Last episode of Hanasaku Iroha was a filler-esque character study, so who knows where we are off to now?  I’m sort of hoping we will pick back up on the romance between Ohana and that chef dude.  Seems like the … Continue reading →
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Spoilers ahead, you probably shouldn’t be reading this if you haven’t watched this episode. On “Run” the inn has a bunch of new guest coming thanks to a half off promotion. But before things get busy—Ohana’s grandma nearly passes out and has to go to the hospital. Meanwhile Ohana’s uncle has called the consultant, who [...]
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First off, you may have noticed that I’ve been revamping my blog with a new layout. I am extremely satisfied with it, and I intend to have this layout become possibly permanent. I’ve also added some new pages, so check … Continue reading →
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This week, Ohana kicks it into high gear to help save the inn when her grandmother is out of commission. The episode starts off fairly normally; Ohana is dropping off... Continue Reading
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The first time since Episode 5, things get a bit serious as the sudden surge of customers pour into the inn with Takako making the situation even worse with a stream of bad ideas. From Episode 6, we know that business at the Kissuisou Inn as been at a decline for a long time now. [...]
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The previews promised some much-needed drama for Flowerhead and friends.  Will episode 08 of Hanasaku Iroha return to the tragic heights it achieved early with the parental abandonement and pimp [...]
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Summary: Yuina mentions that a popular hot springs magazine will be covering their region in the next issue, and Ohana is immediately hyped about how this could turn Kissuiso’s fortunes around.  While Yuina worries about needing to get her hair did in case of a full Yuina photo spread, the staff at Kissuiso is worked [...]
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Finally, it seems like they were running the same arc over and over again for the last few episodes. Almost every episode so far has been self-contained, with the huge "dilemma" solved by the end of that episode. It is refreshing to finally get a longer story. Funnily enough, the second that they mentioned the mystery guest, I immediately thought, "What if they checked out Ohana's hot spring,
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「走り出す」 (Hashiridasu) "Run" You know you have a great team working on an anime when they can effectively create a character that makes you want to run outside and yell at the first person you can find. Another new insert/ending song!
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Ooh, this episode was very good! It probably even was the best episode since episode 2, but at the same time it still was nothing like these first two episodes. The key of this episode was suddenly getting a lot of customers to book a room at the same day while three of the staff [...]
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