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The Best and Worst Anime of Fall 2017

I often find myself developing a kind of relationship with my streaming review shows, though the type of relationship varies widely from one title to another. In the case of Blend S, I felt like the exasperated parent of a persistently underachieving child. This slice of life comedy was intensely frustrating in its inconsistency, displaying flashes of potential one week only to fall flat on its face seven days later. Its rare but enjoyable high points made it all the more vexing to watch so many episodes settle for being bland and forgettable. I kept hoping that Blend S would get its act together, but it never really did. In some ways, a series that lets its potential go to waste is worse than one that never had any to begin with.

Typically, there had already been previous discussion that you could point to, but Blend S wasn't covered by ANN so there isn't any previous established dialogue.

Gonna have to ask Paul to come in and defend his criticism of Blend S.

This is vague, obtuse, and meaningless. What was it that made it flash potential? What was it that caused it to fall on its face? When writing critique, it's crucial to provide actual examples otherwise it simply falls flat as critique. Typically, there had already been previous discussion that you could point to, but Blend S wasn't covered by ANN so there isn't any previous established dialogue.