A few changes this week in my rankings of this season's animes.
9 -> 10 Hibike Euphonium
It's developing into a single piece of art.
8->9 Sangatsu no Lion
I went into this with the wrong expectation. It's not a dreary anime about a lonely Shogi player. What it's actually is a really endearing slice of life anime that revolves around a handful of characters and their day to day situations. While it certainly is not a comedy it isn't a drama either. It also isn't actually melancholic even though there are many emotional scenes. Instead of being depressive it ends most of its chapters with an uplifting feeling of "even if life gets you down, not everything is bad". I'm enjoying this one more than I could've imagined.
8->9 Takkyuu Musume
I might regret this promotion but I just can't help myself. It is in itself very formulaic and really doesn't have to offer a lot of substance. There are no surprises either but I can't help myself to looking forward to it every Monday. Now that the tournament ark is rolling in it's gonna be even better for me.
6-> 7 Keijo
After the disappointment of the first episode it's back on track. We get more characters and finally some actual fighting. It probably won't get higher than this due to other glaring issues but at least it's solid now.
8->7 Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
The last episode made it clear that either the director or the writer have no idea what drama is. Actually this should've been obvious from the first episode but I gave it the benefit of the doubt. Ep 5 showed that there is absolute zero substance in this anime. It's a dumb slaughter that tries to be edgy but fails hard at it.
6->7 WWW.Working
It has stabilized itself but still is only a shadow beside the original.
5->4 Wixoss
This one just narrowly escaped a drop before the last episode. It's not even comparable to the pretty solid original. It might still get dropped if I get even more behind my schedule.
You can find all of my current ratings here.
https://myanimelist.net/animelist/vivster?status=1&order=4&order2=0
So far we have 2 animes with a 10 rating and a whole 6 animes currently staying at 9. Going by points alone this season is easily the best season I have ever watched.
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