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Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi – 07
We're back squarely in comfort mode this week.
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Ranma ½ (2024) – 07
I don't think Senya has anything to worry about.
Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) – 08
This is getting complicated.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 07
Tonbo's reaction when she heard Igarashi-san would be returning to Kagoshima was beyond adorable.
Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka (365 Days to the Wedding) – 07
There have been very few anime that so accurately depict the agony of romance for those who aren't good at it.
Negaposi Angler (Negative Positive Angler) – 07
Those casting for bigger narrative fish will have to wait another week.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Kyoto Douran – 07
To say Kyoto has a checkered history doesn't begin to do it justice.
Dandadan – 07
I wouldn’t want it to be the norm, but as a curveball it was certainly highly effective.
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 16
To detour such as this in the middle of the climactic battle, to deal with the personal side of all this for two secondary characters, is classic Mizukami.
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé) – 06
On some level this Osaka-Tokyo culture clash is at the heart of the premise.
LiA Bespoke Project – Truth in Advertising: The Japanese Konbini
Finally, an institution that lives up to its name.
Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi – 06
For a show as broadly consistent as this one, the poles are actually pretty polar.
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My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 19 – Double
The drama world is full of strange and fascinating characters.
Ranma ½ (2024) – 06
Not much needs to be said about this reboot except "it makes me laugh".
Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) – 07
Golly, I wonder who Jolenta's father is.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 06
Tiger Woods said "the only two players who truly owned their golf swings were Ben Hogan and Moe Norman".
Ao no Hako (Blue Box) – 07
This series' highs and lows are not only extreme, but immediate.
Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka (365 Days to the Wedding) – 06
You can't do a series about marriage without covering the subject of divorce. Not if you want to call it in any way comprehensive.
Dandadan – 06
Dandadan continues to do a great job of capturing the feel of the manga using the means available as an anime.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Kyoto Douran – 06
It's obvious where everyone is going to end up - Kyoto - but their journeys are a major component of the story.
Negaposi Angler – 06
It always seemed likely the show had another gear it would eventually shift into.
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 15
Senya has one of the greatest arcs in manga, but Shinsuke isn't far behind him.
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé) – 05
This episode was pretty different tonally than the first four, and in some ways probably the most interesting.
Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi – 05
Yeah, I definitely did not see that coming.
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Ranma ½ (2024) – 05
I find Ranma ½ works better when it's hardcore zany.
Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) – 06
The essential nature of the divide is brought forth beautifully and poetically, as Orb has a talent for doing.
Ao no Miburo (Blue Miburo) – 03
It's clear that this is going to be a story that paints in primary colors, but that can work when you have a really interesting premise.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 05
It would be hard to imagine anything more different from the first season and still golf-related than this.
Ao no Hako (Blue Box) – 06
This passage of the series is pretty much a slog for me.
Patron Pick Fall 2024 – Negaposi Angler
We’re still solidly in slice of life mode here and ignoring elephants.
Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka (365 Days to the Wedding) – 05
This show just has a phenomenal vibe, so easy to love, so relaxing and natural. It's like a girl who's beautiful without wearing any makeup.
Dandadan – 05
Well, never a dull moment as they say - and rarely a lull moment - where Dandadan is concerned.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Kyoto Douran – 05
There are times when the purity of Kenshin's pathos really gets to me, and this is one of them.
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 14
Ultimately, Sengoku Youko is a chronicle of virtues - kindness, loyalty, bravery, humor - and those who possess them.
Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Yakuza Fiancé) – 04
I kind of hate this whole syndrome of trying to figure out whether the mangaka realizes their protagonist is a horrible person.
Fall 2024 Check-in
This season isn't a mass-produced model, that's for sure.
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 18 – Oyasumi Punpun (Goodnight Punpun)
This time on "My Taste", it's one of manga's greatest masterpieces.
Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi – 04
If any series were ever comfortable in its own skin surely it's Natsume Yuujnchou.
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Ranma ½ (2024) – 04
This ep really illustrates one of the charms of this show, which is the chance to hear great old voice actors really enjoying themselves.
Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) – 05
If you're the sort of anime viewer that thinks words like "serious" and "ambitious" equal pretentious you should probably bail at this point.
LiA Bespoke Project: Ayakashi, Mononoke, Youkai – What’s in a Name?
October. Halloween, Beltane - the occult is in the air.
Second Impressions – Ao no Miburo (Blue Miburo)
I can already kind of tell that Ao no Miburo is going to be one of those series I want to like more than I actually do.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 04
This episode represented a pretty big test both for Ooi! Tonbo and its title character.
Negaposi Angler – 04
Anime about people really interested in something can be interesting just by the act of showing that.
Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka (365 Days to the Wedding) – 04
It would be ironic (though not coincidental) if the two best examples of marriage anime in the modern era were both directed by the same guy.
Ao no Hako (Blue Box) – 05
With Blue Box, you just have to take the bitter with the sweet.
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Kyoto Douran – 04
Obviously, this is a watershed episode for Rurouni Kenshin.
Dandadan – 04
It’s not Citizen Kane, but this series knows what it’s good at, and it’s this kind of thing.
Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen – 13
Obviously sake isn't Douren's only weakness.