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Spring Anime Season Wrap-Up, Summer Kickoff, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 27] (ani.social)

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The Spring season is wrapping up at this point and the first Summer shows are just about to start. So, I wanted to hear your thoughts on shows you watched this season. Shows you liked, disliked, were surprised by, disappointed by? Let those opinions rip!

Like always, this thread can also be used for general discussions, recommendations, and questions. So, if you haven’t been watching any seasonal shows, we can talk about that too!

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Spring 2025

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - On hold for now. Will come back to this someday. My first foray to UC and third to Gundam overall (after Seed and WFM). It's great and I have little complaints to the show.

Witch Watch - Laughed hard because of referential humor. Good enough for me.

The Apothecary Diaries - S2 is much more serious, and it somehow tied the episodic S1 into a grand conspiracy. Having a tinfoil hat was justified there. The past two episodes convinced me to provisionally rate the show a 10.

Rose of Versailles (2025) - I love the musical format. Its OP scene is as iconic and impactful as The Lion King. I'm able to watch this in French. Best MAPPA work. If you think they cooked hard with Zenshu, this one surpasses it. 10/10

Past Seasons

The Orphans of Simitra - No accessible English softsubs. Finally jumped the shark and watched it like a native speaker would. And... I'm pleasantly surprised, really. I think I understand 80% of each episode. It gave me the push to start watching Witch Watch with Japanese CC instead of the English sub—I'm not a fan of the translation style used there.

The book is very short, so the anime introduced a lot of original elements. It managed to put out a cour's worth of slice of life without it being dull. That's something I'm even more surprised with. Unless it disappointed in the episodes I haven't seen yet, a 6.89 MAL rating makes this show criminally underrated.

Train to the End of the World and Tsumasho - Great for most of their runs, only to disappoint with the last episode. The former's recap is the worst I've seen yet.

Backflip - Nice CGI and complements the rhythmic gymnastics routine very well

After the Rain - Handles the age gap romantic attractions well enough

Tawawa on Monday - I mentioned it before, but I really did watch this for the plot. The anime punches well above its weight.

Pokemon original series - It's a slog that I've started since late 2024, but it's okay as a turn-your-brain-off watch. My favorite parts are the Hoenn teases for the eventual Pokemon Advanced series and seeing Team Rocket blast off.

Atri

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The childhood friend decided to be a losing heroine. I heard she and Natsu ended up together in the VN. I think I prefer the anime route here.

Summer 2025

Witch Watch - Simply because it's aired in consecutive cours

The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity - Has the potential to have insane production values. It's a romance and the staff appeared to pour their love and care in its making based on the trailer. I'm sold.