News at 11. Impressions: This one is falling prey to the same stuff that makes it not actually a mystery as the doctor show. The dude has a pachinko ball for a head. He loves to gamble. The reveal that he’s a gambler who ruined his life by… gambling, is not solving a mystery. …
I know what romance novels really are. Impressions: I enjoyed the first few episodes of the original run for the deadpan snarky commentary on what a messed up world the whole imperial court deal was alongside some actual mysteries, meeting new characters, interactions with them, etc. But all that vanished into a holding pattern, as …
That frame at top right is sending me for some reason. Impressions: The good news it that this is apparently skipping the entire first prelude volume of the source manga, which means that we miss a whole lot of rape, gore, and *ahem* horse rape. Whether that’s a farewell, or see you later, I …
Please stop saying the title. You’re killing me here. Impressions: I didn’t have very high expectations, but CloverWorks has been enough of a wildcard as a studio lately that I wasn’t quite sure, but boy, was this half-assed. I think at least a solid 25% of the script was just characters repeating the title …
Just shag already. Like yesterday, there are a ton of new shows today, plus Apothecary Diaries restarts, and I’ll at least glance at the hotel and golf things. Gonna get through two at a time, so it’ll be a little bit before I take a whack at probably the other two fantasy things, though …
Girls eating bush. Impressions: It’s always a little weird to me to see one of these things that airs at around 11pm but I cannot imagine was ever made with anything but an audience under 12. But who knows what goes on in the dark hearts of anime scheduling decisions, so here we are, …
