wasn't even a strategy, it was just Katarina acting like her true self) and planting some vegetables. In fact, all the episodes are the same, following the same formula: Katarina behaving like a decent human being and every single character of this show falling in love with her (even her brother, which is truly uncomfortable to watch), then everybody repeating a billion times how truly wonderful Katarina is and how greatly they love her. It honestly gets really boring to watch the same thing all over again, and even though there were only 12 episodes, some of them even felt like they were fillers.

Not everything was bad though: For example, I really liked the fact that love between girls was discussed so naturally in this show.

But overall, this anime was kind of average and a waste of potential. I wish it had followed another direction.

BEASTARS is indeed a hidden gem in the anime world, as it not only presents an important theme, i.e the tolerance towards what is different, but it also tests the tolerance of the viewer. At the first sight, BEASTARS truly excels at pushing you out of your comfort zone by displaying talking animals behaving and dressing themselves exactly like humans, which feels unnatural, uncomfortable and weird to watch. However, if you leave your prejudice behind and try to judge this anime for its content, you will find a lot of quality and depth.

Storywise, BEASTARS despicts a society that consists of Carnivores and Herbivores. It is ... a strong metaphor of our own society, as we are also divided in classes since birth: the Carnivores represent the powerful and rich and the Herbivores represent the underprivileged.

While on the outside everything looks calm and civilized, we learn that the internal conflit is constant: the Carnivores have to fight back the temptation of dominance, corruption and their instinct to prey on weaker beings, while the Herbivores are forced to live in an environment full of inequality, in which they struggle to survive, and have to deal with the constant fear of being eaten alive.

We are then introduced to three characters: The main character Legoshi is a harmless wolf who doesn't stand out much and only has one ambition: living a calm and quiet life. On the other hand, Louis is forced to fight back the society's perception of the Herbivores, as he wishes to be perceived as a strong individual despite being born as a deer. Naturally, Legoshi's passive attitude enrages Louis, since the wolf doesn't do anything with his privileged social status and just seems to be fine with dragging himself day by day, as if he was born as a weak Herbivore.

However, Legoshi's view of life starts to change when he gets to know Haru, the dwarf rabbit. She struggles with the fact that she is not taken serious by other animals because of her tiny size. She develops the perception that she is only seen as an equal during sex, which leads her to frequently use this method to get closer to males and fill the emptiness in her heart. After falling in love with Haru ,Legoshi is forced to stop running away from reality and face his own self. He begins an internal journey to overcome his predator instincts, so he can be happy with Haru and use his carnivore strength as a weapon to protect the Herbivores he loves.

Finally, I must say that casual sex is portrayed amazingly in this show, being the first time I see it depicted in an anime as something deep that connects two individuals for a moment and not as a taboo. The show also does an amazing job at displaying the hidden side of racism in our diverse society. The fact that the majority of the characters has no trouble getting along with each other, yet when thinking about marriage there is still a preference to marry someone of its own race, raises an important question: have we truly accepted each other in our society or are we unknowingly still locked in our racial bias?

The second season of Promised Neverland seems to suffer from a severe identity crisis. The suspense, the adrenaline and those amazing plot twists are long gone, which is truly surprising since they were actually the strongest points of the series. It's even more bizarre considering that they were present in the manga, but the most thrilling arcs were purposely not adapted by the studio in what seems to be an extremely controversial decision.

After a few episodes, it feels like the viewer was teleported to a completely different show that had no similarities with the first season other than its beloved characters and their backgrounds. ... We are told the daily adventures of Emma and her group in the demon world, in a light and happy manner that was never present in this series before.

From that point onwards, I was now convinced that the anime was going to be an completely new story, but then, as if the writers suddenly woke up from a deep slumber and realized that this anime was The Promised Neverland and not some random anime from the slice of life genre , there was an attempt to continue the original story in the second half of the season.

However, it was also clear now that for some unknown reason, the writers were committed to end the franchise by the end of the 11 episodes, even after wasting half of the episodes with plot-irrelevant interactions. With so few episodes left, the end of the story was extremely rushed to the point that every big reveal lacked emotional impact, presenting many "coincidences" that felt way too convenient for the story and its characters.

The worst part was that all the skipped events of the manga were suddenly shown as a 3-minute slideshow animation, that had no context whatsoever for the anime-only viewers since most of the themes were not even discussed in the anime at all. For the manga readers, it was truly upsetting to see the more than half of the manga treated like a 3-minute slideshow presentation.

In conclusion, I will never understand why there was such a rush to finish such a long and beloved series and why there was even the need to change the original story, which was great. Too bad this is the end of The Promised Neverland, one of the best shows of 2019 that had so much potential for the future.

It's rare to find an anime that displays our own world's landscapes and cultures, so traveling the world with Nadja to find her mother is a delightful experience to satiate your wanderlust.

Most episodes are lighthearted and are carried by Nadja's positivity, which is in tune with the colorful palette of this show. The several dance choreographies that she learned in her journey were a great addiction to this show: they were cute and catchy, emphasized Nadja's bright personality and were a good stepping stone to differentiate this anime from the rest of the shoujo.

The story is overall simple, but the plot becomes more ... complex whenever Nadja's two love interests are brought into the spotlight. As they represent opposite sides of the same coin, they often create an internal conflict in Nadja, as she not only tries to sort out her feelings for each of them, but also tries to find her own answers to define what is morally acceptable: in fact, can a wrongdoing be justified if it's done for a good cause?

That being said (SPOILER ALERT), the finale was somehow surprising to me, when Nadja prioritized her wish of traveling and having adventures with the troupe over her romantic relationship or spending more time with her mother. However, it was also that same adventurous spirit that allowed her to find her lost mother, so we can say that the ending is surprising but consistent with Nadja's personality.

Finally,the OST was amazing: I rarely skipped the extremely-addictive ending song.

Being heavily influenced by Fushigi Yuugi, Akatsuki no Yona tells the story of a special red haired princess who is the reincarnation of a legendary King, and the group of mythological warriors that must protect her and guide her towards her goals. However, unlike other reverse harem anime, this show kicks off with the promise of a strong and independent princess that can also fight by herself.

Despite the premise of the show, by the end of the season, I wouldn’t consider princess Yona to be the heroine that we were promised. Yes, she is indeed hardworking, loyal and has good morals, but she’s still very ... far away from being strong. The warriors and the princess’ guard Hak are still very much needed, though I definitely don't mind their presence at all due to their incredible charisma.

The most surprising aspect of Akatsuki no Yona was that this show had almost no romance progression in 24 episodes, which I found a little unexpected for a shoujo.

Overall I think the anime was enjoyable and fun and as the story is not completed, the MC still has time to improve. I hope we end up getting a second season to see its conclusion.

Finally, a special mention to the composer and the singer of the 2nd opening which was seriously amazing.