What did we even montage for? Impressions: And yet, when the alternative is the show's writing, bring on the montages. Whether it's explaining that ranged attacks are super ineffective because they're just inherently weak (for some inexplicable reason) before then using exclusively ranged attacks, or telling us that the whole thing is being run […]
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Deca-Dence #03 — Montage to Nothing
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Now that we, the audience, generally know the score in terms of the cyborg and human worlds, this episode is free to spend most of its runtime on…
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Deca-Dence:
Deca-Dence is a 2020 original anime from Nut. That’s right, the Youjo Senki studio. I’ve only reviewed the one anime from them and it was decent. So, let’s…
Deca-Dence
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Another short write up for today. Deca-Dence 2020 Cliffhanger ending, nice! Other than that fun moment – which is textbook ‘weekly’ storytelling – it was nice to see…
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Deca-Dence 2020 Another short post – I’ve little to complain about, an episode to take stock and to process things is exactly what I was hoping for. And…
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Very short post this time around, might do the same with No Guns Life tonight, actually, while I’m swamped with other stuff. Deca-Dence 2020 Action aplenty and more…
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(igniton) "Ignition " The bar with Deca-Dence is, oddly, both very high and very low - it depends on how you look at it.
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This episode showcases Kaburagi’s newfound resolve after his time with Natsume.
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This is the first time Natsume’s character seems remotely interesting.
Deca-Dence Anime Review
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After being disappointed with the colossal crap-pile that was episode 4 of GoHS, I really really needed Deca-Dence to come up with the goods to keep alive any…
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Deca-Dence is proof-positive that sufficiently powerful execution trumps novelty.
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An original anime from a studio that doesn’t have much of a history and nothing I’ve actually watched (having not watched Youjo Senki), Deca-Dence deserves far more than…
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I’m of two minds regarding what happens to Kaburagi in this episode.
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Please stop being a joke and/or a brat. Impressions: Was it better than the second episode? Absolutely. Was it still mostly screamy and obnoxious? Double absolutely. Really,…
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Anime Taste Testing: Deca-Dence
The show Shingeki no Kyojin might have been if the titans were mostly giant bug-dinosaur-like creatures, if the tone was happily far less self-serious, and if the characters…
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