I realize that I am in danger of doing something like the Zero Episode stuff, but I cannot help reading the spoilers in the Aroduc's weekly of GataKei 02. And an even bigger danger is that I cannot see how watching this may be better than reading about it.
Also …
read moreDid not try to watch it, but saw a cap at Moero Amazon:
Initially I managed to misunderstand how it worked, but it suddenly dawned on me that the tie color stays with the class as they progress through years. So, the tie is not a badge of rank, which …
read moreread moreBut it has the distinction this season of making me laugh the most so far! [...]
What really brought out the laughs was just how different things were going on between what [Yamada is] thinking and how others see her (I.E., the stats card scene!) or between what …
Danny you card! Still, I don't understand what this means: "社長、かたもんであげよう？"
UPDATE: J.Greely e-mailed:
read moreかた is shoulder, もんで is 揉む = to rub/massage, so "Boss, shall I give you a shoulder rub?"; rather casual speech …
Evirus used the Chinese Water Torture technique, but even so he admitted that the currently-airing Heartcatch is not very good, to say it plainly:
Evirus: @sdshamshel: First Generation > Splash Star > Yes! > Fresh > Heartcatch based on what I've seen.read more
Zaitcev: @Evirus Where's Max Heart? Lumped together with First Gen?
Evirus: @zaitcev …
The post at Karmaburn is written from the position of someone who liked the Paris-hen, and I did not (I dropped it after the ugly brawl on the bridge, IIRC), but on the merits I have nothing with which to quarrel in this:
read moreI wanted to write about the end …
Thinking this anime was just another indicator of creative bankrupcy in anime industry, I bypassed it at first, but after Mori's post I went back to read what Aroduc has to say. To quote at length:
read moreThis actually ended up being a lot more fun than I expected and I …
He has seen it and the write-up is at Tenka Seiha. Cursed raw watchers and their kinky ways to obtain said raws. I am reloading Tokyo Toshokan every 20 minutes but nothing so far.
read moreIf I had know that this was just going to be 21 straight minutes of Kisaragi …
And you thought he only twittered. I have to say, I'm being intrigued by this take:
The details strain credulity (aiming for 100 casual sex partners in high school? Really?) but the overall idea that impressionable and insecure teens feel obligated to put on airs is dead on.
Curious. Also …
read moreThey sure come thick. Now it's Rabbit Poets:
I’m going to go out on a limb here. B Gata H Kei will be the best comedy of the season. Better than Arakawa. Better than K-ON. Better than Working. Or any of the other 2-bit harem comedies.
Then, he ruins …
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