Considering the subject matter, which has a pretty high “ick” factor for me, that was a really excellent final episode. This series has always been awash in contradictions, and the finale was consistent with that, right up the end. In an episode full of fairly graphic sex between siblings, it […] Read more

“Ishihara Shintaro on line two…” I can’t help but note the irony of blogging this episode on the same day the “Youth Development Act” is about to pass the Tokyo Assembly. Surely this is everything paranoid little toads like Ishihara fear and loathe about anime (though he’s only too glad […] Read more

Well, we’ve finally reached the point of no return – the twincest moment this series has been building up to since the first episode. Whether the first 9 eps were just a “dream” or not, the Sora story is clearly the main attraction here no matter what one may feel […] Read more

Thus ends the Nao arc – and presumably most of the gratuitous Nao bashing. Honestly, I really don’t see what she’s done that’s so terrible (other than the rape, I mean). She loves her some Haruka, and seems to spend the whole of her life living that down. “Don’t remove…my […] Read more

I know the twist that was coming in the flashback scene from episode 7, but that didn’t totally diminish the impact. This was pretty edgy material even for this series, and it had the sense that things have definitely taken a darker and more serious turn. I suppose people are […] Read more

Another two eps, another arc ends, another notch on Haruka’s belt. Judging from the post traffic I’ve seen, I think I’m in the minority in feeling that this “modified omnibus” format makes the relationships seem arbitrary. I still feel like Haru jumped right out of Kazuha’s bed and into Akira’s […] Read more

Something hard is poking me… OK, so here we go – the new (new to me, anyway) twist on the “omnibus format” makes it’s debut with episode 5 of Yosuga no Sora. The first two eps are taken as read, and we pick up at the pool scene at school […] Read more

Well, with this episode it’s now officially official that Yosuga no Sora is following the omnibus format that’s all the rage this season. The Kazuha arc wrapped up and the Akira arc begins next week, but with a twist – the story picks up at the end of episode two. […] Read more

Three episodes in, and I still can’t figure this one out. It’s not just me – there’s a reason why this show – from the beginning – has been compared to more different shows than any series I can remember. This week “School Days” comparisons are all the rage, but […] Read more