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Title	Description	Vencake rating
Dungeon Meshi	What the fuck how did they mess it up this bad. As you may already know, I've been a huge fan of Dungeon Meshi since the early days of the manga, so to see the anime in the state it is pains me. I was excited to watch it with my bf, but as each episode passed (we got to like 8 before dropping), the more we regretted it. I knew Kui's humour would be hard to translate from manga into anime; there's many scenes where it doesn't hit right and the joke lands flat. I got to talk about some positives, and that's mostly in the colour and visuals. The vibrant colours match the simplicity of Kui's art, and the artists did a good job emulating her artstyle. Some parts were executed well, but sadly I can't much else that was good. Marcille comes across far less competent than her manga counterpart and her VA doesn't match her at all. Chilchuck's is played by a woman because I think they wanted to match it to his race's height, so they made it higher...? Ok. Senshi's is PERFECT. Fits his character really well. They reordered some events so they happen differently. At least they got the cores of the characters right...mostly...I hope they do the ending right at least. That's one of the best parts.	★★☆☆☆
The Umbrella Academy	Aw yiss, Gerard's comic brought to life. The 1st & 3rd seasons are the best, with the 2nd falling behind, but still good. Fantastic characters - Number 5 is easily top-tier and a fan favourite for good reason. The story, especially in season 1, is phenomenal with a great B plot playing alongside it. The worst thing has to be weird sidestory developments for 0 reasons. For example, Allison is easily my favourite character in season 1, and they did her dirty for season 3 by trying to make her a villain. They just decided yeah, Allison would totally do something hideous like that...and then it's never resolved! What the fuck! Everyone just lets it slide, especially Number 1?! C'mon. That's awful. Anyway, the series' strongest aspects are the characters and their development. There were so many moments where the outcome astonished me and left me wanting more. Highly recommend.	★★★★☆

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What the fuck how did they mess it up this bad. As you may already know, I've been a huge fan of Dungeon Meshi since the early days of the manga, so to see the anime in the state it is pains me. I was excited to watch it with my bf, but as each episode passed (we got to like 8 before dropping), the more we regretted it. I knew Kui's humour would be hard to translate from manga into anime; there's many scenes where it doesn't hit right and the joke lands flat.

I got to talk about some positives, and that's mostly in the colour and visuals. The vibrant colours match the simplicity of Kui's art, and the artists did a good job emulating her artstyle. Some parts were executed well, but sadly I can't much else that was good. Marcille comes across far less competent than her manga counterpart and her VA doesn't match her at all. Chilchuck's is played by a woman because I think they wanted to match it to his race's height, so they made it higher...? Ok. Senshi's is PERFECT. Fits his character really well. They reordered some events so they happen differently. At least they got the cores of the characters right...mostly...I hope they do the ending right at least. That's one of the best parts.

★★☆☆☆

The Umbrella Academy

Aw yiss, Gerard's comic brought to life. The 1st & 3rd seasons are the best, with the 2nd falling behind, but still good. Fantastic characters - Number 5 is easily top-tier and a fan favourite for good reason. The story, especially in season 1, is phenomenal with a great B plot playing alongside it. The worst thing has to be weird sidestory developments for 0 reasons. For example, Allison is easily my favourite character in season 1, and they did her dirty for season 3 by trying to make her a villain. They just decided yeah, Allison would totally do something hideous like that...and then it's never resolved! What the fuck! Everyone just lets it slide, especially Number 1?! C'mon. That's awful. Anyway, the series' strongest aspects are the characters and their development. There were so many moments where the outcome astonished me and left me wanting more. Highly recommend.

★★★★☆