Enter the Furuya. Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen – 14 The action is definitely heating up with Argevollen, both on the battlefield and off. It’s becoming quite clear who the real bad guys are here, not that it hasn’t been looking obvious for a while. There’s some new terminology thrown around […] Read more
Better late than never… Diamond no Ace – 51 Thanks to a change in lodgings (with the sisters gone, I’m in a hostel) you can add crappy internet to the list of challenges facing my blogging prospects this week. I’m going to do my best to keep up but the […] Read more
Once more Ace of Diamond creeps forward and looks backward. Let me just begin this post by apologizing for its brevity. My sisters are visiting from America, and as luck would have it, on the day of their arrival I finally caught the cold that’s been sweeping though my school […] Read more
Even if this isn’t the end, that was still a nice callback to the beginning. Because of the two-cour (for now) extension for the Daiya no A anime, we happily don’t have to look at this as the series wrapping up – along with Yowamushi Pedal it will carry the […] Read more
The big question on my mind is, why was Hinata running around outside barefoot? Diamond no Ace – 48 To me, the last few episodes of Ace of Diamond have had the feel of playing for time. While this is obviously the most important game of the series so far […] Read more
Nobody does what Haikyuu!! does this week better than Haikyuu!! does this week. Diamond no Ace – 47 This episode was one that had the feel of marking time to it, though to what extent that might be connected to the relatively late announcement that Daiya no A wouldn’t be […] Read more
Ace of Diamond has definitely found its big bad – and he’s a dumpy little blonde kid. Diamond no Ace – 46 This whole matchup between Ichidai and Sakurazawa had the air of an execution about it from the start, but it was still a little startling how quickly and […] Read more
Sorry, but anyone who doesn’t realize Sugawara is the best Crow fails at life. Diamond no Ace – 45 I swear I had no idea that the coach of Sakurazawa Technical was referred to as “Professor” (Kyouju) when I referred to him last week as a titan (Kyoujin). He just […] Read more
Life – and anime – goes on… Diamond no Ace – 44 Really, the Sensen game has from the beginning been a process of them sliding over and making way for the teams that matter. It’s all about Tanba and Eijun and how they perform, and Sensen was just the […] Read more
Those were the best dumps I’ve seen in ages. Diamond no Ace – 43 It’s no surprise at all that this was the best episode of Diamond no Ace we’ve seen for several weeks. Like any ensemble series it’s better when it focuses on its best characters, but more than […] Read more