Tag: anime
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I didn’t jump to cover this one right when it came out, so I’ve had a few days to read some responses to it. There’s a big issue where some viewers are really put off by the fact that Episode 13 is the second time the character of Momo has been sexually assaulted, the first…
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This is one of my favorite shows of the season so far, and it’s about a whole lot of nothing. Okay, not really– conversations count as something— but there really isn’t a plot. It’s just two girls chatting, over snacks. Wada and Yamamoto are two girls who are unpopular in school. One a teacher’s pet…
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We seem to be in the middle of a witch boom. We’ve got Witch Watch (great show by the way), Maebashi Witches and Once Upon a Witch’s Death from last season, and Secrets of the Silent Witch for summer. I’m a big fantasy reader, so this is relevant to my interests. So far, this show…
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I enjoyed the first episode of Game Center Girl, but I am kind of bothered by the fact that Lily, our heroine, is twelve years old. My husband kindly reminded me that back in the day, Usagi of Sailor Moon was 12-13 when she started dating Mamoru, who was in college. Darn it, those were…
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Sometimes it’s an asset to have watched anime on and off for a good three decades: I’ve seen a lot of shows, meaning I have a lot of context to put things in when new shows come out. Unfortunately, I just don’t remember everything I’ve seen. I remember watching Nichijou in 2011 and enjoying it,…
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I need my replacement anime for Food for the Soul, so Fermat’s Cuisine seemed like the closest thing. It stars a high school student named Gaku who loves doing math, but realizes that he’s not enough of a born mathematician to participate in national math contests. At a loss for what to do, Gaku is…
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Sometimes you can tell a show is really good when practically nothing happens and it’s still engaging. In this premiere, novelist Fuji finds an abandoned “dog” (actually a tanuki), takes it home, gets it the shots it needs, and both tanuki and woman take a bath; that’s pretty much it. It’s tremendously soothing, one of…
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I’m a big fan of the Rascal Does Not Dream….series. It’s kind of looked down upon by some as kind of the poor cousin of the Monogatari series, since both series feature a male MC who helps different girls with various supernatural problems. Personally, I just like the characters of Rascal better. Sakuta, our main…
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It’s easy to write about something that’s either really good or really bad. Stories that are wonderful or terrible bring out passion, and passion makes for good writing- hopefully, anyway! So I’m sitting here with The Water Magician, which is fine but doesn’t wow me, and I’m having trouble figuring out how to talk about…
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Last time, I said I wanted a certain character dead; how’s that for service? For those who aren’t watching this show anymore but want to rubberneck, in this episode we see the specific acts of bullying that led to Shizuka committing suicide in the first episode– before Takopi started reversing time. Marina purposely starts beating…
