Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show – Episode 1
Necronomico’s premiere has been dogged by word salad subs and AI. And that is a damned shame, because I think there might be a really kick-ass show in here.
Necronomico’s premiere has been dogged by word salad subs and AI. And that is a damned shame, because I think there might be a really kick-ass show in here.
Detectives These Days is playing on a particular fantasy: a man yearning for his adolescent glory days feels he’s over the hill, but a hot young girl pulls him out of his slump and put his fractured ego back together.
Any interesting elements are mushed down by the conventions of the fantasy harem genre that the series is awkwardly fitting itself into.
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