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Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 09
It would be hard to overstate how much better this worked than the last couple of arcs.


Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 10
Anime don't get into philosophy too often and when they do, rarely rise above the level of a fortune cookie.


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.


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.


Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 08
There are times in this series where it straddles the line between entertainment and commercial.


Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 11
I’ll say this for Bartender, it’s really finishing on a high.
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 12 [END] — 10 Second Anime
Sasakura helps an author find motivation. Edenhall finds a home for the Glass of God. Season Finale. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 12 [END]


Bartender: Kami no Glass – 05
Whatever Suntory paid for that, they got their money's worth.


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.


Bartender: Kami no Glass – 03
Broadly speaking I believe there are multiple paths to greatness in any art - and bartending is certainly no exception.
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 01 Review
「優しい止まり木」 (Yasashii Tomarigi) A Gentle Perch I like the Bartender - Kami no Glass (ooh, if you're lookin' for me).
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 04 Review
「バーの隠し味 / マティーニの顔」 (Bar no Kakushiaji / Martini no Kao) A Bar`s Secret Ingredient / The Face of a Martini Looks like I’m gonna try to get drunk…
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 03 Review
「完璧な味」 (Kanpeki na Aji) The Perfect Taste "I am what I say I am, and I say...I'm perfect."
Bartender – Kami no Glass – Episode 02 Review
「古き仲間 / One for the Road」 (Furuki Nakama / One for the Road) Old Pal / One for the Road “You gave me old liquor because I’m old.”


Second Impressions – Bartender: Kami no Glass
The symbolism of all this isn't exactly subtle, but there's a reason bars and bartenders are such a timeless and integral part of fiction.


First Impressions – Bartender: Kami no Glass
For some reason spring has two remakes of anime from the bygone past.


Patron Pick Fall 2024: Negaposi Angler (Negative Positive Angler) – 12 (End) and Series Review
Truth be told, I had a pretty strong suspicion that Negposi Angler would reel this one in.


Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 13 (End) and Series Review
I sort of had a feeling this series was going to stick the landing. Read more
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 4 - 10 Second Anime
Expectations affect flavor, so Sasakura teaches another bartender how bars and drinks have personality. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 4
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 3 - 10 Second Anime
Sasakura meets the bartender, Mr. Perfect, who challenges him to a bartending duel. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 3
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 10 — 10 Second Anime
Edenhall’s owner asks Sasakura to consider a promotion for his career. What will convince him? Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 10
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 8 — 10 Second Anime
Bartenders compete in the Cocktail Award, but one has extra motivation to prove his drink-mixing skills. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 8
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 1 - 10 Second Anime
Ryuu Sasakura serves a custom-made highball for the frazzled Hotel Cardinal recruiter, Miwa Kurushima. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 1
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 9 — 10 Second Anime
Sasakura runs into a former bartending colleague and discovers what happened to his mentor. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 9
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 5 — 10 Second Anime
Potential master bartenders tour the Yamazaki Distillery. They meet Chen, a foreigner with ties to the area. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 5
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 11 — 10 Second Anime
Kitakata’s bar becomes a popup Bar Kaze. Grandpa Kurushima reconciles with his late son over whisky. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 11
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 6 — 10 Second Anime
A trading manager and a doctor connect over cigar smoke. Sasakura serves Yukari her first Glass of God. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 6
Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 2 - 10 Second Anime
Sasakura must find drinks to satisfy fussy customers — an irritable gentleman and a coarse-tongued lady. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 2
Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 7 — 10 Second Anime
Chen chooses bartending instead of taking over his family’s hotel. Can Sasakura help convince his father? Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 7


Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 12
Sooner or later the humans have to figure out that the entire premise of their presence here is a sham. Read more


Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 12 (End) and Series Review
Anime has always been very good at delivering this sort of story, and I wish we got more examples of it than we do.


Bartender Glass of God Anime Series Review
Like a cocktail, the ingredients are all there, but they've been blended without skill or care, lacking fizz, leaving only a hint of the flavor and kick of…


Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 05
Can you imagine "The Chinese Restaurant" or "The Parking Garage" with little or no humor? Do you want to?


Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 04
Was this interesting? I guess sort of, though that's very much in the eye of the beholder.


Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 09
Fun fact - the seiyuu playing Kawamata Sanae is named Osanai.


Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 08
For me at least the ship has long since sailed on Shoushimin Series being remotely realistic.


Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 07
It’s always a bit of a minefield when pure slice-of-life series get serious in their final episodes.


Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 06
I almost expected him to light a cigarette.


Patron Pick Winter 2024: Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!) – 12 (End) and Series Review
There's no bait-and-switch happening with Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi - people just see what they want to see.
Kami no Tou: Tower of God – 13 (End) and Series Review
It's hard to overstate the extent to which this season only scratched the surface of Tower of God. Read more


AI no Idenshi – 12 (End) and Series Review
AI no Idenshi was one of 2023's most underrated anime. Happily, the finale stuck the landing - let's dive in.


Mashiro no Oto – 12 (End) and Series Review
And so we get the ultimate "read the manga" end from Mashiro no Oto. Read more


Bartender (2024 mini series)
Those in need of a good drink can now make a long-awaited return to Eden Hall in a brand new iteration of Bartender バーテンダー, a 5 chapter mini…


Patron Pick Summer 2024: Shoushimin Series – 10 (Season Finale)
Ironically given the series' title and theoretically its central theme, Shoushimin suffered from nothing about it really being extraordinary.


Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 12
This was perhaps the first time an ep of Raven in the Inner Palace actually felt like a self-contained piece of work. Read more


SSSS.Dynazenon – 12 (End) and Series Review
Perhaps more than any art form I know, anime is at its best when crafted by people who truly love it. Read more


Overtake! – 12 (End) and Series Review
Like all good sports anime, Overtake excels at both the competition and the story of the people taking part in it.


Revenger – 12 (End) and Series Review
In an era where original anime are rarely worthy of the name, Revenger was a breath of fresh air and a welcome outlier. Read more


SK∞ – 12 (End) and Series Review
We always give more chances to shows that have it and lose it than ones that never had it in the first place. Read more


Patron Pick Spring 2023: Jigokuraku – 09
Talk about flower power. Read more