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Two more mini write-ups for airing anime. These are only placeholder rankings and I'll finalize them once they finish.

168: Luminous Witches
This is the second spinoff from Strike Witches after Brave Witches, and obviously I'm enjoying it a lot more than either one of those. So far it has almost nothing to do with the war against the Neuroi. It's basically just an idol show. The Luminous Witches are ones who weren't any good at fighting so they formed a band to help morale instead. I may hate the Neuroi and find the WW2 ripoff setting uninspired, but idols raising the peoples spirits during a war is a fresh idea. The magic of the witches allows for some new things in an idol performance, too. The characters aren't super deep, but I'm liking them all well enough so far. I might end up raising this once it's over, but for now I'm still wary that the Neuroi will find a way to come back into focus and ruin it.

167: Shine Post
This is another idol anime, but a far more standard one than Luminous Witches. Three girls in an unpopular idol unit get a new manager. The twist here is that the manager can tell when people are lying, which... isn't the greatest twist and hasn't been used for much so far. Most of the lies have obvious context clues, he really shouldn't need a magical aura to tell. Other than that, it's a typical idol anime. They practice, overcome their doubts, grow closer, perform in shows, etc. The production is surprisingly competent. I just don't see Shine Post as being anything special yet. I'm the sort of person who enjoys even the most generic idol anime, but this is as high as it can go in my ranking unless the second half can convince me it has some heart.