It’s going to be such a hard choice for Yuuki when this all comes to a head. I was sitting there trying to figure out what I would do in his position, and I couldn’t really decide. On one end, your sister that you thought was lost is back, with a bunch of people who look like they got put in a bad situation through no fault of their own. On the other end, all of humanity, plus your newly found “family” that you’ve become a part of. However, the fact that I care this much means that this silly little ecchi show has done a good job with the story.

You know what would make this story a lot easier to understand? Arguments between lifelong bureaucrats about finer points of jurisdiction, committees, and escalating complaints.

I almost spit out my drink at this comment. Too true. Let’s spend valuable time with this rather than something that moves the story along or explains things

Have we met Jill before? If we did, I don’t remember it. Rouge seems to know who they are, so let’s roll with it…

I was thinking she was on the land crawler trip on Mars but could be entirely wrong. Too lazy to go look, but I had the same attitude as you “Well she’s here now, and Rouge remembers her, so I guess that’s fine”

My impressions at this point are that rather than starting to wrap things up and move to a conclusion in episode 7, they’re adding in more and more plot threads that they’ll have to resolve in the next 5 episodes. Still having a good time though.

This show is much better than it has any right to be. Really glad I picked this up.

You pretty much summed up my exact thoughts on this show. It’s really pretty to watch, and I’m having fun, but each episode I get more and more confused.

Is anyone else getting possible demon lord vibes from Patrick? There was a lot of focus this episode on him being so impressed with Yumiella being open and owning the “bad” things about herself, and how he went to great pains to hide his own flaws. IIRC the game didn’t really focus on Yumiella too much, so maybe the two of them teamed up/why she was the hidden boss. Just something that occurred to me while watching.

Is this going to be an actual show at some point? They seem to be doing a ton of laying things out and setting things up, and I think it’d be a fun show.

From your list, I really enjoyed I’m in Love with the Villainess, Sacrificial Princess, Magical Revolution, and Buddy Daddies. Zom100, Overtake, and Yuri is My Job were on the decent tier. I didn’t watch Pluto or Ooku, so can’t comment on those. However, Helk was really the one show that I tried so hard to like, but it just couldn’t fully get there. I really enjoyed the beginning few episodes, and even the whole flashback arc that a lot of people despised. But after the flashbacks were over, it seemed like they lost their way and tried to do too much and be too many different things. The whole reason the bad guys did everything didn’t make any sense (who is farming or making food or providing services in this kingdom?) but I did appreciate the underlying positive message. Maybe now that they’ve set everything else up, a S2 would be more consistent. I’ll still give it a chance if they make more.

For me, my favorite 10 shows this year are probably (in no particular order)

Heavenly Delusion

Tomo Chan is a Girl

Ruroni Kenshin

Apothecary Diary

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

Dark Gathering

100 girlfriends Who Really Love You

Undead Girl Murder Farce

Sacrificial Princess

Hell’s Paradise

Frieren is still running, otherwise it’d be on here too. Undead Unluck was a serious contender too. That show is a lot of fun.

Picked up right where S1 ended and hit the ground running. It took me a bit to remember who was who, but glad this one is bad.

I have no idea how Frieren and Apothecary Diaries have fallen. They’re so good! Ragna Crimson is ok, but not better than either of those two. JJK chugging along I can see, but I always feel guilty watching it because of all the drama with the attempted NDAs and conditions for the animators.

After-School Hanako-kun (Hōkago Shōnen Hanako-kun) spinoff manga will get a four-episode sequel in fall 2024.

Nice! I was confused when no episode 5 showed up since there wasn’t really any sign that the season was over. I really enjoyed the bite sized episodes and feel it might work a bit better.

Finally a story focused episode. Seems like most of this season has been filler or side story stuff. Also, having this arc be Yor focused is great, as she has felt a lot like an afterthought for a while

Are they trying to set up the Prince as a foil for Hawke? Going the handsome manly-man vs the nerdy intellectual that can keep up with her?

Still really enjoying this show every week, and excited to see how this current arc ends.

This was a really nice episode. Lady Black really redeemed herself after the terrible showing last time. She really puts the Tsun in Tsundere for sure, but underneath she’s got a big and strong heart. I guess you would need to for healing powers. Also the calligraphy part was very neat, and I liked how she had to earn the “Ah ha!” moment.

I have discovered that I really enjoy these historical-type shows. Ruroni Kenshin, Raven of the Inner Palace, Appare-Ranman have all been really enjoyable.

I like how things all make sense, there’s not really any suspension of disbelief needed with this show. Maomao is just super bright and skilled, and knows her stuff.

This show is so good. I am glad I gave it a chance, as it’s one of my favorites. These past couple of episodes have been bonkers!

I dig the concept, but i think they are written into a corner at some point. He can’t keep killing the same stuff, so he has to keep going after bigger and bigger stuff or he dies. What happens when you kill the biggest/baddest monster? “uh oh, i just killed a god. what do i kill now so I don’t starve and go on a rampage?”

I think my favorite thing about this show is that they didn’t go full “I’m gonna change my ways and be nice to everyone to fix my future” like a lot of shows would. She’s still the same selfish character (for the most part) and isn’t doing her good deeds out of any sense of altruism. Rather she’s trying to help herself, and in the process is righting wrongs that she still is mostly unaware of.

With GirlfriendxGirlfriend S2 running this season, I was prepared to not really like this show. However, this has really become one of my favorites this season. I hope they can keep it up as they introduce more and more girls into the mix. I think he’s a madman with 2, and adding a 3rd is really crazy, but the girls all compliment each other so well. Really enjoying this a lot.

We got jebaited - man, they set us up perfectly, and then played a wild card. I’m actually kind of pleased they did this, as I’m interested in seeing where this goes.

Still loving this show. Kind of a down episode, but you need a little break after how intense the last couple were. Plus, I’m assuming the next arc is going to go hard too.