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Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 18, “Stone Wars,” Gen warned that Tsukasa’s army was coming to attack the village. His warning came almost too late, because at that moment, Kinrou was holding the bridge against invaders. Most were simply muscle bound brutes with no sense, but one of then, Hyoga, might have rivaled Tsukasa in intelligence […]

Quick Summary In Fairy gone episode 16, “Kite Laughing Out Loud,” Marlya Noel continued to struggle with knowing who she should trust — if she should trust anyone. In spite of her doubt, she deployed to an island where customs agents discovered a startling bit of contraband: an apparently legitimate copy of a Black Fairy […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 17, “A Hundred Nights and a Thousand Skies,” Byakuya Ishigami was determined to return to the surface and find a way to save all seven billion humans. Shamil Volkov, however, made a compelling argument, punctuated with a punch to Byakuya’s gut, that the astronauts without family should try it first. After […]

Quick Summary In Fairy gone episode 15, “Weeding of Back Streets,” Free Underbar, Marlya Noel, Klara Kisenaria, and Serge Tova returned home from Kay-o. Free was injured, and there seemed to be some tension between him and Marlya. Was he angry that she had deserted him to go after Veronica Thorn? Meanwhile, Dorothea continued to […]

Quick Summary In Fairy gone episode 14, “Wheel-Stopping Castle,” Free Underbar, Marlya Noel, Klara Kisenaria, and Serge Tova guard the train taking Ray Dawn to Kay-o. Unfortunately, that’s not enough to prevent agents from Arcame from blowing up a train bridge even as Veronica Thorn was chasing the train on a motorcycle. Free and company […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 15, “The Culmination of Two Million Years,” now that Chrome has defeated Magma, the way seems to be clear for Chrome to become chief. But an innocent comment from Ruri drives Ginrou to unheard of levels of performance in his bout against Senkuu. Can the scientist evade the inflamed Ginrou? Can […]

Quick Summary In Fairy gone episode 13, “Rain Sound’s Crime and White Snow’s Punishment,” we learn more about Ray Dawn’s motivations for destroying the Suna village — and for killing his brother, Jurgen, who had raised Marlya Noel from a baby. We also learned more about how Veronica Thorn befriended Marlya, and how the “blessed […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 13, “Masked Warrior,” Senkuu, Kohaku, Chrome, and Suika gather the final ingredients for antibiotics. They’ve finished collecting the most dangerous ingredient — at least dangerous from the perspective of the ingredient itself potentially killing them. Because when Kohaku learns the source of the last ingredient, she seemed on the verge of […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 12, “Buddies Back to Back,” Senkuu continues the search for the ingredients he’ll need to make antibiotics, and now the time has come for the most dangerous part: finding sulfuric acid. It’s dangerous because if places where it occurs naturally, the gas accompanying it is instantly lethal. Senkuu bribes Ginrou to […]

Quick Summary In Fruits Basket episode 25, “Summer Will Be Here Soon,” those involved with the heart-wrenching events of the previous episode try to pull their lives back together. Kagura Shouma left without saying goodbye to Kyou Shouma. Kazuma Shouma tried to do the same thing, with Tooru Honda walking him part way home. Kyou realizes Kazuma has left and races after […]

Quick Summary In Astra Lost in Space episode 12, “Friend-Ship,” Charce Lecroix is ready to be locked up for what he did to the crew, but Kanata Hoshijima won’t hear of it. The crew follows his lead, so Charce tries to brief them about what he knows of their history — their real history — and he knows quite […]

Quick Summary In To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 12, “Those Who Seek,” Hank Henriette leads that attack against Centaurus and Cain Madhouse’s fortress. Hank’s coordination with sergeant Gerald Corlani was absolutely perfect — until Martin Wall, the North’s commanding officer, issues a command that changes everything. When Cain makes the full extent of his plan clear, Claude […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 11, “Clear World,” Senkuu sets his sights on the next critical element for achieving an antibiotic: glass. With help from Chrome, Kohaku, Suika, they gather all of the materials they need. They fashion an iron pipe to help shape the glass. They try to make glass vessels like beakers or cups — and […]

Quick Summary In Fruits Basket episode 24, “Let’s Go Home,” we learn that Kyou Shouma’s mother committed suicide, and that almost everyone blamed Kyou because he had inherited the spirit of the Cat. Almost everyone. Kazuma Shouma took an interest in your Kyou and became not only his martial arts teacher, but his replacement father. Why, then, […]

Quick Summary In Astra Lost in Space episode 11, “Confession,” Charce Lecroix confirms what he said in the last episode: He’s the clone of the king. Moreover, he embraces the role because it gives his life purpose. Unfortunately, when the Human Genome Act passed, the king made the same decision that the other originals did — he […]

Quick Summary In To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Episode 11, “The Start of Troubles Ahead,” much to Nancy Schaal Bancroft  and Liza Renecastle’s consternation, Claude seems intent on treating Hank Henriette as a prisoner of war. That includes threats of torture! Fortunately for Hank (or for Claude, depending on how Hank would really have reacted to said torture), Claude receives orders to join […]

Quick Summary In Dr. Stone episode 10, “A Flimsy Alliance,” the question of Gen Asagiri takes a back seat when Magma, a thug who wants to take over the village, mistakes Gen for Senkuu and brutally attacks the man, leaving him for dead. Kohaku tells Senkuu that Magma tried to win the yearly tournament; a tournament that would have […]

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 […]