Started my annual attempt to get back into anime. Last spring I watched 6 or 7 shows. Started up a few this season. Mixed bag so far of the ones I chose.
Oshi no Ko has been the highlight. Really good stuff so far. All I really knew about it is that it's from the creator of Kaguya-sama, which is a really great series, so I was interested. Very different series but still good!
The Dangers in My Heart has been solid. I've read a bit of the manga here and there, but never actually read any of the early chapters. Based on both what I've heard, what I've read of future stuff, and now what I've watched of the beginning, this is a really solid story of growth from the main character. Starts out as a chuuni edgelord but he grows a lot over the course of this series and I'm looking forward to seeing it progress from the start this time.
My "why did I decide to watch this?" show this season is I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too. It's not good lol. I wasn't even expecting it to be good so idk really why I started watching it. I've watched a lot of anime over the years, and in the process a lot of self-insert wish fulfillment stuff, but this honestly may take the cake. Every time the MC walks out in public everyone stops in their tracks and are in awe at how good looking he is lol. The self-insert wish fulfillment is so bad I've actually started laughing at it. Will continue watching.
Biggest disappointment has been The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses. I read the manga and I think it's a fun read. Obviously nothing amazing or groundbreaking, but it's pretty funny, the art is good, and the characters are all likeable. This is a lousy adaptation. The art is significantly worse. The humor isn't landing as well. The direction is poor. One of my least-favorite anime-isms is the camera constantly doing full body pans over characters. It's not an issue in the manga with still shots. It's all over the place in this. And there's plenty of fanservice in the manga, but they've dialed it up even more in this for some reason. Overall pretty much just worse than the manga in every conceivable way. Like if I consider the manga like a 7.5/10, this would be a 5/10. I think this is Seo Kouji's best manga, and it's a shame the anime is so bleh.
Things I think I want to watch:
KamiKatsu: I actually just started reading the manga and had absolutely no clue this had an anime. The manga is pretty funny so far. I'll check it out. Seems like a pretty weird/bad adaptation though. Not expecting much.
Demon Slayer and Dr. Stone: Behind on both series but I'll watch them at some point.
Hell's Paradise: I've heard good things. Don't know anything about it.