Yatagarasu with an absolute banger of an episode is certainly nothing new. That’s basically the standard – when you’re 17 eps in and the premiere was the weakest of the bunch, that’s generally a good sign. Especially when it was as good a premiere as this was. One could say that Nige Jouzu and Karasu …
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 09
This much I know – when The Elusive Samurai is on top of its game, it’s a truly formidable beast. And it certainly was this week. There’s obviously a “save your powder” element to this production where CloverWorks is concerned – they don’t have the budget to splash sakuga like this every week. Even when …
The Elusive Samurai #09 — Rope-a-Dope
Whole lotta blood splatter this week. Impressions: This episode definitely blew its load in the first half. The animation was at least on one of CloverWorks highs and the first two fights were both quite well animated and choreographed, even if they all ended up being pretty simplistic. The pair won by grabbing the …
Yuki Yuna is a Hero – Episode 12
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re rejoining the battlefield alongside Yuki Yuna and her companions, as our heroes fight for the last fragment of reality in a hostile, voracious world. The revelation that our heroes were sacrificing themselves as nourishment for the Divine Tree proved only the first of this …
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 15
Splitting this final battle into fragments was the whole point of the heroes’ plan, of course. That necessitates a lot of narrative shifting around too, and that can be a bit of a risky move. We haven’t seen Deku or Kacchan for two weeks (and really, for most of this arc). It requires a deft …