Tamon's B-Side

Utage Kinoshita is a regular girl in high school. What she loves more than anything else is the Idol group F/ACE. Her favorite singer is Tamon Fukuhara. One day while she is doing her job as a house keeper she gets invited to Tamon's apartment. While in concert Tamon has a "sexy and wild" persona, but it turns out that in private Tamon is an introvert with no self confidence. So while she cleans the house and takes care of Tamon's health, Utage also becomes a close friend who is able to lift Tamon's spirits so that he can do his best while he is working as an idol. 

Tamon's B-Side was a fun anime. I really enjoyed the balance of Utage's high school life and her personal life. It kind of reminded me a bit of D4DJ First Mix as well as Oshi No Ko. I don't typically watch Idol anime, but this is one of the best i've seen. The anime does a great job at pacing in a way that you can learn about each member of F/ACE and feel a connection with the characters. I even teared up a little bit during Natsuki Ishibashi's Arc. There are no lewd scenes in the anime, and the language is clean. I would definitely suggest it if you are looking for a romance that feels different from your typical high school romance.

The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer

In this world it is legal to torture people, and it has become a well known industry. The torture firm Spirytus consists of Sero and Siu who handle the torturing, and Noe and Hera who handle the administrative side of the company. They are always looking for new employees, and eventually they come across Mike and Hugh. Slowly the reputation and success of Spirytus begins to grow, and the company becomes a fun place to work.

The Daily Life of a Part-Time Torturer sounds like it will be a gruesome anime. However, the actual torturing isn't really shown. The anime focuses more on the employees and how they spend their time both at work and outside of work. It's a pretty fun anime to watch if you are looking for a slice of life anime with a unique setting. There is no fan service, and the language is clean as well. I would definitely suggest giving it a try. 

Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin

Takuto Ira, the strongest player in the RPG Eternal Nations is reincarnated into a world that resembles the game. However, rather than start everything from scratch, he finds that there is a group of Dark Elves living in his forest. To avoid problems later down the road, he asks them to become part of the country that he is going to build, in exchange their alignment will go from Neutral to Evil. The Elves having been kicked out of all the places they lived before agree to become citizens of his new country, Mynoghra.

Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra is probably the anime I enjoyed the most this season. It has a similar feeling to Overlord at the start, but feels like its own anime after you get a few episodes in. There is some swearing in it, but visually it remains clean. If you enjoy isekai anime that focuses on building your territory like Farming Life in Another World, I would definitely suggest giving this one a try.

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2

Its summer in the Clearflow Lake Stratum, and while everything appears peaceful, a meeting has been called for all the Stratum Directors. Director Bear invites Lammis, Boxxo, and Hulemy to join the meeting on the Dead's Lament Stratum. The meeting is regarding the attack of the Netherlord which nearly killed Hulemy and Shui.The Directors decide that the best option is to attack the Netherlord after gathering the best hunters from each Stratum. But will things actually work out like they planned?

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2 was pretty fun to watch. There were a lot of twists that I wasn't expecting. I really enjoyed getting to learn about more stratums that weren't shown in Season 1. I also enjoyed the new characters that were introduced like Kikoyu and Hevee. The entire season is clean both in language and visually. If you enjoyed Season 1, I would definitely suggest giving Season 2 a try.

To LOVE Ru OVA

When Lala hears Saruyama talk about how he likes the way girls look physically, she asks her friends if that really matters to humans. Lala then makes an invention that should give her the ideal body to win Rito over. However, Rito accidently falls into it after getting hit by Golden Darkness and is transformed into a girl. Now Rito needs to find a way back before his friends find out about his new form.

To LOVE Ru OVA's were really fun to watch. They aren't all necessary to watch, but I would suggest giving episodes four and five a watch since new characters are introduced in those. The OVA's have less fan service than I expected. There just seemed to be a lot of panty shots which is kind of expected after seeing the first season of To Love Ru. its up to you whether you give it a try or not, but If you liked the first season of To Love Ru, I would suggest watching the OVA's.

The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3

The Duke learns that there is a way to break his curse. However, it involves the death of the witch who cast it on him. Unwilling to let anybody die for his sake, the duke tries to convince the Wizard Nico to try and talk things out with Sade and become friends rather than enemies. Before they can put their plan into action, preparations need to be made so that the risk of death is minimized. Will the duke be able to break his curse and live happily ever after?

The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3 was super good. I really enjoyed this series. The anime was able to end in a satisfying way that didn't leave any questions unanswered. I really enjoyed the character Keto. She gives the anime a fun feeling in my opinion. The anime remains mostly clean, though there is a part where you see Alice's back without any clothes. If you enjoy the romance genre, I think that The Duke of Death and His Maid is worth giving a try. 

Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective

Takao Ameku is the head of the Investigative Pathology Division at Tenikai Hospital. She goes around solving mysteries that are caused by unknown medical problems. She is helped by her assistant Yu Takanashi who she refers to as Kotori. However, due to her inability to read the room and solve everything using logic she is often disliked by members of the hospital staff. But that won't stop her from helping everyone she can, even if she has to be insensitive to do it.

Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective is actually a really fun anime. I enjoyed that all the mysteries revolved around medical illnesses. It kind of felt like Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions if he was a doctor instead of a detective. If you enjoy other medical anime's such as Parallel World Pharmacy and Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp, I would suggest giving it a try.

Rokudo's Bad Girls

Tousuke Rokudo has been bullied for as long as he can remember. His only wish is to have a happy school life with his friends Chief and Colonel. Unfortunately he goes to a school that's full of delinquents. One day while trying to figure out what to do about being bullied day after day Rokudo receives a package from his grandpa who has been dead for years. All thats in there is a message saying that Rokudo will soon be in danger as well as a scroll. He opens the scroll and a magic symbol appears on his forehead. This scroll has the power to make any bad girl instantly fall in love with him. With this the bullying lessens but still goes on. Finally Rokudo decides to take a stand against Haruya Iinuma who has been causing the most problems for him. While he continuously took a beating, Rokudo stood his ground and Haruya acknowledges his strength.

Rokudo's Bad Girls was a lot more fun than I was expecting. I haven't seen hardly any anime where the school has delinquents in it, so this was a really cool experience for me. I also like how even though Rokudo doesn't like to fight he still ends up becoming friends with delinquents. It kind of feels like he has a gang of his own. The majority of the anime is clean, however there is a fight scene in episode 11 where one of the bad girls gets into a revealing outfit and starts trying to crush Rokudo. Overall, I think that the anime was really good. It was the first harem anime I've seen where the protagonist doesn't actually want a harem. I would definitely suggest giving it a try.

Castle Town Dandelion

The Sakurada family seems like a normal family on the outside. They go to school in public, participate in sports with everybody, and have their own hobbies just like everyone else. However, they all happen to be royalty, and each one has their own superpower. Rather than choosing a successor to inherit the crown, the current king has decided that the public should decide by voting. Now everyone has to campaign for their spot on the throne as well as find their own reason for being willing to rule the country.

Castle Town Dandelion was actually a lot better than I was expecting. I really liked how every episode focused on a different sibling. You get to know each of the nine characters pretty well as well as their motivations for ruling the country. Their is a beach episode, but besides that everybody dresses modestly. If you are looking for a unique slice of life anime I would highly suggest this one.

As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World Season 2

Couran has summoned Ars to a war council in the city of Semplar. He travels there accompanied by Rietz, Charlotte, Rosell, and Mireille. When they finally get there most of the men loyal to Couran only see Ars as a child rather than a lord with his own territory. Once the war council starts, someone suggests attacking the city of Belzud since they have the advantage in resources and soldiers. However, mireille speaks up and points out that this plan would give the enemy a chance to attack Semplar. Since the men would most likely turn back, they would have lost Semplar and failed to capture Belzud. So Rosell Proposes that they gain another province's help by bribing them. Couran agrees that this is a better plan, so he puts Ars in charge of it. After the council ends Ars and his retainers go to find Licia who excels in diplomacy. While she agrees to help, she also has a request of her own. Will things work out for Ars and those he holds dear?

As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World Season 2 was just as good as the first season, if not better. There are a lot of good things about this season such as learning the back stories of Pham and Mireille. I also believe that having Ars participate in the war for the majority of the season gives it a charm that the first season didn't have. There was no fan service, and the language is kept clean. If you enjoyed the first season, or want a Isekai unlike any other, I would suggest giving this one a try.

Oshi no Ko Season 2

Akane, Kana, and Aqua have all been invited to participate in a stage play adaption of a popular manga known as Tokyo Blade. Meanwhile Ruby and Mem-cho do what they can to earn an income without having any concerts set up. While the actors have all been doing their best to bring the manga characters to life,  Akane feels like her character has been given a completely different personality than the one she envisioned while reading the manga. After a few days of rehearsing the author of the manga comes to see it acted out and tells the staff that she want the entire script rewritten, With only 20 days left until the play is brought to the public, will the staff be able to accommodate this request?

Oshi no Ko Season 2 was really enjoyable for the majority of the season. The appeal of Oshi no Ko for me is its focus on the entertainment industry and the different types of occupations one could have. You also see Aqua start to accept himself which I was really happy with. However, at the very end, the anime suddenly turns super dark. I really enjoyed Ruby as a character, but her change in attitude and demeanor after being made aware of what happened after she died in her past life was disappointing to me. It was as if Aqua and her had simply switched places. Though its not surprising for someone to change after learning that someone they loved died. You could say the outcome should have been expected, but it still surprised me. Despite my disappointment with the ending I still love it enough that I'll watch season 3 when it comes out. There was a hot springs scene in the last episode but its censored with mysterious fog that comes out of nowhere. Anyway, if you liked season 1, I would definitely give this season a shot.

