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Flip Flappers – 11 [Pure Storage]
What a gripping episode! With this we almost clear about Mimi, Papikana and Salt’s past and the show sets things up nicely for a final showdown. For a show that have always been light on plot...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 10 [Something Given part 1 – part 2]
The lion is roaring loud this week, both figuratively as the show comes back strong after an unremarkable episode last week, and narratively as this is the first time we see Rei breaks down and...
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Sound! Euphonium 2 – 12 [The Last Competition]
This could very well be Sound Eupho confessional episode. We get all the confessions of sort, for better or for worse. This is an episode that gives satisfied conclusions to many ongoing plots. While...
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Yuri!!! on Ice (Fall 2016) Review – 83/100
“Can you hear my heartbeat? Tired of feeling never enough. I close my eyes and tell myself that my dreams will come true ” That’s exactly what Yuri on Ice offers, a heart-pumping ride to the sport of...
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Flip Flappers – 12 [Pure Howling]
We have a recap episode of sort this week as our new pair Papika and Yayaka had to travel pass the previous Pure Illusion worlds we seen throughout the season. It sucks for the Cocona-rescue team of...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 11 [The Old Year – The New Year]
Christmas and New Year are on its way so it is very appropriate that we have a warm, sweet episode from 3-gatsu no Lion. After missing in action for the last few weeks, the Kawamoto sisters are back...
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Zaregoto Series OVA – 02 [Day 3 (2) Assembly and Arithmetic]
The bomb has finally dropped as the murder everyone waiting for eventually come, but we still aren’t clear who the victim is. If there is one cliché about murders involving beheading, it’s that you...
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Your name. (2016) Movie Review – 82/100
As of this writing, Kimi no Na wa, or Your name. has enjoyed a phenomenal commercial and critical success. It becomes the highest grossing film of the year in Japan, and broke many records elsewhere...
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Sound! Euphonium 2 – 13 [Early-Spring Epilogue]
This original episode achieves something so simple: a reminder that the true ending is the new beginning. Now I understand why KyoAni decided to skip the National performance last episode, because...
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Flip Flappers – 13 [Pure Audio]
I’ve said right in the beginning that Flip Flappers is a show about adolescent and the fear of growing up, but never in my wildest dream I dare to think the show would go even farther and touch the...
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Fune wo Amu (Fall 2016) Review – 81/100
This series is, in retrospect, a really appropriate title that speaks to the very spirit of noitaminA block: an adult drama slice of life about the making of dictionary that surely don’t try to target...
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Sound! Euphonium 2 (Fall 2016) Review – 86/100
I must admit that out of all the series I was blogging last year, Sound Eupho 2 was the one I’m saddest to see it ends; not because it was my absolute favorite anime last year, but because the sheer...
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Flip Flappers (Fall 2016) Review – 93/100
What makes Flip Flappers stand out from the rest of the anime field? I found a lot of people asking that question along the way. Well, first off, Flip Flappers isn’t your ordinary anime offering,...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 12 [What Lies on the Opposite Shore – Black River (part 1)]
3-gatsu no Lion is back again in the new year with another stellar episode. Structure-wise, I think this is one of the most confident episode 3-gatsu no Lion has delivered for a while, as the show...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 13 [Black River (part 2) – Beyond the Door]
This week we have 2 disjoined chapters, which are different in tones and more importantly in their point of view. We go through the first section from Smith-san perspective detailing his own thoughts...
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 02 [The Partner in Crime’s Name is Nino]
I admit that although I think ACCA is one the most solid show this season and I in particular like how they set up the settings and the events to come, the first two episodes didn’t grab me that much...
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Scum’s Wish – 02 [I’m here for that warmth]
Welcome to the roller coaster of the emotional manipulative anime of this season, are you with me on this ride? Scum’s Wish has the exact opposite issues with ACCA in that it tries to overwhelm us...
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3-gatsu no Lion – 14 [Blinding Darkness – Just a Little Water]
This week in 3-gatsu no Lion, we again witness another one of Rei’s depression, which is fine I guess because this is what the show does best anyways; but seriously it didn’t leave much of an impact...
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ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – 03 [The Swirling Smoke of Rumors in the...
The plot’s getting rather interesting, now that Jean finds himself in the middle of everyone’s watching eyes without having a clue what’s going on. The crowd thinks about him as an important factor...
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Scum’s Wish – 03 [Show Me Love (Not A Dream)]
This episode offers more perspectives to these whole messy affairs and gives an unflinching look to teenager’s insecure-ness, echoed perfectly by the reflections from the leads from each of these...
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