Tamayura really ought to come with either a warning label or an insulin shot. Brother’s Conflict – 01 I confess I didn’t make it through the premiere of Brother’s Conflict. It only took me about three minutes to figure out that this was not working for me in any way, […] Read more
I can’t imagine there were too many viewers who didn’t get exactly what the expected from this Blu-ray etxra episode of Tamayura – for better and worse, I can think of few series less likely to surprise you. There are many overused words in the lexicon of anime fandom, and […] Read more
I’ll say this for Tamayura – it was well and truly itself, right up to the end. I might even say it was monotonous, but it seems so heartless to say bad things about this big fluffy kitten of a series that I’ll settle on “consistent”. It seems almost pointless […] 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
Aces wild! Kimi to Boku – 05 Chizuru is one weird kid. Of course they’re all sort of weird with this show, but he’s the weirdest – and also remains the only really interesting character on the show. I’ve seen the Matsuri episode done a hundred times, of course, and […] Read more
Slice-of-life Tuesday time… Kimi to Boku – 04 The little spark Chizuru provided to this series is still there, sort of, but while this episode was still an improvement over the first two it was rather pedestrian. Basically, the entire episode dealt with Kaname having a cold as a result […] Read more