Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace is the first show of the season to finish, and it does so in no better or worse fashion than the ridiculous final story arc permits. Namikoshi's nefarious plan to create an explosion of twenty faces for society to deal with is near fruition with his own death. Meanwhile Kobayashi … Continue reading Laplace finale, CC 12, Seiyuu and Biyori Repeat 11, Teekyuu 59
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace 10 is maybe the weakest episode yet, though it does deserve some credit for stretching out the obvious without me throwing up my hands and jumping forward. Basically, Namikoshi's abducted Kobayashi and tells him his life story, in the third person, which is basically a story of physical abuse by … Continue reading Laplace 10, CC 11
Non Non Biyori 9 is mainly about Natsumi, so there's a lot of lying and stupid behavior in play. This show is weakest when it shows antics like this, Natsumi trying to cover up the fact that she and Hikage ate all the moon-viewing dumplings, or in another episode, Hotarou trying to hide all of … Continue reading BiyoriRepeat, Laplace, and Seiyuu 9, Teekyuu 57
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace 7 set up an elaborate murder setting consisting of two victims, giant mannequins, gears, and the police and suspects standing around being colorful. So many visuals going on that it was hard to figure out what was going on. So, naturally I figured the solving of the murders would take … Continue reading Eights: Laplace, CC, Gate
Rampo Kitan - Game of Laplace has always had vivid, often extreme imagery, but in episode 7 it gets so stylish that the story gets completely swamped. But at least we start normally enough. Kobayashi and Hashiba are taking exams, and Kobayashi challenges Hashiba and Akechi to some card game to bet on whether even … Continue reading Laplace, Gate, and Charlotte 7
Gate 6 works in two halves, the massacre, er, battle, and the aftermath. What happens is pretty much expected even if you haven't seen the previews. The SDF sends in helicopters, complete with missiles, guns, and Wagner music. And Rory gets to have some fun. But Rory hasn't hit her peak yet, so to speak, … Continue reading Gate and Laplace 6
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace 3 manages to be sinister and eccentric at the same time. The former is demonstrated by Sachiko's murder; the show had that all set up to be a happy ending, the girl cured, happy, and going to school, only to turn it on its head and make her another victim. … Continue reading Laplace 3-5, Seiyuu 4, Teekyuu 51
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace 2 wraps up the nice chair arc and makes me wonder what they're going to do next. I gather there's going to be more murders at the school, so I wonder if Kobayashi will continue to be a suspect. That's rather a nice idea for a mystery series, where the … Continue reading Twos: Laplace, Dandelion, Gate, CC
Time for the new season! As usual I will give brief opinions on the shows I might watch all the way through. I'm using the Random Curiosity preview as my guide and will try to stick to that order, but maybe not. And once again I will give a screenshot of the first couple seconds … Continue reading New Summer 2015 #1
