klinanime

So I've been working on some things, and the results are:
klinhcomics.com
honyakusite.wordpress.com/wiza…

klinH Comics is a consolidation of the comics I used to work on here and there on dA.
Classism is finally getting off the ground (or at least past the prologue), and I'll be tackling Gijinka a little more seriously. Currently, Gijinka has several new content comics already, and I'll be adding some more parts when they go through Viridian Forest.
As for IofM Anthology ... that is my reply to people who are still wondering about what happened to IofM. It will be a collection of stories about some of the characters of IofM that I still want to tell. 

As for the Web Novel I'm writing, Wizard with the Flower Blades, there are currently 28 chapters up on the site for those interested in a gender-bend (guy to girl) transported to another world styled story. 

First off... Dimension W in the Winter 2015/16 season!!!!!!!! If it weren't for One Punch-Man, I'd say skip this season and lets move on to that one! (j/k)
The Fall2015 is a "small" season with a lot of 3-minute shows.

Second seasons:
Noragami Aragato
K: Return of Kings
Soukyuu no Fafner
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo R
Owarimonogatari - the assumedly last installment of the bakamonogatari series, judging from the title, but who knows.
Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou Middle school au of shingeki no kyojin? Does that count as a "second season"?
Haikyuu!! S2
Ameiro Cocoa: Rainy Color e Youkoso
Yuru Yuri San * Hai!
Hidan no Aria AA
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??
World Trigger: Toubousha-hen
Shinmai Maou no Testament Burst

Other Titles:
Diabolik Lovers More, Blood vampire reverse high school harem
Dance with the Devils - same as above but with demons
Ore ga Oujo-sama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Gets <3 Sareta Ken - All-girl rich-girl high school needs a "commoner" sample so they import (kidnap) a regular joe high schooler. Shenanigans.
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans it's a gundam series. Kids rise against adults and use gundams.
Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen vampires fighting against humans in ... Meiji period? ... Japan; not really sure exactly where they were going with this.
Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai The 35th test platoon is full of misfits; a tech-hentai chick, a cutsie sniper with stage-fright, and a guy who can't use guns and goes berserk when he's insulted as a result of be a sword user. A witch-hunter pro with her... license? ... suspended due to her unauthorized killings of criminals is thrown into this motley crew. ... I did read a bit of the manga before and was more or less unimpressed with the character development and thought they went "super saiyan" too fast, so I will pass on this anime, but it's probably worth a watch for those who like that kind of thing.

Now onto things I actually watched:
Things I recommend:
One Punch Man - In a world full of superheroes and supervillains, Saitama's hobby is being a hero. After training so hard that all his hair fell out, he has grown so strong that he can take out anyone with one punch. But with great power comes ... great.... boredom.
This anime is probably the most hyped up non-season2 for this season, and wow I didn't expect it to be that well animated. It's FANTASTIC if you're looking for another shounen-action style show, though it's technically a shounen parody (and thus a comedy) and is actually a seinen. It is a tad gore-y, so watch out for that a bit.

Heavy Object - The "object", great mechas capable of withstanding nuclear attacks, have changed the course of humanity's warfare forever. Wars are fought purely by Objects and their Elite pilots... but how does everyone else who can't pilot an Object ... fight an Object? That's what Quenser (a student hoping to be an Object designer), Milinda (an elite), and Heivia (a soldier-in-training) have to find out.
Basically, this is a mecha anime centered the concept of being forced to fight a mecha when you're without a mecha. At first, the extraordinarily long monologue about how the Objects work at the beginning had me super worried about how the show would go. It's standard to elaborate on the mechas as you fight harder opponents, right? Why would they break that trend? But I continued watching anyway because I was thoroughly amused by Heivia chasing a moose around with what appeared to be a new-age sawed-off shotgun. And then, at the very end of the show... aaaah, I get it now. This is a mecha anime where the focus isn't the mechas but plain-old human ingenuity.

