Yubisaki to Renren has grown on me, I admit. The perspective of the series seems a little more sensible and grounded than it did for the first several episodes. The plot has taken some believable turns, and I think the awkward first relationship steps between Yuki and Itsuomi were handled quite well. Maybe as important …
A battle episode with no fighting? Indeed, and it was as much a surprise to the would-be combatants (most of them) as it was to me. It’s Day 3 of the Battle of Heiyong, and by all accounts it should be a decisive one, with the pendulum having swung sharply in Qin’a favor. Diao certainly …
I’ve learned that with the anime version of Kusuriya no Hitorigoto at least, you never want to make assumptions about what sort of episode you’re looking at. Very often this show will start off with a lighter tone and lull you into complacency, then take a dark and serious turn on a dime. This was …
This was a good week for the season. I don’t think there was a single bad episode, from any show, across the board. Some were better than others sure, but I enjoyed every last one of these, and that’s a treat. Really happy with this week. Shangri-La Frontier – 18 [Putting Feelings Into a Moment, …
I really have to try to cut back on my verbosity with these BokuYaba write-ups, because they’re eating a huge chunk of my weekend. But that’s hard, because every episode is just so damn good. I knew, of course, that this season was going to be epic on a Himalayan scale, one peak after the …
You’d think it’d be the testicles, not the gallstones. Impressions: For being a big reveal episode, it’s still as unsatisfying to me as most of the others in this show have been, and for largely the same reasons. Everybody is curious about some mystery, wonders if there’s some connection, and only Maomao Xiaomao has …
