This show was very weird. It had a lot of potential, but a lot of it felt very forced. So much drama and love triangle or whatever the fuck it even turned into at the end. This honestly cements the show as a show you take less seriously, so it garners a few points back since the bad writing is a bit more excusable. I really hated the Kitty x Yuri stuff, probably the worse part of the season. Not sure if I am watching the next season. That being said, I did binge it all in 2 days.
Started: 5/25/2023
Finished: 5/27/2023
At Time of Review:
Season 1: Low 6/10
Story and Characters: 4/10
Presentation: 6/10
Enjoyability: 7/10
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. The voice acting was superb this season and ruled. The emotions Steven Yeun was able to portray, man. I felt like this was a lot more emotional and personal than the first season, which has me putting it above the first season. I do think the first season had the best overall cohesive story and conclusion, but the dud episodes in there brought it down (granted I skipped episode 2 of this season). Angstrom Levy was only in like 2 episodes, so having him be the final episode villain wasn't satisfying since he wasn't built up much. His story was still cool, but it did not compare at all to the first season's finale.
Mark's character arc of trying to not be his father was cool and seeing Debbie deal with the aftermath was also neat. Amber was much better this season, but I am still glad that Amber and Mark are no longer together. Mark seems like he is going to finally start focusing on being a superhero, and things look like they are going to start going DOWN.
Another thing that was a bit annoying was all the stakes in the one episode that had Kate and the shrinking girl die were completely taken away as everybody was revived. It was annoying for me because the stakes and shock made that the best episode season. Nevertheless, I can see Invincible becoming one of my favorite shows as time goes on.
At Time of Review:
Season 2: Solid 8/10
Story and Characters: 8/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
The animation and presentation is great here along with the camera angles and direction. However, this anime finally made me understand what people say when they say Demon Slayer is all about animation. I felt like the story and characters were not developed that well and the main character grew overpowered wayyyy too fast. I have also seen a lot of these tropes before with the evil gang that appears nice, so I had no shock when moments like that happened. With those things combined, I felt no real connection to what was going on and was just watching flashy moments on the screen. There are some interest bits in the story, though. I always love an underdog story (and although this one doesn't feel very deserving), I am excited to see how they react to him rising more and more.
At Time of Review:
Season 2: Solid 7/10
Story and Characters: 6/10
Presentation: 9/10
Enjoyability: 7/10
Chuck and Blair improved massively over the season. Especially Chuck, though I am pretty sure the first episode is now canon since he apologized to Jenny. Chuck and Blair honestly make me constantly think about people in life; they are such complicated characters. Like Chuck literally sexually assaulted Jenny. I didn't really think about forgiving him and just brushed it off because it was the pilot episode. But he then brought it up to Jenny, so it confirmed it happened. Jenny eventually forgave him, but I still don't know why the show treated that situation so lightly. It made me very confused about my morals (The show isn't going for this I think but it still affected me this way). Also, when the victim forgives the person who did it, is it really right to forgive the person who committed the act? They were the victims, but can people not have their own thoughts? It is similar to when a person is being hated by somebody else or discriminated against but doesn't care if the person discriminates against them. But what if that person that is discriminating or manipulating is very evil? I feel like I am not describing this well enough. Anyway, this season Chuck and Blair really made me think about these questions: Can a person really change after doing some very awful things? How often should one be forgiven? How far is too far to be forgiven? These two characters also made me think about being more tolerant towards assholes and trying to deal with different types of people in different ways. Like should I still be friends with an asshole? I personally wouldn't, but Serena is still best friends with Blair. Ig that is just her as a person? This show is helping me be more aware of who I am as a person. It helps me create these questions, but the show doesn't focus on them or explore them. Instead, it focuses on the drama. Now back to that drama and the other things in the show, some of which really pissed me off. Serena x Dan this season were annoying af. They kept getting back together and splitting, and it felt like it was going nowhere. Also the Blair x Chuck stuff was getting annoying after being so repetitive. Seeing Chuck fail so many times was pretty funny and satisfying, though. Rufus and Lily also kept getting back together and then not. Also, some of the ways things get figured out are so corny and convenient. Some of the best plotlines were Nate and his homelessness, Jenny and her fashion stuff, Cyrus and Elenoar, and Chuck's development and attempts to get with Blair (and failing many times). Despite some of the writing being worse than last season, this season was more entertaining and intriguing to me.
