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Full Metal Panic! Review - It Kind Of Is What It Is

A supersoldier who can't function outside of combat gets dropped into high school to guard a girl who might be hiding the deadliest secret alive, and from there it turns

Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing Review - All Sail, No Story

Jack and Rick dive into a gorgeous-looking sequel that trades in the original's tight story for confetti pirates, fake British accents, and a whole lot of nothing. This

Loner Life in Another World Review - Leftover Skills, Overpowered Results

What happens when the guy who shows up last to the isekai skill lottery and gets stuck with everyone's rejects turns out to be the smartest person in the room? Genres: Ac

The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Review - About As Deep As A Puddle

Jack and Rick check out a random pick this week, a 3,000-year-old demon lord who reincarnates as a nobody kid just to make some real friends, and find out fast whether th

Dead Mount Death Play Review - A Reverse Isekai That Never Answers Its Own Questions

Dead Mount Death Play flips the isekai formula on its head, following the reincarnated villain instead of the hero, and Jack and Rick spend most of this one arguing over

Scarlet Review - A Hamlet Retelling We Can't Fully Agree On

Scarlet drops a Hamlet retelling into 16th century Denmark and the afterlife at once, and Jack and Rick spend the whole episode arguing about how well it actually pulls t

Kusunoki's Garden of Gods Review - Cozy Gods, Overstuffed Plot

A guy gets handed a cursed country house, accidentally scrubs it clean writing a grocery list, and the local gods start moving in like it's the world's chillest Airbnb.

Kill Blue Review - An Assassin's Second Shot at Growing Up

A legendary 39-year-old hitman gets stung by a mysterious wasp and wakes up as a 13-year-old middle schooler, and somehow that turns into one of the more heartfelt surpri

The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3 Review - Three Seasons In, Still No Answers

Rick's out this week, so Jack goes solo to break down season three of The Irregular at Magic High School, and he's got a lot to say about clans, politics, and a show that

The Irregular at Magic High School Reminiscence Arc Review - All Flashback, No Answers

Jack and Rick dig into the Mahouka prequel movie to see if it finally explains why Tatsuya is the way he is, and whether three years of backstory was worth the wait. Gen

The Irregular at Magic High School Season 2 Review - The Harem Arc No One Asked For

Season one spent a whole run building out the Ten Master Clans and a genuinely interesting magic system, so what happens when season two seems to forget almost all of it?

The Irregular at Magic High School Season 1 Review - All Foundation, No Follow-Through

Magic got rewired into hard science, a class system sorts kids by test scores, and one supposedly underpowered "weed" might be hiding more strength than the entire school

Rooster Fighter Review - The Most Ridiculous Anime That Actually Works

Rooster Fighter Review - FAP-392 A backyard rooster channels the spirit of a wandering samurai and somehow turns into one of the most entertaining kaiju shows we've watc

Bartender: Glass of God Review - A Quiet Bar With a Split Tab

Bartender: Glass of God Worth Watching - FAP-391 Ryu's hunting the perfect drink in a hidden Tokyo bar, but whether Glass of God is worth your time depends entirely on h

Bartender Review - Pleasant, Forgettable, and Not Quite Their Cup of Tea

Is Bartender Worth Watching? Jack and Rick step behind the bar at Eden Hall to see if this slow, episodic drink of the week anime pours something worth sticking around f

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2 Review - Season 2 Ran Out of Points

Is Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2 Worth Watching? FAP-389 Season 2 cranks up the action and raises the stakes, but can a vending machine

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 1 Review - A Fresh Concept That Plays It Safe

Is Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Worth Watching? FAP-388 A guy dies saving a vending machine from falling off a truck and wakes up in a fantasy d

The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows Review - Junk Food Fantasy That Goes Down Easy

Is The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows Worth Watching? - FAP-387 A self-taught healer gets dumped by his party with nothing but a gold coin, sets up a hidden

Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc Review - Great Action, Shallow Story

Is Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Worth Watching? FAP-386 The Chainsaw Man movie just dropped and we're breaking down whether the Reze Arc actually delivers on everything Season

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Review - 10 Episodes Was Not Enough

Is Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Worth Watching? - FAP-385 Season 2 packs more demons, more action, and more emotional gut-punches into 10 episodes than most sh