Summer 2021 Anime Awards

Hey guys! The Summer 2021 Anime Season has officially come to a close this week and I have to say that this season was definitely one of the weaker ones so unlike the previous ones where I struggled to choose from many good options, this season I struggled to choose from many poor choices.

(Original) Anime Of The Season

Tokyo Revengers is my pick for the anime of the season which is probs no surprise to anyone that watched this show. Technically this is a show that aired over two seasons but I think that since it finished airing in Summer 2021 that it fit into this season! Every week when I was watching the new episodes I was always left shocked when the 30 minutes flew by cause it never felt long enough and if that's not clearly evidence of how much I loved this show then I don't know what is! I loved the idea of this show being about a weakling who time travels to infiltrate a gang to save the love of his life and whereas from a distance it looks like he gets lucky every time he succeeds with a mission, if you look closer you can see how his kind nature and loyalty effects all those around him into doing what he wants them to do. I also think it's fun that he can jump back and forth through time so that he can make small changes and jump ahead to see how they worked out before going back again to fix whatever else he needs to. 

Runner Up - The Case Study Of Vanitas

Hidden Gem 

The Aquatope On White Sand is my pick for hidden gem of the season. I feel like people are both watching and not watching this show enough cause those who are see it's potential but I don't hear a lot about it. I think part of the thing is that it's such a quiet show that takes a look at dreams and how far a person should go to chase them rather than something with big action or a widespread world. I love the setting and the characters and I'm so excited to see where the show takes us from here cause the big thing that I thought the show was about seems to be fading away. 

Runner Up - Peach Boy Riverside

Best Sequel 

My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom Season 2 is definitely the best sequel of this season and honestly it had no competition with how poorly the other sequel this season did in my opinion. The funny thing about this show is the fact that I didn't realize how much I was going to enjoy this sequel until I was almost halfway through. I did really enjoy the first season of this show but I was a little confused about where this second season would go cause like most reverse harems I didn't expect Katarina to ever actually choose a person from her harem to love not to mention the fact that I thought that Katarina was too dumb to realize that any of her harem loved her in the first place which is why I was shocked as all hell to see that both Gerald and Keith confessed. The shipper in me that ships Katarine and Gerald was so fed and that might be part of the reason this season worked so hard for me! I also really liked all the storylines we got from Katarina's kidnapping to Nicol's possible future love interest to Keith's kidnapping and I can't wait for more!

Runner Up - My Hero Academia Season 5

Greatest Animation/Character Design

The Case Study Of Vanitas had the best animation this season. I absolutely adored the bright colors and the fantastical world the show built but I also adored the way it went from sweeping to chibi in moments that the show wanted to bring special attention to! I loved that there was a human world and a magical world and that the show very clearly showed us which one was which through color!

Runner Up - Tsukimichi Moonlit Fantasy

Best OP 

Merry Go Round by Man With A Mission from My Hero Academia Season 5 is definitely my favorite OP of the season. I swear I listened to it a million times even if part of me felt like it didn't really vibe with the second half of this season once the villain arc came around! 

Runner Up - Andante ni Koi wo Shite by Angela from My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom Season 2

Protagonist(s) Of The Season

Noé and Vanitas from The Story Of Vanitas are actually my protagonists of the season and maybe that's cheating cause I picked two but that's how I feel! Noé and Vanitas are close friends who respect and look out for each other but would die before saying anything other than they hate each other and honestly the show would not be the same without the two bouncing off of each other. They're almost direct opposites of one another on the surface but as the show slowly peels back layer after layer of our leads we learnt that they might be two sides of the same coin after all. Both seem to be goofy and laid back but hide dark sides and dark backstories. 

Runner Up - Kukuru Misakino from The Aquatope On White Sand

Antagonist(s) Of The Season

Tetta Kisaki from Tokyo Revengers is my antagonist of the season and there was no competition in my eyes. Kisaki was fascinating cause when this show started we didn't actually know who he was or how much he would be affecting the lives of every character we cared about but as the show went on we saw that not only did he have his hand in almost every pie but he was also the puppetmaster. Every horrible thing that happened in this show was connected back to him and once we got the whole picture I couldn't help but salute him for how well thought out and planned it was. Every piece fell into place perfectly even despite the fact that time travel was involved!

Runner Up - League Of Villains from My Hero Academia

Ship Of The Season

Katarina and Geordo from My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom Season 2 are my ship of the season and this second season really did keep us fed! I honestly do think if and when this show ends that these two will be endgame and that's not just my hope given that Geordo is my favorite of Katarina's harem! I mean beyond the fact that I'm just a sucker for tropes in which arranged marriages or fake dating leads to real love, I really love that Katarina was the one to bring light to Geordo's world and that he would literally give her the moon if she asked for it. They have kissed so many times now and I adore how flustered Katarina gets every time and yet she doesn't exactly pull away or is horrified by it like she was with Keith!

Runner Up - Sally and Mikoto from Peach Boy Riverside

And with that I'll see you all in the Fall 2021 Season!!

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

 Hello everyone and welcome back! Let's dive right in shall we?

Stargirl Season 2 Episode 7

Okay so I seriously love that like the characters themself we the audience really can't tell if what's happening with Yolanda's headaches is Eclipso or Brainwave or Yolanda's guilt. Like it's been going on longer than Eclipso has been freed and I know a ton of people theorized that Brainwave really did put himself in Yolanda's brain but I think that if I had to make a guess I would say that it started out as Yolanda's guilt and now it's Eclipso expanding on that fear. It looks like he knows who to target one by one and it's clear that next is Beth. On that note it was interesting that Yolanda and Courtney finally told everyone what happened in the tunnels and it sucks that though Beth was the only one to not understand why Yolanda did what she did, one negative opinion was enough to convince Yolanda that she was a sinner. I hate that all this has just pushed Yolanda back into her terribly abusive family cause before this she was doing so well! She had friends and a job and was living her life! In other news I do have to say that maybe it's the Superman & Lois stan in me but I think my favorite part of this show might also be the family kicking ass part. I adored that final scene when the four were sitting around the dining table discussing JSA problems!

