Domestic na Kanojo: I don't like sluts, so a story about two slutty sisters moving into a house and throwing a helpless boy's heart around with their contradictory signals isn't what I'd classify as entertainment. Fail.
Mahou Shoujo Tokusen Asuka: The art style is bad, it's too gory, and worst of all, it's unrealistic. The world is not simply engulfed in violence and terror. You can live out your entire life and never get in a fight, much less an 'incident.' Especially in Japan, the safest place on Earth. Any story that pretends that isn't the case for the convenience of the plot just isn't trying hard enough. Fail.
Grimms Notes the Animation: A derivative work. Based off old fairy tales, a group of questers interact with various npc's who continuously replay their slated story, and fight weird aberrations that pollute the scene. So episodic, unoriginal, and pointless. Character growth can never occur via npc interactions, much less fighting stupid bugs in the programming. Fail.
Bermuda Triangle: Mermaids are cute, so a mermaid centered anime is a good idea. I like that they stay underwater this time, and live as fish-tailed girls through and through. Their ability to drink tea underwater, and pour drinks underwater, confuses me, but I suppose the series was never meant to be taken so seriously as to worry about such details. Pass.
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: This series is pretty and funny but its initial premise is bad. In truth, if a girl shows no interest in a guy for long enough, especially a popular guy who has prospects elsewhere, he'd just ignore her and aim for someone else. Any pretty and devoted girl will do, so there's no point waiting around for 'miss perfect.' As such, this 'impasse' would never happen. To make matters worse, the only way the misunderstanding isn't cleared is the continuous divine intervention of the author, which keeps kicking the can down the road at the end of every skit. It just feels too unnatural how the secretary always bails them out from having to explain their feelings to each other. Fail.
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai: First off, this isn't anime, it's fully cg. Second off, the characters are rude and annoying. Third, the fight scenes are uninspired and dull. Fourth, the plot and setting make absolutely no sense. Fail.
Endro: Finally, a real anime. I'm so tired of all this cg crap. The art is wonderful, the girls are cute, and most of all the story is hilarious. I also love the innocence of this story. It's actually set in a fantasy world where the people believe in the fantasy they are living out, it isn't just a story to them. This is the life they've always known. The complete opposite of Grimms Notes. Pass.
That sums up the winter season. 12 is a good haul, better than the excellent fall 2018 season. We're pretty much living the dream right now.
Here's the good anime that's currently airing this season and is worth at least a try, in the order of how exciting each episode is week to week (not in the order of how good the series is overall, which would favor older/longer series too much):
1. SAO S3
2. Fairy Tail S3
3. Index S3
4. Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
5. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta-ken
6. One Piece
7. BanG Dream! 2nd
8. Endro
9. Yakusoku no Neverland
10. Hugtto Precure
11. Bermuda Triangle
12. Bolt
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