BlackCatLef

Review No. 89 The following couple of paragraphs will be copy pasted in my reviews for a while, so skip it if you have read it already (skip to where the bold starts) or if you don’t want to bother reading it cause for some it may seem long. On the contrary, imma try to keep the actual reviews of the show shorter than usual. So, I recently presented my thesis for my master’s degree, and against my better judgment, you guessed it, it was about anime, history, retrospective etc. Now, I do not mention this to say that my opinion matters, nor to gain credibility and say that I am right about what... See full review

Review No. 88 The following couple of paragraphs will be copy pasted in my reviews for a while, so skip it if you have read it already (skip to where the bold starts) or if you don’t want to bother reading it cause for some it may seem long. On the contrary, imma try to keep the actual reviews of the show shorter than usual. So, I recently presented my thesis for my master’s degree, and against my better judgment, you guessed it, it was about anime, history, retrospective etc. Now, I do not mention this to say that my opinion matters, nor to gain credibility and say that I am right about what... See full review

Review No. 87 The following couple of paragraphs will be copy pasted in my reviews for a while, so skip it if you have read it already (skip to where the bold starts) or if you don’t want to bother reading it cause for some it may seem long. On the contrary, imma try to keep the actual reviews of the show shorter than usual. So, I recently presented my thesis for my master’s degree, and against my better judgment, you guessed it, it was about anime, history, retrospective etc. Now, I do not mention this to say that my opinion matters, nor to gain credibility and say that I am right about what... See full review

Review No. 86 The following couple of paragraphs will be copy pasted in my reviews for a while, so skip it if you have read it already (skip to where the bold starts) or if you don’t want to bother reading it cause for some it may seem long. On the contrary, imma try to keep the actual reviews of the show shorter than usual. So, I recently presented my thesis for my master’s degree, and against my better judgment, you guessed it, it was about anime, history, retrospective etc. Now, I do not mention this to say that my opinion matters, nor to gain credibility and say that I am right about what... See full review

Seasonal shower thoughts no.5 Oh boy, when an already medicre shonen that is made enjoyable only cause of the audiovisual artistry of the studio that makes it, has such a lackluster season that even said fucking amazing productins values can't save it.  I mean what the actual fuck, we went from the breaktrhough of the ages that was killing an upper demon, fucking 10 against one (or two actually) losing fucking limbs in the proccess and almost dying alltogether to this season, where the emo hashirama just decided to take it seriously (!) for half a minute and fucking toyed around with that vase like... See full review

Review no. 85 Let’s start by saying that it is really hard for me to call this show “anime”. There is not a unanimous consensus about what is and what isn’t anime, many historians, theoreticians, critics and fans alike have different definitions, mine is, that type of animation as it started taking shape in the 60s onwards along with the many characteristics that shaped it through the later decades up until the 2000s, maybe the very early 2010. As for what are these characteristics that is a topic for another day. The main argument one can base his opinion of labeling this show an... See full review

3S Review no. 83 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) I am a sucker for a certain type of Japanese folklore, especially tanukis, so I had to give this one chance. So, what is this show about, well, similar to another show I watched this season, the Do It Yourself, it is the rare type of show that wasn’t made in made in order to be popular or successful, it was just something the creator wanted to talk about and it does exactly that, it talks about Rakugo. So, niche shows like this one never really have a chance of becoming a giant success, but there is an audience out there for them and that... See full review

3S Review no. 82 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Oh man, how do I go about this, you see there are two ways you can see such an attempt. First, that this production is nice cause they wanna make a really old and beloved series modern so it can reach many new people. Second, that this production is just smart cause they are banking on an already successful and beloved series. Then again these two views are branched even further. You see you have a remake, what do you do about this, you keep as faithful to the original as you can, making mostly a remaster, or you try to change it somehow... See full review

3S Review no. 81 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) I tend to avoid music shows, but after I gave my boy Koming a chance last season and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be, I thought what the heck, let’s give this one a try as well, it doesn’t have a quirky premise, but it still sounds like it could be fun. Gotta admit, I was pleasantly surprised. For starters this is not a show about music, it is simply a secondary theme. The main theme of the show is watching our introvert protagonist trying to become popular, at the very least, socially adept. Now, that is just a... See full review

SST no.4 (seasonal shower thoughts) The young fella inside me has been waiting for this for a long time, and Bleach is back in all of its former glory, together with its many apparent flaws and shortcomings. Like, when the song kicked in, in the first episode, you know which song, nostalgia slapped me so hard on the face that my beard almost flew off. It is great for a change to see some nice animation from this incompetent studio, they really went all out, especially for their standards, and Bleach looks good now, and it feels so nice to be able to say that. So at the very least, one of its flaws is... See full review

