It’s that time of year again when anime bloggers everywhere will list their favorite 12 moments of anime in the past year. Here’s my first one.

Most satisfying moment of the entire three years of the series.

The rest of these entries weren’t ordered. But this was the best moment in anime of the year. By far. No competition. This is, in fact, the only reason I didn’t just do twelve days of Valvrave.

The moment is from AKB0048. Makoto is an endless failure who whines all the time (hence her nickname, Grumbly).

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Crime Edge was one of the most messed up series of the year. Murderous lolis, weird fetishes, it has it all. Anyway… my favorite moment was between the mid-boss and her lover. Well I saw “lover” but it’s more like SM slave.

Anyway, her magical murder tool is a whip that forces people to obey her. Kiri is under her influence, and she is about to force him to cut her hair. What an evil bitch, I know, I know.

Iwai watches, heartbroken. Those tears…

Fortunately Kiri snaps out of it.

It’s not due to Iwai’s tears though. It’s because the mid-boss’ hair is full of split ends.

Kiri fights back and defeats the mid-boss’ lover / slave. In his apparent death throes, he delivers his final words:

Crime Edge led me to understand true love.