Gosick was a series of many faces. Probably too many. It was a two-cour series with some room for real development, and indeed we got quite a share of that. But we also got some stand-alone mysteries that didn’t hold together, some romantic diversions that amounted to flat-out time wasting […] Read more
It seems to be a common recurring thread in anime, and I guess in a lot of other mediums too. The real climax of the story comes in the penultimate episode, leaving the finale as a bit of a letdown. I wouldn’t call this final ep of Gosick a disappointment, […] Read more
Wow. That was really something else. It’s pretty damn rare to see a series step up in weight class so close to the end, but BONES has done something special here. All of the lame mysteries and pacing errors of earlier on have faded into distant memory – with this […] Read more
Boy, was that preview at the end of episode 21 a massive fake-out. The storm crept in on little rabbit’s feet, and our cute Christmas story turned into one of the darkest – and best – Gosick episodes to date. I know Victorique is the true heroine of this series, […] Read more
This week was certainly all about the mystery on Gosick. And while it remains one of the best and most interesting mysteries the series has presented, there were a few too many deux ex machina elements to the resolution for my tastes. Here’s how things went down, as far as […] Read more
Perhaps better than in any so far, episode 20 of Gosick did a nice job of setting up a very interesting mystery. The fact that it appears to be the cou de grace in Marquis de Blois’ plans for his daughter makes it appear that the author was saving the […] Read more
Rather than backsliding into another “mystery of the week” pattern, it looks as if the Beelzebub’s Skull arc and it’s aftermath were the beginning of the final arc after all – it’s just taking some time to come together. It now looks as if any mysteries we have will be […] Read more
Episode 18 was definitely one of the more action-packed of the series so far. It transitioned the mystery of 16-17 to a sort of Agatha Christie exercise on the train back to Saubere. While there were a few plot holes – I’ve more or less come to expect them here […] Read more
And so ends season one of Gosick… Well – just kidding. But it sure felt that way. The trip to Beelzebub’s Skull was actually a false start – or, more properly, a false finish. It’s obviously going to be connected to the final arc, but it was a mere tease […] Read more
This was purely a setup episode for Gosick, but an effective one. I was never blown away by any specific moment on screen, but just at the moment I was expecting the eyecatch the ED started rolling. Fast paced and efficient, it told a lot of story in a clear […] Read more