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This was not what I expected to say, but Chihayafuru had the best first episode yet. It’s been slim pickings so far this season, but still. Pretty good.

We have the theme of destined lovers who were childhood friends, but for once, they actually have an interesting backstory. There’s no childhood promise to marry each other. Instead, they actually became friends over a card game, of all things. This is a childhood friendship that I can take seriously.

Our lead characters are quite likable as well. They both have their quirks, and couldn’t be accused of lacking a personality.

I enjoyed the card game scene. Reminds me of when I used to play Egyptian Rat Screw all the time. Those games were pretty intense.

I doubt I’ll blog this, but we’ll see how the rest of the new shows turn out. Right now I’m leaning towards Guilty Crown, Un-Go, Mirai Nikki, and Fate / Zero. I’ll probably aim for one or two more, possibly including Last Exile.

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I second the cat.

Four young gentlemen sit on the roof, prep up each other’s hair and whine, while sakura blossoms drift past. A breathtaking scene.

This is the next iteration in the cute girls do cute things genre. Except it’s guys instead of girls. And they have no enthusiasm whatsoever. And it isn’t funny at all. Those are the two components which made this genre interesting in the first place. Stripped of them, it’s just people sitting around complaining. Why would I want to watch a show that makes my own life look like Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan by comparison? Dropped.

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Screenshot pretty much sums it up.

I guess this was supposed to be a fun intro episode to get the viewer hooked. But it failed miserably. Why? Because the viewer has no bloody clue what’s going on. The entire thing was just technobabble. And breasts. HUMONGOUS breasts.

I don’t understand the appeal of these massive lumps of fat. Up to a point, sure, but this is just disgusting. Is it physically possible for these girls to see their feet? How can they even walk? I guess they grow giant drill hair as a counterbalance.

And am I supposed to take this confession seriously? This guy comes out of nowhere, gropes his teacher, and announces his upcoming confession to everyone. They all take it seriously like it’s some sort of tragedy. Except we have no idea who this girl even is.

Lastly, those animations of the teacher running sure were obnoxious. They should give warnings for people with epilepsy.

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This wasn’t bad, per se, but I’m underwhelmed.

The premise is dumb but interesting at the same time. Our heroes, (non)-members of the puzzle solving club, solve puzzles with life or death stakes. The puzzles look interesting, even if the means of solving them are completely outside the audience’s hands. I feel that if you’re going to make a show about puzzles, you should at least make it possible for the audience to think about the puzzle and solve it themselves.

The biggest problem is the characters: none of them particularly interest me. It looks like our usual shounen school setting, filled with wacky hair styles. Our protagonist is full of himself. He has a violent childhood friend. The mysterious student council president is hiding something. I don’t really care about any of these people.

The way they develop the protagonist’s motivations and talents is especially pathetic. He made a childhood premise with what looks like his father to “free the puzzles.” Hilarious. Then to convince us of how smart he is, the creators have him solve a Sudoku puzzle. And everyone in the puzzle club is amazed. Seriously, guys? Is everyone at this school an idiot? It even took the person who wrote the puzzle an entire day to solve. How is that even possible?

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