Shingeki no Kyojin 10 — Goodbye Angst (I Hope)

Shingeki no Kyojin,

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As in seemingly every anime ever made (particularly of the shounen variety), the characters in Shingeki no Kyojin this week confronted two questions of utmost importance: 1) should Eren ditch his friends and go it alone, and 2) is Armin completely useless. The answers are 1) no and 2) no. Big surprise. Hopefully we’ve worked all this out of our system now and we get back to kicking giant ass with pneumatic grappling hooks next week. Continue reading Shingeki no Kyojin 10 — Goodbye Angst (I Hope) →

Valvrave the Liberator 09 — TRRAANNSS-AAIINNAA

Valvrave the Liberator,

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This week we move onto the traditional themes of accepting the importance of your own happiness, getting mad when other people decide to help you fight, and pink naked space ghosts. All of these are necessary in any mecha anime, so it’s no surprise they’re making an appearance in Valvrave. Continue reading Valvrave the Liberator 09 — TRRAANNSS-AAIINNAA →

Hataraku Maou-sama! 10 — Maou Sadao, Crocodile Tamer

Hataraku Maou-sama,

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Well okay. Pretty epic music and 3D effects for… this. It would be fine if they were building up for some big joke, but they just had Maou tame the crocodiles and proceeded to ignore them completely. All for the sake of convincing Suzuno that Maou isn’t completely evil.

And anyway, I thought we’d been through all these self-doubts over Maou’s wickedness before with Emi. Is there really a need to go through it all again? Continue reading Hataraku Maou-sama! 10 — Maou Sadao, Crocodile Tamer →