Each rival lands a punch, but it was the right-hander who landed the haymaker. Score one point for each side in the Eijun-Furuya battle, but I’m pretty sure the southpaw would gladly trade his passing marks on his finals for the starting nod in the opener of Koushien qualifying (or […] Read more
I’m more confused than ever about what’s happening with this series, but that was pleasant enough I suppose. Absent any announcement to the contrary I’m still assuming Uchuu Kyoudai is ending (for now) after its 100th episode later this month – it’s certainly the most Occam’s Razor friendly scenario. It […] Read more
Sports is a great character-builder and all, but then there’s that whole “scarred for life” thing too… Gin no Saji really shouldn’t be allowed to take hiatuses (I say delay the Olympics next time) because a week without its soul-restoring unpretentious honesty is too cruel when the show is only […] Read more
I’m buying pretty much everything Hoozuki no Reitetsu is selling at the moment. The development of this series is unidirectional at this stage, and it’s the right direction – it just keeps getting better and better every week. Or else it was this great all along and it’s simply taken […] Read more
At last, the true pairing in Nagi no Asukara has been revealed. Congrats, Tsumugu. It was pretty much a given that Manaka’s return was going to shake up Nagiasu, but she blew through the story like a hurricane. On balance I think the change was very much for the […] Read more
And once again, back from the brink… Well, Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha (by vote on the series” website “InaKon” has been chosen as the official shorthand, if you’re so inclined) seems to have broken the Star Trek curse, at least, and given us a really good episode with an odd […] Read more
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That was pretty random even by WCW standards. Tonari no Seki-kun – 08 Shogi makes a return this week on Tonari no Seki-kun, with the focus this time shifting to family drama. Not surprisingly a story of forbidden love is even more irresistible to Yokoi than Seki-kun’s usual antics – […] Read more
That apology didn’t really sound sincere to me… It’s hard to believe that there’s been complaining about the latest run of episodes of Hunter X Hunter, but there has. In fact, it goes back to the days when the manga first introduced this part of the story. I suppose it’s […] Read more
War is hell, for sure – but that sure as hell wasn’t war. It was a massacre. For the second week in a row Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta presents us with an episode that far exceeds in execution what it offers in conception. The head-heart divide is very much […] Read more