Summer Anime Season Wrap-up and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 40] (ani.social)

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At this point in time, the Summer seasonal shows have either wrapped up or are airing their finale this week. 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!

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[-] esc27@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

While there are several I may go back and binge now the season is over, for some reason I only really ended up watching four seasonal shows to completion. (Kind of fell out of the anime habit for a bit, least I've watched in years. To the extent I'm even late commenting here...)

My Dress-Up Darling - Picked up right where the last season left off and continued strong. I know some people are disappointed the relationship did not move quickly, but there is still some character development needed for both to get there. Hopefully this leads into a satisfying third season.

Secrets of the Silent Witch - My favorite new show of the season. The first volume was adapted pretty much perfectly. There was a clear attention to detail and care for the story and characters. Sadly, the second part felt very rushed as if they were fast forwarding through scenes with characters barely introduced then sidelined with no room to breath or really be recognized. But it slowed back down on the moments that mattered, and it ended very strong.

Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra - The show was enjoyable enough to finish, but there is just something dull about it... The dark elves as characters, palette, maybe the lower production values... not sure. But it just seemed "muted" at times like it was almost but not quite what it should be.

Call of the Night - probably my anime of the season. The whole show is just a "vibe" carried by the music, setting, and characters. Like Dress-Up, this picked right up where it left off. We got character development, more background story, a great new character, and well executed plot that seamlessly wove all this together.

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