The current season of Sailor Moon Crystal isn't my only show of the season- but it's a refreshing drink of water to an extent that most shows can't touch. There is more than one reason for that: it’s [...]
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The last three episodes, the Fukiko's birthday arc, were basically set-up for the events of this episode, in which a lot of what Nanako doesn't know is made plain to her.The episode begins with [...]
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Volume 1 introduced Tokaku, an assassin, Haru, her target, and the other members of their, haha, high school assassin class, who all want to kill Haru. Volume 2 finishes establishing the rules of this [...]
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If you read my writing on the Akuma no Riddle anime, here, here, and here, you might remember that I started out apathetic, warmed up to it, then was irritated by its ending's hand-waviness and [...]
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After the obligatory previous episode flashback, we see Rei while sitting on the beach as the sun rises, wondering why Fukiko loathes the song she played.Nanako calls Rei's apartment from a payphone [...]
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This episode opens with a flashback to the lake incident before showing Mariko, back to school from the holiday, reciting Matthew Arnold's "Requiescat" in English class. I should clarify here that the [...]
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Yesterday, I described the my experience watching the first couple episodes of Go! Princess Precure to my girlfriend as "It's like Sailor Moon, Utena, and Maria-sama ga Miteru had a magical girl [...]
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Welcome to Oniisama E, Natsuyasumi-hen. We've seen some of the skeletons in Fukiko's closet, but primarily from Rei's perspective. These next few episodes will take us down the rabbit hole of what [...]
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We're finally at the festival, where this week's pop culture reference is RoboCop.Tomoko comments that Mariko seems tense, and Mariko acknowledges that with great power comes great [...]
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This episode begins with Nanako coming home to a letter from Takehiko. In it, Takehiko invites her to his university's festival using formal language. He also notes that she hasn't been sending as [...]
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