In a sense Medaka Box hasn’t been a major surprise. If there was anything I heard more than the synopsis it was that the manga this is based on struggled early on and had to change to draw people in. I’m starting to see why some people would have had trouble staying that interested in [...]
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  They sure figured out what to focus the episode on, didn’t they? Impressions: Well, at least they found something to put on the screen when the needless exposition began. Sometimes. I’m not sure I could’ve understood them explaining how she shot twenty balls at once without this important visual cue. The floaties also don’t [...]
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I'm going to give a forewarning and straight forward notice: I love Medaka Box and will probably have a positive bias towards it. My story is funny though- I've never actually read the first five books of the manga. I picked up the manga (reading weekly shonen jump) I believe somewhere in the middle of the second arc not knowing what was happening but became hooked to it anyways. Later I found out the writer was Nishio Ishin, writer of Bakemonogatari.So thus this is my first look at how Medaka Box begins, and I sort of expected no less knowing the background of the characters in advance. "Do you feel the world is ordinarily dull? Do you see the future as boring?Does this reality leave you unmotivated?..."Read more »
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Look, I could write a million posts about how I liked the manga and how I therefore hate the pace of the anime but I’ll never be finished and you’ll never be entertained. Yet the reason why most people like … Continue reading →
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_________________________________________________________________________ 「どっちやねん！！/願いがあるなら」 (Docchiyanen!!/Negai gaarunara) “Make Your Choice!!/If You’re Going to Make a Wish…” A wild bishie has joined the party. _________________________________________________________________________ The first segment of this week’s Medaka Box brings up something rather interesting. Is there such a thing as … Continue reading →
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Confirmed for those who take interest in plastic, Haiyore! Nyaruko's heroine is to arrive as a Nendoroid, as well as a Figma - yet unfortunately, not a full featured PVC figure like Medaka Box's bishoujo Medaka-chan.
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Sakamichi no Apollon 3 is another good one in a number of ways. One thing the show does extremely well is take situations and scenes we’ve seen before and make them feel compelling. Take the scene where Kaoru and Sentarou make up. They sit there, glumly, at their instruments. You know they’re going to make [...]
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Naked sparkling pretty boy? Why not! So who else is excited to see the resolution of the cliffhanger from last week? Okay, me neither. I mean, I guess a lot’s supposed to be on the line, but we already know that neither Zenkichi nor Akune will be going away anytime soon. And if the action [...]
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It's prodigies against hard workers as we kick off this week's Medaka Box - at least, that's how things line up in the mind of judo club president Nekomi. In the hope of snagging Hitoyoshi, and using Akune's love of Medaka to her advantage, we're all set for an epic judo match to decide whether Hitoyoshi can continue to serve our student council president or switch places with and join the judo
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So I had a bit of a hard time watching this week’s episode. First off, it finishes off the bit with Akune and he joins up, then it sorta introduces him with a mini-request. I still don’t get the half episode thing…don’t see why Akune’s judo bit couldn’t be one episode itself. Anyway, was this [...]
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Continuing from the last week’s episode, we’re presented with the match between Zenkichi and Akune. The match was decided to have a 10:1 ‘handicap’ winning ratio (due to Zenkichi being a judo amateur). That’s why I was seriously worried when Zenkichi got “ippon-ed” on the first 9 strikes. Lucky that in the end Zenkichi won [...]
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「どっちやねん!!／願いがあるなら」 (Docchi Yanen!! / Negai ga aru nara) "Make your choice!! / If you're going to make a wish..." Picking up from where we left off last week, it's time for an epic battle between Zenkichi and Akune! Who will win? Only the psychic octopus knows the answer to that one! Well, him and those of us who have watched the episode...
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…. dammit Gainax, don’t give us manservice. The story at this part is barely tolerable as it is giving us manservice like this doesn’t help dammit. Give us more of this instead. At least there will be something to fap laugh about! ©2012 Kurogane's Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved..
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Being cheered on by moe moe Medaka, you have no choice but to win, Zenkichi!
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  Can’t we just go back to her dressing up like a dog? Impressions: Urgh. This was not a good day for shows. This episode was so slow, repetitive, and cliched as hell. "I am a genius, therefore I’ll win!" "Oh no, hard work and effort momentarily beat me!" And then for segment 2, "I [...]
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Awesome as hell, you son of a gun. [[MORE]] For the first part of the show, Medaka solved a case regarding mutilated trackfield sneakers (or by any other name). But Medaka can run as fast as you do, she’s a creation with a somewhat omnipotent personality. The culprit is in denial, but… Medaka made her admit. Nothing happened (read: she let the culprit loose). Culprit’s eventually filled with guilt and guess what, she gave the victim new shoes in her locker. Second case: Medaka solves a case regarding a missing Russian wolfhound. Medaka said something about animals that made Zenkichi go on a hunt for the dog, which is fierce, by the way. Outcome: Zenkichi got hurt, Medaka hits it for the second try, dresses as a sexy dog mascot, scares the wits out of the dog. Solved. Trivia: Medaka is scary… that’s what the animals have said to me in an interview. Rating: +++
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Medaka Box, despite sounding like the more amenable sister of Pandora’s Box, is proof positive that you need a strong director to make the most of sharp writing. Coming from the same pen as Bakemono and Nisemonogatari it’s hard to believe the protracted, laborious dialogue here could ever be transformed into the wit that his [...]
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