too many shows, I have like 10+ episodes to watch backed up
Souma s2 - definitely rushed, but still great in spite of that, really glad they're at least finishing the arc.
New Game - typical Dogakobo show, which is to say it looks like a solid cute girls sol
Regalia: whoa a 2D mech anime that's not Bones or Gundam, that's not something I was expecting to see ever again. Not huge on it otherwise but the mecha part was pretty cool so will keep watching.
Mononokean: I had some hopes for this one (apparently it's in the same magazine as Barakamon and Nozaki-kun) but it was pretty dull and neither of the characters were very likable
Rewrite: this felt very...adaption-y, not terrible but eh. I like the source material enough to stick this one out especially since there's some original content apparently
Relife: only watched two episodes so far but this is actually really solid. Kinda wish they broadcast it normally since it makes it difficult to discuss with everyone probably at different points
Amaama to Inazuma - I liked this, not quite as much as Usagi Drop but seems like it'll be a nice relaxing sol
Amanchu: something is lost when your characters wear their goofy reaction faces more than their regular ones. Aside from that it was nice, hoping this turns out well since I really liked Aria.
Ange Vierge: this was pretty forgettable except for the fact that it had a ridiculously long bath scene, probably more than half the episode
Handa-kun: first half of the ep was filler and kinda bad, second half was decent but a lot of the gags were predictable, will probably watch a bit more to see if it improves
Orange: dialogue and comedy were pretty dull, the manga is pretty highly rated though so I might give it a bit longer
Alderamin: character designs are kind of funky and the main character's personality seems a bit overdone but this has potential
Time Travel Shoujo: this was alright, it's supposed to be educational and has a bit of a Saturday morning cartoon feel to it which I'm cool with
Taboo Tattoo: generic but fun so far
Love Live Sunshine: pretty much on par with the first season, though it didn't have anything to live up to the dancing in traffic scene
Rewrite is supposedly the best Key VN so I'm gonna keep watching it in the hopes that it gets better later on, but if the adaptation ends up sucking I'll probably just read the VN anyway if it's really as good as I've been told it is. The start has been utterly generic and kinda boring though, and I hate the fact that the entire fucking cast is a harem. I mean Clannad kinda did this too without any kind of romantic implications barring between Nagisa and Tomoya, as does just about every Key thing I've seen so far barring Angel Beats (which actually has a really balanced cast), but come on this horse has been beaten dead at this point. Hopefully we'll get more like the last 5-10 minutes of episode 1 'cause it was incredibly solid at that point while the rest has been kinda crap. If anything has caught my interest barring the aforementioned period of time it is that ghost girl. What is she? Why does she do what she does? Why does she seem to understand nothing about the implications of the MC's actions towards her (be they unconscious or conscious)? Beyond this it's just been unmemorable so far tho.
Rewrite is their best imo but instead of being written primarily by Maeda (the main KEY guy who did Charlotte, Angel Beats, Clannad, Little Busters) it's by Romeo (Humanity has Declined, Cross Channel) so it's not exactly standard KEY. In particular it's more fantasy/sci-fi than it is drama, though it's hard to tell at the beginning since it's mostly school comedy, character introductions, and foreshadowing, at least in the VN. Unfortunately it does still follow the standard KEY practice of having one main writer and a couple subwriters, I skipped a couple routes of the VN because they were written by a guy who did several really bad routes for Little Busters.
also the harem thing is pretty standard practice for VNs, if anything Rewrite is a bit less harem-y than the genre is on average
