== Brief impressions of the Winter 2019 anime season so far

[[As before Fall2018Brief]] it's time (and well past time) for my
views of how this season has shaken out so far, following up on [[my
first episode reactions Winter2019FirstEpisodes]]. The short version
is that it is not a good season for me so far (for [[various reasons
https://twitter.com/cks_anime/status/1097344532616753153]]) and as a
result of that I am a week or two behind on the two shows from this
season that I'm still watching.

Decently okay:

* *The Magnificent Kotobuki*: This is a perfectly entertaining show on
  an episode by episode basis; every episode is generally funny and well
  crafted, with various subtle touches. However I have realized that one
  of my problems with the show overall is that there is nothing there to
  pull me from one episode to the next other than the pure entertainment
  value. After the four episodes I've watched so far, there is no real
  ongoing plot or continuing developments, just episodic shenanigans.

  If I want to feel entertained, watching *Kotobuki* is a decent option.
  But it turns out that I have a lot of ways of entertaining myself and
  *Kotobuki* has often not been the most compelling one.

Uncertain:

* *Kemurikusa*: On the one hand, there is some good stuff here (it's quite
  atmospheric, for example). On the other hand, after four
  episodes I continue to find the show to be slow moving
  overall and Wakaba remains irritating as the genki idiot ([[cf
  https://twitter.com/cks_anime/status/1088305890762067968]]), and some
  apparent subplots involving him annoy me by their very existence.

I have dropped everything else from [[my first episode reactions]]
for an assortment of reasons, including *Boogiepop and Others* ([[cf
https://twitter.com/cks_anime/status/1089661090777235457]]), which
makes me a bit sad. I have decided not to write those reasons up because
they'll just consist of me being grumpy.

(I have been watching people watch *Endro!* on Twitter and it seems
like a pretty entertaining show on the whole, even if it didn't work
for me.)

I continue to fully enjoy *That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime* as
fine popcorn entertainment. The goings-on of Rimuru and friends never
fail to bring a smile to my face and it's the only show I'm current on
this season.