Garo: Guren no Tsuki - The Heian-kyo is plagued with Horrors that devour humans at night. Only the palace is defended with Onmyouji's kekkai, and the commoners are left to fend for themselves. But the Golden Knight exists to exterminate these horrors the best he can.
I was impressed by the quality of the animation, and then promptly terrified as what looked like eldritch horrors leapt out of the darkness and sucked the life out of the builders, disintegrating them. It is definitely a show for those interested in Japanese period dramas. From the first episode I couldn't tell exactly where they're going, but other than the side-kick kid character and the 3D animation, I liked what I saw. When the characters first named Seimei, my mind went completely blank for a few seconds before I realized they had genderbent Abe no Seimei into a badass, sexy onmyouji chick. I like her character a lot; femme fatale without being too sex-oriented, and capable of holding her own. Well, of course they ended up putting her in a skimpy little number for the action scenes, but I find her onmyouji outfit more captivating.

Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru - Sakurako is an eccentric woman from a rich family, and is an osteologist who just loves skeletons and bones to the point of strange obsession. High schooler Shotaro is dragged around by her as they encounter various cases.
For those disappointed by Ranpo Kitan (me, due to the fact that it was more drama, less mystery), "A corpse is buried at Sakurako's feet" well makes up for it. The ingenuity of a detective and her "Watson" (Shotaro in this case) who must have everything explained to him is preserved in this story, just that this "Watson" sprays disinfectant at Sakurako when irritated at her (much like disciplining a cat). I dunno if that will continue through the series, but I highly hope so. It was interesting that, at least with the first case, Sakurako "solved" the mystery without bringing the criminals to justice, or rather, the who-dunnit was completely irrelevant to showing her strong powers of observation and knowledge of forensics. If you were a fan of Bones, the concept is pretty similar. I wonder if this series was inspired by it...
For the record, there is a Japanese saying about how a corpse is buried beneath every beautiful sakura tree, hence the sakura motifs and, well, Sakurako herself.

Other Series:
Young Black Jack - Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack in his medical school days. Black Jack is a maverick doctor who performs miracles amidst the blackness of humanity.
... Black Jack is way too pretty, to a point of being disconcerting. To tell the truth I've never been THAT interested in Black Jack, but with this... maybe Wild Life is one step closer to getting an anime! (probably not, how disappointing). They do preserve the little twist at the end that was present in much of the original Black Jack, where despite the great surgical success, a show of human nature leaves a bit of a sour taste in your mouth. Also his romantic interest is still ... hm, I wonder what would be considered spoilers for a prequel show.

Lance N'Masques - Yotaro is a member of Knights of the World, but he just wants a normal life. Not really possible with his "White Knight" condition, where he instantly leaps into knightly-ness at the first sound of trouble. After running across Makio, a 5-year old girl from a rich family who lives alone, he becomes her "hero, Knight Lancer" and along with his maid/knight mentor, his squire, and his horse, lives with Makio to watch over her.
At first I thought it was interesting, but the gap between Yotaro and White Knight Yotaro... really wasn't big enough for my tastes. He's still pretty knightly in his normal mode, so it's more or less a "take care of the poor neglected child" story. I thought it would be more interesting if Yotaro was completely a loser in normal mode, or a misanthropist or something.

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk - After accidentally infuriating a foreign princess by catching sight of her changing, Ayato is embroiled in a high school life of fighting with magical swords.
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry - After accidentally infuriating a foreign princess by catching sight of her changing, Ikki is embroiled in a high school life of fighting with magical swords.
...
Yeeeah.
The differences between them: Ayato is (though not wellknown) considered extremely strong and talented, while Ikki is the underdog who can't use much magic and must rely on a 1-minute instance where he uses up every ounce of magic he owns. Ayato is the collected type of guy while Ikki is the rough type of guy. Gakusen's leading lady is more dere while Rakudai's is more tsun on the tsundere scale. While Rakudai appears to be more about battles, Gakusen seems a bit stronger on the story front. Either way, two high-school magical sword battle harem animes.

Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen - A man wakes up in the middle of a snowy mountain clad in a hospital gown. He is unable to remember a thing, and is rescued by a girl with animal ears and a tail... wait, is he the strange one for not having them?
This is an interesting setting, which I believe comes from a game. It's interesting because a man with something as modern as a hospital gown is thrown into a feudal Japanese setting with strange demi-humans around and you - and him - are now trying to figure out what's going on.

Comet Lucifer - Sogo loves looking for rare crystals, like the resource giftdium in red instead of blue. After getting in a mess of a chase with some of his peers, Sogo and his friend fall into the mines, where strange powers are at work. A military (I think) unit is excavating in an underwater lake, and as Sogo and his friend approach the center of the drained lake, a girl bursts out of a rare red giftdium cluster ... and some mecha comes out of nowhere and defends them from the military unit.
Sooo I didn't know this was a mecha at first, so I was thinking, "man, they paid a heckuva lot of attention to all the little technology things in this anime. How strange." And then the mecha comes out and ... "Oooooh." It's a lot of fantasy so I might watch it anyway.

Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - The Superhero Bureau is a government group that approaches and protects superhumans. But is that all it is?
This is a kind of wtf anime, where they show two different timelines, one when Jirou (I think the protagonist) is with the Bureau and later on when he is being hunted by the Bureau interspersed with each other. Most of where this is going is still a mystery to me, but it's interesting to watch with a pop flair.

Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider - Professor Saikawa and his mentor's daughter, Moe, go on a college trip to an island where Dr Magata, a genius scientist rumored to have killed her parents, has her lab. There they find a corpse and must solve what becomes a serial murder case.
... I think they go to that island. That remains to be determined in the next episode, but it was a succinct way of sliding Shiki Magata in there ... so.... This is actually a pretty famous Japanese mystery novel and has been adapted into many forms already, including a live drama. This is also a slower paced drama with a lot of high-brow philosophical meanderings ("what if I'm just a human who boots the OS of Souhei Saikawa every morning" for example), but has one of the most mesmerizing OP sequences imo.</b>

Everything is stalled because my computer is DYING. I am in art limbo, and so I decided to translate a shinto liturgy, or "norito" (祝詞). Don't ask how one thing led to another.

Since this one is kind of an all purpose exorcism spell as well as a short one, I thought I could show you my translation process and give all you writers and storytellers a liturgy you can incorporate without too much trouble. The beauty of showing you the translation process also means that you can easily mold the translation with synonyms and make it specific to what you might want to use it for.
Keep in mind, this is a super rough translation and I may have mistranslations since I am not a native speaker, AND it's kinda poetic and somewhat archaic language so... @.@. Still, it's at least a skeleton of a spell you can use for your Japan-based occult stories.

Here is the norito:
Title: 一切成就祓 (Issai Jyoujyu no Harai)
Japanese: 極めて汚も. 滞無ければ. 穢とはあらじ. 内外の玉垣. 清浄と申す.
Romaji: kiwamete kitanaki mo. tamari nakereba. kitanaki towa araji. uchito no tamagaki. kiyoku kiyoshi to maosu.

Translation format is:
kanji/kana
[kana purely for pronunciation for those who want it]
romanization
(direct word translation) "particles left natural"
"rough translation"

The Title:
一切成就祓
[(いっさい)(じょうじゅ)の(はらい)]
Issai Jyoujyu no Harai (Jyoujyu may also be spelled Joju or Jouju depending on romanization)
(everything/anything) (fulfillment/achievement) "no" (exorcism)
"Multipurpose Exorcism" (lol) j/k, though I want it to be that, I think it's actually
"Complete Exorcism"

極めて汚も.
[(きわ)めて(きたなき)も]
kiwamete kitanaki mo
(exceedingly/extremely) (dirty/pollute) "mo"
"Extremely dirty" (I judged "mo" to be used for emphasis and not meaning "too" or "also". I may be wrong.)

