This was close to a twenty minute tour of introduced-then-abandoned plot threads. Impressions: Which is to say, all the plot threads. That random muggle girl who's been hanging around. The one dude they fought about eight episodes ago. The team of useless stupid people. Even the crazy-haired dude from last week and his pet dead […]
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「二人で一つ」 (Futari de Hitotsu) "We Two Are One" "Damn, bitch, you live like this?"
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「激突のマーク」 (Gekitotsu no Mark) "Staked Claims" D-D-D-D-D-D-DROP THE BASS!
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「僕の中には」 (Boku no Naka ni wa) "Something Inside of Me" “You have to be assertive! No, not INSERTIVE!”
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「変形」 (Henkei) "Metamorphosis" "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot."
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「変身願望」 (Henshinganbou) "I Wish I Was Someone Else" A fun, coming-of-age story about tormenting a monster boy, shooting a girl in the back, and getting harassed by a space alien.
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「記憶の影」 (Kioku no Kage) "Shadows in Memory" "The best thing about my powers is that I don't have to be alone to use them."
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「空っぽの意味」 (Karappo no Imi) "What it Means to be Empty" “Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness.”
Gleipnir – 10
「美しい花」 (Utsukushii Hana) "Beautiful Flower" Time to wake up and smell the flowers.
Gleipnir – 05
「ヤバイ敵」 (Yabai Teki) "Crazy Enemies" "You wanna hug it out?"
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「収集者」 (Shuushuusha) "Gatherers" Not Safe for Web Conferences.
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「エレナ」 (Elena) "Elena" “Calorie Mate... Oh, the little block that looks like a cookie?”
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「約束の場所」 (Yakusoku no Basho) "Where the Promise Was Made" Cupid's Chokehold.
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「決意の代償」 (Ketsui no Daishou) "The Price of Resolve" Leave it to humans to incorporate murder into a fetch quest.
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Well, well, well. Looks like yandere blood just runs in this family, doesn’t it? That was pretty rough. She ripped off his head at the end, did y’all…
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Gleipnir #06 — Key Party
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“Still, there is a lot of potential for him to be pretty boring.”
Gleipnir – 03 – Total Sunday
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Gleipnir #07 — Fusion Dance
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Gleipnir – 12 – Cram School Curse
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Gleipnir – 07 – Fell Deeds Awake
Claire’s pact with Sayaka, the leader of the Weak complete, so Sayaka tells her how she knows Elena. When she transferred to a new school after her lover…
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Gleipnir – 09 – The Third Faction
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Gleipnir – 06 – Turnabout is Foreplay
Thanks to the phone of Sudo, the green monster Tadanori killed last week, Claire is able to contact the Weak, a group of peculiar monsters who have allied…
Gleipnir – 02 – Entering the Emptiness
When fellow “monster” Hikawa threatens Clair, Shuuichi freezes up, and Clair hits Hikawa’s eyes with pepper spray. Rather than fight, Shuuichi gathers Clair up and escapes out the…
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Gleipnir – 10 – Partners in Grime
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