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Sengoku Youko – 13
Never would the phrase "just when it's getting good" be more apt than if Sengoku Youko were ending after the prologue.
Sengoku Youko – 12
Never would the phrase "just when it's getting good" be more apt than if Sengoku Youko were ending after the prologue.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) – 12 (End) and Series Review
There's no bait-and-switch happening with Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi - people just see what they want to see.
Yubisaki no Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 12 (End) and Series Review
This show has always struck me as a seinen romance with a shoujo tag, but this was probably the most shoujo episode of the series.
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san (Mr. Villain’s Day Off) – 12 (End) and Series Review
If life is what you make it, then Warumono-san's life is very rich and full indeed.
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu (The Dangers in My Heart) Season 2 – 12
I was worried the anime would cut "CHINPO BATTLE" but those magnificent bastards went and expanded it.
Kingdom 5 – 11
“Oversimplify” is an interesting word in context of this episode, because it’s used in the episode itself.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 24 (Season Finale)
Credit where it’s due - this is a really good adaptation of what’s clearly a good source material.
Sousou no Frieren – 28 (Season Finale)
Despite my relative indifference towards this final arc, I’m quite looking forward to the inevitable second season.
Dungeon Meshi – 12
Hopefully no one in the Laios party has seen Fullmetal Alchemist,
Sengoku Youko – 11
Where Mizukami is concerned I always fear the worst with anime, as if a curse hangs over his work.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) – 11
When it comes to Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi, I don’t swim with the current to say the least.
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san (Mr. Villain’s Day Off) – 11
I don't think I've ever seen myself in a character as much as I do in Warumono-san.
Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 11
I'll go the mat on this one: Yubisaki no Renren acts much more like a seinen romance series than a shoujo one.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) – 10
Well, I think we have our answer to the "four seasons" question I posed after Episode 6.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) – 09
Nothing says teen fun like an auger and a tupper full o' maggots.
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san (Mr. Villain’s Day Off) – 09
We're getting an origin story next week, but it's already clear that Black is as just as much of a mensch as Warumono-san.
Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 09
This boot camp looks suspiciously like glamping (and who the heck had all that gear?).
Kingdom 5 – 08
All this was ever about was enticing Qing She to make the first move and leave his bubble of safety, and in the end it was surprisingly easy.
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu (The Dangers in My Heart) Season 2 – 09
Anna talks about wanting to be more grown-up for him, but Kyou is already acting grown-up for her.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) – 08
Dosanko Gal is another (in a long and august tradition) of anime on which I find my opinion diverging sharply from the general consensus.
Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 08
Shoujo or no, the vibe we're getting with Yubisaki to Renren has a classic seinen quality to it.
Kingdom 5 – 07
Huan Yi is a hell of a poker player, and the fact that he doesn't care that these are lives and not cards is what makes him so…
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 20
Once more the theme this week is coincidence and conspiracy, and a detective's ability to spot the difference.
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu (The Dangers in My Heart) Season 2 – 08
What was there this week was perfect, but there was some stuff that wasn't there.
Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ) – 24
By adding herself to the obstacles Sense really does seem to be trying to stack the deck against the examinees.
LiA Bespoke Project : That Niche (You Know the One I Mean) – Top 10
You've heard met talk about a certain "niche" on the schedule, and it's easier to give examples of it than to define it.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) – 07
How, the reasoning goes, could pretty teenage girls like a guy like this?
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san (Mr. Villain’s Day Off) – 07
If Mr. Villain has two weaknesses, they're certainly pandas and children (especially in distress).
LiA Bespoke Project: Hello, Goodbye – Anime’s Best First and Final Episodes (Wrap-up)
As always, whenever one compiles a "best of" (or personal favorites) list, what's not on it draws as much attention as what is.
Kingdom 5 – 06
Liyan is clearly an important word in this arc, and Zhao history.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 19
I've learned that with the anime version of Kusuriya at least, you never make assumptions about what sort of episode you're looking at.
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Season 2 – 07
I really have to try to cut back on my verbosity with these BokuYaba write-ups, because they're eating a huge chunk of my weekend.
First Impressions – Ninja Kamui
I'm not sure if there'll be enough in the story to keep me hooked, but the visuals alone are enough to make this series worth a look.
Sengoku Youko – 06
We're so very much at the early stages of Sengoku Youko that it's hard to believe how much has already happened.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi – 06
Obviously a high school student having a curfew isn't in itself unusual, but it's pretty obvious that Tsubasa's home life is.
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san – 06
Life it what happens on the way.
Weekly Digest 2/11/24 – Bucchigiri?!, Yubisaki to Renren
I wouldn't call what he and Yuki have the romance of the century but it's progressing in a pretty believable way.
Kingdom 5 – 05
You'd never know Kingdom is a huge deal, with live-action movies and sales in the all-time top 20, if you went by its profile in English.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 18
There was a veritable tidal wave of new information here, though much of it came as confirmation rather than revelation.
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Season 2 – 06
You could tell from the comments of the staff and cast ithat this was a huge moment, one everybody involved was waiting for.
Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi – 05
This is now a love triangle of sorts, undeniably. But it doesn't bother or even annoy me because of the way it's being handled.
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season – Kanketsu-hen – 02 (End) and Series Review
This whole bloated franchise is larger than life in every sense of the word. Including the cavern it's carved out in my subconscious.
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san – 05
I've come to the unsettling conclusion that apart from the panda fetish (and the world domination gig) Warumono-san and I are the same guy.
LiA Bespoke Project: Hello, Goodbye – Anime’s Best First and Final Episodes – #5
The hardest thing about this topic is trying to remember - in this case, all the first and last episodes I’ve really loved.
Yubisaki to Renren – 05
I still got annoyed by a bunch of stuff here, but this was the most involved I've felt since the series kicked off.
Bucchigiri – 04
I like this show a lot, but I do find that I enjoyed the first two full-bore episodes more than the last two more contained ones.
Kingdom 5 – 04
No two ways about it - a superior knowledge of terrain is a big advantage in a military campaign.
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu Season 2 – 05
The fact that this was what counts as a breather episode tells you a lot about this season of The Dangers in My Heart.