As good as Midori no Majo-hen has been, it’s notable that we haven’t had “real” Ciel for a good chunk of it. That the show has managed to remain compelling is a testament to the rest of the cast, and the writing generally. But Ciel being Ciel is really at the core of Kuroshitsuji, so …
Maybe for the first time, this week I really felt conscious of the manic pacing this adaptation has to incorporate. Longtime readers will know of my penchant for scribbling notes over the course of an episode. Well, I can’t remember the last time an ep ate up so much of my notepad – wow. There …
Boy, we sure like to end episodes with people shot in the head, don’t we? Impressions: Not that I believe for a moment that not-Harry Osborn is actally dead, as he’s pretty much the only one who makes any sense to have set up the kidnapping and tried to take advantage of it for …
Wait. The cult was crazy? I’m shocked. SHOCKED. Impressions: This was certainly an episode of all time. The newest wild goose hunt is to go to a weird AI cult that’s basically the Amish mixed with Scientology. They worship an AI who only speaks through the one dude who of course has an entire …
I want to know more about this… Caac Generation. Impressions: …I think I may have already fulfilled as much “cute girls making faces stuff” as I can stand for the next six months. Or maybe these simply aren’t cute enough, though staring at a whopping two photoshop files and wanting to go get a …
Once more an Enzo-ism is proved out by The Apothecary Diaries. This series really is so much better when it’s about stuff that actually matters. And sure, a lot of seemingly random stuff winds up mattering later on. But even when it’s pretending to be a slice of life Kusuriya no Hitorigoto can quickly get …
