Reviews and editorials celebrating amazing moments in anime.
The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Most Round About Confession of Love (So Far) Elias needs to get a clue! If even I, a clueless guy, can see that Hatori has feelings for him, he should be able to as well! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream. The Ancient Magus’ Bride Episode 9: Perspectives on Love and Needed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dies irae: Moment of Supreme Badassery Fujii was pretty calm about having a gun pointed at his head. I guess the fights so far have been good experience! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream. Dies irae Episode 5: An Unexpected Bedfellow and an Emissary from the Past: The delightful Erii Honjou tries to make a point by holding […]
Quick Summary In Dies irae Episode 4, “Spider,” Ren Fujii struggles to keep his friend Kasumi Ayase away from his terrifying new world. Part of his plan involves Fujii declaring that Kei Sakurai is his new girlfriend. Sakurai was as surprised as Ayase! Despite that, Sakurai begins training Fujii, because the battle’s only worthwhile if her opponent’s strong. Later, Fujii faces his […]