Both Occult Academy and Asobi ni Iku Yo! have been fairly enjoyable series, not classics, but, well-suited for the laid back summer season. For me, I’ve been finding some rather incidental (and not much tied to the story, plot, or characters) ways to enjoy these anime and now that I’ve done with the Spring season, [...]
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  Previously in the comment box of Seitokai Episode 10’s post: “Timing with seasons never works out with actual shows, considering that Amagami SS which has several depictions of Christmas Eve is now...
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Now you know the way Occult Academy has this way of almost but not quite showing upskirt shots with Maya. [...]
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Proper farewells and goodbyes… Only few lucky people get them. As Masu’s AOL for a short trip back home, I thought to pick this up again for review, while catching up with the series. It’s kind of fitting too because both the episodes revolve around the ghost of Akira, who [...]
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Talk about a tearjerker! First a cute little girl dies when all she wanted was to see Santa, then another cute but not-so-little girl’s house is torn down, then the little girl and her dad have a final reunion – the worst of all of this is, Santa Claus doesn’t exist! Little children everywhere watching this [...] Related posts:Seikimatsu Occult Academy 9 Seikimatsu Occult Academy 8 Seikimatsu Occult Academy 7
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Episode 10 – AKARI of Fireplace -  暖炉のあかり (Danro no Akari) This episode wraps up the filler arc involving Akari, her family circumstances, and her unfortunate death. This does cue in some development of Maya’s background, along with a better understanding of Maya’s late father, but overall Akari’s arc had absolutely no relation at all [...]
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Well, that settles it: the end of this episode really hinted that in the next episode, the finale is finally beginning. With that, we should get away from the random storylines and back to the main storyline, which is bound to be a lot more action-packed. The big question is obviously going to be: did this [...]
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It’s not really a show from which I’d have expected it, but given it’s been a while I’m not going to complain when what’s probably my favourite show at the moment throws a bone in my direction. It’s kind of like the cherry on the top of a delicious tsundere pudding, or some equally as [...]
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It has to be said that I wasn't overly impressed with the previous episode of Occult Academy, nor was I particularly thrilled to seeing the story of ghost girl Akari run into a second episode. Still, what's done is done, so can it it win me over for the second half of this particular story arc?Although Akari's dad is plain unhelpful (and understandably so, really) to Maya's requests and queries
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  I swear, these people have the deductive skills of Scrappy Doo. Impressions: Santa. Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa Santa? Santa Santa Santa Santa. Santa Santa Santa Santa! Hey guys, you think that Christmas may have something to do with Akari? Great work, team. Next you can solve the case of Bugs Meany and the [...]
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…and they’re really cute. This week’s Occult Academy was a surprise. Oh yes. With only 4 epis to go, it looks like they’ve actually found the Nostradamus Key. Okay, maybe not. Instead, with only 4 epis to go, they’re actually in the middle of another completely unrelated two-parter. Hrrmm. But does that mean this epi was [...]
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If you’ve recently gone out to a chain restaurant or bar  in the US, you might’ve noticed that the menus now include nutritional information. Most of the time, it’s really shocking as to how ridiculously unhealthy the food is. Outrageous numbers of calories and astronomical quantities of sodium. And it makes you reconsider your decision. [...]
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In the most recent episode of Occult Academy (episode 9), I caught a passing mention of the “famous 19th-century medium Helen Duncan.” Now this is one of the few times I’ve seen something more obscure mentioned in the show, since … Continue reading →
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   In an attempt to get people to read this, I did in fact put the topic of the episode in the title. Now just push the little “More” button to read more about the ghost loli episode The...
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I could make this post entirely out of Maya expression pictures and I’m sure most of you would go home [...]
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Things finally pick up a tad in these two episodes. *sigh* Still disappointing. I do appreciate that the art can look quite pretty – for example I liked the image of the forrest looking from the ground up – but the story is lacking. In episode 8 something finally happens. We get an ugly monster [...]
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We’re getting very close to the 12th episode, but at this rate, it’s hard to tell whether the 12th will be the last, though it doesn’t seem there will be a second season during fall. #6 admits this time around that their little quest has nothing to do with the Nostradamus Key (so that means [...] Related posts:Seikimatsu Occult Academy 5 Seikimatsu Occult Academy 8 Seikimatsu Occult Academy 7
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Episode 09 – AKARI of snow – 雪のあかり (Yuki no Akari) The recent installments of Occult Gakuin have been gradually leaving out the humor that was prevalent earlier on in this series, and instead, this show is slowly getting more serious in tone, with much more focus on the occult. If  you’re looking for the [...]
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It’s episode nine. We’re about to hit the climax with five episodes left. And so this episode comes with a seemingly unrelated arc that ends with a cliff-hanger that will continue into the next episode. I’m really interested in the creators’ intentions here. Don’t get me wrong here, this episode was excellent as usual. [...]
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  Word to your mother. Impressions: Just like I feared. A-1 is bound and determined to piss away episodes on random nonsense. This arc is about a snow girl ghost that Chihiro accidentally summons, and since the Scooby Gang can’t ever leave anything alone, they have to spend two episodes resolving it. At least Uchida seems [...]
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