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  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
    5·
    13 hours ago

    Wow, it’s that time already?

    Picking for sure, no need for intro:

    • Re:Zero s4
    • TenSura s4
    • Mairimashita! Iruma-kun s4
    • Dr. Stone: Science Future p3

    Picking for sure, but might as well say something about them:

    • The Barbarians’ Bride (Hime Kishi wa Barbaroi no Yome) - I used to follow this manga, but I grew a bit bored with it. Basically: empire fights barbarians, barbarians imprison female knight, the leader of the barbarians ask the knight’s hand in marriage. He gets to slowly gain her trust, and she gets to slowly learn about the barbarians, their living style, and the world as a whole.
    • Bertia (Jishou Akuyaku Reijou…) - Bakarina plus more baka minus harem. The manga series is rather short, but the main character is lovable and there are surprisingly touching moments. If they animate it properly, I can see it becoming really popular.
    • Pride (Higeki no Genkyou…) s2 - animation of s1 was poor, but… the manga is fun, so I’m giving it another try. It’s another “reincarnated as a villainess” story, like the above; but instead of the villainess being dumb, she’s guilt-ridden to the point of being silly. I like in special the moments where it shows how the current timeline diverged from the one of the otome game, they’re often full of emotion.
    • Saikyou no Ousama s2 - Frankly I don’t remember where s1 ends, because it made me follow the manga. The premise is someone who reached the top in a past life at a fantasy world, got killed, reincarnated into another fantasy world, and now tries to both fix his mistakes and save the new world. A good mix of fantasy and adventure.
    • Isekai Nonbiri Nouka s2 - it’s also city-building like TenSura, but way more slice of life. Fun to watch.

    Probably picking:

    • Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Ryoushu no Youjo) - the LN series is amazing, but I need to admit I didn’t watch the earlier anime seasons, so I’ll need to binge watch them before this one. Another isekai series; this one about a book-addicted woman reincarnated into a world where there’s barely any book, so she needs to leverage her knowledge of a more advanced society to become again the nerdy librarian she used to be.
    • Reincarnation no Kaben - I don’t know the series, but “slit your throat to get powers from your past life” sounds fun, so why not?
    • Megami "Isekai Tensei Nani… - ditto as above.