Zenshu Ep. 2 “DEFEND”: Isekai Rabbit Hole [Review]

0 0 Zenshu Ep. 2 “DEFEND” dives even deeper into the isekai rabbit hole Natsuko Hirose has found herself in. All as she tries to survive and navigate her way in the world of her favorite anime to boot. Fortunately, there’s one thing that won’t change, and that’s Natsuko geeking out over everything in this […]
Spy x Family Ch. 106 / Mission 106: Desmond Family Reunion [Review]

0 0 Spy x Family Ch. 106 / Mission 106 features a reunion of the entire Desmond family in the manga’s history. Alas, regular readers will know that this will not be a happy reunion. In fact, it’s such an unhappy reunion that it produces one of the tensest dinner scenes I’ve ever seen in […]
Zenshu Ep. 1 “FIRST STROKE”: An Animator’s Isekai [Review]

0 0 Zenshu Ep. 1 “FIRST STROKE.” is an anime that defies genres and other conventions of anime. It makes you think it’s going to be an anime about making anime like Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, but then it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you and turns it into an isekai anime. […]
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Ep. 12 “The Reason To Fight”: This War Of Theirs [Review]

0 0 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Ep. 12 “The Reason to Fight” gives us a real plot twister in this final episode of the season. A plot twist that involves actual military personnel, no less. Let’s just say that the NPCs are most definitely not what anyone expected them to be. Sword […]
Blue Box Ep. 12 “Girls…”: Festival Of Worries [Review]

0 0 Much of where Blue Box Ep. 12 “Girls…” takes place in is during a summer festival. However, there’s not many chances for our main characters to enjoy the fesitivities, it seems. Between teenage angst about romance and a lost kid, this festival seems more like a festival of worries than anything else. Blue […]
DAN DA DAN Ep. 12 “Let’s Go To The Cursed House”: Hot Springs Haunting [Review]

0 0 DAN DA DAN Ep. 12 “Let’s Go to the Cursed House” takes us right back to the anime’s roots as a horror anime. Complete with some very creepy stuff happening in this hot springs town, including some sexual assault. Too bad it all stops right in the middle before the story concludes anything. I guess […]
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Ep. 11 “Pitohui’s Attack”: Unorthodox Tactics [Review]

0 0 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Ep. 11 “Pitohui’s Attack” shows how a good defensive position combined with some well-programmed bot players can make orthodox tactics useless. Of course, our main characters aren’t entirely without options here. When orthodox tactics fail, then it’s time to turn to the unorthodox ones to […]
Blue Box Ep. 11 “Uncool!”: The Hina Complication [Review]

0 0 Blue Box Ep. 11 “Uncool!” is basically Hina’s chance to shine after Chinatsu more or less rejected Taiki. However, the Hina complication works both ways. After all, she can’t stand to see just how uncool Taiki is being after that rejection, even if it means sabotaging her own chances with him. Blue Box […]
DAN DA DAN Ep. 11 “First Love”: Dummy Love [Review]

0 0 DAN DA DAN Ep. 11 “First Love” features a story of two dummies. One is a human dummy, while the other is a dummy dummy. However, what they both share is that they have a whole bunch of love coursing through them, which doesn’t care what kind of dummies they are. DAN DA […]
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Ep. 10 “The Devil’s Castle”: Aimbot Blues [Review]

0 0 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II Ep. 10 “The Devil’s Castle” clearly demonstrates how to make bots not fun to play against. That secret strategy being to turn them into aimbots, which these bots seem to be. Clearly, Keiichi Sigsawa has a good grasp of video game development to understand this […]