So Shaula knows some English, is named after a star from our universe and the entire puzzle is also related to Earth’s astronomy. Whoever the original Flugel is they sure seem like they got isekaid into this world as well and wanted to ensure only someone with the knowledge of the other world could access the library.

The witch’s dunce cap vs the chad wizard hats

New outfits! Subaru finally let his poor wrecked tracksuit go for something more befitting a desert adventure, meanwhile Emilia literally switched into a skin-tight spandex with a cloak. I love the character arc Julius and Subaru had, from a bitter rival that humiliates and humbles you (which Subaru very much needed back then) to a diehard friend, “…the only man who knows me as well as I know myself”. Subaru’s first death this season was so fast he didn’t even have a chance to process he died, got sniped with a magical projectile from the stratosphere Fern-style. The second death makes up for it plenty though, Patrasche once again cementing she is indeed best girl as she heroically sacrifices herself to try and stop her master from dying - all in vein as poor Beako breaks down over loosing her first source of comfort and companionship in 400 years after barely a year spend together. What a strong start to the season, and with 17 episodes left I’m very excited for what’s coming!

My favourite isekai is back! In a classic Re:zero fashion they’re skipping the OP and ED to maximise the amount of content (wonder how many times we will get to hear them in total this season). Not gonna lie, I completely forgot who Meili is and had to look her up. Think it’s about time I rewatch the earlier seasons, time has devoured some of my memories of this show as successfully as Gluttony themselves.

My picks for Spring are extremely bland, I’m watching number 1 and 2 most popular AniList shows. I would watch number 3 as well but I’m a light novel reader for that one and I’ve already skipped over the previous season. I’ve been pretty lean overall when it comes to recently airing shows (only watched Frieren from Winter 2026) but it’s given me a much needed opportunity to chip away at my long abandoned backlog.

I interpreted that as just him being really mad internally but not really showing it externally, he appears all calm and distant but inside he’s raring to kill the demon that destroyed his hometown and killed his friends. He let some of that rage leak thinking the demons came back and Frieren picked up on it.

You know Frieren was totally flexing with that ore finding spell, the entire floating and conjuring a galaxy inside of the cave was absolutely just for show.

I’ve been reading this manga for a while and while I don’t think I’ll be watching this adaptation I can definitely say the source is good. While the girls are definitely great it’s Arisu that carries the show, you can’t really have a harem manga without the protagonist being interesting (or rather, you can but it leads to an incredibly bland/boring self-insert type stories). He’s stuck up, slightly unhinged and supremely confident but also has an incredibly strong drive and deeply cares about the things he’s committed to. Also, the fact that the people around him call him out on his ridiculousness instead of just accepting it. I’ll take an MC that’s unlikable but with redeeming qualities that you grow endeared towards over a bland cardboard cut-out any day.

My darling manga that could! After years of hiatus and almost giving up hope of ever seeing it again, not only did we get an unexpected return but now it even gets an anime adaptation - by KyotoAni no less!

I think you perfectly put into words why I don’t enjoy watching adaptations of manga/LNs that I’ve read. Baring some exceptions, I always feel like the adaptation doesn’t really add much compared to the source material and in many cases it detracts from it, skipping scenes for the sake of pacing or just being badly animated because of budget/timing constrains.

I might not be using GNOME any more but there is one design philosophy it pushed that stuck with me and I employ it now on all other DEs - fuck desktop icons! They lead to nothing but clutter, much better to have all of your folders neatly organised inside of your /home than plastered all across your desktop space.

Very excited for more Re:Zero! Still can’t believe we’re getting it so soon (April 2026), I was expecting a similar wait to what we got between season 2 and 3.

This gives off strong Crystal Cave vibes. Is the gang going to fight Seath?

This season is looking very light for me. The only thing I’m absolutely certain I’ll watch is S3 of Spy x Family, I had a good time with the 1st and 2nd and I don’t expect the 3rd to be any different. I’ll give One-Punch Man a shot but as a manga reader my expectations are rock bottom low. Other than that nothing else has caught my eye.

It wasn’t just a kaiju vs mecha episode, turns out it was actually mecha vs mecha all along! We also got an immediate season 3 announcement, I was hoping for it to be announced soon but I didn’t expect it to be THIS soon! I don’t expect it to actually come out until 2027 or so, but it’s still good to know it’s 100% on the way.

Can’t believe next week is last episode already. At least we get a cool kaiju vs buddha gundam fight as the finale! Crossing fingers for a season 3 announcement soon after!

Takakura’s actually not that uncharismatic, he’s just a nerd with a somewhat strange fascination which makes him an easy target. Kinta’s charisma score is so far in the negatives he becomes imperceptible to everyone around him unless he actively announces his presence.

Nanomachines, son! They harden in response to physical trauma mental images!

Dandadan ft. Steve from Minecraft. And he’s the builder, too! We also finally got to see the shadow demon form of Okarun that was teased in the OP from season 1. Okarun might have “tamed” Evil Eye into not murdering everyone but that won’t stop him from butchering Jiji’s public opinion at school instead!

Turbo Baba teaching a lesson on why action economy is king. Okarun really needs to level up his speed stat!

Every time Overlord gets a new volume release it gives me the itch to play an MMO again. Thankfully I’ve been WoW-free for years but it did get me to try FFXIV and GW2, the latter of which I’m still casually playing to this day.