Jun. Buddy. You were the hottest f-ing character in this show. When you sang But Not For Me back in episode 4 – heck when you even just said the English words “But Not For Me” – my heart fricking stopped with Yurika’s. I’m not saying your rebel streak isn’t good, or even that it … Continue reading →
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Of the five characters tangled in these unstable and perplexing romances, Yurika is the only one to achieve any success.  Among the chaos, discomfort, and pain, Yurika has remained true to her original ambition while others have faltered or collapsed under pressure. Unwavering from her plan and courageously facing all hardships and adversity, Yurika has [...]
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These Foolish Things Coltrane may be dead, but at least we have our ol’ pal Bill Evans. And it seems our Kaoru’s school life has been given new life with a legion of fan girls doting over him (even Maruo seems to have a new fan). Well, with Kaoru it’s only natural, even I was [...]
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If you took a long-running Corean or Chinese drama serial and compressed in 11 episodes, I’m pretty sure it would be similar to Sakamichi no Apollon. Oh, the drama…. ©2012 Kurogane's Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved..
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On a quick look on this episode, I’d say that it didn’t topped last week’s awesomeness but I guess this episode really did just gave a lot of interesting things to lookout for in the following episodes(: First things first, the number one thing that I’m looking forward to this episode is Jun-nii. What happened [...]
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A lot of stuff about Jun this week…political activism and whatnot. Also an explanation for his state of depression. Still…I’m just gonna put money on him eloping with Yurika (because her parents disapprove), and move on to another topic. Sentarou finally finds out that Yurika is out of his reach, and with some hints from [...]
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In my opinion this was the best episode yet. This was an episode of transformation. No one remains the same, except for possibly Kaoru. Brother Jun left college after leading student protests (likely during the leftist strikes against ANPO, he … Continue reading →
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The 8th episode of Apollon brings with it the answer to Jun’s problems while also solidifying the direction the 2 relationship stories are headed. Very early on, it is revealed that Jun had quit college and had been disowned by … Continue reading →
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The 8th episode of Apollon brings with it the answer to Jun’s problems while also solidifying the direction the 2 relationship stories are headed. Very early on, it is revealed that Jun had quit college and had been disowned by … Continue reading →
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