What If Season 1 Episode 7

In the midst of depressing episode after depressing episode it was nice to finally watch a low stakes episode that was actually funnier than expected! In this world Loki was not adopted by Odin so Thor grew up alone and spoiled and so never really grew out of his party stage. When Odin entered his Odinsleep, Frigga went off to visit her sister and Thor descended to Earth to party the planet away which SHIELD did not appreciate. I thought the whole thing was super fun and I liked seeing that Thor and Jane would fall for each other no matter who they were. I also thought that SHIELD was a little extreme in deciding that they needed to drop a nuke on Thor to get him to stop as if they wouldn't be bringing a whole ass alien race to war and really maybe it's my dislike of Captain Marvel but her whole vibe was really no fun. The end was absolutely hilarious though with Jane calling Frigga to tattle on Thor and that everyone was terrified of her enough to clean up Earth and pretend that they were all just studying. I'm not entirely sure what arrived at the end but it looked like Thanos with the Infinity Stones several years too early.

Titans Season 3 Episode 9

Truly I will never understand Titans both as a show and a concept. Like we spent all episode in the Afterlife where we followed Donna, Tim, and Hank as they attempted to return to the living and I don't understand what's happening for real. I thought this would be the perfect way to bring Hank back and then in turn negate whatever real evil Jason did so he could return to being a Titan but then Hank sacrificed himself to let Donna and Tim return and now I'm confused again. Maybe the fact that Hank chose to move on or let go or whatever will make the other Titans less inclined to hate Jason for killing him? I did like the idea that he found Donnie again though cause that made my heart soft. Also confusing is whatever mess Bruce is in. I have hated this show's version of Bruce Wayne since he was introduced but like now it's an even weirder. Like okay so apparently he wrote up his will and then killed Joker and then fled Gotham and tried to kill himself? And where in the hell did Donna appear from cause her body was definitely supposed to be on Themyscira? 

FINISHED My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 25

We returned to what feels like the normal My Hero shenanigans and man was it a breath of fresh air. I'm truly so excited to see what I think will be the actual big arc that changes everything in this world next season! We've jumped forward 4 months to April in which our heroes have gone from first years to second years and at the same time Tomura will have completed whatever experiment is being run on him. The doctor did mention the fact that he's studying quirk singularities too and that got my attention given that's what Deku was told too. Like All Might said One For All had been slowly strengthened over time through the multiple quirk holders that wielded it and now it's reached peak performance inside Deku. Maybe he should have gone through Tomura's evil training too cause I'm starting to wonder if he's anywhere near the League in terms of strength!

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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Stargirl Season 2 Episode 6

Well shit guys everything that happened this week was unexpected! So Eclipso is officially out of the black diamond and ready to paint the town red. His powers work by absorbing the souls of others especially children and I think we're meant to believe that he's actually from another dimension or parallel world or something given that he told Shade that Shade is weaker than him cause he only siphons powers from Eclipso's world while Eclipso is from that world. In one foul swoop he destroyed whatever was budding with the baby Injustice League by killing Isaac for sure and possibly Cindy though I can't imagine that a perfectly ripe nemesis for Courtney in Cindy is gone from this show forever! Like maybe Shade snuck in and took her into his shadows to protect her? I mean why else didn't Eclipso suck her soul in like he did with Isaac? Also I'm still waiting for poor dumb Cameron to be let in on the joke cause right now he's wandering around all angst ridden though I really shouldn't expect him to struggle with the idea of his dad being a bad man cause it's clear this show has no need for nuance. I mean just look at Artemis. Her parents are complex cause they did lots of horrible things but they did love her more than anything else and yet she is acting like they're the most innocent flowers who were trampled on so I imagine that Cameron will react similarly in ignoring the fact that his dad was ready to murder millions and focus on the fact that he loved him and his mom and Courtney and co killed him.

What If Season 1 Episode 6

Honestly guys I'm not sure how I felt about this one! Like part of the struggle is in the fact that I was the dumb one and expected this to be a story of Killmonger being a good guy rather than a story of Erik playing 4D chess against everyone to get revenge on everyone! The thing is though that this episode felt a bit regressionary in terms of Erik's ideals when compared to Black Panther cause in that one his whole thing was that Wakanda had the ability to help but stood back while in this one he seemed more interested in conquering for fun. Like as dope as his plan was, what did he ultimately want? I did like the idea that unlike other worlds this one had a chance of surviving with Shuri and Pepper being clear that Erik was behind everything. I'd imagine that they'd expose his motivations and all the evidence of him doing terrible things but once again I'm left thinking of the future and the fact that if Iron Man wasn't there to do the ultimate snap and defeat Thanos maybe we'd be in a world with the population halved though still alive.

Titans Season 3 Episode 8

Honestly I believe Jason when he says he's sorry for everything he's done though it really brings up my problem with this show and it's beyond shitty writing. Like how in the actual hell does Jason go from ready to kill Dick to remorseful in one episode? Also how are we ever supposed to forgive Jason for killing Hank? I was right in guessing that Crane's drug was the thing that was causing Jason to go crazy but I feel like the show didn't push it far enough in terms of Jason's freewill. Gar brought up the fact that Jason's situation is like his with Cadmus but in that scenario Gar was really and truly mind controlled while Jason felt more like he lost impulse control and honestly besides the fact that I adore the Batfamily and the actor who plays Jason, I'm not entirely sure if this version of Jason can be forgiven. We saw more of Tim this week too and I loved how similar he was to the comics Tim Drake with his detective work and though I'm surprised that he was shot this week I'm sure he'll be fine cause unlike Barbara or Jason, Tim never actually gets hurt for real. We also really went from 0 to 60 with Blackfire and Connor and dudes the amount I hate it is so real. 

