Can’t say the ending was really that good in the end. It was alright, but it definitely felt rushed. Could have been better if this anime...
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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13 (KJV) I recently heard a wonderful sermon on the value of friendship by Tim Keller. He spoke of how when [...]
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Summary: Yuu leaves for his world changing trip. His first mission is to find someone with the power to locate ability users and in a strike of luck he finds someone with powers even...
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As we open on the Charlotte finale, the situation is dire and the task ahead for Yuu—locate and steal the ability of every person in the world—seems impossible. But the show wisely infuses dark comedy [...]
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  What better way to end a show than a twenty minute montage? Season preview's done… except for the random sprites, which is apparently the only part people read. It should be up tomorrow. Probably. [...]
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When I think Jun Maeda, I think next level manipulative drama. This is not a bad thing, unless you aren´t trapped by it and become aware of its bullshit. Up until now, I´ve been captured by all Key [...]
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After all that happened last week it was a probably necessary for Charlotte 12 to be a sort of healing episode.  We watch Yuu slowly rehabilitate while at least one other ability user blames him for [...]
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Yuu in HospitalOverview: (Mild Spoilers)Episode-12 (Promise) follows the events of episode-11. Yuu is hospitalized due to severe injuries. He wakes up to find that Kumagami is dead and his brother is [...]
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For the fall season, I’m choosing a happy show. Okay, so life isn’t all roses, but seriously I should have known better when choosing a Studio Key show. People just…die. And we’re meant to feel bad [...]
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We just did, so feel emotions about them! I’ve discovered that the food that I assumed would be edible is… not, so need to go out and get some and then turn it into something approaching dinner. I’ll [...]
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「約束」 (Yakusoku) "Promise" And so the penultimate episode is upon us. The post Charlotte – 12 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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After things took a turn for the worse for Shunsuke, it’s time for Plan B, which is something I have been thinking all along. From the looks of things, I felt that this episode was a good recovery [...]
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The show is a bit slow considering it’s already almost ending. Despite that, there is some interesting development happening, so it’s all good. Most of the...
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As expected, Charlotte is rushing toward a surely emotional end. This 13-episode series has no time for long arcs and episode-long resolutions, so in quick order we see Yuu’s recovery (physically and [...]
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Summary: Well, I say “battle” but it was basically Yuu getting scared and Collapse-ing everything and everyone in the proximity. This resulted in Kumagami’s death and Yuu getting himself seriously [...]
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The harrowing events of last week, which resulted in the rescue of Nao and the capture of anti-wielder actors, along with Pooh’s heroic sacrifice, eventually bring Yuu around to Shun’s big-picture way [...]
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With Charlotte coming to an end in two more weeks, there has been some discussion going around on whether or not Jun Maeda learned his lessons from the mistakes he made while creating the story for [...]
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A double helping of Charlotte this time, as I was away sipping cocktails and working on my tan in Atlanta at Dragoncon. This show has gone from superpower to school comedy to crusading team to tragedy [...]
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In Rokka no Yuusha 11, the bad news is they’re still at that damn temple.  The good news is we might actually be close to moving on. Nachetania, now a little crazy, tries to kill Adlet.  Then Maura [...]
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Charlotte Synopsis With how powerful Yu is, Shun wants him to stay hidden until his abilities disappear. This ‘safe house’ is a research facility to develop a vaccine to prevent future abilities from [...]
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