Episode 02 It’s Yuuka’s first day at school. She was so nervous that she made a couple of mistakes which ended up her classmates laughing at her. Only one student seems to be concerned. At home, they’re all happy and excited as usual except Ouka, Teika and Hyouka. Kyouka wants to have the real deal wedding. [...]
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Current Chi’s Sweet Home: Good ol’ cartoons Code Geass 2: Best part of my week. Golgo 13: …. Kyouran Kazoku Nikki: I’ve finally accepted the fact that this is not a comedy. It still works, but I like it less than I initially did. Macross Frontier: Consistently entertaining. Though honestly, I just watch it for Ranka and space fights. Telepathy Shoujo [...]
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  Ripped straight from True Love. Impressions: Kind of a strange episode for this show. Most of it was based around some guy named Rindo that Ginka used to live next door to. Yes, that blonde is Ginka. He takes a cat into his house, which then becomes a catgirl and he has his way with [...]
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Although I assumed that this latest mini-arc of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki was actually focusing on Ouka, it looks like I actually got it a little bit wrong - Although episode eight did indeed seem to centre around him, it appears that the real target of the plot itself was, eventually, Kyouka.This particular instalment of the series was as fast-paced as any, and to be honest it kept moving fast enough to keep things reaonsably entertaining throughout, without dwelling too much at any point on the verbal sparring between characters or anything like that, which helped to keep the balance just about right. Kyouka's history was also revealed in a sufficiently interesting manner as well, and I have to admit that she's turned into a pretty decent character from the manic, care-free and fast-talking one that kicked off the show (although of course those traits are still very much in evidence).Once again though, we find Kyouran Kazoku Nikki trying to pull us into a discussion of emotions and morals - On this occasion, the episode's slogan is clearly about how important it is to 'be yourself'. A fine concept, that's for sure, but this is the kind of stuff that we're used to being preached about in kids TV shows, and it feels a little trie to throw it into the slightly more grown-up context of anime - I get a feeling the target audience of this series doesn't need to be told to 'be themselves', and particularly not in the slightly condesending manner used here.Anyway, apart from that gripe this was probably the most enjoyable episode of the series so far in a simple and lightly entertaining way, blending the action and story-telling with a few decent one-liners to help things along from a humour angle as well. Don't be mistaken into thinking that this makes it a great episode, or indeed a great series, as it's still treading on ground that doesn't even earn it cult classic status, but on this occasion it certainly made for a most watchable half an hour's entertainment.
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What is with this show and speech impediments? Impressions: Yes, I’m calling an Osakan accent a speech impediment. That, combined with the Gebok’s fast talking made this episode the usual clustermuff of stopping and rewinding every 30 seconds to actually puzzle out what people were saying. That montage about five minutes in was probably [...]
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Three videos we want to get out there for all to enjoy today. First up we have a Touhou x Kyouran Kazoku Nikki Parody. Question - did we miss something, when did Ranka join the cast of Touhou. Not 100% sure if that is actually Ranka, but if not it looks pretty [...]
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Despite occasionally wondering whether he was perhaps there as little more than the glue that holds the series crazy characters together, it appears that Ouka is going to get his own mini-arc within Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, and to be honest I'm rather pleased that's the case as he somehow seemed deserving of it. Thus, in this episode we learn a little about his past, and see Kyouka getting more than a little suspicious of his intentions as he sneaks out early for a 'date' with a Death God.Aside from those basic facts, I'm really not entirely sure that I have any grasp on what's going on at all beyond Kyouka's attempts to break up this date. The aforementioned Death God is the woman we've already seen a couple of times this series, and she clearly goes back a long way with Ouka, but who is she exactly and why? That's one for the second part of the story I suppose, along with... well, all the other oddities that haven't yet been wrapped up.Despite not having a clue as to what the episode is all about, this instalment of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki was actually oddly enjoyable - It's hard not to have at least a little soft spot for Kyouka's rantings, especially when it involves her strangely close ties to Ouka, and bonus points must be dished out for renaming an automated tour guide at a very odd theme park 'Trash the Third'.I can't help but feel that it would be very harsh of me to cast any real judgement on this episode until its storyline is concluded, or at least explained a little better - Too much of what is shown here is just left hanging to figure out whether it's just craziness for its own sake or something a little more important to the plot (or, perhaps more likely, both). Once again, there seems to be a real attempt to bring emotional focus on the family unit in this series, which doesn't always work but has at least provided a motif for the show, but that aside it continues to be a hit and miss affair that manages to miss its target more often than not. Yet, despite all that, the sense of fun in this episode despite its more serious undertones managed to appeal to me somehow, leaving me rather keen to see what transpires next.
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    Goddammit, Chiwa Saito. Impressions: Sorry to go all short versioned on you, but I’m exhausted. My dogs decided to wake me up around 7am this morning and I need a nap badly. The golden rule is that a show should not physically cause you pain. Even though I chuckled a few times through this episode, it gave [...]
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Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 9, Itazura na Kiss 9, Kurenai 10, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 7, Nabari no Ou 9-10, Real Drive 6, Soul Eater 10, Toshokan Sensou 9, xxxHOLiC Kei 10 …and in manga: Claymore 80, REC 38 ANIME CURRENT SERIES RANKINGS Kurenai (1) – just a mistake? Chi’s [...]
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A girl is being chased by the police for stealing fish. The number of police going after her is startling though because of a single fish. She was able to run away, but she lost her hold of the fish she stole. Her thievery doesn’t end there. She sees a fruit stand and [...]
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