The casebook of Arne: First Impression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPCj-sBBglY

Louis Hartmann loses his father, a private detective investigating a string of murders, leaving him all alone. Rumor has it that the murders are the work of a Grave-Digger Vampire. Louis isn’t keen on superstitions and vows to catch the culprit himself. That is, until a self-proclaimed detective, Arne Neuntöte, and his assistant, Lynn Reinweiß, appear. A new door is about to open for Louis

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First winter season show and I picked this little one up. The case book of Arne is based on a video game that was created in rpg maker according to wiki, that is surprising. I don’t know anything about the game, so going in blind. I am enjoying the casebook of arne surprisingly.

The series is about Arne, the most powerful vampire who solves mysteries and his payment is of course blood. The mysteries are self-contained from the first two episodes I’ve watched. They do have a small little twist, with the series of course being heavy into the supernatural.

The first episode I thought was tragic, not going to spoil it of course for anyone planning on watching it. I did find the 2 mysteries nice, they don’t give the answers away, at least not make the mystery obvious or hard to follow it, and it certainly doesn’t hand the answer to you. I do find Lynn amusing, since she is a vampire nut. Which is quite interesting, the world emphasises that the supernatural doesn’t exist, yet it is being sharply contradicted that it does exist.

Previous Winter First Impressions

Roll over and die: First Impressions

Shiboyugi: First Impression

I Left my A-Rank Party: First Impression

Looking ahead for them spring vibes

Summer Pockets: First Impression

ZatsuTabi Journey: First Impression

Can boy-girl friendship survive: First Impression

Meet Arne the vampire private detective

Arne Neuntöte is the main protagonist of the series. Being the most powerful vampire, by having the 9 vampire kings merge their hearts into one being, Arne was spawned or born, whichever one. In his childlike form, his power is vastly reduced from what I can see. However, once he drinks blood, his true form is that of a very formidable foe. Now, heading up a private mystery detective agency with Lynn, they go around solving cases that involves the supernatural.

Lynn the only family heir and nutter for vampires

Lynn Reinweiß is just hilarious. She is the only heir the reinweiB family, she is passed down this family heirloom locket. The reason why she is hilarious – as written above she is a total vampire nut. When she first met Arne, she was expecting the saucy lady getting bitten on the neck treatment – Arne just withdrew blood from her via IV. Which caused a scandal for her. Besides that, not much else is known about her.

Would I continue watching?

As written above, yeah, I’ll keep watching, it has me intrigued as to how the series will keep heading. The mysteries are keeping me vested.

What did you think of the series?

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Reverse Watchlist: Winter 2026 Anime

Well, with the winter season on the horizon, comes new shows. And with new shows, comes what I’ll be skipping for this season. Winter is mild I’d say, some heavy hitters in there. With potential hidden gems too.

Frieren Season 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOMVXqH9DSg&t=1s

Why is it popular: Tells the story of frieren who continues the story after the story ended.

Why am I skipping it: Hype. Simple. Plus, people are crying and eating doo doo in their basement bed with how bad OPM S3 turned out. Don’t always believe the hype. And Frieren could fail.

Oshi no Ko 3rd Season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UilRDldO_g

Why is it popular: interesting plot. Other than that, no clear idea.

Why am I skipping it: Haven’t seen the first two seasons as I skipped them. Might be bit of a stretch for me to back track. It does look interesting though. Sadly, it will also end up on my back burner.

Trigun Stargaze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBYLkW–zmI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fanilist.co%2F

Why is it popular: a beloved series from the 00’s. Plus Vash is chaotic

Why am I skipping it: I’ve always wanted to watch trigun series but never got around to it. Stamped could have been the entry point, alas it will just end up being on the back burner.

Agree or disagree? what’s on your reverse watchlist this season?

https://scribbbleanime.uk/2025/09/25/reverse-watchlist-autumn-2025-anime/

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Reverse Watchlist: Autumn 2025 Anime

This season’s lineup is pretty mild, not surprising considering how summer was—but not everything fits my interests this season. Here are 3 shows that I’m skipping and why.

