As the seasons turn… oh yeah, shorts not included.

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Shows I’ll definitely cover

• The Ramparts of Ice

Well, I enjoyed You and I Are Polar Opposites a lot, and this is by the same author. On the downside, I took a glance at the manga and it didn’t immediately draw me in. I kinda get impatient with super shy characters. But hey, maybe we’ll see a cameo or two from You and I Are Polar Opposites.

Shows I’m leaning towards covering

• Daemons of the Shadow Realm
• Eren the Southpaw
• Haibara’s Teenage New Game+
• MARRIAGETOXIN
• Needy Girl Overdose
• The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten2
• Witch Hat Atelier

Eh, I’m not really all that excited for Daemons of the Shadow Realm, but I gotta have one action show a season, I guess. I own the first volume of Witch Hat Atelier on Kindle ’cause it was on sale. I haven’t actually cracked it open yet, though. Maybe I’ll give myself a preview tonight before I go to sleep. MARRIAGETOXIN might be Spy x Family with more progress? I own Needy Girl Overdose on my PS5. I should probably play it before the show airs. Or maybe after. I’m undecided. I somewhat enjoyed the first season The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, but towards the end, it started feeling a bit repetitive and cloying. I don’t have high hopes for Haibara’s Teenage New Game+, but I’m always sorta intrigued by stories where the protagonist gets a do-over. I’m not quite sure where to slot Eren the Southpaw, honestly. Putting it here on a hunch.

Shows that don’t sound exciting at a glance, but I haven’t written them off completely

• A Hundred Scenes of AWAJIMA
• Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
• Akane-banashi
• Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince
• Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke
• Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk
• Even a Replica Can Fall in Love
• Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?
• GHOST CONCERT : missing Songs
• Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
• I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
• I Want to End this Love Game
• Kill Blue
• Killed Again, Mr. Detective?
• Kirio Fan Club
• MAO
• Mission: Yozakura Family S2
• Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy
• Pardon the Intrusion, I’m Home!
• Petals of Reincarnation
• SNOWBALL EARTH
• The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch
• The Drops of God
• The Food Diary of Miss Maid
• The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt
• The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King
• Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2

The biggest downside with the opera anime isn’t opera itself, but that it takes place at an all-girls school. That four seasons show has a bizarre premise. So does the romance series involving a girl generating a replica. Uh, what does it even mean to create a replica? Does she have magical powers? I can’t remember if I’m fully caught up with Ascendance of a Bookworm. I might not be able to watch the new season. The nerds x gyarus trend is getting tired. Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince might be a villainess show. I can’t tell if the protagonist has been reborn or not. The idea of ranking people by attractiveness is gross, so I’m already predisposed to not liking I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class. Sounds like more “will they, won’t they” bullshit with I Want to End this Love Game. The male lead in The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King looks like he’s over 40, but he’s only 18? No way. I found Will’s overall congeniality towards his bullies kinda annoying in Wistoria. Plus, being in love with someone you can’t even see sounds dumb, but maybe she’s actually his roommate in disguise. I remember that being a point of contention when the first season aired.

Isekai slop

• Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 3
• Farming Life in Another World S2
• Goddess: “What Do You Want to Turn Into When You’re Reincarnated in Another World?” Me: “Into a Hero’s Rib”)
• The strongest job is apparently not a hero or a sage, but an appraiser (provisional)!

These all sound boring as hell. Well, I’ve seen the first two. I know they’re boring as hell. Yawn. Wait, wasn’t there a show with the exact same premise as the appraisal anime just several seasons ago?

More reborn as a villainess slop

• An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
• The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen S2

Meh. I’ll probably still watch one of them. Hell, maybe both. The thing is, I somehow forgot that I’ve seen The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen. Welp, it sure left a lasting impression on me.

Unappealing synopses

• Aces of Diamond act II Season Season
• Fist of the North Star
• Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi!
• Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?
• Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods
• LIAR GAME
• Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly
• Rooster Fighter
• Yowayowa Sensei

I’ve never enjoyed shows like Liar Game, so this is just going off of past experiences. No, I’m not gonna watch a demon-fighting cock. Fist of the North Star isn’t my vibe. Yowayowa Sensei sounds trashy as hell. I like baseball. I typically don’t like baseball anime.

Seen it, don’t care for it

• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4
• Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 5

Absolutely no interest in any of these shows.

Sequel or spinoff that will require too much catch-up

• Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: Second Year, First Semester
• Dorohedoro Season 2
• Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Cour 3
• ONE PIECE
• The Beginning After the End Season 2
• Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4

I’ve heard good things about Dr. Stone and Dorohedoro, but I just have no time to get caught up. I’ve seen literally two episodes of ONE PIECE. So… yeah… I’ve never seen Classroom of the Elite, but every description of the main character makes him sound completely insufferable. I’m like somewhere in season two of Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun. It’s pretty mid.