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Anime
Akagami no Shirayukihime – 06
You couldn’t swing a dead squirrel without hitting a prince this week. This has turned out to be quite the interesting anime season. Not a great one by any means, but certainly unusual in that the best series (with some help from spring carryovers) have neatly arranged themselves by genre […] Read more
Shokugeki no Souma – 18
Better late than never, it’s the conclusion of the Karaage Arc. A great episode, but I think I’d rather have the actual karaage. Read more
Arslan Senki – 18
When will the dog learn – this cat has claws… The anime competition is pretty fierce at the moment – Ushio and Tora, Working!!!, Baby Steps and Gangsta have put on a masterful display this week of how to execute their genres and demographics pretty much flawlessly. But let there […] Read more
Gangsta – 06
Of all the myriad Seinfeld quotes that seem to fit every possible situation that presents itself in life, perhaps none is so useful to the anime blogger as “It’s so nice when it happens good.” I’m starting to get that giddy feeling with Gangsta – that one that hits somewhere […] Read more
Baby Steps Season 2 – 19
Poor Sasaki-chan – she’s definitely been broken at love. How do you follow up an emotional blockbuster like last week’s episode of Baby Steps? Well, the answer of course is that you can’t. It’s tough enough to do so in any type of series, but with a sports anime especially […] Read more
Working!!! – 06
A master class in comedy like that is a joy on so many levels. The only thing I didn’t like about this episode of Working is that it takes us one step closer to there being no more episodes of Working. Comedy is somewhat unique in that when it’s at […] Read more
Joukamachi no Dandelion – 06
Things just got a bit real all of a sudden. This was a bit of a surprising episode of Joukamachi no Dandelion – not exactly shocking or anything, but a fair bit more tight-laced than the first five. The humor was played closer to the vest, there was less of […] Read more
Ushio to Tora – 06
There certainly aren’t any beats being missed with Ushio and Tora. After another pitch-perfect episode, I think what it boils down to for me is this: anime-wise it’s possible to do better things than Ushio & Tora is doing, but you can’t do this thing any better than it’s doing […] Read more
Ore Monogatari!! – 18
My God, the cheesecake was the least sweet thing in that episode. We’re long past the point of complaining about the warm and fuzziness of Takeo and Rinko’s relationship – it is what it is. This is not my favorite sort of theme to be honest, but the flipside of […] Read more