My favorites of the season are Oshi no Ko and Vinland Saga season 2, but I've also been watching Heavenly Delusion with my girlfriend. Watched a bit of Hell's Paradise and I'll probably finish that at some point when the season's over
Oshi No Ko is the big one. I've also been keeping up with the insanity that is KamiKatsu mostly because the discussion thread are fun. One seasonal anime I almost missed is The Dangers in My Heart; I'm not normally a romcom person, but it totally sucked me in and I wound up binging 10 episodes in a single sitting last week lmao
I've read the webtoon. The story did skip some stuff but I don't think it matters too much. The story starts to pick up more after the time skip anyway. They chapters are long and they were trying to fit the whole season 1 story of 70ish chapters into 13 episodes.
I've been watching Demon Slayer. While I don't enjoy the pacing as much. It's still pretty good. I read the manga entirely after season 2 came out. And while I liked it. I am hopeful the anime can rectify certain decisions.
Put One punch man into Harry Potter universe. Main character is much like one punch man. Live of a non magic person (but super strong) in a magic world.
It does feel like the isekai element of Oshi No Ko can be quite easily forgotten. Good show anyhow!
Dead Mount Death Play did catch my eye but it didn't really manage to keep me intrigued, it felt a bit too slice of life-y to my taste if that makes sense.
Insomniacs after school is a slice of life kind of romance anime featuring two kids in high school who have trouble sleeping and eventually join an astronomy club. I read the manga and was excited to see it get adapted and I think they've done a good job.
It's a really calm and relaxing and wholesome show with such a good vibe. It's hard to put into words but it does capture the feeling of being out late at night wandering around, and being young and wandering around school, and the protagonists are both very cute and wholesome. The two have good chemistry and a nice realistic relationship.
Best of all it does so without leaning into the very common anime and manga tropes of fanservice.
Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. It’s been a refreshing update on the Gundam formula. Demon Slayer continues to be great. I’ve somewhat fallen off of Dr. Stone this season, perhaps it feels a bit stale after the flashback episodes last season.
I've been watching Witch from Mercury too, though I am behind and still working through the first half. I really enjoy it and picking out the little parallels to Revolutionary Girl Utena (even if I don't think the parallels go that deep).
Personally I've been watching Oshi No Ko and Hell's Paradise.
Oshi No Ko's intrigue is what I really like about the show. I can't wait to see how it unfolds. The commentary on the entertainment business I think is really cool to see addressed in popular media.
Hell's Paradise is a bit more trashy but it's fun to watch. Sometimes a power fantasy kind of show is just fun to watch from time to time.
I watched Oshi No Ko on an absolute whim, and oh my god, what a first episode. It's an absolute spectacle, and I loved the decision to make it longer. The "hallway scene" was harrowing.
I've been watching Oshi no Ko weekly too (though I wait til Saturday to watch). I used to like idol anime but this is such an interesting perspective on it and I really like the mystery element of it also.
The only other animes that I've seen with an idol theme that I liked were probably Perfect Blue and Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-. I'd recommend both for obviously very different reason!
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