As Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro has gotten darker and darker it’s gotten more and more compelling, and this episode was very dark indeed. Read more
Digests
Weekly Digest 6/09/20 – Fruits Basket 2nd Season, Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro
Momiji really is the great pretender. Read more
Weekly Digest 6/02/20 – Fruits Basket 2nd Season, Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro
I seriously have no idea if literally anyone else in the English-speaking world is watching this series. Read more
Weekly Digest 5/26/20 – Fruits Basket 2nd Season, Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro
What is it about Japanese mysteries and two-sen copper coins? Read more
Weekly Digest 5/19/20 – Fruits Basket 2nd Season, Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro
Things are already interesting even before Akito arrives to spoil everybody’s fun, because it’s with this core group of characters that the strength of Furuba lies. Read more
Weekly Digest 5/12/20 – Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro, Fruits Basket 2nd Season
I’ll say this for Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro, though whether it’s a compliment or not I don’t know – it sure doesn’t try very hard to ingratiate itself. Read more
Second Impressions Digest – Kakushigoto, Listeners
One indelible truth about gag manga and their adaptations is that they’re only as funny as the gags. Read more
Second Impressions Digest – Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden, ID: INVADED
Most of the time these sequels to Urobuchi shows end up playing like a competent cover band at a casino bar in Vegas – not unpleasant background noise, but never seeming worth your undivided attention.
First Impressions Digest – Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita, Boku no Tonari ni Ankoku Hakaishin ga Imasu.
Comedy isn’t totally extinct in anime just yet. Read more