Winter 2018 Grab Bag Week 2: Sangatsu no Lion, Mahou Tsukai no Yome, and Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku

Why does it feel like I take on more shows every season?

3-gatsu no Lion S2 Episode 35

Hey, this show is happy again. I'm really glad we're through this arc. While I liked the content, there's something terribly wrong with seeing Hina suffer. She seems like the kind of person who would deserve it the least.

The scenes between the teacher and the bully kid were pretty cool. I like how "no nonsense" that teacher is. It's really easy to be swayed by comments about society's influence, so I agree with his approach of forcing responsibility where it belongs. I also think it's reasonable that everything isn't magically resolved immediately.

Chiho's letter was just a great development. It created such a grounded ending for the story. While it's great that she's doing well and that Hina gets to find that out, Chiho's experience was still a harsh one. The whole ending gives a sense of "making the best of things" rather than getting the perfect happy ending.

This scene was another one where I found Rei relatable. I honestly agreed with him that he didn't seem to contribute too much, because I similarly underestimate the effectiveness of just being supportive.

Mahou Tsukai no Yome Episode 14

While I quite liked the story with Joel and the leannan sidhe, I have issues with how this episode started. I mentioned last week that I felt like last week's episode was a decent amount of nothing, so I was really bothered with how quickly the fox debacle ended. It really only amounted to a few minutes of screen time, so why didn't it happen last week? Was it just meant to force a better cliffhanger?

That aside, I thought the main story of the episode was nice. I liked how Elias and Chise complimented each other. Elias provided blunt knowledge about Joel's conditions without regard while Chise sought to console her friend. I also really like to see Chise so proactive about using what she's learned about magic. It makes her feel less like a lackey relying on Elias all of the time.

I'm curious. How effective is this cliffhanger given the one we just got?

Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Episode 1

I don't really want to devote an entire post to this show because I know I won't have much to say. From what I've seen from the manga, it's really not doing anything too special as an isekai show. In my eyes, it was just a decent thing to casually read. As for the anime adaptation itself, I had a lot of issues with it from the first episode.

I wasn't really expecting so much of the episode to be devoted to Suzuki's job. To be fair, it was a fairly relatable portrayal, so it wasn't boring. I mostly thought it was weird that they had to establish that he wasn't a pedophile by showing that scene with the lost girl.

I think my major comment with this show is that it's basically asking for the ending where the entire story was just a dream. The isekai experience starts when Suzuki falls asleep. The Meteor Rain mechanic also fits better because it would have been fresh in his mind. But I've been told that this idea gets addressed later, so maybe I shouldn't say much.

Also, was it really too much to ask that the notifications get a translation? I found them pretty funny in many situations when I was reading the manga.

  • Darx

    Jan. 18, 2018, 11:24 p.m.

    Man, I need to catch up on Mahoutsukai. I'll probably keep watching Death March since I cannot resist isekai stuff especially when I've read the source material for most of them. I'm glad you're pretty annoyed about the lack of interface and notification translation; maybe Crunchyroll will notice after the backlash. Heh.



    Jan. 19, 2018, 5:54 a.m.

    yeah, it's a good one.

    i get really annoyed because i found a lot of the titles funny, so it feels like you're missing out if they're not there


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