滞無ければ.
[(たまりな)ければ]
tamari nakereba
(blocked/stagnate) (negative inflection)
"though not stagnant"

穢とはあらじ.
[(きたなき)とはあらじ]
kitanaki towa araji
(unclean/dirty - note different kanji from the 1st "kitanaki") (to be called/is meant by) (to not be)
"unclean it may not be called"

内外の玉垣.
[(うちと)の(たまがき)]
uchito no tamagaki
(inside and outside) "no" (fence/boundary)
"inside and outside of the fence"

清浄と申す.
[(きよくきよし)と(まを)す]
kiyoku kiyoshi to maosu
(clean/pure/noble) (clean/purify/pure) "to" (formal speech/humble)
"clean, purify, I humbly ask"

Piecing the rough translations together gives:
"Extremely dirty, though not stagnant, unclean it may not be called. Inside and outside of the fence, clean, purify, I humbly ask."

Trying to make sense of it - Pass 1:
"As extremely dirty as it may be, if it does not fester, it may not be called unclean. Inside and outside of the boundary, clean, purify I ask humbly."

Pass 2:
"Though it may be terribly defiled, as long as it is not allowed to fester it will not be unclean. Within and without; cleanse, purify, I ask thee."

From here, since the general meaning is... kinda clear ... you can now mold it into how you want it. For me, I wanted to keep the poetic touch, so I would translate it as:
"Though terribly defiled,
that which is not allowed to fester
will not remain unclean.
Both within and without,
Cleanse, purify,
I humbly ask thee."

but you can break the poetry and have it as:
"No matter how dirty it is, it will not remain unclean if we do not allow it to be. Therefore, I respectfully request that both the inside and the outside be cleansed and purified."

Or however else you think it would sound best while keeping the meaning. This:
"Even the most defiled of things will not remain unclean if we purify it. I ask that this be cleansed in its entirety."
can also be considered a translation.

And, since the fence or boundary is left ambiguous to its identity, you can translate the second part for specific instances, such as:
A shrine: "Cleanse both within and without the borders of this shrine."
or yourself: "I ask that I be cleansed, both inside and out."

This season's anime is rather peculiar. There's a lot more shows (proportionally) aimed towards women, and it's not all fujoshi-fare. There is also a lot more (and by that I mean more than 1) seinen shows.  There is also just a lot of shows this season.

All shows i'm not interested in watching, but someone out there prob is:
Some of the more popular sequels:
Durarara!!x2Ten (2nd of 3 cours. The third is slated uh... I forget.)
Gatchaman Crowds Insight
Dragon Ball Super  (wtf?)
To Love-Ru: Trouble-Darkness 2nd
Romcoms/harems:
Okusama ga Seito Kaichou! - High school kinda pervy girl stealing the student council president position from the protagonist and arranged marriages
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou monster girl harem
Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan magical school, guy leads all girl squad that loses all the time. Ok, to be fair, I dunno if this is a harem, but since they especially make it a point to say that it's an all-girl squad, i thought it was a safe assumption.
Slice of Life:
Million Doll about otaku bloggers supporting their various idols
Sore ga Seiyuu new voice actresses getting trying their best as voice actresses
Danchigai MAYBE a harem, not sure. About a guy and all his sisters. Could also NOT be a harem. Coin tossup with this one.
Gakkou Gurashi! ... this one is a slice of life? well, I'll spoil it for you because it's actually unpleasant to be caught unawares by the surprise if you don't like that kind of horror. ZOMBIES. There's zombies. It's about girls trying to survive a zombie apocalypse, where one of them is still imagining that life is going on as usual (whether due to mental or physical-induced trauma).
Action/Fantasy:
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku Something about a war where an island country must regain its independence and it's protector dragon god went bonkers. I'm paraphrasing from a synopsis, and you know how the synopses go sometimes... Kind of a shounen look to the art.
Ushio to Tora Ushio must fight off invading spirits, and to do that he releases an ancient demon sealed by his ancestor. Whether or not that was a good idea...
Rokka no Yuusha When the Brave Six meet to stop the resurrection of the God of Evil, seven of them gather. Which one is the traitor?
Bikini Warriors I am sure this is a wholesome series about rpg style adventures. ... sigh. Of COURSE this one's an ecchi.
Others:
Kangoku Gakuen An amazonian society in an all-girls-turned-co-ed school and the boys that have to break through.
God Eater With unknown lifeforms devouring the earth, humans develop living weapons that exist to EAT these gods.

