Finished: Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (Season 2)

I enjoyed this just as much as the first season. No high stakes, no dangerous battles, just a guy cooking. I wouldn’t have needed Dora-Chan added to the group but he wasn’t particularly annoying so it’s fine. Despite being the same / similar things over and over and quite predictable, I just enjoy seeing them cook and eat stuff.
Did you know they have some official recipes posted online (if you understand Japanese):
https://cookpad.com/jp/users/114280341
I actually applied the Gyoza recipe (I’d made Gyoza before but added some tricks to it) and maybe will use some more in the future.

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Finished: My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s

This is a case of wasted potential, and it was mostly ruined by bad pacing. Some episodes really crammed in way too much and failed to make emotional parts meaningful. I couldn’t really buy into Akira’s relationship to Amelia because it went too fast.

The story overall was interesting,
and I liked the part about Akira grappling with his identity of an assassin. But having him agonize about killing a thug villain who was shown to not do any good to anyone honestly didn’t feel like it should be a dilemma.

Given how it ended the next season could be interesting, but I don’t have a lot of faith it would be handled better.

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Finished: Ranma 1/2 (2025)
The second cour was weaker than the first. I don’t hate the “new” cast members, but it didn’t feel that creative (another person with a curse and another fiancé that Ranma doesn’t want, really? 🫩)
I am glad that Happosai got just the absolute minimum appearance. Whereas I was negatively surprised how passive Akane is in most arcs despite her fighting prowess, letting Ranma fight for her or being presented as a prize for the winner.

And I was aware that this show is more slice of life, but all the contests to win someone’s hand with battles just get old rather quickly and don’t feel that different.
I guess I don’t mind another season but I’m also not on the edge of my seat waiting for it.

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Finished: Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

Oh I loved this, despite its flaws, and the one and only reason is that Melphie and Aristide have just the kind of relationship that I love to see in fiction (and would encourage in real life). Them being attracted to each other for the reasons that others are wary of them is just so wholesome, and they make a really good pair too.

But I can recognize the flaws, and the main one was the slow pacing. It often felt like they just made conversations unnecessarily long, and just how many episodes did they spend going from her home to his? 😅
The animation being weak was forgivable because it was not action-heavy.
But overall, yes, I still want to see more of them.

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Finished: May I Ask for One Final Thing?
Oh I loved it. Female characters who can pull punches usually get me and Scarlet is really fun to watch. It helps that she has this dynamic with Prince Julius where they are a great team but keep nagging. The series can also be really funny when it wants to.

The other characters are not as great, but many of them got enough depth to be interesting. I am not a fan of Diana but her backstory makes her understandable.
Usually I dislike when (minor) villains are one-dimensional thugs that just beg to be punched, but for some reason it worked here because everything around was kind of fun.

I’m waiting for the second season!

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Finished: A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai
As it went on it felt a bit less than a lesser version of Campfire Cooking, but it’s still not great.
The characters are an interesting bunch and I appreciate that it’s not a harem, but they don’t have a lot of depth. Same for the story - most problems can be solved with Takeru using “clean” or Bee burning stuff and that feels too simple given the problems they are facing.
The most interesting part was about the “curse” of the high elves and the explanation for it, as well as some unusual gender representations. But still no great overarching plot but too much happening to be just cozy slice of life.

I think would only watch a second season if there is nothing else…

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New anime: #MyStatusAsAnAssassinObviouslyExceedsTheHeros is something I wouldn’t have checked out if I hadn’t been told it’s interesting. It really is, Akira is a competent protagonist but not aa over-competent or overpowered as I’ve sadly come to expect in Isekai shows.
Based on just the first episode I just have the feeling that it’s going to be another Solo Leveling and everyone from his class will die in that dungeon. I honestly don’t like the prospect of him becoming a loner and am wary of the word revenge in the official synopsis, so I hope I’m wrong and this will have a positive enough note for me to enjoy.
(Yeah I can just watch the next episodes already and I probably will tomorrow, please let me live through it)

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New anime: #Gnosia
I’ve always liked the werewolf game and this anime is off to a good start telling an interesting story that is based on it. The first episode establishes the setting so I’m now curious how it will go from there since it seems that we already know who is the Gnosia…
The character designs are wild and colorful, and I like the diversity there (especially having an explicitly nonbinary person).

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