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Patron Pick Fall 2024: Negaposi Angler (Negative Positive Angler) – 09
Sooner or later that wooly mammoth is going to have to be acknowledged.
Patron Pick Fall 2024: Negaposi Angler (Negative Positive Angler) – 10
It’s sort of ironic that an episode about a typhoon was the calm before the storm.
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.
Negaposi Angler – 08
Slice of life is, as much as anything, about the pain normal people live with on an everyday basis.
Negaposi Angler – 04
Anime about people really interested in something can be interesting just by the act of showing that.
Negaposi Angler -11
Observational humor is something this series does very well and it's smart not to abandon it.
Negaposi Angler – 06
It always seemed likely the show had another gear it would eventually shift into.
Negaposi Angler – 03
There are people like Takaaki in the world, and sometimes they’re the only ones who can break through with a person like Hiro.
Negaposi Angler (Negative Positive Angler) – 07
Those casting for bigger narrative fish will have to wait another week.
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 08
Episode Synopsis: Divorcee Machida has a day of fishing with his son, Yuu. Hiro, Hana, and Tataaki tag along for moral support, but it’s clear that there’s a…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 03
Episode Synopsis: Tsunehiro (Hiro) bails on the group and crashes in a net café for the night, but crosses paths with a few of them the next day…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 12
Episode Synopsis: Takaaki and Hiro spend a long night of fishing together, slowly opening back up to one another. Hiro says he’s gone back to the hospital, and…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 07
Episode Synopsis: Hana drags Hiro out to fish for sardinella with her, Takaaki, Kozue, and the mysterious Fujishiro-san. Sardinella are small fry, though, which require yet another specialized…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 11
Episode Synopsis: Hiro fills in for Takaaki at the Everymart when the latter doesn’t return. While he fails to stave off workplace rumors about the nature of their…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 05
Episode Synopsys: Hiro receives his first paycheck, and is wavering between paying back some of his debt or spending it having fun. His co-worker Kozue helps decide the…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 10
Episode Synopsis: Takaaki and Hiro spend a long night of fishing together, slowly opening back up to one another. Hiro says he’s gone back to the hospital, and…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 06
Episode Synopsis: Ice bails Tsunehiro (Hiro) out of a language barrier situation, revealing she can speak Mandarin and that she’s a model who moved to Japan to pursue…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 04
Episode Synopsis: Now living with Takaaki after settling his immediate debts, Hiro starts his actual work at the Everymart. He catches on to most of the work quickly,…
Second Impressions – NegaPosi Angler
I’m still not fully hooked (pun intended), but I am finding NegiPosi Angler pretty interesting.
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 10
Episode Synopsis: Machida ends up in the hospital after a skateboarding accident, so Hiro & Co. head over to bring him some necessary items. Trauma kicks in bad…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 02
Episode Synopsis: Hiro’s apartment is destroyed due to rezoning (aka he didn’t pay his rent and ignored the people who came to discuss his eviction). With nowhere to…
NegaPosi Angler – Episode 09
Episode Synopsis: With a typhoon on the way, everyone’s plans are cancelled so they hang out at the Everymart. Later, the debt collectors join them by chance, and…
Fall 2024 Impressions: 365 Days to the Wedding, NegaPosi Angler, DanMachi S5
365 Days to the Wedding Short Synopsis: Two awkward co-workers decide to pretend to be married to avoid having to move to Alaska. Amun: This was certainly a…
First Impressions – NegaPosi Angler (Negative Positive Angler)
NegaPosi Angler is definitely one to keep an eye on, as seemed to be the case from the time it was announced.
NegaPosi Angler #01 — Social Safety Nets
Maybe stop going to casinos, my guy. Two down, six to go. Impressions: This one missed the mark pretty hard too. Starting off with a hanging is…
NegaPosi Angler Episode 1: Rock(y) Bottom
Putting together fishing and a terminal cancer patient spiralling downwards, NegaPosi Angler episode 1 is far better than expected.
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 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 Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 08
An episode like this one provides an indication of what Raven of the Inner Palace is capable of at its best. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 10
It says something for how persuasive Koukyuu no Karasu's good points are that it keeps doing the things it does that annoy me and I'm still on-board. Read…
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 07
I confess that ending had me checking the calendar there for a second. Read more
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
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 11
Koukyuu no Karasu gets the job done by doing a lot of big things poorly but doing all the little things incredibly well. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 09
Yet another big name in a small role. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 06
The voters have spoken. Read more
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 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.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 08
This is not high art by any stretch of the imagination, but it's hard not to smile.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 10
On the whole this ep was more like a Blu-ray extra than a real episode of the series, with all that implies.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 06
There were several interesting elements in this episode of Atarashii Joushi, along with the usual handful of guffaws.
Patron Pick Fall 2023: Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen – 07
I think it's worth reiterating my view that the current plot twist is kind of messed up.