Things just got real. This was a very odd episode of Daiya no A. It meandered through a alarmingly random subplot that seemed to drop out of nowhere, mixed in a larger than normal dollop of comedy, and seemed to be going nowhere of particular importance. But I hope you […] Read more
Well – if the relationship can survive this… It’s interesting watching Baby Steps while one of the grand slams is going on, as the French is at the moment. The players here are obviously at a very different stage of their journey, but there are a lot of elements from the real […] Read more
It’s hard not to see the echoes of history in Arslan Senki, but that’s no coincidence. When Tanaka Yoshiki started the Arslan Senki novels (he’s still writing them, though the events of this episode were written more than two decades ago) the Taliban didn’t even exist as a named organization, […] Read more
Sidonia no Kishi is starting to resemble one of the strangest reality shows you’ll ever see. Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki – 08 On the face of it, not a whole lot of ink need be spilled over this episode of Sidonia no Kishi. It was a sitcom ep […] Read more
Shows like Kekkai Sensen are the reason I got into anime in the first place. Blood Blockade Battlefront just keeps finding new ways to impress me. I wouldn’t say this is a great anime season by any stretch, but I do like the fact the top tier of shows span […] Read more
Now we’re cooking. In ways both material and philosophical, this adaptation of Shokugeki no Souma is almost eerily accurate. It’s even following the manga in starting out as a somewhat forgettable diversion and slowly transitioning into something more, revealing the depths of its own cleverness and perversity along the way. […] Read more
Punchline is definitely one of those shows where it’s better no to ask too many questions. We’re down to the home stretch now – three eps left – so it was a little surprising to get a relatively slow-paced episode after Uchikoshi seemed to be in full plotgasm mode. It […] Read more
Note: Sorry about the lack of caps, but Blogger is having issues yet again. I’m tired of waiting – I’ll post them as soon as the glitch is fixed. Money makes the underworld go round, apparently. At this point I think it would take less time to list the things […] Read more
Note: Sorry about the lack of caps, but Blogger is having issues yet again. I’m tired of waiting – I’ll post them as soon as the glitch is fixed. The relationship between Suna’s screen-time and Ore Monogatari’s effectiveness is not coincidental. This was one of the best episodes of […] Read more
A few hits, a few swings and misses – that’s Diamond no Ace in a nutshell. I’m of mixed mind about the current direction of Ace of Diamond, and this episode pretty clearly illustrates why. On the one hand we’re finally seeing Eijun get a handle on his psychological trauma […] Read more