Time heals all wounds, so the old saying goes.  I only wish that were true. OP2: “The♡World’s♡End” by Yui Horie Two weeks ago I said that the long winter’s break with Golden Time was indeed a golden time for me – I needed a chance to refresh myself with this […] Read more

Don’t take this the wrong way, but this break couldn’t have come at a better time for Golden Time. GT is taking a two-week break for the holidays, and while that normally annoys me, in this case I think it’s a good thing.  I confess, while I’m still very much […] Read more

The number of ways to screw up a relationship is truly staggering… There was an almost White Album sense of impending disaster to the events of this week’s Golden Time – and Ghost Banri didn’t even make an appearance.  It’s still not clear where this very puzzling series is going […] Read more

I’ll give Golden Time credit for this much – I still can’t wrap my around what’s really going on here. This is a very strange series, full of genuinely powerful moments as well as awkward and stilted ones.  In a way I think GT and White Album 2 form bookends […] Read more

Thursdays this season are one big challenge for me to put my money where my mouth is. A couple podcasts back the Random Curiosity gang and I played a round-table game I’d suggested, about what the one element was that tied all our favorite series together.  It was an interesting […] Read more

Of all the shows I’m closely following this season, this is the one that has me the most confused and conflicted. If you’ll indulge me, I find myself fitting everything about this week’s episode of Golden Time into the box called “duality”.  There’s always been a bifurcated nature to this […] Read more

It’s early in the game yet, but my instincts are with Kouko-Papa on this one. There have been some bumps in the road for me as far as Golden Time is concerned.  In effect the execution hasn’t, on the whole, been on par with the story.  That hasn’t stopped me […] Read more

Slipping back into one-word synopsis time again, the only one that suffices here is “intense”. The term “flawed gem” was created for shows like Golden Time.  For me this show definitely has some significant flaws, but it’s undeniably a gem – it connects with me in a way very few […] Read more

What a fascinating puzzle Golden Time is turning out to be. This is a very tough series for me to figure out.  There are for me some very awkward elements to the presentation, as I’ve pointed out in prior posts.  Some of the stabs at humor fall very flat, and […] Read more