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 24

As the penultimate episode of the season it looks like we've pretty much wrapped up the My Villain Academia arc. I'm still not happy with this whole thing cause it really wasn't what I expected from the supposed arc that changes My Hero forever but at the same time I think I've finally figured out the timeline for this season despite the way it jumped around. I'm fairly certain that this fight went down and the Liberation Army became the Paranormal Liberation Front first followed by Hawks infiltrating the organization which happened at the same time as the Class A v Class B thing. After this the kids went on their work studies and Hawks warned Endeavor about the upcoming fight against the Liberation Army. I bet the fight is going to be next and will probs start season 6 and honestly I think that's the arc that I am more looking forward to. I mean yeah yeah it's great that the villains have all leveled up and whatever but I really didn't need a full arc to tell me that when the show could have just fit it into one episode or even told me they powered up while we were watching the heroes do the same.

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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FINISHED Lucifer Season 6

I'm honestly so torn over what I feel about this season cause as much as I love this show and was ready for more at the start of this season I also couldn't help but feel like season 5 was the perfect end to this whole show. Having said that I do have to admit that after I watched this season I actually thought where Lucifer ended up fit better in terms of a character arc than where he ended up in season 5 though I also can't help but feel like this season pretty much negated the last and I'm left wondering why the showrunners bothered with the whole Lucifer as God arc if they ultimately wanted him to be a therapist in Hell? I also felt like most of this season was pointless and kinda meandered around with no real point except for the fact that we finally met Adam, Ella finally got to find out the truth about the celestials (and an amazing relationship with Carol who I adored more than I thought I would) and I liked seeing Dan's journey to Heaven. I do wonder if a major part of my distaste for this season was my distaste for Rory's appearance cause it gave me Arrow PTSD flashbacks. Like Oliver, Lucifer was gone for the entirety of his daughter's life and only met her for a bit to convince her that he loved her and then ended up with Chloe after she died. In this show it's a little less weird cause we know there's an afterlife and most of our characters are immortal or can be visited anytime which is why it's extra weird that Lucifer couldn't just pop up and down from Earth to Hell. On the whole I don't think this season was worth it but I'm a completist so here we are.

FINISHED Legends Of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 15

Well the season 6 finale is officially here and I'm really just thankful that we only have to wait like a month for season 7! The finale wrapped everything up in a much nicer bow that I expected with every one of the Legends alive and well including Spooner and Constantine as well as Bishop stopped. I'm a bit disappointed with the way the whole thing with Constantine ended cause he did come back to life but Zari was so fed up with his nonsense that they just broke up. I would honestly have preferred a more tragic end cause I liked my original theory that his death would be the thing that turns Zari 2.0 closer to Zari 1.0 as she mourns but I guess this way it leaves the door open for Constantine to return and for Zari to get back together with him given that not only did he give her a key which I think opens his roving House Of Mystery but also cause Matt Ryan is still on this show so it wouldn't be that hard to have him pop up again. I was also surprised that both Mick and Spooner seem to be sticking around but it was nice to see Sara and Ava get married though I really wish that the show could have gotten Quentin or Laurel back cause I hate the idea that Sara got married without her family! I'm not sure who the villains will be next season but I'm looking forward to whatever we get!

Stargirl Season 2 Episode 5

Was I the only one that thought that not only did Cameron know that his dad had ice powers but also that he had them too? Cause based on the final scene from this week it looks more like he's coming into his ice powers for the first time and just in time for him to probs hate Courtney too. I have a feeling that his grandma who also has ice powers to my surprise will tell him the whole truth out of worry that he's getting too close to Courtney. I do wonder though what will happen when he finds out cause we know that he's a really sweet kid and he clearly wants no part in anything Cindy is doing and clearly hates her so he's not going to join the ISA but I also can't imagine that his hero worship of his dad will allow him to forgive Courtney and the others. If Rick wasn't such an ass then he would have been one of the best people to reach out to Cameron and bond over losing his parents too but c'est la vie. I do have to say that this whole children of the ISA learning about the JSA hurting/killing their parents really makes me uncomfortable in a way I know means that I'm connecting with this storyline even though I want things to be rosier cause it's better than how I watch The Flash all disconnected! I'm also still worried about Mike cause Cindy has not given up on him but also we know that the Star Staff can remove Eclipso's influence so I imagine that after he gets infected he can be cured. I'm also glad that Pat is finally trying to get Mike to be his sidekick knowing that Mike feels alone!

What If Season 1 Episode 5

Duuuuudes I don't even know what this was!!! It's so fascinating how every single What If that we've watched so far other than the Captain Carter one ended so tragically which makes it seem as though Kang low key might have been right in controlling what the correct timeline would be since it's clear that unless all of our Marvel heroes choose one specific path every time then the universe comes to an end! In this world Janet contracted some sort of quantum virus that Hank brought back with him and then spread to the rest of the world making them all into zombies. We watched every one of the Avengers be killed and even at the very end when it looks like our heroes can get to Wakanda to create a cure, it might be meaningless since we know that Thanos's army will breech Wakanda's forcefield therefore not only getting the Mind Stone to complete his Infinity Gauntlet but also letting the zombie virus in and infecting the last safe zone on Earth. What I am curious about is the fact that zombie Thanos still seemed to retain his goal of wanting to snap away half the population despite turning into a zombie making me wonder why the other Avengers like Steve weren't able to fight it. Would we imagine that Thor, the Guardians, and Captain Marvel could save the day given that they're still in space away from this zombie virus?

Titans Season 3 Episode 7

I love that it's sweet innocent Gar who's the only real one in this show to actually worry and care about Jason no matter how little they got along when they were together. I'm still not sure I buy the reasoning behind Jason's turn but I can chalk it up to Lazarus + weird Crane brainwashing drug so I still would like to hope that if the Titans detox Jason and Gar stays with him as moral support that we'll be able to get him back. We did manage to beat Scarecrow this week which was fun and Blackfire and Starfire took the first step into reconciling when Blackfire told Starfire why she had to kill their parents and then when Starfire gave her a costume. I'm not sure I'm into the romance that's being set up between Connor and Blackfire cause he's a literal child in his mind but whatever I'll go with it. On another note it's curious that we're so far into the season and yet we still haven't seen hide nor hair of Raven or Donna. I guess I'm now just expecting them to show back up to save the day when the Titans are down for the count.

