Without any animation, this gets immeasurable worse real fast. Impressions: Boy, that week off certainly didn’t help the script, or animation for that matter. What a tedious, awfully paced episode. The first half may as well have been on a loop explaining the following two factoids. 1.) There is a magic festival, where it …
Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 04
After a one-week Olympic break, Shoushimin Series returns both to the airwaves and LiA. It won the Patron Pick vote, which consisted of Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san, Shoushimin Series, Giji Harem, and Kami no Tou: Ouji no Kikan. To be honest I was expecting Alya-san to win, but it wasn’t even close – Shoushimin …
The Fable – 18
Boy, this is turning into a hot mess now. There is a lot if plot armor where Akira is concerned – he’s so strong that you never really feel like he could be in danger himself. But you do feel for a guy just trying to quietly exist who trouble always seeks out, even if …
Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! – 04
If what you’re chasing in the anime experience is to have your expectations defied in a good way, Makeine is pretty hard to beat. It may be time to admit this series is a unicorn. But I have a lot of scar tissue with LN adaptations. Whenever I let myself really like one, it hurts …
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) – 05
I’ve rather suspected that the long knives were lying in wait for The Elusive Samurai. Some of the praise for this adaptation has seemed quite grudging, which is unsurprising given the general lack of respect the manga has received. If some were looking for an excuse to turn on it like Ashikaga on the Houjou, …
The Elusive Samurai #05 — Chicken Reactions
Better than more closeups of eyes. Impressions: Sound designers/background music were having… a bit of an episode this week, huh? No idea what was going on there. I’m not even sure how to describe it. A lot of it felt like it belonged in a Wario Ware game. Also, wrapping up the previous episode in …






