Josh – I was fearing just about the worst going into this series.  I wasn’t particularly fond of A Certain Magical Index, but I hoped that since this series centered around one of the few characters in that series I actually liked (Mikoto), I was also hopeful it would turn out OK.  Unfortunately so far, my worst fears were no where near as bad as what this series has ended up being after two episodes.

I was nice to see some railgun action in the second episode, but so far the series has been nothing but creepy fan service by Kuroko towards Mikoto.  This is quite unfortunate since, with her powers, Kuroko has the potential to be a pretty awesome character, but instead she’s been turned into a dirty old man inhabiting a middle schooler’s body.

This isn’t (so far) the worst series I’ve seen, but if the creators are intent on going the disturbing fan service route in lieu of the cool esper power action route, then I’d be very, very tempted to ditch this show, something which I almost never do.

This was the last show I picked up for viewing this semester, mainly because I didn’t have very much on my list and I was already aware of the characters.  Unfortunately, it shows.

Polaryzed - I really liked the beginning of the first series, but I thought that it fell apart around half way through.  The one highlight was Mikoto and her ‘sisters’, so I was glad that they brought her back for a spin-off.

That being said, there hasn’t really been much substance to this show.  It’s mostly centered around Kuroko’s yuri-tastic antics.  And while this has been entertaining (especially the pantsu discussion), it also hasn’t been great either.  I will continue to watch this the same way I kept watching Index, hoping that something more will come out of it.  But so far, this show gets a ‘meh’ from me.  Maybe if they pick up more with her rail gun ability in more than an obscure Touma scene and put some plot behind it.  Even Index was at least broken into plot arcs.