Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army
Short Synopsis: Guy gets fired from being a demon, finds out he’s interested in human personality.
Lenlo: Look I have a lot of impressions to do and only so much time, so I’m going to cut this short: Demon King 30, or whatever abbreviation we wanna use, is dull. It’s not trash, because trash necessitates that I have an opinion on it and care enough to hate it. It’s not good, because being good requires it to actually do something and be watchable. It doesn’t and it’s not. All it is is a dull waste of time where nothing interesting happens and none of the characters are engaging at all. I was hoping that by having an actual adult character we could maybe get some adult problems. But sadly that’s not the case. As such, I have no more interest in this.
Potential: 1%
Amun: Honestly, in any other season, this is a watchable (albeit forgettable) title. There’s just so many shows of equal ilk this season, that it’ll probably be lost in the shuffle. On paper, it’s not a terrible premise: confused human thinks he’s a demon and ends up accidentally being strong as a result. There’s some intrigue and skullduggery going on behind the scenes too…unfortunately, it’s mostly lost due to our damsel in distress’ personalitittys (oops, is that a typo?). Oddly enough, I think the visuals past mustard, but it’s pretty much everything else that lacks (well, except cup size, I guess). I’ll quit making snide remarks and say it straight: if you can’t find anything else to watch in the FIFTY other shows that are airing, I guess you could do worse than Chillin in My 30s. But seriously, you can find something else.
Potential: 20%
The tale of outcasts
Short Synopsis: A girl who is abused by a Priest makes friends with a Devil.
Mario: Well, I certainly don’t mind its main concept. The show is about the pact between two mismatched individuals: a girl who lives in a world that is cruel to her, and the powerful demon who has lost his purpose in life. It creates an interesting dynamic for sure, but sadly the rest of the show is either bland or outright bad. You can easily tell apart bad guys at first glance. They go all the way with their evilness and punishments just for the sake of highlighting the girl’s bleak situation. That is oh no… not good writing at all. There’s even a leap in logic here and there. Suppose that the silver-haired guy is the main girl’s estranged brother, does he not recognize the Priest who sold him off, and vice versa? Moreover, the execution is sometimes clunky at best and laughable at worst. I have an example but I don’t have a heart to point it out so I spare you on that. It isn’t worth recommending.
Potential: 10%
Lenlo: The only good thing I can say is that at least it’s not an Isekai. Instead it’s an alternative history star crossed love story with a loli and a furry. It just feels so… bland. Like a made for committee sort of thing. Yes this is short, no I won’t elaborate, I have too many premiers to watch to waste time explaining to you why you don’t want to watch this.
Potential: 0%
The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World
Short Synopsis: Super strong exorcist is politically outmaneuvered so he has to reincarnate himself and pretend to be weak (for like half an episode)
Lenlo:This is literally just Iceblade Sorcerer but with Exorcist in the title instead. It has a magic academy, an OP adult being reincarnated into a kid, generic designs and generally boring… everything. It can’t even keep its MC motivation straight as it starts with them not wanting to be strong on principle, only to end up pursuing it and becoming OP anyways. At least stick to the one marginally interesting decision you have.
Potential: 0%
Amun: I’m pretty sure I already watched this? I’m getting confused. Is this the demon king, the ice fellow, one of the 15 onmoyojis, or the farmers (there’s like 2 of those even)? Oh yeah, the handyman too (he’s good) – and the convenience store guy? At least it’s not the dog. I miss the season where everything was about slimes (although the movie’s coming out, which I’m hyped for). This is quite bland and I’ve now forgotten what it was about.
Potential: 0%
As someone who reads the Tale of the Outcasts manga and likes it, I’m not happy with some of the additions they made to the first episode. For one, Marbas manages to get to Wisteria way earlier in the manga than he does here, and secondly, we never even see a torture dungeon in the manga. A lot of the added bleakness here is all anime original, and this adaptation really didn’t need that. I’m still gonna watch it and see how the rest of it turns out, but I do doubt that the anime will do the manga justice.