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The winter season has basically drawn to a close. Let’s talk about it! Anything surprise you? Disappoint you? Disgust you? I’m looking for some hot takes.

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  • zabadoh@ani.socialEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I was really busy IRL, so the list of shows that I could try out, much less follow, was pretty mimimal, by mine own standards:

    Finished:

    • Re Zero - Good as usual. The writer is so good at “How does Subaru get out of this?”
    • Shangri La Frontier - Sunraku’s such a great protagonist, and the supporting characters are so good.
    • Bureaucrat to Villainess - I really enjoyed this the whole way through. Wholesome anime of the season.
    • Solo Leveling - Action anime of the season. Some standard plot problems, like waiting until people start dying before he takes action, abandoned love interests, unchecked power creep, etc. but overall enjoyable.
    • Zenshuu - Interesting concept, but it didn’t quite work for me. Animator/mangaka meta shows have been done better. For a show that’s supposed to be FUBU animators, the sakuga wasn’t super great. Supporting characters were annoying or turned out to be useless.

    Dropped:

    • Beheneko - Good fanservice but felt shallow
    • Ameku Takao - I liked the idea, but direction needed to be better.
    • Dr. Stone - I’m not having fun with this anymore.

    I Think I Missed Out:

    • Apothecary Diaries - I really should watch this.
    • Medalist - Sounds like a good show.
    • Izure Saikyo no Renkinjutsushi - Started 1-2 episodes but got crowded out. I might check out a few more episodes before actually deciding what I think of this.
    • Magic Maker - Again 1-2 eps, then got crowded out.
    • Trillion Game - Crowded out. I have some time invested in this show, so I should finish it…
    • Welcome To Japan Ms. Elf - Some people really enjoyed this.
    • 100 Girlfriends - Sounds like a blast, but romance isn’t my bag.