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May 11, 2026
Oh great glory to God in heaven we have a new season of NOTHING.
I really thought MAYBE, JUST MAYBE the torture was over. It is not. TALKTALKTALKTALK about nothing at all, characters are just window dressing, and not a single god damned thing of substance will ever happen. Do the creators hate you? No, they are just really, really shit at writing.
The worst part is that it shows moments where it *could* do something genius, but instead it says, "screw that, here's more slop".
I was hoping for anything of substance but now it is painfully clear, this should have ended in season 2. This is
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a slap in the face to anime, and any who actually enjoy anime. It should never have aired, and the people who enjoy it require a lobotomy.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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May 4, 2026
If you want ball-busting action scenes and shirk from long winded stratagem, then move along. This show is gut wrenchingly frustrating but for all the right reasons. This isn't your flowery slime reincarnation, this is some real world shit.
I think students of political science or philosophy will love it, for all the reasons some might hate it. It's a story about how a nobody, blessed with talent and instinct, gets pissed off at the prevailing regime and seeks to change it from within. His running into (for lack of a better description) his best friend was both providential as well as somewhat determined, and
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the two make an interesting duo. I've heard some people malign the emperor for being weak, and sure, it's frustrating but there are several instances in history where this happens and it's pretty much all the same (councilors more than happy to sabotage everything with their eyes on the throne). I think the way this world is set up is wonderous, with some of it fanciful for certain, but rooted in history and reality, and that makes for a gritty story that has me feeling on edge at some points because you know in your gut "oh no don't do that...oh shit they did it".
Animation is top notch. I've also heard *some* claim it's like a slideshow. MMmm I mean I guess you have points like that but let's be real, this isn't your average show. Most of the time what we're getting is the creator WANTS us to focus on something and uses their art to convey it. It is definitely NOT out of laziness but out of purpose. It might be lost on some, but not on me.
The way sound is used is frankly a stark difference to other anime. This isn't your elevator bgm anime at all, and when it hits (and i mean just the sound effects) it hits. This is a staccato type presentation where when the beat lands, it flippin LANDS.
My score could change depending on how the story goes but so far this is really, really good. It's so far off the beaten path that it's hard to really describe, but for many I think that alone will be refreshing, as opposed to another "i got reincarnated as a worn shoe".
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 1, 2026
Can't quite put my finger on it, but this show is kind of one-note, predictable, and unrewarding. Could have been interesting, but instead it's trying so hard to be different that it's actually still the same. In fact, it's taken four episodes to tell us that, and nothing really interesting has developed yet. Just, "hey look at us we're supposed to be BAD but we're actually GOOD!" oh wow. what a revelation. someone get the heart medication, i'm so surprised and shocked.
Other than some questionable themes that I'll leave to the dummies on twitter to fight over (which they invariably will), I can only get
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one single beat from this show and that's basically the trope of "the bad guys were actually cool peeps, way more cool than you this whole time" which in real life is just pants on head wishful thinking, with a mix of yeah people are in some ways just like us but there's reasons we're enemies. It desperately needs a balance from the other point of view, and if we're supposed to get that from the "warrior princess" than i'd like to know where and when because it's not there. Only a hint of "we thought this way but i guess not". k.
Animation's pretty decent (albeit stiff as heck), characters are flat, world building is kind of just shoe-horned in there as an afterthought. Like, "oh crap did I remember to change the laundry? or, oh no I forgot to smash some fairy tale critters in there and of course they have to be immediately likeable because in case you haven't noticed they're the good guys". It's trying so hard to subvert expectations it's like an edgelord teen that desperately wants to prove to his friends that yes indeed he is a pensive, rebellious tough guy. okay Tim, we'll wait for your phase to be over so we can play yu-gi-oh again. Some people care about sound as well, and I'd usually write about that a little, but it's really not noticeable at all, at least for me. So I guess not terrible or intrusive but not pants-shartingly good either.
I'm not saying it's bad, it just feels forced and shallow. I guess that's what I'm going for here. If you want a deep story with high stakes, this is not it. At least, I don't have any reason to believe it's going to do a 180 any time soon. Some of you will like it but in my view it's more of the same with a different flavor, and slightly belittling of the watcher's intelligence.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 26, 2026
Pseudo-intellectual 2deep4me angsty slop that only edgelord teens would ever vibe with, only to cringe at themselves 10 years later. Literally one of the worst infractions of "show don't tell", especially given the animation which actually is great. Good sound too. Only issue is the story is unfettered word salad garbage, like listening to a valley girl talk about basically anything and pretending it's super deep.
