Welcome to the Barakamon I know, and haven’t seen as much of as I expected or hoped. To say that this was the best episode of Barakamon since the premiere seems self-evident to me, though I’m certain not everyone will agree. The effect of it, though, is that it feels […] Read more
Even if this isn’t the end, that was still a nice callback to the beginning. Because of the two-cour (for now) extension for the Daiya no A anime, we happily don’t have to look at this as the series wrapping up – along with Yowamushi Pedal it will carry the […] Read more
Well – never let it be said that Aldnoah.Zero didn’t end its first season with a bang… A couple of thoughts just to start with… Yes, I believe she’s really dead this time. She better be, or credibility destruction is complete. As I said once already – Slaine shot first. […] Read more
“The x Perfect x Team” Episode 71 is one of those that fans of the manga and the 1999 series had circled on their calendar even before they knew what episode it was going to be. In short, this was the legendary dodgeball game – probably the most talked-about sequence […] Read more
Now that’s how you end a cour, right there. I don’t know what’s going to happen as regards Argevollen and my blogging schedule next season – there are a lot of variables at play here, both in terms of what happens with the show itself and otherwise. But given that […] Read more
Never in my life have I been so happy to see an oxygen mask… I’m going to keep this pretty brief, as I’m starting to see Zankyou no Terror as a bit of a broken record. Just how much this week’s episode resembled last week’s episode is pretty astonishing: really […] Read more
“Hostage x and x Hostage” There are many different definitions of brutality – and sooner or later, Hunter X Hunter gets around to demonstrating most of them. But fundamentally this series is about psychological brutality more than any other kind, and that’s the heart of the unbelievably tense and suspenseful […] Read more
As endings to manga adaptations go, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like that one. It’s been a crazy week in the world of Tokyo Ghoul. Not only was the anime ending in a blaze of hyper-pacing with rumors of a possible continuation (at this stage based on […] Read more
“Kurapika’s x Darkest x Hour” There were many Kurapika-centric episode from this arc that merited a special call-out – he’s the protagonist for most of it, after all. So why this one? I could start by talking about what a great episode it was, but if that was the standard […] Read more
Whatever Watanabe Wataru decides to write next, you can pretty much sign me up now. Not to be a broken record, but you can pretty much guess what happened on Majimoji Rurumo this week. We had an oft-used trope that would normally be anywhere in a brought range from routine […] Read more