LogFAQs > #979788163

No real reason to talk about Mushoku Tensei since this isn't actually a new season, and nothing about the episode pretends to be. Totally fine lighthearted episode, but also a reminder that I want this are over with. It may not be bad, but it's still not the show I fell in love with.

Grandpa and Grandma....uh...I don't think this one is gonna work for me. I called salty Oshi no Ko manga fans cowards just a few weeks ago for this same content, but this feels like a very different kind of squeamish. Shame, because this show sounded fun on paper! At least I knew what was coming from the PVs.

Aristocrat Isekai............OK. So I had low expectations due to prior comments, and at first those weren't low enough. The opening few minutes chunk of this series are abysmal. Hilarious pointless rushed Isekai setup that may as well not even be here, boring loredump narration from the MC, fucking STAT SCREENS. Basically everything that I consider wrong with this genre hyperfocused into 5 minutes of hell.

But....it really picks up a lot? Once it gets the crap out of the way, the show actually has a solid visual structure, detailed background characters which is always a big play for me, solid animation, a surprisingly good soundtrack, a good hook....I dunno, I feel like my gut instinct from when I first watched the PV was right, at least for now! It could just be a case of the anime doing a much better job adapting the LN than the previously mentioned manga, we had a noteable case of that last year with MagiRevo.

I will say though, a fantasy series or Isekai attempting to tackle racism is hardly new, but "black people who are treated as literally lesser humans who were brought over from across the sea as slaves and don't have rights", is, uh.....on the nose!