This isn't everything, just a sample.

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!

Well, I guess this one came out of a light novel.

To be fair, Rishe is a villainess in name only. The prince breaks his engagement with her to marry his beloved, who is presumably the main character of an otome game, making Rishe the villainess from that view. Then she makes a new life for herself, spends five years enjoying what she's doing, and gets killed in a war...and gets restarted at the breaking of the engagement for some reason. Lather, rinse, repeat.

The instigator of the war is Emperor Arnold Hein. Every. Damn. Time. In her sixth loop, making a life as a guard, she even dies on his sword.

For life seven, she takes a different exit from the palace, crashes into Crown Prince Arnold Hein, apologizes, then jumps from the balcony to complete her escape. This change is bigger than she realizes; the man who has killed his father and started a war in every loop before this tracks her down to declare his interest in marrying her.

Fluffy Paradise

Isekai via karoshi. This time, the god who sends our heroine to a new world has a task: Decide if the humans on this world need to be exterminated.

Our heroine gets the standard option for Overpowered Abilities, of course. But she's still a bit loopy, and can only think of how refreshing it was to pet fluffy animals. Kami-sama can work with that...

A Sign of Affection

Romance. I seem to pick up at least one of these every season.

Yuki Itose is the main character. She's the classic sheltered Japanese college student, with one major difference: She's deaf.

So, as is standard for a SJCS, she has no idea how to deal with being attracted to a guy. Is she crushing? Is this love? Did he just learn sign language because he likes learning new things, or because he's interested in her?

Sasaki and Peeps

Sasaki is a salaryman. So, the usual overwork, lack of a social life, and being generally miserable apply. To break the cycle, he buys a Java sparrow. Except, this is a reincarnated archmage, not a bird. It turns out that Sasaki is an apt student of magic, although he remains dependent upon Peeps to transport him between worlds.

Then the real trouble starts. A killer who can transform his hands into blades attacks a woman, and Sasaki uses his Icicle spell to save her, only to find out that she's part of a secret government organization that exists to police psychics. Now they think he's a psychic who can create icicle blades, which works well with a woman who can manipulate water. Together, They Fight Crime!

This one feels like it's going too many directions at once, but it's charming. Also, the protagonist isn't a high schooler, which is a welcome change.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Most anime in a fantasy world start with a declaration to destroy the Demon Lord.

In this story, we start with the celebration of his destruction. The hero's party watches a twice-a-century meteor shower, and Frieren notes that she knows a really great place to see the meteor shower, and they should do that next time.

And they do. But this is the first time Frieren runs up against the harsh reality of being an elf. The cleric and hero of her party are human, and what was trivial time for her is a lifetime for them. So she sets out on a journey to really see things, slowly building a new party for this.

This isn't an epic quest anime, although there are magical battles. This is a character study. Somebody must have thought well of this when planning the release; it started last quarter, and is continuing on this quarter.

Peter Eng
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