I hear a lot of comparisons to monogatari, but if you mean people talk fast and incessantly than sure, but at least the monogatari series was interesting and fun. This is just drama for drama's sake, like I'm supposed
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to care why? Too hamfisted, no nuance, and societal ruminations that have about as much breadth and depth as a shot glass. Honestly, I'd rather take the shot, because at least that's fun.
Nowhere in the show am I motivated to care about these characters. I may have missed it, in between hamfisted sophomoric philosophizing that feels like having your head bashed repeatedly by elevator doors while an ex-girlfriend screams at you about laundry on the floor, but I just can't see an overarching point or plot.
Like the author just got drunk and jaded and decided to update his blog, and by god everyone has to know about it.
easy 4/10 and that's charitable.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 23, 2026
If you want a show about half-baked "romance", social positioning of the lowest order, and angsty teens being dramatically pensive over minutiae then have we got the monotonous word salad FOR YOU.
Seriously, four episodes in and only one thing of note has happened. See, the writer seems to think that people yapping at each other for hours on end, only to say something modestly interesting for 1/2 of a second and then move on like we all just accepted that (when it was the ONLY important thing), is what PEAK WRITING is.
They are wrong.
Drama only works if there's something at stake, and here sure
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there is I guess, OH NO I'M GOING TO BE EXPELLED. Just go to another high school I really don't care. I mean, the friendships and trust that were built previously, just come off as hollow now. I just don't feel the resonance, like beating a drum, but the drum is filled to the brim with sand.
Seriously though, they light speed travel through the "rules" with the wave of a hand, but spend an entire episode on some angsty kid and his love interest which apparently only matters because each one of these psycopaths only exist to be used by other psychopaths. On some levels in writing this could work. It does NOT work when it's literally all you do.
That's it. That's literally it. This show has no diversity in plot or approach. It's just YAPYAPYAPYAP - quick rules - YAPYAPYAP. And none of it matters.
It's like that one slime isekai everyone knows about, except instead of everyone being upbeat about stuff it's all edgelord and the most boring parts you've ever seen cut straight from MTV's The Real World. There's a reason I hate "reality" television, and this show is all of it.
3/10 and the only reason it gets that high is because it once had promise. And no, I don't care about the animation at all in this score.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Mar 22, 2026
This season was super hyped and for good reason: we get to see a whole cast of characters we love and explore how Fushi deals with a more modern world. This would have been pretty good.
This is not what we got. That cast of characters? if not completely forgotten, they're more of an afterthought. Fushi regresses into being a three year old for some reason, and Mizuha, oh my GOD MIZUHA is the worst written character ever. Murder 100s of people? No problemo, because reasons. Hell, let's be friends. You could just turn her into the police, but screw laws and stuff because why?
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Black is literally impossible to understand. A veritable deus ex machina whenever the author needs it because honestly i also write and am almost 1000000 percent certain this author had no idea what the hell he was doing at any point in time.
This leads us to a hamfisted attempt to propel the story, not because of how you write characters, but because to the creator, THE CHARACTERS DON'T MATTER AT ALL. This is easily showed in how inconsistent they are, how poorly thought out this season was, and honestly none of it makes sense. Did they have a stroke sometime between the earlier stories and this season? I mean this seriously. When you sacrifice everything you had previously worked on for a character that literally anyone on earth that IS NOT A PSYCOPATH WOULD HATE, I have no idea what you've been smoking, but you should quit as a writer.
This story is one that was basically on easy mode. All of the best pieces were there. All were forgotten. All the worst pieces somehow made it in and the rest is just the worst slop even I wouldn't dare to write drunk in a dumpster at 2am.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Mar 22, 2026
One of the better anime of this season (well, both?) and for none of the reasons you might think. There's a whole lot to unpack here, but please, just let me try:
Our heroes are just regular day people with a spirit for justice, all because of how important a show about heroes was to them as a kid. Not only that, they all have their reasons WHY they loved those characters in the show. At first glance it may look like some past-their-prime wannabes, but they take it seriously, and it really shows. Also, it's only MILDLY ageist. My dudes, 36 is seriously prime age
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for men as far as muscle building goes. But they treat him like he should be in a nursing home at first. Laugh if you want, but you will be that age sooner than you think. Anyways, it's a lot more respectful after that, and we have a motley crew of individuals with disparate backgrounds that all team up for the same love.