Lucky☆Star

Konata, Tsukasa, Kagami, and Miyuki spend their days doing anything fun they can think of. When they are not at a festival or school event they each have their own hobbies. konata spends her time watching anime, and gaming. Tsukasa likes to spend her time reading manga. While Kagami also likes to read, she reads books that will further increase her knowlege of subjects she believes will be useful. Konata often takes advantage of that by copying her homework rather than doing it herself. While Miyuki seems to spend her time with her mom, she also seems to be well informed and is someone Konata goes to when she has questions. Together they find answers to meaningless and meaningful questions alike as they live their high school life to the fullest.

Lucky Star is honestly pretty hard to describe. The first few episodes were pretty hard to get into at first. I think Konata asking the same question over and over bothered me. I think the show became more interesting once the characters started going to different events like Comiket, school festivals, as well as festivals put on by the city. The langauge is clean. The visuals stay pretty clean as well though there is a bath scene or two. Overall, if you like slice of life anime you can give it a try.  

Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-

Aoi Tsubaki has always been able to see Ayakashi. After her Mother left her she was raised by her grandpa Shiro Tsubaki. Shiro had the power to travel to the hidden realm where the Ayakashi live. It is there that he became well known and accrued massive debt. To settle the matter he offered up his granddaughter Aoi to be the wife of an Ayakashi known as the Ogre God. Once Aoi had grown up the Ogre God came for her and brought her to the hidden realm. Refusing to marry him, Aoi claimed that she could find another way to pay off her grandfather's debt. While nobody seemed willing to accept her at first the nine tailed fox Ginji claimed that there was a place nearby where no matter what kind of business was there it always seemed to fail. It was then that Aoi decided to turn it into her own restaurant.

I didn't have too high of expectations when I started to watch Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-, however, the more I watched the more I enjoyed it. While it is another restaurant anime, it feels different from others. While it takes place in another world, it doesn't follow the common tropes you see in fantasy anime. There are no humans in this world nor are there the magical races you typically see in fantasy such as dwarves & elves. All of the beings being Ayakashi give Kakuriyo a unique feel that made me want to see what will happen next. While there is a hot springs and multiple bath scenes, the majority of it stays clean. If you are looking for a unique supernatural anime I would give this one a try.

A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring

After being killed by a god, Takumi Kayano is sent to the world that he governs. As an apology the wind god grants Takumi a new body along with knowledge about this new world Etelldia. As he is wandering the forest he comes across two kids who seem to have been abandoned. At first they are scared of Takumi, but after he offers them food they warm up to him. Using Takumi's magic and Allen and Elena's strength the three of them make it through the forest and arrive at a town called Shireen. It is there that they become adventurers.

A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring was a super fun anime to watch. While people getting Isekaid and becoming adventurers isn't a new concept,  the characters and world made the anime super fun for me. I absolutely love when there is food related scenes in anime and this one had quite a bit of that as well. Allen and Elena make the anime feel unique since you never see kids become adventurers. While there are young characters like Fran from Reincarnated as a Sword and Mile from Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life, both of them are around the age of twelve while Allen and Elena are five. There is no swearing and the anime is clean visually as well. If you like the Isekai genre I would definitely suggest giving this one a try.

Mr. Villain's Day Off

The main character is known as The General by his subordinates in admiration of his power. The General is a high ranking member of The Evil League, an organization from another planet that seeks to wipe out humanity and take Earth for themselves. What The General values most of all is his days off from work. While studying various animals on Earth, The General learns about a creature called a panda which he finds curious. So he goes to the zoo to learn more. After being satisfied by his work visit he decides to go there on his day off where he runs into Red. Red is one of the Rangers that protects humanity and fights against The Evil League, though their meeting was a coincidence. After seeing a ticket to the aquarium in Red's hand, The General learns that Red has a terrible sense of direction and points him to the aquarium. He then runs into two little kids who are also lost and buys them ice cream while walking them to the lost children's center. 

I really liked Mr. Villains Day Off. It has a really relaxing feeling to it. I especially like how The General doesn't hate all of humanity. His interactions with the desk clerk at the convenience store are especially heartwarming. I also like how despite having a goal to take over the Earth he still encourages kids who talk to him to follow their dreams. This show is completely clean. While there is a shower scene it only shows The Generals feet. I would suggest this one for anyone trying to get into anime, or if they just want something relaxing to watch. 

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.

