I believe that the first two episodes of this show released at the same time. The AniLIst api used by the bot never handles this well, so the thread for the second episode wasn’t made and likely won’t be requestable like a normal show. If anybody wants me to make a thread for episode 2, just let me know here or via pm and I can make it manually.

I really liked this one. It’s got some obvious similarities with Gushing Over Magical Girls, an anime that really impressed me but was a bit too much ecchi for me to be able to tolerate, so I was ready for a comfy substitute that I’d have a bit better of a time with. However, this one definitely brings its own charm that makes it more than just a knock-off (on top of its source material coming out first).

I really like the tension between the main character’s desire to see Berry shine in the heat of an intense battle and her sense of justice that is what drew her to the Berry fandom in the first place. Meanwhile, Chrome is a delight to watch (especially as a fan of flamboyant and camp villains), and he rides the line perfectly between being a dumb idiot whose plans succeed on accident and a genius tactician and actor skillfully playing everyone around him into doing exactly what he wants. The action scenes work well, and the artstyle and color palette give it a bright and energetic tone. I’m absolutely on board for this one, 5/5.

P.S. It looks like this is studio Voil’s first anime and the director is also relatively unproven?? This feels way too put together for that to be true, lol.

This was really good!

@glilimith@lemmy.blahaj.zone described the character dynamics perfectly.

I would only add that Kuroma’s name means Black Demon or Dark Demon.

The Kuma (bear) kaijin minions only being able to say “bear” resembles the vocabulary of a Pokemon.

I thought that Chizuko was going to get a sexy villainess costume, but I guess this show isn’t going there.