Because Arakawa Under the Bridge has an odd number of volumes in Japan, Vertical’s eighth volume is not an omnibus like their other entries in the series. So while volume 8 is technically the shortest [...]
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I thought that when I grew up, I could reach more and more. The fruit beckoning from the highest branch. [...]
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So this episode brings back the Amazoness and her Tengu lackies – I wasn’t really expecting the weirdness that was to follow though! So it seems Ric is still running his school under the bridge – we haven’t seen that classroom in quite a while so I nearly forgot that that was the role Ric [...]
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Ric x Amazoness? Is this a bad fanfic!? Return of the dramatic opening sequence! This one is actually decent, really. Young Ric tries to reach out for various things that catch his attention, but everything is always just out of his grasp. As he grows up, he gives up his fruitless efforts. That is, until [...]
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Since it became his de facto job episodes ago, Rec has been teaching his classroom on the riverbank.  His usual students are the Iron Brothers and Nino, but this episode we get a new transfer student, Amazoness.  Because he drew … Continue reading →
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Judging by Arakawa Under the Bridge x2's "clock", we're due a serious episode of the show this week... well, at least as close as this series can claim to come to being "serious" at least. This particular episode is driven entirely by the reappearance of Amazoness, as she turns up announced at Ric's outdoor classroom to indulge in her own unique blend of silly schoolgirl behaviour coupled with
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Summary: The episode begins with Recruit’s employees, whom we saw on top of the bridge last episode, taking tea in the vacation home. Rather than tell his underlings exactly what he is doing under the bridge, Recruit comes up with a wild lie involving a new company that he is setting up under the river to [...]
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The episode starts with a flashback of when Ric was younger. It was Parent’s Day and Ric had written a speech about his father. He titled it “Dreams.” Even though his father was the first to clap for him while in the classroom, on the ride home he didn’t seem to like it at all. More >
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This was a great episode.  Not only did we get some more character development for Ric and some development on Ric & Nino’s relationship, but we also got some great laughs!  Truly my faith in SHAFT has been restored.  Anyway, this episode shows what happens when Ric’s employee’s try to see what he’s been up [...]
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Again, we have another week where the opening monologue isn’t a quotable life lesson. Rather, we get insight into the [...]
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