Nagai and Kuroda-sensei have been spending most of this series making difficult tasks look easy, so it’s no surprise that they should prove more than up to that last great challenge – the ending. One thing you’ll never be able to do is please everyone, and I’m sure there will […] Read more

Depending on your point of view, this was probably the episode of Ano Natsu de Matteru you were either eagerly anticipating or dreading. When a science-fiction series is down to the last two eps and there’s been relatively little science fiction in it, you have to figure something is likely […] Read more

I knew as soon as the first shot after the credits was a shot of Rinon that we were in for a major plot shake-up… For about 23 minutes it looked as if we were more or less looking at a finale centered around the triangle, with the main pairing […] Read more

I think what Ano Natsu is doing is basically telling the creators other romcom anime, “By the way, you suck.  This is how you do it – watch carefully so you’ll know when you see it, then go look for jobs in the service industry.” One thing (among many) that […] Read more

Ano Natsu is exactly the same thing every week – just really good.  I’m not sure I can remember a show that could make that look as effortless as this one does. There were some hints that it was going to happen, and indeed – this was the week shit […] Read more

Like a typhoon whipped into a frenzy by warm tropical waters, Kaori and Mizusawa blew threw Okinawa and buffeted everything in their wake. I don’t think you’ll find two minor supporting characters who did more in two episodes that those girls – not only did they make quite an impression […] Read more

I’m not sure I’ve laughed harder this year than I did  when Mio reached back to pull down her skirt… Seriously, does that girl have no shame?  We’ve pretty much confirmed that she’s always nude at home, and she wasn’t shy about sleeping that way in the same room as […] Read more