To your eternity [Season 3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc4XlXAbSEQ

Why is it popular: Well written character, story dealing with various topics

Why I’m skipping it: Never really appealed to me. Didn’t watch it when it first aired back 2021, was focusing on crazy taxi back then.

Spy x Family [Season 3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JreaprnO0

Why is it popular: mostly for Yor, and Anya, even Loid. Mostly how a fake family is becoming a real family, where real affection is developing between.

Why I’m skipping it: Same with to your eternity. It just doesn’t appeal to me. Didn’t watch the first two seasons

One Punch Man [Season 3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmAmTUUS49Y

Why is it popular: Saitama OTK just about everything, plus he’s an egg head

Why I’m skipping it: I’ve been meaning to give this a try, sadly, I’m so behind and other shows get priority, so just haven’t had the time to get around to it.

Not all is gloom; you can read what shows I picked for this season

Agree or disagree? what’s on your reverse watchlist this season?

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Autumn 2025 anime I’m watching – hidden gems & big hits

Flaming hell, look at the season, we’re already heading towards the spooky month and my favourite season. Yup, wrapping up in cozy clothes and enjoying the chill weather.

Shows I’m watching

Just looking over at anichart, there are a few shows that did catch my eye, however: I’ll be keeping my list for this season small

• Campfire cooking in another world Season 2 – I won’t be watching this per say, more like capturing screen shots, as it will be my next anime episode review
• Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi (I’ve come to eat you) – I’ll give this horror series a shot. Looks interesting, plus it has a mermaid
• My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s – a light novel adaptation by Sunrise, will be interesting to see
• Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka – your typical high school rom-com LN adaptation, good looking chap with a harem of girls around him

Hidden gem to look out for:

• Towa no Yuugure – done by P.A Works, this does look interesting. If you like shows with robot / android female characters with romance, then this might be up your ally.

Leftovers:

• Clevatess (epi review)
• The water magician
• With you and the rain
• Can boy-girl friendship survive
• Reborn as vending machine S2
• Summer pockets
• Ruri rocks
• Secrets of the silent witch
• Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse

Well, those are the shows that I’ll be watching. Yeah, autumn is a lot smaller, haven’t been able to keep up with a few shows, plus got a whole bunch of leftovers to get through.

What shows will you be watching?

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Autumn 2025 anime I’m watching – hidden gems & big hits

Flaming hell, look at the season, we’re already heading towards the spooky month and my favourite season. Yup, wrapping up in cozy clothes and enjoying the chill weather.

Shows I’m watching

Just looking over at anichart, there are a few shows that did catch my eye, however: I’ll be keeping my list for this season small

• Campfire cooking in another world Season 2 – I won’t be watching this per say, more like capturing screen shots, as it will be my next anime episode review
• Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi (I’ve come to eat you) – I’ll give this horror series a shot. Looks interesting, plus it has a mermaid
• My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s – a light novel adaptation by Sunrise, will be interesting to see
• Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka – your typical high school rom-com LN adaptation, good looking chap with a harem of girls around him

Hidden gem to look out for:

• Towa no Yuugure – done by P.A Works, this does look interesting. If you like shows with robot / android female characters with romance, then this might be up your ally.

Leftovers:

• Clevatess (epi review)
• The water magician
• With you and the rain
• Can boy-girl friendship survive
• Reborn as vending machine S2
• Summer pockets
• Ruri rocks
• Secrets of the silent witch
• Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse

Well, those are the shows that I’ll be watching. Yeah, autumn is a lot smaller, haven’t been able to keep up with a few shows, plus got a whole bunch of leftovers to get through.

What shows will you be watching?

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With you and the rain: The Iyashikei gem that feels like a warm cup of tea

https://i.imgur.com/OJPjv1l.mp4

If it looks like a dog and acts like a dog and insists it’s a dog, it’s…a dog? Probably? She adopted it anyway, and her life with this “dog” will never be boring!

