Sunday means Arashi, and Omo is on the case. He follows the "membership" schedule, so he's ahead by one week. The 06 was the first episode that lacked a scene with Detective (05 had his scenes grafted in for no reason except to break up the monotony). Sadly, Omo's screencap tells us he's back.

That said, on my book, Natsu no Arashi might be the most interesting anime on CR right now besides Gintama. And I say this only because I am not watching Gintama but have heard good things about it. Natsu no Arashi is a successful throwback formula. Like White Album, for example, it is both new and old; but unlike White Album it’s mostly freed from the bonds of the source material, or so it feels like it.

Not sure if Arashi is all that good or interesting, but whatever the reason, it's the only series I'm watching this season. Even so, I'm not big fan of it. I am getting impatient with the endless preoccupation with 1945, episode after episode. The 06 was just about ready to turn into some kind of diet Grave of the Fireflies. So far it might have been needed to introduce characters properly, but I wish we moved on.

If only Omo were right, and SHAFT transcended Kobayashi's dragging excuse of a plot. Maybe even gave us a proper ending. A man can dream.