In an era of Shounen Jump when so many battle Shounen are either rushed, axed or meander around losing the point of their premise, it's really cool to see Satoshi Mizukami cook up something with such an interesting plot structure, thematic backbone and deliver on all of that perfectly from start to finish. From S1's portrayal of imposter syndrome, spiral of hatred and what it means to be a human or something other to S2 interrogating what it means to be strong, accepting your own weaknesses and realizing that all of us are worth something to someone else. That someone can be loved, nomatter who they are. The series constantly grapples with these motifs and comes to very worthwhile conclusions in the end. I particularly adore how well the series tackles its exposition and how much it uses action more as a set dressing to far more impactful character moments.

Only took a decade for Mizukami to get a worthwhile adaptation and boy did White Fox cook. It wasn't really a sakuga fest most of the time, but consistently good drawings and debut director Masahiro Aizawa's background as an animation director and key animator really gave the show a strong sense of direction. Fantastic storyboards, lovely use of color scripts ala someone like Masashi Ishihama's directorial works and a resourceful production all around.
Shigeyasu Yamauchi's episodes were a particular highlight for me. I hope to see him around more outside of his works with studio MASSKET.

It's just good to see a 35 episode production these days when most long form Manga that aren't turbo popular get scrunched into episodes far fewer than needed to accommodate all of it.

Spirit circle adaptation next, White fox?