And so we reach the finale of our second excursion Under the Bridge – its been a fun little trip, even if we perhaps didn’t get quite as much out of it as we did during the first season.  It would have been nice to have had a little more closure on the plot teasers [...]
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Alas, Ric, I fear the applause may be too little too late… ‘Tis the season finale and, to be perfectly honest, I don’t know if I should be sad or relieved. There was a lot left to be desired, but there were also flashes of the comedic brilliance that I most associate with this show [...]
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Round 2. FIGHT! Kyokai: First tag team post of this New Year! Lol, I wish that 1.1.11 was still around but our site’s clock is even faster than my local time so we are at 2.1.11. Hope you all had a good time last night and enjoyed it with your friends and family. What a [...]
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Well, this is it.  The end.  The final battle.  The last stand of a show that has been highly enjoyable from start to finish, even within it’s realm of unpredictability.  We’ve reached the finals of the Arakawa King game between … Continue reading →
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While our thoughts were turning to Venus as Arakawa Under the Bridge x2 drew to a close, it seems as if the series itself was going off at a different angle entirely, stretching its "King Game" out into a second episode. Thus, the show's finale begins as we focus upon what looks set to be a fight to the death between Sister and Maria, with everyone so desperate for the former to win (or rather,
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The final episode (*sniff*) of the season introduces (huh?) three new nutters (HUH?), before the remaining ones decide that they want to visit – and build – a theme park. Only in Arakawa Land, eh… Episode Summary: Nino wakes up in Riku’s place again with some very impressive bed hair, which leads to the suggestion that she, [...]
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This might be more of an au revoir than a goodbye to Arakawa Under the Bridge (a second season has already been giving the green light), but even then I wasn't particularly expecting to see three new characters brought forth, however briefly.With all of the worries surrounding Kou's father and so on resolved, this episode gives us a chance to cut loose and return to abnormality with the residents
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In a move that should surprise nobody, the last episode stayed removed from the plot and was basically a ‘special’. [...]
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As I had guessed might happen after the last episode, this season finale was a stand-alone episode, unrelated to the main story that had concluded in episode 12. Still, it wasn’t pure comedy like I had predicted, and the last half was a heartwarming way to end the season and to tie together the most [...]
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