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I actually had with you and the rain on my radar; however, it pretty much got pushed aside, due to amount of shows I picked it up anyway. And honestly, glad I did. I’m really enjoying the slow paced, series. and I’m only 2 episodes in. It’s really enjoyable, just sitting back and not really think about what’s going on. The calmness it brings as well, that I feel is an understatement.

Fuji met the nameless dog, which uses sketchpad to communicate with people. And they bonded really quickly. I think with any Iyashikei anime, you’ll quickly notice that the companion is pretty much a tanuki, in world though, they pass it off as an odd-looking animal.

Did you see the angel like mask on the nameless dog? also, I love the art on the rain and flowers, it is gorgeous! not only that, but I also love how Fuji’s eyes are, striking blue. Catches my attention quite often. The soft gentle music played really helps with the mood. Sure, nothing of note happens, however just watching Fuji smile and seeing the nameless dog and their daily life is really calming, very charming too

|Alt title: Ame to Kimi to

previous summer first impression

Autumn first impressions

The Dawn of the Shinsengumi: Blue Miburo First Impression

The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor: First Impression

Fuji, the beautiful yet reserved novelist that meets a strange “dog”

Fuji is an introverted, reserved novelist. Who came across the nameless dog. As said above, her eyes are striking to me. Besides being a novelist, she does say she isn’t a sweet person, which contradicts with her interactions with others. Other than that, not much is known about her.

Nameless dog that appeared to Fuji, uses a sketchpad to communicate

Nameless dog. I love this dog, his ability to use a sketchpad to communicate with people is funny, yet charming. It’s hinted at (pretty much can guess) it’s an actual tanuki, as it has a leaf on its head. Charmed by its personality.

Would I continue watching?

Yeah, the series is a hidden gem, it has that soothing, calming, gentle, atmosphere that can be watched as a come down from all the other shows

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Clevatess Episode 02 review: Bandits suck

Clevatess wasn’t supposed to hit this hard. Now I’m pacing between episodes like it owes me answers

To recap, Klen transformed into a human, both he and Alicia got captured by bandits in the previous episode. He points out that under this transformation, his skin is thin and frail. I like how he was just sat there nonchalantly in the wagon. I love how this particular scene echoes back to how Alicia was first introduced as a hero, with a twist of course from the first episode.

Did you guys see the overhead view of the bandit’s camp? showed a large hole, will that hole have something to do in this episode? I think it will. Bandits are pretty much your typical asses found in most fantasy, dark fantasy series. I hope they get their comeuppances, would love to see Klen tear a hole, big enough like that hole in the camp and teach them a lesson. Also, they might have found their wet nurse.

Alicia is brought to their “boss” Vrok. Pretty smart character, even if he is a total ass, he clocked that she was one of the 13 heroes. Curious, how did word get out, when she concealed her gender from the main fodder themselves? bit of a mystery there. It confirms what I suspected with Hiderat now in ruins, the price for their magical weapons is sought after. Vrok, is selling counterfeits, the swine.

<< Previously on epi 01 of clevatess

Try reading these

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer Episode 1 review: Being reborn as an undead

Reign of the seven spell blades Episode 1: HP the anime

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Uh-oh, don’t like what the scene implied, where she was taken away from Vrok by his hench men, to have “a bit of fun”. Dark fantasy isn’t for everyone. And Clevatess isn’t holding back from the looks of it. Anyone looking for something nice, warm, fuzzy with pixie dust, better tune off, maybe watch Mashima’s Fairy Tail. Klen has been made to work what looks like a pub, ironic that one who has servants, is being made to serve others.

I do feel for an abused slave woman called Nell; she’s the wet nurse that is breast feeding Luna. She works at the pub. The abuse is held back and toned down; it could have been worse. However, that ass spanking is one thing, the black eye is a dead giveaway.

