At least they thought about trying. Impressions: I’m mostly baffled by the structure of this episode, particularly the final segment. It abruptly jumps into a a media res of fighting an all-consuming kaiju they accidentally unleashed, only to flashback to explain that. Why not spend the first half of the episode instead building up to …
Malls. Malls never change. Impressions: A bit into the episode and I was just resigned to the dumbness of making it an entire arc out of a fanservice beach episode, and somewhat distracted by the random catgirl they showed. Why aren’t we helping out other demihumans too if they exist in this world? Where’s …
Spy X Family Season 3 – 08 Let me start by saying that this two episode arc is better than average Spy X Family, no question. And indeed this season has been clearly better than the one before. As I’ve opined many times this show tends to be better when it’s about something, and when …
I feel very confident that I understand military tactics and know history better than the average jamoke off the street. But I’m far from an expert, that’s even more certain. Nevertheless to my eye, it was hard to view this week’s opening skirmish as anything other than a pants-down ass-whuppin’ for Zhao. We know Li …
Episodes like this are what it means to be a Fumetsu– well, I’m not sure what. Not a “fan”, to be sure. A viewer I suppose. You just have to accept that it’s going to bewilder and flummox you a fair amount of the time. It’s part of the deal. I know nothing about Ooima-sensei …
It seems kind of odd to compare Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun to Sanda. I mean, you could hardly imagine two shows more different thematically. But they do have one very important thing in common. They’re focused on that peculiar stage in life when kids are perilously balanced between child and …
