Hi everyone. Wow, it’s definitely bee quite the week in my world. Not only because we’ve been in the prep phase for a big upcoming thing at work, but also because there’s been a lot of other things going on in my world that have left me with a lot of uncertainty, and that’s never fun to have to deal with (don’t worry, I’m personally fine; it has to do with some of the other activities I’m involved with). Luckily I’m still able to distract myself with anime.
I’ve been trying to make a little bit more of an effort to stay caught up on episodes of things I’ve found interesting, so I’ll probably talk about those viewings in these posts unless I feel like they warrant their own for some reason.
This week I watched the second episode of Yurei Deco, which did a bit more world-building and also presented Berry with a dilemma of her own to deal with. She discovers the extent of what her parents do in their jobs as content moderators after she witnesses certain events and then logs into her father’s account to see content moderators deleting all evidence of those things under the guise of ensuring that the public doesn’t get upset.
I was initially uncertain how hard the show would delve into its dystopian themes; oftentimes these things serve as nothing more than window-dressing. Obviously this series seems interested in at least exploring the implications of this type of censorship in some form or fashion, which I appreciate.
I also tried to watch the second episode of Lycoris Recoil, but unfortunately I tried to watch it from bed and that was a poor decision – I should know better that, no matter how exciting the content of what I’m watching, watching it from bed never works out. I’ll try again for next time.
Below are the posts from the previous week on S1E1. This season has been unfolding pretty smoothly thus far, and I expect to be done with first episode reviews sometime this week barring any other barriers. Let me know in the comments if you’ve watched anything interesting this past week!
- Summer 2022 First Impressions – Vermeil in Gold – An above-average ecchi series with some nice animation and a sexy love interest. Things get a little iffy due to two characters made to fight over the milquetoast lead, as well as a troubling age-gap.
- Summer 2022 First Impressions – Tokyo Mew Mew New – A revisiting of one of the more famous magical girl series of the past couple of decades. Fun and fast-paced with some decent comedy to round things out.
- Summer 2022 First Impressions – Smile of the Arsnotoria – An episode that spends a long time on very dull subject matter before revealing some more interesting and intense details within the last couple of minutes. It’s difficult to know exactly what to expect with this series.
- Summer 2022 First Impressions – Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World – Another entry in the off-putting genre of slave isekai, which can’t even fulfill its prurient purposes due to some truly bonkers censorship.
- Summer 2022 First Impressions – My Stepmom’s Daughter is my Ex – An interesting take on what’s typically treated as taboo subject matter. The relationship between the leads can be entertaining at times, but it already seems to be headed toward the expected end game.
- Summer 2022 First Impressions – The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting – This was one show I was kind of interested in before the season started, but the best way to describe its opening episode would be “lukewarm.” It tries to dabble in different tones but doesn’t commit to any.
- Summer 2022 first Impressions – Chimimo – The characters are cute and the unique look is nice, but when thinking about it further it seems like the type of story more suited to a series of shorts. It feels insubstantial.