Weekly Anime Post 152

Alright, I watched a lot of anime this week. Really a ton.

First, I finished konosuba. Overall still a decent show, though season 3 felt waaay more generic isekai than the parody/comedy the previous seasons were. Sometimes you see it shine through, but generally it took itself a bit too seriously imo. Still very watchable though.

Then I watched 'I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability', which lived up to its generic isekai name and is a completely mid generic isekai, the only twist being that the protagonist is a little boy (like 10 years old or something) and the adult women fawn over him as opposed to the usual 40 year old protagonist fawns over 10 year old girls. It didnt save the anime from being utterly mid, if anything it made it worse. Watch only if you wanna watch some mind numbing power fantasy isekai shit with a shota fetish.

Then I watched 'Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!', which was fine. As I watched it I got konosuba vibes from time to time, and as I found out after watching its made by the same guy who also made konosuba or something. I would definitly watch a second season if it ever releases.

After that I started watching 'Unnamed Memory', have only watched three episodes so far but it seems fine. Will keep watching.

Now the big one of the week: last season, Date A Live Season V released, and I am a big date a live fan. I watched the first and second season probably eight times or more since they released, third season also at least three times. When season 4 came out I was pretty hyped, but I remember not liking it very much.

Now, in preparation of watching season 5, I rewatched everything, including OVAs and the movie (except Date A Bullet). Season 1 and 2 are still great, and while season 3 starts off a bit weak imo, the origami arc in the second half is probably my favorite part of the whole show. But, even though I watched it less than two years ago, I legit couldnt remember anything about season 4, and when rewatching it I was confirmed again in it being very meh.

First issue that one will notice immediately when watching is the different drawing/animation style. Of course you get used to it, but its still weird in the beginning. But more importantly, the show pretty much completely loses the humor it had in especially season 1 and 2, but also in 3. Season 4 seems way more like a generic harem anime than previous seasons, and the plot of the season (and the girls (especially nia)) are pretty boring.

Also, the fourth season changed kurumi a lot, and not really for the good. In the first season, she is introduced as this very psycho girl who will kill people no biggie and not give a shit, but in season 4 they try to humanize her too much imo. Idk if this is an issue with the source material (I suspect that the author just wanted to add a psycho b-word character in the first novels, and only really thought about her backstory later), but it seems a bit jarring to me.

And another issue is that, at this point, there are a lot of girls (10 lmao), so character development kinda gets thrown out the window. I guess this might also be because there is more focus on advancing the plot than in season 1 and 2, but it definitly feels more like '3 episodes to collect next girl, then youll never see her again', which was not the case in the previous seasons, though there is also the movie after season 2 where you get at least some extra time with the characters, so thats a bonus for season 1&2 girls of course.

Anyway, from this lengthy rambling you might get that I definitly thought that season 4 was a significant drop in quality, so I was pretty concerned about season 5 following that trend. But... I was positively surprised. I really liked season 5. It took its time to flesh out its plot, and it did so very well as far as Im concerned. I really liked the arc, and I think its a fitting end for the series. The story comes together decently well imo, there werent really any major plot holes bothering me in the end (except some stuff that always comes when time travel shenangians are involved, but no big deal), it had some drama, just overall a good season. Im pretty happy with it.

It is a weird feeling when a show that kinda 'accompanied' (in lack of a better word) you for 10 years ends, though.

I saw some rumors that another movie might come out, I would watch it of course, but I wouldnt mind if the ends this way either. Its a good ending.

Oh, also something to note about the show is that it has some great music.

Anyway, thats it for this week. Ill probably pick up Unnamed Memory again now that I finished Date A Live, not sure what Ill watch after that. I wad eyeing some stuff from last season that I might watch, but it didnt really have anything that seemed like a must watch to me.

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