Well, crap. I was making a list of stuff that looks fun in the new season since most shows have 3-4 eps out at this point, but VLC crashed and due to still running off a live boot USB that means my usual form history extension history was erased as well as what I was working ov. Short version then, kiss marry kill anime edition:
* 7th Time Loop: interesting characters and some beautiful animation, esp. the dance scene in ep3. Marry.
* Hidden Boss Villainess Lv99: rtpical magic academy otome game insert stuff, but I like the kuudere MC so will watch even if it's probably not a keeper. Kiss, maybe marry depending on how the season plays out.
* Wrong way to use Healing Magic: typical issekai setup, but the healer mentor is another of my favorite archetypes, The Healer Who Has No Time For Your Bullshit. Kiss.
* Delicious in Dungeon: already love the manga, but again probably don't need to keep it after watching, so kiss.
* Monthly Delusion Magazine: The frou-frou dog is cute I guess? I was hoping for a Master of Mosquiton (OVA) -like wierd science/supernatural roaring 20s style romp, but the characters are annoying, the creature designs are kiddie show stuff, the BG and period stuff is at best sorta present, and the music (what there is of it) is entirely modern anime filler crap, with a shouting-over-rock-rap OP theme compared to Mosqy's period appropriate saxy jazz. Kill with extreme prejudice. Except the dog, the dog can stay. Good pupper.
* Princess, It's Torture Time: betraying your world to the demon king's army for food porn and video games... too childish and meta for me. Kill.
* Issekai Hot Spring Paradise: half length episodes and an entire series based on the stereotypical fanservice filler material. Kill.
* Ishura: Minimal plot, just a buhnc of charaacter introductions for what looks like a tournament for the mid/late series. Also, hella gore, with all the edge (and splashing blood) of Kingdoms of Ruin plus more dangling guts and so on. Like, for the first few minutes of ep1 you'd think it's a pseudomedivial magic academy yuri anime, then one of the girls gets in front of the other and the entire city is left in flames and ruin just to introduce... well, first issekai dude so probably the character the audience is expected to root for. Doesn't have the stylistic twists I mentioned for KoR either, though the animation is mostly better, if obviously hybrid 2D/3D. Borderline, but in the name of saner watch time, kill.
* The Villain's Day Off: I always wanted a more expanded version of those episodes where one of the Dark Generals explores the human world and finds various delicious foods and cute critters. Now I have it. Marry.
* Metallic Rouge: The only beats this doesn't lift directly from Blade Runner are by way of Bubblegum Crisis or Armitage III. Marry.
* Strongest Tank's Labrynth Raids: basically I Don't Eant To Get Hurt So I'll Put All My Points In Defense, except with a big buff guy instead of Maple, and actually living in a pseudo-medieval kitchen sink world instead of an MMO. An inoffensive way to spend time, but Kiss at best, might Kill later if it stays as slow as the first few episodes.
* The Weakest Tamer Leaves on a Journey to Pick Up Trash: no-System Issekai with barely-there past life memories and the opposite of a cheat skill, but the MC is interesting and the technical quality is mostly good, with just a few odd choices for ADR sound effects here and there. Note, almost the entire third episode is MC having a flashback to her past that turns into a nightmare of having been caught instead of escaping in ep1, and the show runners want to really make you hate her father and former villagers, so you can and possibly should skip to the 20min mark if you don't feel you need those details. It doesn't feel like any of them are anything the previous glimpses didn't show the critical features of, just explicitly being told on camera. Despite that warniong, most of the other episodes' runtime is "cute girl doing wilderness survival cutely" with a side order of overcoming despair to find her own way. Kiss.
* My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered (Sokushi Cheat): Finally, an issekai anime for the edgelord chuunis who want to believe that only their will restrains an instant death ability! Aside from all the interesting character designs that show up for a few seconds to a minute and then flop over dead, there's nothing really objectionable here, and it even includes some more technological elements to stave off the endless flood of pseudo-medieval fantasy. Kiss.
* Solo Leveling: In reverse issekai, dungeon comes to you! This one's kinda edgy and gore heavy too, but Kiss for now.
* Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern: Finally, some good old fashioned super-robot shenanigans to round things out! Though MC-kun's history and the world in general have a muich more Real Robots background, so he's like "What the heck is this music playing?!" instead of just rolling with it like your typical Ordinary Teenager protagonist. Kiss at least, possibly Marry if the glimpsed flight mode transformation is at least half decent.
