Apparently Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen has used up all the manga material and thus transitioned to original. This started last week and I noted that the transition seemed pretty seamless to me. That wasn’t the case here, as we got a bunch of short comic vignettes stung together without much of a unifying theme …
Fall 2023 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 10
Undead Unluck – 10 [Result] Starting off, I really enjoyed this weeks Undead Unluck. It wasn’t a big action setpiece, though there was some, nor was it a huge character defining moment. Really all it does is show us exactly what is at stake in this story, what precisely the Union has been working to …
The Apothecary Diaries #10 — Honey and Dead Babies
This show sure has a hard on for poisoning babies. Impressions: I feel like I’ve said my piece at this point about why the mystery isn’t working for me, and as we approach the end of this cour at least and it keeps trying to act like all these tiny non-mysteries are part of …
Vampire Princess #09 — Political Discord
When did gradient hair become such a thing? Impressions: It’s the start of a new arc, which means that it’s time for fanservice, bad comedy, spamming new characters, and incoherent rambling about the nonsensical geopolitical situation. First up is introducing some new rich lady combat type, same as the last arc, to pointlessly antagonize …
Great Escapes: A Fond Look at Makoto Shinkai’s Disaster Film Triology
As sometimes happens on Discord, instead of Twitter, these days, I was talking with some friends about Makoto Shinkai, director of smash-hit Your Name., regular-hit Tenki no Ko, and not-really-a-hit Suzume. It reminded me that I’ve never really set down my thoughts on the three films, nor on Shinkai’s evolution since he made a it …
Spy x Family – Episode 26
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am tossing and turning in the maelstrom winds of the apartment hunt process, which has understandably got my nerves a-frazzling. As such, I’m feeling hungry for some animated comfort food, and fortunately the second season of Spy x Family has arrived just in time …