Here was another episode I found entertaining and suspenseful, but I confess I find myself having a relatively hard time figuring out exactly what just happened. Whether this is an issue with the adaptation or the manga I‘m not sure, but I don’t think all of that obfuscation is intentional. […] Read more
Tons of interesting stuff this week, but first things first – who would have thought it was actually the good Yuno we’ve been watching until this week? On balance I think this is a very compact, lean episode of Mirai Nikki. This conclusion to the arc fit perfectly into the […] Read more
Shakugan no Shana III – 09 Alas, poor Fecor – we knew him well. It appears as if our goatish friend (who frankly always seemed a bit of a bumbler to me, and was generally dissed by The Trinity) was offed by Tenroku, the mystes who created the Nietono no […] Read more
Miura is dumb. Hattori is good. That is all. As much as I liked Bakuman’s first season, it’s just astonishing how much better this show has gotten. It’s become genuinely exciting each and every week, and furthermore, it really gets my blood boiling in righteous indignation. I love the realism […] Read more
Hisoka is making a case as the character who gets the most out of his screen time of any this season. You don’t see him much, but the trail of devastation he leaves in his wake is pretty impressive. I was a little surprised by the direction this episode took, […] Read more
After three blessed weeks of almost none, we endure an episode dedicated almost entirely to Ume. And it seems to have achieved the impossible – it made me hate her more. You don’t want to hear me go on and on about how awful a character Ume is, so this […] Read more
I certainly hope Gonzo has those little financial issues worked out, because they dropped a whole lot of yen on CGI with this episode. I’ll leave it to the military history buffs and technogeeks to dissect the relative merits of The Slivius’ armaments and defenses vs. The Silvana’s, etc. That […] Read more
And so, not even Fate/Zero is immune to the creeping scourge that is moe… I figured Urobuchi Gen would have found a way to indulge his lolicon fetish at some point during the writing of this story, so It’s just as well we get it out of the way now […] Read more
Today’s Inami hairclip meter: shooting star, clockwork mouse. And this is me fainting from seeing Popura in her sailor school uniform. Please – give me more! Without further ado, here’s the weekly recap of Working signature moments: “I’m off to tell everyone!” “Get back to work, Idiot!” “I doubted Sato-san […] Read more
complete this sentence: Kodaka x… Sena crushed Yozora by exactly 2-1, with Rika a very distant third. Kobato makes a late surge to nip Yukimura and stay out of last place. Though I doubt we’ll see a romance end for the anime, I do think this show will get a […] Read more