First review in weeks.
Yuna is a socially withdrawn teen who spends all day in virtual MMOs, when you have that much money and your parents live off that, there's no point in doing much else, until she is offered a gift of a bear suit that not only gives her OP powers but Isekais her to a new world, despite her bear suit looking like a pair of pajamas Yuna quickly establishes herself as a major adventurer and looks set to up end the whole order along with her heavy bank balance in tow.
So this goes under, you have all these crazy powers but you're wearing something ridiculous trope but Yuna is a character who quickly becomes endearing when you consider that she's very kind to children, has issues with nobles and has the power and influence to back it up, but also is a little selfish and defeats a Kraken just because she wants seafood or builds a tunnel just to access a seafood town, so when you get a rare glimpse of Yuna in a dress, it catches you off guard how young and normal she looks, I don't know why but female isekai protagonists are just easier to like than the males, she's also a girl boss that works well.
Dub should be fine but I imagine some subjects are played up for the audience more than the original, I can also see this dragging its heels if they decide to do more seasons, there's only so much you can see the same thing every episode.
Final Verdict: A charming little isekai that has a well rounded protagonist and one of the only girl bosses that work, after two seasons, I doubt it could hold its audience any longer, the content we did get is pretty solid.
Would you believe this is my fourth office rom-com anime.
Himuro, a descendant of a snow woman starts work at a trading company meeting the stoic, cool headed Fuyutsuki who he immediately falls in love with but his emotions comes with blizzards whenever he's nervous which comes with his character, navigating a full year of office work, Himuro and Fuyutsuki grow closer with the hope to be more than colleagues.
I wouldn't let the yokai characters bother you as it's just part of this anime's charm and doesn't seem to distract from the main romance, if anything the close friendship group consisting of a Phoenix and a Fox Spirit just makes the whole office environment more believable, what I like the most is these adults are alot closer to the current crop of 20-30 year olds working in the office environment, what they talk about and what their interests are very much matches real life office workers of the same generation, the dub of the anime makes it all the more believable, especially the voice of Fuyutsuki who not only matches her persona but makes her kind and pleasant to listen to, the whole anime feels next level grown up and I really appreciate it, it's a really well thought out rom-com.
Final Verdict: I cannot praise this series enough for really nailing mature grown up romances, especially with a character as beautifully portrayed as Fuyutsuki.
January just lets me finish anime.
Kokona joins the Sirius thratre troupe with her best friend Shizuka in order to become a World Dai Star, unique women with powers that can enhance their performances on stage, it's high drama and high emotions as each performance displays a breathtaking experience.
Not a new idea as Kaleido Star did it first but what this series does do that PuraOre didn't was actually spend a decent budget, each stage performance and insert song ups the animation quality making each performance pop on screen, it's arguably better at this than something like Aikatsu or the Pretty Series.
Another intriguing element is Kokona's power, it's outright implied that Shizuka was created using her power, they call it sense, meaning her power creates an acting coach, it's a surprising twist that's quite well executed.
No dub to speak, wouldn't work for a song heavy anime.
Final Verdict: A good all rounder with show stopping musical numbers and better understanding of how to use idol elements without making it an outright idol anime.
I wish this anime was as good as the picture.
A group of girls united by family friendship join the Nikko Dream Monkeys Ice Hockey team, learning to play and unite as a team, with one friend going away and a new friend learning the meaning of team work, Manaka and her friends set out to conquer the B League to join A League.
Taking cues from Haikyuu's idiot rookie and fallen pro dynamic mixed with idol anime elements makes for a series that doesn't know what it wants to be, as a sports title it's already stale by the fact that it's Ice Hockey without the core mechanic of body checking, I think it's lazy animators more than anything, this is why alot of the anime takes place off the ice rink, then there's the unneeded idol anime element which has no room to develop either.
It all reeks of a still born franchise with nothing really to offer, Ice Hockey is hardly a big sport in Japan as it is, and the idol genre has more than enough representation, but I suppose we have to tick off all the sports that cute anime girls play.
Dub likely not good, but have not seen it.
Final Verdict: It's clear that there was an intention of making it a quick sell idol sports hybrid but they not only chose the wrong sport, there are already more than enough idol anime that there is no room for more.
I couldn't become a hero so I reluctantly got a job.
The defeat of the Demon King has brought about a new age of convenience as rapid advancement in magical technology has created a world that needs modern appliances, former Hero Raul Chaser with nothing left to do, becomes an appliance store worker at Leon, his mundane life is changed when Fino Bloodstone, the daughter of the former Demon King becomes a worker for Leon stores, not able to shake off bad habits, Raul trains Fino to be a fine worker, but rival stores and former heroes aim to disrupt the peace.
I guess this series hasn't heard of Devil is a Part Timer before, I initially wrote this off as fan service trash and while it does indulge alot in that, particularly early on, it does shake out a reasonable plot, it helps that the setting brings up more intrigue than questions as this is the first time we've really seen this plot in a fantasy anime and the ramifications of what defeating the demon lord means in this world, a little better than I was expecting, hardly a diamond in the rough but a reasonably shiny Zirconium instead.
No dub as it would be annoying.
Final Verdict: A welcome surprise from a series that could have easily been left in the bin of forgotten anime, it's at least watchable.
