First impressions: Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

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Our heroine Melphiera (that’s a mouthful so I’m just going to call her Melphy from here on out) likes monster meat, and that is apparently a mark of shame. To be fair, she doesn’t exactly help her own cause. When a gentleman asks to try some of her delicious-looking food1, Melphy is more than happy to oblige. Unfortunately, she doesn’t tell him what he’s eating until he’s taken a bite. People should know exactly what they’re putting into their bodies. I don’t think that’s a wild concept, and yet, I always hear stories of people trying tricking their family and friends with “good intentions.” For example, trying to feed a bunch of meat eaters something like Beyond Meat or just some weird ass form of tofu2. Look, I get it. You truly believe in your cause, and you would love nothing more than to show others the light. But surely, you don’t actually believe people would react well to deception.

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My Awkward Senpai Ep. 1: Is awkward the right word to use here?

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In fact, is “my” also the right word? What on earth am I even talking about? So let’s start from the beginning. Kannawa is tasked with training up Kamegawa, the new employee. She seems cool and confident on the outside, but in reality, she’s kind of a nervous wreck on the inside. She can also be a bit contradictory at times. A peer suggests that she read a few self-help books on how to be a boss, but she pridefully rejects the idea. We predictably see her later with a bunch of self-help books. She reprimands the newbie for eating cup ramen as it isn’t healthy. She then goes and has them for dinner afterwards. But this is all still pretty normal. Who hasn’t said one thing and done another? We’re only human. Over and over again, as I watch Kannawa in action, I can’t help but ask myself if she’s actually all that awkward. Sorta yes, sorta no.

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Dusk Beyond the End of the World Ep. 1: Post-apocalyptic fascism

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Someone has been waiting for Akira to wake up as we see a mysterious hooded girl observing Akira from afar. She’s likely an android tasked with watching over him, but she doesn’t introduce herself just quite yet. Instead, a pair of villagers — a father and daughter duo — quickly find Akira and take him back to their village when he collapses. Wia and his daughter Idhi seem rather deferential, referring to to our protagonist as the Wise One. Hell, they practically worship him. Initially, I figured that it would totally make sense for the villagers to speak a language that Akira can’t understand. After all, we don’t know how much time has passed. But all of a sudden, Akira an converse with the villagers without a single issue. How? Why? Was knowledge of their language somehow ingrained in him when he was sleeping inside that medical capsule?

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Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! Ep. 2

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Originally, I wasn’t planning to dedicate another post to this show. It would go into the “Everything else” pile, and I’d find something more interesting to talk about on Wednesdays. I’m still hoping for this to happen, but I wasn’t vibing with Let’s Play when I watched its first episode. I then ended up writing too many words about this show’s second episode, so… well, here we are.

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