Quick Summary In The Ancient Magus’ Bride episode 8, “Let sleeping dogs lie,” Elias Ainsworth attacks Cartaphilus’s praying mantis familiar in retaliation for it striking down Chise Hatori. Can Elias best the chimera? Can the man who’s also a church grim retrieve Hatori from the edge of death? With Hatori so injured, who will call Elias back to his previous […]
Month: November 2017
Dies irae Episode 7: Terrible Dancing and Memories of Daddy
Quick Summary In Dies irae Episode 7, “Swastika,” Marie sinks into the deep, deep water only to awaken in Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich’s arms. They’re dancing as his minions play a waltz. She is understandably confused. After all, it’s hard to reconcile a spear through the heart one moment with a formal ball the next! Later, Ren Fujii regains consciousness as […]
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Episode 7: The Black Dog and The Rage of Thorns
Quick Summary In The Ancient Magus’ Bride episode 7, “Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear,” Elias Ainsworth takes Chise Hatori to work on the third and last errand from the Church: investigate a huge shaggy dog. They arrive to find police on the scene. Someone’s been killed by a creature with teeth and fangs. Can […]
Dies irae Episode 6: The Bad Boy Shines and the Wrong Kind of Cleavage
Quick Summary In Dies irae Episode 6, “Golden Beast,” Shirou Yusa and his pistol go head to head with Wilhelm Ehrenburg and his vampiric spikes. Can a normal human like Yusa hope to compete with Wilhelm? Kei Sakurai insists that Ren Fujii come quietly, and of course he insists otherwise. He seems like an even match for her until Valeria […]
Caw Out Award: Most Unoriginal Yet Honest Insult of the Week
Dies irae: Most Unoriginal Yet Honest Insult of the Week You know, if you must hurl insults, you might as well hurl award-winning insults like Yusa! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream. Dies irae Episode 6: The Bad Boy Shines and the Wrong Kind of Cleavage: Shirou Yusa is fighting Wilhelm Ehrenburg. The latter’s starting to understand that […]
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Episode 6: Renfred’s Relief and the Faerie Queene
Quick Summary In The Ancient Magus’ Bride episode 6, “The Faerie Queene,” Mikhail Renfred again taunts Elias Ainsworth for putting Chise Hatori in danger. Plus, despite having his own uses for the corruption that Hatori cures, he’s visibly relieved that Hatori is unharmed after she completed her mission. Concern for Hatori? Some other nefarious purpose only a sorcerer would understand? Exhausted […]
Dies irae Episode 5: An Unexpected Bedfellow and an Emissary from the Past
Quick Summary In Dies irae Episode 5, “Reunion,” Ren Fujii wakes up next to a naked Marie, who, as it turns out, was born in the shadow of a guillotine several hundred years ago. She looks great for her age, and she’s remarkably up-beat despite a brutal childhood. After going shopping with Kasumi Ayase, Marie and Fujii meet […]