Fight week
Loner Harem, episode 8
What could possibly go wrong with allowing Our Loner Hero to acquire a “pheromone ring”? The question is mooted, however, when his extremely high luck sends him straight to the bottom of the dungeon to battle a Level 100 lich. Continued next week.
Verdict: they kinda cheated on the intro, but with only four weeks to go, they really need to bring in the last major character of the season.
(Leafa-chan is unrelated and not the least bit skeletal)
Poorly Conceived Dragon Harem, episode 7
Badly-staged full-episode battle with shouty scenery-chewing villains and long chatty lulls in the action, off-character art by the B team, melodramatic to-be-continued with surprise guest entrance, and a sexy new monster gal who doesn’t even move, let alone gainax. Oh, and they clumsily foreshadowed that Haremette #2 is more than human.
Verdict: is everyone in this world blind and stupid, not to have even one word to say about Dolan casually swatting down two demon generals while tanking a fallen god? We’re way beyond OP now. There’d better be a bath scene next week with The Goddess Of Skimpy Lingerie (who still hasn’t shown up yet), or I’m quitting. Also, was the fallen god’s line about another Dolan meant to imply that his human parents just happened to pick his original dragon name when he was born? Seriously?
(unrelated dragon gal is better than anything in this show)
Cosplay Harem, episode 20
The Power Of Friendship, Heatstroke, and A Training Montage. And a few LoL moments, including one that sets up Team Liliel’s day-two comeback. Next week, Dad?
Verdict: with all the brutal humid heat and sweating, you might think sexy cosplay outfits would become sticky and translucent, but you’d be watching a different show.
Magical Working Girls, episode 7
Our Collaborating Cuties are way out of their league, and as Cuddly Noob starts to panic, Cool Beauty smiles through the pain and calms her down just in time for the cavalry to arrive. In the form of Our Emotionless Super Pro, who handles the mutated monster so effortlessly that it triggers a quickly-resolved crisis of confidence.
Verdict: it’s a good thing that the monsters aren’t terribly aggressive, giving Our Heroines plenty of time to talk things over while they work. Bonus points for giving Robo-Pro a bluntly practical tech-wand.
GGO2, episode 7
This week, Our Psychotic Betrayer betrays the Betrayers, and if you didn’t see that coming, you weren’t paying attention. Although as much of a letdown as this season has been, you’re forgiven for not following it closely.
Verdict: with all the issues this sequel has, what’s the #1 thing they’re doing wrong? Not showing the actual people interacting. After only a brief real-world intro, it’s taking place entirely in the game, throwing away most of the character-building from the first season.
January: Isekai Slow Life With Amazon Prime And Catgirls
Jungle-cat girls, even, plus a busty blonde and a loli. One of the catgirls shares her voice with Bilac (and many other characters I’ve liked), the other has an extensive career in shows I never watched, and the busty blonde has previously adventured as Maple and Lammis (and also had lead roles in Iroduku, Zombie Land Saga, Wandering Witch, etc). Our Shopping Hero’s voice is instantly recognizable, since he basically has only one, and even the loli has street cred as Endro’s Mao-chan-sensei, so they’re hiring some actual talent for what looks on the surface like yet-another-cheat-isekai.
The Wrong Stuff
I ordered 5 boxes of 44 Special to feed to my GP-100. I received 5 boxes of 44 Magnum, which I can only feed to my T/C Contender, one at a time. Fortunately the seller promptly sent me an RMA number and return shipping label.
Meanwhile, in the Phillipines…
The “U.S. Post” texted me from Manila about a delayed package. Uh-huh, suuuuure they did.
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