Ensembles. Everyone loves Ensembles! When your main characters are feeling stale, bring back some likable side characters, amp up the enemy difficulty, make some convenient plan using all your powers combined – profit. Oh, and did I mention, change up the scenery with a trip? This is basically Fire Force’s plan for the rest of the season.
Continue reading “Fire Force S2 5-6 [Corna/Secret Plan, Time to Choose]”
One day, and I hope one day soon, Fire Force will decide whether or not it’s a great anime. Unfortunately, that day is not this week, as “Groping Through The Fire” (pretty sure that’s on purpose), showcases this mixed bag of a series to the fullest extent.
Continue reading “Fire Force S2 – 04 [Groping Through the Fire]”
New characters! Who doesn’t love new characters – and a high school student as well! Actually, how old is the rest of the 8th supposed to be? 20s, right? Anyways, let’s meet our newest antihero and her short lived gang!
We’re back with some hot bois, girls, and demons for another season of Fire Force! So strap in, turn your brainpower down, and enjoy some nice pyrotechnics and spotty plot as we try to uncover the mystery of people randomly combusting!
My Hero Academia is the forerunner of modern shounen – the descendant, if you will, of Bleach, HxH, One Piece, and Fairy Tale. With 2 movies, 4 seasons, infinite merch and cosplay, MHA is a force to be reckoned with. With that in mind, Season 4 proved to be a transitional season, with our lead Midoriya moving forward in the world of heroes and All-Might fading, set against a backdrop of a world trying to cope.
(I’m also part of the movement to make 50 the new average score, not 70.)
MHA flexed hard with this finale. Most other shows bring out some fanservice or flashy action – no, MHA made a legitimate MINIATURE MOVIE as their finale (why it gets all caps in the title). You’re thinking, oh sure, they had some action, blah blah – no. This was in-theater-movie animation quality. For a single season finale. Try to top that, Attack on Titan and your basement.
Continue reading “MHA – 86-88 [School Festival, Hero Billboard Chart, and HIS START]”
I love yokai shows. Almost every season, sandwiched between your generic isekai and the high school drama, you’ll find some spooky yokai and poor humans who have to navigate the two worlds. This season, In/Spectre filled that niche, as something of a cross between Bakemonogatari and Natsume’s Book of Friends.
(I’m also part of the movement to make 50 the new average score, not 70.)
Here we are at the back half of In/Spectre – the vaunted Steel Lady Nanase Arc. Even a cursory glance at the show’s artwork would reveal how central our faceless (but boobiful) idol is to this show. Is it worth the majority of the season though? Let’s find out!
Continue reading “In/Spectre – 09-12 [Steel Lady Nanase Arc]”
These three episodes are about Gentle Criminal. Sure, there’s 1A meeting Eri and some random people fretting about where Midoriya is, but really – this is Gentle time.
Continue reading “MHA – 83-85 [Gold Tips Imperial/Deku vs Gentle/School Festival Start]”
When I came to write about these past two episode of In/Spectre (Kyokō Suiri for you purists), I was afraid that I had actually missed 3 weeks of it – that much happens in these two episodes.
For a yokai show, In/Spectre has an insanely small cast – there were 3 (now 4) main characters that have dominated most of the season. Normally you have several new ghosts per arc – Natsume’s Book of Friends (what I consider the gold standard of yokai shows), has several new side characters per episode. In lieu of that, In/Spectre is doing an amazing job of the relationship development (Kuro, you lucky immortal, you).
Continue reading “In/Spectre – 07/08 [Preparing to Conquer Steel Lady/Fiction Spinner]”