It would certainly be a stretch to call this episode exciting, but you could pretty much say the same about this entire season of Amagami Lite. There’s a reason most romances and romantic comedies have some sort of conflict – a love triangle, forced separation, illness… To be honest, it […] Read more
I was almost fooled by the last two episodes, but… Let me remind you of a couple of things I said in the post last week: I’m quaking in fear that the person Shinbungi says he’s supposed to get to see if he beats Segai at chess is Gai. That […] Read more
It took me a little while to decide BRS isn’t for me, but BRS isn’t for me. I think we’ve seen an interesting evolution in the way anime’s obsession with teenaged girls (and even preteens) has manifested over the last few years. While for quite a while it was simply enough to […] Read more
“The Way Back Home” It’s nice to get a little reminder of just how great Usagi Drop is. And this extra episode especially reminds me of something else I’ve long felt, that the series is at its best when it focuses on Kouki and Nitani-san – they’re classic examples of […] Read more
Brave 10 – 05 I’m kind of coasting along in a holding pattern with Brave 10. It’s easy to watch and competently produced, but really isn’t doing much to excite me. Somehow the writing feels very by-the-books to me – while the characters have a sort of iconic quality to […] Read more
This formula of alternating between relationship episodes and Karuta episodes was already working quite well, but I was especially pleased by the unexpected turn the tournament took this week. While we got wall-to-wall competitive action this time, some of the familiar themes we’ve seen throughout the series continued to be […] Read more
As anyone with older sisters can tell you, there are no scarier words than “Is this your younger brother?” I’m seeing some complaints about the way girls are portrayed on this show, and to say that I find that ironic would be understatement on the galactic scale. I think girls […] Read more
What a simple formula – turn the camera on a bunch of nice people spending time together, who will inevitably hurt each other without meaning to. Why don’t writers do it more often? I have to give JC Staff credit where it’s due. They’ve gotten their share of criticism from […] Read more
I’m with Nyanko-sensei on this one – I love festivals. If I have any minor quibble with the fourth season, it’s that it’s been a little light on the Nyanko-sensei this far. That was corrected in a big way this week as Madara moved front and center for the first […] Read more
It was frankly amazing how many questions were answered this episode. But that doesn’t mean all the answers Mei gave were necessarily the right ones… I’ll get the fanboy stuff out of the way quickly, so we can move on the fun part and speculate: Another is outstanding, and this […] Read more