[ShyGuy]

Well, looks like another bad season overall, only three shows I'm interested in and one of them isn't entirely in the clear yet.

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju was, without a doubt, far and away the best premier this season. It's a very low-key period piece, which is such a refreshing change of pace from everything else. It has such a specific and particular focus, but it manages to be incredibly engaging thanks to its great characters, dialogue, and visuals. I knew nothing about rakugo performance art before watching this, but the portrayal of Yotaro's performance was so well choreographed and the vocalization so well done that it managed to make itself highly engaging even without any sort of background knowledge of the material. The overall aesthetic and style of this show is just fantastic. it really put pretty much everything else to shame.

ERASED was excellent as well, very intriguing first episode. It has a strong cast with some interesting dynamics, their interactions felt natural and realistic which was nice. Not much else to say on this really, it was just a really great start.

Only other show I watched was Active Raid, it was an okay start but we'll see. Basically I liked the suit designs and it had some cool moments that made it feel like a real, living world instead of just a series of action set pieces. That being said though it could easily fall into the usual dull fare this kind of show almost always ends up as so I'm keeping my expectations low.

Couldn't be bothered to watch anything else unfortunately, only a couple of things really stood out as doing something new and creative. Everything else seems to be the usual, tired entries of "fantasy high school harem LN adaptation #7845" or another generic action show with an insufferable self-insert style cool guy protagonist.