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Anime Fall 2020 Week 1 First Impressions

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Anime Fall 2020 Week 1 First Impressions      A new season of anime has just begun and that means new stuff to keep us occupied for the remainder of 2020. The line up this season is full of stuff that were extraordinarily hyped up and stuff that has flown under the radar. Some things lived up to the hype, some things disappointed, and some things came out of no where and jumped to the top. Here I will be grading each of the first episodes from the shows I've watched so far this season. I will be grading on a 10 point grade scale and basing it off a school grading system (10 = A+, 9 = A, 8 = B, 7 = C, 6 = D, 5 and below = F). TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You (7.7/10)       A lovely, wholesome, slice of life, romance. What more can I say. The comedy was on point and the characters are lively and fun. The chemistry between the two main leads is interesting with the main guy being very animated and emotional while the main girl is very much the kuudere cool type who can show off her cut

Rent-A-Girlfriend: Kazuya is THE WORST

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Rent-A-Girlfriend: An Example of Head Scratching Character Writing      One of the hottest new shows this season that has sprung a number of internet memes and waifu's has definitely been Rent-A-Girlfriend ( Kanojo, Okarishimasu ) .  It's a show revolving around a man in college named Kazuya Kinoshita, a self-proclaimed virgin who is awkward around women and who just had his girlfriend dump him. In his sadness of losing his girlfriend, Kazuya stumbles across an advertisement for a Rent-A-Girlfriend, an industry that lets men rent out women to pretend to be their girlfriend for a day. Through this he meets a beautiful girl named Chizuru Ichinose and a web of lies and drama ensues as these two's lives become intertwined with one another.  For this show there is a lot to talk about when it comes to the characters and how they act, but the biggest and most standout character that just leaves a bad taste in your mouth has to be the main character in Kazuya. Ther

The Curious Case of SUPER HXEROS

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SUPER HXEROS: To Ecchi or Not To Ecchi       With this new season of anime we welcomed in a new batch of shows. There's returning shows like Oregairu , A Certain Scientific Railgun , Fire Force , and Re:Zero , as well as new shows like The God of High School , Rent-a-Girlfriend , and Uzaki-san Wants to Hang Out . Among those new shows is SUPER HXEROS. The show is currently five weeks into its series and it has been the most curious show to me. Not because the animation is great. Not because the characters are revolutionary. And not because the story is engaging or fascinating. The thing that has caught my attention about this weird show is the censorship. Ecchi shows have always been a genre that are an "acquired taste" when it comes to the anime community. Some don't like it because it seems immature while others don't like it because of the predictability of certain tropes that characters experience. These days, ecchi shows are watched more for their me

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I Maxed Out My Defense VS Infinite Dendrogram: The Battle of the VRMMO's of Winter 2020

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BOFURI vs Infinite Dendrogram: Battle of the VRMMO for Winter 2020           In a market dominated by the likes of Sword Art Online (SAO), the shows that revolved around the concept of VRMMO's has lacked in originality and quality. Whenever shows like these come out, it becomes natural for people to compare it to  SAO whether that be for better or worse. For this I would like to talk about a couple of shows that have come out this season, discuss the differences between these them and why I think that one works while the other is just following the natural order of the genre. Both worlds seem to take influence from what SAO had originally built upon. The fantasy style setting with the ability to wander a living, breathing virtual world. However, the difference between BOFURI and Infinite Dendrogram become apparent when everything else is taken into consideration.                 We are a quarter of the way through this season for these two shows but I will say that I