「じょうらい」 (Shourai) "Future" If this week's episode was any indication where the story's about to go, we're going to be in for a bumpy ride. The post Gakkou Gurashi! – 08 appeared first on [...]
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No Kamo no Chomei recitations this week; rather, we have an algae-covered Yuki and Taroumaru, resulting in the need for baths for both. But I must admit this episode, despite its ample charming [...]
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Another episode featuring our adorable band of survivors braving the harshness of a pandemic. Bunszai’s looking for whatever the key of Megumi’s Mimi found last week fits in. Stinky. Respect Bunszai’s [...]
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This episode has been a weaker episode than those so far. The opening has gone through a number of changes now that we have reached over the halfway point. Megumi’s part of the opening has been [...]
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Have I ever mentioned how much I love this series? I love the contrast it exploits between fluffy moe and downright despair-filled responses, and I especially love not only the fact that they so [...]
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「おてがみ」 (Otegami) "Letter" I think this week's episode totally counts as the calm before the storm. The post Gakkou Gurashi! – 07 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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Mii-kun’s friend Kei was fond of the author/poet/essayist Kamo no Chomei (1153-1216), and his serene masterpiece An Account of My Hut (Hojoki): The flow of the river is ceaseless, yet the water is [...]
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Mimi saw a bit of Kei in Cat Cap. Please stay with us Megu-nee. Continue being a recurring ghost…pretty please with sugar on top? Reminds me of a school I used to attend that got solar panels a couple [...]
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    Holy shit I never would have seen this particular reveal coming… if it weren’t for a few dutiful commenters. Of course it isn’t any less chilling, because something done well with sufficient [...]
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Well the story continues on from the flashback, showing Miki first joining the club. Right off the bat the episode pushes to answer the question of Megumi’s existence. It’s a answer that was pretty [...]
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With this hard-hitting episode the “Miki introduction flashback arc” comes to a close, and for me it was very effectively done indeed. Part of me still feels a bit puzzled as to why the studio decided [...]
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「ようこそ」 (Youkoso) "Welcome" Even though I already knew exactly what was going to happen, it didn't stop the tears from flowing as the episode came to a close. If anything, I think I was [...]
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Miki wakes up in school to find Yuki standing over her, and then introduces her to “Megu-nee”, someone Miki can’t see, handing the invisible person a bottle of water that just falls to the ground. [...]
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Let’s see what happened when the gang brought Mii-kun to school. Before waking up Mimi heard Cat Cap talking…but not Megu-nee…CRAP! This will the episode’s thumbnail. Cat Cap explained to Mimi that [...]
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I’ve wanted to talk for awhile about GATE aping the iconic helicopter approach of Apocalypse Now, and how it was incorporated into the larger picture with the grace of… well, a helicopter gunning down [...]
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As these episodes go on it really is something to wonder about the matter of Yuki being a hindrance or a help. I have said previously that she does push the group in the right direction but it is [...]
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Note: Major spoilers in this post, especially for episode 4. Cuteness and darkness have always been an interesting mix-Madoka made this odd subgenre a success, and subsequent anime like WIXOSS and [...]
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「であい」 (Deai) "Meeting" Continuing on from last week's episode, this week's had a nice combination of happy-go-lucky moments with a pinch of complete despair and realization about just how [...]
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In 2004’s zombie spoof film “Shaun of the Dead”, Simon Peggs master plan for surviving the zombie apocalypse was to ” Go to the Winchester, have a pint and waiting for all this to blow over.” The [...]
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There’s no getting around it: these past two episodes, as fantastic as they were, had their peril somewhat dampened by the fact this is all happening in the past, and we know everyone will survive [...]
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