Honey & Clover II – episode 7

August 15, 2006 on 10:26 pm | In Honey and Clover | 6 Comments

“Forward, in the direction of the light”

This episode was cruel. The last shot actually made me sick, and I’m having a hard time sitting at my computer right now hoping that my interpretation is wrong. The fact that the ending had nothing to do with the rest of the episode yet overshadows the story so completely essentially negates the 20 minutes that came before it.

Hopefully I’m just being over dramatic. Either way, I can’t properly focus on this episode’s contents.

Titanic Spoilers

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Kimagure Orange Road – episodes 25-36

August 15, 2006 on 10:24 pm | In Kimagure Orange Road | 1 Comment

Have you ever lent in to kiss a pretty girl only to realise, upon closer inspection, that she is your sister? Nor have I (I don’t have a sister). Kyosuke sure has, though!
In this set of rockin’ episodes we get: several extra powers; another holiday period; many, many sukeban; and Schwarzenneger, Superman and general Hollywood jokes!

I’ll put the quality of the series this way: I’m at episode 37 of 48 and am now feeling sad that there are only 12 episodes left. Sometimes a 26 episode series can feel epic, but if you go for a more episodic route a series that’s even longer than that can feel like an idyllic holiday. You want an epic story to conclude (conclusion is, after all, gratification), but you want an idyllic holiday to last forever.

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Welcome to the NHK – episode 1

August 15, 2006 on 10:24 pm | In Welcome to the NHK | 1 Comment

“Welcome to the Project”

I cannot believe that I watched this, a television program with a guy fantasising about a girl dressed as a nun masturbating, on the train. Sitting next to my mother. Who had down her reading to see what I was watching. She then proceeded to watch the rest of the episode with me, and the whole situation rang to me of this (absolutely NSFW ever).

After my battle with mortification was over, I got to reflect on this episode: it’s actually the pretty interesting tale of a hikikomori who wants to make good. I’ve heard that the humour goes down as the anime cannot maintain the preversion level of the manga, but it’s intriguing enough that I don’t care about that.

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Digimon Savers – episode 11

August 15, 2006 on 10:22 pm | In Digimon Savers | Comments Off on Digimon Savers – episode 11

“Bring back the bond between parent and child
Evilmon’s bewitchment”

I’m not sure if a Faustian pact with a Digimon counts if you enter it unconsciously. In fact, my notes for this episode include the line “Wow, these Mephistos suck”. You get yourself some Evilmon and some Picodevimon, but they’re a bunch of morons.
That’s not to say that this is a bad episode, because this particular Digimon formula is nothing if not workable. Its use of euphemism is surprising, but there are no surprises otherwise.

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Bokura Ga Ita – episode 2

August 15, 2006 on 10:20 pm | In Bokura ga Ita | 4 Comments

Angry Nanami is a cause for celebration. Hilarious celebration! This episode covers a lot of ground, from one sided like to fights of pride and honour to a loss of like, to implied mutual like. As others have noted an entire season’s worth of material in a scant 20 minutes.

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Honey & Clover II – episode 6

August 10, 2006 on 7:00 pm | In Honey and Clover | 5 Comments

“We were never to go to the beach”

Wait a second, even that episode title is a spoiler! That’s right: in this episode, the characters of Honey & Clover fail to go to the beach.
Otherwise we get a rare episode that provides insight into every character: an ensemble piece based on an ensemble that isn’t assembled. It’s really quite beautiful.

Spoilers within! The Morita Family motivation revealed!

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Coyote Ragtime Show – episode 5

August 9, 2006 on 11:26 pm | In Coyote Ragtime Show | 2 Comments

“Never Change”

The fun never stops for Mister’s Ragtime Band. Except when Franca is involved, because she seemes to have an unhealthy obsession with abandonment.

All of the characters on this particular wrong side of the law have nothing but noble intentions, so she should just get over it. In the future, everyone will have robot heads in bird cages, and we will be better for it.

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Kiba – episode 19

August 9, 2006 on 11:24 pm | In Kiba | 10 Comments

“The Land of Darkness”

Or

“Noa! Awaken the tool inside!”

A new arc already, in the sense that we’ve got a change of scenery affected from the hub world of Kiba. There are several good things about this episode, the first being that we get to see Zed’s mother in flashback (remember how she’s supposed to be important?) and we can begin to comprehend that Noa is what one of my friends would call a “toolio”.

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Mushishi – episode 24

August 9, 2006 on 11:23 pm | In Mushishi | 3 Comments

“Bound for Bonfire Field”

What I love about Mushishi is that almost every episode is the “best episode yet”. This episode was positively cinematic in its execution and proves once and for all that fire is bad.

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Digimon Savers – episode 10

August 9, 2006 on 11:22 pm | In Digimon Savers | Comments Off on Digimon Savers – episode 10

“The Worst Day of Masaru’s Life
Soulmon the Prankster”

The ancient battle of man versus tanker is settled once and for all in this stirring episode of Digimon Savers.

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