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Gather round as we take a look at the list of stuff I checked for this season's vid, aka, "why do I always end up checking the lame stuff!?"
Rejoice!

*tumbleweed*

Wel... meep.


I can't understand what my husband's saying 2: Still cool, fast jokes, cool references and fun leads.

Vampire Holmes: I honestly dunno, incompetent detective that might be a vampire? Dropped.

Nanoha Vivid: First and foremost... dang, that quality, it doesn't look great, but all in all is a fun spin-off, the action feels as awesome as ever, and the story while simple has likeable characters. Also, it hits me right in the nostalgia.

Unlimited Blade Works: It's back, it still looks and sounds great, but UBW is still my least favorite route.

Plastic Memories: This show is really going to aim at the feels later on right? I like it so far, the comedy can be quite good, and the show defintiely has heart, but the two sides do not always mix, the ending of the first ep is a clear example: Dramatic farewell -> Toilet joke.
Still, it's well done, and does show promise.

Nagato Yuki-chan: These guys... do not act very much like the past SOS Brigade, and I can see that annoying some, however, as I never was a big fan of the show to begin with, this new interpretation actually sits very well with me, it's really fun, the jokes are simple but effective, and I look forward to it every week.

Owari No Seraph: Hypercompetent vampire killed all people over 13 and turned the remaining children into blood banks. I dig that setting, but that's it, I like the setting voer the developments themselves.
Short version, I haven't seen anything past the preview for episode 2.

Show by rock: Kawaii desu nya lead is dragged by a generic evil sahdow into a world of cgi cats where she saves the day through the pwoer of music and joins a band full of aniaml girls.
I honestly dunno, I just dunno, it was quite the acid trip.

Alternative Architecture: The televised version of the Arise movies is interesting so far, though not great yet, the resolution of the first case felt a bit sudden, weird thing, since I'm under the impression that it actually the last of the films.
Anyways, weekly GitS is cool in my books.

Houkago no pleiades: This is a textbook example of harmless magical girl show, as in, there isn't even a monster of the week as far as I've seen.
So your take on it will obviously depend on how much you like the genre.

Soul of Gold: If you if Saint Seiya, this'll be hype as heck, for such an odd an out fo the blue installment it fits rather well into the narrative and looks like a fun adventure to watch.
If you are not into Saint Seiya, this'll make as much sense as the average Dali painting.

Le Labyrinthe de la Grisaia: HYPE.
HYPE.
HYPE.

Kajitsu wasn't really great, and it had pacing issues, pretty much everywhere but Amane's route, yet the show grew on me really quickly, Meikyuu takes Yuuji and focuses on telling how he became the awesome lead he is today, it's a pretty well told story all things said, and plays with various tropes and cliches int he usual Grisaia way.
If Eden follows this level of quality it'll be a crazy ride.