Lvxferre [he/him]

I joke this sort of work is like Neapolitan flavour: it’s vanilla, but it has one or two interesting twists (like you said, the vampire intrigue) to make it more interesting.

And I fully agree with what you said about the characters. Specially their interactions! Like, Kotoyama improved by a lot in this aspect, you don’t see Hotaru or Kokonutsu changing meaningfully because of the other, but Nazuna and Kou do. They grow, a lot like the ones in Sono Bisque Doll. (…that had a better ending. Yeah, I also agree the ending is a bit unsatisfying.)

I mentioned this across the Fediverse, but recently I’ve binge watched Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night). Both seasons, and then I read the manga, and frankly? I had a blast, I loved the series.

The story is about a 14yo called Kou. He is a good student, or at least he was — eventually he got bored with school, and decided to sleep at day and roam the city at night. And one of those nights, Kou meets a vampire called Nazuna. He wants her to vampirise him, but for that Kou would need to fall in love with Nazuna, and yet he’s clueless about love.

The art style of Yofukashi no Uta looks like a refined version of Dagashi Kashi (from the same author, Kotoyama). But don’t expect the same gag humour as the later; it’s like they replaced the sugar with actual substance. And although it is a series about love, don’t expect all that emotional baggage and “woooosh” associated with romantic stories.

The soundtrack is filled with earworms from Creepy Nuts; in fact the story was inspired by one of them (that eventually became the ending song of the first season).

Yes. Even if you read it. The vibe is awesome.

Fun to see this while messing with subtitle translation!

I picked the three seasons of Nights with a Cat to watch. Thought “my mum would love this”, so I’m translating subtitles into Portuguese. (She loved the first two seasons, by the way.) And wow, it made me see the effort the group (pspspsps) poured into it — replicating the cat and Moon logo, animating everything, a thousand gradients, so goes on. I had to sacrifice a wee bit of the aesthetics (not much though) for the sake of making the translation viable, plus because I was merging the files, but it was clear the group did that as a work of love, I’ve seen plenty professional translators (incl. myself) doing a sloppier job.

Someone: “break a leg!”

Tokai Teio: *does it literally*

That’s one of those series I picked on a whim, and now I’m enjoying it quite a bit.

And Teoritta deserves all headpats.

I loved it. Good first episode. The first season was already beautiful, but I’m glad they keep it up.

The crystals were a fun way to highlight the character of everyone in the party: they want money to survive, not to get rich; Stark is not afraid to admit he’s afraid; as silent as Fern might be, she’s simply that sort of “deep waters are still” person; and Frieren being… well, clueless on social relationships, but slowly getting better.

That’s because the third season will handle at least the volumes 13 to 17 of the light novel, and there’s a lot of content in those. But if anything, I’m predicting it’ll cover only five chapters (while s1 and s2 covered six chapters each).

I’m saying this because I’m predicting they’ll try to give an anime version for the whole series, since it’s extremely popular in Japan. However, it has 26 volumes, and that doesn’t split evenly into sixes.

There are two solutions for that:

• make s3 and s4 seven volumes each. But then s3 will feel rushed.
• make s3 five volumes, s4 six volumes, then release a s5 with a single cour.

I’m predicting they’ll do the later.

And here’s the trailer, from six months ago. Season 3 seems to focus rather heavily on Eris’ comeback, and events around it.

For those who didn’t read the novel: all you need to know is that the events are way more fun than the ones that popped up in the second season.

Both this and the “Final Chapter” you shared in another comment are genuinely interesting. I love how you actually gave her some personality, since my prompt had nothing in this direction. She sounds stubborn, serious, meticulous. And no, they don’t sound like Twilight at all.

Modest Skill “Tidying Up” is the Strongest! ~ Corporate Slave Office Lady Started An Accidental Isekai Revolution, and is Now Adored by the Head Knight and His Majesty the Emperor

Wow. Let me try to fix this:

The Revolution of the Office Janitor ~ She Got the Weakest Skills and Now She’s Adored by Everyone in Another World

I didn’t read the slop (nor I will), but lemme build some simple setup:

Saitou Kiyomi is a 44yo office janitor of a black company in Tokyo. She likes her job, but hates everything around it: the lack of proper working conditions, the ungratefulness of other workers there, the messy working hours, the boss dumping into her odd jobs she was not supposed to (like paperwork, bringing him coffee, taking care of children)…

Then one day, going back from work 2AM, she finds a kitty. Craving for some company, she brings it home. Then she drinks a few too many cans of beer, and tells it her sorry story, without knowing the cat is actually a spirit in disguise. The spirit feels sorry for her and offers to reincarnate her into the magic world of Gahaski, where your experiences are crystallised into skills. And since she worked as a janitor for her whole life, she gets two skills:

1. Clean - magically removes dirt
2. Tidy - magically places something into its proper place.

Those skills rely on what she considers as “dirt” or the “proper place” of something, so they’re extremely overpowered. One of the first things she does in the new world is to look herself at the mirror, and notice how old she was… when she said “damn, I wish I could clean some years off my face”, the cleaning magic activated and she became a 18yo. “Tidy” could be used to disarm opponents, by sending their weapons to the “proper place”; or even to jail criminals automatically.

And the internal power struggle begins!

Ooooh, I remember enjoying the manga quite a bit. Until it drags a bit too long.

The setup (the ghost of the akuyaku reijou wants to discover why she was killed) is fun, and also the contrast between Scarlet and Colette, they’re like night and day.

So far I liked it. It isn’t stellar, but good enough. Like NineSwords said now the setup is out of the way, and the fun begins.

Currently planning to watch / watching the following:

Sousou no Frieren s2
Chained Soldier s2
The Holy Grail of Eris
Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling

All four manga series are great. Frieren and Chained Soldier had great s1, and IMO need no introduction.

The Holy Grail of Eris is about a ghost akuyaku reijou trying to untangle the mystery of her own death, and Reincarnanated as a Dragon Hatchling is a lot like I’m a Spider, So What?.

Sentenced to be a Hero

I picked this series to watch on a whim, and I really liked the first episode, from the premise (hero as a criminal sentence, instead of a glory) to the design of the monsters and the bitter MC.

Noble Reincarnation
Hell Mode
There was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her

…yes, I’m a sucker for isekai and reincarnation. Based on the associated manga series I don’t expect those anime series to be great but at least fun. The sort of stuff you watch, enjoy, and then forget about.

Jack of All Trades, Master of None
An Adventurer’s Daily Grind at Age 29
Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord

Picked on a whim. Let’s hope they’re fun. If not, I can always dump them later.

I believe it’ll be like this, except the first two cours will be one after the other. Like:

• 2026 - Spring, Summer, Winter. Nothing in Autumn.
• 2027 - Summer, Winter. Nothing in Spring or Autumn.

And I just got a new wallpaper, because this looks awesome.

This was way more fun, exciting and enjoyable than I expected. I love how it plays with some isekai expectations, like:

• Upon reincarnation you get a free side kick. Ok, here’s Dina… except she has her own hidden agenda.
• A goddess reincarnates you into the body of someone else. Ok… except you won’t be helping the body owner, you’re just there to get in the way.
• You’re someone else inhabiting the character’s body. Ok, got it… except their identities are beginning to blur.

To be honest I was already expecting Dina to betray Lufas as soon as I saw the outro the first time, since I’m also watching May I Ask You One Final Thing?, then it clicked me that in both the intro is for the protagonist, the outro is for the antagonist. Also, checking the web novel I noticed all chapters are named after Pokémon clichés, so the similarity between the title and “a wild Pokémon appeared!” is not a coincidence.

If this gets a second season I’m certainly watching it. Either way I’m starting the novel now.

She’s in deep reflection, regretting her last Tonitrus bolt.

…not really.

Surprisingly wholesome episode given naughty elves, sibling fights, and the overall edgy aesthetic of the series.