I’m not sure, but it’s entirely possible that Accel World has had more crying than any anime since Uchuu no Stellvia… Truth be told, that was a pretty decent finale all things considered. There were absolutely no surprises and it was completely by-the-books, but all the requisite buttons were pushed […] Read more
You have got to be kidding me. I can’t be the only one, can I? After this whole arc being about Haru and Taku finding their own strength and beating Noumi without relying on Kuroyukihime, she shows up and saves them just as they’re about to get their asses handed […] Read more
As often as this Noumi arc has annoyed me, I’ll admit I’m curious to see how it all gets resolved. I hope it’s big and preposterous. Another pretty solid episode, all things considered. Grabbing headlines will be the reference to Sword Art Online, of course – it’s impossible to ever […] Read more
If I had to choose one word to describe this episode of Accel World, it would be “refreshing”. I can honestly say this was the first episode of AW that I’ve really enjoyed from start to finish in at least a month, and probably more – since the current arc […] Read more
It’s not as though this episode did anything especially wrong, but at this point more than anything else I just want this arc to be over. I confess I’m a little surprised that Kuroyukihime wasn’t looped back into the main story this week. It looks as if before this arc […] Read more
Whatever else I might catch a glimpse of once in a while, in the end Accel World is what it is. What did we have in episode 19? Well, a screw turning into a Go-bot. Cute girls being cute. A villain doing bad things because… He’s an asshole, and in […] Read more
If any anime episode ever screamed “side story”, this was the one. While I like Accel World well enough and SAO more, I confess I do see some basis for the complaint that Kawahara-san’s works are a sort of male wish fulfillment. A hyper-realistic VRMMO where most of the players […] Read more
I’m kind of starting to get why AW fans are a bit ragey about this arc – although I wonder if my reasons might be a little different. It’s hard for me to put my finger on why this arc irritates me so much sometimes, apart from the revoltingly weepy […] Read more
That was downright metaphysical by AW standards… Well, without question that was a pretty dramatic change of pace from the last few Noumi-dominated episodes. This was the sort of story that I suspect would have had a lot stronger impact on me if my buy-in to the series were a […] Read more
Anime crying, boy… If you’re going there, you better have earned it. Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate – 03 It would be hard to get any closer to the edge for me with Koichoco in terms of blogging. It’s just barely interesting enough to keep going for the moment, and […] Read more