“Sister-Bride” It seems an odd thing to say about any Mori Kaoru chapter – especially one with so many curves – but as I was reading “Sister-Bride” it struck me that the art wasn’t quite up to Mori-sensei’s usual standard. Or at least that it was different, somehow. Maybe it’s […] Read more
Every so often Killua reminds us of the first line of my post from way back at Episode 33… This has been an amazing trip, this “Chimera Ant”. I look back now and it’s been almost exactly a year since the journey started (Episode 76, to be precise) and to […] Read more
There are a lot of questions about Yowamushi Pedal’s future, but none about this: it’s one of the best anime of the last year. Without a doubt, there are plenty of reasons to feel optimistic about Yowameda’s future as an anime. It’s sold quite well (it will likely average about […] Read more
Oh yeah, Yokoi is hopelessly ensnared now. Tonari no Seki-kun – 19 The little show that could just keeps delivering. This is very much the same sort of impact the manga has – it’s just these brilliant little observations one right after the other, wearing down your resistance until you’re […] Read more
“Laws of Gods and Men” There are certain episodes of Game of Thrones which make me think it would be better not to write these posts at all, because it’s awfully hard to talk about them without spoiling a lot of very important stuff. And this is one of those, […] Read more
There’s something deeply wrong about this series, and I hope there’s no cure. As always, Gokukoku no Brynhildr delivers on the meme material. This time around: “Her hands and feet are still attached, so she she should be fine.” Maybe the best part about that, though, was that Ryouta reacted […] Read more
Looks like Kaori-chan better watch her back – she has some competition in the Hase department. Can a single character – or seiyuu performance – ruin an otherwise good show for someone? It’s an interesting question, and in the abstract my experience tells me that the answer is absolutely “yes” […] Read more
Never, ever underestimate the importance of simple, straightforward fun. It would be hard to overestimate just how infectious Haikyuu is. Six episodes in and it hasn’t lost any of the momentum it blew onto the scene with in the full-bore premiere – there have been a few gradients of success, […] Read more
Baby Steps is still Baby Steps, and I couldn’t be more pleased. Before we begin, this seems like the right post to pass along congratulations to Nishikori Kei, who this week achieved a major milestone – he became the first Japanese man to break into the Top 10 in the […] Read more
The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but straight lines just aren’t the way of BONES sci-fi. We’re getting there, slowly but surely – the pieces are starting to fit together with Captain Earth. I admit there were a few things I completely got wrong – […] Read more