I confess I had no idea Kingdom Season 5 was only one cour until this morning. That was a major surprise, as they’ve all been two (S 3-4) or three (S 1-2) up to this point. Not a pleasant surprise of course, and it leaves me with a conundrum about what to call this post. …
It’s hard to start a post like this (not that there are many posts like this) when I have so many thoughts and emotions bubbling around inside me. I have no choice but to use the title I did, first of all. I have sincere hopes for more anime but it can’t be called a …
The elite love to abuse their children and teach them to be dicks. This show is so pretentious and I love it. Possibly the dumbest school setup in anime, which actively tries to destroy its students in the guise of educating them. People go to the hospital for the sake of their grades in this …
Yet another isekai. But hear me out, this one rules. It’s a different premise with the whole healing magic gimmick, where the main character is overpowered but in such a way that no one wants to trade places with him. The show has a great sense of humor, from the central premise with the healing …
Mecha!!!! Objectively, maybe it wasn’t great. But it sure ticked all the nostalgia boxes for me. Robots! Singing! Betrayals! Lots of random goofiness! A convoluted love triangle! Some very confusing plot about saving the world from some weirdo’s stupid plan! This is everything I expected from a mecha show 15 years ago. It was great …
Our main character moves to Hokkaido and finds out. I’m not sure why this show got so much hype in the circles I run in. I’ve certainly seen worse, but it was ultimately pretty forgettable. I did appreciate how the setting was slightly different (in Hokkaido) with a different type of female lead, but aside …
