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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.

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Spring 2024 Preview and Video Companion

What a difference a year makes. Read more

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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.

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Kingdom 5 – 10

Huan Li and his sycophants are in the wrong, but I'm not sure they're wrong.

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Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu (The Dangers in My Heart) Season 2 – 11

It's quite fitting that on the week Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu goes full shounen, it pays a little tribute to Toriyama Akira.

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Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ) – 27

What this ep does well accentuates what a shame it is that so much of this series' time was wasted on what it doesn't.

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Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 11

This is gruesome stuff to be sure, though it's depicted with ghastly exactitude and attention to detail.

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Sengoku Youko – 10

I have to stop and remind myself sometimes just what a historic occasion this adaptation is.

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Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san (Mr. Villain’s Day Off) – 10

even though this was a very good episode and probably a necessary one (and wholly adapted from the manga) I missed the General this week. 

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Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 10

I'll  freely admit that some of the conceptions I had about Yubisaki no Renren look like misconceptions now.

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Kingdom 5 – 09

Even in battle politics is always simmering on the back burner, and my eyes never strayed too far from that pot even as the front burner was boiling…

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Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu (The Dangers in My Heart) Season 2 – 10

This ep, for me, shows as well as any why Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu may just be the best romance series we've ever seen.

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Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ) – 26

I wouldn't quote T.S. Eliot exactly here, as there were certainly some bangs in despatching these hollow men (and women) once and for all.

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Dungeon Meshi – 10

Intra-episodic pacing is very much an underrated skill with anime, one that makes a big difference in a show's overall effectiveness.

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Sengoku Youko – 09

Sengoku, for me, has an air of grandness and sweep with no wasted space that elevates it about its predecessor, great as that is.

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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.

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Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 09

This boot camp looks suspiciously like glamping (and who the heck had all that gear?).

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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.

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Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) – 21

If I've learned anything in following Kuuriya no Hitorigoto for five months, it's not let its moods deceive me.

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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.

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Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ) – 25

If indeed these replicas are perfect copies of their originals ability-wise, it should be easy to defeat them. 

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Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 09

There were a number of times I would look back on these events and remember them as the first time some or other story element was introduced.

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Sengoku Youko – 08

Mizukami gets a tremendous amount of content into a series - plot, philosophical debate, character arcs - without seeming rushed or too busy.

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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.

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Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san (Mr. Villain’s Day Off) – 08

I can't explain why that climactic moment was so brilliant - if you know, you know.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 08

The chapter that launched a thousand ship(per)s. And then some...

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Sengoku Youko – 07

Life and death is very much the theme of this episode, and Mizukami explores it in many and myriad ways.

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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. 

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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). 

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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.

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Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection) – 07

The perspective of the series seems a little more sensible and grounded than it did for the first several episodes.

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Kingdom 5 – 06

Liyan is clearly an important word in this arc, and Zhao history.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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Sousou no Frieren – 23

Let's be honest - when you're as OP as Frieren is, it's not that hard to have fun in a place that for most would be a death…

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Dungeon Meshi – 07

Looking at Dungeon Meshi, a recent commercial powerhouse, it's interesting to speculate why the anime receives much lower aggregator scores than the manga.

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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.

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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. 

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