Every week, I visit around 230 anime sites looking for posts that celebrate amazing moments in anime or otherwise blow me away with their wit and charm. These are my five favorite posts for the week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
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All About Anime and Manga
Revisiting No Game No Life: A Game of Wits, Colour, and Chaos
Remember Socrates? Smart dude. Smart enough that more than 2,400 years after he died, we still talk about him and what he said. One of the intelligent things he said was “The unexamined life is not worth living.” To me, that means that life takes on more meaning to the extent we critically examine ourselves and take stock of who and where we are. Among other things. Reading this post by Tessa on the site All About Anime and Manga reminded me of Socrates. This post took the time to examine Tessa’s earlier reaction to No Game No Life compared to Tessa’s current reaction — about ten years apart. I love posts like this, especially when they’re so lively and honest! See what you think!
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Anime Evo
Kimi to Idol Precure♪ – 14
Over the years, I’ve tried to watch entries in the Pretty Cure franchise. My most recent attempt was Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure. I got to episode 13, wondered how many more I had to go, and saw it had 50 episodes. Yeah, that wasn’t happening. I haven’t dropped it, exactly, but it’s now mired in my backlog. That said, this post by FlareKnight on the site Anime Evo captured my attention. FlareKnight’s enthusiasm for the series You and Idol Precure♪ reminded me why I keep trying to get into this show. I guess I’ll have to examine my life more intently to figure out why I’ve failed! In the meantime, go see if FlareKnight talked about what you liked in episode 14!
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Beneath the Tangles
Redeeming Pleasure in ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess
I’ve mentioned that I have a degree in theology. Because of that, you’ve probably also gotten the impression that I take a dim view of what’s being done in the name of religion. I could go on and on about it, but really, who wants that? Instead, let me point you to a post by claire on the site Beneath the Tangles. I encourage the kind of religion (regardless of its particulars) that seeks to understand how bad actors try to control us at the expense of our humanity (which is why I’m an Aristotelian Thomist). In this post, claire takes a look at the series ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess and gently unravels the justification for using religion to ruin human lives. Seriously! Go see what I mean!
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The Magic Planet
Let’s Watch: UMA MUSUME – CINDERELLA GRAY Episode 6 – “The Beast”
If you asked me to pick the one anime series this season that I could not live without, it would be Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray. I wouldn’t hesitate. I think the series is just that inspiring. I’m really glad that miss yuri sorcereur is reviewing this season on The Magic Planet because miss yuri sorcereur has a fantastic eye for character and theme. Well, more than that, actually, but I think this series is strong in character and theme, so I’m focusing on that. What makes me say that? Why don’t you head on over and read the post to find out?
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Merlin’s Musings
Anime Review: Let This Grieving Soul Retire
Did you watch Let This Grieving Soul Retire? Did you enjoy it? My answers would be “Yes” and “Yes.” The show scratched a particular itch, an itch which, upon deeper examination (Socrates would be proud — maybe), is a little hard to describe. That’s why I’m glad I came across this post by Merlin on Merlin’s Musings. Merlin nailed the description of what made this show unique. He also perfectly identified the Best Girl (is that still a designation?). What did he say about the series? Who did he pick? There’s one way to find out!
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TCrow, I forgot to include something that ecargmura from Arum Journal pointed out in Episode 6 that I edited into my Episode 7 write-up.
She pointed out that the janitor Yulong greeted had his hair drawn and coloured exactly the same way as Xiaohei, and I’ve reached a conclusion that given Kudo’s connection to Kowloon, it may be based partially on how he saw things from back then before Kowloon was destroyed, so maybe the older male Xiaohei is who Xiaohei actually is in the present day, and Kudo just misgendered Xiaohei all this time without realizing it, which is why there’s a younger girl Xiaohei coexisting as the same time as the male Xiaohei. It wouldn’t be that one is the clone of the other but that the young female Xiaohei is who Kudo always saw Xiaohei as being, which is how a fake and a real version can exist at the same time.
I have a lot of fun reading your (and ecargmura’s) analysis.
I think it’d be cool if you would track your theories in a table, then, once the show reveals the truth, mark which theories matched the series and which didn’t. Maybe even some commentary about why you got it right (or didn’t).
Just a thought!
Okay, I’ll consider doing that.
TCrow, here is my write-up on Kowloon Generic Romance Episode 7:
https://thoroughwatch.org/?p=147
The voice actor for Kokoro was told that the character was “a cute girl who takes things seriously”. After she got the job the director told her that Kokoro “has the heart of a samurai” !
I’ve been thinking of writing something about the story arc structure in the Precure series, which I think is rare in anime. Going in, everyone knows there will be 48-50 episodes for these characters, then it’s done and a new crew takes over. That gives a different feel to character development that’s quite different from a 13-episode series, or a “let’s milk this thing for as many years as we can” structure.
That may take some getting used to, because things can move more slowly, but have more depth. That was certainly true for Wonderful Precure, where the people who stuck with it often say it’s one of their favorite series, with multiple episodes that made them cry. Despite the general lack of punching.
I’d love to see a post describing Precure’s approach to story structure. Just what you wrote in this comment got me thinking!