Luna Nova’s academic year continues and with exams around the corner, Akko willingly and boldly trudges onward, determined to overcome her shortcomings as a student of magic. This is a completely [...]
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March Comes in like a Lion’s episode this week comes to a head on Shimada’s match, but not before establishing the sacrifices he took to get there. While Shimada has long since decided the path he’d [...]
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March Comes in like a Lion’s shift of focus this week was on Shimada, whose narration reintroduces him as a complex character driven by simple, but firm beliefs. In the past, we’ve seen glimpses of [...]
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March Comes in like a Lion episode 18 builds upon Rei’s enlightened perspective, allowing us to see just how much Rei has come to trust others. Rei visits Shimada’s workshop, where Nikaido bickers [...]
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“While I was running in circles getting lost, my peer has already hardened his resolve.” –Rei, March Comes in like a Lion, Episode 17 March Comes in like a Lion episode 17 has silently and ever so [...]
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Wouldn’t it be awesome if all it took to become good at something we really wanted to master was a magical spell or some slight pleading? No huss and fuss over mistakes, no self-tormenting over your [...]
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“To win her heart, you will need to set up a bakery for sandwich bread in Dowa.” –Maggie, ACCA, Episode 5  I’ve always been the competitive type. When I was much younger, this drive manifested in [...]
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This episode of Little Witch Academia was a lot of fun, with plenty of explosive action and comedic dialogue to get the momentum of the narrative rolling. But for as whimsical as the plot may seem—and [...]
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This week’s ACCA felt as though it took a break from its main storyline. We still had some of the excellent storytelling components of earlier episodes: The aura of mystery, vibrant color palettes, [...]
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March Comes in like a Lion was unexpectedly calm this week. The explosive fight between Shimada and Gotou in episodes prior had me under the belief that this next battle of theirs would be one of [...]
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