A bit similar to my Book Reading List Queue, but not as complete or detailed. I've been tracking the anime I've been watching on MAL for a while and in case anyone is interested that is the definitive spot for dates / scores. Over time I'd like to maybe comment on everything here to some extent, even just a few words' remark on my thoughts or feelings, and maybe justify my score slightly. Mostly just one-two sentence things though I'm sure some will expand. The reason to do this is sometimes I forget why I judged something a particular way and only remember the judgement or feeling, keeping even a minor note should help recall fuller details even if I don't write the fuller ones here. Rating wise, I'd happily rewatch anything 8 or above.
Order here will also be most recent at the top. List started with Haruhi Suzumiya, so unfortunately everything prior that is backwards memory-filling, not fresh thoughts after just finishing.
Note that I didn't track the years faithfully for everything, so a few I've tried to slot into years that make sense (i.e. I probably watched them when they aired or pretty soon after), but epecially those from 2011-2017 the dates are pretty uncertain. Fortunately MAL has a "last updated" date that if I don't have a better idea I'll use, though this could be different if I went back and rerated something after knowing better. (Rerating are usually in the down direction.) I also didn't even make a MAL account until July 2014 so things in that month are a bit suspicious as to their accuracy. Prior to 2011 is the "before times" when I didn't really like anime, or for the childhood exceptions didn't recognize it as distinct from cartoons.
Psycho-Pass Movie: Providence - 8
Psycho-Pass as it should be, if it's to be continued at all anyway. Really good even if not as good as the first season. I'll continue pretending season 3 never happened.
Sousou no Frieren - 10
Amazing anime. Finally a straight fantasy, and such a great cast of characters. People are chill and mellow, it paces itself fairly slowly and the battle scenes aren't about who can scream the loudest or who can keep one-upping the other in powerup/I was holding back even when I said I would go all out contests.
Zombieland Saga Revenge - 7
Thought they improved it a bit overall, but I think I just liked the character episodes more. My favorite episodes were the two showing Yuugiri's past life, which might be because they're the least idol anime-like of the series.
Zombieland Saga - 6
Crazy premise and pretty funny. Decent idol songs. Dancing being weird maybe-rotoscoped 3D was kinda too janky looking for my liking, but whatever. Favorite character is Saki.
Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season - 7
Continued the step down from the first season. Studio rushed the animation too much as well. Overall enjoyable but not as good and now seems pretty generic, despite various characters being off'd which rarely happens in this sort of thing. Ended up reading manga synopses and following along with current releases' synopses (not actually reading it) since I was curious how the story would continue and how it will end, but not a deep curiosity.
Key the Metal Idol - 6
Took a long break from this one... there's sort of an exposition dump episode before the finale and I think that's where I paused. Overall not a bad story or anime, just a lot of weaknesses in the execution. Not really an idol anime.
Baki - 8
2018 version. Not sure when I'll get around to watching the rest, but it's fun for what it is. For the most part disappoints as it drags on I think.. But was sold as the most tekken of animes, somewhat accurate and also just funny for what it is too.
Sing a Bit of Harmony - 6
After seeing the judo singing clip a bunch decided to watch this. Wanted to like it more than I did. A couple sweet moments but overall pretty meh. (Now where's my AI waifu matchmaker...)
Tekken - 6
For a random fighting game movie in the form of anime from the 90s, it wasn't bad.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie - 7
Not bad. A step down from the series. Didn't feel rushed or anything though. No real tension as everyone but the new guy is safe in the future, and maybe him too but I didn't remember him from the series. (Looking it up later, he and the foreigner were abroad during the time of the series.) Gojo seems weaker than he should be. The X-Men mutants vs normies plotline is worn out, especially if you're not going to do anything different with it.