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2

After defeating the white whale and saving Emilia and the kids from an explosion, Subaru confesses his love for Emilia. However, feeling guilty he tells her that Rem had also given him a confession as well. That is when Emilia asks if Rem is someone she is supposed to know.  Confused because Rem had not been hit by the White whale's fog, he tries to find out what happened. With the help of Puck, Subaru learns that Rem's name and memories have been eaten by a disciple of the witch of Gluttony. This had the same effect as the white whales fog. Everybody except Subaru has totally forgotten who she is despite the fact that she is still alive. Will Subaru be able to find a way to fix it this time?

Re:Zero Season 2 was pretty interesting. I thought that Subaru had stopped being annoying but he goes back to being that way around the end of the season. Everybody dresses modestly and the language remains clean as well. If you liked Season 1 you can feel free to give this one a try as well.

The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3

After stopping the plot of the new breed front to take over the tower, a new semester starts at First High. It is there that Tatsuya is reunited with Mayumi Saegusa who is chaperoning her younger sisters Izumi and Kasumi. Due to a misunderstanding Kasumi mistakes Tatsuya for a womanizer. After apologizing they Meet Miyuki and are offered to become part of the student council. While Izumi is all for it, Kasumi still has reservations about doing anything that involves Tatsuya. Will everyone be able to get along, or will the hate that Mayumi worked hard to get rid of come back this year?

I'm going to be honest, The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3 felt like a cheap version of season 1. The arcs in it have a lot of similarity to season 1 such as the entrance ceremony arc, the nine schools competition, as well as the thesis competition. However, because it is only 13 episodes you don't get to fully enjoy those events like you did in season 1. The nine schools competition in particular felt like it was super glossed over. I honestly wished that there was more. One thing that this season did better is the visuals remained clean. The only exception was when Tatsuya accidentally runs into Mayumi at the store and sees her in a swimsuit. Despite what I said about wishing it was longer, I still believe that it was a good season. If you enjoyed the previous seasons, try and give this one a watch as well. 

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

After Subaru Natsuki goes shopping one night he is suddenly transported to another world. However, unlike most other Isekai heroes he is not blessed with powers, but has a curse placed on him instead. This curse allows him to go back to a certain point in time if he happens to die. Soon after he comes to this world he meets a half-elf girl who introduces herself as Satella. She asks him if he knows anything about her insignia that was stolen. While Subaru is unaware of what happened he agrees to help her look.  He eventually finds out where it is and after revealing his intentions to give it back to the owner he is promptly sliced open by an assassin known as The Bowel Hunter. After multiple failed attempts that result in his death he is finally able to return the Insignia with the help of a knight known as Reinhard Van Astraea.

I am not going to lie Re:Zero was definitely an anime that was incredibly hard to watch for me. I think the anime could have been amazing if Subaru had used his brain. He eventually does around episode eighteen and from there it became easily watchable for me. However, there were many things that could have been fixed if he had made minor tweaks to his strategy like not revealing that it was his intention to give Emilia the insignia. Had he done that rather than completely changed his plan from the first time things would have gone a lot smoother. The season is visually clean, though there is a lot of swearing. There is a bath scene, but none of the girls are involved. It is just between Roswaal Mathers and Subaru. Overall, I feel like I have seen many Isekai's that are better than this one, but a lot of people like it. If you think it sounds interesting you can give it a try.

Date A Live Season 5

After learning about Kurumi Tokisaki's past, Shido calls all the spirits to Fraxinus to tell them about her true intentions. After talking together, one of Kurumi's clones shows up and warns them that there will be a war where DEM will send out all their forces in an attempt to kill Shido so Isaac Westcott can gain his spirit power. Using the power of beelzebub, Isaac is aware that Kurumi has been going back in time each time DEM has attacked to prevent Shido from dying. He intents to use this to his advantage to see how much more Kurumi is actually able to handle. However, thanks to Kurumi's warning, Ratatoskr intends to use all their resources in stopping DEM. Will Shido and his friends actually be able to stop them?

Date A Live has been one of my favorite series since I started watching anime. I also believe it to be in the top three best harem anime's I have seen. The other two being The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You and The World God Only Knows. However, the majority of this season felt really slow. While it did answer questions that were left unanswered in previous seasons, that wasn't enough to make me want to watch more than two episodes at a time. Were the episodes not fully out I might have dropped it. I think the spirit of origin as a character bothered me. Also in the past a new spirit was introduced every three to four episodes. Though why they didn't do that this season was clear. I think Miku and Origami definitely carried the season for me, though my appreciation for Kurumi grew a great deal as well. There were quite a few beach episodes throughout this season as well as a hot springs episode. Though for the majority of the beach scenes the characters wore regular clothes rather than swimsuits. Overall, if you have kept up with the series so far I would suggest giving it the three episode rule to see if you enjoy it.