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「クク」 (Kuku) Tengoku has basically pitched a perfect game to this point
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Tengoku Daimakyou – 09
「学園の子供たち」 (Gakuen no Kodomo-tachi) "Children of the Nursery" Reality is never as clear-cut as you think it is
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Tengoku Daimakyou – 07
「不滅教団」 (Fumetsu Kyoudan) "The Immortal Order" If Plato applied his ideal to manga adaptations, I'd have to think Tengoku Daimakyou would be the example he'd cite.
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「壁の町」 (Kabe no Machi) "The Walled Town" Some anime are just born under a lucky star
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Tengoku Daimakyou – 12
This is a dark series to be sure, but none of the things it's shown us so far have prepared us for what happened this week. Read more
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Ishiguro-sensei's writing is so dense that every moment seems to tell its own story. Read more
Tengoku Daimakyou – 10
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「旅の続き・旅の始まり」 (Tabi no Tsuzuki Tabi no Hajimari) "The Journey Continues and Begins" This show has been simply great on every level
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「テストを始めます」 (Tesuto o Hajimemasu) "The Test Begins" If there's an obvious lesson from this season it's that great manga make great anime
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Part of perfection is immaculate consistency of course, and this show sure has that. Read more
Tengoku Daimakyou – 05
「お迎えの日」 (Omukae no Hi) "Day of Fate" Tengoku Daimakyou continues to be functionally perfect at this point.
Unpopular Opinion: Tengoku Daimakyou
Tengoku Daimakyou is a difficult show to review and recommend. There are hardly any shows like it that I can recall but I’ll do my best to start…
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The Speakeasy #148: Oshi no Ko, Mashle, Tengoku Daimakyou, + More Spring 2023 Anime
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“I can’t be bothered to do the required gymnastics for something so obtusely vanilla”