I’m planning to watch the following TV series:

High Expectation

i.e. most likely watch to completion

Re:Zero - season 3

Dan Da Dan

Decent Expectation

i.e. good chance of watching to the end, depending on how it goes

Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance

Low Expectation

i.e. probably drop after a few episodes, but there may be a few surprises

You are Ms Servant

Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions - season 2

365 Days To The Wedding

Magilumiere

Puniru wa Kawaii Slime

Murai In Love

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!

Acro Trip

I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History

@rikka@ani.social

Does the anime manage to smooth out this pacing to help keep the story moving?

I have yet to read the manga, so I can’t compare them at the moment.

Let’s see what others say.

should still be bullied a little bit. Maybe not as far as back in my day, but definitely don’t be encouraging that. I like anime but that’s not normal nor should it be normal

Why? Is it because they are different from others? Surely them doing their own thing don’t hurt you personally.

Completed the following:

My Dress-Up Darling

Heard plenty of praises for it before. It moved up my priority queue thanks to the latest manga chapters.

It is good as expected and I can see why everyone likes Marin. In fact, I’d say she carried the show quite a bit. Wakana does not have as much of an impact but he’s decent too.

Like most other seinen romance, there’s a lack of unnecessary drama. For example, at the end of episode 10

Those shounen and shoujo romances can learn from this (though at that point, they would probably be considered seinen and jousei).

It’s among my potential top favourites at the moment (i.e. score of 9 / 10). Looking forward to the next season.

Coincidentally, I picked up the manga The Story of a Succubus Who Came to the Human World. It looks like it’s inspired (or referenced) by the succubus manga from My Dress-Up Darling. Real cute and wholesome.

Finally! A time lapse that is not a slideshow!

Even though the story begins with your typical kicked-out-from-party premise, I enjoyed it; not sure why.

Perhaps it is because the MC isn’t someone transferred to this world. (which I find rather unnecessary of similar stories, where MC’s life before isekai is irrelevant).

Edit: After thinking about it, it may be because the MC actually has a goal that he is working towards / purpose in life, which gave me something to root for.

If the anime is popular enough to go far, I’m curious to see if it will adapt the manga version or the web novel / source (or light novel if there’s one?)

Either way,

Looking forward to this anime.

Cool; just like how human hunters would imitate mating calls / cries

Have you watched the sequel movies yet?

Yeah, they are all great

I think it would be better to just lean into the supernatural, but…I am a professional physicist.

I bet it’s like watching hacking scenes as a programmer.

The rest of the cast appear to be adults though.

One child among numerous adults satisfy the definition of “mostly adult cast of characters” that OP asked for IMO.

how much time it spends on the MC’s youth

The rest of the cast are adults though, which fits the “mostly adult cast” requirement IMO

Oh yeah, her classmates. They are so unmemorable that I forgot about them😅

Moving it down to honorable mention

Maybe I missed the joke, but it’s ended

Oh cool, thanks. Time to pick it up again.

I placed it on hold because season 1 didn’t have a conclusive ending. I’d rather binge everything at once.

86

The main cast would have grown into adults later on, and based how what’s released of the anime so far, I wouldn’t count it as “mostly” adults.

DOTA: Dragons Blood

Is the series ending anytime?

I’ve completed quite a few:

• Violet Evergarden
• Vinland Saga
• Odd Taxi
• Cherry Magic!
• One Punch Man
• Saga of Tanya the Evil
• Delicious in Dungeon

Honorable mentions - depends on how strictly you’d define “mostly”:

• Cautious Hero
• Frieren
• The Apothecary Diaries
• Spy x Family

Honorable mentions - unique circumstances:

• Cells at Work! - Your typical red blood cell lives for about 120 days :( The cells that look like adults do behave like adults though
• PLUTO - Robots’ mental age can be different from their physical appearances

I might watch it alongside Makeine, which of them should I start first?

They are quite different, so it’s really up to you.

I find that Makeine is very similar to Makoto Shinkai’s works in terms of art style, soundtracks and humour.

I would say the most similar anime to 100 Girlfriends is Gintama, though season 1 is really just a preview of the bullshit to come.

You’ve watched quite a bit of anime, so we have a fair amount of overlaps. Unlike me, you are more generous when scoring (no 1s and 2s!) and you have a more diverse taste in anime.

As such, I won’t be able to recommend anime based on a particular theme / genre - unless you have something in mind?

I’ll just point out my favourites that are not in your completed list, though I won’t be surprised if some of them are already in your PTW list.

• KonoSuba
• Saiki K
• Cells at Work!
• Cautious Hero
• The Demon Girl Next Door
• 86
• The Apothecary Diaries
• The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You - looks like you don’t watch any harem anime; you may want to skip this
• Cherry Magic! - looks like you don’t watch any yaoi anime; you may want to skip this
• Gushing over Magical Girls - looks like you don’t watch any ecchi anime; you may want to skip this

P.S.

Not among my top favourites at the moment, but worth adding to your PTW list if you haven’t done so already; I should have filtered out those that you’ve completed:

• Angel Beats!
• Bofuri
• Saga of Tanya the Evil
• Darling in the FranXX
• How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Terminator 0

Shoujo Kakumei Utena

I’ve heard that Gundam: Witch from Mercury bears a lot of similarities to Utena. I’ve yet to watch Utena myself though.

Completed Terminator Zero and Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Terminator Zero

Probably top show of the season for me, tied with Makeine (unless Rick and Morty can pull off a surprise).

First off, I liked how well-animated it is. The first 6 minutes of the show convinced me to watch it, and quality of the animation remained consistently good.

It is its own self-contained story, but it still faithful to the style of the Terminator series. The iconic “dun dun duh dun” is nostalgic.

What I liked the most is

Overall, it’s really good.

I’ve got to knock a point off due to some annoyances I have with the show though.

For example,

So 9 / 10

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

This show is if Steins;Gate was good.

This anime is if Subaru (from Re:Zero) at his best got isekai-ed to the world of Steins;Gate

This show is what I wish for from a sci-fi of this nature.

We have a capable, mature MC who gets down to it

To be fair, Sakuta isn’t with flaws e.g.

But that’s when Mai would step in and scold him, all the while supporting him. I love their relationship dynamics.

It’s been a while since I studied physics, so can’t comment on how scientifically accurate some of the phenomenons are.

Otherwise, the story and the rest of the characters are great.

The only thing I found the show to be weak in is its soundtracks - none are really memorable to me - but that’s just a nitpick.

One of the best sci-fi anime, and going into my favourites. 10 / 10