Actually, I take that back a bit. Nell recounts her back story, and not gonna lie, it was a bit hard to take in. She was abused by the bandits since she was 12. Her plight made me really sorry for her. In order to survive, she had to essentially become a prostitute, this was done by Carme who took her in. I’m guessing she saw just how bad it would have gotten, so essentially saved her. Nell having given still births to not one, not two, but three kids of her own, really shows how Clevatess can be brutal. Klen who listened intently, didn’t interrupt, let Nell tell her story, then without question offered her a new path. For a dark beast, he’s showing far more human traits than what actual humans are in this series.

Wow the final few minutes were just so, damn, Alicia’s is taken to this rope bridge, where I suspected the bandits wanting to have fun with her is partially correct. Anway, some real nice world info dump was given. Remember the giant hole? well this place is an abandoned mineshaft for arcanacite called Elbe, the legendary hero Khordhwar was last seen here. 300 years ago, it got flooded, and with that flood brought dark beasts called Arvensis of the water. He wasn’t a match for them, however his sword Stream splitter is at the bottom.

Could Alicia be Saber in disguise, I mean she is blonde and cute too. What happened at the rope, isn’t for the faint of hearts, and holy hell left me awe struck.

Next Week’s Doom Forecast 🌩️

From what happened at the rope bridge, Alicia is an undead, so she will come back and kick their assess ten-fold. I do think Klen will start to act, in order to procure Nell’s service. Meaning he’s going to wipe them out.

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Outcast’s Restaurant: meals that mend the soul

https://i.imgur.com/temFm0S.mp4

Dennis is one of the most popular members of the Silverwing Battalion, the world’s strongest party. So popular, in fact, that the party leader expels him from the group out of spite. Stripped of his home, Dennis decides to start life anew following his true calling—as a chef! His life as an adventurer might be over, but his new life as a cook is just beginning. He teams up with Atelier, a young girl who has been similarly exiled from her home, and opens up a restaurant for adventurers. He’s finally able to live out his dream, but he’ll need use of more than just his cooking skills to take care of his eclectic customers’ problems!

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Yay!!! a series with food!!!, I do love these shows. Nothing beats sitting down with snacks and eating food, whilst watching anime food being made, makes me even more appreciative of the food I’m eating.

You guys saw them scrumptious food too, right?!?! right? Welcome to the outcast restaurant is a little bit different, unlike one of my favourite being restaurant to another world. Yeah, the premises is in the same vein. However.

Welcome to the outcast restaurant is tad darker. Here’s why, the main plight focuses more on the younger, newbie adventurers. Take Henrietta for instance. On the second episode (I believe), she almost got SA’d by a group that took her on. If it wasn’t for Dennis timely action.. paper bag over head and all, it would have been bad for her. Vivia, abandoned by his group to fend and even die. That in of itself is bad, to make things worse. He got saved by a ghost, who also got ditched by her own party 13 years ago.

The current episode also had something bad. What I got from the four episodes watched, Dennis’s restaurant is a safe haven for these adventurers that have been badly mistreated by others. He does what others don’t. Looks out for them. The food is more comfort for them, even though I drool over it. I suspect that these regulars will end up forming their own party. The hint it already there.

|Alt title: Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!

previous summer first impression

Autumn first impressions

The Dawn of the Shinsengumi: Blue Miburo First Impression

The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor: First Impression

Dennis

Dennis is a former adventurer of the highly influential guild silver wing battalion. Coming from a A-ranked party, he knows how to handle himself. Saved Atelier from slavery. Comes across more as an older brother / dad figure to the younger adventures that frequent his restaurant. I do love how he calls Henrietta a moocher, since she can’t pay for her food. Not much else is known about him.

Atelier

Atelier is a young girl with a tragic backstory. She came from a kingdom where her parents were killed, she was sold off as a slave. Being very much reserved due to her treatment of being a slave. He idolises and cherishes Dennis. Her stubbornness is rather cute. She works as a waitress and is highly observant, although she keeps it mostly to herself, unless Dennis needs to know.

Would I continue watching?

I do love the eccentric characters that are regulars. So yeah, I’ll keep watching it!!

Available on Crunchyroll UK

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Wanna know my all-time favourite games?