Oshi no Ko (Just Episode One) - 6
I guess it's fine. Ultimately didn't like it. The main reason is the reincarnation element just wrecks everything. Get rid of it, and maybe you'd have something decent... Ai's death barely registered emotionally for me, and what was there quickly disappeared because it was drawn out super long. Aqua, you were a frikkin Doctor, why does this house not have a first aid kit and more? A single stab wound to the gut is survivable! And since reincarnation is a thing in this world, is she just going to reincarnate? We got a huge time skip for the post-credits scene that I guess is where it picks back up, but we also established that reincarnation can just "wait" for a couple years for who knows why as was the case for Ruby. Should we suppose these two are the only two humans ever to reincarnate in this world, or perhaps it's more common? If it's at all common, can we explore that? Why are all the adults utterly disinterested in the abilities of these children? What was the stalker guy doing for the years in between incidents? Would have been nice to hear he was, if not at least charged in connection with the doctor's death, put in jail for some other reason to explain his absence until the last moment. The conclusion that it must be the father who fed him info was hastily drawn on insufficient evidence, as well as the conclusion that the father must be involved in the entertainment industry somehow. Those can be guesses to follow up on along with other things, but way too early to conclude them. But ok, whatever... time skip of some years, will we get to see anything happening in the interrim..? There is a much more interesting development that was not done. The episode suffers hugely from "tell, not show". I'm usually not one to bring this up as criticism as I don't mind the occasional exposition dump or monologuing, but it can go too far as in this show's case. More emotions in the first ten minutes of the movie Up through showing alone. (Ok, that might be unfair, Up is really quite good.) Explicitly mentioning twitter / youtube just makes it immediately dated... The insights about the entertainment industry I thought were oversimplified and shallow... I'm not complaining about not enough exploration of the "dark sides" (which it hints at), it doesn't need to have dark in it at all, just the total lack of nuance, depth, and showing instead of telling. "All idols are liars" type of universal statements are annoying, and not even told as skillfully as Ursula LeGuin's "authors are liars" bit in the preface to Left Hand of Darkness. Ai has a pretty warped psyche that adds to her character but I wonder if the writers realize that at all given they don't spend any time telling-not-showing about it. We don't get to see enough of Aqua's character. Why was he a Doctor? A usual motivation would be helping people, so why does he show no interest in that now? I'm convinced the whole reincarnation thing was just for the gag of the idol-otaku-reborn-as-idol's-baby-and-too-embarrassed-to-breast-feed scene, or maybe the baby wotagei scene. So... no one can see the eye-stars, right? So what's the point? And why have half of them for the children if no one can see them but us? Weird animation choice. Overall I have no complaints with the animation, it's just like any other modern anime. Nothing beautiful, no really awful CG, serves its purpose. I wonder if some comment that the eye stars are parasitic aliens is actually true and not just a troll... Here's how to improve the show once you get rid of the reincarnation element: mother gives birth, yadda yadda, main story starts around when the kids are 2 instead of 1 or whatever. They are abnormally bright, had started talking early, learn really fast. Adults take interest in them and accelerate their learning in particular directions. Any actual parent knows how much kids love to repetitively watch certain things, this is enough to explain Ruby's intimate knowledge of mama's dance moves later on. Could also give her an actual ailment to overcome rather than a weird psychological hold-up from a past life. When Aqua fails to do anything to save his mother from the stabbing, this makes sense, because he's just a kid being pushed into acting who has no medical training whatsoever. We don't need any connection with his mother's killing and his own past-life killing for him to desire revenge for his mother alone. We could contrive to have him discover a piece of evidence, such as a handwritten paper with his mom's address on it that dropped from the murderer's pocket during the incident, and him make the connection that it's not the murderer's own handwriting as he sees the report on TV of the suicide accompanied by images of the killer's otaku den or something (perhaps farewell note) with handwriting on it. This would make the jump to the idea that there was someone else out there more logical. He should still try and get the authorities to be aware of it too, but of course they're slow/lazy so he wants to take matters into his own hands somehow. This could lead to interesting interrim episode or at least make the time jump more believable as we're told (instead of shown, sigh) that he pivoted to studying law with the possibility of becoming a detective on top of his actor side. We are sad about Ai's death because there's no established rule that she can maybe come back sometime. Anyway, I'll keep watching this if the person who hosted a watchalong continues, but on my own I'd drop it. (Edit: she binged ahead, so it's a drop for me.)
Doraemon Movie 10: Birth of Japan - 7
First Doraemon movie, I liked it. Wholesome.
