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Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid / The Duke of Death and His Maid 2nd season - Ep. 1
The second season starts without much fluff. The animation is rather on the budget side, but the characters are likeable, there's some development for the main couple and for Cuff/Zayn, and even some a lot of fanservice.
For those who watched the episode already:
I know that this is that sort of "if not for [X], they'd have happily married forever already", but still: the change of mood when Alice opens the last door, and sees that the duke fantasises about marrying her, was the cherry of the cake for me.
Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto - Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
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Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu - ep1
Ryota (MC) dies in real world, and drops from a slime in the Lv1 of a dungeon in isekai (yup). He meets a girl who lives in the dungeon because she can't afford rent, and discovers three things:
- everything in that new world is produced through mob drops
- his max level is Lv1, so he won't level up, ever
- his drop skills are all S so he gets a lot of good stuff out of any monster that he kills
Run-off-the-mill isekai, but still fun stuff to watch in a rainy day.
Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou / The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen - Ep1
This anime series has the same premise as Bakarina\*: an otome games fan reincarnates in one of them, some childhood event forces her to remember her life on Earth, and she realises that she has been reincarnated as the villainess. Then she tries to avoid the bad end of the game at all costs.
But beyond the premise, Last Boss Queen and Bakarina are nothing alike. Pride Royal Ivy is actually insightful and smart, unlike Katarina Claes; what motivates Pride is not fear of her own doom, but to avoid the suffering of the people around her; and the general tone of the Last Boss Queen series is heavier, more likely to pull your emotional strings than to make you laugh.
Overall, based on the manga and WN, I'd say that this is worth watching if you want something more serious in the genre.
The first episode was rather good IMO. It's no high-budget production, but it follows the script of the WN rather well, focusing on Pride and Stale. I feel like some context might be missing for non-readers, but it should be still enjoyable for them.
\*Bakarina: fan nickname for the My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! series.