This episode is more than anything a masterpiece of direction and cinematography. Read more

Shuga is a remarkable young man to be sure – brilliant and totally fearless – but one thing he isn’t is judicious. Read more

It’s at this point where if you listen really closely, you can hear my heart actually start to tear. Read more

And so we reach the moment when Seirei no Moribito gets much more difficult to watch, though no less brilliant. Read more

The last couple of minutes of this episode are among my favorites of this (and thus by definition, any) series. Read more

The tenser things get, the more Chagum runs as cool as those cool blue eyes of his. Read more

You can add “exposition” to the list of things Seirei no Moribito does better than almost any other anime. Read more

This is the moment where Kamiyama Kenji really began to make Seirei no Moribito the anime his own distinct creation. Read more

It’s just so damn good, seriously. Read more

Torogai has all the diplomacy of a dive bar bouncer, but she brings an understanding of events that both the cast and the audience desperately need. Read more