There's something about a war!
Tearmoon, episode 6
Our Rival Princes are very lucky that Our Outstanding Retainer came equipped with a spider-sense, as well as the ability to politely strong-arm Our Over-Ambitious Young Ladies into making food that’s edible and at the proper scale. Special points to Our Adorkable Maid for managing to out-clueless her mistress about what was wrong with the giant horse bread.
On that note, while it was nice to see Mia accidentally get Abel to conquer his insecurities, I really wish Yoshitsugu Matsuoka was able to vary his performances at least a little, so that he didn’t sound like every other boy hero he’s voiced. Every time he opens his mouth, I wonder why Bell is cheating on Hestia, Kirito is cheating on Asuna, and Masamune is cheating on Eromanga-sensei.
While I’m whining, I’d like to say that “desu wa” makes a terrible catchphrase, especially when embedded into a major earworm of an OP song.
Verdict: …and yet I keep watching the OP rather than hitting the skip button…
Potion Loli, episode 6
Fun fact: an army of 20,000 men only needs about six wagons worth of supplies for an extended march through enemy territory. It also looks remarkably like an army of 20 men. With no sentries or scouts. Things go downhill from there.
Verdict: everything that happened in this episode killed brain cells by the dozen. Bye now!
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 6
Thank heaven for little girls… who like poison. And recognize allergic reactions and the type of people who deliberately trigger them.
Verdict: “did you like the soup?”
Rerun’s Special Magic, episode 6
Perhaps the Blue Moon Party should stop recruiting members based on
their unique hairstyles. Just sayin’. Meanwhile, Our Reformed Twintail
is gaily gleeful about Our Gay Bunnyboy’s gay crush, while forgetting
entirely about her desire to figure out Our Foreknowing Hero’s smug
secret. Our Bushy-Eyebrowed Valkyrie throws down the thigh-high
stockings gauntlet and announces that she will not underestimate the
rival she’s still underestimating.
Verdict: it looks like they’re restricting the tournament to two episodes, the first of which is nearly all setup. Good.
Next season possibles?
Frieren and The Apothecary Diaries are both carrying over, which will automatically make it one of the best seasons we’ve had for a while. Other than those, I’m not too excited about most of what’s been announced so far.
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Solo Leveling - the promos are currently focusing on the unleveled version of Our Hero, so I have no idea how they’re going to pace this, or how many episodes they’re making.
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McPharmacist and Waifu 2 - Red and Rit return, but after the first season chopped the story to bits to race to a stopping point, can they paste it back together? There should be decent eye candy, but the only reason I’ll give it a chance is for Best Assassin Tisse and Best Spider Mr. Crawly-Wawly.
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Dungeon Meshi (“Delicious In Dungeon”) - dungeon-delving food porn, which is a fairly lightweight premise, but not only have they committed to 24 episodes, they’re serious enough to hire Bump Of Chicken for the OP song. Of the core cast, the one with the highest recent profile is probably blonde elf Marcille, whose voice will be familiar to anyone fond of a certain overpowered slime’s favorite shrine maiden, but the most naggingly familiar voice will be the dwarf Senshi, who’s been in basically everything since The Legend Of The Galactic Heroes in 1988.
Book cover FAIL
A common problem on Amazon is Kindle books whose covers are incoherent at thumbnail size. Choices in fonts, color, and pictures often lead to the elements getting mushed together in ways that make them difficult to distinguish. This one, however, surprised me in a new way:
At full size, the title is easy to read, but as a thumbnail, at first I thought it was called “The Villainess ASS-Rank Adventurer”, which made perfect sense for the genre.
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