If I had to choose one word to describe this episode of Accel World, it would be “refreshing”. I can honestly say this was the first episode of AW that I’ve really enjoyed from start to finish in at least a month, and probably more – since the current arc […] Read more
That’s all of Team Goldilocks present and accounted for, then. It was an interesting call for Astral Ocean to go with a character-driven episode with a very narrow focus this close to the end. Perhaps it shouldn’t be, given that those were the signals the series was sending with episode 17 – […] Read more
A funny thing happened on the way to figuring out this season, and its name is KoiChoco. The two shows that have been on top of the chart for me this Summer are Jinrui and Natsuyuki Rendezvous, and that’s been pretty well locked in place since the second week – […] Read more
I’d like to pretend last week’s episode of Binbougami never happened. Fortunately, that’s a lot easier to do after this one. If ever a comedy series needed a straightforward, stupidly funny episode, it was Binbougami Ga! Coming off an ep where everything was out of balance and off-key – the […] Read more
It’s probably too late for persuasion – either mine, or the series itself – to make any new converts to Natsuyuki Rendezvous. Either you’re emotionally invested by now or you’re not. For me, the question isn’t of emotional investment, as I’ve been there for a while. But Natsuyuki is doing […] Read more
The moral of today’s episode: Penguins are hard to tell apart. There were some pretty solid gags in these two chapters, but I’d say my favorite moment of the episode was in the Penguin Cards skit when Sasako-san said “Penguin-san! Penguin-san!” I don’t know why that struck me so funny, […] Read more
An OVA from a series you loved is always a little bittersweet. For me, Nazo no Kanojo X was a series that got pretty much everything right. It took an extremely smart and interesting manga by Ueshiba Richi and made it even better. Director Watanabe Ayumu and writer Akao Deko […] Read more
For the first time we have an episode squarely focused on someone who, by his own admission, sucks at poetry. This was in many ways one of the most low-key episodes of Utakoi so far, and possibly the snarkiest. That seems fitting somehow as Sei Shounagon is a writer who […] Read more
You know, Gundam AGE is a lot like (bear with me, here) playing golf. If you play the occasional round of golf like I do, and you aren’t very good like I’m not, chances are you’ll have experienced the feeling of playing so badly you feel like you’re ready to […] Read more
Considering that was everything I like about Tari Tari and none of the things I hate, not to mention some long-overdue developments, it’s hardly surprising that this was my favorite episode of the series. To get it out of the way, yes – it’s shameful that TT teased us with […] Read more