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Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 03, “Weapons of Science,” Senkuu’s hopes to keep the location of the reviving fluid secret are accidentally dashed when Taiju Ooki basically tells Tsukasa Shishiou where it is. Now, it’s a race against time: Can Senkuu and Taiju revive Yuzuriha Ogawa before Tsukasa gets back from the cave? And if they can’t, what can even […]

Quick Summary In Fruits Basket episode 16, “She Said Don’t Step on Them!,” it’s summer. Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima are wearing stylish swim suits, and they are lounging in and around the pool when Tooru Honda arrives. She’s wearing a middle school, one-piece blue swim suit, and it almost breaks Arisa’s heart. So, Arisa rounds […]

Quick Summary In Astra Lost in Space episode 03, “Meteor,” Kanata Hoshijima racks his brain trying to figure out who might be the traitor. Despite spending a lot of energy on the subject, he comes up blank. Their arrival at planet Shummoor interrupts his efforts. A meteor slicing through the ship’s hull puts the subject, at least […]

Quick Summary In To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 03, “The Minotaur’s Fortress,” Hank Henriette and Nancy Schaal Bancroft hitch a ride on a covered wagon to Hank’s next assignment. A Minotaur who had been under Hank’s command was slowly disassembling a town to build an impregnable fortress. Every night, he would bellow and go forth, and the […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 02, “King of the Stone World,” Senkuu and Taiju Ooki prepare to revive Yuzuriha Ogawa, the young woman (now not so young — over 3,700 years old!) to whom Taiju wanted to confess his feelings. But Taiju discovered what was to him a huge problem: she would be naked when […]

Quick Summary In Fruits Basket episode 15, “I Wouldn’t Say That,” Shigure Shouma and Hatori Shouma arranged for Tooru Honda, Yuki Shouma, and Kyou Shouma to go on a retreat to one of the Shouma family vacation houses. Its view of the lake was beautiful, and Tooru was excited to explore. But she’s also terribly worried. Yuki and Kyou […]

Quick Summary In Astra Lost in Space episode 02, “Wilderness,” Kanata Hoshijima, Aries Spring, and the rest of the crew set down on the planet Vilavurs to restock their food and water supplies. At first, all seems well — even the “dragons” didn’t seem interested in eating humans. But then Quitterie Raffaeli got into an argument […]