December 29, 2024
Completed - Fall 2024
Trying to knock out these before the new season starts in earnest.
Akro Trip. I enjoyed this send-up of Magical Girls. Not satirical, not exactly a love letter. But a fun little romp where the world isn't really in danger from the least competent villain matched up with the least competent magical girl, and the ordinary girl who gets wrapped up in the madness.
Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku: Kinda Meh, and aimed below my grade level. Bloodless monster killing, a stat system that isn't explained very well would be okay if there were at least logic to it, OTOH, they didn't dwell on it too much so that was good. The cast was SO large there wasn't really much in the way of individuation, call them crew-served archetypes. No elves or other demi-humans.
Update 1/1/25:
Party kara Tsuihou sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyou ni Tsuki:Finishing this just after Hitoribocchi is unfortunate, because they both turn out to have the same end plot. The local dungeon is overloaded, and vomits forth all its monsters to attack the city, and the only way to stop it is to find the dungeon master and defeat him. Some details may differ, but they are essentially the same. There's also the matter of the bloodless killing of monsters and their magic rock drops. The main difference is they play their skills straight in this show. No Cheat skills, no isekai, it's just a straight gamish fantasy adventure.
Update 1/12/25:
Finally actually finished Party kara Tsuihou sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyou ni Tsuki: The very end of the final boss battle is astoundingly weak, especially with all the world-building about the end of the world being at stake. But other than that, it was still a pretty solid fantasy adventure, with decently realized characters compared to much of the isekai/fantasy slop out there. But the story wraps up tidily, leaves a few hooks for a sequel that will never come, I'm sure, but it's satisfying.
More to come
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