Ah, of course. Shigofumi wouldn’t be Shigofumi without a deliciously over-the-top finale. What else could you expect for a series with the subtlety of an African elephant? Thankfully, this was yet another terrific episode for this series. I must say that I really had my doubts when I found out that the guy behind Code [...]
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Episode: Shigofumi Episode 11
Anime wa Bakuhatsu da!
03/15/2008 03:33 AM UTCShigofumi: Mandatory Beach Episode with Stave Fanservice >>
I am now officially moe for Kanaka. Not only does she take baths, she surfs, too!
This episode was totally filler from start to finish, but I don’t mind–it was a hilarious and fun episode. That’s one of the strengths of Shigofumi, I think. It’s capable of being both deadly serious and riotously hilarious, and, occasionally, [...]
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It's the obligatory beach episode of Shigofumi! *blinks* Is this for real?
No no no... It's really the onsen ep... Wait that can't be right either...
Sharp objects? Now that's more like it!
It's become sort of a 'tradition' for me now to blog every 3rd episode of Shigofumi, so I made sure I was paying attention in this episode. I was expecting another episode of emo school kids and grisly
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Don’t get distracted by your lover while you are trying to drive, it will surely lead to bad things! Finally we have an episode that focuses on Chiaki, but sadly it wasn’t that god…(or at least not as good as I expected it to be). Turns out, Chiaki has been dead for roughly 50 years [...]
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This episode featured a regular case again, and boy, was it a great one! Basically, a guy hears from his doctor that he only has a very limited time left to live, and he ends up spending time with a naive little girl. The creators did a wonderful job of bringing the guy and his [...]
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Episode: Shigofumi Episode 10
A killer on the loose attempts to kill all the recurring characters.*
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Hey, you’re not Fumika….and stop poking that bird!
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Episode: Shigofumi Episode 10
I was really impressed with this episode, so much that I’m doing a post on it when I don’t normally, at least not for every episode. I really have to say that before this episode I wasn’t really a big fan of Chiaki. I found her quite annoying and I didn’t think she really added [...]
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Anime wa Bakuhatsu da!
03/08/2008 05:05 AM UTCShigofumi: Oh, What Fun! Now We Have Split Personalities! >>
I don’t really know why, but half of Shigofumi is sort-of fluffy and light, and the other half is deeply disturbing. Frequently in the same episode.
And that is, of course, why I like it so much. Episode 8 dealt with the emotional trauma inherent in child abuse. Split personalities are a very common reaction to [...]
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So we get Fumika’s origin story. Is it possible for an episode to have both visceral, emotional power and be so outlandish (and still unexplained in crucial points) that one is torn as to whether to give this a good or bad review?
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Well… that wasn’t one of the most exciting episodes…
This could be just me, but whenever the major crew of an anime heads off to another resort or hotel, it just feels horribly bland and uninspired. Especially since EVERY SINGLE ONE of these episodes has to have some kind of hot-spring sequence. It’s not necessarily the [...]
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