Credit where it’s due. Shoushimin Series has had one of the bigger seasonal level-ups I’ve seen in anime for a while. More impressively, the two arcs with which it’s accomplished it could hardly be more different. That both have worked so well may be surprising after the first season, but on the other hand maybe …
Ladies, gentlemen, and those who identify as neither, this Sunday is Father’s Day. The day when we tell our dads and father figures how much we love and appreciate them. There have been many noteworthy fathers in anime. Some are great, others aren’t, and there’s the one dad who’s so vile that we consider him …
There’s an almost ho-hum quality to this incarnation of Black Butler. Indeed, the version of it that’s existed since the “Circus” Arc. It’s good pretty much all the time, and great a respectably large percentage of it. The only fly in the ointment has been the recaps, which are undeniably an irritant. In this week’s …
Ah, yes. My only weakness. Being harpooned. Impressions: Standing still across from each other for about two straight minutes while a dude has a PTSD episode, and then throws a harpoon. Truly the sensical ending to this five minute action scene that was stretched out across the entire episode because we had to keep …
I’ll say it again – this adaptation has done an admirable job finessing the pacing issue. Apart from a couple eps in the middle that showed the strain, Kowloon Generic Romance has progressed at a very natural pace. Not only is that remarkable given the effectively one episode per volume status, it’s a mystery with …
Please hire some editors. And writers. Impressions: Man, do I long for the merely janky scripts of the Nice arc, because ever since then, it’s pretty baffling to me what they’re doing with these characters and the world. It starts with literally the entire country tuning in to watch the local wunderkind’s valedictorian speech, …
