Renai Flops finale, and shadow 13

Let's see, I predicted that Renai Flops would end with Asahi meeting Ai in the other-verse or whatever, and he and maybe she would make peace with the situation and move on. It would be long and tearful with lots of flashbacks to happier times and to Ai's death. And that it would turn out …

Eminence, DIY, Bocchi, Renai 11

I'm not sure what Cid is getting at in Eminence in Shadow 11. His name is called to fight in the Princess Trials (a big combat event between warriors and the ghosts of heroic warriors) even though he hadn't applied for a spot and was just sipping his drink in the stands. In order not …

Tens – the usual

Bocchi, the abstract We know pretty much how Bocchi the Rock! 10 is going to play out. Bocchi wants Kessouku Band to play at the school festival, but she's scared. Someone will give her a push, she'll get support from the band, and it will be fine, though she'll still be nervous. The first third …

Eminance, DIY, Bocchi and Renai nines

Eminence in Shadow (Why I used the original, long name for so long in these posts?) 9 goes along with no complications, to the point where I got bored. Cid helps Sherry arm the new jewel and then she sneaks it to the auditorium where the students are being held captive, the magic barrier goes …

Eights: Kage, DIY, Bocchi, Renai Flops

Cid, acting in the third person again. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 8 is spared the usual "What is Cid up to now?" questions because we know exactly what he's up to. His interior monologue gives us a straightforward rundown. First, fake his death, then take out a few villains until he rescues Sherry, learns …

Kage, DIY, Bocchi, Renai 7s

I wish I knew what Cid was up to most of the time. In Kage no jitsuryokusha etc 7 we are still confused. Cid keeps doing things like he has a master plan but then stuff just drops in his lap. He's entered into a school combat tournament against his will, but then decides to …

Kage, DIY, Bocchi, Renai 5-6

Cid showing off. Let's see, in Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakuke! 5 we have Kageno facing off against Zenon to rescue Alexia, and we get a side battle with that mistreated monster running amok. Neither have a lot of drama to them, since we know Kageno and Alpha will beat their respective foes, the latter …

More fours and fives

Mad scientists always say that just before they die. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! 4 continues its bewildering story with an unpleasant episode that has Cid beaten to a pulp while getting a little bored of the NPCs' cliches, and Alexia is chained up in a dungeon while a nutcase draws her blood while a …

Threes and fours and a five

I was worried that Bocchi the Rock! wouldn't be able to keep up the quirky energy that made episode one so delightful, but I needn't have worried. Well, it does drag a bit in ep3 with Kita apologizing for flaking out on Kessoku Band, and their entreaties to rejoin, but I attribute that to watching …

Fall 2022 3

Our first dull concrete shot of this post. I try not to read reviews of shows until I've seen them myself, but even with that I got weird vibes from the reactions to Akiba Maid Sensou, shock, amusement, disgust. As for the episode, yeah, pretty much those things. We start in 1985, where a couple …