The summer anime season is over and it was definitely a great one. Personally found a lot of shows to watch that I didn't have time to catch up on any of the older shows I was planning. Especially the wide range of characters we met this season was amazing.
Anyways, here are my ratings and reviews:
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines - 9,75
Anime of the season for me. This show really came out of nowhere and blew me out of the water right from the get-go. I've never seen this quality animation in a show like this, but then again, it's A-1. I feel like every character was very unique and had their time to shine and a lot of them already shot up in my all-time favourite list. The voice actors were all amazing, especially Hikaru Tono (Anna) and Momoka Terasawa (Komari). One of the funniest animes I've seen and definitely recommend this for everyone, even if rom-coms aren't normally your thing.
Oshi No Ko - 9,75
Just barely lost to Makeine for the anime of the season for me. Nevertheless another great season with amazing animation. The Tokyo Blade Arc was just stunning visually and it felt like I was watching the theatre show along with the crowd. The end of the season got really dark and I'm very excited where they go from here. This show really has everything. An interesting story, great characters, amazing animation, lots of creativity, etc.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian - 9,50
This show had all the hype going into the season and it managed to cash in all of it. IVery funny show with great characters and great animation. I feel like Yuki Suou is going to be on many 'best girl' lists for quite some time.
Spy x Family Code: White - 9,25
I'll include this on the list as it was released on streaming services during the season. Not really much to say about this. It was the same old Spy x Family with all the characters we've grown to love. I thoroughly enjoyed it
My Deer Friend Nokotan - 8,50
What in the world was this...I have no idea, but I had a blast watching it. Slowed down a little towards the end of the season, but overall it was very hilarious.
Pseudo Harem - 8,25
A very cute show and very different from a normal rom-com as we really get a story after the confessions and high school. This anime was really just to show why Saori Hayami is the best voice actress out there and she absolutely nailed it. Didn't care for the MMC that much, but I grew to like him more in the end.
The Elusive Samurai - 8,25
What an interesting animation style from CloverWorks. Some of it looked really impressive and very unique. The anime started off really good, but to me it lost some steam towards the end. Still very enjoyable overall and I'm looking forward to more of the story.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword - 8,25
Another show that started off with a bang, but slowed down in the middle parts. The last few episodes were great again so I'll keep my eye on this as well. The animation was spectacular in the first few episodes, but I guess budget or something got in the way in the latter episodes as it wasn't as impressive.
Days With My Stepsister - 7,50
This was an anime where I got exactly what I expected. I understand the slow and subtle approach, but I got to say I ended up watching the last few episodes with 1.5x speed. The romance progression between our two main characters felt very forced and felt like the characters thought so too.
2.5 Dimensional Seduction - 7,25
Another one where I got exactly what was advertised. A budget version of My Dress-Up Darling. If I had to pick one anime this season that was a 2-cour season, this would've been at the bottom of my list, but here we are still getting episodes. (I decided to include it on the list anyway)
Spice & Wolf (2nd cour) - 6,75
This is my controversial rating for the season. I liked the first cour but holy hell the first arc of the second cour was one of the worst I've seen. For a show that really heavily relies on Holo, they did an arc where she's barely present. I was ready to drop the show, but I had one sick day with nothing to watch so I decided to catch up. I really don't like the Lawrence. I can't really put in the words what I dislike about him, but in the modern lingo the dude is just a huge L of a character. The latter arc in the cour was better, but I really didn't pay too much attention to it. Might not watch the second season, but we'll see when that comes out.
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