Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…
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A slow burn classic fantasy, with incredible production value and a hard hitting emotional core, I am certain this show will go down in history as one of the defining shows of it's genre.

Oh, also some incredibly well animated magic effects

Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord

Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I’m Not the Demon Lord
This college kid wants nothing more than a quiet life. So when she’s reborn as Yumiella, the hidden villainess of an Otome RPG, she’s not exactly thrilled. Still yearning for peace, she abandons her evil duties to live a more discreet life. Until her gamer side kicks in and she accidentally reaches level 99! Now, everyone suspects that she’s the infamous Demon Lord. What future awaits her?
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Another otome game mix up. The main character is funny, and the bad CGI is bad

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
An ordinary walk home from school turns into an epic journey for Usato. After suddenly being dropped into another world with two fellow students, Usato learns he was summoned there by accident. But things turn around when he discovers a unique aptitude for healing magic! Now, he trains beyond human limitations, using his self-healing abilities to gain absurd strength and unrivaled stamina.
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A refreshing Isekai story where the royalty of the other world are genuinely supportive and kind to the summoned heroes, and everyone gets some serious personal growth.

The Dangers in My Heart Season 2

The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
The second season of Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu. After an eventful winter break, Kyoutarou Ichikawa and Anna Yamada reunite with a stronger bond. They continue to grow in their own ways, with Yamada taking on more challenging photoshoots and Ichikawa maturing both physically and emotionally as he tackles his affections for Yamada. However, spending time together outside of school allows for their relationship to deepen, and it becomes increasingly difficult to deny their budding romantic feelings. Grappling with these unexpected and new emotions, Ichikawa and Yamada realize that, with the passage of time, their relationship is bound to change—and they must ultimately decide whether they wish to remain close friends or finally become a couple.
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More lovely character development and sweet moments. There is some real progress with their development, and well as development of the side characters.

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
Stars are everything, granting abilities to Tamers. So when Ivy was born without one, her village took it as an ill omen! Now banished, she leads a lonely life of salvaging rubbish to survive. That is until she befriends Sora, a weak little slime, in the forest. Together, the delicate duo embarks on a heartwarming journey of survival and discovers there’s more to Ivy than being starless.
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A more grimdark fantasy about the struggles of a kid learning to trust people again after being betrayed and chased out by her hometown. Very bittersweet, but she is meets good people that look out for her.

The taming part of it is pretty underutilized though.

The Apothecary Diaries

The Apothecary Diaries
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she’s making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!
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This was an unexpected hit for me. I started watching it because it looked like a cute romance, but found a well crafted story of character building and political intrigue set in ancient china.

MASHLE Season 2

MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 2
The second season of MASHLE, adapting the Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc. After Mash Burnedead’s clash with Magia Lupus, the secret about his powers is now out in the open. The short-lived celebration ends when the Bureau of Magic summons Mash before an audience of Divine Visionaries, who collectively decree Mash should reap the consequences and die. However, an evil shadow organization called Innocent Zero hijacks the inquiry to demand that Mash be kept alive. Mash proves that he is capable of dealing with Innocent Zero, but the Divine Visionaries’ verdict remains unchanged. Luckily, Mash finds unexpected allies in Divine Visionary Rayne Ames and Headmaster Wahlberg Baigan, and they successfully defer his execution until Innocent Zero is defeated. Mash is now allowed to live under one condition: he must be selected as the Divine Visionary candidate by the year’s end.
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Harry potter if harry was a bodybuilder that solved all of his problems by punching them.

Absurd and hilarious, with a great hip hop OST

Oh, and he can fly by kicking real fast