I’m so worried that this adaptation is gonna be terrible, but the light novels are fantastic.

Wait, so you watched the first half of episode one, then the very end of the final episode of season 1 and you’re judging the show based off that? Wow. Firstly, that’s a terrible way to watch shows. You have no idea what it’s even about and you’re calling it disgusting and wondering why people like it.

The entire concept of the show is that the main character is completely unhinged and totally believes in his 8th grade delusions, then dies and gets sent to another world where all of his delusions keep actually happening, but now he thinks his “friends” are just really cool and playing along with him. He’s massively overpowered and that’s explained in all of the content that you didn’t watch.

The main character has absolutely zero interest in romance. He may have a bunch of girls vying for him, but I don’t consider this a harem anime. All he cares about is living out all his OP character fantasies.

The first episode is played 100% straight, and the last episode is a big final fight wrapping up this entire plot that he’s gotten himself tangled in. But he’s literally just toying with the two women he’s fighting, they aren’t anywhere near his level. Anyone who actually watched the show understands that. You picked two of the most serious moments of the show to watch and are wondering why it’s not funny.

I’m not saying you have to like it, but not watching a show but then calling it out for being “discusting” is a weird thing to do.

I enjoyed season 1 of this. It wasn’t amazing, but it was fun. Happy to have a season 2.

What? How is it disgusting? Eminence is fantastic.

It really is, I’m just nitpicking when I point out things that could be done better. I’m stoked about this series and have been recommending it to all my simracing teammates.

I really need to check out The Apothecary Diaries. I keep hearing good things.

Alright this was my favorite episode yet. I love Suzuka so seeing it accurately represented was great. As for the racing accuracy, everything they were saying was correct, but the visual depiction of wet weather tires vs slicks was pretty lacking.

If the track was really that wet at the start of the race, that 3rd place car on wets should have easily gotten past the two Belsorisso drivers. Like, maybe even before the esses. Having them all stay in line for the entire first lap was a little immersion breaking. When it’s wet out you tend to get drivers going all over the track hunting for any extra grip they can find, and drivers on slicks will be spinning their rears on corner exit constantly.

That said, everything else was great. I loved the detail about drivers on wets pulling off the line to cool their tires in the wet parts of the track.

The story this episode was great. I like that Kouya’s trauma wasn’t so easy to overcome and that he still has a lot to work through. And for some fun trivia, it’s fitting that the episode after they talk about Hunt and Lauda, Haruka retires from a wet weather race. In the 1976 season’s final race, Lauda retired from the Japanese GP because of how terrible the weather was, giving Hunt the championship.

Can’t wait to see where we go with this next week!

The new character designs are much closer to the original designs from the light novel. She’s supposed to look fairly young. Iirc she’s described as looking like a teenager.

Can’t wait for this. The animation looks pretty good, I was worried about that after watching A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special this season.

Same. Hopefully they adapt the entire series

Another solid episode this week. I figured it was something like that with the Prince, but it’s interesting to hear that they don’t think that the Saint can heal people. That’s like the first direction my mind goes when I think of a Saint in fantasy terms.

Makes perfect sense that Hunt is his idol lol.

For anyone watching this show that hasn’t seen it, I highly recommend the movie Rush. It’s all about Hunt and Lauda’s rivalry and Lauda’s wreck/recovery. It’s fantastic.

Finally able to sit down and watch this week’s episode. This was my favorite episode yet. The animation style choice for showing his dad’s wreck was great. And Kouya’s backstory was tragic. I figured it was something like that. You see it all the time in the comments for tragic photos. “Why didn’t they help?” is such a common sentiment, but in reality there usually isn’t anything a photographer could have done to help in those situations. I definitely feel for him there.

Loved the ending scene with Haruka talking to his father, and I can’t wait for him to win a race now. Can’t wait for next week!

The “Bunny Girl Senpai” is just the title for the first book. The LN series is “Rascal Does Not Dream” followed by whatever the book is about. Like “Knapsack Kid” for this movie. For the anime they just stuck with the title of the first book.

And they do sort of explain it right away when they talk about “puberty syndrome” or whatever it’s called. The entire series is about resolving supernatural phenomena happening around different characters.

Idk, I’m actually really enjoying the chill slice of life vibe it’s got going on. Concerning the summons from the king, based on the next episode title I’m thinking he’s going to propose a marriage between Sei and the second prince. Which in turn will force Al and Sei to actually commit to a relationship.

Most Gundam series fit that role. Check out Iron Blooded Orphans if you want a standalone series.

God I hope this is a good adaptation. I read all 6 books this summer and absolutely loved them. So many twists and turns in this series and while I’d love to talk about them, I don’t want to risk spoiling anybody. Now we just need the two epilogue books to get licensed for a translation. I know the author’s next series (an isekai in the same world but much later in time) is being released in English in January.

If anyone is curious, this is not an isekai, it’s a fantasy action romance series.

Series description:

“My wish as champion is for you to descend the tower and be my wife.” Climbing a deadly tower, Oscar seeks the power of its master, the Witch of the Azure Moon. He hopes her incredible magic can break a curse that will kill any woman he takes for a wife. When the prince sees how beautiful Tinasha is, though, he has a better idea―since she’s surely strong enough to survive his curse, she should just marry him instead! Tinasha isn’t keen on the idea, but agrees to live with Oscar in the royal castle for a year while researching the spell placed on the prince. The witch’s pretty face hides several lifetimes of dark secrets, however―secrets that begin resurfacing…

LN Volume 1 Cover for an art comparison:

I should pick this manga up again and give it another shot, I stopped reading somewhere around chapter 17ish. I remember it being enjoyable, but it just never really hooked me.

I really enjoy this manga, I just wish we had more translated chapters and a regular release schedule. Hopefully the adaptation is halfway decent. This promo art looks promising.

Another great episode! If all the races are like this, I’ll be one happy camper. I hope they talk about locking up the tires and the repercussions of it in a later episode since Tokumaru kept doing it. I’m worried a viewer without any motorsports knowledge might be confused why the car seemed to be drifting at some points in turns after lockups. It’s a little exaggerated, but that’s fine.

And does Japanese F4 require any fuel saving? If not, the depiction of Haruka slipstreaming Tokumaru is a little off since there’s no reason to just sit there when passing if you aren’t trying to save fuel. It should have shown him getting sucked in and closing the gap, then darting out when he gets close enough. But whatever, that’s a minor gripe.

I’m loving the accurate depictions of the tracks as well. I race some of these tracks on iRacing, so it was cool to see Twin Ring Motegi in this episode and know where on track they were.