The Drop List for Fall 08

It’s been roughly six weeks since Fall 08 began. The line-up for this season is promising and I did pick up more than I can handle based on premise alone. But it has been six weeks. It’s about time to weed out the shows that are not worth watching anymore.

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Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka (barely 6 episodes)

Amazing this crap lasted me 5 ½ episodes.

I actually can’t believe that I last six episodes of this – a first when it comes to otome games-based shows. I actually thought that this is going to be first one I will be able to finish but of course, it doesn’t turn out to be as interesting as I thought it would be. As I said, I don’t really have anything against these types of shows, it’s just never able to hold my interest for long. Between the Nanatsuiro Drops-inspired titles, the dry scenarios and unoriginal Da Capo-like girls, the only thing that was making me watch this show is because I like the male lead Junichi likeable compared to male leads in the genre.

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Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae (5 episodes of 12)

Moe death loli really doesn’t cut it for me anymore.

This season of Jigoku Shoujo has turned out to be such a disappointment for me. While I thought about finishing this season since I watched the first two seasons anyway, I’m finding the scenarios per episode to be more WTF than interesting. And as much as I enjoy WTFs as much as the next person, this is more of a WTF because of the lameness rather than the actually “OMGWTFBBQ!” variety. Also, I think that this show is starting to become more of a fanservice show.

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Kuroshitsuji (5 episodes)

Yes I know that. And you’re faaabulous!!! But what else???

I really didn’t know what to expect when I first saw this show. But it’s already been five episodes of nothing but Sebastian’s fabulousness and still no semblance of story. I just think that it too filled with too much random plots. Well yeah… I’m not one to complain about randomness because I really enjoyed Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Hidamari Sketch X365. But considering this plot should actually have a plot, it’s still not showing up. Well yeah, after five episodes, they already exposed Madam Red as Jack the Ripper along with Griel as her shinigami, what I am actually after is some kind of enhancement to the pact that Ciel made with Sebastian. I just grew tired of looking forward to… something.

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Tethering At The Edge…

Casshern SINS (7 episodes)

EMO… ;A; I destroyed the world. I can’t die. But I’m still awesome.

I am not sure if waiting for this show week after week is worth it. I’m wondering if I should just drop this show or wait for the season to end before watching it. Don’t get me wrong, the show is awesome – great visuals, interesting take on the character, and insightful. But every episode is more and more like watching/reading of Tsubasa Chronicles where I ask “Where is he going next and who is he going to meet?” The only difference between watching this and Kuroshitsuji is that at least I get answers little by little, but isn’t it a little too little every single time? Casshern stumbles, learn the nature of the things he meets along the way that are waiting for their ruin, Casshern becomes mortally wounded but doesn’t die because he’s just built that way. The progress is just too much at a snails’s pace..

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