(Average+) Bagel Girl

Series in one sentence:
Fat makes your voice low and dopey.

Series in more sentences:
A mistreated, grubby introvert, down on his luck ever since he suffered a violent high school incident, wakes up one day with a body that's not his.
Now a beautiful young woman, he befriends a girl from the internet who thinks he's transgender and underwent recent surgery, thus to be in need of some female guidance.

Meanwhile, strange possessions show up at his house and vivid nightmares urge him to find out if there's a deeper meaning to them and his transformation.

I expected a comedy with non-stop perversion, like animes like to do, but this ended up being something completely different.
The easiest route it could've taken was to have the main character go back to his abusive workplace, now looking like a bombshell, and become the star of the joint, but instead, there was a whole murder mystery plot.

I liked it, but the villain was an idiot who turned totally oblivious people into witnesses by barking his guilt at them for no reason, then gave them way too many opportunities to get out of their hostage predicament.
I also didn't think his reason for killing a person was warranted, but well, some people are that petty.

The romance plot with the doctor was something to get excited about, but I'm not seeing how the main character managed to swoon him after all the antics he pulled. He visibly charmed him once or twice over very trivial matters, and every other time the guy looked confused or nervous. Their one date was an absolute shit show, it would've turned off any normal person.
It was also a bit weird this doctor chose to wait around for the real girl to wake up in the hospital. She doesn't know who you are, fool, you established all you know about her through another person.

The whole soul-swapping and haunted ghost element I didn't understand, the series did not explain how it happened or who cast this "spell", and doesn't introduce any other supernatural elements in the story. The characters live in an otherwise normal world, so an explanation would've been nice.

(Average) Backflip!!

Series in one sentence:
Backflip!!! On Ice! Except not fun.

Series in more sentences:
A young man with no strong desires or hobbies one day witnesses a gym performance and becomes enthralled. He eagerly joins the gym club, maintained by the performers he saw that day, and tries his best to keep up with the professionals whilst they prepare for the upcoming competition.

What a basic, boring ride.

The main character is bland, his motives rushed, and he wasn't on screen all that often. The show claimed early on he's able to learn moves by just watching, and so I expected this guy to be a backflip sponge and develop into a frighteningly talented rival within mere days and take over the industry like he were a character from Kuroko's Basketball, but.. no. He's just instantly part of the team, able to keep up with boys who've had years of practise, whilst nothing about him stands out while he's doing his thing.
In fact, nothing about any of the characters stands out. They all jump around the same way, roll around the same way, sway their arms the same way.

In one episode, the main character's blandness is brought up, but instead of fixing that, the camera cuts away to the overload of other characters who already have a distinguished personality. It was hilariously sad.
The next episode focusses on the boy's inability to do a steady handstand, making you think he's still an incompetent member they rushed into things out of desperation, but during the competition, you see him jumping around like he's been a gymnast for years.

There's no real conflict in this anime, every problem is more or less solved immediately, or was never a problem to begin with.

The performances, when shown in full, were really boring to sit through. I started skipping them at one point. Yuri!!! On Ice was clever enough to cut away or dump voice-overs over it, but Backflip's camera lingers on a bunch of semi-3D animated kids flailing around on music that's getting drowned out by the sound of limbs dropping on gym mats.
For people who are not already interested in the sport, I don't think this'll keep their attention.

I feel nothing for these characters and their journey, the things that do grab your attention are not explored, and the relationships are surface level, would not recommend this to anyone. Unless, again, you are really into the sport.

(Average+) Oddtaxi

Series in one sentence:
You know something doesn't add up when they tell you the parents of a walrus drowned.

Series in more sentences:
A listless taxi chauffeur does his business driving all kinds of animals around the city, but as anyone can make use of his services, it doesn't take long for him to find himself involved with a series of crime mysteries.

Most people who've watched this might think my score is rather low. Don't get me wrong, the story ended up captivating me and there was a fantastic twist, but the beginning bored me.
Originally, I planned to skip Oddtaxi after the first 2 or 3 episodes, I simply had way more exciting anime waiting for me to finish and start on.

There are actually two twists at the end, and one warrants a second season, yet the other pretty much cancels out the possibility, as it revealed the show's gimmick. I wonder what the plan is going to be here.

If a new season comes, I'll definitely watch it, and if you're in the mood for a detective mystery, go watch this.