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Title in alphabetical order - number of eps (fansub group)
Summary: taken from a site or based on the 1st episode if I can't find any info
My First Impressions: I give my first impressions honestly, I do have
specific tastes and I don't expect you to think the same thing as me, but it's
there for those who know whether they have similar or very different tastes
from me.
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Summary: Takumi, a gifted chef, was just let go from his job. He lands a gig at an old boarding house called Astro-sou, but hesitates to accept after learning he must also live there full-time. That is until he meets the beautiful and charming caretaker, Mira, and he's sold. The two begin to work together and their connection deepens. But Mira has a secret: she isn't from this world!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: At Eden Hall, each glass has a story. A quiet bar lies tucked away in the streets of Tokyo, and it seems only the most desperate souls burdened by their own troubles manage to find its doors. But after a glass of God poured by the brilliant bartender Ryu, they leave renewed. Ryu has a gift—he knows how to soothe the soul with the perfect drink. Who will he meet next?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince...in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges...including being a 10-year-old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?!
My First Impressions: This might have been fine, but the art/animation is so bad, I couldn't watch it. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Allen is banished from the Duchy of Westfeldt on account of his low level and lack of a god-given Gift, and all seems lost. But with his memories of a past life as a hero intact, Allen sees this twist of fate as a blessing—he can finally live his life as he pleases! That momentary peace is cut short when Allen saves his ex-fiancée, beginning a new saga for the banished former hero.
My First Impressions: Another one that might have been okay if the animation weren't so terrible. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can't help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way...
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Kaburaya Sousuke is a detective struggling to make ends meet. While on a case, he happens upon Sara da Odin, a princess from another world who wields magical powers. Sara quickly adjusts to modern Japanese life as Livia de Udis, a knight from Sara's kingdom, arrives to find her. Soon enough, both Sara and Livia's positivity begins to rub off on Sousuke and the neighborhood.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Rindou Rin, who once dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer before being sidelined by injury, is embracing a quiet life with her grandmother until she is unexpectedly thrust into the high-speed world of racing. Now, she faces a new adrenaline-fueled reality in the NEX Race, a revolutionary motorsport event exceeding speeds of 500 km/h.
My First Impressions: I was vaguely interested in this until I started watching. The animation is so bad that I couldn't. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: After eating a mysterious apple from their farm, an elderly pair of lovebirds, Shouzou and Ine, experience a miraculous transformation into their younger selves. Despite their newfound youth and beauty, the two continue in their cute senior ways. Witness an enduring bond that's stronger and more precious than ever before.
My First Impressions: I think this works a lot better as a manga. I feel like I'm watching a 4-koma when watching episode 1, and it's fun, but not great in anime style. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Mysterious incidents in a city, one after the other. A demonic being is challenged to resolve them. Sumireko, seemingly a plain store clerk, aspires to be a novelist and rocks an alluring body with some ardent admirers. One such, Adashino, admirer looks like a boy, a bookstore clerk. He's steeped in mystery however, at first, until the path of challenges is revealed that he and his sister must face in the city in order to win their ticket back home, outside this world.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Hibino Kafka, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he's become one himself?!
My First Impressions: This one is at least a bit different, but not a fan of the character or art, and there was just nothing keeping my attention. watched the first half of the first episode before moving on. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: The ultimate brain game, "Game of the Gods," was created by supreme gods who had too much time on their hands. The first thing Rhese, a former goddess who woke up from her long sleep, declared was, "Bring me the best player in this era!" Fay, a boy who is considered to be "the best rookie in recent years," is the one who was nominated. The "Game of the Gods" that the two challenge is too difficult, and no one has ever completely conquered it in human history. The gods are fickle, unreasonable, and sometimes incomprehensible, and that's exactly why it's such a waste if you don't enjoy playing it with all your heart! The ultimate brain battle against the supreme gods by a genius game boy, a former god girl, and their friends begins here!
My First Impressions: I watched a couple of episodes and it's not terrible, but the art and animation are fairly subpar. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Yukiya is the lackluster second son of a regional boss in the North House territory. His younger brother has overtaken him in academics. He is no good at sword battle, either. Not that this ever bothers him. So it comes as a shock when this boy, who claims to have no ambition whatsoever, is the one chosen to attend the Imperial Prince in Court--. What awaits Yukiya and his new master is intrigue, murder, a mysterious drug, and invasion from an unexpected enemy. Can they save the world of Yatagarasu (three-legged crows of Japanese myth)?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Scrawny high school student Shimura Kouta is probably the last guy you'd expect to star in a NewTube channel that revolves around fighting. But after following some advice from a mysterious NewTube channel, Kouta is soon knocking out guys stronger than him and raking in more money than he could have ever dreamed of. Can Kouta keep this up, or will he eventually meet his match?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: The Magical Kingdom of Klyrode summons hundreds of heroes from other worlds every year to fight in their war against the Dark One and his army of powerful demons. Flio is one of those heroes, summoned from the Royal Capital Paluma, but something's not right—Flio is only an average merchant. He has no magic, no fighting ability, and his stats are abysmal. Worse, a mishap leaves him unable to return home! Rejected as a hero and stranded in another world, abandoned to the far reaches of the kingdom by a cruel king who just wants him gone, Flio's fate looks pretty bleak. But what will happen once the failed hero candidate finds himself with super cheat powers once he hits level two?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Zagan is feared by the masses as an evil sorcerer. Both socially awkward and foulmouthed, he spends his days studying sorcery while beating down any trespassers within his domain. One day he's invited to a dark auction, and what he finds there is an elven slave girl of peerless beauty, Nephy. Having fallen in love at first sight, Zagan uses up his entire fortune to purchase her, but being a poor conversationalist, he has no idea how to properly interact with her. Thus, the awkward cohabitation of a sorcerer who has no idea how to convey his love and his slave who yearns for her master but has no idea how to appeal to him begins.