Perfect Blue - 8
I liked this take on the themes shown and focus on perspective of the idol herself who is losing her own grip on reality. I'm a bit of a sucker for psychosis perspectives. I find the idea that she didn't get professional help easier to swallow as this is Japan (which as far as I hear to this day doesn't have the best mental care) in the 90s. Like, these days actresses all receive therapy sessions for any sex scenes (not just rape) to make sure they don't suffer any (or only minimal) psychological damage. A twist at the end also helps retroactively justify some things. The only thing I might change would be not making the creepy looking super obsessed otaku actually be the creeper, because even though physiognomy is somewhat real, I still pity the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Chainsaw Man - 8
More dumb fun with high production value. Seriously why the different ED each episode?
Wicked City - 4
Bad... not so bad I didn't complete it, but just bad, even the ecchi scenes.
Jujutsu Kaisen - 9
Just a really fun anime, visually pleasing (good production values), funny and interesting characters, knows what it is and executes well. Plot is a little meh and they'll probably mess things up but at least this season was great.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - 7
Would have given this one point higher rating if it wasn't for the Endless Eight, so it was just good. Found out my player stops playing sound at above 4x speed. Overrated otherwise, not sure how the God Knows song got so popular. Good song, just mysterious. Watched the movie, it was nice, same overall rating. Yuki is my favorite... Read Gwern's essay on Kyon as the actual god, something I had considered was probably true at some point (and really with how the resolution to the endless eight went), I think it's the case and the essay makes good points for it. Endless Eight is really interesting in terms of... how could they (the studio) do such a thing. Part of me wants to give it points just for that, but I force myself to conclude something similar to my criticisms of tons of the 'modernist' art -- uniqueness, a sense of "you really went there/did that, huh", meta-level style points, does not fundamentally make up for a lack of quality on the first object level. This'll certainly be a memorable anime, and if they ever make more I'll watch it...
Shining Tears X Wind - 6
Older anime, I think I watched it for the promise of cat girls but there was really just one and she didn't get enough screen time. Lots of cool sword designs, the trope of hero pulling sword from chest was cool in that the three guys able to do it can do it on anyone. Apparently it's based on some video games, which explains it's gamey plot. It was fine.
Inuyashiki - 7
Funny premise, it was done ok, could have been better. I'm glad it ended and told its story.
KonoSuba - 5, 6
Absolute trash anime but I binged it all including the movie (which won me over to giving it a 6), so I can't say I didn't like it. Nicely animated, easy to watch, cute characters with simple personalities. No one who is unlikeable. Will probably watch more when it comes out.
Cowboy Bebop - 9
Well deserving of its high praise. Tells its story and ends.
Kemono Friends - 7, 6
First season was interesting and good. Clearly to me a kid's show, it even has the interludes with real animal facts, and produced on a shoestring budget with some pretty sketchy and janky (but somehow still cute) 3D models, but still enjoyable. There's this subtext of some really interesting and deep lore underneath everything, but as it never really went anywhere much, I didn't expect anything much from season 2. I was surprised that it didn't continue the direct adventures of season 1, and I read about some of the drama around it, but overall I didn't think it was that much of a decline and more just I can see how some were disappointed it didn't go anywhere and the main guy driving the first season wasn't part of it. Still, I liked season 2 too. Similarly I liked the translated stage play quite a bit, but again, doesn't develop anything with the hints of lore, I think it's fine and just accept it's not the main point of the franchise. I initially watched to better understand KemoV.
Yuru Camp - 7
Just barely good, better than fine. I expected more given what I had heard, something at least on the level of Non Non Biyori, and was disappointed. Still, not bad, fairly comfy, just overrated.
Violet Evergarden Movie, Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou - 9
VE is a great series, these were nice especially after the studio arson. The movie in some sense is unsatisfying in its final conclusion, but I'm glad she found happiness, and the story has been told.
Saga of Tanya the Evil - 6
Fine for an isekai. Funny premise. S/he's not evil at all, dumb title localization (not direct translation).
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon S - 8
Not as good as the first season (to be fair, so many important studio people died...) but still liked it quite a bit.
