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Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight – 07 [Daiba Nana]
Like this week’s Chio-chan, Revue Starlight reminds me a great deal to the its premiere as it marks some dramatic shift in direction that we all wish we see it coming before (I honestly doubt anyone...
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Hanebado! – 09 [What I Want Us To Be Is Not ‘Friends’]
I hope Hanebado having fun of drawing Ayano this week. She who switches from normal-Ayano to Weiwei-Ayano to evil-Ayano in a blink of eye. Appropriately all my screenshots this week are dedicated to...
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Mirai (2018) Movie Review – 81/100
Watching Mirai, there are two observations that spring right up to my mind: Mirai is Hosoda’s most grounded, personal film and it plays out completely different from what I expected based from the...
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Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro – 09 [Chio-chan Changes Her Image/ Flat Cut]
So… the sequence which I’m waiting the most from the PV made its to the screen this week, and it underlines both the strengths and the weaknesses I found in Chio-chan so far. The sequence in question...
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Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight – 08 [Towards the Light]
Last week, with the earth-shattering revelation of Banana’s secret, I expected Revue Starlight addresses 2 developments. First, Nana and Hikari’s chemistry in the present now that we see the true...
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Hanebado! – 10 [The Backhand Grip Is Like This]
After some hyper melodramatic development for several weeks, this episode unfortunately stumbles on another issue: too plain, with confusing messages all around. The main plot taking a backseat as the...
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Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro – 10 [Shinozuka-san, Sugar Content, and the Press...
We seem to have a routine of one below-average Chio-chan’s episode, follow up by one above-average as of late. This week is amongst Chio-chan’s better ones as it fleshes out two side characters with...
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Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight – 09 [On the Night of the Star Festival]
The last three episodes when Revue Starlight focuses on Banana’s arc brush off my own reservation for the show. This episode, for me, is almost perfect in its storytelling department. First, it builds...
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Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro – 11 [Chio in the Middle of the Night/ Apocri!]
Well, no surprises here. Chio-chan flips back to its usual self. Chio-chan has always been a minimalist-set show, with mundane set up in which only a handful of characters carry the gag. It rings...
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Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight – 10 [The Show Must Go On]
The narrative beat of Revue Starlight has reached its new tempo with the end of the audition. All the things that Revue Starlight has been building up to begin to payoff this week. I must say though,...
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Hanebado! – 11 [Because I Love Badminton]
After the break last week (due to the Hokkaido earthquake), we are back with this final match between Ayano and Nagisa. While I can’t say I care too much about this match, Hanebado begins in a solid...
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Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro – 12 [Just One Masterful Method/ Yuki-chan Bares It All]
As appropriate with Chio’s below-average personality, Chio-chan ends not with a bang but with two entertaining-but-unremarkable sketches. Many if the side-cast don’t make the cut in this finale (I...
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Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight – 11 [We Are]
It makes sense that after 10 episodes of dueling and auditioning, this week takes time to focus on the central pair Karen and Hikari. As soon as she “betrays” Karen in the cliffhanger last week, it...
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Hanebado! – 12 [Step Forward Already!]
The angriest show of this season has come to the continuation of the final match between Nagisa and Ayano and overall it does a decent job. It has something to do with this episode is amongst...
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Some Quick First Impressions: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken, Kaze ga Tsuyoku...
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Short Synopsis: A 30-something bland dude is stabbed and reincarnated as a OP slime. Lenlo’s Review: I remember reading this manga at one point and thinking it wasn’t too...
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Some Quick First Impressions: Gakuen Basara, Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! &...
Gakuen Basara Short Synopsis: The Sengoku Jidai, the Warring States era of Feudal Japan, but set in high school. Lenlo’s Review: So, can anyone tell me what this is actually about? I have no idea what...
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Some Quick First Impressions: Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san, Ore ga Suki nano...
Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san Short Synopsis: A skeletal bookstore employee fields requests from perplexed parents and foreign fujoshi. Lenlo’s Review: This was the most amusing power point presentation...
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Fall 2018 Anime Coverage
While there are some shows still lagging behind, we’ve pretty much had the general sip of what this new season has to offer. While personally I don’t have a clear favorite (my top shows only have 70%...
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Thunderbolt Fantasy 2 – 02 [The Stolen Sorcerous Blades]
Fun fact, I had just been to Taiwan and while in their local old bookstores and DVDs, I saw a section of puppetry animation dvds in the corner of the store (should’ve bought one now that I think about...
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Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara – 02 [I Can’t Stand Magic]
It’s always neat to see a work that feels every inch a P.A Works production. When you think about the studio, you’d immediately associate them with their original shows, chief among them ‘Mature women...
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