I think the spring season was a good season for me. It was the first season where I actually decided to watch on-going anime as opposed to binging on 12 episode series in a day or two. Spring seems like such a long time ago, so I'll have to pull out AniChart and my trusty notepad full of every anime I've ever watched to figure out what I finished this spring season.
Okay. So after a bit of reading this should be it. These are the anime that I watched oh so long ago:
Black Bullet
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou
Date a Live II
GochiUsa
Gokukoku no Brynhildr
Isshuukan Friends
Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara
Mekakucity Actors
No Game No Life
Seikoku no Dragonar
This is going to be a really long post. My MAL just in case if you wanted to check out something.
Spoilers. Yeah, I warned you already.
I thought that Black Bullet was nice. Nothing godly, nothing that made my heart go doki doki whenever I heard it being talked about. This anime is just... an anime.
There were some really good moments in this Black Bullet, moments that did make my heart go doki doki, but it's unfortunate that this is not how the whole series goes. The ending felt a bit weird, especially with how Kisara becomes a "bad guy" and all that, but I feel that if a second season does happen, it would be really interesting to see how her part plays out. The whole series plays out nicely, but if you're expecting a lot out of Black Bullet, then that's a no no.
Best Girl: Senju Kayo
There is nothing wrong with this anime. Art is fantastic. Characters are great and you can definitely relate to them. It gives off a really strong Sakurasou vibe with it's premise and everything. With 12 episodes, I wasn't expecting any hardcore drama to fall on the cast, and it didn't. Yes, Kawaisou is an anime that leaves you hanging with the romance between the protagonists.
The comedy was great and the timing for it was also great. It certainly didn't close the Sakurasou void, but it helped. Kawaisou is a solid anime, and fun to watch at that.
Best Girl: Ritsu Kawai
Should I really say anything about this? If anything, DaL II felt worse than its predecessor. Yoshino got dropped hard to a supporting role where she hardly got much screen time and I didn't have as much fun as I did in the first season. Whether it's because I matured as an anime watcher, the second season was simply just worse, or I grew tired of the setting, the end point is that I didn't enjoy DaL II.
Best Girl: Yoshino
I watched for kawaii girls running a coffee shop. Guess what I got.
Kawaii girls running a coffee shop.
GochiUsa is what it looks like, and you're not supposed to expect anything more than that. If that's your mentality walking into something like this, then you'll be fine. I myself actually had a good time watching this anime. The message of cute really gets to you, and the art is nice to look at. All of the characters have a variety of traits and are each likable in their own way.
Best Girl: Chino Kafuu
As much as I'd like to say that more episodes would've helped Gokukoku no Bryndhildr out, it probably wouldn't. Maybe.
The show is about a group of witches trying to stay alive. They need to take pills regularly to keep themselves from melting into a heaping pile of gooop and every witch has their own rank and superpower(s). The way that Gokukoku no Brynhildr sets itself up is definitely interesting, and something I looked at twice before deciding to pick it up.
However as the show progresses more and more it gets more and more complicated and confusing, to the point where I can't and don't really care about what's going on. There's a bit of fanservice here and there, but nothing to completely turn off the regular viewer.
Best Girl: Neko Kuroha
Man, everything in the spring season had really promising potential, but then just degraded as it went on. Isshuukan Friends is a good example of this. It was a nice cute show for me to watch, and I really liked it. It's about Kaori Fujimiya, a girl who loses her memories of any friends every Monday and how her new friend Hase Yuuki tries to... help her out?
One thing I really really think was great in the anime was the side romance between Shougo and Saki. However that's one of the few things that I can really applaud Isshuukan Friends on. As the anime was setting up for the end, it threw in an old childhood friend who just messes up everything. A bunch of stuff happens and the two MCs break apart. A few episodes pass like this and they make up in a pretty non-climatic didn't-make-my-heart-go-doki-doki way. For this reason the anime just didn't work out for me.
Best Girl: Kaori Fujimiya
Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara
Ew ew ew ew ew. Everything was really confusing and messed up and waaaaaaaaaaay too complicated. I also got turned off by how the characters looked. Just blech. I think I gave it a 5 or something.
Best Girl: (Do I really have to pick? :/) Akane Mahougasawa
I didn't like it.
Before you flame on me, realize this. I have not read any of the manga or listened to any of the songs ever. I know LITERALLY 0 about the universe of Mekakucity Actors. I just watched the anime because it was airing and my friend recommended it to me.
Watching Mekakucity Actors was frankly confusing for me. I think back story would have helped me to understand what was going on, but even with the back story, I feel that the execution was somewhat poor. The art style was meh and I didn't particularly like it (thanks Shaft). Plot felt compressed and I had little to no time getting to know characters. Longer run might've helped? I don't know.
Best Girl: Marry Kozakura
I loved No Game No Life. Realizing that there's a lot of hate on how much it is hyped up, it might be the wrong thing to say, but hey, I do love it. The show was witty and entertaining the whole way. You knew that Blank would undoubtedly win, but it was most definitely the way that they won that was something worth watching.
Art style is very different, bursting with colour, but not something that I didn't like. Execution was great, and always left me wanting more. Cliffhanger pls.
Best Girl: Jibril
Seikoku no Dragonar
Oppai, dragons, and fanservice. That's really all there is to Seikoku no Dragonar. Do I mind? Not really. I watched this just for the hell of it.
Oh yeah, that kiss at the end? Bestiality.
Best Girl: SEITO KAICHOU Rebecca Randall
That's It, Summer Thoughts Next Post?
I can't believe I actually thought that I could fit both my spring and summer thoughts into one post. Seeing this post as it is now, it's close to impossible. I doubt you'd be able to continue reading anyhow.
'Till the next post. I'm an 8 for today.
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