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 23

Whereas we saw more of Twice last week this week was focused on Shimura. For some reason I was going around thinking that he was All Might's mentor's son when actually he's her grandson. Her actual son was a monster in his own way given that he abused Shimura for being too much like her. He despised the fact that his mother left him to be a hero and when Shimura told everyone that he wanted to be a hero it triggered anger in him. It's ironic how easily he could have been like any of the other kids in the hero academy if only he had better role models. I did hear a theory though last week that I can't get out of my head and the more I think about it the more it makes sense. What if this whole thing was part of All For One's plan? Like what if he gave Shimura the decomposing quirk knowing that he would hurt his family and sent all the heroes after something so that he could swoop in and save Shimura in order to prove to him that heroes are nothing and keep him in his back pocket as a trump card.

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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Legends Of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 14

This week was the penultimate episode and I have to say that I was a bit disappointed in it. I mean Bishop's plan was pretty solid and I enjoyed watching him low key win but John's death felt kinda meh and I'm really not thrilled that his final moments weren't even with Zari! I bet though that there's a way to say the Fountain given the fact that with it (and John) dead Spooner dies too and I can't imagine that is how this season will end cause I still think that Spooner will end up moving back with her mom in the past and spending the rest of her life there given that's what she always wanted. If this does happen it's possible that John comes back too and maybe he's done enough terrible things to warrant Zari dumping him and him leaving the ship to repent or whatever. Or maybe he'll return as a new person after spending so much time with the Fountain and it's goodness and that's why Matt Ryan will be playing a new character. I do think it's kinda funny that Bishop's current evil plan is just to give up on Earth given that his original plan to save humanity kept being spoiled and I liked the idea that the Fountain (and mushrooms apparently lol) is an alien species meant to protect the Earth.

The finale is next week and it looks like we'll end up getting a spur of the moment wedding between Sara and Ava before aliens invade to destroy the Earth. I'm more curious to see where Bishop will fit in and how Zari will react to what happened with John. By the way Behrad better be back cause it makes no sense that he has just been missing these last two episodes!

Stargirl Season 2 Episode 4

I am fascinated by what's going on with the Shade cause I can't tell what level of evil he is! Like all of the ISA is bad but to varying degrees and that's really evident when seeing the Crocks. They really do love Artemis and want what's best for her and I pity her for how she's going to be used by Cindy. It kinda weirds me out that Cindy is about to mind control everyone into joining her version of the ISA using Eclipso cause it feels cheap to me. Like wouldn't it be better if she somehow gaslighted them into believing in her? I suppose though that this way it's easier for the JSA to beat her cause the second they take away Eclipso she'll lose her team too and maybe that's why we're going this way? I also guess it's important to note that it was Eclipso who killed Dr Midnite's daughter in the premiere like we saw and that actually Dr Midnite is alive in Shade's shadows though for what I'm not sure. Going full circle with the whole varying level of evils thing, Shade seemed genuinely horrified at the thought of Eclipso killing a ten year old girl and he seemed to struggle with the fact that Courtney is just a kid making me wonder if he also had a child that he lost so part of him yearns to protect other children.

What If Season 1 Episode 4

This was an interesting what if scenario if a bit meh cause I personally think Dr Strange is at his most interesting when he's interacting with other Marvel characters rather than in a standalone situation but it also probs didn't help that this episode followed last week's which was defs a high bar. I do also have to say that I haven't watched Dr Strange since it first came out in theaters so I really did forget that Dr Strange had a love interest but it was creative to say that he lost his heart in that accident rather than his hands. I liked the idea that the Ancient one split Steven into two pieces and in a way separated his conscience from his impulses and that in the end it didn't matter cause evil Dr Strange went through with his plan even though everyone and everything warned him that it wouldn't work. I kinda like how it ended with him destroying his universe and being alone forever to wallow cause it felt like karmic justice.

Titans Season 3 Episode 6

I'm not entirely sure that I understood what the plan was with Jason and him stealing some of the fear gas in order to sell on the streets cause it looks like he gave it to some thugs who shot up Tim Drake's noodle house while he watched. Normally I would have guessed that he targeted Tim cause Tim's a future Robin except according to Bruce's Robin files Tim wasn't on it cause Tim had a happy life so he didn't fit Bruce's MO. It also doesn't exactly look like the thug killed any of Tim's family so maybe it won't matter anyway? In other news we saw flashbacks of Dick and Barbara and I'm going to be really interested to see which girl this show thinks Dick belongs with cause in the comics it's usually Barbara but I've always have a soft spot for Starfire given that my first outing into the DC world was probs Teen Titans! I mean not that this Kory has time for romance in between juggling being Team Mom and Blackfire. I still can't read Blackfire but I did like her conversation with Connor about wanting a place to belong. Connor and Gar are truly the softest bois and deserve to be protected at all cost. I'm also curious about the fact that we still haven't seen Raven this season and I wonder if the show cut her out like Dawn and Hank cause people didn't like them as much as the others?

