Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You — Episodes 1-3
You’ve heard of meet cutes: well this is a “meat” cute with the brightly lit aisles and dimly lit alley of a supermarket serving up the start of a fantastic adaptation.
Posts by Cy Catwell
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Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly — Episodes 1-3
It’s colorful, it’s sweet, and it wears its heart on its sleeve, combining a legacy of famous magical girl shows into a modern series that feels fresh enough, especially given that it’s so openly for children and not appealing to an adult demographic.
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The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch — Episode 1
This premiere features too much upskirting, strange sexual harassment jokes, and a pairing of cat teacher and hapless student that feels dead on arrival.
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Yowayowa Sensei — Episode 1
Spring delivers its worst with a romantic comedy where clumsy teacher meets pupil supporter and the world’s most uncomfortable hijinks ensue.
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Rooster Fighter — Episode 1
I’d rather eat a bucket of fried chicken than watch a rooster try to kick ass, but here I am with no fried chicken and a premiere that I really didn’t like.
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I Want to End This Love Game — Episode 1
Love in the name of the game in a perfectly okay premiere where you know the characters are end game, but you don’t know the journey there.
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Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk — Episode 1
This yuri is as sweet as the scent of Spring, openly queer in its premiere that focuses on the simple pleasure of sharing a drink with someone you like.
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A Hundred Scenes of Awajima — Episode 1
Tender, thoughtful, and truly charming, this premiere promises a season filled with the growth of a dozens of perspectives all aimed at standing on the grand, operatic stage after their time at Awajima.
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Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? – Episode 1
If you’re a fan of oddball comedies and birds, this might be the premiere for you. Just know that your humble reviewer was terrified the entire time, but totally gets this series appeal.
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Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku?! – Episode 1
Nerds and Cool Girls Meet in a premiere where what we think of each other is pushed and pulled on to ultimately reveal we all like fandom at the end of the day.
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MARRIAGETOXIN – Episode 1
You’ll be saying “I do!” to this fantastic premiere that features two criminals who make for a fantastically odd couple in the daylight.
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Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy – Episode 1
You’ll want to keep your soul to yourself in this premiere that feels so jarringly rote, you’ll be wishing you’d gotten consumed at the beginning of the episode.
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Even a Replica Can Fall in Love – Episode 1
Curiosity abound in a premiere that lays a solid foundation while it starts to examines what it means to be human, even if you’re created from trauma.
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LIAR GAME – Episode 1
I won’t lie: LIAR GAME is about as tepid as premieres come, promising a really curious plot but coupling it with a college student who feels almost infantilizingly naive.
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GHOST CONCERT: missing songs – Episode 1
What could have been a fairly standard music anime goes in hard as a sci-fi/fantasy mash-up about humans being crowded out of music in favor of generic AI slop.
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Petals of Reincarnation – Episode 1
Edgy vibes and genuinely interesting animation can’t make up for a story that pits history’s finest and worst against each other in a time where facism is ever present.
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The Ramparts of Ice – Episode 1
Melt your heart with an excellent premiere that sets the foundation for one girl’s healing through the genuine power of friendship.
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Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ – Episode 1
It’s not bad but it’s also no standout, treading the same footsteps of male second-chance series that I’ve seen before—ones that especially revolve around guys getting the girl as a band-aid for solving their personality issues.
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Always a Catch! – Episode 1
Allow yourself to get swept up in the start of a hilarious adventure into elite society through the view of a girl they’re definitely not prepared for.
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The Food Diary of Miss Maid – Episode 1
This delightful premiere is everything the title promises: a visual food diary of a maid stuck abroad but still finding joy in the simple pleasure of a good snack or meal.
