Well, if Your Lie in April chose to go that route, I don't think they could have done a better job. But it still bothers me. Basically, Kaori's function in the show was to inspire Kousei, then die. It's a cheap way to produce emotions no matter how well it's done. And it reduces Kaori … Continue reading Your Lie in April finale, Yuri Kuma 10
Your Lie in April 21, after the events at the end of #20, feels partly like a cheap shot. Yes, Kaori had an attack and was in intensive care for a while, and it was hit or miss. But she recovers enough that he and Kousei can spend a little time on the hospital roof … Continue reading Lie 21, KanColle 10
Not much change in Your Lie in April. Everyone's still getting the rug pulled out from under them. Kaori continues to die, adding an attack of some sort right when Kousei and Ryouta come to visit, right after Kousei admitted to Ryouta that he was in love with her. To make it even worse for … Continue reading Lie in April 20, Shirobako 21, Saekano 8
Your Lie in April 19 shows Kaori deciding to have surgery which will be dangerous and maybe useless in order to perform with Kousei again. And she's working out (in this case that means trying to walk) to keep her strength and stamina up just for that reason. And it makes me wonder at the … Continue reading Lie in April 19, Shirobako 20, Saekano 7
A lovely episode of Your Lie in April this week, mostly positive, with no major crises in Kousei and Nagi's duo. The main point of the performance was to show us how much Nagi has grown, how much more she can do now. Even while Kousei isn't playing exactly the way they practiced she is … Continue reading Lie in April 18, Saekano 6
Kantai Collection 6, a silly filler episode about a curry contest, didn't bug me too much. Since there's a, er, fleet of characters to deal with it's nice to see how they react to each other. The trouble is, apart from people Kongou, who is not only taller but dresses differently than the others in … Continue reading Kantai 6, Shirobako 18, Lie in April 17, Saekano 5
Aldnoah Zero 16 concentrates on two people. Slaine, of course, because he's arguably the main character now. And, of all people, Marito. Both stories are straightforward. Slaine, the new count of whatever Saazbaum was count of, and a mongrel and mangy cur to his fellow counts, is fully aware of the enemies he has now, … Continue reading Aldnoah 16-17, Lie in April 16, Durarara2 5
One of the traps Shirobako had set episodes ago was that Third Aerial Girls Squad's author's agent saying "It's all good, see you later" every time Seiichi or someone else had a question. I KNEW that sooner or later the unseen manga author would step in and say "Do it again." Good thing it came … Continue reading Shirobako 15-16, Lie in April 14-15, KanColle 4
At the beginning of Your Lie in April, Kousei, grumbling over Kaori's choice of Kreisler's "Love's sorrow" for their gala piece, notes that Rachmaninoff had arranged it for solo piano, I should have guessed what would happen. He's grumbling about the piece because it reeks of his mother. He would lie asleep under the piano … Continue reading Catching up with Lie in April and Shirobako
Trinity Seven episodes 2 has Arata being observed by Arin as a sort of comic gag, except her reasons are intended to give us backstory. Then we get scene a scene where she's trapped him (and three girls) in a barrier to see how he will react, sort of a mage testing, since he's going … Continue reading Trinity Seven, Shirobako, and Shigatsu … 2-3
