Mid(ish) Season update: Part Deux!

Alright for the rest of the update...
Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi turned out as expected. Neo a cute. That is all.

I can report I have...gotten used to...the odd animation in the new Fist of the North Star. In fact, it's grown on me. I never watched the original, but I feel like this style is.. kind of fitting. Gives it a grindhouse feel which just seems right.

Ghost Concert: Missing songs has not really brought the GAY that I was expecting. There is not much to set this show apart from the rest. It's not bad per se but it's not doing new things, and not doing old things in a superior or particularly interesting way. This show is very mid, as they say.

Meanwhile, Kamiina Botan is DEFINITELY doing old things in superior AND particularly interesting ways AND is bringing enough GAY for a whole season. Oh, and doing it with an adult cast, too, because that's a selling point in the unending ocean of shows with teen and pre-teen casts. (part of Kaiju No. 8's appeal was its protag being a middle-aged DORK)

Witch Hat Atelier has got that Unlimited Budget Works thing going on. Just see some of @BongoMcnulty 's posts on the matter.

Eren the Southpaw finally made it out of its High School slump, but the titular Eren hasn't been seen very much lately either. Looks like this may change soon though. Fingers crossed.

I've kept watching Petals of Reincarnation, but it's really very average and nothing special. It COULD have earned some props with a recent twist in which one character is revealed as a traitor... except it was a newly-introduced character and so there was zero investment there.

The similarly-shonen Yomi no Tsugai/Daemons of the Shadow Realm is doing better, with what looks to be a more complex and thought-out story slowly unfolding.

MAO has at least held my interest. Nanoka is as adaptable as Sakura from Rin-ne if not quite as unflappable.

Akane-Banashii is a fun time. Rakugo is always a fun time. The show is rather predictable, but gets by on its primarily adult cast aside from Akane and its humor.

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