The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting – Episode 1
The found family elements are nice, but it can’t commit to its own premise.
Posts by Vrai Kaiser
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Call of the Night – Episode 1
A decent premise buried in shounen bullshit.
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CHIMIMO – Episode 1
Not gonna light the world on fire, but it’s a soothing watch.
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Tokyo Mew Mew New – Episode 1
It definitely has the aura of a legacy remake, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun.
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YUREI DECO – Episode 1
Y’all, I wanna believe.
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Engage Kiss – Episode 1
Visually, there’s a lot to like about Engage Kiss. Unfortunately, then you get to the plot.
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What Role Are You Playing? Communication, queerness, and neurodivergence in Yuri is My Job!
Miscommunication as narrative conflict is often linked with contrivance and bad writing—and no genre faces this criticism more than romance. That’s what makes Yuri is My Job! so refreshing. In the process of building a will-they-won’t-they story, it explores the gendered, neurotypical, and heteronormative expectations that are built into social interaction.
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A Couple of Cuckoos – Episode 1
Here is a tip: if you want to endear me to your trash gremlin heroine—something which should not be hard, given my record—then probably the last thing you should use is a one-two punch of “filming a fake suicide attempt” and “threatening the hero with fake sexual harassment claims.” Because I’ll tell you, I’m just not gonna come back from that even before you start dangling incest in front of my face.
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In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki – Episode 1
Have y’all ever made a zombie brain? It turns several very tasty alcoholic beverages into one of the single worst textural experiences on Earth. This is like that.
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Dance Dance Danseur – Episode 1
It’s a fantastic premiere that mixes dance with commentary on toxic masculinity.
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RPG Real Estate – Episode 1
Over the years I’ve gotten accustomed to the incorporation of very soft, cutesified character designs in shows. So RPG Real Estate has come along to catapult me directly back to the 2007 as punishment for my hubris.
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Heroines Run the Show – Episode 1
A shoujo-esque coming-of-age series? Idols with art nouveau aesthetics? And its production has more than a ham sandwich to its name? Is it my birthday?
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The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody – Episode 1
It’s an overpowered hero fantasy series and I made it all the way to the end without wanting to gouge my eyeballs out of my head. So, you know. It’s fine.
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Tomodachi Game – Episode 1
When it comes to the frequently trashy death game genre I at least respect Tomodachi Game’s attempts to be classy, even if I’m not convinced it has the goods to back it up
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ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape – Episode 1
I have a weakness for high-concept shows that are this blithely earnest and excited about what they’re making (while also being at least a little gay).
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Love All Play – Episode 1
A moment of silence for Love All Play, which has started airing just in time to be The Other Badminton Anime. There’s really nothing wrong with it if you’re a dedicated sports anime fan, but there’s not a lot unique to recommend it to anyone but genre diehards.
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The Executioner and Her Way of Life – Episode 1
A yuri fantasy series that looks like a gem and is well worth going into unspoiled.
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Salaryman’s Club – Episode 1
While Salaryman’s premise is pretty by the books, it absolutely shines in execution
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Requiem of the Rose King – Episode 1
Ah yes, the queer gothic series I’m obsessed with and have a very hard time recommending.
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My Dress-Up Darling – Episode 1
This has the makings of an exceptional rom-com, with a couple of caveats.
