You say you don’t like Onoda-kun? And how long have you been a terrorist? I’m not going to go so far as to say “a sports series is only as good as the main character”, because of course it’s not so simple. Great sports manga and anime have a lot […] Read more
The sheer depth of wrongness you get from any one episode of Gokukoku no Brynhildr is truly impressive. There was a chain of events late in this episode that really sums up for me why this series is so delightfully unhinged. In uninterrupted sequence: Ryouta returns from his meeting with […] Read more
Seems like the reservation for four at Heartbreak Hotel hasn’t been cancelled. In a way, watching kids be casually cruel to each other is more painful than any Urobutcher despair-fest. It’s because it’s something we’ve all seen and experienced in our own lives (much unlike any Gen series I can […] Read more
“May the best man win” can be kind of a misnomer. I’m kind of waiting (though who knows, maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised) for an avalanche of criticism for this episode of Baby Steps because Maruo won his match with Miyagawa. On one level I’d understand it, but I think […] Read more
Fated rival, check. This was very much a form check episode for Haikyuu. Check the boxes for fated rival (team and individual), training camp, and Kaji Yuuki. None of them were too surprising, but surprises aren’t really the fuel that powers the car with Haikyuu anyway. This is very much […] Read more
Who would have thought a bunt could be so emotional? I must confess that I’m liking Todoroki Raizou more and more as Yakushi’s appearance in Ace of Diamond plays out. Part of it is the fact that his admittedly dysfunctional relationship with Raichi is increasingly looking to be less abusive […] Read more
That might be the best shota vs. obaba showdown since Killua vs. Bisky (ironically). I hope this one has a different outcome. Apart from a couple of wayward steps in the middle, Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii has been consistently pretty damn good, and it’s shaping to finish up with what […] Read more
A squirrel or a bust – which would you choose, Akari? Sidonia no Kishi – 10 I’m quite stumped as to where Sidonia no Kishi is headed with only three episodes left. The story is definitely still in the expansion phase with no signs of that reversing soon, and the […] Read more
I don’t know what I can add to an episode like that, really. That’s what anime perfection looks like. I would strongly advise aspiring anime directors to avoid watching this week’s Mushishi. I think the instinctive reaction would be, “What’s the point after someone has already done that?” In an […] Read more
It’s podcast time again, but this time yours truly joins into the host club! Can robot skeletons and pantomime horses be far behind? Read more