Lol I just realized that it's been a little over a year since I last made one of these posts. As usual, I've mainly been watching anime for the past couple of years. Not sure why I haven't felt the urge to watch any tv shows or movies outside of anime, but there isn't enough time for me to get into another hobby anyway!
Alec and I have been keeping up with some of the bigger spring anime titles this season. Check them out!
CURRENTLY WATCHING:
Leading up to its premiere, this show was hyped up thanks to its large fanbase of the original light novel and manhwa, so I had high expectations for the anime adaptation. Unfortunately, after the first episode aired, there were resounding negative reviews because of the animation quality and condensed explanations of world building, and the reviews kept on getting worse with each episode. But that made me curious to watch the show just to see how bad it was. Since I hadn't read the source material before, I was more open-minded while watching the show.
Overall, it was like a stereotypical isekai anime with an overpowered protagonist made by a B-grade studio. If you didn't know any better or hadn't watched better isekai anime before, it would be your run of the mill spring anime that you only watched once and forget about it afterwards. If you didn't know just how big of a following the light novel and manhwa had, you wouldn't be disappointed by the lack of animation and voice acting that everyone hates. Basically, the more you love the original, the more you hate the adaptation, so proceed at your own risk. Alec and I are still watching it purely for the storytelling lol.
The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
After watching The Beginning After the End, the animation quality in this show LEAPS in comparison! Even though it quickly sets itself up with a non-traditional, lone-wolf healer type who eventually grows a harem, the humor and plot made this show entertaining enough that we look forward to watching each new episode every weekend. I also love Carmilla who frequently narrates Zeno's life with hilarious foreshadowing.
From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
The was an unexpected gem! The summary sounded similar to I Parry Everything, so I kind of expected the same oblivious older main character setting, but Beryl was not! Even though he's humble, he was smart and kind, which is why all of his former students were happy to see him. I expected this to be a harem anime, and thankfully, it's not. Instead, you have nuanced characters with their own motivations and difficulties. I wasn't expecting to like this anime so much, but I think it's my favorite of this season so far. It's just a shame that it's only available on Amazon Prime, and I have to sit through ads to watch it.
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