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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Kingdom 5 – 11

“Oversimplify” is an interesting word in context of this episode, because it’s used in the episode itself.

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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.

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Sousou no Frieren – 28 (Season Finale)

Despite my relative indifference towards this final arc, I’m quite looking forward to the inevitable second season.

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Dungeon Meshi – 12

Hopefully no one in the Laios party has seen Fullmetal Alchemist,

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Sengoku Youko – 11

Where Mizukami is concerned I always fear the worst with anime, as if a curse hangs over his work.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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. 

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Kusuriya no Hitorigoto – 18

There was a veritable tidal wave of new information here, though much of it came as confirmation rather than revelation.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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Kingdom 5 – 04

No two ways about it - a superior knowledge of terrain is a big advantage in a military campaign.

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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.

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