In last week’s Bisque Doll post I said “being annoyed in the final analysis is better than being bored where anime is concerned”. And this episode went about systematically putting that to the test. I guess I’d still say it’s true – anything dealing with the part of the story that’s actually engaging is better …
After a one-week hiatus (due to a 24-hour telethon, not any sort of production delay) Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu jumps right back into the thick of it. The key story element here is Kurebayashi-san, the one external figure who Yoshiki has chosen to confide in. But she’s just a small part of a larger puzzle, …
All the anus shots were absolutely necessary. Impressions: First off, I’m pretty disappointed that Tora’s story, and indeed an entire alternate animation style, is relegated to just being the tagline to Nice1’s arc. They also assume that you’ve seen the original TBH:X PV because they reference it and instead of, you know, getting to …
It’s a rabid screeching demon baboon, my guy. Impressions: I don’t think I necessarily mind a turn to the serious to close things out, but I do think that a completely random monster rolling up and going “Hey, not all monsters” is a pretty poor excuse for a crisis of conscience, especially if we’re …
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today is certain to be a moment of reckoning, as we return to Blue Reflection Ray with Mio’s promised reprieve just now coming to its end. Having vowed to rewrite the past and thus provide her doomed world with a future, Mio is prepared to do …
Two to go, and this season of Yofukashi no Uta is tracking in more or less a predictable direction. In effect Anko-san has become both the MacGuffin and the protagonist of the series, a development I don’t consider a positive. She’s fine, but the magic is really missing. If I had to sum it up …
