「記憶の影」 (Kioku no Kage) "Shadows in Memory" "The best thing about my powers is that I don't have to be alone to use them."
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Gleipnir – 08 – Filling In the Shadows
Claire and Yatou find Shuuichi and Chihiro (and Chihiro’s wallet), then return to the hideout where there are finally formal introductions of the remaining members. One of them,…
Gleipnir #08 — Petty and Catty: The Episode
Punching a tree was definitely something we needed the danger music for. Impressions: Right up there with the unnecessarily CGI bicycle, and that random muggle girl that's constantly…
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Gleipnir is a really weird anime about a boy who can turn into a dog mascot costume and a girl who strips down and climbs inside him.
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The underlying foundation of the plot behind this anime was simple but still managed to work well, at least for most of it. The first arc involves the…
Gleipnir – 11
「決意の代償」 (Ketsui no Daishou) "The Price of Resolve" Leave it to humans to incorporate murder into a fetch quest.
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「約束の場所」 (Yakusoku no Basho) "Where the Promise Was Made" Cupid's Chokehold.
Gleipnir – 09
「激突のマーク」 (Gekitotsu no Mark) "Staked Claims" D-D-D-D-D-D-DROP THE BASS!
Gleipnir – 01
「僕の中には」 (Boku no Naka ni wa) "Something Inside of Me" “You have to be assertive! No, not INSERTIVE!”
Gleipnir – 07
「変形」 (Henkei) "Metamorphosis" "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot."
Gleipnir – 04
「変身願望」 (Henshinganbou) "I Wish I Was Someone Else" A fun, coming-of-age story about tormenting a monster boy, shooting a girl in the back, and getting harassed by a space alien.
Gleipnir – 02
「空っぽの意味」 (Karappo no Imi) "What it Means to be Empty" “Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness.”
Gleipnir – 10
「美しい花」 (Utsukushii Hana) "Beautiful Flower" Time to wake up and smell the flowers.
Gleipnir – 05
「ヤバイ敵」 (Yabai Teki) "Crazy Enemies" "You wanna hug it out?"
Gleipnir – 06
「収集者」 (Shuushuusha) "Gatherers" Not Safe for Web Conferences.
Gleipnir – 03
「エレナ」 (Elena) "Elena" “Calorie Mate... Oh, the little block that looks like a cookie?”
Gleipnir Episode 3
Well, well, well. Looks like yandere blood just runs in this family, doesn’t it? That was pretty rough. She ripped off his head at the end, did y’all…
Gleipnir Episode 2
OH SHIT. That girl used the wish on Shuichi! She fucking ruined his life and the reason he has a zipper is so she can meld with him.…
Gleipnir Anime Review
Animation: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Story/Plot: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ Theme song/s and animation: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Final Thoughts: Gleipnir
This seemingly average action/horror is a lot better than its detractors might admit.
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「二人で一つ」 (Futari de Hitotsu) "We Two Are One" "Damn, bitch, you live like this?"
Gleipnir – Episode 1
I have a certain soft spot for ridiculous gorefests with over-inflated estimations of their philosophies. Gleipnir, unfortunately, also comes right out of the gate smelling of the genre’s…
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First Impression: Gleipnir
Shuichi is about to graduate high school, and those his grades are good enough for college, he’s hesitating. Something doesn’t feel right. He doesn’t want to stand out—but…
Gleipnir Episodes 9 + 10
Holy shit this week’s episode was intense. Starting up 10, I had no idea how they were going to get out of this situation without losing at least…
Gleipnir #07 — Fusion Dance
Bad week for subtlety. Impressions: Massive physical trauma loses a lot of impact if we're going to be reducing the main character to giblets at the start…
Gleipnir #04 — Extraterrestrial Exposition
Yeah, we needed a perverted hair eating alien info dump and deus ex machina machina. Impressions: I guess this is the episode where it turns the corner…
Gleipnir #13 — Chekhov’s Artillery
This was close to a twenty minute tour of introduced-then-abandoned plot threads. Impressions: Which is to say, all the plot threads. That random muggle girl who's been hanging…
Gleipnir Episodes 11 + 12
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Three Episode Test | Gleipnir
The “three episode test” is a tacit tradition in modern anime fandom. The idea is that most TV anime are paced and structured to cement the impression they…
Gleipnir #12 — Crazy Hair
Who asked for this episode? Impressions: Great. A whole episode flashback, one episode from the end. Worse, all it does is reveal the backstory for the rando…
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One morning, Shuichi Kagaya woke up as a monster. Complete with brute strength, a strong sense of smell, and big fluffy paws, he struggles to hold onto his…
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Gleipnir Episodes 4 + 5
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Gleipnir #06 — Key Party
It's nice that the protagonist showed up this week and then lay on their backs for twenty straight minutes. Impressions: A very dull episode that is all…
Gleipnir Episode One Reaction
“Still, there is a lot of potential for him to be pretty boring.”
Gleipnir – 03 – Total Sunday
Claire is eager to learn more about Shuuichi’s beast mode, but since it’s a hot summer day, she strips down to nothing before entering him again. This is…
Gleipnir – 12 – Cram School Curse
For those like myself who were eager for answers, the penultimate Gleipnir delivered in a big way, taking us back to the halcyon days of the Yamada Cram…
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Gleipnir – 07 – Fell Deeds Awake
Claire’s pact with Sayaka, the leader of the Weak complete, so Sayaka tells her how she knows Elena. When she transferred to a new school after her lover…
Gleipnir | Flashy, Over-Dramatic Trash
Gleipnir is a shell of a show that uses an interesting premise to disguise its lack of any other redeeming qualities. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot…
Gleipnir – 09 – The Third Faction
The first third of this episode resembles a pleasant hiking trip (they even take a break to eat watermelon) through the woods, but it’s clear that the closer…
Gleipnir Episode 13 [Final Impressions]
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E118 - Gleipnir (Ch.15-35)
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Gleipnir #03 — Buy More CalorieMate
Great and subtle product placement. Impressions: Guess they blew the budget last week. Hopefully they pick up the action again quickly, since this was a rather dull…
Gleipnir – 06 – Turnabout is Foreplay
Thanks to the phone of Sudo, the green monster Tadanori killed last week, Claire is able to contact the Weak, a group of peculiar monsters who have allied…
Gleipnir – 02 – Entering the Emptiness
When fellow “monster” Hikawa threatens Clair, Shuuichi freezes up, and Clair hits Hikawa’s eyes with pepper spray. Rather than fight, Shuuichi gathers Clair up and escapes out the…
Gleipnir episode 1 anime review
Gleipnir’s first episode pings between being a fascinating psychological thriller and a creepy erotic comedy. It starts weird and only gets weirder. Plot summary Shuichi has a secret:…
Gleipnir: The Animal I’ve become.
A few months ago during the height of the lock-down, I finally listened to a buddy of mine and watched the anime Mirai Nikki. By the time it…
Gleipnir – 10 – Partners in Grime
Special abilities and incredible strength aren’t what’s scary, says Clair. What’s truly scary is the people who use them. Madoka is one of those people, and after disarming…
Gleipnir #11 — Eleventh Hour Origin Story
Good lord, the angsty melodrama in this episode was excessive. Impressions: What it really needed to do to earn it was move the stuff with the random…