3S Review no. 80 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) I sometimes can appreciate and enjoy a simple premise that simply delivers what it promised, a bunch of klutz guys, trying to play it cool. And that is all there is to it. It is a simplistic as it sounds and you know if you gonna like it or not from the get go, it is honest. I liked the premise, even though I am the exact opposite of a klutz, in fact I wish my movements could be more relaxed, alas, that’s what martial arts from a very young age do to you, in fact what keeps happening to these guys, is such a rare occurrence for me that it... See full review

3S Review no. 79 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) So, I am the kind of person to save the best for last, and when it comes to every anime season, I save the most hyped show to watch it after everything else, now, that strategy really backfires cause most often than not, the over hyped series are nothing but golden laced mediocrities and this one wasn’t different, yet I’ll keep doing until the day comes that the show I saved for last will actually be amazing, will that day ever come? Unlikely. Will I ever learn my lesson? Unlikely. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, you... See full review

3S Review no. 78 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Story, oh man, how do I go about this, you see, the premise, the setting of this show, is absolutely stupid beyond belief. There is no excuse, no matter how lenient you want to be, no matter how much you try, it is inexcusable. There are a million things you can say about why the whole marriage training the school does is stupid and wrong, socially, ethically, logically, practically, everything about it, and you couldn’t find a single thing to say to defend it. And here is the thing, with a different setting, the show could still work... See full review

3S Review no. 77 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) When I try out a new show I am the epitome of the person that “lacks critical information”, I go into every show almost completely blind (for a number of reasons) as long as I can help it, so I read “Shadow brokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes”, I didn’t even bother reading the rest of it, and I thought ok, this will be about a secret organization and stuff, the poster also looks kinda cool, let’s give it shot, and I... See full review

3S Review no. 76 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) I just want an anime about football that is not awful, is that too much to ask for? Well, yeah, apparently it is. Sports anime are such a weird case, they either have a terrible grasp of the sport, a terrible rom-com aspect to them or terrible presentation. Usually two of those things are terrible, and the last one that is left is carrying the whole show. Most often than not, the presentation and the sport get the short end of the stick and the rom-com does the carrying, on some rare cases, the presentation is good as well and along with the... See full review

3S Review no. 75 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) I am absolutely baffled by the decision to make this into an anime. You see the game has a weird structure, relatively pioneering for its time. There are three story arcs, and a final arc. You choose how you go about it, which one goes first and you could even get into the final arc only by completing one of the arcs. So it is not your typical storytelling. After watching the show I assume they gonna adapt all 3 arcs into different seasons, with the first one being the arc with the Jumi, the gem people. Which is the worst arc of the three. So... See full review

3S Review no. 74 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Oh how the mighty have fallen, or you know, I would like to be able to say that, if the mighty on question hadn’t already fallen dozens of times, just to stand up for a little while, only to fall a dozen more. So, this show disappointed me not because I wasn’t expecting a disappointing show from sunrise or from the gundam franchise, but because if you watch the prologue you can actually hope that maybe you get a decent story. What you get instead of a decent story? A school! Yes, a school, how exciting, a kid gets transferred to a... See full review

3S Review no. 73 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Honestly, I can’t tell if I’m losing my mind slowly and steadily, or if the anime industry has reached a point that this show is better than most of the seasonal production, or it is a little bit of both that made me like this show more than I should. You see, this show is trash, no question about it, but still, it is trash made to be trash, and that is far better than all the other trash that are posing as proper shows. There is not really a story to talk about, a guy that trains younger adventurers that joined the guild, all of... See full review

3S Review no. 72 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Isekais have reached a new high of laziness, the show starts with a single line, the protagonist saying, oh, it seems that I died. I shit you not, that is it. It appears that he died and boom he is reincarnated. I don’t how it can get more lazy than this. Story, so, it is another isekai, and what is unique about it, it is that the protagonist is reincarnated into a sword. And that is unique cause you see… the sword is completely overpowered, like all the other reincarnated protagonists, but, but, but now, the little cute girl that... See full review

3S Review no. 71 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) As I get older and older and crazier and crazier, I find myself trying shows that I absolutely would have not even considered before, like slice of life boring shows. This show also is about DIY, and as a fellow retarded handyman myself that have built almost everything I own with my own two hands, the stars aligned and I gave this one a try. The story is of course as boring and slow paced as you would expect of course, but you see, I have seen the phrase “good feel show” thrown around for a bunch of anime, this show though is the... See full review

