Opus.COLORs – Episode 1
Nothing bums me out quite like shows with unrealized ambition.
Spring 2023 Tag
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My One-Hit Kill Sister – Episode 1
I’m watching a generic isekai! I’m watching an incest show! I’m watching the combination generic isekai incest show!
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Yuri Is My Job! – Episode 1
Oh, there’s some fun to be had with this premise.
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The Legendary Hero is Dead! – Episode 1
I would rather chew off my own fingernails than watch another episode of The Legendary Hero is Dead. Or someone’s fingernails, anyway.
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KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World – Episode 1
Some wonders cannot be described, only seen.
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I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too – Episode 1
It’s cool to see a sympathetic fat protagonist, but the show trades that for a generic Potato-kun almost immediately.
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Skip and Loafer – Episode 1
Mitsumi is immediately an endearing female lead: a nervous overachiever who’s not defined by her anxiety, and who balances “competent and smart” with “hot mess” in a believable and funny way.
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Kizuna no Allele – Episode 1
There’s nothing problematic about this show so far. And that’s great. If there’s one thing corporate-backed vtubers are good at, it’s being good at toeing the line to be as uncontroversial as they can in the face of controversy, so you probably won’t see anything too hard hitting here either way.
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Alice Gear Aegis Expansion – Episodes 0 – 1
Alice Gear is very silly, and because its tone and lore are so at odds it’s silly in a way that’s baffling rather than fun.
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My Home Hero – Episode 1
Whoever is responsible for this, I salute you. I deplore you.
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Tengoku Daimakyou (Heavenly Delusion) – Episode 1
It’s hard to write about Heavenly Delusion right now, because what we got doesn’t feel like a full episode. It ends on an enormous cliffhanger, where we are just starting to peek into the menace of the world. It’s even more challenging because what we did get was largely a beautifully atmospheric mood piece, punctuated by only minor intrusions of gender nonsense.
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My Clueless First Friend – Episode 1
I’m happy to report this is a sweet show about how basic kindness can really go a long way.
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The Dangers in My Heart – Episode 1
A uniquely nauseating opening gives way to an overall sweet rom-com about two weirdos.
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Hell’s Paradise – Episode 1
The manga is immensely popular and, based on the gore elements alone, I can see why folks are excited to see the supernatural narrative and action sequences in the upcoming weeks.
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My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 – Episode 1
There’s a few sour notes here that mostly come down to having to get the premise out of the way, but I think this might shape up to be a nice balm for all the people who were crushed when the director of Recovery of an MMO Junkie turned out to be violently anti-Semitic.
