My Hero Academia s6 ep1-2: Straight back into the action from the last season. All of my favourite characters were completely sidelined by the plot a long, long time ago, but nonetheless this remains one of the more watchable shounen romps. I don't care much about Mirko so far but at least she has a fun design.
The Eminence in Shadow ep1: It wants to be Code Geass but this edgy nonsense takes itself slightly too seriously, and as a result is nowhere near as entertaining. The first episode spent so long on its weird fakeout setup that I don't really understand what the setting and show are about - but at the same time I don't care about the boring characters enough to keep watching in such a busy season, so I guess I'll never find out. I think this could have been a better show in another world where it just went full crazy and dropped all of the tedious self-indulgent monologues entirely, but when it comes to crazy anything less than full commitment simply doesn't work for me.
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun s3 ep1: Hurrah, it's the same old Iruma-kun and this 90s-style comedy is just as fun as ever. The ending song is awful; I love it. I will, however, scream if they don't explain what the deal is with Purson soon, even though it's hilarious looking out for him in every scene - I only noticed him for the first time at the start of season two but this has to be one of the longest silent teases for a background character introduction I've ever seen.
Do It Yourself!! ep1: To me this was the anime equivalent of watching paint dry for half an hour, but my viewing partner really loved it (the first major divergence in opinions we've had this season) so I'm chalking it up to being one of those shows which live or die depending on the viewer's interest in 'helpless girls hyperfocusing on their hobby' shows. The art style is pleasant and the secondary characters might be ok; I found the lead really annoying (though again, my partner thought she was great). A decent attempt that simply wasn't right for me.
The Human Crazy University ep1: I don't really understand this show. For one thing it completely outstayed its welcome with a full-length episode of the cheapest animation of the season, and for another it kept meandering without ever getting to the point. The themes of the first episode are genuinely dark (especially compared to all of the edgelord cutesy-slavery tripe that the light novel adaptations have been contributing to this season) yet a lot of those elements were just setups to gags which ended up not being all that funny. Nothing in it was especially insightful, even though the death row setting was interesting, and the characters were weak. Yet at the same time it was weirdly watchable. Perhaps I'm getting desperate for content with adult leads (who behave kind-of like adults rather than whiny aged-up schoolboys in disguise).
I think I'll do Peter Grill next; that should be a good palate cleanser before that farming LN show completely breaks my spirit.
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