At Time of Review:
Season 2: High 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 6/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
!!!!!!!! Spoilers for the entire series: !!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, what a show this has been. I literally binged this entire show in less than a week, which is crazy. Not only is this a super entertaining show, but so many personal and touching moments spread throughout the season. Instead of going in-depth with each one, I will skim over each season and talk about the things I liked most about each season. Season 1: I love the focus on the trio of Maeve, Otis, and Eric for the first seasons. It had small subplots, but for the most part, the focus was on them. Eric and Otis's relationship was the best part of the season for sure, I love the both of them together so much. Every scene they're in together is charming, exciting, and fun. It is also the most consistent season in terms of quality as well. Season 2: This season expands the cast and explores them. I liked Rahim, though he was a bit emotionless and dry at times. It also has the peaks of the show for me, especially Adam (kinda) and Jackson's development. It was satisfying to watch him open up a lot more. He tried new things and opened up to his mom as well. I also love Jackson and Viv's friendship and when they hang out together. Aimee was another highlight of the season and she rules. Of course, Otis and Eric still have a fantastic friendship. Season 3: The highlights of this season were Adam and Michael for sure. I won't even lie when I say I teared up just a little at the very end for Adam. It was a small moment of victory, but I felt so proud of him for some reason. He was improving in so many areas throughout the entire season. I will say that I don't like Eric's behavior this season, but his friendship with Otis was still amazing. Speaking of Otis, I liked him a lot more this season. He felt way more mature, and I actually really enjoyed his small relationship with Ruby at the beginning. The Hope plotline was dumb.
Entire Show: To start with the negatives, I am not sure I like all the sex in it. Sometimes I think they go too overboard, but that does not really matter too much to me. I also think that the school itself is a little cliche sometimes. For example, people during the assemblies and all the bullying stereotypes. The stuff with Jean was repetitive and felt like the same plotlines were repeated throughout the first 3 seasons. I also think they introduce too many characters at times. Some characters I did not care for were Issac and Cal. I also didn't care for Ola and Lily, but I thought they were appropriate additions at least. For the positives, I listed a lot of them already, but I will revisit them quickly. Eric and Otis's relationship is the heart of the show. I also love the visitation of more characters in the seasons after the first as it helps flesh out all of the characters. Jackson and Adam are my two favorites in the show, and I love their development. I also really liked Maeve's story with her mom and all of those developments over the three seasons. By the end of season 3, Maeve ended up as one of my favorite characters. I think the characters are the best part of the show (duh), and they made me really connect with them. I also like the cinematography and all of the shots.
Anyway, with all of that rambling out of the way:
Season 1: High 8/10
Season 2: High 8/10
Season 3: Solid 8/10
Overall: High 8/10
Extra Season 3 Ratings:
At Time of Review:
Season 3: Solid 8/10
Story and Characters: 9/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 9/10
6/5/2023:
I now have the first 2 seasons as low 9/10s, and the entire show as the same as well. I realized that this is an amazing show that deserves to be higher rated, so I changed it.
Q and Maria were my favorites this season and I am pissed Maria didn't end up winning this season. Interesting season that started up as merge hit with 4 or 5 idols not being used it was crazy. I think Charlie deserved the win over Kenzie, but I see why Kenzie won. There was some decent drama this season, but nothing super spectacular. At least people were trying to plan to win this season. The second season I fully watched from Survivor, and it was a decent one overall. I will also mention that the Yanu tribe was also a cool little arc with them finally winning near the end. Venus and Liz were the most annoying this season, especially Venus with her attitude.
At Time of Review:
Season 18: Solid 7/10
Story and Characters: 6/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 7/10
This was the first full Survivor season I watched and honestly, I developed a connection with the cast as a whole. It didn't feel like a lot of people were out there trying to play the game that hard, but it was kind of cozy binging it in a whole 2 days pretty much. I liked the characters like Coach as he made things funny af despite not seeming like the best person. What it lacked in strategic gameplay, it made up for in heart and coziness. The merge was the best part of the season as we saw tons of drama and iconic scenes like Coach on exile and memorable quotes. Again, the fact that JT was not targetted once was disappointing. Seeing him win every single immunity was also a little frustrating. Overall, I am happy I chose this as my first full Survivor season and will not forget the experience I had with it.
