Lets talk about what this show is and what it is not. This show is not about a CGI bear. It is not about hunting trips. It is not about Russo-Japanese politics from a century ago. Those things are in the show, but they are not what the show is.

What half of the show is, is action and characters moving plot. And that is exactly what I enjoy most when starting a new anime; that hooks me instantly and keeps me coming back for more. The other half of the show is comedy that is actually funny to me, I laughed out loud so many times during season1 (tho I could maybe see like a female not vibing with it, a lot of dick jokes and bathroom humor). The way the storyteller go back and forth between life or death seriousness into a funny moment is really well done and almost always worked on me. Just when things get super intense, the author surprises you with a laugh. And as soon as you get comfortable laughing it up, the author throws you into the most serious of situations.

There is actually another thing going on in this show when we are not doin those two things and its something you might not expect or think is gonna be cool, which is little lessons on hunting and cooking. Give it a chance, even if it is not for you, there is a lot of good entertaining information in these parts of the story. You might go into these parts uninterested, but if you have an open mind you also might come away from these parts really enjoying yourself and learning something (like I did). Personally, I just really fuck with all 3 of the things this show spends time doing; it's a perfect type of show for me.

Now it took me a while to pick my fav character; I wanted it to be Sugimoto but he is too much like myself (except for the badass and immortal parts), and I hate myself sometimes so it can not be him. I'm goin with Asirpa all the way no regrets. Tanigaki was my biggest surprise turn around character that I did not expect to like but really did. Tsurumi is a scary and weird and unique villain and def my fav antag (I think about this guy the most after the show is over, w.e that means) with Hijikata right behind him just because I really like his motive. And I'm calling them villains but there is a lot of anti-hero feelings in this show. I think it is interesting how those two antag' dreams seem more grand and world changing and like they could help or hurt the people of japan a lot while our protag' dreams feels selfish yet benign.

Finale left me wanting; for this type of show I expected something... idk bigger? more consequential? It kinda went like a gag route; told me this is gonna be a long story. Sometimes I felt like we were spending a lil too much time away from Sugimoto and Asirpa, but most of the time we did that the other characters were interesting enough to handle it. And I'm sure its in service of a larger story to come in s2 and 3. Couldnt skip either OP or ED on any epi, just too good.