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 22

I'm struggling with this arc guys and it's a hundred percent entirely my fault. Like on one level I can understand why others enjoyed it but I'm kinda the worst person to impress when shows or movies do the thing where they put aside their main characters to give attention to others. I don't need more backstory on the League cause honestly I'm not the kind of person who needs their villains to be sympathetic and before this I felt like we had plenty over the course of a few minutes during these past five seasons. I mean yeah it's cool that they're all getting past their mental traumas and upgrading like we've seen a lot of our heroes do but unless this whole thing culminates in a big fight with the heroes I'm just meh.

xoxo Allie

Fall 2021 TV Schedule

Hey everyone!! It's finally September which means that the Fall 2021 TV Schedule is about to start!! As per usual I'm going to be posting what shows I will be watching!! I'll be posting the air dates for all the shows I will be watching. These all air from September to the end of November! This time around I'm going to be listing the Asian dramas I'm watching (and keeping it up to date) and meanwhile if you're interested in my reviews for the American shows and Japanese anime I watch, check out my What Shows Am I Watching This Week list. Those in pink are the ones I'm reviewing weekly.

SUNDAY

Blue Period - Anime (September 26) (Season Finale December 11)
Fena: The Pirate Princess - Anime (Series Finale October 24)

Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2 - Anime (October 10)

Mieruko-Chan - Anime (October 3) (Season Finale December 19)

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2 - Anime (October 2) (Season Finale December 19)

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls - Kdrama (December 18)
Chimera - Kdrama (October 30) (Series Finale December 19)

Fall In Love - Cdrama (November 9) (Series Finale December 8)

Let Me Be Your Knight - Kdrama (November 7)

Lost - Kdrama (September 4) (Series Finale October 24)

Snowdrop - Kdrama (December 18)

MONDAY

Battle Game In 5 Seconds - Anime (Series Finale September 27)

Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles - Anime (Series Finale September 20)

The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made - Anime (October 4) (Series Finale December 20)
The Vampire Dies In No Time - Anime (October 4) (Series Finale December 20)

TUESDAY

takt.op.Destiny - Anime (October 5) (Season Finale December 21)

FBI - 8 PM on CBS (September 21)
FBI: International - 9 PM on CBS (September 21)

Stargirl Season 2 - 8 PM on CW (Season Finale November 2)

The Flash Season 8 - 8 PM on CW (November 16)

Idol: The Coup - Kdrama (November 8) (Series Finale December 14)

Moonshine - Kdrama (December 20)

Our Beloved Summer - Kdrama (December 6) 

Police University - Kdrama (Series Finale October 5)

Promise Cinderella - Jdrama (Series Finale September 21)

The One And Only - Kdrama (December 20)

Tsumari Suki tte iitai n Dakedo - Jdrama (September 29) (Series Finale December 8)

WEDNESDAY

Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside - Anime (October 6) (Series Finale December 22)
Drug Store In Another World: The Slow Life Of A Cheat Pharmacist - Anime (Series Finale September 22)

The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World As An Aristocrat - Anime (October 6)  (Series Finale December 22)

Tsukimchi: Moonlight Fantasy - Anime (Series Finale September 22)

Hawkeye - Disney+ (November 24) (Series Finale December 22)

Legends Of Tomorrow - 8 PM on CW (October 13)

What If? - Disney+ (August 11) (Season Finale October 6)

Douse Mou Nigerarenai - Jdrama (September 16) (Series Finale November 11)

THURSDAY

Peach Boy Riverside - Anime (Series Finale September 16)

Platinum End - Anime (October 7)

The Aquatope Of White Sand - Anime (Series Finale December 16)

Brooklyn Nine Nine - 8 PM on NBC (Series Finale September 16)

Doom Patrol Season 3 - HBO Max (September 23) (Series Finale November 11)

Star Trek Discovery Season 4 - CBS (November 18)

Titans Season 3 - HBO Max (Season Finale October 21)

Young Justice Season 4 - HBO Max (October 16)

Dali And The Cocky Prince - Kdrama (September 22) (Series Finale November 11)

Hospital Playlist Season 2 - Kdrama (Series Finale September 16)

School 2021 - Kdrama (November 24)

FRIDAY

I'm Standing On A Million Lives Season 2 - Anime (Season Finale September 17)

My Next Life Is A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom Season 2 - Anime (Season Finale September 17)

Taisho Otome Fairy Tale - Anime (September 8) (Series Finale December 24)
The Case Study Of Vanitas - Anime (Series Finale September 17)

Wheel Of Time - Amazon (November 19) (Season Finale December 24)

Work Later, Drink Now - Kdrama (October 22) (Series Finale November 26)

SATURDAY

86 - Anime (October 2)

My Hero Academia Season 5 - Anime (Season Finale September 25)

Remake Our Life! - Anime (Series Finale September 25)

The Faraway Paladin - Anime (October 9) (Season Finale December 18)

Tokyo Revengers - Anime (Season Finale September 25)

Welcome To Demon School Season 2 - Anime (Season Finale September 11)

Bad & Crazy - Kdrama (December 17)

Blue Birthday - Kdrama (Series Finale September 11)

Check Out The Event - Kdrama (Series Finale September 4)

F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers - THDrama (December 18)

Happiness - Kdrama (November 5) (Series Finale December 12)

Kotodamsou - Jdrama (October 9)

One The Woman - Kdrama (September 17) (Series Finale November 6)

Shadow Beauty - Kdrama (November 20) (Series Finale December 29)

The Veil - Kdrama (September 17) (Series Finale October 23)

User Not Found - Kdrama (December 3)

We At That Time - Cdrama (December 1) (Series Finale December 25)

Yumi's Cells - Kdrama (September 17) (Season Finale October 30)

STREAMING

Cowboy Bebop - Netflix (November 19)

Dear White People Season 4 - Netflix (September 22)

Leverage: Redemption Season 1B - IMDb TV (October 8)

Lucifer Season 6 - Netflix (September 10)

Pretty Smart - Netflix (October 7)

Silent Sea - Netflix (December 24)

Star Wars: Visions - Disney+ (September 22)

Squid Game - Netflix (September 17)

xoxo Allie 

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

  Hello everyone and welcome back! Let's dive right in shall we?

