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"Date a Live V" New Key Visual, PV
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Premieres April, 2024. The new PV is here. Synopsis of the source light novel from AniList:
Shidou Itsuka has a problem. The world has been racked by massive quakes of an unknown source for years now, though life goes on. Then one day, Shidou's calm life ends forever when in the middle of a quake in his city, he meets a girl who's apparently a spirit-and the cause of all the destruction! When a team arrives to eliminate the threat, Shidou becomes embroiled in a war to protect these spirits-by making them fall in love with him?!
I have only seen the first season. I went in knowing as much about the series as you, being aware that it is a popular franchise but knowing nothing else.
I had my expectations pretty low when I started the first episode. The turning point for me was at the end of the episode when one of the main characters says "Baka, baka" after something completely stupid and ridiculous happens, that's when my brain went "Oh it is OK to laugh at this, they are just being silly in this show."
Then the rest of the season was a goofy ride full of anime harem shenanigans. On a technical level, DAL isn't really special, though the characters, character designs, absurdity of the setting and the OVA punch above their weight.
I checked out the first episode. It's unabashedly degenerate, and over the top. It's a great start ๐