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This one started out really strong. I was all in for a "kill them all" type anime. And it seemed like that's what we'd get. It was easy to get invested in the demise of the human race. They were horrible. The humans were jealous creatures that hated witches because they were not as powerful as them, so sought to destroy them. They hated magic. They used science to overcome the magic and the witches. However, within a few episodes, the humans attacks seemed more like magic than the actual witches. Their techniques would be hard to ... distinguish from the magic jutsu BS from Natuto, down to the calling out of the attack name as they do it. Alll of the characters are unbelievably dumb, and it feels like everything is done just for the shock value vs any semblance of a plot. At this point the story is so disjointed that its hard to see (or care) where it is headed anymore. After week 1 it was near the top of my rankings for the season, and now I'd rank it somewhere in the middle.

This anime has essentially no plot and has very one-dimensional characters. But that's ok, since that's not why you watch this kind of show. This series mostly focuses on "plot". It's essentially Anime Looney Tunes with Titties. Ridiculous situations, over the top reactions and a lot of screaming.

Plot - As I said, there isn't really one. ". Well, there is, but its mostly buried beneath gratuitous fanservice and schtick comedy. It pops up from time to time to remind you its there, then devolves back into the hijinks. The gist of the plot is there's a guy (MC) whose father was a POS, and ... his being a POS is connected to their bloodline. MC doesn't want to be a POS, but his familial "urges" make that difficult. He decides to become a monk to learn to deal with this, but the temple he goes to has since become a nunnery full of big breasted teenage girls (because of course it has). A secondary plot point is that his father owes this particular temple a lot of money, so now he does too and needs to work it off since this temple is about to be shut down for being so poor, thus he cannot leave. Mix in a foreign exchange student who is essentially a female version of the MC and also trying to suppress the urges, along with a double agent trying to ruin it for them, and you have a weekly 20 minute dose of absurdity.

Characters - Classic ecchi anime where the women are there for eye candy and have very straight forward personalities dedicated to being as seductive as possible while remaining ditzy. The male character is also over the top and stereotypical in the sense of "natural urges" overwhelming any sense of dignity. It often feels like the IQs of all these characters hover in the mid double digits. It's not very deep. You're likely not going to form any connection to any of these characters, but you keep coming back just to see what dumb stuff they'll do and say next.

Art - Good animation. Obviously a lot of attention paid to the female forms, but its the facial expressions of the MC that add to the hilariousness of this anime.

Voice Acting - A lot of high pitched anime girl voices. Which to me is like nails on a chalkboard. I prefer female characters who don't use the cutesy falsetto, but that's a pretty deeply engrained aspect of Japanese culture so its pretty hard to escape, especially in these type of shows. Haven't watched the English dub, but dubs generally are even worse in this regard since sounding like a 10 year old is significantly culturally different.

Overall, its enjoyable from a comedic standpoint and even more so if you're into scantily clad anime girls. If you're not and prefer a serious show with substance or a good story, be warned this is not the series for you.

Disclaimer: Initial review after episode 3. May change view in the future (for better or worse).
Update After Episode 4: More of the same. I'm dropping this from the weekly watch rotation and may pick it up after its completed its run. There's just too much better content this season.

Visually stunning, especially the first episode. The art and animation is top tier. Of course there is concern that this level of detail and attention cannot be maintained across an entire 13 episode season. Which is worrisome since, for the most part, it's what's carrying this show. Outside of the visuals, its yet another slice ... of life romance set in school centered on a bashful male lead who gets embarrassed by a girl even breathing in his vicinity as well as his over the top reactions to pretty much everything. Those anime are a dime a dozen, and even then are overpriced. The hook is that the main female protagonist forgets her glasses (a lot), and the ensuing hijinks. By hijinks, I mean her thinking plastic bags are cats, being unable to read a text book an inch from her nose, or interacting with people without having any idea of who they are. Essentially, all things that are intended to make her look cute (sic. dumb). The thing is, that gets old very quickly and to date appears to be the sum of her entire personality. Rather than finding it endearing, at this point its just kind of annoying, which is problematic since we're only 4 episodes into the season and there's really not any indication it will be anything more than a show focused on a single gag. As someone who wears glasses, the idea that someone this blind can consistently just not notice she's not wearing her glasses nearly every day is unfathomable. There's some indication she's doing this all on purpose, but if that's the case it really doesn't make much sense and lends further proof to how shallow her character development really is.

