Best in Show

Quick Summary In Astra Lost in Space episode 09, “Revelation,” Kanata Hoshijima thinks long and hard about what Zack Walker discovered, and the implications are crushing. Quitterie Raffaeli and Funicia Raffaeli’s excitement at learning the results of Zack’s tests quickly turns to confusion and then horror as the young crew unravels some of the core mysteries affecting them. Meanwhile, their […]

Quick Summary In To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 09, “The Hound of Hell’s Gate,” we see Hank Henriette for the first time in a while, and he’s not looking well. He’s exhausted, and his conscience torments him. He has collapsed in a snow storm. All in all, it was a terrible time for him to meet […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 08, “Stone Road,” Senkuu creates an elaborate flow chart to explain to Chrome and Kohaku how they’re going to create penicillin. It’s overwhelming to them, but they set out to gather the materials they need — including magnets and iron sand. With the help of their new recruit, Suika, they make […]

Quick Summary In Fruits Basket episode 21, “I Never Back Down from a Wave Fight,” the three girls in Yuki Shouma’s fan club decide that they just must get rid of Tooru Honda because she is getting too close to Yuki. Of course, they can’t just assault Tooru — her friends Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima would do […]

Quick Summary In Astra Lost in Space episode 08, “Lost and Found,” Kanata Hoshijima, Ulgar Zweig, and Zack Walker found a woman in suspended animation in the other damaged ship on the planet Icriss. She’s alive, but only barely, so they get her back to their ship. She’s terribly disappointed to learn that they aren’t a rescue party, and […]

Quick Summary In To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 08, “Songstress of Sleep,” Nancy Schaal Bancroft follows Claude, Liza Renecastle, and a company of soldiers to a port town. The citizens are wary of soldiers, but Claude has intelligence that an Incarnate is nearby. While taking a walk on the beach, Schaal accidentally finds Charles, the owner of the […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 07, “Where Two Million Years Have Gone,” Kohaku decides to take Senkuu back to her village. As soon as he arrives, Ginrou and Kinrou deny him access, because he’s an outsider. Kohaku threatens to duel them, and it was clear that the two of them knew that she would likely take both […]