Legends Of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 13

Wow wow wow do I hate this story with John so much. I guess it'll be no problem for Zari to move on from him if this horrible evil mess is the man she last remembers before he dies. It sucks extra hard cause my heart melted with how adorably in love the two were and how I was totally right in saying that there's no way that Zari would have ever walked away from the man she loved when he was in pain. I loved that he chose her over magic itself and that though he wanted to break up with her cause she deserved better she refused to let him go down that route. I am really curious though about this whole magic blood demon and how much it tends to control John and how it sucks that the others didn't know that it was more than John's willpower that was keeping him addicted cause otherwise I'm fairly certain they'd have John in a cell next to Bishop in order to detox him. Would Gideon have a way to clear the poison from his system? Either way I guess it doesn't matter cause he is going to join Bishop and probs die along the way. I did like the Ava stuff though this week and the fact that she was struggling with how to feel about Bishop given that he clearly knows the perfect way to play her. I mean after all he built her.

I don't exactly have high hopes for the penultimate episode if I'm being honest cause I don't know whether I can trust Legends to really dig into how dark this whole thing with John is but at the same time it doesn't exactly look like next week is going to be a lighthearted romp so maybe I can hope a little? Also straight up Behrad better be around for the final two episodes this season cause Zari will need her brother!!

Stargirl Season 2 Episode 3

I have to say that I am actually really disappointed with the direction this show went this week cause I was really really excited to find out that Mike might be taking on the Thunder pen only to be let down when he ended up accidentally wishing the pen into better hands. I guess if Superman & Lois have taught me anything then it's the fact that sometimes it's important not to have every main cast in your show have powers. I just wish that Mike would get to do as much sleuthing or spywork for the JSA as Barbara does cause it breaks my heart to see how left out he felt all episode. Like Superman & Lois the highlight of this show is the family and I don't know if this show's writing team knows it cause I could truly care less about the other JSA members but I could watch hours of Courtney's family doing things! In other news it looks like Shade might actually be in Blue Valley to find Eclipso and perhaps that means that he'll end up teaming up with us cause though he probs doesn't care to save the current JSA it's clear that he's hunting Eclipso. Now that Beth was warned, it'll definitely be time to buckle down on the new villain of the season which should be fun.

What If Season 1 Episode 3

Okay so this might have been the best episode of this show so far! I had a blast with the whole murder mystery scenario in which we had to find the person who was killing every one of the Avengers initiates and I loved that it ended up being Hank who was behind it all. In this universe Fury recruited Hope to be a SHIELD agent but she died and Hank was getting his revenge. Loki brought the Asgardian troops to Midguard to "get revenge" for Thor's death which I'm sure a part of him really did care about but the rest of him was here to do his Avengers plot and take over the world. I'd imagine that despite everything Fury would still put together a team though a clearly different one with Captain Marvel at the helm and maybe Steve as well. Tbh Carol would whoop Loki's ass in three seconds though so maybe Fury wouldn't even actually need anyone else! I do have to say that of the three universes we've seen so far this one is the one that I would most want to live in more!

Titans Season 3 Episode 5

Ugh dudes this episode reminded me once again how much I adore Jason Todd and how pissed I am that this show decided to take him down the Red Hood route cause I liked good Jason and I liked how much he wanted to be good despite his darkness. It was fascinating seeing how he struggled with PTSD after season 2 and how Leslie was actually helping him until Bruce fucked everything up like he always seems to in this show. It's ironic that Bruce thinking that of course he knows best ignored the fact that Jason and Dick are two separate people. Like he sees both as his sons but whereas Dick needed Bruce and not Robin, Jason needed Robin not Bruce. Jason is too traumatized to realize that Bruce trying to keep him from being Robin wasn't a punishment but an acknowledgement that Bruce loves and wants to protect him. I did also like seeing the whole story with Jason and how he really did live out the whole Red Hood storyline from being murdered by the Joker to resurrected by a Lazarus Pit but now it seems that rather than the Lazarus Pit being the thing that turned him dark, it might have been something Scarecrow snuck into Jason's anti-fear gas. The poor thing. I wonder if it'll be possible to wean him off of it and what will be the thing to return him to who he was before.

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 21

Okay I have to say that because I tried to avoid all the spoilers in the world while watching this season I actually didn't know last week what this exciting arc that manga readers won't shut up about was about. After this week it seems that the arc is called My Villain Academia and we'll basically see everything about what the League was doing while we were following the heroes in their work studies and I'm assuming it'll end where we began with the Liberation Army stronghold city being wrecked and the League taking over the Liberation Army as Hawks tries to infiltrate. The thing though is that I still to this day don't actually understand what the Liberation Army tries to idolize and where Dabi fits in cause I was almost sure that he was a League member but is he actually not? I also don't know how I feel about an arc entirely about the villains cause why would we care if a bunch of villains get murdered or whatever! You can't keep telling me that this is the arc that changes everything if it doesn't affect the heroes we're actually following.

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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Legends Of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 12

Is anyone else's heart breaking this week? I mean seriously I was practically on the edge of tears all episode since I now know that this addiction storyline is leading to John Constantine leaving the show. Not only do I adore his character but this season has given me a new appreciation and love for Zari and Constantine and the soft way they love each other. I'm almost fairly certain that he's going to die by the end of this season and it's going to break Zari possibly in the way that will make her closer to 1.0 than we expected cause honestly that's a better story than if they simply breakup cause of his addiction and he leaves the ship. Zari's dated all sorts of bad guys as we've been told and I could never see her leaving him without trying to help him through it if she loves him like she said. I am really curious though to find out who this new character Matt Ryan will be playing and whether that one will get a romantic storyline with Zari too cause the show can't throw away the chemistry between Tala and Matt like this! In other news Bishop is alive and back like I expected cause duh we have like 3 episodes left and no villain so we needed him. I am curious to see what he's up to and how the Legends will not only react to him but defeat him. I also have to say that this Mafia/Werewolf roleplaying game was hilarious even if I wished they had played it for real a bit more.

Ah okay so it looks like the Legends are going to figure out something's wrong with John next week and it's about time cause I am so ready for the angst!

