This ep was as if Haikyuu was shotuing “Don’t forget about me!”, and ignoring it would be like kicking a puppy. The sports anime field is a pretty crowded space right now, which is obviously a very good thing. But it does mean Haikyuu had sort of slipped behind the […] Read more
SquareSphere joined the ranks of Patreon patrons last week – many thanks! Squaresphere requested something on Leorio, so here you go… “Ode to a Butt-monkey” He seems useless, but He got mad doc skills. Besides, Someone has to drive Read more
You can skip the well drinks – that was top-shelf stuff right there, the good stuff. This episode of Baby Steps was awesome every day and twice on Sundays, and since it’s Sunday that means it was even more awesome. As I said last week, it was very obvious that […] Read more
The baka looked at the baka from across the diamond, and their eyes met… Episode 35 of Ace of Diamond certainly gave us a long-awaited showdown, but it took an unusual route in getting us there. This was about an interesting outing as I’ve seen for Furuya for starters, and […] Read more
I’ll say this for Sidonia no Kishi – it’s certainly giving us an interesting love triangle. Boy, placenta, and gender unspecified (though there is the annoying overachiever XO Midorikawa in there too). Sidonia no Kishi – 09 There was an interesting development in the world of Sidonia no Kishi this […] Read more
There’s an even more elemental quality than usual to Mushishi lately. If you’ve been an anime fan long enough to remember the first go-around for Mushishi, no one could blame you for feeling a little bit uneasy about the current state of affairs with the series. The final six episodes […] Read more
What defines us – what we are, or how we’re viewed by others? Ping Pong is certainly an interesting study in contrasts. It’s like no other sports anime in so many ways, but structurally it definitely follows the rules – in fact it’s more of a boxing series than anything […] Read more
Tom Watson. Turnberry. 2009. There was quite a bit of lingering doubt in my mind going into this chapter about how I’d feel when the moment of truth came – such is the brilliance of Suetsugu-sensei’s humanization of Suou-meijin. But when those final cards were being read, despite all that […] Read more
This decision isn’t getting any easier. It’s fair to say that I was probably one more mediocre episode away from dropping Hitsugi no Chaika or at least putting it on hiatus. It’s also fair to say that this episode wasn’t mediocre – it was a clear step up from the […] Read more
The end may be in sight, but its form remains expertly hidden. No question about it, this was a significant change of pace from last week’s emotional sledgehammer of an episode. The last two weeks, really, and that’s in an arc that’s already over a year old and has only […] Read more