Even better is not only the comedy, but the animation is better than just serviceable at it's EVERY episode. The music is spot on as well, and hits at all the right moments, though the OP and ED are perfect as well. Further on the ED: it's really just so watchable. It's so cute. I do have one issue with the balancing, it can be quiet and loud like if you had a game and turned SFX to maximum and everything else to 30. I do feel like they did a great job with timing and all just not with balancing.
It's a little bit over the top but the artist is so good at leaving us bread crumbs to follow in regards to so so so many mysteries about the characters. I'm not gonna make you huff my farts here, the characters ARE the show and I mean ALL of them. The artist was clear in their delivery that there really isn't a main character, time is spent equally on everyone. This is clearly someone who loves their work and it shows. Instead of season 3 trillion of "that time I slimed a slime but i was perfect and OP", give us a couple more of this.
Characters: 9.5/10
Story: 8.5/10
Music/Sound: 7.5/10
Animation: 8.5/10
Biased Enjoyment: fun as hell/10
give it a watch.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Nov 12, 2025
What has such a cool premise and world is entirely bogged down by TALK TALK TALK and with that, even the dialogue is forced and falls flat. A story is built on it's characters in these situations but I can't seem to give a damn about any of them.
The art is way better than a story of this caliber deserves, but also slightly repetitious. OhO weird/scary face gets old after a while.
The sound is okay I guess, nothing really memorable, and has weird peaks and valleys.
I liked the whole town that spray painted stuff, it was about the only memorable part since episode 1, where
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everyone's hopes were high enough only to get f*ing slaughtered by a horrid story. This isn't on the studio or anyone else at all. Just a bad story, or at the very least characterization.
dog writes dialogue like he's never had a human conversation before.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Oct 27, 2025
Disappointment, thy name is One Punch (season 3). Everyone that's here was probably super excited for this season, like a kid who got a puppy for christmas. Similarly, I feel like our gifted puppy also has terminal explosive diarrhea and is projectile crapping all over the house while tearing all of our shoes to shreds.
The most glaring deficit is in the animation. I'm not kidding when I say that the still frames are ubiquitous, but the real crime here is when the animators actually have to put down Battlefield 6 for five seconds to hastily pen what is arguably some of the most laughable
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frames this season, like Garou casually skiing down a small hill on one foot in the backdrop like some stop-motion Gumby shit. Characters just facing each other and only their lips are moving, backgrounds that have absolutely no life whatsoever. Man, the embarrassing comics I drew as a kid were probably on this level, albeit much less funny (unless you take humor in reminding me about it).
It's cool to see all of our favorite characters again, but there doesn't seem to be much of a thread other than "monsters want to kill all the heroes because". I'm not exactly sure how I'm a few episodes in now but feel like not much has happened? Other than that, I think the writing is fine, it's a character driven show after all. Still, with what Bandai passes off as "animation", I feel like it's not much better than just reading the manga while someone narrates the frames at you. The whole point of an adaptation is to see the source come to life, but somehow this happens to be more stiff than the still frames in a manga. After three episodes, I can't pretend to hope it will get better.
I feel like bandai might have accidentally hired a team of that kid you knew in the first grade that ate elmer's glue. Never figured out what happened to that kid, but I guess he got hired by bandai. Good for him, bad for us.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Aug 21, 2025
I liked the first season, dumb as it was, so I came in knowing full well that this was not supposed to be a masterpiece of storytelling and animation. I think when it first started out we were maybe a little more invested in the characters, but in this season outside of one fairly big reveal, everything has become relentlessly formulaic and campy. The stakes don't feel high, the emotions fall flat, and the jokes (are there jokes?) are as noticeable as an ant's fart.
It's heartwarming and charming in some places, but I really can't get over how much I don't really care about the
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characters or their motivations. There isn't really much of an overarching plot, making it kind of an agglomeration of plot points or arcs with very little to tie them together. Everything is friendly and safe, and everything is told rather than shown in a reliably natural manner. Sound falls flat and quality animation is sparse.
This is a generic Isekai with the only thing holding it together being the quirky vending machine gimmick that lost its unique flavor after season 1. Good for kids, I guess.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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