Often when shows like this go serious it takes them too far out of their comfort zone, but this pretty much worked for me. Read more
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SK∞ – 05
Adam is the sort of character that will drag any series into the nether reaches of ridiculousness, that's for sure. Read more
SK∞ – 04
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SK∞ – 06
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SK∞ – 10
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SK∞ – 11
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SK∞ – 09
Geez, just get a room already. Read more
SK∞ – 03
This is the skateboarding anime the world needed, whether it knew it or not. Read more
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So far I think SK∞ is succeeding very handsomely at being exactly what it's setting out to be. Read more
First Impressions – SK∞
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Fast and Furious: Okinawa Drift.
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Ranking summary for the weeks of 2020 07/06, 07/ 13, 07/20, 07/27
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SK∞ has a lot of skating but not a lot of dying
Safety equipment only slows you down. This is canon.
Overtake! – 07
「露出アンダー -What I really feel...-」 (Roshutsu Under: What I Really Feel...) "Underexposure -What I really feel...-" "Like a picture, I was overexposed."
Horimiya – 07
「君がいて、僕がいて。」 (Kimi ga ite, boku ga ite.) "You're Here, I'm Here" Controversial opinion time.
Overtake! – 07
Kouya's backstory is quite complicated and dark, and it's well-integrated with the sports side (effectively Haruka's arc).
Mononogatari – 07
I get why everyone is so obsessed with Botan. Read more
Gleipnir – 07
「変形」 (Henkei) "Metamorphosis" "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot."
Oooku – 07
On some level this is a story of how even the most extraordinary things eventually seem ordinary to those living with them. Read more
Beastars – 07
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Beastars – 07
This episode more than any so far had me feeling like the cigar is sometimes just a cigar. Read more The post Beastars – 07 appeared first on…
Helck – 07
「人間の王」 (Ningen no Ou) "The Human King" Did someone order Kingdom of Heaven?
Pet – 07
If you're looking for a story that espouses the idea that at their core people are decent, keep shopping. Read more The post Pet – 07 appeared first…
Dandadan – 07
I wouldn’t want it to be the norm, but as a curveball it was certainly highly effective.
Jigokuraku – 07
「花と贄」 (Hana to Nie) "Flowers and Offerings" In accordance with my usual policy of not burying the headline, that was by far, far the best episode of Jigokuraku so far…
Deaimon – 07
「秋色に舞う」 (Shūshoku ni Mau) "Dancing in Autumn Colors" Don’t let other’s people perceptions of you subside your potential.
Pluto – 07
I only just realized it, but there's something just a bit childlike in all the great robots of Pluto as Urasawa writes them.
Listeners – 07
「Ikari no Hi」 (怒りの日 (problems)) "Day of Rage" I'm not exactly sure what's going on. But I guess you could say I'm enjoying myself.
Noblesse – 07
None of these doofuses is in the remotest capable of giving advice to a lovestruck teenager. Read more
SSSS.Dynazenon – 07
The formula of an original series in the hands of a really good writer is a hard one to top - everything seems to fit in a way…
Oooku – 07
"Episode 7" Kasuga couldn't have picked two more complete opposites in personality
Plunderer – 07
「美味かったよ」 (Umakattayo) "It was Delicious" It might be best not to get on Hina's bad side.
Summertime Render – 07
「仇敵」 (Kyuuteki) "Enemy" Butterflies everywhere!
Kemono Jihen – 07
Buckle up, buttercup. Read more
SSSS Dynazenon – 07
「集まった意味って、なに？」 (Atsumatta imi tte, nani?) "What's Our Reason for Coming Together?" The formula of an original series in the hands of a really good writer is a hard one to…
Sengoku Youko – 07
「火岩と芍薬」 (Kagan to Shakuyaku) "Kagan & Shakuyaku" Life and death is very much the theme of this episode, and Mizukami explores it in many and myriad ways.
Tengoku Daimakyou – 07
After seven episodes I can't think of a single thing about it where I'd say "this should have been done better/differently" - and to say that's rare is…
Sakugan – 07 & 08
"ON THE ROAD" & "MEMORIES®RETS"
Dungeon Meshi – 07
「水棲馬／雑炊／蒲焼き」 (Suisei-ba/zousui/kabayaki) "Aquatic Horse/Rice Porridge/Kabayaki" I wish I'd kept my Monster Manual.
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! – 07
「ペテン師系婚活女子」 (Petenshikei Konkatsu Joshi) "The Con Artist Marriage Girl" Mokemoke lives matter!
Chihayafuru 3 – 07
「あらしふく」 (Arashi fuku) "As Storms Sweep" As she aspires to become Queen, new dreams emerge. I wonder what it would be like to have Chihaya as a teacher. The post Chihayafuru…