Last episode was pretty good and featured a lot of people dying, so of course this week has to suck and feature a lot of crying and crap about feelings to make up for it. More people survived last week’s slaughter than I had thought… so disappointed. Continue reading Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta 09 — Wah Wah Wah →

I had all but given up hope on this show. And then this episode comes along and kills off half the cast. Sweet!

If only they’d condensed the past six episodes into one or two, this could have been a pretty good show. Oh well… Continue reading Toaru Hikuushi 08 — Whoa! →

Jesus. How many death flags did they have to trigger to kill off this guy. It’s been what, two straight episodes of death flags now? Plus the only reason he’s dead is that the admiral is completely incompetent. Seriously. Somebody please fire this guy. He isn’t fit to lead himself to work every day, much less to command an entire fleet. Continue reading Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta 07 — Death Flag Overload →

We’ve arrived at the mysterious spring, the edge of the known world. Last week we were attacked by a mysterious enemy we know nothing about. So what will we do this episode? Cook some ramen and talk about our friendship, of course! My goodness this show is infuriating. We could be having some sweet aeroplane combat, we could be having a bittersweet tragic romance, we could be having adventures and exploring, but no, let’s cook some ramen! What the hell.

And above is the spring. What is the spring? A bunch of squiggly rainbows.

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If there’s one pet peeve I have about anime, it’s the identity crisis. Now I have nothing against identity crises in principle. It’s the anime take on identity crises that I hate. It’s almost always the exact same drivel.

“You are who you are!” Continue reading Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta 05 — You are Who You Are →