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Fate / Zero 09 — Amputations and Alchemy

Best episode yet, and for one simple reason: Saber and Irisviel barely had any screentime. It’s about time. I enjoyed how when they told Kiritsugu to go save the kids from Caster he just told them to shove it. He needs to worry more about Maiya though.

Ain’t no Cure for Love

Now this is the kind of development I can get behind! A demented wife tragically magicked into falling in love with Lancer, and threatening to amputate her husband! Continue reading Fate / Zero 09 — Amputations and Alchemy →

Mawaru Penguindrum 20 — The Ties that Bind

Nunca está uno libre, el que no está atado a algo no vive… Las verdaderas ataduras son las que uno escoge, las que se busca y se pone uno solo, pudiendo no tenerla.

—Last Ataduras, Carmen Martín Gaite

Apparently no one in the Takaura family is biologically related. But the strongest ties are those we choose for ourselves. Shouma chose Himari, and Himari chose Shouma. Now how did Kanba come into this? Continue reading Mawaru Penguindrum 20 — The Ties that Bind →

Space Battleship Yamato Review — A-

Earth has been poisoned with radiation by invaders from outer space, and all life will soon perish. However, the Earth receives a message from Starsha of Iscandar, a distant planet, telling them to come and get the Cosmo Cleaner D which can save the Earth. The only ship that can make the journey is the Yamato, which has been unearthed from its centuries of slumber for one final journey. Continue reading Space Battleship Yamato Review — A- →