At Time of Review:
Season 18: High 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
The characters are worse this season and despite enjoying the Caleb and Priya stuff at first, it became predictable and took too much control of the season. Ripper and Axel was an insane decision, and some of the characters lost their charm. Many of the eliminations were done so poorly and felt like they had barely any reason for happening. Julia had insane plot armor and felt too powerful. Winner was also a bit undeserved and could have stayed the same and been infintiely better with more build-up prior to the finale.
At Time of Review:
Season 2: Low 6/10
Story and Characters: 6/10
Presentation: 6/10
Enjoyability: 7/10
I really like the cast here and the different dynamics. Honestly, Kaguya and Ishigami have a really good friendship. The Maki, Ishigami, and Shirogane conversations are also really nice. There was also finally a somewhat confession but not really at the end.
At Time of Review:
Season 3: High 8/10
Story and Characters: 8/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
Obviously, the first episode is phenomenal. It peaked there, and it sadly will remain that way throughout the rest of the show. However, the rest of the season is still great. The visuals are beautiful and the different colors throughout the show are clean af. The sound and voice acting is also great. I also like the film stuff and the idol group stuff. Seeing them build themselves into better performers was fun to watch. The characters in the show are also decent. Akane and Kana are probably the best 2 so far, especially Kana. Hopefully Aqua will be better developed later on.
There is also the mystery aspect of the show that drives Aqua as a character. Personally, at the end of the first episode, I was very excited for the mystery to unfold, which doesn't happen much. I somehow don't mind it too much, but hopefully at one point, it gets brought up more because the ending will be a mess otherwise.
At Time of Review:
Season 1: High 8/10
Story and Characters: 8/10
Presentation: 9/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
Bowie and Julia are great. Honestly, it is a decent cast; however, the jokes are kinda crappy and everything is a little too fast for me. Chef has a cool role in it too.
At Time of Review:
Season 1: High 6/10
Story and Characters: 6/10
Presentation: 7/10
Enjoyability: 7/10
Things only realllllllly picked up at the very end. To be fair, those last 2 episodes were fucking fucking fucking fantastic. A lot of weird swearing here and there in the show as well.
Final episode made me tear up a bit. The beginning reminded me a lot of Bojack for some reason. It was super sad seeing Carmy open up about all that has happened. When the ending came, I was very happy and excited to see where everything was going. Great, greatttt final episode.
At Time of Review:
Season 1: Solid 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 7/10
This exceeded my expectations. The setting didn't feel annoying like a university setting usually is in shows. The characters here are also surprisingly good. It started off very strong aswell with something grabbing you in every second. The ending was also kinda weak, though.
At Time of Review:
Season 1: Low 8/10
Story and Characters: 8/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
This season didn't need 22 episodes like damn. Near the ending, it got kinda shaky a bit, but I really liked this overall. The story and premise itself is so cool, and I really love the things Emily gets up to throughout the season. Sometimes characters like Amanda show up that kinda make the show a bit annoying. I am not entirely sure how many things are easily done aswell. How did Nolan hack things so easily sometimes and how did Frank get such easy answers sometimes? There are a lot of issues with realism, which kinda make the show less grounded. The drama and story are still good here, but this show is made great by Emily and Nolan. Nolan is a funny character that is such a goober, and he really remind me of Alfred for some reason. Emily is so amazing in this show, and I really like how she did fucked up things to get to her goal. It showed that this path of revenge might've not been ideal. Also, she is just hot as fuck. Anyway, I am prob not watching anymore after all that :laughing:.