Meh, there's some others, but now the episodes I watched:
Gangsta. In the city of Ergastalum, the mafiosos run the town, but sometimes a "conveniently neutral" party needs to be called in for "cleanup". Nicolas and Worick are the benriya (handymen) in this town of blood and dirt. Shortly after cleaning up an up and coming group and taking in their prostitute, the Handymen - and all of Ergastalum - are embroiled in conflict involving the Twilights, biologically super-enhanced mercs like Nicolas.
... Ok, so I didn't read the (popular) manga and apparently missed the exposition where Nic was deaf during the episode (I was doing dishes), so I was rather confused about... all the way through the first episode lols. If you want realism and dirt and grit, this one's for you. I was immediately interested when I noticed the protagonists (other than the hot chick) were not your stereotypical anime protagonists. I really enjoyed this one, it's got that great, gritty, seinen feel to it.

Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace Inspired by the works of Edogawa Ranpo, a Japanese mystery novel writer (1894-1965), and bearing two of his iconic characters. Kobayashi, a strange and very observant (and very feminine) middle school boy is suddenly accused of murder. He is intrigued by the chance to solve a real life, abnormal murder and comes into contact with genius high school boy detective, Akechi. Solve the "game", Akechi tells him, and Kobayashi will garner a place for himself in "this" world.
This is very clearly a psychological thriller. I have to say I can't tell if it's technically a "mystery" series, since in this first case the viewer is not given all the clues and information, and in fact you aren't even introduced to all the suspects. However, if you like watching the part where the detective just reveals his thought process, that's basically all it is. It is VERY intriguing, and please watch out for the weird instances of bl. In my opinion, other than emphasizing the strangeness (I almost used "queerness") of the murder victim, the bl parts do not make it unwatchable if you aren't into that sort of thing. (Hashiba is annoying all throughout, regardless of his maybe mancrush, so I don't count him) Kobayashi is a strange strange little boy. He is almost indifferent to how people perceive him, and how he perceives others, and is a bit too blunt about how he sees things. He is also probably a bit perverse, since seeing a murder excites him rather than... well, y'know, being horrified. You can tell both characters, Kobayashi and Akechi, have some Sherlock Holmes influence, and my guess is that Ranpo loved the idea of genius belonging to the abnormal people. (lol, just swap the cocaine with an addiction to pain killers and you have Akechi) I like all these kind of detective-y things regardless of how bad they are, and having the characters based heavily on Doyle's writings make it a bonus for me.

AoharuxKikanjuu Tachibana Hotaru is strong, tough, and has a strong sense of justice. She is also mistaken as a man, to a point where she doesn't even bother correcting people anymore. As she tries to avenge her friend from being swindled by a host, she finds herself involved in survival games.
...Why is this listed as shounen? It's shoujo. Anyway, if you're tired of "tomboys" who get all weak-kneed from love and worry about relationships, this is the protagonist for you. And well... for me, this is the type of sabuge show I want to see. People being badas and having fun playing capture the flag. ... ok, so there's a bit of gendbend and proooobably maybe romance later on? I dunno, I just want to watch Tachibana being awesome.

