Pet and pets, week 8
In this week’s episode of Pet, we are this close to one of these characters having some semblance of a conscience. This close. Hiroki and Satoshi are tasked with crushing yet another very important...
View ArticleFast and Dirty Spring 2020 Anime Preview
I don’t feel like watching Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi this week (and perhaps ever again), so let’s take a quick look ahead to the upcoming season. When I return from hiatus, I usually take the...
View ArticleItai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku… This Title Is Too Damn Long Ep. 8
Suddenly… lore. But it’s confusing lore. — Starting from the top, the third event is about to start. All season long, I’ve been waiting to see Kaede go up against top players. I am interested to see...
View ArticlePlunderer Ep. 8: Time to get serious!
But only after we get drunk. Priorities, people, priorities. — So while Licht and Jail were busy fighting, the nearby town of Linden was razed to the ground. Not only that, a lake has been replaced by...
View ArticleInfinite Dendrogram Ep. 7: Infinite exposition
Would it surprise you to know that after a week’s hiatus, we’re right back to eating and drinking our MMO lives away? — Before the infinite eating can begin, the anime does introduce us to a couple of...
View ArticleThursday Leftovers Week 8: Deadbeat parents leave children to fend for...
The girls’ less than enthusiastic response to their father’s return pretty much says it all. — Plus, Mamoru tells them he’s leaving immediately so it’s all moot. What’s even the point of having...
View ArticleCasual Friday Week 8: What’s in the box?
Oh god, what’s in the box?! — When we last left off, Wang was about to kill Ryuji when Kaname shows up and offers to make a deal. Look, we all know he’s bluffing. The only person who doesn’t know is...
View ArticleRunway de Waratte Ep. 8? Childish adults get even worse
Hoo boy, I feel like I’m watching one of those tearjerker K-dramas. — Just to be clear, I think Ikuto’s mom is in the clear. She didn’t ask to get sick, and she’s trying her best. Maybe she should’ve...
View ArticleMy Hero Academia Ep. 83 & Heroes Rising
We get another slower episode, but I kinda like seeing the kids be kids? — Practice for the upcoming performance is underway, and these scenes are about what you expect to see. — Eventually, Eri does...
View ArticleKyokou Suiri Ep. 8: Even more backstory
The screenshot above looks exciting, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, we still have to build up to it. And that involves a whole lot more backstory. — This show is all about the power of storytelling, so I...
View ArticleID INVADED Ep. 10: Waking up from the pleasure machine
Good lord, we get yet another plot twist. Well, all I can do is sift through all these details from the beginning. — When people arrive to kill Kiki, they bring their “feelings and plans about the...
View ArticlePet and pets, week 9
Not only do I not love the anime, reading its English subs can be pretty annoying whenever the characters are speaking Mandarin. It’s not unreadable, but I just expect better from Amazon. Anyways,...
View ArticleItai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku… This Title Is Too Damn Long Ep. 9
We begin the episode with Kaede showing off her new destructive powers to her friends. Some are excited, others are bemused. But for me, I think this is a cop-out. Our heroine is all about stacking...
View ArticlePlunderer Ep. 9: It’s all fun and games until someone goes yandere
By the way, I still don’t know what this show is about. But we’re getting there! We’re slowly getting there one inch at a time! — When we last left off, a helicopter had shown up out of nowhere. For...
View ArticleInfinite Dendrogram Ep. 8: A sleep-inducing duel
A match between two of the top duelists in the game should be a fun watch… should… — Ray bumps into Xunyu, the jiangshi from another country, and he thinks the fellow Master has kidnapped someone. As...
View ArticleThursday Leftovers Week 9: Launch these families into the sun
In this week’s episode of Hatena Illusion, the girls’ father suddenly returns home from his… I dunno, misadventures? But he may as well have stayed away, ’cause he’s no help. All he does is stand in...
View ArticleRunway de Waratte Ep. 9: Pockets
Pants and pockets go together like peanut butter and jelly. — Chiyuki’s dad did ask Ikuto to cheer her up, so he does care about her. There’s no reason why he couldn’t do it instead, but oh well, you...
View ArticleCasual Friday Week 9: When waifus collide and a bromance dies
Alright, Darwin’s Game first like always. Why? I’m just going by alphabetical order. — We immediately jump into a duel between Kaname and Danjo. The latter is somehow such a skilled martial artist...
View ArticleMy Hero Academia Ep. 84: There’s a fine line between genius and madness
We all know about Deku and his wholesomeness. He’ll do anything to protect people. He’s our little Green Shrubby Jesus. Similarly, Gentle Criminal won’t stop at anything in order to achieve his...
View ArticleKyokou Suiri Ep. 9: A revenge story
To dispel the myth of Steel Lady Nanase, Kotoko will have to come up with one excuse after another. If Steel Lady Nanase didn’t kill Detective Terada, then who did? There are enough oddities about the...
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