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Not too much up my alley this season, so I watched Shikanoko and Plus Sized Elf.
I have one episode left of Shikanoko. It was unique, and fun for what it is. The songs were great. I enjoyed the antagonism of the whole thing. Would I watch another season? Not sure, but I don't regret watching this one.
Two episodes of Plus Sized Elf left, but I've read the manga. Read it and watched it mainly to see what they'd do with it. At first, it seemed like they were going to actually put more health and fitness stuff in it, but it really fell back to drawn out scenes of slapstick nudity. Nothing wrong with that in itself, but I feel they could have done more with it. Also, many potato puns weren't translated, so most will miss out on half the jokes. The translation I read had them all, and they were one of my favorite parts.
I will say, I really enjoyed the cast though. They all made the characters as likeable as they were in my head reading the manga. If you're checking it out more for the curiosity than the nudity, it really isn't terrible.
Somewhat off topic, but this season being light for me had me repeatedly going back to Delicious in Dungeon even though I was not really enjoying it. The characters were likeable again, but it felt pointless to me watching people eat fake food, though some monsters were really creative. I kept hearing wait until they get back to the red dragon, so I persisted.
Holy heck, did this show flip a switch to awesomeness! The back half of the season was great and I was left wanting more. The plot twists and the surprising backgrounds of the characters and new characters really made things come alive and give a much deeper sense of urgency and delivered much more than the episodic snack of the week format was doing for me.
If I had anything else even remotely exciting, I would not have stuck it out that long.
Looking forward to see what they do with Uzumaki and Ranma. Also see they have a Gintama special movie thing of the Kintama arc coming out, so that should be fun as well.