Where else do you hit pause for a long spontaneous info dump? Impressions: Why do I feel like this was the episode where they got the word from the producers that they wouldn’t be getting a third season, so wrap up every single plot thread ASAP? Possibly because Yellow appears out absolutely nowhere and …
It’s not news that I like Witch Watch way, way more than I expected to. But we’re at the point now where it’s getting harder to chalk any of that up to fluke. This show is just damn funny, week in and week out. There are the odd clunker chapters, as it always the case …
The deeper we wade into this arc, the more I’m convinced that Nursie is somewhere close to the heart of this mystery. That she’s suspicious is so obvious that it almost makes you believe it has to be a feint, but… I don’t think so. She’s drugging Jougorou – and in more than just the …
It’s probably a measure of Kuroshitsuji’s commercial heft that it gets more episodes than it needs, and perhaps even wants. Most anime adaptations have to trim and rush to fit the essential material into their episode count. We’ve had long recaps all season, and the past two have been well over five minutes. That’s a …
I’m rooting for genocide at this point. Impressions: Well, that was worth the wait. No, wait. The opposite. This episode was godawful on every level. Ostensibly about the twink dude, but it’s just that he has some loose connection to a place they want to go to, so it’s an excuse to go home …
There was a stretch in the middle where I was convinced the unavoidably frantic pacing was going to hamstring Kowloon Generic Romance pretty hard. But it’s recovered to the point where things feel quite natural again. Naturally that’s delightful, because everything else about the series is top-notch. Director Iwasaki Yoshiaki and writer Tanaka Jin are …
