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Tonari no Youkai-san – 07
This constituted a needed course correction.
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid (The Duke of Death and His Maid) Season 3 – 07
I'm glad we got this episode, because the truth of the matter is, it was no sure thing that we would.
The Fable – 07
The style of humor here feels appropriate for a series about gangsters, which is a rarity in anime.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 07
Not to come over all X-Files, but with very few exceptions "trust no one" seems to be the order of the day.
exception, Karas, YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 06
Sport names are sometimes both nouns and verbs, but it's only when the sports is embedded deep in the cultural psyche that they become adjectives.
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 03
Ah, this chapter. Read more
Ooi! Tonbo – 07
Tsubura could take something from Tonbo's approach to the sport and, if she cared about improving, Tonbo could take something from hers.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 20
It occurs to me not for the first time that this series is as much as anything a chronicle of a social experiment.
Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 07
Bartender is working better for me when it's quirky and geeky - the drama just doesn't pack the same punch.
First Impressions – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen
Once more this dance, which feels like it's been going on forever.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 4 – The Hunter X Hunter Exam Arc
For once we agree (mostly).
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid (The Duke of Death and His Maid) Season 3 – 06
I won't strain my shoulder patting myself on the back too hard, because it was really only a matter of time.
Weekly Digest 05/12/2023 – Tonari no Youkai-san, The Fable
Being quite on the fence about both these series, I'm going to give the digest thing a try. Read more
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 06
Another five minute episode of Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai in the books. Or so it felt like, anyway.
Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 05
That vibed like the DeNiro-Pacino moment in Heat.
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 02
What will the fans complain about next week, I wonder?
Ooi! Tonbo – 06
Having unleashed these two against each other, Igaiga can't possibly control what happens.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 19
You do feel sort of bad for Marcille, who bears this brand well and truly now - she's the black magic woman.
Kai to Otome to Kamikakushi (Mysterious Disappearances) – 05
Kai to Otome to Kamikakushi is not a cute girls doing cute things so much as a cute girls doing hot things.
Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 06
In spite of its resolutely realistic settings, Bartender is actually not a series that's trying to be realistic.
Otoyomegatari – 108/109
It's like waiting a half-hour for a bus and then two of them show up bumper-to-bumper.
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid (The Duke of Death and His Maid) Season 3 – 05
Considering the only pairing Viola seems to have considered is utterly ludicrous, she's not one who should be dispensing relationship advice
The Fable – 05
While the humor is somewhat hit and miss, there's a generally absurdist tone to this material which I quite like.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 05
This show is certainly taking a kitchen sink approach when it comes to alternative fiction.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 05
There's literally no studio I would trust more with any work of this genre that I cared about.
Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 04
Kuroshitsuji and Mahoutsukai no Yome are the polar opposites of suitability for a school arc.
Black Butler, Black Butler: Public School Arc, The Ancient Magus' Bride
Boku no Hero Academia Season 7 – 01
While there's no question Boku no Hero Academia can be a frustrating series at times, I'm always glad to have it back.
Ooi! Tonbo – 05
This is developing into something of a battle of both wits and wills between Igaiga and Tonbo.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 18
Now the true ship can finally set sail.
Kai to Otome to Kamikakushi (Mysterious Disappearances) – 04
Never mind three, sometimes the four episode rule serves a purpose, sometimes it doesn’t.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 05
Whatever Suntory paid for that, they got their money's worth.
My Taste is Better Than Yours Episode 3 – Pluto
Not the (former) planet or the dog, but the anime and (mostly) the manga.
Spring 2024 Check-in
Bigger isn't always better where anime seasons are concerned.
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid (The Duke of Death and His Maid) Season 3 – 04
That's the sort of emotional payoff that's earned honestly, through patient character development and organic storytelling.
The Fable – 04
It's a given that a series about people who kill for a living is going to feature not nice people.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 04
I think the importance of mystery to the health of the human psyche is vastly underrated.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 04
This is all, in a word, great. It's the clear best episode of the series despite the first three being excellent.
Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 03
It was for such moments that the phrase "you messed with the wrong guy" was invented.
Ooi! Tonbo – 04
As I suspected after last week's episode, it looks as if the duty of the prodigy is going to be a major theme of Ooi! Tonbo going forward.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 04
I certainly don't see any overlap with this premise and much else I've watched over the past few years.
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) – 17
One of the fundamental truths about Dungeon Meshi for me is that Laios is a freak.
Kai to Otome to Kamikakushi (Mysterious Disappearances) – 03
Starting off with a fetish mystery in a girls' school setting seems right in character, really.
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid (The Duke of Death and His Maid) Season 3 – 03
Walter sort of takes over this show whatever he does.
Kaijuu 8-gou (Kaiju No. 8) – 02
The upside here is at least I don't have another bubble series to worry about.
The Fable – 03
I'll say this for The Fable - I've liked every episode better than the one before it.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 03
In general, I think Tonari no Youkai-san is getting the balance between its dual natures pretty much right so far.
Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai (YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master) – 03
Looking at the whole picture, Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai is probably the best series of the season to this point.
Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen (Black Butler: Public School Arc) – 02
While there are many words one could use to describe Kuroshitsuji, "shameless" is certainly one which springs to mind for me.
Ooi! Tonbo – 03
Here we are, in a season full of bubble series, and Ooi Tonbo is the first non-sequel I'm confirming.
Astro Note – 03
Seems like at least half the schedule is effectively on the bubble this season, and Astro Note is certainly no exception.