The nerd life can be deadly.

Spoilers ahead.

Let’s face it. We all know Tamotsu is both a nerd and an idiot. He lets the nerd show by taking pictures of a figure. Then he lets the idiot form show by breaking said figure. Did I mention it’s Niwaka’s? Yeah, no. Don’t break the small child’s items. She’s your precious little sister Tamotsu, how dare you.

Anyway, in order to get the money to purchase a new figure, Tamotsu decides to become a butler at a maid-themed bar. That sounds fun enough for any nerd. However, with high pay also comes a high price.

Tamotsu ends up basically working himself to death, becoming thinner and more exhausted. However, he continues working himself to death for 17 days straight. I guess the constant “Thank you’s” from staff members were enough to keep him going.

But he gets brought back to his senses by little sis Niwaka, and the real action begins.

I still don’t understand why Tamotsu couldn’t see that his boss was a Bugged One. It honestly made me crack up that the main characters were so shocked by that “big reveal”. It should have been obvious!

And of course, like the end of every episode, all’s well that ends well. Everyone’s happy. And Akiba’s safe, for now. Meanwhile, I still want to know more back story on Matome, and how she became to be what she is. But I’m sure I’m not getting that anytime soon.

I’m lowering my rating a bit to a 2.9 out of 5. Once again, ‘Akiba’s Trip’ has fallen back into its stereotypical routes. I want refreshing content, not the same repetitive stuff. Oh well. I guess I’ll keep watching to see if anything new comes up.

 And just when I thought it was improving…

Spoilers ahead.

You know, I wonder how many people actually read my reviews for ‘KONOSUBA’. I understand that it’s popular, considering I see fan art quite often. So it makes me curious as to how many people just don’t get my negative reviews of this show. Or maybe they do, and I secretly have people on my side who do get me. Who knows.

Anyway, let’s try and not break the fourth wall. Once again, as soon as I get my hopes up for this show improving, those dreams get crushed right in front of me. Yet again, the latest episode of ‘KONOSUBA’ was full of ridiculous things.

So I guess Vanir is actually alive. That’s great, I guess. But he’s not bent on being a villain like he was when he was first introduced, and I’m disappointed by that.

Also, Kazuma gets an upgrade! Wow, it’s about dang time. Because compared to your well-dressed comrades, you’re nothing, Kazuma. Nothing!

I mean, look at that cool katana! Now that’s a katana! It’s a nice katana! Oh, but you don’t want to use it because it gets in the way. Oh. Okay.

And look at this cool armor you can get! You’ll finally stand out and live up to be a great protagonist! Oh, but you can’t even walk in it because you’re a weak baby? Oh. Okay.

Anyway, before I bash on Kazuma too much. The four heroes are given the task of killing Lizard Runners. As usual, they fail at this, and Kazuma even dies.

Now let me say once again that I still haven’t watched the first season of ‘KONOSUBA’. So, this was the first time I’ve seen Eris. And she seems so cute and interesting! Why can’t the series just end with Kazuma deciding to spend the rest of his days with her, even if that means dying? Grr.

But of course he comes back for more antics. Boy oh boy, I can’t wait to see them all continue to fail at their jobs.

So I’ll lower my rating a bit to a 2.5 out of 5. The same concepts are happening over and over. Kazuma’s weak. The girls each have their own issues. I get it. Also, Vanir was cool, so why ridicule him by making him wear an apron?

I thought Darkness was innocent? Guess not.

So I’m just going to throw this out there. As far as watching ‘KONOSUBA’ goes, I hopped straight into Season 2 with little knowledge on the first season. And for the first three episodes of the second season, I thought Darkness was such a pure and strong soul. I never dreamed that the only character I liked was actually a masochist. Oh boy, I love twists. I guess.

Anyway, if you couldn’t guess from the first paragraph, Darkness returns in Episode 4 in a revealing outfit. Why must this show insist on extreme fanservice? Why?

We learn that Darkness needs help in getting out of an arranged marriage. Kazuma comes up with the plan of Darkness attending the marriage meeting and then purposefully ruining it. However, after hearing he can get a reward from Darkness’s father by keeping her in check, Kazuma tries to prevent Darkness from ruining it.

So yeah. I couldn’t believe what I was watching as I watched the character that I thought had the most sensibility out of anyone turn into a masochist who dreams of perverted fantasies and abusive relationships. Okay. Just what this show needed. More strange character traits and unneeded fanservice. Great.

I won’t reveal how the arranged marriage situation goes. But I’m just still in a bit of shock that Darkness is like this. Remember, I came into Season 2 having not watched the first season. And I know some people will scoff at me for that. But I wanted to focus my reviews solely on the second season, without any reflection on the first one. Which, if it’s anything like the second season, the first season is probably garbage too.

I’m honestly questioning if I should continue to review ‘KONOSUBA’ because of all the aspects I don’t like of it. But then I remember that “Hey, at least it’s not like ‘Akiba’s Trip’, where it follows a really boring and linear plot!”

*sigh* And my hopes were up after Episode 3 of this show. Dang it.

So here’s to lowering my rating to a 2.5 out of 5. No wonder this parallel world anime is never discussed. It’s not ‘Re:Zero’. It’s not ‘Sword Art Online’. It’s just a perverted show that over sexualizes women. Also, why does Kazuma sound like a thirty-year-old man? Seriously, this kid’s probably what, 18? Why give him such a deep voice?

Update: His seiyu is 40 years old. Well that makes sense.