A note about the rest of the season. I won’t cover it.

I am burned out writing about shows that aren't worth writing about. Even the beautiful-looking epics Ooyokiumi no Kami and Hikari no Ou, the only shows worth watching this season, don't thrill me enough. When I write my comments about a show, usually just after I watch, if I notice that I'm just doing plot …

8s, 9s and a 10: Kaina, Hikari, Benriya, Ningen Fushin, Eiyuu Ou

Happily, the next day. The title of Ooyukiumi no Kaina 8 is "Lost at Sea," so I was expecting, and rather dreading, a long episode where the three of them float around (given by them by Noze and how they made their escape), slowing dying from hunger and thirst, then being rescued by someone or …

8s and some 9s, Ningen, Tensei Oujo, Benriya, Eiyuu Ou

That's Agate, by the way. Ningen Fushin 8 is a standalone, basically to deal with the idol Agate, or Bell Haggins, who's been wandering in and through several of the Survivors' adventures. There she was at the bar when Claudine dumped Nick, and at the casino with that Donny the blond gambler. And she'd see …

6-7s: Otonari, Benriya, Eiyuu, Ooyukiumi, Hikari no ou

Even when events happen in Otonari no Tenshi-sama it doesn't seem to matter much. We get more of Itsuki and Chitose in both episodes 6 and 7, and while they help liven up the show their main purpose seems to be to tell Amane or Mahiru that they're fooling themselves not being a couple and …

More Eiyuu, Ooyukiumi, Hikari, Ningen, Tensei Oujo

Eiyuu Ou etc. 4 finishes the story arc with some twisted morality. Basically, the town of Nova is having all the aether sucked out of it, then it will rise into the sky and become a new Highland, or part of the old one, and the inhabitants who survive will probably be enslaved. And the …

2s, 3s, 4s, 5s

Whew, I'm farther behind than ever! They made it, but "out of the frying pan," you know ... Some basic worldbuilding and minor thrills in Ooyukiumi no Kania two and three. First, of course, Kaina gets the unconscious Ririha back to his little village where she's doted on by giggling old ladies and thinks maybe …

More 2-3s, Tsundere Akuyaku, Otonari, Rougo, Benriya, Eiyuu

Tsundere Akuyaku etc develops things decently in episodes 2 and 3. The two kids grant their power, somehow, to both Liese and Baldur, the latter because they feel sorry for him because he dies in almost every ending, but later Endo declares that he doesn't want anyone in the game to die, so I guess …

Twos and threes: Ningen fushin, Tensei Oujo, Tomo-chan, Isekai Nonbiri

Some trust issues to be worked out. Now it's time to catch up with shows I'll keep watching for now. Some of them are up to episode 3 already. Sorry about that. Let's go back to Ningen Fushin, where we have an episode 2 full of organization and trust issues. Nick lays out the ground …

New shows – Winter 2023 5

That's a nice looking castle to start Eiyuu Ou. First off we have Eiyuu Ou, Bu o Kiwameru Tame Tenseisu: Soshite, Sekai Saikyou no Minarai, and we meet Inglis, a great ruler, brave, noble, beloved by all, on his deathbed. He's visited by the deity Alistia, who congratulates him on a life well-lived and asks …

New shows – Winter 2023 4

Rougo ni Sonaete starts with a lovely shot of the blue sea, which Mitsuha is about to fall into. Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka o Tamemasu, yet another isekai, starts with Mitsuha falling to her death after kicking a guy trying to molest her at a cliff's edge. "I don't want to …