If you’re keeping score at home, we only have two episodes of Shoushimin Series left. Not a lot of time for a statement of purpose, considering how little has actually happened for most of this show. We are getting plot-heavy now (in relative terms at least) but even if the series fully commits to that …
Wistoria #08 — We Don’t Learn
Surely this time, nobody will backstab me. Impressions: I’m absolutely certain that this time he randomly and arbitrarily teams up with Vegeta and Vegeta 2, it’ll work out just fine and nobody will suddenly get a sudden case of backstab-itis. But I get ahead of the episode, since that portion is all half-assed setup for yet …
Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!) – 08
She came in through the classroom window Accented with a lovely tan But though she tries to mask with laughter She cries ’cause she lost her man Didn’t anybody tell her? Didn’t anybody see? Nuk-kun’s on his way to Grandma’s. Good boys can’t just let you be. The Komari arc begins, and it marks an …
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 17
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 …