This episode had the mixture of the best and worst episodes of these shows. Generally, a good week of anime but some are making me question my rule of completing a season when I'm more then halfway through it. We shall see about this moving forward.
Table of Contents (Click to see thoughts on a show/episode from last week)
Spice
Wonderful
Fable
Destruction
Code Geass Roze
Suicide Squad Isekai
Oshi No Ko
Alya
Dungeon
Cheer
Kinnikuman
Tower of God
Archenemies
Earth
Heroines
Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf Episode 20
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Yeah, it's just a great finale. It all did hinge on Lawrence realizing that he should trust Holo and genuinely not be a coward. It was that realization which made Holo act to bomb the price of Pyrite and winning the game. I think the biggest thing was Lawrence thinking beyond himself and think about someone else like Holo because the guy has been by himself as a traveling trader for the longest time. We are now in new territory for me. I don't know what to expect.
Episode Rating: Solid
Wonderful Precure Episode 29
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Honestly, best episode of this show so far. Not just because the Niko egg hatched, but the main villain making their appearance. I find Niko very fun and her being a crystal unicorn is kind of amazing. A lot of cute moments came from her appearance, but the real one was the precure being challenged for the first time. Not just the Garugaru turning into the strong Gaogao forms, but Baou sending his two wolf lieutenants who question the nature of the precure saving animals when human kind made the wolves go extinct. That and the precure just were over powered after struggling so much. It was a huge challenge and a massive episode for each of them.
Episode Rating: Solid
The Fable Episode 20
Found on Hulu
Well, the current villains are moving sooner then expected. All of their meticulous planning around investigating as a detective agency, making the commercial art business Akira and Misaki work as a client, and even asking Kainuma questions at the end. They did finally get him. Though the rest of the episode was joyful with the agency asking Akira to make Santa art and the boss even carrying about him. Plus Akira is talking to the disabled woman who is very tsundere towards her. There is a lot of complicated things in motion.
Episode Rating: Solid
Dead Dead Demons Dedede Destruction Episode 13
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Cope and connection. That's what this episode is about. It's not as huge as last week with the invaders and humans at war. Especially with the mention that humanity might be dead in one month when the ship crashes. But from Kadode sleeping with her former teacher before he moved away to Ontan and alien Khoba becoming a couple to the group hanging out, it's a really heavy time.
Episode Rating: Solid
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Episode 9
Found on Hulu
The first half of this episode was pretty great stuff. From Ashe leaving Sakuya bound to face torture from Scissorman and seeing Sakuya doing her best to save herself and the captured Japanese people to Ashe's return. That entire segment and Sakura gaslighting Katherine to do actual work was great. Especially with Sakuya thinking and being traumatized by the damage she caused as Roze.
After that with the Neo Britannians faking a peace treaty and a month of time skipped, the episode switched to a more political level from characters in Akito the Exiled and the original series. The major political moves came from Cornelia placing Kaguya as a leader. I can't help but feel a bit put off by this. So that is when it became lesser.
Episode Rating: Good
Suicide Squad Isekai Episodes 10 (finale)
Found on Hulu
This finale was fun. The suicide squad fought and won against the god of death. A lot of good action, magical girl and henshin transformation, and then Fione getting in the mix to put it all together. I think the ending with the real main villain of this series was a pretty fun too. It's such a good time.
Episode Rating: Good
Oshi No Ko Season 2 Episode 7
Found on Hi-Dive
It's peak. That's all I got to say about it this episode. Especially with this one about Akane and Kana. From the backstory of Akane getting into acting by watching Kana act to actually meeting her to them acting along aside each other in the play. The saddest part was Akane putting all her effort into playing Princess Saya and Kana stepping back instead of doing an acting duel. Akane's idol Kana doesn't want to be the center anymore and she's so sad about it because that's not were she wanted. The direction, once again, was so incredible and gave it away with such flare. Holy crap.