Daily writing prompt What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why? View all responses

Now this one is really up my ally. As a long-time gamer, there are a few games that I enjoyed playing.

So why not delve in to it!!

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic has certainly come along way. Most would be familiar to Sonic being on an alternative Earth in his more recent games. However, what started for me, is when he was living on the planet mobius during the 16-bit era. Ever since I saw sonic 1 at my childhood friends house, I was just in awe of it. The bright colours and music, I stayed for hours, I use to go to his house all the time. Then I got my Megadrive. Sonic 2 is my personal favourite simply because it introduced Tails. In a way, tails remind of myself. Following, till finally stepping out of the shadow and being myself.

Golden Axe

This is another one from the 16-bit era. If you’re wondering who the sword wielding, bikini-clad lady is, her name is Tyris Flare. The story to this actual is fragmented. Golden Axe first started out on the PC engine, before ported over to the megadrive. Whilst the manual to golden axe gives some juicy lore, what I didn’t know is what death adder is. From the wiki it states death adder is a descendent of the giants that fought the gods. The game just treats him as some op warlord that conquered, in a short time frame. Not giving any background that prior to him gaining power, he went on very long conquest march. Anyway, for the most part I tried avoiding playing as Ax battler – me and bro found it highly amusing for some dude to fight in just blue undies. Luckily in the sequel he doesn’t waltz around in it.

Valkyrie Profile 2

Jumping over to the PS2 era now. For those that don’t know or even heard of Valkyrie Profile 2. It’s based on Norse mythology, centering on 3 Valkyries; Hirst, Lenneth and Silmeria. With me playing VP2: Silmeria. This game is fantastic. From the side scroll, to the full on 3-D battle. I love the characters, I really felt for Alicia when she lost both her parents. Just to throw shade – I felt more emotion in one small scene from this than the entire bore fest of FF7 losing what’s her face by that dimwit who went doolally because test tube baby.

Phantasy Star Online

Being an entry into one of the franchises that could have rivalled FF series back in the 16-bit era. I really have fond memories playing PSO, whilst I never played it online – which is a missed opportunity for me looking back at it now. Playing it offline was the way to go for me, as I didn’t have internet. So, yeah, I played solo offline, didn’t really matter much. As for what character, I created the female newman hunter. She was fun to play, the hunter class were good for beginners. If I were to play PSO now, it would be ranger male human or male droid. Also I loved the opening to it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMiMJCZZOoQ

And there you have it. There are more games I could throw in, sadly it would be making this post pretty long.

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2 Spring Seasonal 2025 meh

Well, meh….

This is a late one. These 2 shows didn’t disappoint nor catch the world on fire either…more meh. Want to find out why?

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Zatsutabi -that’s journey-

First impression

Zatsu isn’t a bad series, in fact I enjoyed it for what it is. CGDCT as Chika writes her own manga. I like Chika, in a way she is quite brave, in that she took the first step in doing something that most would find daunting or scary; travelling by yourself. Now there is a little bit of a cautionary tale here, don’t just go off without telling anyone and importantly, plan ahead. It’s good that she learned from that from her very first solo travel. The other glaring issue is, well…this series is more of a travel billboard for Japan more than anything. They did showcase bits of Japan that most wouldn’t have known about. Other than that, not much really happened.

Summer Pockets

First impression

To be honest, this isn’t a disappointment as I haven’t finished the series. Having said that, despite it being a nice show as I wrote in my first impression, I am struggling to resume watching it. It’s not entirely, summer pockets (or any of the lingering shows) fault, I have been distracted or playing catch up with these shows. From the episodes I have watched, if you’re into Key’s, then this shouldn’t be a skip. As someone that isn’t so heavily invested in keys works, I’ll still finish it, just at my own time, it’s still good, at the moment it hasn’t set my backside on fire for me to resume it in a rush.

So, there you have it. The 2 named didn’t disappoint, left more of a meh feeling. What about you? which 2 spring shows left you feeling disappointed?

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