Finishing off the season, 1 of 2
Apart from Isekai Prime, the only shows I’m watching that aren’t ending this weekend are the ones that continue into next season. Next week will be stuffed with new shows, most of which I won’t bother with.
Literal Dream Girl Elf Waifu, fin
Lips! Houston, we have lip-lock!
Honestly, I figured that’d be at least two seasons away. Anyway, all that setup for a dungeon crawl in the other world will have to wait for a future season, if any, because the big finish is Our Confirmed Couple holding hands as they walk off into the Tokyo sunset.
Verdict: best fluff of the season.
(I prompted Stable Diffusion to draw something that would give Our Sleepy Hero a nosebleed)
The Apothecary Diaries 2, episode 12
WARNING: the payoff is a true ROFLMAO moment; okay, several of them. Next week, bathing beauties.
Next week also officially starts the second cour, and the preview trailer confirms that the OP/ED music continues its downhill slide. Also, that the Shisui is about to hit the fan.
(not Shisui, obviously, but she is in next week's bath scene)
Hammer Of The Guild Gal, fin
After 15 minutes of talk-fighting the big boss, ass-pulling new abilities, and pretending that having their internal organs pulverized is just a flesh wound, Our Heroic Receptionist And Friends win the day and switch back to wacky hijinks, whipping that lash one last time.
Fully aware that they’re never getting another season, the writers wrap everything up while hoping you forget about things like Junior Receptionist dropping an ominous line implying she Knows Things She Shouldn’t. (spoiler: she knows pretty much everything)
Verdict: calling this show “uneven” really really understates what a mess it was. They even went so far as to give us the show’s one-and-only panty shot during the final battle, with Legal-Loli Healer flipping her skirt while being punched into the air so hard she should have been a thin smear on the wall.
Delusional Space Virgin, episodes 1-2
(aka “I’m The Evil Lord Of An Intergalactic Empire”)
Turns out Crunchyroll quietly streamed the first two episodes on Tuesday, with the third coming out Saturday. I guess they want to get it over with quickly.
Episode one flashes forward to show some of our never-gonna-be-a-harem gals chatting with our hero while he casually slaughters a space armada, pretending that he’s an evil warlord attacking innocents. Then it cuts to a flashback of his life going to shit, with him losing his wife, kid, job, money, health, and eventually life before meeting up with a reincarnation guide who offers him a better life in another world.
Naturally The Guide is lying, something that’s immediately obvious to the viewer even without casting Koyasu for his voice. Speaking of high-budget voices, also in the cast are Solo Leveling’s Second-Best-Girl as Robomaid, Bodacious Space Pirates’ Captain Marika as Lovestruck Blonde Mech Knight, and SAO’s Double-Lovestruck Sister/Cousin as Red-Underrim-Wearing Sales Engineer.
Episode 2 continues his origin story, expositing its way through a crapton of setup. Note that Blondie’s attack on a pirate fleet is either contemporary with L’il Villain’s new-world origin or a flashback, completely separate from the first episode’s flashforward where she looks the same age. Way to keep the timeline clear, eh?
(maid is unrelated, organic)
Unrelated, Grubhub sucks
You can get a nice discount if you have Amazon Prime (they’re part-owner these days), but it always defaults to non-contact delivery like it’s permanent Covid season, and drivers don’t even notice when you change it to “deliver like a normal person”. As a test, I added a delivery note: “additional tip for delivering to me directly”. I watched through the door as the driver set my food on the ground; that cost him $5.
Also, the restaurant sent the wrong dessert, so I won’t order from them again anyway. Also also, in theory I had a 35% discount, but the clear instructions in the email were rejected by the web site. Pretty sure they only tested clicking the link from smartphone email and opening the app, despite claiming other methods would work.
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