Little Witch Academia - 7
Wish it were better, I now just remember a feeling of wanting there to be something more, maybe more substance.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time - 6
6 is maybe too harsh, but I think 'fine' is all it deserves. I liked it, but I'm mostly just glad the rebuilds are done. They didn't need to have existed.
Non Non Biyori Nonstop - 7
Something different about this one, feels off from the prior seasons, not as good. Bittersweet sendoff if it is indeed the last of it.
Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season - 10
I watched most of the episodes in 2018 but had been saving the last couple episodes because Mushishi is my all-time favorite series, and I knew once I finished, I'd have nothing left. I don't quite remember all the reasons that finally triggered me to complete it, but I did, and they were great, and I wish there were more.
Re:Zero - 5
Trash, all of it (first and both second season parts). Extraordinarily dislikable main character. Still, pretty to look at for the most part. I'd rather watch other trash.
Tenshi no Tamago - 6
Weird.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - 7
Trash. But on the better side of trash. I wish they had actually killed off what's her name, make some stakes...
Angel Beats! - 5
Highly overrated. Hoped it would be good, it was not.
Wave, Listen to Me! - 7
Interesting and different.
Psycho-Pass 3, Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector - 4 and 5
It hasn't been long enough yet for me to criticize exactly what's so awful about this third season. How did it come to this? Well, there are some good harsh reviews on MAL. But man, what a disappointment. It was so bad I hope they just stop doing anything with the franchise, but they're making more... I may or may not give it a chance.
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - 8, all three movies
Solid. Which made the third season so much worse.
Higashi no Eden - 6, tv and both movies
It was ok.
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - 7
Great OP song, some emotional moments, but not amazing.
Eat-Man '98 - 6
Weird. In some ways better than the first, in some ways not.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - 7
Really fun, meme source. Final arc isn't that good, but I think I tend to not like the "just believe harder!" ways of resolving things.
Deadman Wonderland - 7
Decent gore, fun, felt to me more like what Tokyo Ghoul should have been and exceeds TG in every way. Alas they didn't make just a bit more to properly give it the finish it apparently has in the manga.
Weathering with You - 7
Beautiful, as all this guy's films, but a little weak on other bits.
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress - 6
Forgettable.
Carole & Tuesday - 7
I liked it, somewhat unique battle of the bands story. Had the potential to be better. Would have preferred they have JP songs, or only had a primary EN dubbing. Needless and somewhat poor instrument CG was annoying. Meme song was great.
Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 - 6
I'm done with this series. I think all the important questions have been resolved, anyway, and the gore isn't that interesting or good anymore.
Eat-Man - 6
This first season is heavy on music and mood, but too weird or disjointed to call good.
A Certain Magical Index - 6 for season 1, 5 season 2
Never went anywhere. Dislikable characters. It's somewhat redeeming/funny feature is a protagonist who will dish out equal opportunity fist punishment to all.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - 7
Nice movie. Unrelated to the item below.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Space - 5
Bad series. It had such a good premise, started to setup ok, but fell apart quickly.
Time of Eve - 7
Fun little movie, not unique.
The Dragon Dentist - 6
Wish it were better. I think I watched it because it had dragon in the title.
Steins;Gate - 8
Well-deserved high praise. Some emotional moments. Fun JP dub. Great ED song.
Code Geass Season 2 - 7
Pretty good mech-lite anime. Story kinda gets dumb at the end, but whatever.
Voices of a Distant Star - 5
Very pretty, but that's it.
The Garden of Words - 8
Very pretty, decent on other aspects. Pulls off the artsy-ness vibe well. English dub was nice.
Spice and Wolf - 9, all
Holo is great. I particularly like that they resolve their problems, mostly, with economic cleverness, not violence. I've rewatched it all at least once since.
The Helpful Fox Senko-san - 9
I admit I'm probably overrating this due to my bias for animal girls (especially foxes and wolves), but I really enjoyed the season, and of course any salaried programmer doing dull stuff without any broader goal in life can relate... No fox wife-mother for me though.
Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu - 6
Can't call this one good, but it's cute and has heartwarming moments and some funny bits.
