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  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    14 hours ago

    Summer? See you guys in December… okay, sorry for the dumb joke. Here’s what I’m planning to pick up, roughly by order of how much I want to see it:

    1. Mushoku Tensei III
    2. Youjo Senki II
    3. Otomege Sekai wa Mob […] 2
    4. Black Torch
    5. Ryoumin 0-Nin Start no Henkyou Ryoushu-sama
    6. Tsuihou Sareta Tensei Juukishi wa Game […]
    7. Koko wa Ore ni Makesete Saki […]
    8. Hell Mode […] 2
    9. Sekai Saikyou no Kouei
    10. Reiwa no Dara-san
    11. Suterare Seijo no Isekai Gohantabi
    12. Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou
    Further impressions on the first six series I mentioned (note: no actual spoilers here, I'm only trying to reduce clutter)

    Mushoku Tensei III — Once you go past the fact Rudeus (the MC) was scum in Earth, and that he’s still shitty after reincarnated (but less than before, so… yay?), you’re presented with a solid fantasy series. IMO Mushoku Tensei has the perfect mix of romance, adventure, and worldbuilding, all of them tied by a nice theme (TL;DR: “try to be a better person, one step at a time”). And it diverges from a lot of later isekais in small aspects, that makes it feel refreshing and exciting.

    Youjo Senki II — in totally-not-WW1-Earth-with-magic, a man reincarnates as a little girl, misunderstood by everyone, as they assume she’s more thoughtful than she is. War is still cruel, but at least it’s fun to see Tanya’s plans of a peaceful life being ruined by God.

    Otomege Sekai wa Mob […] 2 — Almost everybody has a loose screw or two, and that’s bloody hilarious! Specially the goldfish poop gang “capture targets” of the game, chasing after Marie. Plus Leon does show some character growth, even behind his arsehole façade.

    Black Torch — I read some of the manga a long, looooong time ago. I remember it was about some kid who loses his (literal) heart fighting against a mononoke, and then merges with another who decides to save his life. The story was fun, but IIRC it was cancelled, so I’m glad to see it being animated.

    Tsuihou Sareta Tensei Juukishi wa Game […] — the premise is bland: reincarnated in a game, strong but taken as weak, disowned by his father, yadda yadda. But even then, there’s always some struggle behind the fights that most isekais miss, because having game knowledge doesn’t magically make Elymas invincible. Also, I really like Ruche/Luce as a deuteragonist.

    Ryoumin 0-Nin Start no Henkyou Ryoushu-sama — if I were to describe the manga, it feels a lot like “Spy x Family meets Isekai Nonbiri Nouka”: wholesome slice-of-life with settlement building. There are bits of actions here and there, but I won’t watching it for the action, I’ll do it for the sheep. And the beastkin. And all that fluff.

    I’ll also keep watching: Re:Zero, Iruma-kun, TenSura, Ascendance of a Bookworm. Then there’s the older stuff I’m only watching now, like Mahoutsukai no Yome and Highschool of the Dead.

    So a total of 18 series, 12 being new ones. Two~three episodes per day.