Summer season is drawing to a close. Most shows have either wrapped up last week or are wrapping up this week. So, let’s talk about it! Did anything surprise you? disappoint you? exceed your expectations? Of course, more general topics are still welcome just like any week.
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Late and Random Superlatives:
Best Returning & Exceeds already high expectations : Oshi no Ko
No surprise here, the show picked up right were it left off and kept running strong. I still have a few episodes to catch up on, but I’m sure it is excellent.
Most surprising: No Longer Allowed in Another World
Started a bit rough, but once it got the characters and formula established it worked and was easily one of the seasons most enjoyable shows.
Best Trash: Failure Frame
I’m sucker for isekai, level systems, and OP protagonists. This had all that and was generally enjoyable but I would not accuse it of being good…
The Wilford Brimley “diabeetus” award: Pseudo Harem
I love the show, but the couple is just so cute and sweet it hurts to watch. Still have a few episodes to finish.
Bonkers but it works: I Parry Everything
Somehow the central gimmick never quite got old, and the insanity actually sort of made sense.
Most likely to forget I watched it: The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s army was a Human
The show was fine, but nothing about it really stood out to me.
So bad its kinda good: A Nobody’s Way Up to an Exploration Hero
The show was bad, but somehow that worked for me.
Largest Dumpster Fire: Bye, Bye, Earth
An absolute disaster. The setting looked really interesting, but was so poorly developed and threw in so many unexplained situations it just turned into an unwatchable mess.
Most missed when its gone: Dungeon People
This was not the most creative, exciting, or flash anime, but it was solidly enjoyable and I really came to look forward to it each week.
Guilty Pleasure: The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies
Love the show but forgot it was airing Spice and Wolf
Most Disappointing: Nokotan
I really, really, really wanted to love this. I expected irrelevant and random, often surreal humor. What I got was one joke, told over and over again and drug out to the point that it quickly stopped bring funny.
Most Underrated: My Wife Has No Emotion
This might be my favorite new show of the season. It gets weird at times and there is an element of uncomfortableness about the human/robot relationship, but the show explores that, and does a decent job of it… I especially appreciated how, despite the title, Mina was able to demonstrate so much emotion without the ability to show it on her face at all.