Some finales and near-finales

In Kinsou no Vermeil 11, as expected, we and Alto get escorted to Vermeil's dark past, and it's done well, emotionally. She was brought up in a small church by a nice Sister, a cool big sister character, and a couple of kids, a happy family, until her horns are discovered and a plague hits …

Some of the lesser shows, nines and tens

I found Yofukashi ga uta 10 more entertaining than usual because again, more characters are introduced. Also, it's a stand-alone, and I was happy to get away from the continuing drama of whether Ko will become a vampire or not. Anyway, we find that Midori the vampire, who works at a maid-vamp cafe, or is …

Sevens, eights and nines

Isekai Yakkyoku 8 mainly follows a pharma guild member Pierre, whose daughter catches the flu. No one else can receive him except the Parallel Pharmacy, where Farma manages to lower the girl's symptoms. This leaves Pierre distraught for two reasons. First, he sees that Farma's clinic far outstrips his skills and means, and second, he …

7-8s: Abyss, Soredemo, Ojisan, Kuro no Shoukanshi

In Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou 8, the two stories, Riko and her friends and Vueko with her tribe, come together as we learn the origin of the village. I'm too dense to understand Vueko's fate, in that hidden room surrounded by what I think are Irumyuui's unborn children, loving and caring for them …

More sixes: Lycoris, Tensei Kenja, Vermeil, Abyss 2, Yofukashi, Soredemo Ayumu

In Lycoris Recoil 6 we learn that … Kurumi is pretty much responsible for the botched mission that led to the loss of those guns and killed some Lycorises, and got Takina in hot water with the DA and led to her demotion. The show almost makes a joke about it, and I suppose Kurumi …