Let’s Go Karaoke! – Series Review
Let’s Go Karaoke is a beautifully made coming-of-age story that’s mostly about an age-gap friendship, though not everyone will be comfortable with its hints toward the possibility of something more down the line.
Posts by Vrai Kaiser
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Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love! – Episode 1
Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love is lifting an absolutely herculean task onto its shoulders: selling a fatphobic world on the charm of a cute and confidently fat heroine.
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A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace – Episode 1
AniFam, I am pleased to present to you a star rom-com of the season: “useless lesbians make manga.”
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My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! – Episode 1
This is an exhausting premiere that wants to pat itself on the back for pointing out the tropes it’s wallowing in.
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Shabake – Episode 1
It’s hard to tell if this will be an episodic drama or a grand mystery, but there’s a lot of hinted depth to the chronically ill protagonist.
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This Monster Wants to Eat Me – Episode 1
The summer of depressed small town boys falling for eldritch mountain gods has come to a close, but fall is here for us with depressed small town girls falling for sea monsters! Truly, anime is good.
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Let’s Play – Episode 1
Do you yearn for a Megatokyo anime that never was? Were you horny for Markiplier in 2016? Is there a powerful urge to rubberneck in your veins?
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Maebashi Witches sets a new standard for tackling fatphobia
Writer Erika Yoshida’s talents shine in Maebashi, which isn’t so much about revolutionizing the world as imagining achievable ways that everyday girls can make the world a better place. And nowhere is the show stronger than in its exploration of fatphobia.
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Turkey! Time to Strike – Episodes 1-2
Gauging the first episode of Turkey! feels useless without the second, which is both a good and bad thing.
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There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… – Episode 1
It’s “part time girlfriend” premise is fun and joyously silly, but its frenetic pacing might not be for everyone.
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Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl – Episode 1
A lot of the shine comes off this rather sweet premiere when you realize it’s setting up a romance between a 13-year-old and an 18-year-old.
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Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex – Episode 1
It’s a harmless romantic fantasy, but its broad melodramatic writing feels squarely for middle-schoolers.
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Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show – Episode 1
Necronomico’s premiere has been dogged by word salad subs and AI. And that is a damned shame, because I think there might be a really kick-ass show in here.
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The Shiunji Family Children – Episode 1
Bless its heart, The Shiunji Family Children really wants me to take its “but they’re not blood related!” plot seriously.
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ZatsuTabi -That’s Journey- – Episode 1
The characters are thin, but if you like travel shows this might be a relaxing watch.
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Anne Shirley – Episode 1
A gorgeous new take on a proto-shoujo classic that pays homage to older adaptation while welcoming in new viewers.
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Kowloon Generic Romance – Episode 1
This is a rich premiere that bubbles with a mix of affection and suspicion for that thorny concept of “nostalgia.”
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Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? – Episode 1
These two teenagers will be tested by the most terrifying force of all: compulsory heterosexuality.
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Rock is a Lady’s Modesty – Episode 1
Whether you’re into band girls, yuri, or rivalries depicted with absurd intensity, I emphatically suggest giving this one a look.
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Please Put Them On, Takamine-san – Episode 1
Yup, that’s a porno plot, I reckon.
