SpyXFamily seems like it's going to be an enjoyable series. I remember people raving over it a year or two ago. Shield Hero season 2 is okay if not a bit formulaic. That's about it for me watching new anime. I've mostly been deep diving on manga again.
Been reading Gleipnir. I remember like the anime that came out, I liked the premise of it and figured that most stuff I like, it wasn't going to get a second season. So I finally remember it and decided to read the manga. Decide to skim reading the portions of where the anime took place.
The story is as follows: (Summary from MU) What does one consider to be a monster? A horrible bloodsucking vampire? Frankenstein's creation? Shuichi Kagaya has a secret. Other than having great grades and being skilled at sports, he isn’t what one would call normal. In fact, Shuichi cannot even be considered human. One fateful morning, he woke up as a monster. With brute strength, an abnormally strong sense of smell, big fluffy paws, and the depression and self-hate that comes after losing one's humanity, his life was suddenly flipped upside down. Claire Aoki, the girl he had decided to save, now holds his secret over his head. Claire is a sadistic and utterly twisted girl, with no sense of empathy toward the lives of others. Before meeting Shuichi, she was in the search of monsters, hoping to find her monster sister. Despite becoming a monster, Shuichi naively continues to hold onto his human morals, but how long can one last in this insufferable way of living?
What I liked about it was the mere premise of a manipulative woman using a weak willed boy's unique power set for her own personal quest of vengeance. But what ends up happening is that both characters need each other and are bound to some sort of past that they share. Which is the big mystery of the story and how the MC got the powers to begin with. The art is pretty decent and the fanservice is nice. I really like Claire a lot, her unique personality brought a lot of charm and character to the story. At beginning you can't tell if she is just being manipulative and seductive for the sake of it but you soon find out she isn't as a bad person as initially believe. Shuichi's (the MC) powers are essentially coded as sexual innuendo. I do have a few qualms with the story. A lot of times you'll be in a middle of plot or arc for a character, the story will stop that current storyline to do a flashback to unravel a piece of the story. Normally I wouldn't have a problem with this but it happens so much and does it at points where it would take me out of the story. Then it'll present a mystery or a new part of the story but immediately cut to present and it's never brought up again. A lot of side characters are forgettable and feel unnecessary to the story as a whole. Currently, the story isn't finished but it is reaching calamitic conclusion, so I do feel like I like it enough to finish it. (7/10)
Also another manga I read was:
(Plot summary from Manga Updates):
Plants have taken over the planet.
In 2017, the vegetation in Tokyo rose up and toppled human society in moments.
The few survivors are forced to live in the relative safety of a subway network, but supplies are running low.
Join an average high school student named Akira as he challenges the plants in a struggle for survival!
It's a post apocalyptic giant monster manga, which if you know I happen to be a big fan of currently. And honestly this isn't different for me. I really really like this manga. The art is clean as hell. The story is coherent. The characters are pretty likable. So I didn't have much to dislike in this. Honestly, this is eerily similarly to another manga I raved about: Hakaijuu. Both MCs are looking for their love ones in midst of a world ending crisis. Both stories switches perspectives from the main lead. Characters finally have resources to fight back the kaiju. But to me, Hakaijuu edges out for me because of the hopeless it felt and how otherworldly the monsters felt. Not to say Green Worldz didn't have its moments because it did. Characters losing their shit immediately as soon as their world never gets old. The way characters fought the giant bugs and plants was bad ass. Side characters had some pretty bad ass moments themselves. The only thing really that held this back for me was how shonen this felt at times. Characters appearing out nowhere or how extremely lucky some characters are in certain scenarios, but overall a really fun ass manga, I definitely recommend this. *edit* I forgot this: if you try to read this online there are portions of the scenes that are black barred for some strange reason, don't know why someone decided to do this but it's kinda bad tbh. (8.5/10)
