I actually knew this wasn’t the last (for now) episode of Kingdom (that’s next week), which makes a nice change from the first two shows I blogged today. Of course at this point it’s pretty safe to assume any finale for Kingdom is merely a pause – the manga is no less a sales colossus …
I really need to start tracking these things more closely, because I had no idea Fumetsu was running for two cours. Which is doubly idiotic because the first two seasons did, too. But there you go, we have another 10 eps to go (Fumetsu cours are never conventional length). The brevity of this piece shouldn’t …
Yup, Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun is definitely a series I’m going to miss. It was the perfect soft entry into a crazy Sunday of coverage, a relaxing start to the day that never failed to make me smile. As it turns out the anime used less than half of the …
A trophy for not showing up. That’s a new one. Impressions: Even if I was on board with this stupid drama club arc, which I’m not, or if they had done any of the background work for why a supposed masterful actress jumping in to a… 5 minute high school play… would be a challenge, …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re continuing our journey through Monogatari’s aptly named Monster Season, having just concluded the tale of the Princess Acerola’s transformation into Kiss-shot Acerola-Orion Heart-under-blade. As we discovered, that name is not just an ornate title, but also a statement of intent: from her first moment …
And so it ends. With no sign of plans to continue, Sanda’s adaptation pretty much just stops in the middle. The anime used exactly 43 of the manga’s 142.5 chapters, making no overtures towards a neater or more definitive conclusion. That’s frustrating but it’s at least true to the mangaka’s intentions with this arc of …
