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Seagloom



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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2026 1:30 pm Reply with quote
Deserved. Episode 7 of Iruma-kun was easily the best episode of anything I've seen so far this year. Whatever shortcomings it had in animation compared to other, prettier shows, it more than made up through spectacle and heart.
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Shay Guy



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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2026 2:34 pm Reply with quote
Quite late in compiling this, but it looks like the Preview Guide entries that didn't get picked up for reviews, but still got enough votes to make the chart, were:


  1. An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
  2. Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk
  3. Classroom of the Elite Season 4: Second Year, First Semester
  4. Farming Life in Another World 2
  5. Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
  6. I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
  7. Kill Blue
  8. Killed Again, Mr. Detective?
  9. Kusunoki's Garden of Gods
  10. Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 3
  11. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4
  12. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2
  13. The Beginning After the End Season 2
  14. The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch
  15. The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt
  16. The Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage, But an Appraiser (Provisional)
  17. Yowayowa Sensei


And the remainder:


  1. BEASTARS Final Season Part 2
  2. Dandelion
  3. Drops of God
  4. Eren the Southpaw
  5. Even a Replica Can Fall in Love
  6. Ghost Concert: missing Songs
  7. Haibara's Teenage New Game+
  8. Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-
  9. I Want to End This Love Game
  10. Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!
  11. Kirio Fan Club
  12. Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?
  13. Liar Game
  14. Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2
  15. Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy
  16. My Ribdiculous Reincarnation
  17. Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home!
  18. Petals of Reincarnation
  19. Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 5
  20. Rooster Fighter
  21. The Food Diary of Miss Maid
  22. The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2


So, a 21/17/22 split between the season's three tiers -- remarkably even!
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2026 9:29 pm Reply with quote
And then there's Ace of Diamond, which can't even get a nod in the Preview Guide. Sad

I've been waiting for this and am so delighted to see Iruma-kun get its due! So far, it's the only episode of anything this season I've given the full five star rating. It was absolutely brilliant and I'd recommend watching it even if you're not following the series (not the dub though, which I hear inexplicably keeps the Japanese songs without translating them, so half of what makes the episode so wonderful is completely lost). Even if you're not familiar with the cast, Purson's ecstatic smile at the end is the very pursonification of joy (I'll see myself out...).
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Hiroki not Takuya



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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2026 10:19 pm Reply with quote
Shay Guy wrote:
Quite late in compiling this, but among those who didn't get picked up for reviews or make the chart, were:
My Ribdiculous Reincarnation
Petals of Reincarnation...
Yeah, from what I saw of Ep1/2, if they have continued to be like that, no loss being missed...
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