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Spring 2024 What-I’m-Watching Summary – Week 4

Dungeon Meshi – 18 [Shapeshifter] To absolutely no ones surprise, Dungeon Meshi continues to be great. This week it brought us the classic Doppelganger encounter, but with the usual Dungeon Meshi twist. Not content with just one Doppelganger, we had nine, three for each of our cast members. And as if that wasn’t enough, each …

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Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 05

Horses for courses, that’s the theme of the day. Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is a match made in Heaven for me, obviously. But also for Studio Pierrot. They have an unerringly steady hand with this sort of material, to the point where there’s literally no studio I would trust more with any work of …

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Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 04

“Horses for courses” is a turn of phrase you’ve heard me use before. And an especially apt metaphor for Derby Day (what a finish). Usually it’s in reference to an anime matching my own tastes, like this season’s Yatagarasu or Tonai no Youkai-san, and the extra cred that brings with it. But it also applies …