I’m rather startled by how much I’m enjoying Ranma ½. It’s not even nostalgia so much, because it’s been so long since I watched the original that I barely remember it. I just like it – it’s so damn much fun and makes a perfect unwind after the intensity of Chi Chikyuu. I think Inuyasha …
The wheel of fate moves quickly. On the fourth episode we already get a ten-year timeskip. We bid Do widzenia to a legendary protagonist (he certainly went out in style) and welcome a (mostly) new cast of characters. But this is still a story rooted in the same themes – truth, beauty, belief and institutions …
I think Ooi! Tonbo is pretty great generally, but if you love golf it’s pure crack. They went ahead and did it. I’ve compared Tonbo to Seve more than once, and now I know the mangaka feels the same way. Hitting a fairway wood off his knees is one of the most famous trick shots …
The Blue Wolves of Mibu (for once the more liberal English title is better than the literal translation) is an outlier for me in many ways. I mean it started very late, sure but that’s no big. Rather, my expectations for it were higher than I could easily justify. Not a hugely-praised manga, and Days …
Don’t let the store move TOO fast. Impressions: What gets me is that they clearly know what would be exciting. Just do what’s being advertised and teased in the OP. Women on fire. Magic fights. Robots with laser cannons. Instead, the episode is… the main character wandering around aimlessly, lamenting that he doesn’t really …
This is why children hate you, grandpa. Impressions: I love the attempted framing device of an old man telling some whining kids a heroic story and instead getting this episode. Gather round, children, and listen to the tale of a bland kid going about his business for twenty minutes, then some ruffians appear, get beaten up, …
