Category Archives: First Impressions

First Impressions: Another banished hero, some slice-of-life thing with an angry child, and an uninspired (probably harem) romance

I’ll just cut right to the chase: none of these shows are any good. But if you’re still curious…

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May I Ask for One Final Thing? Ep. 1 & 2: Punch-out queen

Want to watch a heroine beat people up while her love interest giggles on the sidelines? That’s pretty much what it feels like to watch this show’s first two episodes. Like most anime, May I Ask for One Final Thing? starts us off with an all too familiar concept just to then add a twist or two. Scarlet, a young noblewoman, is unceremoniously dumped by her fiancé Kyle in front of a bunch of nobles at a party. The haughty prince then proclaims his love for Terenezza, accuses Scarlet of bullying his new woman, and thus labels her a villainess. I think I’ve seen several isekai series with this exact setup. The most recent one that comes to mind is I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss. The heroine in that show goes from one brother to another, and funnily enough, it looks like our Scarlet might be doing the same. So what’s the twist or two that sets this show apart from its ilk? First, this is surprisingly not a story about a girl who has been isekai’d into her favorite otome game despite its painfully clichéd prologue. Second, Scarlet doesn’t do the typical thing of running away. Instead, she does her talking with her fists, and I won’t lie: it’s kinda refreshing to see.

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