3S Review no. 70 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) The premise of the show really sounds cool, doesn’t? it Unfortunately that is the only cool thing about it. It could have been a great action flick, with hot babes and some dark comedy, it could have been tarantinoesque let’s say, instead it is just a boring excuse to show some girls in maid outfits and some gore. That’s about it. The story is completely boring and uninteresting since it follows a boring piece of cardboard of a protagonist that is the typical kindhearted protagonist that follows her dream, the valiant dream of... See full review

3S Review no. 68 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) So, another show with a beast tamer, seems to be the latest trend, even though in this one same with the others before it, being a beast tamer is not really utilized in fights as it should, at least sporadically the protagonist does use some birds and some insects to his advantage, so that is something i guess. So, story, it is one of the same, one of the exact same. Our protagonist was kicked from the hero party cause he was useless, never mind the fact that he is completely broken and he is capable of even taming “ultimate... See full review

3S Review no. 67 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) This show honestly got me by surprise, it is not that it is great or anything, I just expected much worse. Story is set in a post apocalyptic world, the world is now divided of course in the wealthy and the poor that are being oppressed by the military. The two protagonists are former military, they harbor a little girl that happens to be very valuable to the bad guys and they try to protect it, getting help from the resistance along the way. Now, you can’t say it is an original idea, but it is alright, the pace is fine for the most part... See full review

3S Review no. 66 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) How to waste two hours of your life. Step 1: watch this movie. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. I didn’t mind the start of the movie, it could have been a nice young drama yet the moment that I thought it might be good, it was the exact moment it went to shit. Took a deep dive straight to the nonsensical wanne be mature and allegorical writing full of shit pool. It’s fine, wanna make something metaphorical, do it, wanna make something supernatural fine, but making this kind of shit, that everything happens just for the sake of... See full review

3S Review no. 65 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Damn, this is show is definitely one of the shows of all time. It is such a weird contraption, it had so much potential, so many great ideas, yet so many apparent flaws. So, the story starts, and you think wow, that is great, there is giant biscuit hammer! that is gonna destroy earth, then you meet the protagonists who are supposedly chosen to fight against it, yet they are like nah, the earth is a shitty place anyway, it’s not the hammer that will destroy it, we will destroy it first, is that fuckin metal or what. Yet, the show never has... See full review

3S Review no. 64 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Not a lot of movies are coming out nowadays, let alone good movies, so my eye caught this one, the 40 minutes length was a selling point personally, but, to no surprise it was 40 minutes wasted. Story, three teenagers meet up in order to find a ghost that seems to appear only in the summer, then they become friends and decide to help the ghost by finding her body, helping her move on. Now, why you may ask, well, no one knows, they just do, do not question the almighty writer. There are no motives really, the whole thing is just a vessel for... See full review

3S Review no. 63 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Lycoris Recoil was the second most popular show to come out from summer 2022 after Cyberpunk and at this point, honestly, all hope is lost for. So, what is this so about and why was it so popular? Well, fuck me if I know. Well, I know the answer to both actually, or else why would you even read this shit. This show is a blend of a lot of different stuff, cute girls, action, a sweet’s cafe, secret organizations fighting for “justice”, terrorism, people living in peaceful ignorance and homosexual romance. Now all of these... See full review

3S Review no. 62 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) So this is the best show of summer 2022 supposedly, and oh boy this is so infuriating, then again, I’ll be lying if I say I did not expect that. So, the story has a nice fast pace to it, and that is about it, other than that, it is lame, boring, unoriginal crap. Nothing ever happens for a reason other than juts happening, from start to finish it is cheesy, predictable, boring. World building is equally boring and mono-dimensional, and to think that they already had an existing world to build off (from the video game) and this was the end... See full review

3S Review no. 61 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Well, slap my ass and call me Suzy, the fuckin anime industry never ceases to amaze me. You see, lets get this straight, this show’s one and only purpose is to stuff the demon lady’s giant bonkers in your face with every opportunity, and when I say giant, I mean like the size of my head, and I have a pretty big head, and watch her make out with our protagonist with every chance they get, that’s about it, that is the purpose of the show. Yet somehow, someway, a show like this manages to have better pace, better storytelling and... See full review

3S Review no. 60 (short, simple and salty/sweet/spicy) Oh boy, shows like this one remind me that, no matter the culture, the education, the life I live, no matter how many great artists, writers, philosophers have chiseled my soul with their creations, I’m still, a sex crazed fiend. Denying your instincts, your biology is something I never did and I never will. So, the contradiction of my very existence is what makes me clearly see that this show is so fucking trash, but it is so fucking enjoyable. I’m not gonna really go the usual route of reviewing so bare with me, or don’t, I... See full review