I’ve already gone on ad nauseum about the interesting trend that seems to have developed with NoitaminA. Just about every season seems to have one heart-warming emotional series and one intellectual, sci-fi/fantasy based series. Every season has one show that attacks the problem of the 11-episode format with a targeted, […] Read more
To my perception, C has pretty much been lost and foundering for a while now. So it really didn’t come as a great surprise or disappointment that the finale had a sort of spent quality to it, as if the opportunity for a real dramatic payoff was already gone, but […] Read more
I suppose it was inevitable that C would come down to a deal between Mikuni and Kimimaro. There’s been such an avalanche of plot these last few episodes that it’s actually a bit difficult to figure out exactly what’s happening in detail, but this much is clear – this looks […] Read more
There’s always been more than a dash of political allegory in C, whether people wanted to admit it or not. I’ll give them credit – I haven’t seen the notion of “mortgaging our children’s futures” depicted quite so literally as it has been here. Of course, things are still insanely […] Read more
Or, “Singapore’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” Things are certainly happening, but a little too quickly for my tastes. This seems to be a recurring theme with NoitaminA – in any given season one show will have a game plan for the 11-episode format that really works, and […] Read more
So that was a switch – but then, given the frequent directional changes for this show, a logical narrative progression from the prior episode would actually have been the real switch. It’s almost as if the episodes were tossed onto the floor and were picked up and aired in random […] Read more
It seems to me that this was a sort of placeholder episode for C – seemingly a dangerous venture for an 11-episode series. We had some nice moments, especially with Mashu. There was a new character introduces, and a fairly interesting dilemma played itself out. But in the end not […] Read more
C is a truly fascinating series, if only sporadically really engaging. Maybe it pales in comparison to it’s NoitaminA stable-mate, AnoHana, but it shouldn’t be dismissed as a result of that. Every episode sparks serious consideration of what’s happening and what the implications are, and there aren’t many shows I […] Read more
Not too much change here, really. C continues to be a fascinating intellectual exercise that isn’t quite connecting as a dramatic venture. But there was some progress on that front, as the story of Kimimaro’s teacher packed more emotional punch in half an episode than the hero’s has in four. […] Read more
I’m really trying hard to get invested in C. It’s an interesting premise and has a great pedigree, and it’s not as if there’s been anything to dislike in the first three episodes. It’s a flashy, cool and eye-catching show. But for whatever reason, there’s some element that’s missing for […] Read more