Joukamachi no Dandelion Akane HATES being the center of attention, and HATES being filmed. Unfortunately, she is part of the royal family. Being in the spotlight included. Her father, the King, decides that the next ruler will be decided by election between the nine siblings, and Akane decides to become the next ruler to abolish the town's security cameras and the Royal Family TV show. Oh yh, did I mention all nine siblings have different powers?
A promising show, but I can't really get into it for some reason (the reason is akane). If you like a large cast of characters with superpowers and a girl who's kinda hopeless but still tries, you might like this one.

Wakaba*Girl A slightly out of touch rich girl and her friends in highschool.
Eh... I have to wonder if whoever wrote this series was ever a high school girl, which is weird because it's the same auther as Kiniro Mosaic which I liked. Anyway, when the girls went, "since we're sitting together, let's be friends" I was thinking in the back of my head, man, that suggestion almost never works out. Well, none of the characters really caught my interest.

GATE One day in August, a gate appeared and fantasy-like monsters and knights came out and slaughtered many people on the Ginza in Tokyo. After pushing them back, the Japanese Defense Force decides to send a reconnaissance team in through the gate.
There was a similar anime to this a while back, and I remembered it sucked. This one seems much more promising, at least logically. Instead of "Hey, let's send this high school boy otaku and a team of ineffective bodyguards", this is "Let's send a team of specialized forces through, oh it just happens to be lead by a(n older) soldier who's an otaku." At least that's what I'm hoping for, and that's what it appeared to be just from the first episode. Itami just straight up taking out that medieval knight with his own knife was pretty cool. This may be a step in the right direction for portraying the (heavily persecuted) otaku culture in a more positive light, where the character isn't the loser otaku geek outcast of society, but a guy with other redeeming qualities who just happens to be an otaku.

Classroom*Crisis A special class of high school rocket scientists must save their space program.
It was SO promising, until convenient antagonist came in. I thought it'd be about making prototype rockets, but now there's some deadline and angst. Still, if you like that sort of thing it's pretty interesting.

Charlotte Some adolescent kids have special abilities. Yu Otosaka is one of them. He is forcibly transferred to a school of such people.
...meh. The powers seems to be along the lines of chuunibyou, or adolescent make-believe delusions, except it's real. I didn't really care for any of the characters, personally. If you like that kind of thing, it could be fun.

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime Shirayuki is a talented pharmacist with vivid, and rare, red hair. One day, the first prince of her country wants to make her his concubine out of interest for her hair. Determined not to be caged, Shirayuki flees across the border and meets a young man named Zen, who encourages her to take pride in her precious red, the colour of fate.
I really like Shirayuki as a protagonist. She is strong, proud of the talents she has, and determined to stand on her own feet. She is also very feminine, a great example of how femininity and strength are not incompatible. I read the manga long ago, and I'm glad I haven't read it recently, or I know it'll annoy me waiting for each episode. There's a bit of political intrigue and how Shirayuki makes her own place among it all.

Jitsu wa Watashi wa Asahi is awful at keeping secrets. As he attempts to confess to his crush he sees... batwings?! Yoko is a vampire, and now Asahi must keep her secret or she'll be forced to quit school. ... but is hers the only secret in this school?
Ok, this one's a harem. But it's also HILARIOUS. The title translates to "Actually, I am...", and there's a lot of people with secret identities. (also, as a harem, only three of the many girls are into him, and there are other male characters with distinct voice actors.)

