Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara Ep. 9: You can’t blame Sho for trying
But you can blame him for being oblivious to Asagi’s feelings. I really want to commend the guy for taking his shots. Sho clearly has guts. It’s just so unfortunate that he is also incredibly dense....
View ArticleGoblin Slayer Ep. 9: Mirror, mirror on the wall…
…who’s the sexiest Goblin Slayer of them all? — When Priestess touches the giant mirror, the surface ripples and the party soon sees a goblin village on the other side. So yeah, it’s basically a...
View ArticleSword Art Online – Alicization Ep. 9: Nothing interesting happens
No adventures, no MMO questing, no nothing. Instead, imagine living in a stupid society, so you have to teach yourself to break unjust laws. That’s basically this arc in a nutshell. — The episode...
View ArticleSSSS.GRIDMAN Ep. 9: Time for Akane’s redemptive arc
Cute anime girls can always be saved. — We cut to Yuta waking up like he did in the very first episode, and he quickly finds Akane sitting at the kitchen table, playing with her dolls. So I guess...
View ArticleFast and Dirty Winter 2019 Anime Preview
Usually, I’ll have both Double Decker! and Ulysses – Jeanne d’Arc to Renkin no Kishi to watch as soon as I wake up, but that doesn’t seem to be the case today. Maybe they’ll air later or something,...
View ArticleThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Ep. 10: One more race under the fold
That looks kinda gross. But I guess Rimuru can taste food now, so there’s that… — Off to the side, the ogres fill the goblins in on what had happened to them. Apparently, orcs are supposed to be...
View ArticleSeishun Buta Yarou Ep. 10: One problem after another
Well, that’s just silly. — Here, we see Nodoka as a young(er) kid. Obviously, I knew she wasn’t a natural blonde. I’ve always heard it was bad for your hair to bleach it all the time, though. Also,...
View ArticleIrozuku Sekai no Ashita kara Ep. 10: Paper planes
Finally, we get to learn a thing or two about Hitomi’s past. — Things are still awkward between Hitomi and Asagi. I guess that’s to be expected. You just feel bad for our heroine, because it’s not...
View ArticleGoblin Slayer Ep. 10: Another breather
Pray to the two moons for something interesting to happen. — Oh hey, Haruhi’s back. She does all the heavy lifting so that individuals like Goblin Slayer have the privilege to follow their dreams. We...
View ArticleSword Art Online – Alicization Ep. 10: Defy your programming and stop… rape?
Anyways, what an odd warning for this series. Lemme guess… those upper class bullies are going to attack Tiese and Ronie, huh? Sigh. Let’s get this over with. — So it’s raining hard and thundering...
View ArticleSSSS.GRIDMAN Ep. 10: Akane strikes back
Wanna redeem me? Redeem this. — Rikka finally tells everyone what Akane had told her: everyone is born from a kaiju that Akane made. Of course, Sho finds this hard to believe, and why wouldn’t he? As...
View ArticleUlysses – Jeanne d’Arc to Renkin no Kishi Ep. 9: Yay, I waited two weeks for...
…nice… — Imagine seeing your fellow countrymen die all around you, but being pumped up just because some half-dressed teenager is waving a flag and telling you to keep fighting. Hm. — In most of...
View ArticleThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Ep. 11: Inching closer to war
“Inching” is the operative word. Boy, are we inching. — Oh man, they now have houses and everything. But at the end of the day, I would never want to live my life in any of these high fantasy isekai...
View ArticleSeishun Buta Yarou Ep. 11: Gross brocon stuff
But I guess we just have to deal with it, because these are the baby steps that Kaede needs to take in order to liberate herself from hikikomori-dom. — The start of the episode quickly reassures us...
View ArticleDouble Decker! Doug and Kirill Ep. 11: From outer space?
Are you kidding me right now? Man, this really should’ve been a two-cour anime. There’s just way too much story here to cram into such a small amount of episodes. — So what’s been happening lately?...
View ArticleKishuku Gakkou no Juliet Ep. 11: Romio and the terrible, horrible, no good,...
Uh huh… — So Juliet’s birthday bash is still on. Honestly, it sounds like one of those nightmare sweet sixteen stuff that you can see on MTV. Wait, is MTV still a thing? Sorry, I’m not hip with the...
View ArticleIrozuku Sekai no Ashita kara Ep. 11: All good things must come to an end
Or so they say. — Cultural festivals are always a big deal in anime. It’s probably a big deal in real life as well. Almost makes me kinda jealous, because this is just not a thing in the west. At the...
View ArticleSword Art Online – Alicization Ep. 11: Another dumb tower to climb
They look like a bunch of kids. Not even teenagers. Just flat out kids playing dress-up. Oh well, no Goblin Slayer this week, so we’re just going to jump right into SAO first. — Eugeo stupidly tries...
View ArticleUlysses – Jeanne d’Arc to Renkin no Kishi Ep. 10: Is this where we jump the...
‘Cause it really feels like we’ve just jumped the shark. The original premise of the show was like bad beef between France and England, and France is losing real bad. But it’s okay! Our hero’s going...
View ArticleThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Ep. 12: Idiot son ruins everything
Just like we expected. — Benimaru is a bit harsh in calling Treyni selfish for her request, but he’s not entirely off the mark. Could we get maybe an explanation or something? But at the end of the...
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