== Brief impressions of the Spring 2020 anime season so far

[[As before Winter2020Brief]], it's time for my current views on how
this season has shaken out so far, following up on [[my first episode
reactions Spring2020FirstEpisodes]]. This is rather more delayed than
usual, but I want to write down my impressions so far before these shows
end (and how they end changes my impressions of them).

Surprisingly tense but sometimes flawed:

* *Gleipnir*: This is one part battle show and one part psychological
  horror and tension; the two parts go together surprisingly well and
  make it the most interesting show I'm watching this season. The show
  has a very good command of atmosphere, which helps, but then it also
  has various flaws (many of them revolving around fanservice), which
  hurt a bit.

Entertaining:

* *Princess Connect! Re:Dive*: This is a fun goofy show where the
  male protagonist being a potato is actually a feature. Karyl is
  the clear star in our ensemble cast, with Pecorine as the second
  best character, and I don't think it's an accident that Karyl is
  the one person who is getting a real character arc. With that
  said, *Re:Dive* is not where you should look if you want realistic
  characters and a deep story. It is nicely put together, though,
  with good direction, art, animation, and so on.

Sadly on the edge:

* *My Next Life as a Villainess*: I like the concept and there are
  some good aspects to it, but by now the basic premise is starting
  to get a little threadbare and [[how the show treats Catarina is
  increasingly grating
  https://twitter.com/cks_anime/status/1262567836343586816]]. If
  something different doesn't start happening soon, I may get bored
  with this and drop it.

I didn't continue *Kakushigoto* and I have tacitly suspended or dropped
*Listeners* because I still haven't gotten the energy together to
watch more of it. Things I've heard about *Listeners* writing have not
been encouraging in that regard, and I'm not sure its overall apparent
genre of 'teenagers being teenagers in a SF setup' is one that I'm very
interested in any more.