This may be worth a watch at some point, but in a season crowded with other great anime, its left behind in the dust. If you have limited time to watch anime, this is definitely not the one to spend it on. That said, if you're only looking for an anime to scratch that "cute girl falls for the forgettable boy trope" itch, this might be able to help with that. Though I'd recommend something like 'Kubo-san wont let me be invisible' over this any day. I keep seeing from manga readers that it will get better eventually, but that's the rub. When it comes to anime in the streaming age, you've got to give people a reason to keep watching.

This is a preliminary review after 3 episodes.

Premise: MC is obsessed with the school goddess to the point of "stalking" her by everyone's (including his own) definition. Goddess continually tells him to leave her alone, which he doesn't. This continues for years. One day MC wakes up and decides to stop, because he's become a "realist" about her being out of his league. From there, the story is a series of reasons why this was a bad thing and a journey towards true love. Harassed goddess girl now seems to miss being harassed but acts in the typical anime trope of the girl who cant ... express feelings (that only manifested once he stopped) and gets angry when he talks to other girls, goddess girls friend keeps trying to get MC to interact with her again, MC is teased by everyone else for now being a normal guy after being a caricature stalker for so long, and the guys sister who spent years telling him the girl was out of his league now feels bad and and says its dumb to give up on love. It's essentially an obsessive otakus wet-dream for justifying their inappropriate treatment of the objects of their affection. "See, they really want it, they're just playing hard to get". I'd say I'm not surprised since this is from Japan after all, where they have a real issue with this behavior and yet need to pander to the demographic most prone to it for sales. It's usually not so blatant though. The one salient point they made, about his behavior alienating her from others and leaving only loneliness in his sudden absence, was squandered by validating the Stockholm syndrome result rather than both of them building meaningful relationships with others. There's still 9 episodes to go, but it feels like the trajectory is set from story flow so far. With the way this is going and fact its billed as a romance, its essentially looking to turn into the anime version of Family Matters where anime Urkel finally wears down his prey after years of obsessive annoyance.

Absent that, the art, animation and soundtrack are decent. However this appears to be an average slice of life anime focused on high schoolers that doesn't really distinguish itself outside of its problematic messaging. I typically enjoy the school slice of life shows, but the nature of this one has me torn on whether to finish it or not since there are plenty of others that fill the same need without the questionable messaging. I'll likely give it a few more episodes before deciding.

EDIT after watching Episode 4. Perhaps the Japanese wasn't as bad, but the subtitles were.
Friend "Maybe hes one of the people you feel you can belong with"
Girl "Huh? Hes not who I belong with. He stalks me and its annoying!"
Friend "Whether it makes you feel comfortable or uncomfortable, doesn't it make you feel happy that there's someone who likes you?"
WHAT?! Yeah No. This is 100% stalker apologist propaganda. I cant do this anymore. Dropped.

I enjoyed the first season. It wasn’t a top tier anime but it was fun. I’ll generally watch anything in the isekai genre. That said, the more I see the less I like ones that follow a cookie cutter template of boy gets reincarnated, boy is OP, every young female character throws themselves at boy and don’t bring anything else to the table.

After so long, the cold open of season 2 and the subsequent remainder of the episode where nothing of note happened other than a bunch of girls fawning over the MC really set the tone for what followed. It’s just boring ... and following the same old tropes and cliche which just isn’t enjoyable this time around after a 6 year break. In a season jam packed with other great anime, I couldn’t justify my limited viewing time being spent on this any more so it got dropped.

It wasn't bad, but my god does both cours of this season drag out. 22 episodes in the dungeon. Sure, you learn some interesting stuff, but it really started to feel repetitive. Run, fight, despair ,rinse, repeat. The animation was excellent, but unlike past seasons, I just wanted this one to be over and was getting tired of watching it. I stopped watching weekly because not enough progress happened. We get it, the deep floors are full of despair. We got it 5 episodes ago already at least. I finished the season with 6 straight, and it didn't get good pacing until the last episode.

