Life’s changed a lot since my posts from TEN YEARS AGO. (I’m bald now, for starters). The shows I watch are often chosen with consideration of my wife’s interests. She’s not an anime maniac like I am, but really enjoyed Frieren last season.
Here’s what I’m into this month:
Konosuba 3
Konosuba 3 starts off by mocking Kazuma’s trauma from the feature film, Legend of Crimson. It really shouldn’t be funny, but it is, which reminds me a lot of the irreverent comedy you would see in a show like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. From there, Kazuma gets sucked into babysitting a princess, swapping bodies, dying, and some other shit I can’t even get into here. There’s an overarching plot to find lost relics from other reincarnated Japanese like Kazuna, but who cares?
Konosuba’s the kind of series I can’t really explain to people; you just have to watch it. Every character is both stupid and depraved. Every conflict devolves into screaming. It’s pathetic, but so fucking funny.
Date a Live V
I marathoned this show’s previous four seasons last year, which may explains why I can’t follow anything happening this season. The copious amount of spirits Shido has in his harem is also dizzying, so why not add another? The strangest thing is that the opening and closing themes show me exactly what’s going to happen in this season. Like, why? I’m still gonna watch, but damn, leave some things to my imagination.
Like most of the Internet, however, I’m drawn to Kurumi Tokisaki. If there’s a true pairing here, she seems to be The One. I doubt Shido’s the type to choose, though. He’s just gonna go the Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki route and marry all of them, isn’t he.
Spice and Wolf (2024)
Someone recommended the original series to me over a decade ago. From what I can tell, this seems to be a retelling of that story. Being only one episode in, I really like the atmosphere so far. Feels like I’m in store for a Kino’s Journey vibe, filled with repugnant and strange people living lives they’re too self-involved with to rationalize. The early 2000s energy is strong with this one.
All you need to know is that Holo is a cute wolf-humanoid god, and she’s tired of helping out a host of ungrateful villagers who have abandoned their faith. A traveling merchant is gonna bring her back home so she can… retire, maybe? We’ll see.
Bridgerton Season 3
Not an anime at all but my wife’s fervor for this is as hardcore as any otaku’s. The Polin ship is honestly weird to me; nevertheless, this show gets its claws into you and doesn’t let go. I would love to take a shot every time someone exits a conversation with an awkward “Excuse me.”
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