When did gradient hair become such a thing? Impressions: It’s the start of a new arc, which means that it’s time for fanservice, bad comedy, spamming new characters, and incoherent rambling about the nonsensical geopolitical situation. First up is introducing some new rich lady combat type, same as the last arc, to pointlessly antagonize …
Great Escapes: A Fond Look at Makoto Shinkai’s Disaster Film Triology
As sometimes happens on Discord, instead of Twitter, these days, I was talking with some friends about Makoto Shinkai, director of smash-hit Your Name., regular-hit Tenki no Ko, and not-really-a-hit Suzume. It reminded me that I’ve never really set down my thoughts on the three films, nor on Shinkai’s evolution since he made a it …
Spy x Family – Episode 26
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am tossing and turning in the maelstrom winds of the apartment hunt process, which has understandably got my nerves a-frazzling. As such, I’m feeling hungry for some animated comfort food, and fortunately the second season of Spy x Family has arrived just in time …
The Anti-Slut-Shaming Anime
In the afterword of Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me‘s first volume, author Makiko Nagaoka remarked: “If I got lucky enough to date a beautiful voice actress I admired, would I give up on the idea if I found out she wasn’t a virgin? There’s no way I would…” She has …
Dr. STONE New World P2 – 9 [First Dream]
Welcome all, to another week of Dr. STONE! This one begins our epilogue, our journey into the next arc. Not a whole lot happens, mostly just check-ins and resets, but we do get one major plot reveal: Why-Man returns. What does this mean? Well lets jump in and find out! Starting off, like I said …
Sousou no Frieren – 14
I haven’t loved every episode of Sousou no Frieren by any means (though there have certainly been no outright clunkers), but the last two have been really good. And this one might be my favorite so far. I mentioned last week that series should do what they’re best at most of the time, and I …