My Thoughts on the Season so Far

Maybe you should look yourself in the mirror lol

Bro did not read his own comment.

I wasn't being defensive and I didn't intend to come off snarky or rude. I apologize if that's how my comment came off. My comment was intended simply as communicating an observation that doesn't always immediately come to mind when people make statements similar to the one you've made here (which comes up pretty regularly). Sometimes it takes a little push for someone to step outside their own head, their own experiences, to realize that how they see the world isn't how everyone else sees the world. That's it, all I was trying to say.

I should also add that when I say that it looks thus far like it will be better than the past few seasons, I'm referring to the individual quality and variety of the series offered (at least among those I chose to sample and watch) rather than the amount I'm watching. A lot have some very interesting premises behind them and hopefully in time show the execution to match and do them justice.

The concept behind the Darwin series, for example, is something I've been fascinated by for a long time even outside the realm of anime and fiction and it's what placed the series on the map as the most intriguing and anticipated to me since I've long been drawn in by evolutionary biology, the old Soviet humanzee experiments from the 1920s, and just the concept of crossing and hybridization of any two or more species with one another, including humans. There are some other novel ones, either in general premise or what the focus/emphasis is placed on and how the direction is handled.

Shiboyugi, as you mention, definitely felt the most impressive in terms of being technically impressive and having an artistic vision, although Ikoku Nikki did pretty well with that as well, although that one I would chalk more up to the writing. Then I realized it was the same director as from Gimai Seikatsu of the summer of 2024, and that's a series I still need to get around to but have seen a few individual scenes and shots from and know it's the kind of anime I love.

Wash It All Away is requisite iyashikei. I also love these iyashikei SoLs which do something a tad different, and so far laundry was not one I was expecting but welcome.

And even the Invisible Man one underscores my point about this season offering some ideas I haven't seen done before. That series is just a calm and relaxing, low stakes fantasy + romantic comedy in a supernaturally diverse but laid back-type world. Nothing bold or radical here. But then I think that even the concept of invisible people - apart from the classic Universal monster Invisible Man, some superhero/supervillain stuff, and temporary invisibility powers like the cloak in Harry Potter, for something basic and with a lot of interesting potential it's something I feel like I haven't seen much of. Especially in anime. Double that when you add fully blind characters and characters majorly limited by severe physical disability.