I guess we should take pleasure in small favors, especially when that’s all we’re likely to get. I’m pretty much hanging on like grim death at this point. I’ve been blogging Oreimo for 27 episodes and we’re only 2 away from the TV end so I just don’t have the […] Read more
So far, the only light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. “The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way of our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness. […] Read more
Cue the violins… I’m not a fan of the Amanti fortunetelling plotline for reasons I’ve already discussed in these pages. It’s a racial stereotype, it’s a stretch of credulity, it’s been dragged out way too long. In short, it’s a thread that allows this very good show to indulge some […] Read more
It’s nice to see some forward movement, and it’s mostly thanks to one character. I’m kind of torn about Dot Pixis, for the same reasons I’m of two minds about this episode itself. I’m beginning to see now why Attack on Titan is apparently infamous among manga readers for the […] Read more
Kingdom slips quietly in on little cat feet, almost unnoticed… Kingdom is a series I’m really torn on as a blogger. I kick myself for dropping it, because I did so just when it was getting really good and mostly missed out on talking about one of the bravura seiyuu […] Read more
Let the tears flow – they’ve been building for a long time. “Frustration won’t last forever. Nobody can keep on going without some measure of reward.” Harada-sensei (I remain puzzled by his absence at this event) thought those words in episode 20 of the first season – possibly the most […] Read more
Who would have thought we’d see a Hideauze cameo in Majestic Prince? After the ugliness of today’s other mecha show, the issues raised by GKMP seem positively quaint and reassuring – but they’re right in the mainstream for this kind of series. Majestic Prince as usual just goes along, doing […] Read more
I’ll say this much for Valvrave the Liberator – it gives you plenty of reasons to love it and plenty of reasons to hate it, but it sure makes it hard to be neutral. Valvrave is certainly the most kitchen-sink ready of all the series this season – maybe of […] Read more
From one extreme last week to the other this. I’ve said this before, but I think I like Hataraku Maou-sama better when the focus is on the comedy and not the larger plot. It’s a pretty good plot, actually – very good in fact – and these dramatic episodes certainly […] Read more