Kagua-sama: Love is War Season 3

Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
The elite members of Shuchiin Academy’s student council continue their competitive day-to-day antics. Council president Miyuki Shirogane clashes daily against vice-president Kaguya Shinomiya, each fighting tooth and nail to trick the other into confessing their romantic love. Kaguya struggles within…

This show is going to me remembered as one of the best romance shows of all time. It has such incredible characters and development, and even the initial joke premise is revealed to be a reflection of the main characters deep-seated insecurities.

Overall, this has been an incredible adaptation of the manga, and the 3rd season ends on one of the best moments, while also setting up the story to move into the next arc.

10/10, I will be adding this to my collection on blueray.

Way to reject the entire premise of the show, Kaguya


Demon Girl Next Door Season 2

The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2
The second season of Machikado Mazoku. Shamiko, AKA Shadow Mistress Yuuko, aims to break the curse placed on her family by the Clan of Light. Along the way, she forms an unlikely allegiance with Momo, a rival from the Light Clan! They’ll need to work together to find another magical girl who’s gone…

This show is a master class in random throwaway jokes actually becoming important plot points later. And for a slapstick comedy, it has a surprisingly deep and sometimes sad lore to give those plot points weight.

But mostly, all of the characters are great, and the humor that comes from wacky circumstances being treated as completely normal always leaves me laughing.

Season 2 continued from he first season, while expanding the cast and revealing some of the details of the story, such as the nature of the curse, and what happened to Momo’s sister.


Aharen-San is Indecipherable

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
The story follows the “indecipherable” daily life of the short and quiet Reina Aharen and Raidou who sits next to her. Aharen is not so good at gauging the distance between people, and Raidou initially felt some distance between the two of them. One day, when Raidou picked up the eraser that Aharen…

This was another great comedy / romance that I watched with Xillball,

Aharen and Raido’s deadpan shenanigans are great.


Komi Can’t Communicate Season 2

Komi Can’t Communicate Part 2
The second season of Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu. Komi and pals are back! Who else will Komi make friends with? How will her relationship with Tadano evolve?

Komi talked a little more this season. Progress!


Spy X Family

SPY x FAMILY
Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else. At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Serv…

Another show that will probably be considered among the greatest shows of all time, and especially as an introduction to anime for new people in the way that Cowboy Bebop is.

The show is just incredibly wholesome and cool, while avoiding a lot of the weirder anime tropes that usually turn people away.

There will definitely be other seasons of this.


This Healer is Annoying

Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer!
The story of the series follows Alvin, a knight with saint-like patience for annoying people, and Karla, a dark elf healer with a sharp tongue and a rotten personality who always speaks without thinking first. Together, they form a party and go on fantastical adventures.

A slapstick comedy about a healer who constantly throws shade at her party member, who is also pretty useless.

It also has occasional moments of wholesomeness, since despite their constant comedy routine, they do appreciate each other in their own way.


Love After World Domination

Love After World Domination
It’s love at first sight for Fudo and Desumi, except it was during a battle of life and death. Fudo, leader of the hero squad Gelato 5, and Desumi, the Death Queen of the evil society Gekko, have found themselves caught in a forbidden love—and it’s their first relationship! Moving in secrecy, they l…

The leader of the hero and villain organizations fall in love, and try and hide it from their colleagues.


Ya Boy Kongming

Ya Boy Kongming!
Fate and reincarnation deliver brilliant military strategist, Kongming, from warring, ancient China to Japan’s modern party hot spot in Shibuya City, Tokyo. After a lifetime of battles and military skirmishes, Kongming wished with his last breath to be reborn in a world of peace and prosperity. It’s…

Zhuge Liang, AKA Kongming, famous strategist from the warring states period of China, is reincarnated in Modern day Shibuya Japan, and uses his intellect to help a struggling hip hop artists achieve success.

It's a wild premise, but somehow they make it work.

Also, the OP is a banger


The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs
Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which…

I had read the manga for this, and mainly watched it because I thought the setting was interesting, and the main character's abbrasive personality was funny.

The premise is that the main character is reincarnated in a dating sim that specifically has a weird setting and all over the place plot, with terrible game balance.

The animation was janky as hell, but the setting and main character carry it.


RPG Real Estate

RPG Real Estate
The story begins 15 years after the demon king was defeated and the world has become peaceful. Kotone, who graduated from school and became a magician, inquired the kingdom-affiliated RPG Real Estate in order to find a new home. In reality, RPG Real Estate was Kotone’s place of employment, and toget…

In a fantasy world that has achieved world peace, cute anime girls find houses for various monsters that fit their non standard needs.

Also, in the finale of the show, the main character straight up dies. Talk about a jarring tone shift. It's ok though, the necromancer brings her spirit back, somehow.