I’ve decided to also start posting my initial impressions of things I’m watching every season. Here’s the one for Summer 2025 anime!
1) Lord of Mysteries: I tried to get into this webnovel a few years ago because it’s pretty famous, but it didn’t click for me. It was too slow, and while I thought the world was interesting I couldn’t stick with it. The show has removed some of the things that bothered me, but its still *dense*. I’m hopeful that it’s good.
2) Clevatess: This one gets points for being non-isekai fantasy, but the world requires a *lot of disbelief suspension, and I’m not sure I’ll stick with it.
3) Detectives These Days Are Crazy: I really enjoyed the humor and style of this show, am hoping that it doesn’t burn out its gimmick too early.
4) Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show: Honestly I think this show is better than its rating would suggest (below 3* on Crunchyroll at the time of writing). There’s some (probably justified) controversy regarding the sub’s usage of AI that I think is playing a role here, but the show itself is fine.
More to come as the season progresses!