Spring2020MangaPreread

Gleipnir - This is so foundationally horny that I don't really know how to deal with it. It's kinda raw? I liked some things in it and it seemed like more than a vehicle to see the main girl in her underwear, but it also didn't seem like it *wasn't* largely about the pantsu.

Hougaku Teibou Nisshi - For once, a club show that doesn't feel like clubshow.txt. This was actually kinda funny, but it's in the Kyouko Suiri role of manga that wasn't good enough to get me to read more or watch the anime despite not really being bad. Recommended to the Club Show Guys.

Kakushigoto - This was pretty funny, but it feels a little sacrilegious to watch this before Zetsubou Sensei or any of Koji Kumeta's more famous works, given how semi-autobiographical it feels. Would recommend, though, I thought it was quite funny from what I had time to read.

Wave, Listen to Me - This one was actually kinda cool. The first chapter didn't give a *strong* impression but it would have been good enough for a second chapter if I weren't running out of time. I'll give it a shot, especially since there doesn't seem to be a ton to watch this season. It has a premise that voice acting could improve substantially too.

Tower of God - I'm going to give the anime a chance cause of the hype, but I was not impressed by the chapter of the manga. I think I just intrinsically don't like webtoons? Cause this is like the third one I've tried to read and they all come off so strange to me. The structure of the website leads them to having strange pacing (when read manga-style, admittedly), the art seems to always leave a lot to be desired, and they always seems to have *mountains* of blackspace in-between panels.

Sing "Yesterday" to Me - This is weird to say but it felt like boring Monogatari. A lot of people talking very explicitly about their feelings, a lot of implied romantic triangles in the queue, not a lot of half-vampires getting swung around by their guts by a cursed monkey lady. I liked the characters alright but if there were more subtlety to their writing (and if I knew the endpoint of the arc wasn't gonna be Two Of Them Kiss) I would be a lot more interested. I could be convinced to watch it by good reviews but I'm not gonna be writing those reviews myself.