It’s time for the seasonal OP/ED roundup! I want to hear about your favorite OPs and EDs for the season (alternatively, your least favorites!). If you are looking for a collection of them all for this season, you can find almost all of them at the link below:
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Themes
Dorohedoro Season 2 OP: “Zettai MUST Danmen” by (K)NoW_NAME - The style! The energy!
Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3 ED: “ROCKET” by BURNOUT SYNDROMES - Aside from pleasant visuals, my favourite part of this theme is BURNOUT SYNDROMES returning to perform the final ending (it is final, right?) as they opened the show with “Good Morning World!”
Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! OP: “Shunpatsu-teki ni Koishiyou” by Yasuyuki Okamura & Kento Nakajima - I like the comic style and the colours.
Dandelion ED: “Goron to Doron” by Kocchi no Kento - The most addictive theme for me this season. It’s silly fun, and the way the characters move with straight faces keeps sending me. I demand more themes with male characters dancing silly dances in suits.
Kirio Fanclub ED: “Harmony” by Ako - I love how simple this ED is: just Nami and Aimi going home after school at the end of each episode. And the song is perfect for dancing on the riverbank with your bestie
I wish it were me (it just made me jump around my room like a lunatic when I listened to it the first couple of times).Kirio Fanclub Episode 2 Insert Song - they wrote a whole song dedicated to Kirio-kun, and its dai-dai’s are really addictive; I keep humming it at times.
Kujima OP: “Komorebizaka” by Galileo Galilei - I was born with a gene that makes it impossible for me to dislike a Galileo Galilei song.
The thing about Yomi no Tsugai themes is that I like when yama performs the OP and Vaundy performs the ED. I really hope they switch in the second half of the show.
Mid-seasonal check-in
I dropped a bunch of shows and now I’m left with a measly third of what I usually watch in a season.
Dorohedoro Season 2 will most likely end up as my AOTS.
Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3 - I’m not content with the pacing of this season and watching purely to see the mystery behind Why-man.
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! continues to be a fun watch. It’s so stylish, and all the characters are entertaining. Chiaki Kobayashi is delivering my favourite voice acting performance of the season.
Kirio Fanclub sometimes misses on the joke delivery as the scene drags out but still manages to make me laugh most of the time. I’m rooting for Nami, but with Kirio’s depression out of the bag I really want Aimi to be there for the guy and just make him laugh. Does any source reader know if one season will be enough to cover the whole story?
The Ramparts of Ice - In terms of character writing this show is the best this season. I don’t like the ongoing Koyuki and Youta shipping; they have such a great platonic dynamic, and that’s the reason Koyun feels relaxed around Youta. I hope the author is just making a commentary on how it goes with people when they see a boy and a girl being friends. Personally, I prefer Koyun and Minato as a ship purely for the sake of good character development; that boy is in dire need of one.
Kujima - I thought I’d drop it by now, but it grew on me. The way Kujima speaks is kind of endearing. Arata imitating Kujima’s speech is especially cute, because it shows his love for that loud, annoying creature.
Witch Hat Atelier - as a source reader I’m just admiring the animation and how cool the magic looks in the show. I’ve come to realize, however, that I’m not particularly fond of any Witch Hat character.