This is a prime garbage tier anime. It encompasses all the worst depravity that is Japan. You should feel ashamed when watching it. If you don't, you're probably a danger to society.
Plot - Non-existent. There is a claim to be one, but its just an excuse to look at young girls panties.
Animation - Not very good. Most of the budget is spent on the numerous gratuitous panty shots.
Characters - No depth. 100% trope.
Story - Trash. I almost never stop watching an anime once I start, but this is getting painful.
Overall - If you're a miserable wretch of a human ... whose only pleasure in life in underaged girls in panties, then this is the story for you.

If you're fairly new to anime, this might be fine. If you've seen a lot of anime, especially a veteran of the ecchi/haren genres, it’s going to feel stale and played out. It leans heavily into pretty much all the major tropes in the first episode and doesn’t get much better from there.

- Guy minding his own business encounters oblivious/inconsiderate girl who lashes out disproportionately and accuses him of being a pervert? CHECK
- Girl running late with toast - CHECK
- Absurd fall screens that result in embarrassing situations that defy the laws of physics? CHECK
- MC making things worse by doing inexplicably oblivious and boneheaded ... things? CHECK
- Lots of girls suddenly head over heels in love after a brief meeting? CHECK

There are a few laughs here and there, the girls are cute, and it has a semblance of a plot. That said, it’s like a lot of recent anime which take a fairly boilerplate premise and add a few nuances to make it just different enough that it’s not a carbon copy. Think being reincarnated into an otome game villainess ala 'I'm the Villainess, so I’m taming the final boss' and 'My next life as a Villainess: all routes lead to doom', (and pretty much the entire isekai genre in general). Both good anime that I enjoyed to be sure, but still. This one leans heavily into the cringe factor. That can be fun at times, but after so many anime using this recipe it’s just not that effective anymore (for me).

This might be a great anime for some or unforgettable for others. It is remarkably like anime I watched years ago that I loved. I suspect if I had watched this back then I would probably have loved it as well.

I typically enjoy this genre and type of anime. I did with this one for awhile, but it just started to get a bit too cringy and they really lean into that. Eventually it wore down on me enough I stopped watching and at the moment don't plan to finish. They play on the "joke" that Usui is a stalker, but that is honestly exactly what is happening. They make it obvious that he is viewed as the most popular/athletic guy in school who could have any girl he wanted. Except Misaki doesn't fawn over him like everyone else, so the storyline that follows is ... him attempting to exert leverage on Misaki to fulfill that role. They could have gone the route where he rejects the hype and is a down to earth guy, but they chose to go with a version of himself that buys into his own hype and is rather arrogant about that fact. She's "different" and catches his eye because of the challenge and the sport it entails trying to conquer her. There is a fine line between persistence and stalking, and he blows right past it. If you take a step back, you realize he starts off by blackmailing Misaki, is highly possessive and manipulative, attempts to monopolize her time and attention, and is always watching, following and showing up unexpectedly. He even attempts to dictate to her what she's allowed to wear, and left a hickey on her when she told him GFY so that she'd be too embarrassed to actually go through with wearing that outfit. She's told him to leave her alone and to stop interfering in her life multiple times but he persists or dangles the blackmail angle. He does end up saving her once, but that came across as a matter of "how dare you try to take what is mine" rather than true affection. Her hints at reciprocating interest at this point feel like Stockholm Syndrome-sama.

Honestly, some people are not going to care about a lot of the points above. If that's you, then its going to be a cute and funny anime. But let's face it, lots of these of manga/anime are targeted towards a particular demographic who wish to live vicariously through the characters on the page/screen, which is why we continue to see it (the same tropes) over and over. To a point that is fine, but you have to be careful with normalizing or trivializing legit red-flag behavior. I think this story (as is the case with, sadly, a large number of titles) could have been pulled off a lot better if they just dialed back the slapstick creepiness a bit.

Story (as is) - 5/10
Story (minus stalker stuff) - 8.5/10
Art - 6.5/10
Soundtrack - 7/10
Characters - 7/10
Overall - 6/10