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Third Impressions Digest – Kimi to Ame to (With You and the Rain), Fermat no Ryouri

Kimi to Ame to – 03 So, someone finally acknowledged the tanuki in the room this week. What I’m left wondering after three episodes of Kimi to Ame to is whether there’s ever going to be an explanation for what’s happening here, or it’s just going to be a thing we accept. Don’t get me …

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Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (My Dress-up Darling) Season 2 – 03

There is a certain gap f0r me with Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru in that the more it’s obsessed with cosplay, the less I’m engaged by it. That’s not a criticism, as it does the cosplay stuff very well. It’s just a concession to my own relative lack of interest in the subject …

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Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (The Summer Hikaru Died) – 03

Adolescence is hard. Being Yoshiki really is suffering. Hikaru may be the character in the title, but it’s no coincidence that it’s Yoshiki’s eyes through which we see (sometimes literally) most of The Summer Hikaru Died. Anytime you add sci-fi/fantasy/horror elements to a coming of age story it’s a good bet the author is using …

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The Fainting Hero #03 — Brawl at the Haagen Dazs

  Why are you robbing an ice cream store in broad daylight? Impressions: A little better than the previous episode, and probably not surprising since it both sped the pacing back up not quite to where the first episode was, but certainly better, and also had a sub-plot that didn’t involve Toto at all. The existence of …