At Time of Review:
Season 1: Low 8/10
Story and Characters: 8/10
Presentation: 7/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
As somebody else said, Ruby, Adam, and Michael all carried the season. Otis disappointed me this season and some of his conflicts with others like Maeve felt forced. I thought the new characters were okay, but I feel like they didn't belong in this last season. This should have honed in on the characters we already knew. I feel like one or two new characters would be fine, but they had like more than 5 new characters. Adam and Michael had a great storyline, and although I liked it, I really wish there were more scenes with them. It didn't feel as satisfying as it could have been looking back at it. Idk if it was the screen time or if it was just all the other things going on. Could have also been my bitterness I guess. Motis had no chemistry together since Season 1 IMO, so I think the ending was alright. The new school itself was also very weird. I was waiting for it to get criticsized a ton, but there was only one scene that felt good. It was then ruined when they started cheering. Like you students are also part of the problem lmao. Anyway, this season was a mess, but it was still enjoyable.
At Time of Review:
Season 4: High 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 8/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
This show is so weird. Lots of weird, stupid drama. However, I can't stop watching. It's a huge mess in terms of the chaos. Every character here is a piece of shit in some way. There are only a few exceptions. It is kinda weird how normalized some of Chuck's actions are, though. Dan is easily my favorite character. I like his role, but he also plays it too hard sometimes. He can be kinda annoying, but I can excuse that when I look at Blair and Chuck. Those two are abolute goobers. Especially Chuck. Guy has no redeeming qualities for me XD. Anyway, the show itself is very entertaining with interesting characters. Sometimes there is some good writing, but for the most part I don't really fuck with it. I'm just here for the drama and the characters.
At Time of Review:
Season 1: High 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 6/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
This has a really good premise, and some of it is used to its potential, but I feel like there are some things that are being dragged on too long. I feel like by the end of this season, I was left with barely any answers. Boyd is by far the best character, and the actor is great. Sadly, I can't say the same for other actors or characters. I also feel like the trope of not communicating is making me pissed off like christ fucking moron say something. Anyway, it was still very intriguing and enjoyable despite certain icks.
Started: 6/4/2023
Finished: 6/5/2023
At Time of Review:
Season 1: High 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 7/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
I like the idea behind the show, but I feel like its potential isn't fully explored and its world is not expanded enough. It felt like there were not many gods at all in the show, which is weird since it seems like there should be. I really like the group dynamic though, and all the development the characters go through. Yato is a really fun protagonist that I can't wait to see more of. Yukine also went through a lot this season. Hiyori was a nice character that allowed us to view this new world from a more human perspective. It all feels like a family. The parts I enjoyed most about the show were not the action scenes but the character ones. I also feel like the phantom stuff was kinda weird and might have been better not included in the show, to be honest. Although I liked the final episode, I feel like the ending of the first season was very weird. Another thing I thought was weird was how Yato was able to teleport everywhere all the time, or was he not? Like I am confused. Because there are many situations where teleporting comes in handy, so I am unsure of why he didn't teleport in some instances. Overall though, it was an enjoyable show with many character interactions and developments that were intriguing, and despite its flaws, it was a good time.
Started: 5/30/2023
Finished: 6/2/2023
At Time of Review:
Season 1: High 7/10
Story and Characters: 7/10
Presentation: 7/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
This show was super entertaining that I almost finished it in one day, but I needed to sleep eventually since I had school the next day.
The first episode started off like the movie Kick-Ass, which now has me itching for something very similar. Eventually, it turns into a funky isekai that is actually pretty cool. The anime truly embraces cliches and it is super self-aware. I really enjoyed all of the shenanigans and the acting from Cid and his dominance. However, I do have one big critique, and it is not necessarily with the show itself but in the ln/manga or whatever. Spoilers for ln/manga: That is how Cid never really develops. Now I'm not entirely familiar with this information as I only researched a little, but Cid barely cares for others. I find this a little annoying because I feel like it will eventually get repetitive, and it was already starting to get a tiny bit repetitive. . Overall, it was very entertaining, but obviously not a masterpiece or anything like that. It knows what it wants to be and delivers.
Started: 3/5/2023
Finished: 3/6/2023
At Time of Review:
Season 1: Low 8/10
Story and Characters: 6/10
Presentation: 7/10
Enjoyability: 8/10
6/2/2023:
High 7/10
Edit: Since the anime got less interesting near the ending, I decided to lessen the score because I don't think it was deserving of an 8.
