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Quick Summary In Fruits Basket episode 23, “You Look Well,” it’s final exam time, and Tooru Honda is devastated to learn that she failed one of her exams — in a subject that Yuki Shouma tutored her in! She’s wracked by guilt, and it doesn’t help that Saki Hanajima confides that she failed all of her exams. Worst of […]

Quick Summary In Astra Lost in Space episode 10,  “Culprit,” the crew use their knowledge of history to compare notes with Polina Livinskaya, since they now know their home planet, Astra, is not the home planet Polina was expecting (Earth). The histories are practically identical up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, which unfolded very differently according to […]

Quick Summary In To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 10, “Two Oaths,” Roy/Garm barely eludes Claude’s troops, who continue to pursue him with their advanced technology. They are dismayed when Roy comes up with very effective counter measures. Meanwhile, Nancy Schaal Bancroft sees Hank Henriette fall into the canyon. Will she be able to find him? If she does, […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 09, “Let There Be the Light of Science,” Senkuu, Chrome, Kohaku, and Suika are busily bribing the villagers with ramen. Suddenly, a stranger draws attention to himself, and Kohaku and the two guards Ginrou and Kinrou surround him. They learn his name is Gen Asagiri, a contemporary of Senkuu, who says he’s been all […]

Quick Summary In Fruits Basket episode 22, “Because I was Happy,” we meet Saki Hanajima before she knew either Tooru Honda or Arisa Uotani. Those were hard times for our hero. She was trying to come to grips with her powers, and since she had talents that others lacked, her classmates bullied her. Sometimes, mercilessly. When one incident went way […]

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 […]