Some finales and near-finales

In Kinsou no Vermeil 11, as expected, we and Alto get escorted to Vermeil's dark past, and it's done well, emotionally. She was brought up in a small church by a nice Sister, a cool big sister character, and a couple of kids, a happy family, until her horns are discovered and a plague hits …

Some of the lesser shows, nines and tens

I found Yofukashi ga uta 10 more entertaining than usual because again, more characters are introduced. Also, it's a stand-alone, and I was happy to get away from the continuing drama of whether Ko will become a vampire or not. Anyway, we find that Midori the vampire, who works at a maid-vamp cafe, or is …

Mostly 9s and 10s

The plague! Isekai Yakkyoku 9 begins and ends with some evil asshole named Camus, first as a flashback by Bruno, who wonders where Camus went wrong, and then at the end, where he, glowing slightly and tunelessly humming, walks about a deserted city, followed by rats. Is this the capital city? Hard to say, but …

7-8s: Abyss, Soredemo, Ojisan, Kuro no Shoukanshi

In Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou 8, the two stories, Riko and her friends and Vueko with her tribe, come together as we learn the origin of the village. I'm too dense to understand Vueko's fate, in that hidden room surrounded by what I think are Irumyuui's unborn children, loving and caring for them …

More Kuro no Shoukanshi, Yakkyoku, Maou-sama, Lycoris, Ojisan, Tensai Kenja

I like her already. Kuro no Shoukanshi 6 looks like a more peaceful episode, and I suppose the characters deserve one after the hell they've been raising. They head off to Toraj, because Kelvin has a sudden hankering for rice. On the way they're accosted by some of the the Black Wind bandits, who are …

5s and a 4

I love Funimiya's expression in this shot. Isekai Ojisan 4 still has only the three of them, and what we get is more of the same. Well, the best yet most frustrating part is when Fujimiya, accidentally drenched and frozen from one of Uncle's spells, is showering it all off and caught by Takafumi while …

3-4s, Abyss, Yofukashi, Soredemo Ayumu, Kuro no Shoukanshi

Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu 3 has the trio escorted to a sort of village, where Majikaja explains the situation, basically everyone there is a hollow who decided to live under the protection of, well, not sure, and there's a bizarre concept of currency here. Everyone and everything has value to it, it can be exchanged …

Episode 2s and one new show

The second couple could be as fun as the first. The first half of Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru 2 brings us to the sports festival, where Ayumu is the best at everything and Ayumu is the worst. When they team up for the three-legged race (after Urushi's friend Maki sneakily bows out) we learn that …

Summer 2022 4

I think that's the gateway to the next world. Kuro no Shoukanshi has Kelvin as the one reincarnated to a fantasy world. We learn that he gave up his memories in order to get some higher stats, a decision he celebrates and regrets in turn, both admiring his former self for his game-smarts and regretting …