Chatty AF 243: 2026 Spring Mid-Season Check-In
Dee, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the 2026 Spring season where they actually get to spend most of their time talking about Feminist Potential titles!
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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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2026 Spring Anime Three-Episode Check-In
Two of the team’s favorite series are receiving excellent adaptations this season, and there’s more solid shojosei on the docket. How could we not be happy?
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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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Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi! – Episode 1
Generally, this premiere seems more interested in setting up jokes about underwear than exploring the tangled psychosocial web the main character finds herself in.
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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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Kill Blue – Episode 1
It’s not often we get adult protagonists, so it’s kind of a shame that this middle-aged assassin regressed to being a middle schooler.
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Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN – Episodes 1 – 2
Maybe this reboot is the kind of hopeful narrative we need during these challenging times, even if it’s against such a gritty and gory backdrop.
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NIPPON SANGOKU – Episode 1
As far as problems go, there are many, but by sheer dint of aesthetic this could also become a fave.
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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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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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The Drops of God – Episode 1
An anime about wine 20 years after its initial release might come off as inaccessible, but at least it’s not an anime about PC building.
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The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King – Episode 1
One time in a team chat, Peter described an anime episode as “like an onion, except every layer is more razorblades.” I thought about that a lot while I was prepping this review.
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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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I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class – Episode 1
A fairly standard rom-com burdened with a sometimes leering camera.
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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.
