SPY x FAMILY ep 12 (complete)
Aquarium.
As funny as this was the school stuff got a little boring, especially in comparison to the opening episodes. It needed a bit more action, like we never got to see Yor (or Loid) do anything of their other part of their life. It was only alluded to in the final episode that Yor is still doing her job whilst Loid at least got to do some side missions. Surely it's ripe for comedy: "I'm just off to the shops", cut to Yor being a badass and then back home, "that took you a while!", flustered Yor cutesy excuse, "You've got some red on you", "oh just some tomato juice" (thought bubble "I missed some of the blood when cleaning up"), cut to Anya shock face, etc. Plus as it's only part one the ending didn't really feel like an ending, no cliffhanger or anything.
All the production side was stella.
Still gets a high score, but hope for a better second half:
8/10
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie ep 9
Girls day out.
BIRDIE WING ep 13 (complete)
Tournament starts.
Any worries that this would be as dull as watching a round of golf in real life went straight out the window as soon as we met Eve and discovered the world of underworld golf! Funny both intentionally and unintentionally with some insane characters in the first arc, it calmed down a little in the second arc, but Eve was there to pierce through any boredom. Unfortunately it's the same as SPY x FAMILY with a none ending in the middle of an arc, but like SPY x FAMILY a second part is coming, but the wait is a little longer (next year).
Some interesting character designs and the art and animation were pretty good, not as good as SPY x FAMILY, but I'll give it the same:
8/10