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Dated 30 September 2014: Summer 2014 season conclusion

Slaine
Slaine has seen some shit.

Aldnoah.Zero was far and away the best show from Summer 2014. I know a lot of viewers disagree with this opinion, but I thoroughly enjoyed all of its episodes. I've written a lot about it. Probably too much, considering I don't like it thaaat much even though it did almost get a perfect score on my little chart jobbie.

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Dated 31 August 2016: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is MAMIKORE

Yukako
Domesticity Is Unbreakable.

I am enjoying Diamond Is Unbreakable quite a bit more than I enjoyed Stardust Crusaders. This is not to say Stardust Crusaders wasn't good, but rather its strengths involved a lot of shounen jive. I got my fill of that pretty quickly. On the other hand, Diamond Is Unbreakable does not seem to involve inflated power levels or a bunch of stalling with mini-bosses. Rather, it seems to be more about the Bizarre than it is about the Adventure or even the JoJo.

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Dated 24 October 2016: Autumn 2016 progress report: So far, so good

Shizuru, Kinoa, Kogane, and Raijoudou
Do not question Shizuru's methods.

Bubuki Buranki: Hoshi no Kyojin leads the shows I'm watching this season. I was a bit skeptical about bringing Kaoruko back to the show after being absent for essentially all of the first season, but I think it works with her as a mouthy antagonist. I particularly hope we'll get to see her get stomped by Reoko.

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Dated 19 November 2018: I still don't really get JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (now with more Golden Wind)

Giorno
Hope you like tanlines.

Considering how many episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure I've seen so far (i.e., all of the anime series currently available), you'd think I'd appreciate it more. Instead, I'm not at all invested in the current season, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind). Rather, I'm basically watching it on general principle because I recognize how signficant the property is to the manga and anime landscape as a whole.

Giorno and Guido
To be fair, lunch is pretty important.

This is not to say that I don't enjoy any of it, as the current season retains the show's trademark creativity and stylish nature. However, having a larger divide between it and the characters from the previous seaasons (at least so far) probably keeps me from being as enthused with the current cast. Possibly this is also one of those cases where it helps to have read the manga first, but I think my general aversion to shounen jive also applies here. I do intend to keep watching, but I'm hoping Golden Wind gets more interesting to me sooner than later.

Dated 26 September 2023: Cure Majesty is not a character; she's a Stand

Cure Majesty
I am here to drink boxed apple juice and kick ass, and I am all out of boxed apple juice.

This is not a "Cure Majesty sucks" post, although I have encountered opinions along those lines. Rather, I simply don't find Cure Majesty very compelling. It honestly feels as if Cure Majesty as a concept lacked sufficient planning or development. Now, it appears the production team behind Hirogaru Sky! Precure (Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure) wanted to add variety to who became Cures. To that end, the Pretty Cure franchise received its first boy Cure, its first (sort of) non-pink lead Cure, and its first (sort of) adult Cure. Adding Cure Majesty gave it its first (again, only sort of) toddler Cure.

Monda
You, of all people, should not be surprised.

The problem here is that Cure Majesty's toddler form really is a toddler. She's not a mentally mature girl slumming around in baby form; she literally is a baby who is still learning how to talk. When Cure Majesty appears in the show, it's only to fight. She's entirely divorced from the character we know as Ellee. Consequently, viewers have no more reason to invest in Cure Majesty than, say, Star Platinum from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Cure Majesty, Cure Wing, Cure Sky, Cure Prism, and Cure Butterfly
They grow up so fast.

I like Hirogaru Sky! Precure, but I think it stumbled here. I suppose the introduction of Cure Majesty is not as bad as the mess involving Cure Muse from Suite Precure♪, but it's not great either. I feel as if there's nothing to lose now by having the magic baby grow up faster. Granted, Delicious Party♡Precure did that without much success, but Delicious Party had a whole lot of other problems dragging it down. Hirogaru Sky! doesn't have that issue.