ReLife:
I watched the whole thing in about 6 hours on Friday. The manga is great, and this was a great adaptation. Although, I didn't expect it to hit as hard as it did. Being a 20-something suffering from depression like Arata made this show very relatable and kind of tough to watch.
Anyway, the animation wasn't particularly good looking, but the direction and the characterization was on point. Haruka Tomatsu was acTing her ass off. Arata and Chizuru are both great characters, very lovable and dynamic. The rest of the supporting cast is great too
minus Inukai, **** him.
The manga chapters are 10 pages long, so they burned through almost all of the material out right now. I hope that in a few years, when there's finally enough material, we manage to get a second season.
Sakamoto-kun: 'Twas okay. I didn't get the hype about this show, maybe it works better in manga format. I cackled a few times, mainly at the dumb throwaway gags, but most of the time it was just a boring watch. Sometimes it was painfully unfunny, other times it was highly disturbing (mainly both episodes about that damn mom). An okay watch, it was nice enough. I can't deny that Sakamoto has endless swag, I wish I had a fraction of it.
Shokugeki Season 2 Episode 1: They really threw us right into this! The pacing was at a breakneck speed, but it worked. Super fun, I'm excited for more.
Days Episode 1: Standard sports show
with standard gaybaiting.
It was nice looking though, and pretty enjoyable. I'll most likely enjoy this. A shame it's 2-cours, because it'll be utterly scalped when Haikyuu returns in Fall.
Orange Episode 1: This was wonderful, a fantastic start. It's interesting reading the opinions of people that haven't read the manga. I feel like people are fixating on the "time-travel" aspect of the show, it really isn't a big or important part of the show at all. I have very high hopes for this.