The contrast between the two shows is easy to identify. Impressions: It’s not a good sign when it’s three seconds into an episode and I’m reaching for the volume controls to slam it downward because my ears are already starting to leak blood. This is the danger we run when we start things off …
stuff #01 — Harassing Cats
Modern cameras exist! Impressions: Aah, a girls in a club show. How nostalgic. Though it has a weird start where the lead, for the first time in her life at age 15, discovers that photographs exist and is entranced by them. Then it montages past that part of girls in clubs to the obligatory bit where …
Monogatari Off/Monster Season – Episode 4
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re diving back into Monogatari’s Off Season, as we explore Nadeko’s continuing efforts to pull herself back together. Having embraced Yotsugi’s brilliant idea of dividing her manga labors between four shikigami doppelgangers, Nadeko swiftly discovered that her old selves are an unruly bunch, and none …
Kowloon Generic Romance #02 — Grabbing Women By the Head
I think this may actually be too stupid for me. Impressions: Both the start and the end were really awful, in distinctly different ways. She gets called by a friend/client to deal with a sweatshop next door, and instead decides this random lady is going to be her new bestie. She invites her in, they …
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 38
Last week’s episode was a total snoozefest. But one of the strengths of The Apothecary Diaries is that it doesn’t seem to have extended troughs. A boring ep here and there, but they rarely carry over. And such was the case here, as this week was far more interesting on every level. Both in terms …
Spring 2025 Impressions: Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Apocalypse Hotel, Uchuujin MuuMuu
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Short Synopsis: A red-haired girl throws herself headlong into the cockpit of a mobile suit to fight against her space colony’s military police force. Wooper: There are two major categories of Gundam series: Universal Century (the long-running timeline established by the original anime) and everything else. GQuacks is neither; it’s set …