I've not been watching seasonal anime for a very long time, but in my short span this one has been one of the most surprising, for better and worse. Usually I know what I'll like and what to expect, but this season gave a very pleasant surprise and (so far) a bit of a disappointment.
The negative first. Just like the lovely person above me, amanchu was supposed to easily be my favorite show of the season. My complains are basically the same so I won't expand too much, but basically the show has diverted a lot from what made season 1 great, either by introducing characters that disrupt Pikari and Teko's relationship, or dedicating 3 episodes to an arc that has nothing to do with them. The show simply does not work if it doesn't focus on Pikari and Teko.
Now for the pleasant surprise. Comic girls is a show I didn't expect to enjoy as much and I am, of couse I knew I was gonna like it, but I never thought I would love it. It does a lot of what the typical SoL and cgdct shows do, but it has a lot of strenghts that make it stand out, particularly from the characters. There is however something very specific which ultimately is what elevated the show from very enjoyable to god I love this, but I'll save that for when the season ends.
Hinamatusuri has also been a nice surprise, but not to the extent of comic girl, mainly because so far it's everything I always wanted from a SoL spinoff of the yakuza games XD and it gets as ridiculously fun as some of the sidequests in those games.
