Less is more. It’s almost as if someone was listening. After bemoaning the almost total absence of Buchio (and his wing of the narrative building) these last two weeks, he and Takumi had the entire episode (almost) today. And it did nothing but confirm my belief that for me at least, Tonari no Youkai-san is …
The Fable – 11
It’s a dangerous game The Fable is playing, turning Akira (since the Boss calls him that I guess I will too – maybe it’s really his name?) into a sympathetic figure. Just because he’s emotionless about killing dozens of people – and most of them are mob-related – that doesn’t absolve him from blame for …
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 11
The series Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai calls to mind – Seirei no Moribito, Akatsuki no Yona – reflect the elite company it keeps. Director Kyougoku Yoshiaki did work on Moribito in fact (as a key animator). And of course Yona was like this series a product of the massively underrated Studio Pierrot. So the …
Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 10
I probably take Kuroshitsuji for granted to some extent. It’s not easy to be this good for this long, and even if there are occasional stumbles along the way they’ve become increasingly rare as the series has progressed. Even more, though, Black Butler has the ability to be both flamboyant and subtle, and that’s a …
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 07
It’s almost always the case with adaptations ongoing manga, of course, that the anime and manga run on different timelines. It seems especially acute with Boku no Hero Academia, though. The manga is in the very final stages, bringing to a close an astonishing success story even by Jump standards. I’ve read almost all of …
Black Clover (S4), OVERLORD III and My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission Now Available to Stream on Netflix UK
Netflix UK have today added the fourth season of Black Clover, the third season of OVERLORD, and the feature-length-film My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission to its streaming platform, with all three titles available to stream in both dubbed and subbed formats. During the past few months Netflix UK have added a wide-range of Crunchyroll …