Thursday, August 22, 2024

WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?


This world is full of islands that float in the air. One day in one of the islands cities a girl tries to hide herself but loses her disguise. With the help of a young man she is able to escape the crowds and avoid being pursued. After awhile she is picked up by her escorts and asks that the young man forget he ever met her. Later, the young man Willem is approached by one of his friends, who says that he has a job for him. The job is to take care of weapons at a warehouse. As it sounded simple enough, Willem decides to take it. It is there he meets an old friend who happens to be a man eating troll. She tells him that she is there for the same job he is. Not long after that, Willem runs into the girl he had shown around the city along with a group of small children called Leprechauns. What are they doing at a weapons warehouse? Why do they use technology that no one else uses? It is after questions like these that Willem learns of the Leprechauns history as well as their purpose. Will he be able to save them?

WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? was a pretty interesting anime. It wasn't so interesting that I watched it without stopping, but it felt different than other romance anime. My favorite part of it was the music. Music doesn't always stand out in anime to me, but like Komi Can't Communicate, I thought every song was great. There is a shower scene and a bath scene. There is also quite a bit of swearing throughout it. It was a fun watch. If you like fantasy romance anime's I would suggest giving it a try.

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Alice or Alice


Rise and Airi live with their big brother. With his help they are able to get a job at a maid cafe called Kisa Kissa. In order to help them with their customer service skills the manager Kisaki has them practice making foods and serving it to their brother. Slowly more and more people join the cafe. To help the employees bond more Kisaki has them go on outings to places like a Hot Spring Resort, a festival, as well as the beach. However, a new maid cafe soon pops up to rival them. Will they be able to handle it?

Alice or Alice was actually a lot better than I was expecting it to be. It was a fun slice of life. The message and feeling of the show is wholesome. However, there are a lot of scenes where the girls wear clothes with cleavage, bathing suits, or just a towel in the hot springs episode. If you dislike fan service be aware that there is a fair amount in this. However, if you don't mind it I would suggest giving this one a try since it takes less than an hour to watch.

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Anime de Training! XX Specials


The Girls are back with all new exercises to walk you through. Asami does weightlifting, Eri does the wall sit, Shizuna does jump rope, Shion does sit ups, Yuu does back extensions, and Sakura ends with wide squats. Just like the previous videos they go at a pace that is easy to follow along to. 

Anime de Training! XX Specials were interesting. If you don't do the exercises, it is also a great way to learn how to count to one hundred in Japanese. Also just a forewarning if you don't like fan service, the longer they exercise the more transparent their clothing becomes. It's weird and unneeded, but for some reason thats how the videos were made. Anyway if you have seen either their main series or the first season specials you know wether or not this is for you.  

Monday, August 19, 2024

How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?


Hibiki Sakura has always loved eating. After her friend Ayaka points out that she has gotten bigger lately Hibiki tries to work out at home but loses motivation after a week. After hearing that a new gym opened close by and that they give out free trials, Hibiki decides to give it a try. It is there that she meets the student council president of her school, Akemi. After meeting a helpful trainer named Naruzou Machio both girls decide to become members. However, while Hibiki originally joined to get a boyfriend The boys that she meets at the gym all seem to be different than she expected after getting to know them. Will Hibiki find happiness?

How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift was a pretty fun anime to watch. It is kind of like Anime de Training in that it informs you on different types of exercise you can do and what muscles each exercise enhances. However, unlike Anime de Training, How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift has a storyline. The characters are likable, and the story is good if you like Slice of Life. There is quite a bit of fan service. The anime has two beach episodes, a shower scene, as well as guys ripping off their clothes whenever they flex, which happens in basically every episode. Some of it is censored but a lot of it isn't. If it sounds like something you would be interested in feel free to give it a try.

Sunday, August 18, 2024

Anime de Training! EX Specials


Shion, Eri, Asami, Yuu, and Shizuno are back for more exercises. Each girl helps you through a 100 reps of a different exercise. Asami demonstrates how to do sit ups, Eri helps with pushups, Shizuno demonstrates how to do back extensions, Shion helps count squats, and Yuu demonstrates how to do back kicks. Each girl counts at a slow and steady pace making it easy to follow.

Anime de Training! EX Specials were pretty similar to the main series. The animation stays clean for the most part but you do see Eri's panties in the second episode as well as Shizuno's cleavage in the third. Besides that it is pretty much the same as any workout video.

Saturday, August 17, 2024

Suicide Squad ISEKAI


After completeing a heist with Joker, Harley Quinn is captured and imprisoned. It is there that she is recruited by Amanda Waller to help gather the resources of another world and bring them back to theirs. Without much of an explanation Harley Quinn, Peace Maker, Deadshot, Clayface, and King Shark are all put into a helicopter and transferred to the other world. However, the people from A.R.G.U.S. are all killed by the citizens of this new world. The Suicide Squad helps to defeat the enemies the kingdom is currently fighting, but rather than being rewarded, they are instead imprisoned. Will they be able to change the minds of this new worlds people, and become accepted?

Suicide Squad Isekai was alright. The World definitely looked and felt different from your average Isekai. However, I think the story wasn't really captivating. There are only two times when you see Harley undressed and thats in episode 1 and episode 10. There is a lot of swearing in each episode as well. This is one I probably won't be watching again. But, if it sounds interesting to you go ahead and give it a try.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Piacevole


Morina Nanase is walking home from school one day with her friend Rii Kagetsu. While talking about whats going on in their lives Morina mentions that she wants to get a part time job. It is then that she comes across a help wanted sign for an Italian restaurant called Festa Trattoria. Despite knowing nothing about Italy or Italian foods Morina is given the job. It is there that she grows a love or Italian foods and makes it her goal to become a chef.

Piacevole is a nice relaxing anime. The story is simple and the episodes are short. All the characters are likable as well. It isn't the type of anime that I would say is one you have to see, but it is good if you want to watch something short while considering what you should watch next. Both the language and visuals are clean, which is a plus. If you like food or restaurant related anime this one might be good for you.

Thursday, August 1, 2024

Encouragement of Climb Season 3


Summer has just ended and Aoi is unsatisfied that she only made it halfway up Mount Fuji. She wants to do it again, but after consulting with Kaede she learns that she won't be able to do it until next year due to the weather making it dangerous. So Aoi starts to prepare by carrying a heavier backpack on her local hikes so she will be able to handle the load when they go to Mount Fuji next time. Thanks to spending time with Hinata, other girls start to approach Aoi in hopes of becoming friends. 

Encouragement of Climb Season 3 is one of those anime's that you can feel heal your soul. There is a hot springs scene, but besides that everybody dresses modestly. It was exactly what I needed. If you liked the previous 2 seasons I would definitely suggest watching it.

The Detective Is Already Dead

Kimihiko Kimizuka has always had a predisposition for running into trouble. He has stumbled into so many crime scenes that the police starte...