No seriously, I can’t get over this moment. After seeing bruises on Kayo’s leg, it’s a torn glove that makes Satoru go “oh shit this is serious!” Yeah, normal parents don’t do stuff like that. Still, [...]
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I liked Satoru’s inner monologues in episode one. While shitty life circumstances can certainly make a person miserable, toxic thought patterns can do just as good of a job. Satoru was monologuing in [...]
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I resent the first half of this episode. It was the better half of this episode, but I still resent it. It made me think Bubuki Buranki might be something other than a generic story about a [...]
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I’m not entirely sure where Schwarzesmarken stands in the Muv Luv Alternative universe. Presumably, it’s meant to be an entry point for people who don’t want to play the entire visual novel. So that’s [...]
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I’ve gotten used to all anime being more or less about the same thing. This isn’t necessarily bad; Code Geass is a generic mecha story, Shirobako is a generic s’life fest, etc. etc. Nonetheless, when [...]
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When I dislike an anime, I can usually still tell why the creators thought I would like it. Jun Maeda, for instance, obviously believes there’s something entertaining about watching cute underage [...]
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Every fiber in my body was screaming at me about how terrible the storytelling in this episode was. To begin with, it’s disgustingly cliche; a girl, inspired by two hot guys high fiving each other, [...]
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One year, I will make a top 10 list. I was really considering adding Aldnoah.Zero here just for that purpose, but then I remembered that Aldnoah sucks. This isn’t to say that I’m dissatisfied with [...]
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While there are a good number of murderers out there in the real world, the most terrifying people you meet may never do anything physically violent. They’re the manipulative type, the people who lie [...]
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When you think about it, the premise of Garo is actually pretty fucked up. Horrors exist because human beings are weak, imperfect creatures. Makai knights are granted that knowledge, then told that [...]
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