The ones I'm gonna be watching:
Kekkai Sensen
Leonardo Watch, a wannabe reporter, has arrived at Hellsalem's Lot, a former New York City that has gained a rift to an alternate world, looking for answers of a personal nature, when he has a run in with the organization called Libra, an organization tasked with managing the balance between the Alterworld and this reality. After being enlisted into the organization, Leo is still left in the dark about exactly what they do and how many people are in Libra. He's just an ordinary guy in an organization of extraordinary people in a city full of anything but the ordinary... except he was given the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods in exchange for the loss of his sister's sight. And he wants to get her sight back.
Watched the first episode, and it was interesting. The second one? OMG must keep watching. It has a very Cowboy-Bebop-ish feel to it, probably due to the bgm, and Leo isn't just a whimpering wuss (tho i did wonder about it at the beginning). It is also very interesting, due to how the merging of an alternate universe into ours is shown to be carried out. Treaties between worlds, black-market dealings, etc. My only complaint is that Zapp's voice actor is Nakai Kazuya, aka Roronoa Zoro from One Piece and Hijikata from Gintama's voice. While Nakai is good and gets into character, his voice is just so distinct that it always takes me a few episodes to meld the voice with the character. Also, Chain's voice actress sounds so darn familiar that it nags me everytime she talks... but not all that many people have my problems of watching too much anime and thereby mixing all the voice actors together. Derp. The 2nd episode has the first viewing of the ED song, and.. lmao, I love the dance number they threw in.

Re-kan
Amamiya can see and interact with ghosts, and it's all just a part of of her daily high school life.
This is an interesting take on the high-schooler-who-can-see-ghosts trope. Amamiya is a spacy, kind of air headed girl who treats ghosts like they're perfectly normal, and the ghosts do like her in return, but they're still ghosts. It takes the stereotypical horror situations and turns them into slice-of-life, wear the humor is the gap between the absurdity of the situation and the reactions of the non-ghost cast. Also, perverted kitty cat. Though... this is a slice-of-life anime. Why the feels in episode 3?! I was seriously tearing up. But, I guess when you explore the relationships between the dead and the living, heart-wrenching feels happen.

Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku
Ichinomiya Eruna gets into Mikagura Academy, a place where your standard of living depends on how well you do in Tournament Battles between Cultural Clubs. Through hell or high water, and all for LOVE, Eruna's gonna show you she's the last and greatest first year rookie!
... Ok, I'm pretty hooked on this one. Eruna is the stereotypical head-strong, overly optimistic, brute-force protagonist type character, but it's not something you usually see in a girl character. The story doesn't follow the shounen formula of fight, make friends, fight, make friends like I expected. There's definitely some relational backgrounds in some of the supporting characters that makes it more interesting to see how things will work out. The OP and ED clearly show that it's about everyone coming together and becoming friends, but... everyone seems to be looking out for their own interests and it really makes you wonder how they get to that point. Also, who the heck is that white/purple haired chick? Though most shows try not to spoil things in the OP and ED sequences, Mikagura does the opposite and makes you wonder about the spoilers you see.

Kyoukai no Rinne
Ever since she was spirited away as a child, Sakura Mamiya can see ghosts. Her life gets interesting as her classmate, Rokudo Rinne, is revealed to be a Shinigami ... kind of...
Kyoukai no Rinne is more of a gag show than others of Rumiko Takahashi's creations (like Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2). It's a bit funny because you can just feel the old fashioned manga vibes from it. A lot of the show surrounds Rokudo's dirt-poor-ness and how he has to try to escort spirits to the wheel of reincarnation despite being human... kind of.

Shokugeki no Souma
Souma gets into a Tootsuki, a cooking academy where less than 1% can graduate. In it, he puts his cooking skills to the test in various competitions.
For those of us who follow the manga... the anime is like pulling teeth in pacing, a lil. Get to the school already! OMG, no, show the next part now! I think, though, if you don't follow the manga it won't feel so slow. This is more of a shounen than anything, with Souma winning the good graces of people who eat his food with his creativity towards win each cooking incident. Just ... watch out for the awkward foodgasms if you're going to be watching it with mixed company. As for the type of shounen protagonist he is, Souma is confident towards arrogance, and a self-styled ultimate sore loser.

The Dungeon picking up girls one with the super long name... so much harem vibes in the first 5 minutes I deleted it immediately. How in the world did I manage to read up through chapter 15 of the manga?