They really have it out for introverts this season. Impressions: This episode took a hard turn into the obnoxious by introducing a character whose entire schtick is overreacting loudly. To the exact same things. Usually by yelling an explanation of what is currently happening. A humor archetype that I am so past done with. …
Spy X Family Season 3 – 03 I must confess to being torn over this mini-arc of Spy X Family. But that’s in the context of considering it far above the norm for the series, and giving credit for its execution. If we’re grading on a curve this is an “A” for SxF, because almost …
Kingdom is awesome. Yeah, I mean – duh. It sells a ton, it gets phenomenal reviews. It’s not like that’s some secret (although it took almost twenty years for the manga to be licensed in English – the first volume is finally releasing next month). Still, it’s worth reiterating it once in a while, lest …
Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun – 03 The smartphone in school thing always amuses me, as I’ve never seen a Japanese junior high school where phones were allowed on school grounds. But it makes for a good gag, so I assume it’s just a conceit a lot of series play along …
Yanderes gonna yandere. Some things I know about Fumetsu after two+ seasons of riding its waves. Given a bit of time, it was always revert to its true nature. Which is to say, weird and kind of twisted. It may fake you out for an episode or even a few, but it always course-corrects. And …
Except it’s modern pop. Impressions: With an entire episode of him agonizing over having to put his feelings into lyrics, I think I’m ready to call it on this one. The stabbing in the first episode was apparently a one-off deal, both in terms of any kind of story development and… uh… stabbings. It finally …
