Watashi ga Motete Dousunda ends pretty much as it existed for its entire run – a solidly entertaining series that never fully took the plunge into exploring the serious implications of its storyline and characters. Read more
Digests
Weekly Digest 12/17/16 – Watamodou, Drifters
Truthfully, there are large parts of this episode of Drifters about which the less is said, the better Read more
Weekly Digest 12/10/16 – Watamodou, Drifters
It’s almost as if the whole “St. Germin” subplot has been inserted to remind us that the prejudice-free world Kubo envisioned for Yuri on Ice certainly doesn’t exist in anime yet. Read more
Weekly Digest 12/03/16 – Watamodou, Drifters
No question about it, there are some brain cells behind Drifters. Read more
Weekly Digest 11/26/16 – Watamodou, Drifters
Drifters is like a bad light novel crashed into a really smart historical manga and their DNA got mangled together somehow. Read more
Weekly Digest 11/19/16 – Watamodou, Drifters
OK, we’ve pretty much given ourselves over to silliness at this point. Read more
Weekly Digest 11/12/16 – Watamodou, Drifters
Despite his being arguably the most played-out historical figure in anime, this take on Oda feels fresh and believable. Read more
Weekly Digest 11/5/16 – Watamodou, Girlish Number, Drifters
I’ll say this for Chitose: if you believe Japanese colloquialisms, she’ll never get a cold. Read more
Weekly Digest 10/29/16 – Drifters, 12-sai, Watashi ga Motete Dousunda
I normally don’t take longer than four episodes to make up my mind about a series, but I don’t think I’m quite there yet with Drifters. Read more
Weekly Digest 10/21/16 – Haikyuu!! Season 3, Drifters, Watashi ga Motete Dousunda
It was a classic edition of Haikyuu this week, right in the series’ sweet spot. Read more