If you haven’t seen it yet check out Fune Wo Amu (The Great Passage). That was the first show I thought of after watching Journal with Witch. Also the Working Series by PA.Works.

Didn’t know about Wonder Egg Priority, I’ll check it out but the subject matter probably too dark for me though.

Just don’t. Or at least don’t say afterward that I told you to do it. The show started so incredible good. Up to episode 4 or so I thought that it was an instant classic, and then it crashed harder than Ayrton Senna.

Journal with Witch. It’s an exceptional josei series so far (after 2 episodes) and if it keeps that level, I would give it at least a 9/10. Would be a 10/10 if I hadn’t the rule that there can only be 10 in total of them and I’m not sure if it’s good enough to bump another one down to a 9. Let’s wait and see how it goes in the end. I thought Wonder Egg Priority was a potential 10/10 as well and we all know how that did go.

To me there is just something about good, likable characters going about their daily and mundane lives. It’s like how I thoroughly enjoyed “The Aquatope on White Sand” even though it’s a show about working in an aquarium. Not exactly something I would come up immediately when I think about what an anime should be about.

The same is true here. A cleaning service is not the most heart-pumping of settings but MC is giving her all to her job and I can’t help myself enjoying this a lot more than 90% of the other shows airing this season. I would say give it a try if you liked the PA-Works Working Series.

Another great episode.

Would you say that this works better in the LN or the anime?

For example I like the Konosuba anime a lot better than the light novel since the humor hits a lot better. And I could imagine that the Tsukimichi pacing would also work better in an animated format.

Cute first episode. Since the “getting together” is already out of the way, I hope it will be like Ore Monogatari! and not rely on relationship drama to fill the remaining episodes.

Okay, I see what you mean. They don’t make the cut to what I consider “fan-serivce” so I was confused what you meant. Personally, I don’t see any problem at that level and haven’t been distracted from the narrative.

That cleavage picture, for example, is from the POV of the boy and shows why he might be flustered talking with the girl. It’s part of the narrative and has a place. It’s not just there as eye-candy for the viewer.

At least that’s my take.

This was the second series I liked this season. I greatly enjoy those comfy “working adult” type shows. Especially if it stays so drama-free.

fanservicey

when?

I wonder if it’s just a child’s idea of an adult thing or her mother’s influence.

I would like to know what type of person her father was. Since the idea of what an adult is supposed to be is mostly informed by a child’s parents, I wonder if he was as straight-laced as her mother or if he was a counterbalance to her strict character. But looking at how stuepefied she is seeing Makio and Nana, I expect both her parents were very strict.

I’m not sure when I dropped that series. I remember a scene where the neighboring town/city did a witchhunt against one of the little girls (IIRC) and that’s when I dropped it. I’m sure MC would have swooped in in the end and saved the girl, but I didn’t want to read that shit leading up to the rescue.

Maybe I’ll pick it up again when I feel a bit more resillient.

I swear to Myne, when there is another Min-Maxing My TRPG Build without Margit, I’m running amok.

<My Magical Career at Court: Living the Dream After My Nightmare Boss Fired Me from the Mages’ Guild!> Volumes 4,5,6 - more of the same. Not bad, not good either. Perfectly average. Thanos would be a fan.

<Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy - Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dochu> Volume 01 - After all the positive word of mouth piqued my interest, I tried the first volume of this series as well. I see some strange pacing, and it feels more like a gag reel that is only very loosely tied together by plot. The “filler” is missing. For example, MC is in a mortal fight against a goss level spider and gets knocked out. He wakes up and suddenly he has another follower contract, and the spider is now a girl. He ponders that for all of two sentences before just accepting this as the new normal and switching to the next gag scene where they now do some boke and tsukkomi routine as if they knew each other for years and not just 5 minutes.

<Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement> Volumes 8,9 - Both volumes are just regular FUNA doing FUNA things. I feel a bit disappointed in volume 9 since someone close to MC gets stabbed and MC has all that inner monologue about how the kid gloves come off and that she doesn’t care how many get hurt for her revenge, etc., and then she goes out of her way to ensure that in her great revenge, no one gets killed. It’s perfectly in character that MC doesn’t want to kill anyone, but lose the several-page-long spiel about how she will go scorched-earth on the villains.

Exceptional. I didn’t expect anything good for my taste this season apart from Frieren, but these 2 episodes so far make me think that this will be my AOTS.

sigh…

Okay. The stupid setup is out of the way now. The fun can begin. Only problem is that they have spent maybe all of 3 frames in the OP for best girl, so I keep my expectations low.

Check out the LN though. It’s good fun.

Abducted Princess - Volume 1

This is how I feel when I remember that there is only 1 volume:

I will take an MC that knows he is hot shit over a bland, boring MC any day.

While I agree in general, I still found this MC to be unlikable. Where are the good rom-com MC’s of seasons past? Where are the Ryūjis (toradora), Houtarous(Hyouka), Yuutas (Chu2Koi), Hachimans (oregairu), etc?

It’s super cute, and Doux is adorable as can be, but the humor doesn’t really hit for me. I’m not sure if “adorable” is enough to keep me interested enough to keep watching over the entire season.