The way they made the detective jump on Ninth was pretty funny… Continue reading Mirai Nikki 12 — You’re Under Arrest →

This show is so much better when it isn’t killing off random side characters. The arcs with that little kid and the dogs were two of the worst arcs in the manga as well. But now we’re actually getting somewhere! Continue reading Mirai Nikki 11 — Police Brutality →

Doesn’t look like it should be long ’till death. Continue reading Mirai Nikki 10 — Till Death Do We Part →

Continue reading Mirai Nikki 09 — Out of the Friend Zone, Into the Oven →

I remember feeling that this arc with the dogs was one of the weakest parts of the manga. It is fairly silly. There are less ridiculous ways to kill people than with a pack of dogs. How can the police be so utterly incompetent as to not detect a pack of killer dogs that are still loitering near the scene of the crime? Not to mention, how can they let a group of kids sneak in? And the whole scene with Yukiteru commanding his classmates to hold the windows is silly and contrived. Why don’t they just go upstairs to a more defensible position and / or call the cops?

But with all that said, I still enjoyed this episode. I think it was able to capture much of the basic appeal of the manga: the question of trust. Continue reading Mirai Nikki 08 — Issues of Trust →