Marinate1016

I can’t stress enough how nice it is to get mature workplace relationships in anime. As I get older, I appreciate these stories a lot more and find them to be more relatable than the usual high school rom-coms. Ice Man and His cool Female Colleague was a really cute and fun ride throughout with loveable characters, good banter and some genuinely heartwarming moments . I fell in love with this show from episode 1. The art style is some of the best I’ve seen in the medium, the character designs are very clean and other than the Yokai aspect, the world feels real. It reallydoes a good job of making us feel like we’re in the office with the cast and going about their daily lives with them. Story wise, it’s a very episodic series with the obvious intent being to get the main coupe together and have them bond over daily work/work events. It’s a slow burn story that takes a lot of pride in small incremental victories for the couple. Going on a date, amusement park, etc. Basically, don’t expect anything major. That said, the little cute moments in this show are satisfying, adorable and a great way to wind down after a long day. The cast is small in this anime, but that works in its favour as it allows the side characters to get plenty of shine over the course of 12 episodes. Every ship has cute moments and gets some shine. There’s really not much else to say on the show. What you see is what you get. It’s a cute, fun and wholesome watch with great art, a simple yet satisfying premise and great characters who you will instantly fall in love with. If you’re a romance fan or just an older anime fan who wants a mature and adult cast, this is for you. Ice Man and His Cool Female Colleague gets 10 snowmen out of 10.

vitriolcocktail

The premise for this anime was promising but it fell flat for several reasons. The pacing is horrible. Episodes felt really padded out with filler. Character development feels like it moved at a glacial pace. Did i mention poor character development? 12 episodes in and it feels like things have barely changed. The MC and his love interest act so formally and awkward towards each other even after it seems like they have progressed. The fox woman keeps saying that they've "made progress" but I'm barely seeing it at all. They still behave like awkward teens around each other after an entire season. If you want characterdevelopment you will be disappointed. Even the auxiliary characters feel underdeveloped, the other love plots barely get any air time and are equally underdeveloped after 12 episodes. The characters themselves feel a little dull and one dimensional. Everything we're shown is fairly surface level and it feels kind of depressing how muted and reserved everyone is. The MC's young sister is the only character that really approaches having any sort of interesting personality and she's barely featured. After the hundredth moment where the MC makes a mini blizzard, the gimmick gets stale. Yeah, we get it guys, the MC makes snow when he's emotional. There's nothing groundbreaking about this when his love interest seems to ignore it 99% of the time. The only reason i managed to binge this entire season is because I'm stuck recovering in bed from surgery. If i weren't, I'd have definitely thrown this in the trash after the second or third episode. If you're planning to watch all 12 episodes, set your expectations low or you will be disappointed.