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Tens and an eleven (how did Tokidoki Bosotto get ahead, anyway?)

Yuki and Kuze show off their scary looks. Tokidoki Bosotto 11 gets back to the story, well, after some cute “Kuze-kun’s sick so I have to go and…

Too Old for Anime

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Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 10 (Season Finale)

Ironically given the series' title and theoretically its central theme, Shoushimin suffered from nothing about it really being extraordinary.

Lost in Anime

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Nines and a Ten

Say “Aahh …” Tokidoki Bosotto 10 thankfully doesn’t digress as much into silly territory like it did last week, but there’s no straightforward story either. There&#821…

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Anime Like Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary

Jougorou Kobato has a bad habit of inserting himself into other people's problems, using excellent detective skills to unravel their small mysteries. However,

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Top Five Anime Openings (OPs) of the Summer 2024 Season

The summer 2024 has been on fire—at least when it comes to the music. While it lacks the big splashes of last season, like YUNGLUD’s “Abyss,” summer 2024…

Beneath the Tangles

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Eights and a nine (late, sorry)

I’ll do that for this episode. Tokidoki Bosotto 9 wastes an episode with only one meaningful thing in it. Alya, though she won the debate, feels sorry for…

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Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 08

For me at least the ship has long since sailed on Shoushimin Series being remotely realistic.

Lost in Anime

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Sevens and an eight

Dramatic camera framing. “Should teachers recommend or appoint student council officers” or something like that, is the story in Tokidoki Bosotto this week, or rather, the big debate.…

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Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 07

It’s always a bit of a minefield when pure slice-of-life series get serious in their final episodes.

Lost in Anime

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Sevens and sixes

Yeshi-yeshi. Onto the sevens, mostly. Tokidoki Bossoto etc’s episode spends most of its time examining the relationships between most of the main characters. First we get the odd…

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Various fours through sixes

All’s well that ends well … wait, the season’s not half over. Lots of drama in Make Heroine ga Oosugiro 4–it can’t be helped when the opening bit…

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Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 05

Can you imagine "The Chinese Restaurant" or "The Parking Garage" with little or no humor? Do you want to?

Lost in Anime

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Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 04

Was this interesting? I guess sort of, though that's very much in the eye of the beholder.

Lost in Anime

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I Watched A LOT OF NEW ANIME for the Summer 2024 Season...

► Find where to stream all the anime here from our friends at Yatta Tachi: https://yattatachi.com/watch-summer-2024-anime ► Support me on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Arkada ► Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/GlassReflection 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:01:10…

Glass Reflection

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Twos and threes where they’ve all reached four

Suou-chan is a handful. Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru 2 is a bit of a surprise. It feels like a mid-season episode and more of a character study…

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The Speakeasy #163: How to Become Ordinary, Makeine, The Elusive Samurai + More Summer 2024 Anime

This month we breakdown the new summer season of anime: SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary My Wife Has No Emotions Twilight Out of Focus Alya Sometimes Hides Her…

Reverse Thieves

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The Weekly Orbit [7/22/24]

The Weekly Orbit is a weekly column collecting and refining my more casual anime- and manga-related thoughts from the previous week. Mostly, these are taken from my tumblr blog, and…

The Magic Planet

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Shoushimin Series (How to Become Ordinary) – 03

Yonezawa is one of those writers that can't help but be a little interesting even when they're writing about boring things.

Lost in Anime

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New shows Summer 2024 3

Yay, I’m officially a week behind! Shoushimin Series starts with the opening credits, kinda yellow. So LAST Saturday saw the premiere of Shoushimin Series, where two kids, Jogoro…

Too Old for Anime

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Ranking EVERY Anime From Summer 2024

I talked about a lot of anime from summer 2024 in this video. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 1:46 Pseudo Harem 2:10 VTuber Legend 3:54 Midnight Punch 4:26 2.5…

Huno

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SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary

SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....

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Seasonal First Impressions: Summer 2024 Stragglers, Part II

Seasonal First Impressions is a column where I detail my thoughts, however brief or long, about a currently-airing anime’s first episode or so. The Magical Girl and the Evil…

The Magic Planet

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Summer 2024: Seasonal Anime First Impressions Part 2

Second part of the Summer 2024 Seasonal First Impressions, including premieres of the life-affirming Elusive Samurai, the quietly storming Shoushimin Series, the sleeper hit Sakuna of Rice and…

MEGAWATCH

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Summer 2024 Impressions: Shoushimin Series, VTuber Legend, Dungeon no Naka no Hito

Shoushimin Series Short Synopsis: A girl who loves sweets and a boy who is really trying his best to be normal solve a mystery and (temporarily) get some…

Star Crossed Anime

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First Look: Shoshimin — How to Become Ordinary

He’s a genius at deduction. She’s really into confectionery. Together, they solve incredibly mundane mysteries and try to survive high school.

The Glorio Blog

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SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary – Episode 1

What do you mean, you’re on a mission to become ordinary? You seem pretty normal to me as you are, kiddo—dare I say bland.

Anime Feminist

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First Impressions – Shoushimin Series (How to Become Ordinary)

I have to remind myself that my initial response to Hyouka was pretty lukewarm.

Lost in Anime

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First Impression: SHOSHIMIN: How to Become Ordinary

Kobato and Osanai have a deal. The socially awkward boy and quiet girl will help one another “become ordinary.” To do so, they will follow a series of…

Beneath the Tangles

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This Anime Guy Is A Genius Detective 🕵🏻

This Anime Guy Is A Genius Detective 🕵🏻 ✿ Anime: How to be Ordinary // Shoushimin Series #anime #animerecomendations #newanime #anime2024 #weeb #otaku

Juhnime

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This Anime Is About Being NORMAL 😳

This Anime Is About Being NORMAL 😳 ✿ Anime: How to be Ordinary // Shoushimin Series #anime #animerecomendations #newanime #anime2024 #weeb #otaku

Juhnime