Anime by and large has been lacking ambition lately. Possibly it’s just that I’ve been watching less of it, but there are relatively few titles that people bring up as challenging or [...]
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Time Travel Soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura Final Grade: +++ There are only two problems with this anime. The first is quasi-pedophilia. The second is ham-fisted depth. Here we have a perfectly good story [...]
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The death of a loved one, or in fact any human being is something that often triggers a powerful emotional response in most people. Equally or even more often, there’s nothing we can do to stop it or [...]
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An adult goes back in time to his childhood to prevent a series of murders. And no I’m not calling it by that awful English title translation. This is one of my favorite manga, so I went into it fully [...]
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Seeing how the first ten episodes was amazing in their pacing and tension, the payoff in destination of the last two episode wasn’t up to snuff and it showed in its rushed climax and...
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The first day of my college orientation, we were instructed to write letters to ourselves four years from then, presumably when we would be days away from graduating. Looking around my orientation [...]
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The finale of Boku Dake ga Inai Machi was excellent and emotionally satisfying, and I don’t mind that they cheated a bit. I had wondered how Satoru was going to get out of his situation, being trapped [...]
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Adapting the “僕だけがいない街” mystery manga by Sanbe Kei into anime form, “Boku Dake ga Inai Machi” or “Erased” is a true masterpiece, one of the best anime that aired these past years. With its excellent [...]
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There's this whole idea of "the whole being greater than the sum of its parts" and yet one of 2016's first and best series, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi, stands in direct opposition to that concept, by [...]
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「宝物」 (Takaramono) "Treasure" The ending wasn't delivered exactly the way ‪I expected. How did the series live up to everyone else's expectations? The post Boku Dake ga Inai Machi – 12 [...]
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A fitting ending for the series that kept on giving. Boku Dake ga Inai Machi is officially done and over. The series that kept viewers guessing, confused, surprised and most of all completely engaged [...]
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I’m sure many of you have already heard about how good Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (a.k.a. “Erased”) is, but have you ever stopped to consider all of the different meanings hidden behind each characters’ [...]
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Starting the final episode off with MAGIC MEMORY-RESTORING BABY HAND OF DESTINY. *me at the end of last week’s episode*: There’s no way anyone would be stupid enough to tell the serial killer that he [...]
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This show hasn’t always been even. The episodes in the present time in particular were somewhat lacking, in tension when the tension was paramount, and in small and comfortable moments when the show [...]
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Welcome back to the future, where ERASED goes barreling towards the finish line that just might bring down my perfect rating to something that is merely great. Satoru’s mother doesn’t just deserves to [...]
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「未来」 (Mirai) "Future" Satoru has been "Erased" from our opening sequence. What a clever new opening. The post Boku Dake ga Inai Machi – 11 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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Uhh…what? Am I supposed to be able to recognize this voice? Oh I see…this is supposed to be future voice. Wow, this guy got pretty gruff with age. I’m not sure I totally understand the symbolism here. [...]
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi just embodies the very essence of the word “unexpected”. Week for week, Boku Dake has delivered varying degrees of surprise, as its [...]
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I was really curious where they’d go with the show after last episode. As I wrote about that episode, it didn’t really feel like a climax, because of the delivery, and I wondered what they’d do now [...]
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Joy. The only person that is joyful of this week’s episode is Yashiro-Sensei at the expense of every other character in ERASED and the viewers. This is indeed the darkest timeline as Satoru comes...
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