Let's start with the positives. The animation is pretty and it's got some solid comedy. The dub is pretty good and the accents are a nice touch. Mona is a fun character whose got depth, so while she's charming she's also got a pretty terrible personality but she's not portrayed as a sociopath, which is nice.
There are two issues with this show though. The one is that the one gag is has gets exhausting almost immediately. If it showed signs of gaining depth as a show and analysing these characters who've all defined they're lives by a single trait then that's be fine, or at
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Feb 5, 2025
Tasokare Hotel
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As someone who loves a good mystery it pains me to say that this isn't one. Before going into detail the music and animation are pretty good, and it has some neat visual effects. It's also important to note I'm from the UK, and as such absolutely sick to death of everything vaguely detectivey being basically Sherlock Holmes. There are other sorts of detective stories! Since this show is basically Sherlock Holmes as a Japanese school girl in a hotel by someone whose a big fan of Death Parade this does matter.
The big problem is that it sets out rules and then chooses when they ... 
Feb 3, 2025
Around 40 Otoko no Isekai Tsuuhan
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This is a very silly anime. It's trying to be relaxing, raunchy, and action and does neither well. I'll bite those off in separate chunks to explain. For reference, I'm the same age as the protagonist, which probably matters.
Relaxing Ok, so we flash forward through the guys life. He then gets ported to another world, can shop and effectively becomes a successful merchant immediately. No questions asked, no build up, no failure. Anything this guy tries to do he's amazing at. We'll touch on that point again later. There's no real worldbuilding, some interesting characters but they mostly exist to make our protagonist look more amazing. ... 
Jan 27, 2025
Kimi wa Meido-sama.
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This is an adorable SoL/Iyashikei story. Nothing more, it's funny, heartwarming and easy to watch. I really enjoyed it and I think any fans of those genres will as well, particularly if you stick with it and watch it through to the end.
As usual with Iyashikei both our protags are broken. We don't learn much about Hitoyoshi for a while, we know he lived in a tip of a house, alone and had a uneasy relationship with his parents. Not much more though. Ms. Servant is the first person, and it's a bit of a Dragon Maid style 'learning to live among normal people' ... 
Jan 27, 2025
Nageki no Bourei wa Intai shitai
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In short I enjoyed 90% of this show, it's fun and has some solid comedy, and some admittedly cringeworthy characters. I'm mainly here to warn people that the lead in this, Kray, is frankly aweful. He doesn't care, is clueless and lazy. He doesn't want to me in this anime, and after a while that gets really annoying.
What doesn't help is that the running joke, that his a mysterious all-seeing god hunter, doesn't break for a minute. So rather than a joke it's just this rather ludicrous state of affairs. So to be clear, don't want it expecting anything other than to hate him. ... 
Jan 27, 2025
I think there are two very valid takes regarding this anime. If you get bored halfway through and drop it that's completely valid. It's a slow burning, slightly directionless anime that's promising a future payoff while progressing at a snails pace. Then in the second half things start happening, so if you break through that and finish it you'll enjoy it.
The characters are, in the first half, stereotypes and unsuprising. I forgot who was related to our protagonist and whether we'd been introducted to certain characters of if they appeared randomly. It's a very standard villianess anime in a school in the first half. Again ... 
Sep 25, 2024
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
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Superb. The best example of a slow, slice-of-life anime. It's an introspective manga that takes place over a massive number of years. there's no overarching plot, just the day-to-day happenings of a humanity in it's twilight. It makes you think and feel in abundance, and Alpha is a great protagonist to view all this through. Honestly of all the post-apocalypses in media this is probably the most beautiful.
Honestly I could probably go so far as to say it's quite a philosophical manga, but that might be overstating its intentions. I really do think this is mandatory reading for SoL fans, or introspective thinkers in ... 
Aug 27, 2024
Note: The joke in this anime is that the protagonist is mentally challenged. That's the joke you're supposed to laugh at. Of course it's not outright said, but one look through other reviews (and watching the first couple of episodes) makes this pretty clear.
This is another fantasy anime about someone who has one really great skill and is overlooked because of stuff. Sorry, I simply don't have the energy to explain this premise again. If you're new to it, look to another example before watching this. Our protagonist is dreadful, that much is bad enough. Worse than that though is everyone around him, who simply ... 
Aug 27, 2024
Senpai wa Otokonoko
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Mixed Feelings Informative  Preliminary
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For context: I'm not very familiar with how certain minorities are treated in modern-day Japan. I do believe shows like this, that cover how difficult it is to be genuinely different from your peers as an adolecent, are important. It'd probably fair to say though outside of offering visibility this doesn't have a lot to offer as an entertaining anime.
What we have is an anime that answers important questions about sexuality and gender norms, and how murky the whole subject can be, especially for teenagers. What we don't have is an entertaining, or deeply written, romcom anime. It's tough to exactly pinpoint, but outside of ... 
Aug 20, 2024
Megami no Café Terrace
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For a show that's little more just another wholesome harem anime this is actually surprisingly good. It's unoriginal with characters you can largely compare directly to others in similar series (particularly one with the initials QQ) but for some reason I found this fun and relaxing to watch. Ok well if I'm being honest I really do recommend this, it's great. It's more of a binge watch show in my opinion though.
Characters Well, if you've seen Bokuben or Quintessential Quintuplets you know the girls characters but they are reasonably well rounded and fun. There is a fair bit of mystery which is kept for quite some ... |
