Comedy comes in many flavors. Kimi to Boku 2 – 02 This wasn’t an especially good episode of KtB, at least by the standard the show has displayed lately. I’m sure to manga readers who have more context with them Azuma and Akira are interesting characters, but to me they’re […] Read more
Will the Woolf survive? Mobile Suit Gundam AGE – 26 Um – no. I’m of two minds about this week’s Gundam ep, because it was very entertaining and Woolf’s death both surprised me and impacted me (frankly, I was sure that Ruth had signed Lt. Obright’s death warrant by accepting […] Read more
The more things change, the more they stay the same. OP: Zutto” (“Forever”) by Tomohisa Sakō Japan’s five most metrosexual teen boys are back, and that means more slumber parties, more random cat shots, more genki Irino Miyu, and quite a few laughs. This series does for male slice-of-life what […] Read more
Kimi to Boku didn’t turn out to be the series I hoped it’d be, but at least it didn’t end up being the series I feared it would. Like Fate/Zero, KtB is taking a break before returning in the Spring with its second cour. The final episode is very much […] Read more
Here I was thinking this was the finale of the first season of KtB, but they’re sneaking an extra ep in next week. As this is indeed finale week for Tamayura and Majikoi, Kimi to Boku gets its very own post – as there’s no dance partners for a digest… […] Read more
Welcome to another slice-of-life Tuesday… Kimi to Boku – 11 I’ll give Kimi to Boku credit for worming its way into my brain a little – I’m going to miss it when it goes on hiatus for a season, which I would have seriously doubted after three or four episodes. […] Read more
Kimi to Boku – 10 I’ll give this series credit – it knows exactly what the target audience is, and goes straight for the jugular. Yet another cross-dressing ep this week, as it’s culture festival time. KtB manages to get all but Yuki (who was himself dressed as Ketaro for […] Read more
Kimi to Boku – 09 Kimi to Boku has really turned into a pretty decent slice-of-life series. I don’t know why I didn’t realize it sooner, but Kaname is almost a perfect tsundere – I guess even a group of guys is allowed to have one, but he really […] Read more
Slice of life Tuesday time again… Tamayura Hitotose – 08 I think I’ve realized one reason I’m having a hard time bonding with Tamayura. Shows where the characters smile too much annoy me – call it a pet peeve if you want, but it feels unnatural. It bothered me in […] Read more
Tamayura Hitotose – 07 When I hear a phrase like “Road of Aspiration” I always think there must be no proper English translation for what was intended in the original Japanese. In any case, the matter in question is a local festival in Takehara, not dissimilar to other matsuri we’ve […] Read more