Fated rival, check. This was very much a form check episode for Haikyuu. Check the boxes for fated rival (team and individual), training camp, and Kaji Yuuki. None of them were too surprising, but surprises aren’t really the fuel that powers the car with Haikyuu anyway. This is very much […] Read more
Who would have thought a bunt could be so emotional? I must confess that I’m liking Todoroki Raizou more and more as Yakushi’s appearance in Ace of Diamond plays out. Part of it is the fact that his admittedly dysfunctional relationship with Raichi is increasingly looking to be less abusive […] Read more
That might be the best shota vs. obaba showdown since Killua vs. Bisky (ironically). I hope this one has a different outcome. Apart from a couple of wayward steps in the middle, Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii has been consistently pretty damn good, and it’s shaping to finish up with what […] Read more
A squirrel or a bust – which would you choose, Akari? Sidonia no Kishi – 10 I’m quite stumped as to where Sidonia no Kishi is headed with only three episodes left. The story is definitely still in the expansion phase with no signs of that reversing soon, and the […] Read more
Anything that makes me think of Gingitsune is a good thing. It’s really heating up in Tokyo, but any sunny day in June almost demands to be taken advantage of because they’re so rare. And that’s all the more true when it coincides with the big weekend of the Hie […] Read more
I don’t know what I can add to an episode like that, really. That’s what anime perfection looks like. I would strongly advise aspiring anime directors to avoid watching this week’s Mushishi. I think the instinctive reaction would be, “What’s the point after someone has already done that?” In an […] Read more
It’s podcast time again, but this time yours truly joins into the host club! Can robot skeletons and pantomime horses be far behind? Read more
Who knew that Peco was Saint George all along? I can’t say this turn of events has been anything but predictable – the true course of Ping Pong has been laid in for much of the series, and it was only a question of how we were going to get […] Read more
Whatever else you might say about Hitsugi no Chaika, it does seem to be heading in the right direction. I can’t shake the feeling that I’m in the middle of a D & D module when I’m watching an episode of Hitsugi no Chaika – one of the good eps, […] Read more
The verdict is clear. Though honestly, there are so many spoilers in the comments section and Twitter that I’m not sure it makes a lot of difference whether I read the manga or not… How Should Guardian Enzo cover the Hunter X Hunter Manga? Read more