「夢はまったく迷惑なのか」 (Yume wa Mattaku Meiwaku na no ka) "Is Having Dreams a Burden?" When Nietzsche conceived of will to power I don't think this is what he had in mind.
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Back Arrow #09 — Urine Trouble
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Back Arrow #19 — Everybody’s Sparklies
And the award for least convincing death scene goes to… Impressions: The worst part of this episode may be the cliffhanger, but that's also selling the rest…
Back Arrow #18 — Soul Nomad
So that's the game they were playing when they wrote it. Impressions: Not to jump to the end here, particularly because the reveal is in like the…
Back Arrow #04 — Prism Rangers
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Back Arrow #06 — Patronizing Twinks
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Back Arrow #11 — Skeet Shooting
Isn't everybody constantly jumping into the air to fight anyway? Impressions: Boy, the first half of this episode was dismal. A full two minutes recapping the previous…
Back Arrow #16 — Party Guests
I can't remember if this dude has actually done anything to this point. Impressions: First half absolutely reeked of pointless filler. Granedger, now a bit later and…
Back Arrow #17 — Dreadnought Infestation
How many of these things are just laying around exactly? Impressions: If you called that ten minutes into the episode, the entire rebellion would have been defeated…
Back Arrow #13 — *Aggressively Claps*
This is how we're having people job to that guy? Impressions: I almost want to spend two paragraphs just trying to dissect the new OP. Well, not…
Back Arrow #24 — Roe Vs Wade
This season of Cells at Work got weird. Aiming for next Friday for the Summer season preview. There are nearly double digit "I got reincarnated with cheat…
Back Arrow – Cowboys, Spaceships and Gods!
Back Arrow might be a bit too odd for a general audience but it has a lot of solid elements that anime fans will recognize.
Back Arrow #05 — Blowing Hot Air
Become an interesting character or leave already. Impressions: As much as they want to make this Shu and Kai crap the center of the show, they are…
I “Quickly” Looked at Back Arrow
…and never looked back.
Back Arrow #23 — Generic RPG Bosses
And Rudolf is demoted to fighting the healer. Impressions: Yawn. To the shock of nobody, especially given how all of this season's original shows have gone, Rudolf…
Back Arrow #15 — In Vino Veritas
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Back Arrow #08 — Jekyll and Zzz
Neat torture choir. Impressions: What a tedious episode. The entire thing is spent waiting for the shoe to drop with this flawless perfect kingdom. It takes goddamned…
Why is Back Arrow So Fun?
Squeezing this in just before Mecha March.
Back Arrow #10 — Jabba the Explodey
Uh, right. Impressions: The thing that gets me about the Jekyll and Hyde routine is that there are some people who can obviously see when the Princess…
Back Arrow is full of idiots
I like Atlee, but maybe it's just because of her hat.
Back Arrow #12 — Stand By Your Man
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Back Arrow Never Asks for Too Much
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Back Arrow #03 — Please, Take Our Battleship
I guess we're Nadesico now. Impressions: I feel a little bit better that it only took a commercial break for Greenie to come to her senses about…
Back Arrow #22 — …And Then Everybody Went Home
What happened to the last third of this episode exactly? Impressions: I really expected some kind of crazy bonkers crap from Shu, like he had traveled beyond…
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Back Arrow #01 — Dicks Out For Magical Mecha
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Back Arrow #14 — Giant Non-Lethal Apocalypse Cannon
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Back Arrow #20 — Rudolf Continues To Pontificate Pt 6
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Back Arrow #21 — Brought To You By: Toy Sales
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Sla-Arrow
General Information Unit type: unpiloted slave podHeight: 11.0 metersWeight: 41.7 metric tonsArmament: Sla Kila, bomb arrow x 8 Lineart N/A
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