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L'Imperatore



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:16 am Reply with quote
A brief glance at Momochi House's key visual (and premise) kinda reminds me of Kamisama Kiss...
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:20 am Reply with quote
L'Imperatore wrote:
A brief glance at Momochi House's key visual (and premise) kinda reminds me of Kamisama Kiss...


That's not a bad comparison, although this one deals more with ayakashi/yokai than gods.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:54 am Reply with quote
I feel like Fluffy Paradise is intentionally trying to disarm us with the cute premise and cute animals. But there are some very dark undertones here spoiler[from the god considering wiping out humanity with a perfectly normal smile to the OP that showed a surprising number of dead and injured animals and beastmen, and then there's the whole summoning animals just to fight them for a school spectacle.] I gave it 3 stars, but I think there's a lot more potential here, I just hopes it pays off.

(edit: additional thought) spoiler[Her being reincarnated into a wealthy family may not have been a bad idea. If she was born into a poor family (ala Ascendance of a Bookworm) it would have been easier to see the worst in humanity and rule against it. But by being reborn a noble she has a chance of actually forcing change. Going back to the OP, we do see her family fighting side by side with beastmen. So maybe the god actually knew what he was doing and wanted someone unbiased to turn things around.]

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redvelvetdoll



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:35 am Reply with quote
Oof the Momochi House reception here and elsewhere... rough

I've only read the first 4 or 5 volumes because my local library had it so I'm not a super fan or anything. I'm mostly just really happy that there's several adaptations of beloved shoujo manga this season and next so I'm willing to overlook most flaws Anime cry
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SHD



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:22 am Reply with quote
redvelvetdoll wrote:
Oof the Momochi House reception here and elsewhere... rough

I've only read the first 4 or 5 volumes because my local library had it so I'm not a super fan or anything. I'm mostly just really happy that there's several adaptations of beloved shoujo manga this season and next so I'm willing to overlook most flaws Anime cry

I'm not sure how beloved this one is... Sure it's got to do reasonably well to get an anime, but I've never heard of it before.

As for flaws, though, I'd rather have something flawed* (in a non-terrible way) but interesting instead of the same-old, same-old. No offense to those who enjoy these sort of stories, I'm sure they're very happy about these adaptations, but there's just so much shoujo manga out there, so much variation, so much diversity in style and content, and it's really grating on me how we only get anime adaptations of works of certain genres, and not even the ones that do anything interesting with genre conventions. :/ I'm sure they're just trying to avoid taking risks, and I'm sure fans of these genres are happy, but to me it's so disappointing. I wish there were more adaptations of dark fantasy, sci-fi, etc... adapting something like Rose King shouldn't be a one-in-a-decade thing! (And then even that adaptation ended up being disappointing. It was worse than bad: it was bland and lifeless.)
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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:41 am Reply with quote
Solo leveling is super weird.
It hardly goes to the bad places some reviewers were expecting it to. It actually takes a very boring concept ,literally it's name, and makes an a time out of it, it feels fresh because almost nobody else does that...because of how boring that is. But it does the thing in a relatively entertaining way.

And this is talking about the comic, the anime can improve or worse. The experience, for better or worse this season is super weak, so I will be watching it as the only show I will watch this season.
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redvelvetdoll



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:43 am Reply with quote
SHD wrote:
redvelvetdoll wrote:
Oof the Momochi House reception here and elsewhere... rough

I've only read the first 4 or 5 volumes because my local library had it so I'm not a super fan or anything. I'm mostly just really happy that there's several adaptations of beloved shoujo manga this season and next so I'm willing to overlook most flaws Anime cry

I'm not sure how beloved this one is... Sure it's got to do reasonably well to get an anime, but I've never heard of it before.


It's definitely not as beloved as A Sign of Affection and the upcoming A Condition Called Love, but its well-regarded in terms of the small community of English Readers Who Follow Every Viz Shojo Beat Release.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:51 am Reply with quote
So Ishura is on Hulu in the US. It certainly doesn't pull any punches on the graphic violence and gore. 3.5 Stars for me since the story hasn't really gotten going and it relies super heavily on obvious CGI. Pretty cool fight scene and there's definitely a lot of world building to come.

Unfortunately it uses closed captions instead of proper subtitles. Sad

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Saeryen



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:23 pm Reply with quote
This season I am watching:

The Demon Prince of Momochi House
Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp
Fluffy Paradise
A Sign of Affection
Wonderful Pretty Cure!


Of these, Demon Prince and PreCure are the ones I’m looking forward to the most. The former’s manga is one of my favorites. I also enjoyed the manhwa for Doctor Elise quite a bit, and I think it’s a shame that the watch party hosts weren’t so enthusiastic about it (it’s really good!). I’ve already seen episode 1 of Fluffy Paradise and it’s adorable so far, I love Neema and Lars!
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ab2143



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:34 pm Reply with quote
Will anyone be reviewing Pokémon concierge?
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killjoy_the



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:12 pm Reply with quote
Is it fair to assume there won't be one for Tomozaki-kun? I don't remember if anyone from the team finished the first season
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smurky turkey



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:20 pm Reply with quote
You know, seeing Fluffy Paradise made me question (not for the first time either) just how common death due to overwork is in Japan. If I believe all the isekai anime that have it at the start, then it is a miracle that there is still a working population left at all.
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Andrew Cunningham



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:21 pm Reply with quote
I'm a big fan of the Ishura novels, and I was definitely worried it was one of those series where everything that makes it great comes from the novelistic density, and it would feel was less compelling animated.

I can't say that fear was entirely eliminated, but hopefully enough of the appeal got through that people will start actually reading the books (which seem to have been neglected in English.)

Still, I dunno how you look at the end of chapter character intro and decide to just run a clip show under a stodgy narrator voice. Make those words slam onto the screen like Akudama Drive did!
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Hal14



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:28 pm Reply with quote
Andrew Cunningham wrote:

Still, I dunno how you look at the end of chapter character intro and decide to just run a clip show under a stodgy narrator voice. Make those words slam onto the screen like Akudama Drive did!


Yeah that part made this feel like a Gacha game adaptation advertising it's heroes. There had to have been a better way of doing it
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Thespacemaster



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:42 pm Reply with quote
Sometime i wonder if Ecchi titles can truly ever get a fair review as can u critisize a show in terms of story, characters, direction and artstyle if the main foucs is the ecchiness in the first place? im talking about Ghusiing over MAgical girls but im also talking about these types of shows in general.

A lot of people go in reviewing a show like this with disdain or harsh critcism but if the story in question is providing exactly what it was intending, shouldn't the point of the review is focusing on reviewing if does correctly what it sets out to be done? instead of all this harsh tone?
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