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Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO Ep. 1: Caught in a time warp
Actually, this show doesn’t appear to be about time-travel at all. Instead, our protagonist is bestowed with the ability to jump one from one parallel world to the next. Nevertheless, the experience...
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Fruits Basket (2019) Ep. 1: Something old, something new… but mostly old
The first adaptation came out nearly two decades ago, and to be honest, I never really watched it. I had a friend who was crazy about the manga though, so I ended up skimming the anime. Most of my...
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Kimetsu no Yaiba Ep. 1: Onset shounen-itis
I don’t plan on covering this show, but it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek. And after said peek, I’m more certain than ever that I won’t cover the show. So our main character is Tanjirou, and he lives an...
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Fairy Gone Ep. 1: At least it’s not Killing Bites
When I read the show’s synopsis, I thought people would turn into weird animals to do battle: “The story takes place in a world where fairies possess and dwell in animals, giving them mysterious...
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Kono Oto Tomare! Ep. 1: Dialed up to eleven
Takezo is now the sole member of his school’s koto club after his upperclassmen all graduated. It’s up to him to keep it alive by recruiting bright-eyed first years. Unfortunately, he’s not remotely...
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What Else I Watched Today: Lightning round edition
These are shows I probably won’t revisit next week, so I may as well get them out of my system now. Oh yeah, the screencap above is from Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu, but I didn’t watch it at...
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Shoumetsu Toshi Ep. 1: Can’t fill the gaping hole in my heart
The story is shrouded in mystery, but at the same time, it only has 23 minutes to work with. As a result, this opening episode is a mishmash of seemingly disparate elements that isn’t too satisfying...
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Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO Ep. 2: An exercise in futility
Here’s an unoriginal thought: watching Takuya try over and over to save his stepmother, I couldn’t help but wonder if the original game was an inspiration for stories like Steins;Gate and Re:Zero....
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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Ep. 14: Fat evil
Well, he was bound to rear his ugly head sooner or later. — To prevent Naofumi and his lolis from escaping to another country, Malty has her people set fire to an entire forest. I’m always amused when...
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Kenja no Mago Ep. 1: Here we go again
Yet another isekai for us to enjoy. Yay. How many are we up to now in just the past year alone? Honestly, I’ve lost count. My plan after I got home from work was to cover Shield Hero out of spite and...
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Fruits Basket (2019) Ep. 2: So many unneutered pets
Then again, they can’t touch the fairer sex, so I guess this is fine. — So the secret’s out. The Soma family all turn into animals if they’re sick or come into contact with the opposite sex. — Orange...
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Kono Oto Tomare! Ep. 2: Painfully generic
Like most people, I know almost nothing about the koto, zheng, gayageum, đàn tranh or whatever you wanna call it other than that it is a string instrument that you don’t see too much of these days. So...
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Fairy Gone Ep. 2: Old friends as foes
Mariya isn’t the only one who might have to fight a former friend. — Alright, so Mariya is different. Everyone else has to undergo a surgical procedure that begins with harvesting an organ from some...
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Fruits Basket (2019) Ep. 3: So corny
What do you do when your heroine is an airhead? — The cultural festival is coming up, and Tohru’s class has voted to run an onigiri stand. Sounds kinda boring to me, but I don’t have that emotional...
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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Ep. 15: Generically tragic
I had hoped that we wouldn’t dwell on Raphtalia’s painful past, but no such luck. Gotta go through the same ol’ tropes no matter what! — Raccoon girl’s childhood friend was always in love with the...
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Kenja no Mago Ep. 2: Look at me! I’m so awesome!
23 straight minutes about how Shin is practically a weapon of mass destruction. Compared to him, other people might as well be using slingshots. This is almost like that stupid Irregular show except...
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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Ep. 16: Chicken on chicken crime
Sure, sure, the fat chicken is fighting a dragon. Whatever you say, anime. — There’s not much to say in the early portion of the episode. The dragon/dinosaur/past-chicken is on a rampage, and the...
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Kenja no Mago Ep. 3: Shin’s first victim
I feel Maria’s pain. — So let’s get the unimportant stuff out of the way. In this week’s episode, we are introduced to more of Shin’s classmates, but do they really matter? Sicily already looks to be...
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Fruits Basket (2019) Ep. 4: Sweet home Alabama
I know they’re supposed to be distant cousins, but facts aren’t going to stop me from poking fun at the anime. — So the new girl is also a Soma, and she really, really likes Kyo. She has always liked...
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Fruits Basket (2019) Ep. 5: What is home?
Where is home? These are the questions that I struggle with the most as I think back on the episode I just watched. Tohru didn’t have a place to stay, because her relatives were renovating their home....
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