Hey guys! The Spring 2022 Anime Season has officially come to a close this week and I have to say that this season was a bit rough cause I don't know if I really enjoyed any show more than a bit other than maybe one.
Spy x Family is my pick for the anime of the season and really was there any doubt? All I heard since this show was first announced to be airing this season was the fact that the manga was out of this world which made me a bit nervous given that when you go into anything with too high expectations it always lets you down! To my surprise I found that this anime actually was everything I had wanted it to be and more! I love found families and that's exactly what we get here. The story isn't exactly all that deep in terms of plot cause I really do tune out everything that has to do with the East v West spy war that's going on cause the core of this show is the Forger family. I love that each of the family members has a secret that they are hiding from each other and that they all are pretending so much that it's clear that they really will become a family! Anya is a precious baby and needs to be protected while Loid and Yor are so incredibly worried about hiding themselves that they completely tune out the other's weird moments! I need more of this show yesterday!!
Runner Up - Dance Dance Danseur
Hidden Gem
Dance Dance Danseur is my pick for hidden gem of the season. I actually went back-and-forth over what my pick for the season would be but in the end I decided to go with this anime because I actually didn't see anyone else really talk about it other than saying that it was animated very well. The funny thing about the show is that when I first started it I didn't think much of it but as the weeks went on I found myself continuously looking forward to the next episode. It reminded me a bit of one of my favorite kdramas (Angel's Last Mission) given that it's set in the ballet world but more than that I love underdog stories! I love the love this show put into depicting how passionate people can be about a thing and I love the slow but deliberate way this story is being told. This whole chunk of episodes was entirely used to show Junpei's growth as a dancer and I loved how dark it got with Luou's backstory and how it ended with Junpei deciding that right now dancing was more important to him than anything else. This is another show that I really hope gets another season!
Runner Up - Birdie Wing Girls' Love Story
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Ultra Romantic is definitely the best sequel of this season and really there was no competition. This third season was just as fun as the last two and I still live for the way this show uses love and confessions as the typical action shounen scenes but the thing that really stuck with me is the fact that this season actually moves the plot and the characters forward! Both Kaguya and Miyuki finally acknowledged their feelings for each other both to themselves and to other people and the ticking clock of Miyuki leaving for the States gives everyone a reason to stop dallying around and make some real moves! The next season will probably be the last but I can't wait to see how it wraps up!
Runner Up - Ascendance Of A Bookworm: Part III
Dance Dance Danseur had the best animation this season! I mean every frame of this show was stunning to look at whether the characters were standing around talking or dancing! I also low key love the whole giraffe neck aesthetic cause it definitely separates them from other anime so there's no chance that someone would see them and not know immediately that a character was from this show!
Runner Up - Birdie Wing Girls' Love Story
Runner Up - Birdie Wing Girls' Love Story
Best OP
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Queendom from Ya Boy Kongming is the best OP of the season. It's honestly more of a jam than in should be from it's fast tempo to it's silly lyrics! I've definitely downloaded it already!
Runner Up - Giri Girl by Masayuki Suzuki from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Ultra Romantic
Protagonist(s) Of The Season
Runner Up - Murao Junpei from Dance Dance Danseur
Antagonist(s) Of The Season
Shiho Sawaragi from Tomodachi Game is my antagonist of the season and really she's my pick cause I didn't watch that many anime this season that had antagonists so here I am with little choice. Now don't get me wrong I totally could see Shiho being a great villain that I can clamp my teeth onto but the problem is that we're so early in this show that I don't know enough about her yet! I think it's fascinating that she and her dad are clearly running Tomodachi Game and that people around her keep dying or disappearing but she acts all innocent. It's clear that she knows that she's cute and that men want her and I bet that she knew that Kokorogi liked Yuuichi which is why she confessed to him first and pretended like she was into him. I really hope we get to see more of this show so I can probably dive into her psyche!
Runner Up - The Harem boys from Trapped In A Dating Sim: The World Of Otome Games Is Tough For Mobs
Ship Of The Season
Kaguya and Miyuki from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Ultra Romantic are my ship of the season. Despite there being a lot more canon ships this season that I have had for a while now, I still think these two are my favs of the bunch! There's just something so fun about how truly and utterly these two are head over heels for each other. They've been born in the exact opposite worlds and yet they've found a connection and seen that they are actually more alike than separate at all! I love that they like the things that other people think are flaws in each other and they are so sure of who they are that it doesn't bother them!
Runner Up - Loid and Yor from Spy x Family
And with that I'll see you all in the Summer 2022 Season!! Here's hoping that we get a better crop to choose from!
xoxo Allie
