Hey – the sun rising in the East is predictable too, but it’s not like you’d want to be surprised tomorrow morning… Let’s take a quick look back at last week’s coverage of Tari Tari: More likely, I think, is an inspiring outlaw festival that gives everyone one last chance […] Read more
If the last couple of episodes have been croque monsieur, I suspect the finale is going to be a triple-decker ham and Swiss on rye (hold the mustard). Tari Tari continues to chart what looks like an extremely predictable course as it nears the finish line. In contrast to Kokoro […] Read more
What’s this – could there finally be a little romance creeping into our chaste Tari Tari at last, so close to the end of all things? After the melodramatic hyperventilations of another much-discussed high-school series this weekend, the feckless charm of Tari Tari made for an especially refreshing break. This […] Read more
This was the week Tari Tari abandoned all pretense whatsoever and shamelessly indulged its inner goofball in a big way. But I’m pretty OK with that – if the shoe fits… Let’s not kid ourselves – that was an incredibly silly episode. The only thing it might’ve had more of […] 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
How many gears does that thing have? That was a nice comeback from arguably Tari Tari’s weakest episode last week. I still don’t find Sawa all that likable a character, either in perfection mode or sulky hellion mode, and that limits how much an arc focused on her is really […] Read more
Here’s a hint: yes, and yes. Anyone who’s followed this blog for a while knows that the depiction of males – especially teenage males – in anime today is a sore point with me. So this isn’t a new topic, but the recent prominence of Tari Tari and Kokoro […] Read more
Sucks to be a dude, ‘Cause Kokoro and Tari, Ain’t Tsuritama Read more
As much as I enjoy the comfortable familiarity of Tari Tari, there are times I wish it would surprise me a little more. But then, “to thine own self be true”… I was really hoping TT wasn’t going to go in the direction it always seemed most likely to go […] Read more
It’s interesting that the two alliterative school life series both succeeded this weekend with episodes that were totally different, but quite true to the nature of what each show is. Last week did a nice job of setting up the conclusion of Wakana’s arc, and honestly, I really couldn’t have […] Read more