OK, I can safely go back to not liking Yamato again. Sukitte is definitively a “capital S” shoujo, with all that implies, and one of the things it implies is that there are going to be episodes such as this one. The sort of episode where the characters just drive […] Read more
For a series without special effects or combat or any supernatural powers whatsoever, Bakuman can be incredibly intense sometimes. I have a lot of thoughts as I reflect back on this episode, starting with this one: I really want to know if the Nanaime story is based on a real […] Read more
I’ve never seen an anime romance quite like this one – and I mean that entirely in a good way. As much as any show this year, Tonari no Kabutsu-kun is the one I’m disappointed to see ending when it is. If ever a show had so much more story […] Read more
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Another beautiful display of raw theatricality from Zetsuen no Tempest. Completing the transition from “Hamlet” to “The Tempest” Yoshino casts himself in the role of Ariel this week – the spirit who acted as the agent of the wizard Prospero and helped carry out his grand plans. There are others […] Read more
Enter Nishizono Mio (formally, anyway), and she’s quite different than the other cast members we’ve met so far. You’ll have to forgive the brevity of this post. In addition to this being finals week at my language school (Kanji alone would take more study time than I spend awake on […] Read more
This week’s Hunter X Hunter had me wrestling with a dilemma of sorts. It’s fair to say that I was looking forward to this ep as much as any anime episode all year, but fate intervened and left me a twisted, wraith-like creature with a bout of food poisoning. So […] Read more
The wait continues… To be honest, I was very tempted to watch the preview first this week, as it was the part of the episode I was most looking-forward to. I went in a little peeved at the way the Mutta storyline is being teased and delayed, which feels cheap […] Read more
Trying to encapsulate an episode like that was always going to be tough, even under ideal circumstances. Shin Sekai Yori is a show that begs serious analysis, but at the moment I just don’t think I’m capable of it. There’s something vaguely surreal about watching such a complex and unsettling […] Read more
After a long, long night, here’s my verdict on food poisoning: I’d give it a pass. Nowhere near as fun as you think. The “before/after” sequence above does a pretty good job showing my physical state over the last two days. After a sleepless night spent repeatedly in prayer to […] Read more