I’m really enjoying Undead Murder Farce. It’s doing the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen thing of mashing up a bunch of characters from 19th century European adventure and mystery novels, but it’s doing it well, and the main trio are a fun wrench in the works of the whole intricate thing.
My favorite is definitely DekiNeko so far. I wasn't interested in the premise and had mixed expectations of this and Megane because they're made by gohands and have the same staff, but I decided to give it a try because why not. It has completely blown my expectations so far, and I hope they manage to keep up the quality somehow despite the staff situation.
The other anime by gohands has also been really good so far, at least since the latter half of episode 1. The first half was really weirdly directed and I could definitely see there why the studio is disliked, but there's none of that in the rest of the show. I'm liking DekiNeko quite a lot more between these two though.
Other shows I'm enjoying a lot are probably more popular: Helck, Zom100, and Murder Farce.
It's not among my favorites, but other than DekiNeko my biggest surprise this season has definitely been Ai no Idenshi.
Despite adapting a 2015 manga, it feels like it was made in direct response to the recent AI boom this year. It uses an episodic format to tackle several important moral questions when it comes to integrating ai into our daily lives. And it doesn't just give you an answer to those questions. It gives you one or two stories exploring both perspectives and lets you figure out your answer yourself. I really don't like the art style and the characters are very bland, but I'm enjoying the episodic stories a lot and it's definitely not at all as generic and low quality as I expected.
I'm only watching My Happy Marriage. It's one of those anime that is super clumsy and obvious about how it's trying to play with your emotions, but since it's doing it to make me feel happy, I think it's been a fun ride.
Waiting on Zom100 and Jujutsu Kaisen 2 to finish. Though I guess if JJK is 24 episodes long, I'll have to wait til sometime this winter to start watching it -_-
I also still have a backlog of seasonals from the last five years...
For myself, I currently have 11 shows on the go this season. I typically try 15-20 and it usually winds down to about 5-10 after I drop the ones I'm not interested in.
The shows I'm watching are:
Jujutsu Kaisen
Bungo Stray Dogs
Horimiya
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
My Happy Marriage
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1
Reign of the Seven Spellblades
The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today
The Great Cleric
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale
Undead Murder Farce
My favourites new shows this season that I highly recommend checking out are My Happy Marriage and Zom 100: Bucket Lost of the Dead. Both are very different but equally entertaining. My Happy Marrige is a romantic drama with a bit of fantasy thrown in, it's very emotional and has made me cry more times than I care to admit. Zom 100 is a new spin on a Zombie show and has been nothing short of hilarious so far.
I have a few guilty pleasure isekai in there but I'm a sucker for them so don't judge my list too harshly :P
Agreed about Seven Spellblades! The intro makes it seem like such an epic show bit the actual content has been... boring. I'm still watching hoping it get better but it may end up being a late season drop for me.
Helck was one I haven't checked out so I'll give it a shot.
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