Well, Team Chihayafuru managed to drag out the much-anticipated meeting at least one more week. I’m guessing (though maybe not) that I’ll be in the minority in saying Arata should be suspended for the individual tournament. And I give him full credit for saying so himself – Arata is nothing […] Read more
Just because you know something is coming doesn’t mean it can’t have an emotional impact. That pretty much sums up this episode of Psycho-Pass, and doesn’t do a bad job of summing up everything its author has written. Urobuchi Gen is a purposeful writer. That can be a powerful thing, […] Read more
Gar G·A·R See: “Yashio, Kaitou” Honestly, my feeling at the moment is that if someone isn’t satisfied with this episode of Robotics;Notes, they’re probably hopelessly beyond the series’ reach at this point. While there were over-reaches (Sister Centipede’s “death” as a snowburst for one) in the first act I can […] Read more
If it’s done anything at all wrong lately, Zetsuen no Tempest has set the bar impossibly high for its own finale. Let me re-state for the record, I haven’t read the Zetsuen no Tempest manga, so I have no idea how it chooses to wrap up the events in its […] Read more
Whether you’re a psychic or not, it should never come as a surprise that everyone in life is pursuing their own agenda. I think one of the more interesting questions of Kotoura-san, to quote from Watergate days, is “What did Kotoura-san know and when did she know it?” There are […] Read more
They say you only appreciate something once it’s gone, but there’s no danger of that with Shirokuma Cafe. I’m gutted already and we still have two episodes left. This is one of those shows where my affection for it outweighs the amount of time I’ve spent writing about it. […] Read more
As I watch these last episodes of Ginga e Kickoff, the thought that stands out is a very simple one – I’m constantly impressed by just how damn great this show really is. Ginga e Kickoff is over – episode 39 aired last week (as far as I know with […] Read more
In summing up my thoughts about this episode, I can do no better than to quite Riki himself: “What was that??” This was another very solid episode of Little Busters drama, successful because it’s anchored around a character sympathetic enough to pull it off in Kud. A bit too much […] Read more
The buildup to the end continues on all fronts. I mentioned in my Chihayafuru post earlier this weekend that Arata is like the dark matter of the Chihayaverse, in that he has a tremendous impact on the story without actually being seen. Well, it’s pretty obvious that Azuki Miho very […] Read more
The only thing I don’t love about this superb season of Minami-ke is that it’s already almost over. You just can’t have too much Makoto/-chan as far as I’m concerned, but I will say this much: the fact that his appearances (like Hosaka’s) are relatively infrequent gives those episodes a […] Read more