Anime Giblets

It’s over. It’s been a ride. I’d peg it on level with a bus ride. There’s better rides out there. It wasn’t a good episode let alone a good ending. (more…)

It’s rather depressing that the token beach episode has been the break OreShura’s needed to move things forwards. It’s about as typical of a beach episode as you can get: melons, swimsuits, sandcastles and swimsuits with melons. Despite this, its efforts on characterising Masuzu, something it needed to do yonks ago, help redeem itself after stagnation for much of the series. (more…)

A bit later than usual which definitely wasn’t due Girls Und Panzer’s glorious return inspiring me to play World Of Tanks excessively. Actually it was. Anyway, the other reason it was late is because this was a dull episode. I tend to have a habit of listing my hopes rather than actual expectations and this episode even disappointed the latter… (more…)

So is the gripping story line going to be enhanced this episode? Nope, it’s chosen its route: harem comedy. So what first world problems are we presented with this week?

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I’m increasingly in two minds about OreShura; this was a decent episode yet the end part proves it’s not what it could be. Ai has now hogged the stage for three goddamn episodes yet Himeka is mostly relegated to the background. Hopefully it’s wrapped things up with Ai already because the 3 minutes in which Masuzu actually got to appear for were brilliant. Like always.

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There’s tsundere and then there’s just dere. She’s all over Eita, but she’s just to obstinate to admit it. It’s not much even a dynamic change of ratio. She comes in at 3:7, then within a minute becomes a 1:9 Tsuntsun:Deredere Alas, pride… (more…)