The Kaichou wa Maid-Sama finale did what you might have expected, bring together Misa and Usui as a couple, and they actually do it pretty well, but everything around them felt off. Misa came to this festival because she wanted to keep an eye on Sakura, who's there for the UxMishi concert, i.e., their lead … Continue reading Polishing off Maid-Sama, Yakuindomo
The makers of Shiki certainly picked a good time to put the show on hiatus. Even though this week's cliffhanger was no bigger than the others, everything's ramping up now. And we didn't even get to see Natsuno. Much of the episode is devoted to Ikumi, the crazy lady who actually has it right. She's … Continue reading Shiki 11, Maid-Sama 25
Nothing much happens in Kaichou wa Maid-Sama 24. For the most part the show goes into a holding pattern and play with the characters a bit. Which is not to say it doesn't have some good moments. We get two little non-stories, the first involving Hinata helping Misa's mother carry her persimmons home, much like … Continue reading Kaichou wa Maid-Sama 24
Shiki 9 shifts away from the threat of the girl with the mannequin and shifts back to Toshio. While I'm more interested right now in Natsuno's danger, we hardly saw Toshio last week, so it's only fair. Toshio's still working on the vampire theory and so has kept Setsuki, the latest victim, at the clinic. … Continue reading Shiki 9, Maid-Sama 23
Kaichou wa Maid-Sama 22 spends much of its time anchoring Hinata's position in the cast and working him off of Usui, with the backdrop of the school camping trip. Some trip. Instead of some fun camp it's a place meditation, work and starvation, a little trick they like to play on the underclassmen. When anyone … Continue reading Maid-Sama 22
Heroman 21 sort of concludes the missing persons arc, that is to say, the missing persons are safely recovered, but it leads to other questions, like where is that other Skrugg? But in terms of character the episode is mainly about Joey. Tracing Denton's soil samples Hughes knows that the Skrugg is holed up in … Continue reading 21’s: Heroman, Maid-Sama
Heroman 20 is an annoying one. People in Central City are being abducted, along with cows. Naturally Dr. Denton is on the case, wasting Joey and Psy's time, until he vanishes, too. Then Holly decides to join in the investigation. The first half of the show is a waste of time. Holly drags Joey and … Continue reading 20’s: Heroman, Maid-Sama
Shiki 5 doesn't bring us much closer to any answers, much less ways to stop the dying. In fact, the show pulls off some misdirection such as we had in the first episode. The first part is all Seishin. He's going around to the victims' households in search of a clue. The one he gets … Continue reading Shiki 5, Maid-Sama 19
You could say that Shiki has decided on three main characters, two of them concerned about the mysterious deaths, and right now unable to do much about it. The deaths hit them all at a personal level, the unconcerned character most of all. The first part of the show has more people dropping dead, nineteen … Continue reading Shiki 4, Maid-Sama 18
Rather than letting anyone get closer to the mysteries of this little town, Shiki 3 is content to have another death and a lot of character introductions and development. We meet some of Natsuno's friends, if they can be called that. Tohru is a nice boy who befriends Natsuno even though Natsuno doesn't want any … Continue reading Shiki 3, Maid-Sama 17
