Things have gotten a bit heavy on Dungeon Meshi these past few weeks. It can certainly do that well – this series is good at action, good at drama, and possesses a really well-considered mythological framework with real structural integrity. But this is the mode where it’s most at ease – these four goofuses making …
Another episode in, I’m still not sure just what I’m watching with Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai. In turns in appears to be a typical fluffy shoujo romance and School Days. That mostly stems from the title character of course, and Hananoi-kun is still tough to get a read on (as indeed is noted on-screen). …
Unnamed Memory Short Synopsis: A king’s line is cursed to never be able to bear children. Their solution? Go find a witch, conquer her trials, and use their one wish to ask her to be the prince’s wife. What could go wrong? Lenlo: You know, for a fantasy series about a guy tricking/forcing a girl …
How do you make those so boring? Impressions: This too is a show that exists. Next Episode: Hoops are life.
Real badasses here. Impressions: As the premieres wrap up, and no first episodes gave much cause to be excited or optimistic, thoughts inevitably turn to compromise. Or perhaps bargaining. Maybe I could try to amuse myself by running a tournament of all the cheat power shows this season to find out which is the most horrible …
I must confess, I enjoyed that quite a bit. If you’d pressed me, I’d have said that between the two reboots of old chestnuts this season, Bartender was the more likely to hold my interest. If for no other reason, it’s even older than Spice and Wolf and I remember less about it. There’s also …
