The first rule of Dandadan, I think, is don’t expect it to make sense. Okarun will try and explain it but in truth, things just happen for entertainment value. Fortunately, when the series is clicking that entertainment value is off the charts. That feeds into the second rule, which is to just sit back and …
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Kyoto Douran – 02
The great mystery of “Kyoto Douran” remains the question of its length. I’m trying to wrap my head around the idea that they might try to do the whole Kyoto arc in 23 episodes, because absent any confirmation to the contrary that option remains on the table. I mean, it just doesn’t seem possible – …
Mechanical Arms #02 — Toilet Etiquette
Just left that mess, huh? Completely forgot this existed. Internalized it as a Friday show for some reason. Impressions: Not an improvement on the first episode. How many more times is the dude going to run away, and two seconds later, regret running away and change his mind? Because that’s all he did last …
Dandadan #02 — Indigenous Sumo Wrestlers
If you say so. Impressions: It’s still decent enough, certainly one of the very, very few well animated shows this season, and had 98% less sexual assault than last week, but christ, would it be improved if the dude was jettisoned from the show via canon directly into the side of a mountain. Lord …
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 11
After a two-week hiatus, Sengoku Youko returns at last. And doesn’t skip a beat, naturally. As I noted before the break , Mizukami Satoshi has the remarkable ability to write plot-driven series that act like character-driven series. It doesn’t seem to matter how much goes down in any given episode, the story always remains about …
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 11
After a two-week hiatus, Sengoku Youko returns at last. And doesn’t skip a beat, naturally. As I noted before the break , Mizukami Satoshi has the remarkable ability to write plot-driven series that act like character-driven series. It doesn’t seem to matter how much goes down in any given episode, the story always remains about …