Of course, there are many more anime coming out this season, these are just the ones (and just the new ones, not even second seasons or continuing long seasons) I thought sounded interesting to give my standard "three episodes to not suck" trial. What are you watching? Do you agree or disagree with my picks?
* 7th Time Loop: interesting characters and some beautiful animation, esp. the dance scene in ep3. Marry.
* Hidden Boss Villainess Lv99: rtpical magic academy otome game insert stuff, but I like the kuudere MC so will watch even if it's probably not a keeper. Kiss, maybe marry depending on how the season plays out.
* Wrong way to use Healing Magic: typical issekai setup, but the healer mentor is another of my favorite archetypes, The Healer Who Has No Time For Your Bullshit. Kiss.
* Delicious in Dungeon: already love the manga, but again probably don't need to keep it after watching, so kiss.
* Monthly Delusion Magazine: The frou-frou dog is cute I guess? I was hoping for a Master of Mosquiton (OVA) -like wierd science/supernatural roaring 20s style romp, but the characters are annoying, the creature designs are kiddie show stuff, the BG and period stuff is at best sorta present, and the music (what there is of it) is entirely modern anime filler crap, with a shouting-over-rock-rap OP theme compared to Mosqy's period appropriate saxy jazz. Kill with extreme prejudice. Except the dog, the dog can stay. Good pupper.
* Princess, It's Torture Time: betraying your world to the demon king's army for food porn and video games... too childish and meta for me. Kill.
* Issekai Hot Spring Paradise: half length episodes and an entire series based on the stereotypical fanservice filler material. Kill.
* Ishura: Minimal plot, just a buhnc of charaacter introductions for what looks like a tournament for the mid/late series. Also, hella gore, with all the edge (and splashing blood) of Kingdoms of Ruin plus more dangling guts and so on. Like, for the first few minutes of ep1 you'd think it's a pseudomedivial magic academy yuri anime, then one of the girls gets in front of the other and the entire city is left in flames and ruin just to introduce... well, first issekai dude so probably the character the audience is expected to root for. Doesn't have the stylistic twists I mentioned for KoR either, though the animation is mostly better, if obviously hybrid 2D/3D. Borderline, but in the name of saner watch time, kill.
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Spoiler* The Villain's Day Off: I always wanted a more expanded version of those episodes where one of the Dark Generals explores the human world and finds various delicious foods and cute critters. Now I have it. Marry.
* Metallic Rouge: The only beats this doesn't lift directly from Blade Runner are by way of Bubblegum Crisis or Armitage III. Marry.
* Strongest Tank's Labrynth Raids: basically I Don't Eant To Get Hurt So I'll Put All My Points In Defense, except with a big buff guy instead of Maple, and actually living in a pseudo-medieval kitchen sink world instead of an MMO. An inoffensive way to spend time, but Kiss at best, might Kill later if it stays as slow as the first few episodes.
* The Weakest Tamer Leaves on a Journey to Pick Up Trash: no-System Issekai with barely-there past life memories and the opposite of a cheat skill, but the MC is interesting and the technical quality is mostly good, with just a few odd choices for ADR sound effects here and there. Note, almost the entire third episode is MC having a flashback to her past that turns into a nightmare of having been caught instead of escaping in ep1, and the show runners want to really make you hate her father and former villagers, so you can and possibly should skip to the 20min mark if you don't feel you need those details. It doesn't feel like any of them are anything the previous glimpses didn't show the critical features of, just explicitly being told on camera. Despite that warniong, most of the other episodes' runtime is "cute girl doing wilderness survival cutely" with a side order of overcoming despair to find her own way. Kiss.
* My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered (Sokushi Cheat): Finally, an issekai anime for the edgelord chuunis who want to believe that only their will restrains an instant death ability! Aside from all the interesting character designs that show up for a few seconds to a minute and then flop over dead, there's nothing really objectionable here, and it even includes some more technological elements to stave off the endless flood of pseudo-medieval fantasy. Kiss.
* Solo Leveling: In reverse issekai, dungeon comes to you! This one's kinda edgy and gore heavy too, but Kiss for now.
* Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern: Finally, some good old fashioned super-robot shenanigans to round things out! Though MC-kun's history and the world in general have a muich more Real Robots background, so he's like "What the heck is this music playing?!" instead of just rolling with it like your typical Ordinary Teenager protagonist. Kiss at least, possibly Marry if the glimpsed flight mode transformation is at least half decent.
Of course, there are many more anime coming out this season, these are just the ones (and just the new ones, not even second seasons or continuing long seasons) I thought sounded interesting to give my standard "three episodes to not suck" trial. What are you watching? Do you agree or disagree with my picks?
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