Whenever and however the last two episodes of this series arrive, they’re going to have their hands full wrapping up this story. After a string of character and intrigue-driven episodes, we were due for one that just ratcheted the action up to eleven and blew the doors off, and that’s […] Read more
Fearless is a pretty good quality for a comedy to have, generally speaking. Not enough on its own to guarantee success, but a good start – and Binbougami Ga! is pretty fearless. With one exception, this series has proved itself quite adept at striking the balance between nasty and sincere […] Read more
Wow – is someone warming up the nice boat? We had a little bit of everything that episode. Serious Chisato angst, bordering on the yandere. A Deux ex harmonica. A serious troll ending. Lots of political intrigue. A major new character introduced. If I had to sum it up, I’d […] Read more
There’s no two ways about it – Natsuyuki Rendezvous is really putting me through the emotional wringer. If you buy the argument that the most damning thing you can feel for a series is apathy, then this one is definitely in the clear. Sometimes I’m furious at it and sometimes […] Read more
That was certainly the most extensive tutorial I’ve seen on stuffing nuts in a bag. I think the first chapter this week was excellent, but it may just be that it’s been a few weeks since we’ve seen Shirokuma-san really in his element, wholeheartedly trolling someone. The victim this time […] Read more
As OVAs go, this one definitely falls into the “unaired TV episode” category. But in this case, that’s not a bad thing. When I watch Dantalian no Shoka, there are always things aside from the story vying for my attention. First is the music, which is some of the most […] Read more
“The Feast – Part II” AKA “Young Grooms’ Tale” Or, “Saahm and Sahmi are screwed”. Seriously, you can’t help but feel for these poor kids – they’re going to have a trying married life trying to keep up with Laila and Leyli. The twins are cute and all, but a […] Read more
Not only have I not found a subbed release of AGE this week, there doesn’t seem to be a RAW of less than 2.5 GB. So screencaps later, hopefully – in the meantime please enjoy these pictures of cute kittens. Is it possible – Zaeheart did something not stupid in […] Read more
The bittersweet tale of Sei Shounogon and Fujiwara no Yukinari concludes with one of Utakoi’s most powerful episodes yet. For a time I thought this episode might focus on Fujiwara (another one!) no Kinto (Fukuyama Jun), the friend to Yukinari and Sanekata who we’d met only briefly. But while he’s […] Read more
Hyouka – love it or hate it (it’s mostly the former with me) there’s sure as hell nothing like it. I’m really not able to measure this series using any of the guideposts I normally do, because not only doesn’t it measure up against them, but it doesn’t even try. There’s something […] Read more