Episode Rating: Solid
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian Episode 7
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From a very comforting feeling of Ayano and Kuze being inducted into the student council. Same with the Suou family pressure coming in and Ayano questioning why Kuze decided to join Alya's campaign. Ayano is way to loyal of a maid between the two and really does characterize alot of complex feelings for Kuze who still loves his sister. I do think that the good feelings being interrupted by Taniyama who is a complete dick towards everyone. How does she even think she has a chance of becoming student council president? She doesn't know anyone and yet here she is. Hope she gets dunked on. I really did enjoy this episode quite a bit for a lot of reasons.
Episode Rating: Solid
Dungeon People Episode 6
Found on Hi-Dive
This episode had three fun segments that I enjoyed. The first part involving cooking and Clay simply not understanding seasoning until taught about it was great. I also liked the next one where Clay got a more fancy set of armor after debating how female armor is usually treated in media in general. After that, Clay started her exploration of floor nine and she's happy to have someone to come back too. It's just a great episode about Clay.
Episode Rating: Solid
Narenare -Cheer for You!- Episode 7
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The cheer for hire really is a fun idea. Especially when they are hired by a cheer squad for a baseball team that is opposing Kanata's school. It's just fun seeing Kanata coaching the Pompom squad on how to do it. I also find the two captains of the cheer squad being hilarious. Especially when the sqaud is watching baseball and just knows nothing about it. Also, it's cool that Nodoka broke out of her shell a bit. Yeah, this show is wonderfully strange.
Episode Rating: Good
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Episode 6
Found on Netflix
The Perfect Choujin have striked back. From Cassette man losing against his opponents ultimate attack. Then Kamenman lost, in a pretty good fight, against Crusherman. The stakes are really building up as the Akuna Choujin as they die. Though, it's going to be interesting to see what happens between Black Hole who is facing down Dogman. It's all still absolutely classic stuff and just a lot of fun. I wish to see more Kinnikuman in action though.
Episode Rating: Good
Tower of God Season 2 Episode 7
Found on Crunchyroll
I have to say, I wish I could go beyond my normal rule of dropping a show after the halfway point. This episode was such a disaster. It's really gotten to the point where I couldn't care less as the seemingly strongest person in the world hurts Viole badly after the saved the girl and the gang did get the flower and finish the cast. After that was such a huge mess of poorly done anime tropes with a girl who can't cook and well the cast stay with Viole. I just, whatever.
Episode Rating: Okay, it's bad
The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Episode 6
Found on Crunchyroll
A new magical girl has appeared and it's interesting how Kagari is so different from Mimori. Kagari comes from such a different financial standing at first. At the same time, she curses and beats people up with magical brass knuckles. I find all of these things so fascinating and that Mimori knows nothing about her being a magical girl. That and Mira doesn't even hesitate in attacking Kagari and now Kagari showed up during Mira and Mimori's date. So more interesting things appeared.
Episode Rating: Good
Bye Bye, Earth Episode 6
Found on Crunchyroll
I think this episode still moved a bit too fast like the last few. It still had some really strong moments in it. The Solists working together with the Outsiders to take on Taziano's forces with all sorts of magic and seeing them all fall apart was horrifying. Though the ending with Adonis facing down Taziano as his swords continue to degrade and Taziano gets more and more damaged was pretty big. Especially since you can feel there was a relationship between the two. Belle interrupting and stopping Taziano's madness by breaking her sword was pretty huge too. I wish this arc had a few more episodes to allow us to take it in a bit more, but it was pretty well told and put together over all. I can't help but feel like I was missing some nuances to it all though.
Episode Rating: Good
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! Episode 6
Found on Crunchyroll
Holy crap is this episode heavy but fun at the same time. This episode was another one for Lemon who she, Anna, Kazuhiko, Mitsuki, and Anna going to an underground museum (which had funny moments) but really exploded when Lemon finally admitted her love and ran away. Kazuhiko did run after her, but that moment was pretty big and couldn't be more awkward still. It was also pretty funny that the literature club visited Lemon's summer house with lots of cute moments but Kazuhiko was the only one that didn't bring a change of clothes. So yeah, some chaos moving forward in a delightful way. Yeah, this show is everything so far. Very great stuff.
Episode Rating: Solid
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