Cue flashback to a less simpler time. So this time round we get an episode with a flashback, to which I usually respond with a great sigh and expecting to be bored (bad experience with shonen flashbacks but also the one in the Jormungand manga wasn’t to my liking) but yet again White Fox and the [...]
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The presentation of academia in anime is often determined by its limitations.  An author begins to discover problems in their stories when they begin to toy with knowledge beyond their fields of expertise.  They can also equally jeopardize the interest of their audience with topics that are monotonous [oh look, irony!] or beyond the scope [...]
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Well, this week’s episode certainly was an interesting one. We see a lot more of Jonah’s past, and even find out Koko has a brother. While I was expecting Casper to be the one that was responsible for Jonah’s death and that he was the one that set him up with Koko, I wasn’t expecting [...]
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The middle of the ocean looks set to provide some respite for Koko and her crew as we hit episode five of Jormungand (assuming, of course, that the Lagoon Company don't show up) - however, it proves to be anything but, particularly for Jonah as another aspect of his past catches up to him. Initially however, it seems to be Koko herself who is the most concerned by the news she receives, becoming
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「Vein」 If you're not watching Jormungand yet, at least two writers here will say that you should be! Note: This is the first of two collaborations where both Guardian Enzo and I will share our respective views in the same post. The second will be E7:AO on Thursday. The posts will be much longer than the norm, but we hope that this will be balanced out by the insight obtained by seeing how two writers view and write about the same source material.
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