Excel Saga - 8
Whacky, wild, great EN dub.
Violet Evergarden - 9
Very touching anime, I've seen it twice more since the first watch. Episode 10 in particular makes me cry every time.
Welcome to the N.H.K. - 8
Starts a bit slow, becomes great. Warning, may mess you up emotionally for a bit if you can relate to the main character at all. Misaki Nakahara is my waifu for laifu, yes that says something about me and my desires. ("Compatibly messed up...")
Non Non Biyori, Non Non Biyori Repeat - 8
Very cute and heartwarming countryside slice of life
Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 1 - 6
Meh, this series is past its best-by date.
Mushishi Zoku Shou - 10
Still favorite series. Disappointed it didn't get EN dubbed, because the first season's EN dub was good, but JP dub is good too.
Kobayashi-san's Maid Dragon - 9
Dragon girls are great. Really enjoyable slice of life. Made me get the manga which I keep getting new translated editions of.
Cyber City Oedo 808 - 10
Perfect late-80s-style cyberpunk aesthetic.
Spirited Away - 7
Another good Ghibli film.
Tokyo Ghoul √A - 4
Just bad, make it stop. (I did, haven't continued.)
Tokyo Ghoul - 6
Not very good. Great OP song.
Upotte!! - 7
Trash, funny dumb idea of girls as incarnations of guns.
Hikaru no Go - 9
Final arc isn't as good but a great slice of life anime about the game of Go.
Trigun - 6
Strange space cowboy. Started off strong, but main hero is too self-pitying.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - 7
On its own I think it's just good, suffering from budget/meds crises and strange storytelling to get across its themes, but its influence of everything after it and retroactively everything before it is undeniable. Coupled with the End of Evangelion movie, it's really a masterpiece.
The End of Evangelion - 8
Again a masterpiece capstone, but on its own I wouldn't rank it 10.
Ghost in the Shell - 8
The original movie. Also a masterpiece... but really more important for setting the stage for the anime series to come.
Akira - 8
Another masterpiece.
Stellvia of the Universe - 7
Maybe 2011, I watched this early. Enjoyable but I'd probably rank it lower if I went back and rewatched.
Princess Mononoke - 8
It's a Ghibli movie, it's good.
Love Hina - 7
Not sure if my first harem anime but the one a friend said I had to watch if I watch any harem anime. It's fun. The Christmas Special is also really good and does a good job depicting Christmas in Japan as well. The island special wasn't as good but still fun.
Love Hina Again - 6
Step down, can skip it.
Martian Successor Nadesico - 8
Once I had seen enough mech anime, friend watched this with me. I think it's my favorite mech anime too. It parodies other mech animes, and has its own show-within-a-show mech anime, and is just fun.
Hellsing - 5
The original cartoon, it wasn't very good.
Hellsing Ultimate - 7
The OVA version, though, that was amazing. And the Abridged version was funny too.
Serial Experiments Lain - 8
Very good, especially for its time. It would have been a contender for top anime if I had watched it when I was 16-18, I think.
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV - 7
Dumb catgirl fun
Revolutionary Girl Utena - 7
Not bad. Felt kinda tricked into watching it by the end, but whatever. Origin for a lot of later tropes. Good songs. Good curry.
Mushishi - 10
Don't remember exactly when I found it but I fell in love, still watch random episodes from time to time. Avoided watching the final episode of the final series for years since there's no more. Have the mangas but need to learn more Japanese to read them.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 9
Follow-up from the movie, amazing series.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - 6
Sequel to the movie, it was too weird.
Castle in the Sky - 7
Good Ghibli film.
Hellsing Ultimate - 7
Very good OVA, far surpassed the original TV series. Abridged Series version was also great.
Ergo Proxy - 6
Weird. Mostly liked it overall but just too weird to call good. Nothing made sense until like the second to last episode which was a weird quiz show episode that explained things. Unfortunately watched the English dub (I mean, it's good) -- unfortunately because I can never watch the English dub of Monster because the main character in both has the exact same voice...
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - 10
A rare sequel series surpassing the original series IMO. Just everything about this second season is perfect. Until I saw Psycho-Pass, this was easily my favorite sci-fi anime.
