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You didn’t expect the Shimogamo family to just roll over and die did you?  Oh hell no!  Its time for the counterattack.  The big counterattack! With Yashiro being free, he takes his butt and a a bottle of electric brandy to the well where Yajiro stays. It looks like Yashiro has more of a head […]
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You didn’t expect the Shimogamo family to just roll over and die did you?  Oh hell no!  Its time for the counterattack.  The big counterattack! With Yashiro being free, he takes his butt and a a bottle of electric brandy to the well where Yajiro stays. It looks like Yashiro has more of a head […]
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Yashirou heads to the well and makes Yajirou drink a bottle of Denki Bran. He transforms into the False Eizan Electric Railway and races through the streets. After rescuing Yasaburou and capturing the twins, they find the Friday Fellows, accidentally ram their private room with the train, and free Yaichirou. Jurojin moves the fellows’ party […]
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Yashirou heads to the well and makes Yajirou drink a bottle of Denki Bran. He transforms into the False Eizan Electric Railway and races through the streets. After rescuing Yasaburou and capturing the twins, they find the Friday Fellows, accidentally ram their private room with the train, and free Yaichirou. Jurojin moves the fellows’ party […]
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「偽叡山電車」 (Nise Eizan Densha) "The Fake Eizan Electric Railway" My only regret was that I had to restrain my laughter and cheering today so I wouldn't wake anyone up. With one episode left, it will be bittersweet to see this series end.
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No time for foolish preamble! It’s time for Yashirou to save the day! Incidentally, I just posted a review/discussion of the Uchouten writer’s other work, The Tatami Galaxy, so when you’re done slavering over how good this week’s episode is undoubtedly … Continue reading →
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Volume 1 release of the anime series Uchoten Kazoku will be out on 25 September 2013. Contains Episode 1. Two editions available for preorder: Blu-ray and DVD. Both comes with drama CD, 8 page booklet, illustrated sleeve and jacket. Plot Summary Shimogamo Yasaburō is a tanuki who is the third son of the Shimagamo family, [...]
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This babbling of mine here contains spoilers. Read at your own caution. On another note, these effortless filler posts are a whole lot easier to write than I imagined. Guess that qualifies me as an A-tier blogger, doesn't it?
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This babbling of mine here contains spoilers. Read at your own caution. On another note, these effortless filler posts are a whole lot easier to write than I imagined. Guess that qualifies me as an A-tier blogger, doesn't it?
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No matter how things look now, you know these two will get theirs… Uchouten Kazoku continues to be everything you could ask for in storytelling, and even though this was, in essence, the second act of a three act story, it did far more than just set up for the final piece next week. So […]
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Providence favors the wise, wisdom favors the patient, patience favors the thoughtful, and the Yasaburou is none of those. But he does have luck. Hell, that’s all he’s got going for him now. In a matter of hours, the Shimogamo family’s history will be written in stone. A history of a family that failed to […]
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Providence favors the wise, wisdom favors the patient, patience favors the thoughtful, and the Yasaburou is none of those. But he does have luck. Hell, that’s all he’s got going for him now. In a matter of hours, the Shimogamo family’s history will be written in stone. A history of a family that failed to […]
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This was an interesting choice for an episode. Right when the tension is at its highest and everyone is about to get eaten, we spend half the episode with comic relief as this guy wears an iron diaper and makes … Continue reading →
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So. Three episodes left. Three brothers and mom in captivity, Kaisei captured as well, with the fourth brother still down the well, still unaware his father’s death was not his fault. There are a bunch of relevant pieces still on … Continue reading →
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「捲土重来」 (Kendojuurai) "Back in the Game" Our suspense remains to linger just an episode longer...
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Benten saves Yasaburou by using him as an umbrella and flying away. She tells him Yodogawa is claiming the tanuki soon, and right after she leaves he spots him, covered cage in hand. Yasaburou follows him to a restaurant, where he orders an egg bowl, but it was all a trap by the Ebisugawa brothers. […]
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By “dehumanizing” maybe it is better to call it “tanuki-fying.” Here’s a thought experiment. Rewatch Uchouten Kazoku. Whenever you see a human-form tanuki, try to imagine it as tanuki-form instead. What does this do? When Yasaburo looks longingly at Benten (maybe at the ED, maybe when they’re walking in the moonlight, whenever), the meaning becomes […]
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Management: So yeah, I’m pretty much just evangelizing at this point. I was asked why I found the visuals of Uchouten so striking, and basically compiled a collection of many of my favorite moments. Of course, every other shot of … Continue reading →
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