A pretty look for Komari. I didn’t get to Make Heroine last post, so here are the final three episodes starting with 10, another lingering goodbye episode, this one involving Komari and Shint…
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She says this ten seconds into her conversation with Memempu. Sakugan 11 is a routine episode where Merooro takes the gang to see the Dream City’s princess and…
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The Summer arrival of an all-new sequel series to Monogatari comes as a total and immensely pleasant surprise to yours truly. The last installment, Zoku Owarimonogatari, aired a whole five years…
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Episode 10 of Heike Monogatari felt slightly more measured than last week’s blitz of character deaths, family reunions, and political/military developments, but upon closer inspection, the two installments…
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「壇ノ浦」 (Dan-no-ura) "Dan-no-ura" The sunset of the Taira.
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Kage 12, DIY and Bocchi finales
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Wazamonogatari casts aside all of the mundane everyday qualities of previous arcs this season and goes Full Gothic. We’re in the age of fairy tales and legends, where…
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