A bit of everything for what I can at least say is a fairly varied season so far.
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Jellyfish can’t swim because its model hasn’t been rigged properly.
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I thought it was just a ship but now, I’m not so sure anymore.
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Jellyfish can’t keep teasing me like this.
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Jellyfish can’t get ratioed.
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The best way to sail a ship is to break the viewer’s heart.
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The Mother’s Day special.
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Cute girl failures form an art collective.
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I wonder if Kano sees herself as empty.
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And here I thought jellyfishes lack backbones.
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My takeaway from this episode is how important Buchio is to my enjoyment of the series.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 07
This constituted a needed course correction.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 10
I feel kinda Grinch-y for my mixed reaction to this episode.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 12
The world is going to be “inverted” - and while details are scarce it seems a safe bet it won’t be good for anyone we care about.
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This show is certainly taking a kitchen sink approach when it comes to alternative fiction.
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In general, I think Tonari no Youkai-san is getting the balance between its dual natures pretty much right so far.
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At this point I may as well just accept that I'm probably in for the duration with Tonari no Youkai-san.
Tonari no Youkai-san – 04
I think the importance of mystery to the health of the human psyche is vastly underrated.
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The sheer tonal chasm between the two main threads of this series is among the widest I can recall in quite a while.
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But they can jam to the beat.
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Crazy fangirl singlehandedly ups the comedy.
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Jellyfish had to wrap it up.
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Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night – 08 – Drowning Out the Hate
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With the quartet all together it was time for JELEE’s first meeting as a team.
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Can’t have a show that delves into the lives of younglings without them eventually thinking about their futures.
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Boy, if any show ever looked like central casting for that niche we talk about, Tonari no Yokai-san is that show
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