「歓喜」 (Kanki) "Joy" Finally! Who saw that coming? The post Boku Dake ga Inai Machi – 10 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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Start this flashback off with an inspirational speech! Because…that totally works on elementary school students… Yeah, buddy…you’re not being suspicious at all. What’s going on with Satoru’s face? You [...]
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The long awaited mystery is finally resolved, or at least, a part of it is. For as long as I can remember, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi has been able to do the impossible; its been consistently been able [...]
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(The order of the two main topics in this post have been switched around, so the big spoiler will be after the “Read more” tag, rather than before.) Theme-wise, this episode really started by hitting [...]
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「終幕」 (Shuumaku) "Closure" Wow that just opened up a can of worms. The post Boku Dake ga Inai Machi – 09 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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For an episode titled "closure", there seemed to be a lot less of that going on in this week's episode than one would expect. But then that's Boku Dake ga Inai Machi's Modus operandi , isn't it? It [...]
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Well, this all escalated quickly. It was starting to look like Satoru might have to trigger another Revival. Isn’t there supposed be blood somewhere on Satoru’s mother’s face? We just saw it on the [...]
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You know how a continuous story that makes sense works? It has something happen, then it has something else happen that directly follows the first event, and so on and so forth. It’s the same with [...]
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Note: I utterly reject your notion that totally this is a week late.  Last episode’s cliffhanger turns out to be amounting to nothing and everything as ERASED goes into final third stretch by [...]
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「螺旋」 (Rasen) "Spiral" Another emotional roller coaster this week and it evokes a passionate response from me. The post Boku Dake ga Inai Machi – 08 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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Build that suspense! Aaaaaand we’re good? Please tell me the guy in charge of these subs did this on purpose…asking a “frank question” while Satoru is eating sausages. This was funnier than it should [...]
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There's really good, consistently well done anime series, and then there's Boku Dake ga Inai Machi. Just how does this show manage to maintain that level of unpredictability, freshness and emotional [...]
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This episode made me realize, I want to protect that smile. Not just Kayo’s, but child-Satoru’s as well, and if there’s anything episodes 3 had shown us, which last week’s episode had reiterated [...]
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Take nothing this series offers at face value, because things such as a "rules" are ever fluid. The one thing I did feel confident about, as this week's episode played itself out, was that I really do [...]
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「暴走」 (Bousou) “Out of Control” Just what I've been waiting for... The post Boku Dake ga Inai Machi – 07 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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So is Satoru just recognizing the culprit here from his encounter with him in episode 1 or does he actually know who it is? So I’ve been fine with this voice actor’s style for most things up to this [...]
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Note: I must reiterate that I have not read pass the manga pass the cliffhanger of episode seven and as such, everything I write is based on pure speculation. After two episodes of full...
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Last week’s episode revolved around trust, and this episode, well, it revolves around being a superhero, or in other words, being a child. This moment where we’re told Kenya asked Satoru whether he [...]
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「死神」 (Shinigami) "Grim Reaper" I knew it! I got one thing right! The post Boku Dake ga Inai Machi – 06 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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At midpoint of ERASED, it’s both the end of line and a new beginning for Satrou, who is about to send the show onto overdrive. Opposed to the other five episodes, we are treated...
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