2016-04-18

Spring 2016 First Blush - Part 3

Haven't you heard?  I'm Sakamoto: Sakamoto is the coolest person in school, earning the admiration and awe of his classmates.  Others in his class decide that his attitude and admiration pisses them off.  They plot to knock him down a few notches, but his cool over rides their attempts at every turn.

    This series reminds me a little of Cromartie High.  Mostly in the pacing and character designs.   WHil different than Cromartie, its still entertainingly ridiculous.  This could be a fun series but who knows how long the pacing and writing will last.


Shonen Maid: Grade school student Chihiro finds himself and orphan after the death of his mother.  Left to wonder what he will do moving forward an estranged uncle comes to tell him he will be living with him.  At first he doesn't want to live with his incredibly wealthy uncle.  He is convinced otherwise when the dirtiness of the mansion drives him insane and he begins to clean.  His uncle convinces him to stay with him in exchange for being the house keeper, something that appeals to the work ethic his mother ingrained in him.  The caveat...he has to do it while dressed as a maid.


    Its hard to get a feel for how this series will be with the first episode.  It has potential to be a comedy akin to the humorous segments of Toradora.  Or it could turn into something off track and somewhat genre confused like Hayate the Combat Butler.  Time will tell, I'm not holding my breath for it being anything amazing, but it may prove entertaining enough to stick around in my cue.


Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja nai to Omotta: Nishimura is an MMORPG otaku who falls in love with random 'female' players all the time.  When he found out the girl he proposed to in game was a MAN he decided that every female character in the game is a man in real life.  Now the female in his small guild wants to marry him he refuses her.  The members of the guild decide to meet in public and he learns the truth about his team mates.

    Not sure about this one either.  I like that its making fun of all the MMORPG anime out these days, but there's also some annoying shonen character tropes in it.  This could very quickly turn into a really annoying harem anime.


Big Order: Hoshimiya Eiji was given the ability to realize any wish.  The wish he chose was the destruction of the world.  Ten years later, the remnants of humanity carry on amidst the waste land.  Eiji wasn't the only one to gain his wishes, other people who receive the power appear and are labeled as Orders.  The general public views Order's as dangerous and aberrations.  Eiji, knowing that he caused this terrible world hides the fact he is an Order from everyone, trying to help his terminally injured sister.  His peaceful life comes to an end when a group of Order's begin to hunt him.  He is now faced with the power he was granted to survive and correct his mistakes.

    This is a straightforward super natural shonen action series.  The only new thing with it is the way the characters gained their powers, via their selfish wished being granted by a malevolent being.  On top of that Eiji is the epitome of current otaku self identification.  He struggles with his personal guilt and feels strongly that he must right his wrongs with only his own power.  He also has a crippled, semi-incestuous younger sister.  Eiji also suffers from chunibyo syndrome.  This one isn't going to last in my cue.  I will give it maybe 2 more episodes before axing it.


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