Stargirl Season 2 Episode 2

Courtney was a struggle to handle this week and it's interesting cause it makes sense why she acted the way she did and yet my heart didn't like it! Jennie was a sweetheart and it was honestly kinda rude of Courtney to not only treat her like a villain but also to focus so hard on the fact that Jennie is a legacy that she forgot that Jennie was an orphan who grew up alone. Fortunately Pat set her straight and Jennie was high key upgraded so she not only no longer has to charge the ring with the Lantern but now it seems like she's straight up a Lantern. I am disappointed in the fact that she's gone already cause I feel like she and Rick would have a lot in common given their upbringings and their shared connection as legacies but I'd like to imagine that Oa called her home to train her so when she comes back she's more badass even though honestly that's probs just a dream and we'll never get that. Though actually maybe she'll end up on that Green Lantern show that HBO and Berlanti will be producing? With Diggle fingers crossed?? But no seriously we also saw that Shade is back and the stone that Cindy was carrying basically hypnotizes people so now I can see how she would get Mike to join her. 

Ah looks like Mike finds the pen and becomes a hero though I imagine that Courtney is going to try to stop him and that'll be what pushes him away into Cindy's evil clutches.

FINISHED Superman & Lois Season 1 Episode 15

Guess who toooootally didn't cry when she watched Clark give his eulogy for his father at that little funeral they had?? Alright you caught me. I cried like a baby! This was a pretty amazing finale and it highlighted everything I adored about this show from the start to the end. It's the most character centric show of the Arrowverse so once all the punching and fighting was finished, we were able to settle back with our characters and see how they've grown. I liked the idea that Edge's final words were about wanting a family and that Clark responded with you would have had one if only you reached out to me before. Cause it's totally true! The Kents have been begging John to stay and like he originally didn't want to but now that Natalie is here I'm sure this is going to end with an awkward situation in which Lois might have to be a mom to two families and I wonder if the boys will get jealous at all or if they'll just embrace the crazy situation and be happy they have a sister now. Tbh I could see more of the second than the first based on what good people they are but low key the drama is in the first and I could also see that happening. I'm also not surprised in the slightest that Lana and Kyle decided to stay cause duh but I also really liked Clark's speech as Superman about Smallville finding it's strength when it needed it. I'm definitely going to miss this show and be counting down the days until it's back!!

What If Season 1 Episode 2

I had a lot more fun with this week's episode than the last one which was interesting cause you would have thought at first glance I would be more interested in Peggy than T'challa but I think the problem with Peggy's episode was that it felt like a rehash of Captain America: The First Avenger rather than her own story whereas here T'challa and Peter are two completely different people so no matter the fact that they were raised by the same person they reacted to things differently. It was a sweet send off for Chadwick Boseman too given that this was officially the last thing he filmed in the Marvel universe given that he was basically a galactic hero. I loved that he was the one to convince Thanos that his plan was terrible and to give up before it got worse and that he and Nebula had a bit of a romance brewing cause of course he did. I also loved that he was able to reunite with his family back in Wakanda at the end and that he brought his alien family with him. I did think it was interesting that we never saw Gamora or any of the other Guardians other than Drax in a comedic moment but I suppose if T'challa stopped Thanos before he attacked Gamora's homeworld then she wouldn't have left. I also found it interesting that he didn't end up joining the Nova Core or something given that he was still a good man rather than a criminal like the original Starlord was. I also really liked the button at the end that told us this world is doomed since Peter met his dad and wouldn't have the same gripes that our Peter had with Ego.

Titans Season 3 Episode 4

So as it turns out Scarecrow is the one pulling Jason's strings and I'm really not a fan of this whole thing. Now I don't mean in the sense that I don't think the writing works but in the sense that it's all so clear in hindsight and I'm just sad to lose Jason. I also think it's amazing how this show continuously shows us what a terrible person Bruce is even before he supposedly murdered Joker. Like the writers of this show clearly think Bats is the worst person in DC and it's fascinating that Dick is totally a slightly softer copy of him and I think that's hilarious. Scarecrow definitely had some sort of reaction to Dick being all cold and sociopathic and I loved it. On that note I was totally stunned that the show not only really did kill off Hank but also barely gave him a real goodbye! Like apparently all the mourning happened offscreen combined with Dawn leaving for Paris to process her emotions. It's like the show was like okay guys let's move on with the next plot now please. Speaking of the start of the Blackfire plot didn't actually go down the way I expected it to. Like apparently Blackfire isn't the out-and-out villain she's supposed to be and maybe she's actually just misunderstood or maybe part of the reason why she turned out the way she did was cause of Starfire.

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 20

I'm really curious about where this week ended up going and how we basically rewound back 2 months in order to see what the League Of Villains were up to so that when we do throw down with them in the future there will be more stakes. It seems as though I wasn't all right in guessing what's going on in terms of the League and Hawks. I assumed that the Liberation Army was just the newest method the League was using to sow chaos but in fact this week we saw that it's actually probs more like the League is playing along with the Liberation Army in order to infiltrate and destroy them like they did during the Eri arc last season. The Liberation Army seemed to be targeting the League and Hawks seemed to be targeting the Liberation Army and the trio sort of have stumbled on each other or so I can gather so far. I am curious about how this all went down in 2 months but I'll be open to the answer!

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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Legends Of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 11

Honestly this episode was super weird guys and not in the usual fun Legends way. Maybe it's partially cause I didn't care about the whole bowling setup from the start and maybe it's also cause I've not been a fan of pretty much any of the storylines this season from the Zari swap to the Constantine drug addiction but either way I mostly just zoned out for most of this week. Having said that it wasn't all negative. I did end up liking the twist though where the Earth became a bowling bowl and that Zari 1.0 shooting one of Spooner's guns at the alien holding it helped the Legends win the game cause it was a perfect mix of Legends insanity. I also really enjoyed everything with Ava picking out her wedding dress with Gary and straight up I could have watched a full episode in which this was the A plot rather than the D plot! On another note I did wonder for a while if I severely overreacted to Constantine's drug thing last episode cause no one else that I saw who watched this show seemed to care but now the alien running the bowling alley mentioned this drug was going to kill Constantine and guys I will literally scream if this storyline kills off Constantine from this show.

