Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation S2 Ep 21 Review By decree of High Priest Rudeus, all Roxy stans are asked to report to their local Temple of Roxy to pay homage to her Roxyness. Their blue-haired goddess of wisdom/waifu has returned to bless the world with her teachings. That’s just my way of saying that after more …
Midnight Punch #02 — Vampires Vs Egg Emulsifications
Okay, I guess that’s how vampires work. Impressions: *ahem* Continuing right along, the premise being that Miss Brat makes a deal for a zillion subscribers and the vampire can eat her. So they do vampire streaming, and instantly go viral, but then the no fun police show up, say that they’re not allowed to …
Midnight Punch #01 — Toxic Streaming Culture
This is how streaming works, right? This premiered the first two episodes on Youtube a couple weeks back, but I wasn’t paying attention. It actually begins airing on July 7th, so the third episode won’t be until the 21st. Impressions: It’s weird to have shows about being an idol streamer but being kicked out …
Tonari no Youkai-san – 12
Tonari no Youkai-san has already sported a pretty yawning tonal gap over its first eleven episodes. Just between the two main wings of the story (Mu-chan/Jirou and Buchio/Takumi et al) the difference is quite stark. So as dark and violent as this episode got, it doesn’t really come as a surprise. Especially given that it …
The Fable – 12
This has certainly developed into one of the more interesting and even thought-provoking series of the season. By anime (less so manga) standards The Fable is pretty unsparing in its depiction of the yakuza and those who people it. There’s an element of fantasy here, no doubt, but not a lot of whitewashing. As I’ve …
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 12
Wakamiya may just be entering magnificent bastard territory. Though some of you are surely tired of my repeating it by now, Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is really great. It’s great because it doesn’t just do one thing well, but a bunch – and exceptionally, too. It’s clear that Abe Chisato’s writing is spectacular – …