Quick SummaryIn One Punch Man Season 2 Episode 08 (a.k.a., episode 20), “The Resistance of the Strong,” the Monster Association’s plan marches inexorability forward. Goketsu, the monster that intruded on the martial arts tournament, gave the contestants a choice: Eat the monster cells and become monsters, or die. One by one, the remaining contestants tried to fight […]
Quick SummaryIn Midnight occult civil servants episode 8, “Old Coyote and the Garden of Falling Stars,” Kyouichi Sakaki, Arata Miyako, and Arata’s friend Izumi take Kyouichi’s recently-rescued sister shopping. After all, her tastes are decades out of date. Though obviously overjoyed that his sister is returned and safe, Kyouichi seems to be troubled about his own future. Afterward, […]
Quick SummaryIn Fruits Basket episode 8, “See You When You Get Back,” the time for New Years’ parties are upon them. Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima both ask Tooru Honda to spend the time with them, but Tooru begs off, saying she wouldn’t want to get in the way of their family time. The Souma family is planning their own […]
Quick SummaryIn Fairy gone episode 8, “Pipe Blowing in Stage Wing,” Sweety Bitter Sweet double-crosses the double-cross she double-crossed in the previous episode and captures Gilbert Warlock. Together with Mariya Noel and Klara Kysenaria, they descend into the cellars of Gilbert’s home on the way to obtain Black Four. Will Gilbert actually lead them to it? Will Sweety let […]
Quick SummaryIn Arpeggio of Blue Steel – Ars Nova – episode 8, “House of Dolls,” Kongou and Maya blockade Gunzou Chihaya’s base at Iwoto. Gunzou pursues a novel strategy: he asks Hyuuga to invite Kongou and Maya to visit. He also asks Iona to greet them, which she does — along with Takao. Knowing the destructive capabilities of a Mental Model […]
It’s Irina’s turn (from I Drink and Watch Anime!) to host our weekly collaboration review of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba. In episode 8, “The Smell of Enchanting Blood,” we find out what happened to Tanjiro after his first encounter with the arch demon Muzan Kibutsuji. How in the world will Tanjiro handle that meeting — and the […]
Twenty-first week of 2019 edition! This is a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. Typically, they’ll be posts that celebrate some aspect of anime, like strong characters, moments of beauty, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the […]
Quick SummaryIn One Punch Man Season 2 Episode 07 (a.k.a., episode 19), “The Class H Heroes,” several S class heroes are trying to push back the growing monster flood. Some, like Tatsumaki the Terrible Tornado, we’ve met before; others, like Pig God, we’re meeting for the first time. They are as powerful as they are arrogant (which […]
Quick SummaryIn Midnight occult civil servants episode 7, “Sense of Loss and Proof of Despair,” Seo Himezuka is seething about how Kyouichi Sakaki had manipulated Arata Miyako. Arata’s not to happy about it himself! Can the trio pull themselves together in time to deal with the real threat? Can they even find where Kyouichi’s sister is? Can they […]
Quick SummaryIn Fruits Basket episode 7, “Spring Comes,” Tooru Honda arrives at the Souma estates per Hatori Souma’s request, though it was more like an order. As she’s nervously waiting for him to join her, she notices a picture of a young woman on his desk. Who is she? Is she another Souma? Why is Momiji Souma […]
Quick SummaryIn Fairy gone episode 7, “Stubborn Blacksmith and Biased Rabbit,” the one-hundredth anniversary of the war’s ending draws ever closer, and more of the new artificial fairy models are “malfunctioning.” A long-brewing feud between the military and Ministry of Fairy Affairs is coming to a head: who should investigate the problem and take responsibility for […]
Quick SummaryIn Arpeggio of Blue Steel – Ars Nova – episode 7, “Iwoto,” Gunzou Chihaya ordered Iona and the rest of the crew back to their secret base at Iwoto. They brought Haruna, Makie Osakabe, and Kirishima along for the ride. They are all surprised to find the heavy cruiser Takao waiting for them! What’re her intentions? […]
Welcome to the collaboration review of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba episode 7, “Muzan Kibutsuji.” I’ll be in plain ordinary text this week and Irina from I Drink and Watch Anime will be in bold type. Before we get started, may I just say that it’s been quite awhile since any episode has gone so […]
Twentieth week of 2019 edition! This is a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. Typically, they’ll be posts that celebrate some aspect of anime, like strong characters, moments of beauty, or amazing worlds. There are only two rules:I have to find the site to read it. I publish a list of the […]
The aniblogging community is fantastic. Many sites (even this one, not to toot my own horn, which is a strange phrase if you think about it, because who else’s horn would I toot?) publish lists of others’ blog posts just to draw attention to them. Other bloggers nominate each other for interesting and cool tags, […]
Quick SummaryIn One Punch Man Season 2 Episode 06 (a.k.a., episode 18), “The Monster Uprising,” our hero Saitama advanced to the next round of the martial arts tournament to face off against a two-time champion. His opponent was so feared that medics with a stretcher were standing by — and you can probably guess who actually needed the […]
Quick SummaryIn Midnight occult civil servants episode 6, “Devil and Sense of Loss,” we get a rare glimpse of Arata Miyako in his off hours playing video games with his childhood friend Izumi. They make a good, comfortable couple — and one has to wonder what Kohaku will think of that. Later, one of the girls Arata […]
Quick SummaryIn Fruits Basket episode 6, “Perhaps We Should Invite Ourselves Over,” the school festival is underway, and both Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima are suspicious: Tooru Honda is far too familiar with Yuki Souma and Kyou Souma. Tooru hasn’t told them anything, so what’s going on? After the antics of Momiji Souma, Arisa and Saki find out the truth: Tooru […]
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