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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...

Kaguya-sama: The Heartfelt Rom-Com I've said this before and I'll say it again: Kaguya-sama: Love is War is my favorite anime of this season .The show is winding down to its conclusion and for this week we got to see another side to Kaguya's life.  Most of this weeks episode had the usual funny skits and moments throughout but this time we were able to get more of Kaguya's maid, Ai Hayasaka. We get to see her perspective on Kaguya's matters of love and advises her on what she should be doing even though Kaguya is too stubborn to listen. Hayasaka acts very much in place of the viewer, pointing out things that the viewer wishes they could just tell Kaguya and Shirogane. She's the voice of reason most of the time and it is very evident that she cares deeply for Kaguya's well-being with how much she puts up with Kaguya's nonsense at times.  The part that I want to discuss the most is the part that came after the ED. In this we get narration f...

Rising of the Shield Hero Episode 10 Review To start, I thought this episode was good. It set up some stuff that will be happening in the future as well as stuff that will happen next episode. We got some more of the other heroes and why they aren't as great as some episodes have made them out to be.   As we get one episode closer to the second wave we see our main characters preparing for the upcoming fight. Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo have all upgraded their gear and have obtained new party members for the waves due to their past good deeds during the first wave. We also got a little tease at one particular figure at the end of the episode of a character from the opening that I won't get into right now. Something I want to talk about right now are things I've noticed about the anime that seem different from the manga. Some things that I like and some things that I'm not a big fan of. First off, the biggest one to me, is the change in Filo. In the manga...

The Quintessential Quintuplets Impressions To start things off,   I really enjoyed binging this show to catch up to where it is currently.  Let me follow that by saying that I'm not really the type of person who is into anime genres like Harems and Ecchi. I've never enjoyed the over sexualization of characters for jokes and I can never seem to enjoy the character writing for Harems.  It honestly took me by a huge surprise as to how much I actually enjoyed watching this show. When I first saw this anime I didn't think much of it. It looked like a generic Ecchi Harem anime and I felt like, "Once you've seen one, you've seen them all." It was a combination of a bunch of different things that finally got me to sit down and watch this show: I started hearing a lot of good things about this anime from a lot of different sources. I saw the voice acting list for the characters on this show and realized the star studded seiyuu's that were ...

Kaguya-sama: Love is War Episode 5 Review The only thing I can say about this anime at this point is: In a strong season of really good anime, this one might be my favorite.   With shows like Rising of the Shield Hero, Dororo, The Promised Neverland, Mob Psycho II, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, some might say I'm crazy for saying this show is my favorite. From the scores that I've seen other people post on this show I can see why most might overlook it.  The comedic moments in this show are always on point and the over-dramatization of the way the characters imagine certain events is pure hysteria. I find myself every episode laughing out loud at the situations that the characters always end up finding themselves in. The icing on the cake probably has to be the lovable and adorable Chika Fujiwara, who has risen the ranks of being one of the fan favorite female characters this anime season due to her amazing ED at th...

The Rising of the Shield Hero Episode 5 Review This episode was so good. There were so many things that I liked about this episode so lets get into it.  So right off the bat I want to talk about one of the scene that we saw in the beginning of the episode. We get a shot of a woman being pampered and talking to a hooded figure outside her window. She is discussing the topic of the Shield Hero. From her looks and the way she speaks we can already tell that she is the Queen. As someone who is reading the manga, people have a lot to look forward to when it comes to the Queen.  I think that she is going to be a fast fan favorite and I'm excited to see how people react to her when she shows up. She's a very interesting character and that's about all I'll say to avoid spoiling anything. But just know that she is someone that should be looked forward to. For this episode we also got hints that Raphtalia has feelings for Naofumi. In the manga this was mo...