My First Impressions: I tried watching this and it was just dumb. Couldn't watch more than 1 episode. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: THE NEW GATE—an online game transformed into a life-and-death struggle for its players. Thanks to the valiant efforts of Shin, the most powerful of them all, an end to the game and freedom for everyone seemed within reach. But just moments after Shin defeats the game's final boss, he finds himself bathed in an unknown light and transported some 500 years into the future of the in-game world. Thrown from a simple game gone wrong into a strange new land, one young swordsman of unrivalled strength is about to embark on a legendary journey!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: A dramatic tale of golf and humans, set on the beautiful Tokara Islands. Igarashi has thrown away his past and fled society, relocating to Hinoshima Island. Here, on "Japan's last hidden paradise," he meets Tonbo, the island's only middle schooler. To his surprise, this girl harbors an extraordinary talent for golf!? This encounter marks the beginning of a significant change in their destinies.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Tokumitsu Shintarou is a high schooler living all alone, but things take an unexpected turn when a girl named Towa shows up on his balcony! Not only is she incredibly pure and sweet, but there's something different about her—something...divine. Just who is Shintarou's new roommate, and what adorable high jinks lie in store?!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: After a tragic death, he wakes up to find himself reincarnated as a feeble and weak goblin named, Goburou. However, due to his extremely unique ability "absorption", he is able to get stronger the more he feeds. He finds himself evolving at an astonishing rate and in no time becomes the leader of his community! In another world where only the strong survive, along with competent fellow goblins and friends, Goburou becomes one of the most powerful goblins in this fun and exciting fantasy!
My First Impressions: This is less a story than a diary in visual form. It got boring pretty fast. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: A high-school girl Itou, captivated by women's bicycle racing "Girls Keirin," enters a training school and has a fateful encounter with Hiratsuka, who becomes both their lifelong rival and close friend. They practice and compete together, to realize their dream, to win the top title of Keirin athlete, "Girls' Fresh Queens"!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and, to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means...
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Yuugure Yuuhi and Utatane Yasumi, two high school voice actresses who just happened to attend the same school and coincidentally got placed into the same class, are the two hosts of a radio weekly program. As fellow classmates and voice actresses, they show all the listeners their great friendship! At least, on the surface. In reality, the quiet girl Chika and the gyaru Yumiko are complete opposites. And they absolutely cannot stand each other. Off air, chaos and insults erupt. On air, they're the best of friends. Just where will this tumultuous relationship lead them?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: In a seemingly ordinary rural town, something strange is happening to the residents. But Chikura Shizuru is more concerned for her missing friend. Determined to find her, Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train and travel to the outside world, unsure if they'll make it back alive. As they venture toward the unknown, the question looms: What awaits them at the final stop?
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Fujiyoshi Masaki is a stay-at-home spouse and parent. He has fought long and hard with feelings of being a burden to his loving husband, Hiromu, due to his status as an omega—and the difficulty they faced to achieve this domesticity. When their son, Hikari, was born, the family moved to an area better suited for raising children. Despite their newfound domestic bliss, the family's ties to their past are in tatters. There are people they left behind to pursue the creation of their happy family, and when they begin to return, Masaki and Hiromu aren't quite sure they have good intentions.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: After thirty-five years of perfectly ordinary life, a run-of-the-mill businessman suddenly drops dead...only to be reborn in another world! Now he must live as Ars Louvent, scion of a minor noble family and wielder of a fabulous skill: Appraisal, the power to perceive the strengths and abilities of others at a glance. He'll need it, too, because there are plenty of problems to solve in the Louvent family's territory! Ars only has one choice: recruit the most talented individuals his skill can find, and rise up to new heights in his brand new world!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Welcome to Engamori, the cozy town where supernatural beings are your friendly neighbors. For generations and to this day, the otherworldly Yokai and humans have continued to protect their easygoing way of life. Enjoy the mountain breeze and uncover the mysterious bonds that lie within.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Climbing a deadly tower, Oscar seeks the power of its master, the Witch of the Azure Moon. He hopes her incredible magic can break a curse that will kill any woman he takes for a wife. When the prince sees how beautiful Tinasha is, though, he has a better idea-since she's surely strong enough to survive his curse, she should just marry him instead! Tinasha isn't keen on the idea, but agrees to live with Oscar in the royal castle for a year while researching the spell placed on the prince. The witch's pretty face hides several lifetimes of dark secrets, however-secrets that begin resurfacing...
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Mito, who has no family to rely on, lives on the streets, disguised as a boy. Ruka, a vampire, saves her from a perilous situation and makes her an offer: become his subservient thrall from which he can feed whenever he wants, and she can live with him—in the boys' dorm. Because her very existence depends on her secret not being found out, every day is a new danger—to say nothing of that vampire! Meanwhile, Ruka, not knowing Mito's a girl, dotes on her night and day in an attempt to ripen her "disgusting male blood," but when real feelings develop... this dangerous romance between a crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire begins!
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Sakura Haruka wants nothing to do with weaklings—he's only interested in the strongest of the strong. He's from Fuurin High School, a school of near-dropout degenerates known only for their brawling strength. And in a town known for its territorial disputes, Haruka's got only one goal—become the hero his town deserves.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN
Summary: Shibuya is a city full of identity. It is here on Shibuya's late night streets that illustrator Kouzuki Mahiru, former idol Yamanouchi Kano, Vtuber Watase Kiui and composer Takanashi Kim Anouk Mei — four young women who are slightly outside the world — join together and form an anonymous artist group called JELEE. "I" also want to shine like someone else. If it's not me but "we" then we might be able to shine.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: ANN