I started Mushoku Tensei. I like it. It's a proper masculine story for once.
Rudy's relationship with his father is really well done and I'm it takes its time with each character which makes them all really likeable.
It reminds me of how masculine irrationality is so often either shied away from or shunned, even in anime.
Rudy says he likes his father because he is strong. Thoughts like this are an integral part of male decision making that is true and right, no matter how much you deny it.
Lust is shown in measure: both the good side of it and where the line is. Many anime instead have the sexual parts of their plots be incidental and not the fault/desire of the mc which is not at all how it works in reality. Measured lust is again an important part of masculinity.
My favourite scene so far is this little one where Rudy waves to a stranger, something he could never do in his past life. It oddly brought a tear to my eye.
He can only do it now because of his good parents and mentor. He now feels a part of the world again and is able to properly participate in it. We can only be a part of a world that we see as inherently good. In his past life Rudy saw the world as evil and so escaped from it.
Metaphysically I'd say he has moved from a gnostic view of reality (gnosis vs demiurge) to that of a fallen world (christ vs satan): The world itself is not evil, it is good that has been partially corrupted.
Which is why is is now happy. Gnosticism is retarded.

I like the alien girl (alien girl) but a lot of the humour falls flat for me.

Great character designs and a simple but powerful science fiction plot based around time dilation and it's potential emotional effects. Some very powerful moments

Surprisingly bad

Watched in 1 day. I like Eureka with hair. Wings are okay but she needs eyebrows.

I am a big fan of You Yoshinari's previous work, and so I was glad that he finally got a chance to write and direct his own show. I got to attend a talk by him in 2017 where he described his travels across England to learn of our folktales as inspiration for Little Witch Academia. I found it fascinating to see his interpretation of these old stories from a very Japanese perspective. The show both respects the tradition of the legends and of the Gainax-Trigger lineage it comes from, while not being stuck in its ways. This same message is core to the show narratively too, and is an important lesson to take away.

It was great and it predicted 9/11.

It fucking sucked bro

A fun romcom from the early 00s at a breakneck speed. A unique combination of traditional tropes with a irreverent reverence to the great techniques of the medium.

The greatest love story ever told.
Maids are cool.