Not more damn analogies, Enzo! When literalism fails you, a writer must look elsewhere for means to get their point across. Togashi-sensei, Koujina and Madhouse keep pushing me, forcing the linguistic equivalent of Chimera-paced evolution in the effort to communicate how mind-bogglingly good this series is. And since Togashi himself […] Read more
Bumping into someone on a bike at high speed is dangerous, you know… I had a feeling about how this “stage” of the inter-highs would turn out, indeed it turned out to be right. With Sohoku winning the sprint and Makishima having exerted an awful lot of energy making up […] Read more
Yokoi wins! Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara – 04 Well now – thinks got pretty serious there for a bit. This is a bit of a funny show, Gaworare is (funny-unusual, though it is pretty funny-“ha ha” as well). It’s uncommon to see a series where the canon plot and […] Read more
Don’t worry, Saori – I’m sure it’s just a cold. Sometimes you just have to accept that what entertains you entertains you, and that’s where I am with Gokukoku no Brynhildr. I could spend all day theorizing on just how straight it’s trying to play it and what its intentions […] Read more
Baby Steps really is a series of paradoxes, and I’m not sure that will serve it well (no pun intended) in reaching its audience. There’s definitely a Yin and Yang quality to the two Sunday supper sports anime this season, and it’s one reason that I worry about Baby Steps. […] Read more
This series is definitely the express to the right side of the brain. I’m noticing an interesting effect with Isshuukan Friends, which is that invariably I find myself much more wrapped up in the second half of an episode than the first. Though this is by no means universal to […] Read more
Like the guy on Jerry’s TV said, you gotta love sports… I was all set to watch Baby Steps after Haikyuu, but after watching the latter I’ve changed my mind. With Diamond no Ace added back into the mix, I think three corker sports anime in one day is simply […] Read more
Are you sure you wanted to take a week off with so much competition, Daiya no A? There’s a great moment of self-parody – no one does self-parody quite like Adachi – in Cross Game (only the manga, sadly) where Aoba is recuperating from her broken leg in the hospital […] Read more
I suppose understanding what was going on for two straight weeks in a BONES sci-fi original was a non-starter… One of the most frustrating yet enticing things about BONES projects like Captain Earth is the constant struggle to try and make sense of all the myriad twists and turns and […] Read more
When in doubt, blame religion… I would say this episode of Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii didn’t work quite as well as the previous three, though I still enjoyed it quite a bit. I think it’s pretty easy to say why, at least for my part. What I enjoy most about […] Read more