Finally, Nagi no Asukara crosses the finish line. They added a little sprint at the end to shave a second off their time, but frankly, it didn't amount to much in the long run. To start this episode we got the people on the surface trying to figure out just what the hell is going … Continue reading The last finales: Asukara, Yakuindomo
The events of Nagi no Asukara 25 seems to be all about gods playing dice with the loves of adolescents and young adults. Actually, for a while it looked like things had settled down. Hikari loves Manaka, and if Manaka could, she'd love him back. Miuna isn't happy about this because she loves Hikari, too, … Continue reading Asukara 25, Yakuindomo ?, Nisekoi and Fool 12
(I'm dumping what I got here because I'm off sightseeing for a couple days. Kyoto!) Nagi no Asukara 23 has the all the usual characters limping around emotionally, in love with people who don't appear to be in love with them, but who knows? Nobody seems to know what's going on. Manaka has an excuse; … Continue reading Asukara 23, Zvezda 11, Dandy 12, Fool 12, Nisekoi 11
Sorry, busy with work so I'm falling behind. Nagi no Asukara 23 spends most of its time not trying to figure out how to get Manaka's ability to love back, but instead whether she's better off without it. On the pessimistic side are Chisaki and Kaname, with Hikari and Sayu doing the yelling for the … Continue reading Asukara 23, Chuunibyou Ren and Yakuindomo * 10
Kill la Kill 21 kept up the intensity it built over the last few episodes, but it felt like it was spinning its wheels. It was all about how to snap Ryuuko back to normal, or get that godrobe off her, and you knew that if it did happen this episode it would happen at … Continue reading Kill 21, Asukara 22, Chuunibyou Ren 9
After watching Kill la Kill 20, I give up on trying to predict what the show will do next. It's too much to say that they turned everything 180 and now we have to root for the villain to defeat the hero. Ryuuko's simply brainwashed and needs someone to talk or knock some sense into … Continue reading Kill 20, Asukara 21, Chuunibyou Ren 8
I don't really know what to think about Kill la Kill 19. I didn't expect a huge episode full of fights and revelations after that craziness last week, and I didn't get one. Not to say it was sedate. Instead, the episode concentrated on getting us caught up with what happened to everyone AFTER last … Continue reading Kill 19, Asukara 29, Chuunibyou Ren 7
In Nagi no Asukara 19, I thought maybe they'd get through the entire episode without using the "change" metaphor, but unfortunately it came back later on. Still, they spend most of the episode playing with variations; "suspended" for one. Tsumugu and Chisake both talk about how their lives and relationships have been so since the … Continue reading Asukara 19, Chuunibyou Ren and Nisekoi 6
My reaction to Kill la Kill 17, for the record, was "... the FUCK??!?" Then I tried to figure out when we could have gotten a clue for this. And little comes to mind. Last week, Ragyo told Satsuki all about the life-fibers plans to take over the world, but because of her blasé reaction … Continue reading Kill 17, Asukara 18, Chuunibyou Ren 5
Kill la Kill 16 tries its hardest to make a recap/infodump episode entertaining as any regular one, and nearly succeeds. I say "nearly" because about 3/4 of the way in my interest began to flag. We were, after all, getting the same information twice. Their trick to keeping us going (besides the interest in the … Continue reading Kill 16, Asukara 17, Fool 4
