Endmaker

Just completed Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

It's one of those shows that I've always heard rave reviews about, but never bothered to watch because the synopsis did not interest me.

But once I watch shows like these, I'd wish I have watched it earlier.

It is so good, it is now part of my all-time favourites. 10 / 10

Incidentally, Magical Girls is now my top-rated genre, at a 100% on my AniList profile. Granted, it is due to selection bias plus a small sample size, comprising just Madoka, The Demon Girl Next Door and Gushing over Magical Girls. I found it interesting as I certainly did not expect it. Perhaps I should watch a few more Magical Girls shows...

Hard agree

Housing / home ownership counts as a temptation too.

Gonna take a shot at retelling your joke:

they have the right to bear arms

Odd Taxi

As with any mystery series, do watch it till the end for the payoff / reveal.

Here are my thoughts on some series I have watched recently.

Kaiju no. 8

This is the third anime of the season that I've completed (the other two being Konosuba and Dungeon Meshi). I'm surprised that I did not drop it before the end, given that it is quite a brainless battle shonen. I guess it helped that I cheated by skipping over the boring and filler scenes, and by turning my brain off for the rest of them.

I love the soundtracks though, especially the insert song Never Break Down which played during the climax.

Good enough to get a 5 / 10 from me.

Solo Leveling

I was planning to ignore this series based on its synopsis and its genres + tags. I decided to give it a go now because of its high rating, and because friends assured me its not battle shonen.

Big mistake, because it's way worse than any generic battle shonen. This series screams wish fulfillment.

I can see how people who are not doing well in their lives can easily project themself onto the protagonist. Like, you are suffering because you drew the short end of the stick and life, and others look down on you. Then you got your big break in life, and yadda yadda yadda.

What takes the cake was

It was so frustrating to watch that even skipping scenes and turning my brain off doesn't help, and eventually I dropped it at episode 5.

I'm giving it a 2 / 10. Its only saving grace is that it serves to elevate the top-tier series that I have watched earlier: Odd Taxi, Violet Evergarden, Heavenly Delusion, and 86.

Mob Psycho 100 (season 1, 2 and OVA)

I decided to try it out since I've heard good things about it. Once I started watching it, some of its art style and humor seemed familiar to me. When I checked, sure enough, the author is also the one who wrote One Punch Man.

It feels like a mix of One Punch Man and Saiki K, combining Saiki Kusuo's psychic powers and desire to be low-key with the flashy battles plus humor of One Punch Man. It's good, but I don't find it as funny as either of them though.

I'm still planning to watch season 3.

On average, it's getting a score of 7.5 / 10 from me - for now.

Sounds interesting; I'm in

Planning to watch

My Wife Has No Emotion - The manga is great

My Deer Friend Nokotan - There's a lot of hype around it, and it seems weird enough

Senpai Is An Otokonoko

Looks like trash

Pretty much any of the generic isekai / harem / battle shonen shows

Good enough for me.

Only completed Konosuba and Dungeon Meshi for now.

Too busy to watch many shows anyway.

Just completed Dungeon Meshi.

I certainly wasn't expecting such fantastic world-building for a cooking show. In fact, it's my first one, since cooking shows usually don't interest me, just like sports / music series.

The main cast of characters are likable too.

Overall, a solid 9/10 for now. Just like Heavenly Delusion, I've got to see more of it before settling on a final score. Glad to know that a season 2 has been announced.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs