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I watched several anime this season. I'll make this sweet, but not short.

Anime of the Season

Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- : Easily hands down one of the most amazing things I've watched. The characters are amazing, and the pair of episodes that are 7 and 8 are probably two of the best episodes of any anime you're going to find out there. From what I hear, the arc that just started is fantastic, so my hopes only continue to rise. I don't get the criticisms for the series, though. People bitch if the main character is absolutely clueless after being transported randomly to a new place (even though that's what we would all be like); people also bitch if the main character is transported to a new place, and despite being clueless, rekts everyone that comes their way. Subaru basically is just an otaku who has a jaded view of the world and therefore understands that his body doesn't follow his world's rules, but the new one's, and tries to figure out what they are, but quickly also discovers (and maintains) that he's an idiot and doesn't know what he's doing. Also, it's full of feels all around, the premise is great, the delivery is great, the opening is awesome. However, the ending theme is the best ending theme out there. Ever. Period. Don't even argue with me on this.

Score : 9/10 (Ongoing)

Other

Bungo Stray Dogs : A split-cour anime adaptation of the Bungo Stray Dogs manga done by Bones. Season 2 airs in the fall. This was a slightly average first cour, where it goes through the motions of introducing you to the supporting protagonists using the main character in an episodic fashion. However, by the time the eighth episode rolled around, my attention was grabbed, and the last three episodes were just amazing. Give it a shot, even if it does get kind of boring in places for the first half of the season.

Score : 7/10

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Re:0096 : Just a continuation of the original UC timeline established with the very first Gundam. Basically, it's just the Unicorn OVA rebroadcast as a television anime. It isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination (I like it quite a bit, actually), but people watching it who already watched the OVA are kind of wasting their time. The OVA is the highest ranked Gundam series on MAL, but this is ranked lower, and for good reason: like I said, it's a rebroadcast. It's basically just Gundam filler so that people have something to watch until the second season of G-Tetsu starts in the fall (bonerbonerbonerbonerbonerboner).

Score : 8/10 (Ongoing; I also don't mind that it's a rebroadcast. The quality is fairly high and I didn't really pay attention to the OVAs anyway =P)

My Hero Academia : I read the manga. I love the manga. I watched this. I loved this, and I knew right at the beginning where they were going to stop. And I know exactly what they're going to adapt next, and where they're going to stop with that. It was an amazing anime, and what is to come is going to be even more amazing. Get ready to have Shoto Todoroki become your favorite character, anime-only watchers.

Score : 9/10

Dropped

Twin Star Exorcists : The animation was terrible. The plot is bland. The main characters are annoying fourteen year old children, and even though Daisuke Ono is in it, I couldn't stomach it. Not one bit. The whole marriage aspect is just ridiculous; like, make them three years older and I would probably love it. But fourteen is just...not where this needs to happen. Especially since these two won't even solve the issue of the whateverthefuckthey'recalledagainbecauseIdroppedit: their messiah child will. And did I mention that this series is based off a manga that runs in Jump Square alongside Blue Exorcist? You can clearly tell which is the superior of the two, especially since they're basically the same. Damn. Thing. Ughghhhhhhghghghghgh. Dropped at episode 6.

Score : 4/10 (Ongoing; based on what I saw).

Music Best Opening : The Day by Porno Graffiti (My Hero Academia)

Best Ending : Styx Helix by Myth & Roid (Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-)

With that, I have a few things on my plate for next season.


 * 1) D.Gray-man Hallow : I love D.Gray-man. I love it so much. It's my second favorite manga out of all the ones that are ongoing and completed, and it's such a shame that it only delivers four chapters a year now, but it's certainly better than that 3+ year hiatus we all had to deal with. I tried watching the original D.Gray-man anime, but I honestly couldn't quite get into it for some reason. However, this new anime is adapting my favorite arc from any series: the Alma Karma arc; obviously with the Phantom Thief G arc thrown in as well because...you kinda have to throw it in if they're continuing it from the source. But watch, just like when Fairy Tail came back with new animation, people are probably going to bitch. There wasn't even a studio change here: the studio is just matching their animation with Hoshino's current, updated and gorgeous art style. Did I mention I'm excited? Too bad it'll only be 13 episodes, but as it stands, there isn't even enough source material for an adequate two cour series. It would just cut off randomly if they did that, so for it to stop at Alma Karma (or what happens slightly after) is fine by me.
 * 2) Orange : Just cuz Misk is watching it and I like talking about stuff with him.
 * 3) Tales of Zestiria the X : Just cuz it's animated by Ufotable.
 * 4) ReLife : Just cuz I can marathon it on Crunchyroll.
 * 5) Mob Psycho 100 : Maybe. I'll wait a while and marathon some eps. I wasn't super duper uber in love with One-Punch Man, so I don't know if I'll enjoy this since it's also a One creation.
 * Re:Zero : Continuing it from last season.
 * 1) Gundam Unicorn Re:0096 : Continuing it from last season as well.

The end.