Its been a while since I did one of these medley posts, but I decided to make one with a small twist. Instead of posting each first impression on my blog, I would use Twitter the way it is intended -- for microblogging -- and just give my thoughts in a few paragraphs on Twitter. For those that don't follow me, you should and those that do, you probably already read these. Either way, lets get to my first impressions.
3D Kanojo: Real Girl as a series has always been the epitome of "Normies REEE!" and the seconds season is kicking that up a full step with Tsutsui being forced into class festival committee. This seems like a good place to start character growth for our otaku protagonist.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 12, 2019
Going into the first episode of Date A Live III, I was skeptical as to what scenario this season would set up. Considering there are two other seasons, it is no surprise that the mini crowd that Shidou has gathered is fawning over him. Either way it wasn't too interesting to me.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 20, 2019
The initial situation is our protagonist Natsuo sleeps with a girl he meets at a mixer. He also has a crush on his teacher and the most anime thing happens. His father gets remarried to the mother of both women, so basically unintentional incest.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 13, 2019
Such a stage start to anime, we have a lord that in his concern for the people, makes a contract with 12 demons and ends up with a child with no limbs, skin, or eyes. So the feel of the universe in Dororo is pretty dark and I'm excited to continue.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 21, 2019
Building a relationship between a human and pet without verbal communication is an interesting central focus and is something I haven't engaged in a while. So this slice-of-life honestly feels fresh and it will probably be one of my favorite anime this season.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 19, 2019
So, as a concept I would say that Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai is interesting: two love rival fighting to get the other confess to them. It took me a bit to warm up to the humor but I found it to pretty decent and funny around half way through the first episode.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 17, 2019
So going into the first episode, I expected the orgasmic excitement coming from characters as they risked gambling something ridiculous. Well, Kakegurui delivered in this first episode all while flipping the initial psychological warfare made by Erimi.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 13, 2019
I don't normally venture into anime that feature women with harems, but I thought Meiji Tokyo Renka would be something new. Despite this not being a comedy I find myself laughing at all the queues that show up in this episode. Like when a new guy is introduced Mei always blushes.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 20, 2019
A lot of people enjoyed the first season, and so did I, but Mob only really had a handful of characteristics that served almost as a platform for comedic relief, a majority of the time. However, with the new season, I'm glad to see other new and developing sides of his character.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 9, 2019
Well shit, with this extra long episode, Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari certainly knows how to introduce a world and incorporate it's overall atmosphere. I had this sinking feeling the whole time watching this episode as soon as Naofumi was ignored by the king.
— Jeremy Hull (@critabstraction) January 20, 2019
In Closing
I'm a bit slower to the punch for first impressions because of work, but with all the different type of anime I looked into this season, I'm optimistic about the current round up. So far Domestic na Kanojo, Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue, and Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari have made the biggest impression, which is rare to have that many for me. Either way, it is a pretty good start to the season and I'm excited to see what else it will bring to the table.