Dragon Ball Z - 9
Ok this one I watched well before 2011, though I've watched it again in whole/in part/via the abridged series here and there. It's good.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 8
A bit too many episodes, sad that the Earth subplot didn't go anywhere, but I liked it. Big space opera.
Witchblade - 5
Pretty sure this was an early 2011 anime I found on netflix randomly... weird ecchi show.
Macross / Robotech - 7
I watched the Robotech version, I'm given to understand it's not quite the same, but whatever. Good mech anime.
Patlabor: The Movie - 7
Mech anime where the pilot doesn't have any weird hold-ups about getting in the mech. I don't remember the movie too well but enjoyed it enough to start watching the series, unfortunately never finished it yet.
Death Note - 7
Great anime. EN dub supreme too.
Code Geass - 7
Sort of a death-note-mech-anime thing. Enjoyable for what it is.
Evangelion 1.0 - 8
Enjoyed this movie's retelling of the first part of the series. Though later rewatchings made me realize there's a bit too much it depends on having seen the series first, even if in theory you can go in to just this without seeing anything else.
Detroit Metal City - 7
Not high quality but hilarious anyway, especially if you like metal music.
Evangelion 2.0 - 9
Again really enjoyed this rebuild version.
Evangelion 3.0 - 7
Here things departed... and not for the better.
Dragon Ball Kai - 7
Unncessary. Maybe it is more close to the manga, but some of the character was lost.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - 8
Overrated but good anime. Strange art style decision I still find kinda ugly for the most part but whatever. Second time watching it with a friend was when I realized it's not that amazing.
Nichijou - 8
Hilarious, one of the first animes I saw in 2011.
Guilty Crown - 6
Utena rip-off though I didn't know it then. Great songs (Egoist..) and attractive art style, but not a particularly good story.
A Certain Magical Index the Movie: The Miracle of Endymion - 6
Watched this before the series for some reason, it was interesting enough.
Accel World - 7
Fun VR adventure with a fat/unattractive protag who somehow attracts the ladies anyway.
Shinsekai Yori - 7
Watched in 2011 as one of the first ones, really liked it then, but a rewatch later and it's overrated, not that amazing.
Psycho-Pass - 10
Top-tier anime, and superb EN dub.
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods - 7
Was fun to see in theaters and kick off a sort of revival of DBZ stuff
Attack on Titan / Shingeki no Kyojin - 7
First season's pretty good. Overrated.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya - 7
Good Ghibli film. Watched EN dub, girl's voice is the same as Emily (I think is her name) from the Dishonored game, so was tripping the whole time.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - all four movies/all 10 episodes - 7
They were nice to continue some stories in the universe, but nothing like the SAC series.
No Game No Life - 6
Trash anime but somehow pretty entertaining. Speeches on doing it all in the name of cute and humanity's weakness are fun.
Psycho-Pass Movie - 9
Great followup to the series.
Genocidal Organ - 6
Don't remember this one too much. Good animation but meh plot.
Psycho-Pass 2 - 8
I'd probably rank it even lower if I watched it again but...
Assassination Classroom - 7
Dumb fun.
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F - 7
Kinda dumb but whatever. Can't get rid of Frieza.
Attack on Titan Season 2 - 7
I didn't have to endure the huge time wait between seasons so could jump right in. I liked it as much as the first season, though it just raised even more questions instead of answering things.
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie - 7
Another meh movie for this universe but hey I'll take what I can get.
Harmony - 7
Remember seeing this in the theater and enjoying it, but couldn't tell you what it's about.
A Silent Voice - 9
Loved this movie. But I have a soft spot for odd girls.
One Punch Man - 10
Fantastic. Kill the EN dub.
Manaria Friends - 7
I watched it for the dragon girl.
Keijo!!!! - 8
Ecchi but non-stop laughing.
One Punch Man Season 2 - 7
It's a shame they only made one season of OPM...
Made in Abyss - 9
Starts a bit slow but pretty interesting world building going on.
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku - 4
Too dumb.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - 7
Dumb isekai, but one of the better ones.