I’d rather be playing Unicorn Overlord. Impressions: With no actual mystery going on, and the episodic ‘story’ just being about Maomao setting up her own little greenhouse, and some fussing over fingernails, what is even going on with the show right now? There’s no court intrigue at the moment. The last villain succeeded in …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’d like to return to a story I’ve left hanging for far too long, as we continue our exploration of the harrowing and transcendent Wonder Egg Priority. I frankly would have returned much sooner, but the discussions surrounding the show turned pretty toxic by the …
And so the second phase of the not-the-hunter exam comes to an end. I wouldn’t quote T.S. Eliot exactly here, as there were certainly some bangs in despatching these hollow men (and women) once and for all. There was an air of whimper to it too though, for reasons I touched on last week. It …
Historical shoujo romantic drama is a relatively common subgenre of manga, and one that’s well-done more often than not. Veteran shoujo manga creator Ken Saito’s Tales of the Tendo Family (Tendou-ke Monogatari) premiered in 2014 and told its story through 14 volumes. Although the first book’s illustration doesn’t set new standards for shoujo art, its …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m eager to dive back into Hugtto! Precure, as we charge ever closer to the season’s epic finale. Our last episode wrapped up the season’s primary remaining conflict not related to the Cure team directly – although it did not remain that way, as the …
Dungeon Meshi has a quality I sometimes see with good series, where my engagement level builds over the course of any given episode. They’re adapting pretty much faithfully, in order, so this is rather a neat trick. Intra-episodic pacing is very much an underrated skill with anime, one that makes a big difference in a …
