Dante Makes Cookies ep2
I don’t know. This is a nice enough looking series, but I think the attempts at ironic witty dialogue just make it feel like a Saturday morning cartoon with more gore - maybe if you’re deeply in touch with your inner edgy 12-year old, this is great, but I’m already finding it a bit tiresome. The character art being so clearly modelled on Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s designs gives me a little nostalgia, but on the whole, I feel like I’d rather play the Devil May Cry games instead.
Kowloon Generic Romance ep2
My patience for this has not dimmed, but I do feel like it would benefit from a stronger hook. The hints of a larger mystery are certainly there, but there doesn’t seem to be any great urgency to expand upon that or introduce any clear stakes to it. Heck, the main thing I found myself pondering in this episode was why they wouldn’t have CRT monitors in the office instead of flatscreens, given the retro-futuristic aesthetic of it.
Mono ep1
This seems more distinct from Laid Back Camp than I expected, but I’m also not sure it has quite such a broad appeal, at least not yet. Maybe when they get more into photography beyond the vaguely stalkerish obsession one of the main characters has for her former senpai.