I finished Trails in the Sky Second Chapter last night and was going to write a post about it. But r042 already did and said what I wanted to much more elegantly than I would have. He even used the same screenshot I was planning on! Great minds think alike.
So go read r042’s post. But to summarize, one of the best RPGs I’ve ever played with some of the best writing. Amazing escalation of the story. A few further thoughts: Continue reading Trails in the Sky First and Second Chapters
The world runs on zombie slaves and mechanical computers. Continue reading The Empire of Corpses Review — D+
Cute girls talk about random shit. Continue reading Lucky Star Review — B+
A robot is all alone after the world has been destroyed. Continue reading Planetarian Review — C
I’ve been loving the latest arc of Re: Zero. No, not that Rem episode (too much crying) or the epic battles of lolis, butlers and wolves vs. flying whales. What I’ve loved the most is seeing Subaru’s descent into despair and madness.
The best anime are able to elicit strong emotions in the viewer. And boy has Re: Zero. To see Subaru broken over and over again, tortured and forced to watch his friends die. Or to be killed by his friends. Or both. It’s made me more pissed than I’ve felt watching anime for a long time.
And the people who made me the most angry weren’t the ones who actually killed him. I can’t really get mad at the whale— it’s a whale— or at the witch’s cult— they’re fucking nuts. It’s the people who washed their hands of the whole matter, who should have helped Subaru when he asked them for help but chose not to. Especially Green, Purple and friends. Episode 16, where he went and visited all of them, was my favorite.
Subaru may have forgiven them now and made friends, but I sure as hell haven’t. He knows who his real friends are now.
And let me be honest: I want to see them all suffer. I know that Subaru felt the same way.
This arc reminds me of one of my favorite psalms, number 137: Continue reading Thoughts on Re: Zero