That was certainly a thoughtful, thought-provoking turn of events. There haven’t been many anime episodes in recent memory that have left me as deeply mired in contemplation as this episode of Kiseijuu did.  I certainly wasn’t expecting a neat and tidy conclusion from a moral standpoint (and indeed, this story […] Read more

Pretty tough to fight on without your right-hand man. It’s been a bit left behind as the scope of the story has broadened in recent weeks, but the center of Parasyte has always been the relationship between Shinichi and Migi.  If this is a show about the relationship between humans […] Read more

This week’s lesson from Kiseijuu: people die when they are killed. Uwah – that was certainly a mother of an episode.  It pretty much ran the gamut of the human experience both primal and philosophical, took a stylistic turn around the track and threw in beheadings and a massive and […] Read more

Well, damn. Make no mistake about it: that was a fucking bloodbath.  Eminently predictable, yes, but pretty shocking just the same.  And it felt like it lasted about five minutes, there was so little time to breathe.  Normally if I say there was very little about the episode that surprised […] Read more

It’s a kernel of Seinfeld wisdom I’ve quoted before – “This is going to be a shame”. I’ve previously noted that Kiseijuu has increasingly taken on the air of a tragedy, where the question isn’t whether heartbreaking events would crown the series, but rather how they would come about.  As […] Read more

I have to hand it to Japanese cops – they may not normally carry guns, but when they do they’re apparently self-realoading. I was a bit surprised that after last week’s episode of Kiseijuu, which I thought was one of the strongest yet, there were only a couple of comments.  […] Read more

What do you get the ep that has everything? I have to say I’m loving this tennis match between the two elite shows (by a country mile) of this season.  It’s like Federer hits his Mozart forehand every Wednesday, then Nadal comes back with his textbook windmill topspin the next […] Read more

Kiseijuu continues to pack a remarkable amount of quality into every episode. Kiseijuu continues to be a marvel of gripping storytelling, a master class in how to develop a plot and a cast of characters without ever seeming rushed or dragging its feet.  At the risk of sounding like a […] Read more

Damn, this show kicks ass. A funny story about this week’s episode of Kiseijuu…  I love classical music, and that love often manifests itself in fixating on a particular composition and listening to dozens of versions (usually on Youtube) in one short burst, searching for the definitive one.  Over the […] Read more