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Sousou no Frieren – 14
I haven't loved every episode of Frieren by any means (though there have been no outright clunkers), but the last two have been really good.
Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai. – 10
As different as chalk and cheese, these two, and that's just the way Mikoto likes it.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 23
Ultimately, the real battle here is not between the Battousai and the Shinsengumi captain, but between the Battousai and the Rurouni.
Helck – 22
I feel like there's a lot of ambling and preambling going on given how late in the series we are.
Migi to Dari – 10
This series is absolute inspired lunacy, and it's a crying shame it seems to be drawing almost no attention.
Overtake! – 10
There was no way Overtake was going to try and follow up last week's emotional blockbuster - that would have been pointless.
Spy x Family Season 2 – 09
There have been some very weak episodes of SxF, that's for sure. But none, I think, quite so disheartening as the last couple have been.
LiA Bespoke Project : The Top 10 Sports Anime – Honorable Mention
LiA Bespoke is back. Once again the benefactor is the incredibly generous LiA MVP Nicc. And the commission this time is a straightforward one.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 09
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto has a pretty flexible moral compass, which the protagonist personifies.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 09
That the Japanese need series like these to reassure them that it doesn't have to be like that is sad as Hell, but it's nice to have one…
Pluto – 07
I only just realized it, but there's something just a bit childlike in all the great robots of Pluto as Urasawa writes them.
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 21
Does the fact that I just don't care about any of this make me a bad person?
Sousou no Frieren – 13
We're going to be together for a long time, so the more narrative arrows this series has in its quiver the better.
Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai. – 09
Of all the shows being unjustly ignored this season, Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai. is probably the one where it pisses me off the most.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 22
It might be argued that the rest of the series is one extended chain of events with its origins in this episode.
Helck – 21
Obviously the series is playing a long game here, but I am feeling more than a hint of drift.
Migi to Dari – 09
Full credit to the anime staff for their excellent work, but it's a shame we're never going to get to see what else Sano Nami would have dreamed…
Overtake! – 09
As this episode wound down I kept thinking of Gegege no Kitarou 2018's Episode 20, "Memories of the Y?ka" (the war one).
Spy x Family Season 2 – 08
I found that ep of Spy x Family disturbing on so many levels and none of them, I suspect, the way it was intended.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 08
It's not as though I can point to any single extraordinary element of that episode, but it was one of my favorites so far.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 08
This is not high art by any stretch of the imagination, but it's hard not to smile.
Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2 – 20
It's patently obvious what makes this series work and what stymies it, and the season has obediently followed that pattern.
Sousou no Frieren – 12
I definitely think the less conventional Sousou no Frieren is, the better it fares. That may be the reason Fern kind of annoys me.
Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai. – 08
I can't help but think that if the cast were sisters instead of brothers, mainstream anime fans would be all over it.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 21
Nothing essential for either plot or character happened here, I don't think, but there was no harm done either.
Pluto – 06
Pluto as a whole is Urasawa Naoki's creation, but of course the roots of it are in Tezuka Osamu's creation.
Helck – 20
The pacing in general seems a bit clunky these last several weeks, and it feels for all the world as if Helck is stalling for time here.
Migi to Dari – 08
The thing about making a show like Migi to Dari is, you have to be fully committed to the concept.
Overtake! – 08
This is assuredly the right decision for Haru in the long run, as Futoshi makes clear in no uncertain terms.
Weekly Digest 11/19/2023 – Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen, Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2
As indifferent as I am about the whole Philomela grimoire storyline, at least stuff is happening with it now.
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Revenger, Tokyo Revengers, Tokyo Revengers Season 2 Part 2
Spy x Family Season 2 – 07
At some point somebody has to say "hey, that's an elephant!" or else your suspension of disbelief starts to crumble.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 07
Considering Maomao openly suspected her father of selling her off, she too is very nonchalant about this reunion.
Gridman Universe
Purely in terms of fanservice, I think this movie has to have scratched pretty much every possible fanbase itch.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 07
I think it's worth reiterating my view that the current plot twist is kind of messed up.
Fall 2023 Pledge Drive – Wrap-up and Thank You
We got there in the end. Read more
Sousou no Frieren – 11
This matter of religious belief seems to me the fundamental question Sousou no Frieren is most interested in exploring.
Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai. – 07
Because the series doesn't dwell on it constantly, it can be easy to forger just what the Yuzukids have been through.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 20
If the 2023 has to fill time, I'm happier if they do it this way, with Watsuki's own material, even if it's not absolutely essential.
Pluto – 05
I can't help but wonder what inspired Urasawa to take something that was already seminal in Japanese culture and reimagine it like this.
Helck – 19
The segue into pre-flashback mode is so complete that it's jarring only for its suddenness.
Migi to Dari – 07
All these fascinating and weird elements have been laid out for six episodes, but this is where they really started to come together.
Overtake! – 07
Kouya's backstory is quite complicated and dark, and it's well-integrated with the sports side (effectively Haruka's arc).
Weekly Digest 11/12/2023 – Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen, Mahoutsukai no Yome Season 2
Digest posts make sense sometimes, but Tokyo Revengers and Mahoutsukai no Yome are mismatched in more ways than one.
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Revenger, Tokyo Revengers, Tokyo Revengers Season 2 Part 2
Spy x Family Season 2 – 06
This mission is serious business, and rather plausible as compared to most of the cloak-and-dagger fantasy in Spy x Family.
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 06
Palace politics are a bitch, no question about it. It seems to transcend time and place.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 06
There were several interesting elements in this episode of Atarashii Joushi, along with the usual handful of guffaws.
Sousou no Frieren – 10
It's just a good thing for this story's human race that Frieren chose to be on their side most of the time.
Yuzuki-san Chi no Yonkyoudai. – 06
We all mature at different rates (it seems more stark in boys), and first year junior high seems to be the ultimate showcase for that.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) – 19
There are many different paths Kenshin could have chosen to express his dismay over the state of the world and his role in it.
Pluto – 04
I was spellbound for the entire hour, but my instant reaction when it was over was "how the hell am I supposed to write about that?".