At this point I'm pretty much resigned that Ooi! Tonbo is mostly going to be an LiA echo chamber.
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Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 08
I think conditions could hardly favor Tonbo more.
Ooi! Tonbo – 05
This is developing into something of a battle of both wits and wills between Igaiga and Tonbo.
Ooi! Tonbo – 10
If there was such a thing as golf porn, that was it.
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.
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.
Ooi! Tonbo – 12
If I were to guess I might say that the anime skipped over a bunch of manga material here in order to advance the narrative.
Ooi! Tonbo – 02
As my friend in the film biz says, "you can't copyright an idea, only the execution of an idea".
Ooi! Tonbo – 03
Here we are, in a season full of bubble series, and Ooi Tonbo is the first non-sequel I'm confirming.
Ooi! Tonbo – 06
Having unleashed these two against each other, Igaiga can't possibly control what happens.
Ooi! Tonbo – 11
The last three episodes have been pure fanservice for golf lovers like me.
Ooi! Tonbo – 09
As a golf fan, this is kind of fantasy material.
First Impressions – Ooi! Tonbo
Nothing feels better than belting your drive a mile straight down the middle off the first tee.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 06
Tiger Woods said "the only two players who truly owned their golf swings were Ben Hogan and Moe Norman".
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 12
Oy, Tonbo...
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 07
Tonbo's reaction when she heard Igarashi-san would be returning to Kagoshima was beyond adorable.
Ooi! Tonbo – 13 (Season Finale)
If you'd told me a couple of years ago three straight LiA posts would be golf anime I'd have said you were crazy.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 09
You wouldn't think a schoolgirl golf tournament (with a few adult women, albeit) would be this exciting.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 10
The question of pressure is obviously going to be taking center stage now.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 04
This episode represented a pretty big test both for Ooi! Tonbo and its title character.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 03
I think Ooi! Tonbo is pretty great generally, but if you love golf it's pure crack.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 11
Well see, that's why we love sports anime right there.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 05
It would be hard to imagine anything more different from the first season and still golf-related than this.
Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season – 02
This was excellent on all fronts, and irresistible in the same way the first season almost always was.
Ooi! Tonbo: Life is like golf
You're always trying to put it in the hole.
First Impressions – Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season
And they'll be brief ones, I can tell you that.
I'm gonna refer to Ooi! Tonbo 2nd Season as subversive golf
Chill out, newbie caddy. You don't know who you're dealing with.
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Overtake! – 08
「同じ穴のムジナたち -Y’know what makes a fast driver?-」 (Onaji Ana no Mujina-tachi: Y`know What Makes a Fast Driver?) "Birds of a Feather -Y’know what makes a fast driver?-" The hierarchy of…
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「The Mole Rat Speaks 」 "Everybody says ‘Who does he think he is?’ I just told you who I thought I was. A Ginrou!"
Overtake! – 08
This is assuredly the right decision for Haru in the long run, as Futoshi makes clear in no uncertain terms.
Listeners – 08
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Noblesse – 08
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Jigokuraku – 08
「弟子と師」 (Deshi to Shi) "Student and Master" I can't shake the vibe that this show has more than a whiff of death porn about it
Helck – 08
「大陸へ」 (Tairiku e) "Back to the Continent" Never leave home without your fluffy pillow
Revenger – 08
This episode was packed with interesting ideas and twists, all beautifully woven together. Read more
Horimiya – 08
「偽ることで、見えるもの。」 (Itsuwaru koto de, mieru mono.) "The Truth Deception Reveals" Taking extremely classic romcom tropes and twisting them enough to be intriguing is something Horimiya is exceptionally good at.
Pet – 08
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