Ooh next week is defs more my style with the Legends being forced to play a board game and especially since Zari 2.0 is back and I need her to realize that something's wrong with Constantine!

Stargirl Season 2 Episode 1

Stargirl is back with it's season 2 premiere and I can't help but wonder if it's just been a while since I've seen this show so I didn't remember the vibe or if Superman & Lois has pretty much ruined all DCTV Berlanti-verse shows for me with it's excellent writing. All that to say I felt pretty meh about this week's premiere which not only was slow but also had really choppy writing. Courtney was struggling hardcore with the idea that she and the others defeated the ISA last season which meant that she was ignoring everything in her life other than being Stargirl and the irony is that of course she's right that not everything is well given this is a superhero show! I think the villain of the season is supposed to be whatever that dark shadow-y thing was at the top of the episode but Cindy also came back and she's on her own recruiting mission though I'm not sure if I believe in any of the picks she made. I mean Cameron yeah I can see cause Icicle Jr is a villain but Artemis is traditionally a hero so like what the hell show. Also on what planet is Mike going to go against his family to be a villain? We also got the first appearance of the new Lantern who's apparently the daughter of Allan Scott who tbh is the Lantern I know the least about. Oops?

The promo for next week shows us that Courtney is going to be jealous of the new Lantern cause of how she bonds with Pat and that's honestly adorable.

Superman & Lois Season 1 Episode 14

Ohhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. This show is so goddamn good!!! How in the hell did I not see this twist coming?? Of course Morgan Edge was going to take Jordan if he couldn't get Clark and it looks like he's placed his father inside of Jordan. Okay but seriously backing up a second when Edge absorbed the Eradicator it meant that Edge literally became it so now he has the ability to put Kryptonians into humans whenever he wants. I still am bitter about the fact that every Superman adjacent show other than the Syfy show Krypton has to have their villains be Kryptonians cause seriously a whole race isn't evil but I guess I'd imagine that a bad person like Edge's father would probs only take the minds of Kryptonians that agreed with him rather than a wide range of minds which is why they're all bad. Meanwhile Lana and Kyle have decided to move to Bristol but let's be honest there's no chance this season ends with them gone cause then Jordan would lose his love interest which is more important on a meta level than Clark losing a friend who we've literally not seen him spend any time with. I actually laughed when he called her his best friend. Like where? But on that same note we found out that the girl that Jonathan has been sort of seeing is from Central City and now it's a countdown to see which meta villain is her dad cause why else say that she's from the home of the Flash and has a dad in jail! 

Dudes I didn't realize that next week is the finale! Of course that's why this episode was so intense since it was the penultimate! I'm assuming that Sarah will end up finding out the truth cause she's too close now but I'm also really happy that we're spending more time in Metropolis. I really do wish this show had taken place there....

What If Season 1 Episode 1

I'm back with the newest Marvel Disney+ show and this time it's an animated one that kinda follows Loki in that we're exploring the multiverse but unlike all the others this one will probs be the one that most stands alone. I mean there are rumors that some characters (hello Captain Carter) that might join the MCU but on the whole it's meant to be a fun romp into new worlds. I like the idea of the Watcher narrating the whole thing and repeating the idea that branch timelines form through one small change. This week we followed Peggy in the what if scenario of what if she took the super soldier serum back in the 40s. I had a lot of fun cause obviously I'm always ready for more Peggy but tbh it was a slow start to what I think will be a fantastic show cause I think it mostly tread on the same story beats that Captain America: The First Avenger did. I did like the idea of Steve becoming the first Iron Man though cause of course building robot suits runs in the Stark blood! I can't wait to see what other crazy scenarios this show can cook up!

Titans Season 3 Episode 1, 2, & 3

Season 3 launched by releasing 3 episodes at once for some reason and it looks like this season is going to be The Red Hood arc mixed with Blackfire. I still think the show did nothing to show us that the Titans are a family especially after we spent almost all of season 2 fighting each other and now once again we're fighting each other and yet we keep being told by the characters that we are a family and it's like dudes you can't just keep saying the same thing over and over again and make the audience believe it. Having said that if you look past all that nonsense I do have to say that the writing this season is a lot tighter than I remember it being in previous ones. I can't actually believe that this show killed off Hawk but at the same time I can cause I'm sure the actor's like dudes I deserve better than this mess and the irony is that it was Dove herself that did it cause she not only physically pulled the trigger but also she refused to trust in the team. The more we see of her the more I dislike her and it's funny how unlike in most iterations of the Teen Titans it's Gar and Connor that I like most in this show though Dick's pretty close to being near the top despite what a hot mess he is. I do wonder who Jason is working for cause in the comics from what I remember it was Damian who tried to find a different prouder father figure and Jason worked alone. I'm sure that Bruce found out that Jason was alive and he probs watched Jason murder the Joker but took the blame in order to protect Jason. Either way I'm sure we've got a lot more craziness to go!

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 19

We're back this week after taking last week off due to the movie which I haven't seen yet since I don't live in Japan! The work studies have wrapped up and now it feels like we're in January since the students talked about winter break and the new year. We're coming up on the kids moving from their first year to their second and honestly it's hilarious how much they went through in all this time. I still can't help but wonder if this mega exciting huge manga storyline will even take place this season cause I still think that there's not enough episodes left to really dig deep but I'm open to whatever cause this show hasn't let me down yet. As it turns out the shadow creature that we've been following from the League of Villains was actually Present Mic and Aiwaza's best friend who died and whose body was corrupted by All For One into what he is now. We also found out something about a hospital which is probs where Tomura will end up attacking after he's been experimented on enough. 

xoxo Allie