LogFAQs > #910313015

DAKAICHI
-This is pure Yaoi. I dont have issues with yaoi, there are a few shounen ai/yaoi works I consider to be pretty good but this just lacks any form of subtlety, build up, or character outlining that I really think makes the payoff (even during an episode 1) really work. This seems much more like a fantasy fan fiction than anything else. Look at something like Love Stage, a show that has good comedy, fun characters, and manages to develop their feelings and personalities over the course of the season. Or even the shoujo ai of the season, Bloom into You, which rightfully laid enough groundwork to make an episode 1 confession seem natural.

Boarding School Juliet
-So not much to say about this except that I think this is an interesting concept overall. The first episode was pretty good and I generally have enjoyed the characters theyve presented.

Radiant
-This is the shouen style adventure anime of the mix. I mean Its probably not going to be bad, but the first episode hasnt shown me anything to make me think that this is really worth picking up unless youre really into the genre.

Goblin Slayer
-This is without a doubt the most talked about anime of the season. I do think its a little too edge overall. I dont really have a problem with the rape part, but overall gore and such is not something I really enjoy a lot in anime (which is weird considering the amount of slaughter horror Ive seen). But as for how they used everything. I was impressed with how the actual Goblin Slayer was presented and even though he was obviously written to feel like a badass, he seemed unusually human for someone without a face. I also liked how presented cleric girl and even though she saw all this horrible stuff, was still determined to be an adventurer because she knows deep down some day she can stop the same thing from happening if she grows.

Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc to Renkin no Kishi
-This is another one of those pseudo history shows, this one being set during the 100 years war. Ill be honest this is like almost pretty good, its just missing that spark of excellence I think it needs for me to be like hey this is worth watching. but I do think it has some potential to be a decent plot show.

Release the Spyce
-My god this name. I dont think its a secret that I think the girls team up hero genre has not been very good recently. While I dont think this was great I was pretty entertained overall and am willing to continue it.

Anima Yell
-This is pretty cute, some of the jokes are lame but executed well and got a laugh out of me. I honestly dont think the ceiling for this anime is very high but I also expect it to be fairly decent all the way through.

Sword Art Online: Alicization
-So, I liked this first episode. I thought it laid out some good groundwork for the story world I think well be in for a lot of the season as well as have fan nods to other characters and so on. The problem is that in every season of SAO the first episode has always been the strongest and the problems manifest when Kirito actually has to do something of importance in the game world itself. I actually dont have many problems with SAO in terms of like the story overall, just how characters are treated for plot convenience in very similar ways across the board. So, yes I do think so far this is good enough to keep, but I also expect to be completely disappointed a few episodes down the line.

SSSS.Gridman
-Gridman seems to be like a callback to classic works overall (like Ultraman) but its Trigger so I dont know where this is going. I do think the whole amnesia thing is incredibly lazy, I mean its lazy a lot of the time, but here it seems even more so.
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Updated: July 27th, 2016.