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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Finished this recently. Was surprised with a 6.xx rating in MAL, but for me, it’s a top-20 overall anime. For one, I’m a sucker for musicals. Also, I think I’m able to assess it as such because it’s my first exposure to RoV. I already know what to expect… enjoyed it as much as Les Misérables (2012)

    I’m blown away by the soundtrack and impeccable visuals. The French VAs were alright and didn’t break me from the immersion. It’s like watching a Takarazuka production in 2D.












  • Want to highlight two shows completed this week, both of which have eyebrow-raising premises at first glance.

    TsumaSho: Yeah, lol at the official localizations omitting the “My Wife is Reincarnated as an Elementary School Student” part (they don’t want to get cancelled). It would be a really good moving-on story about getting to terms of the MC losing his wife,

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    if they did not deceive Takae about him and his co-worker Moriya getting married. Wow, it’s been a long time since I was royally pissed over an ending. I did ship Keisuke and Moriya, but the more problematic part is the insult to the audience’s (and Takae’s) intelligence that his dead wife would be contented because of a fake proposal. Okabe Rintaro deceived the world. This is but a cheap knock-off.

    It’s bad enough for the rating to drop down a notch because of one episode.

    Tawawa on Monday: Features not just an age gap and a student-teacher relationship, but also some more “mundane” ones like an office senpai-kouhai and high-schoolers who are childhood friends. Even without the fanservice, its story punches well above its four-minute episode length. They were able to weave different plot (and “plot”) points together into a coherent story. The top-notch voice acting adds to the enjoyment. My favorite is Kayano Ai’s performance as Kouhai-chan. Unironically watched this for the plot.