Rating: B+ Elsa is among the most popular supporting characters in the whole franchise, and this episode beautifully shows why. This may be Lawrence and Holo’s show, but Elsa is the true star of this arc’s climax. While Lawrence came up with the basic idea and Holo’s abilities as (effectively) a harvest goddess made theContinue reading “Spice & Wolf episode 25 (season finale)”
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Oshi no Ko episode 22
Rating: B+ Looks like the trip to Miyazaki is being put off for one more episode because there are still some relationship issues to clear up (or muddy up further, depending on which girl we’re talking about). But a series like this one could never let a whole episode ride doing things as mundane asContinue reading “Oshi no Ko episode 22”
Spice & Wolf episode 24
Rating: A- Last episode ended with Lawrence, Holo, Elsa, and Evan all fleeing Tereo, which is unquestionably the smart and safe move for all of them. However, as becomes apparent during their flight on Holo’s back, the smart and safe move isn’t necessarily one that everyone can live with. And that provides the grounds forContinue reading “Spice & Wolf episode 24”
Series Review: Bye Bye, Earth part 1
This adaptation of an early novel by the creator of Mardock Scramble can be a captivating fantasy story but sometimes tries too hard to be different.
Oshi no Ko episode 21
Rating: B+ Last episode ended with a bombshell declaration: genetic evidence that Taiki Himekawa is Aqua’s (and thus also Ruby’s) half-brother. It follows up with another revelation that is stunning in an anti-climactic fashion: that Himekawa’s parents both died in a double-suicide many years earlier, and so the man Aqua has been seeking for allContinue reading “Oshi no Ko episode 21”
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 23
Rating: B+ If I recall correctly, Lawrence has alluded before in the anime to how travelers are always a source of suspicion to locals, and thus the first to be blamed when things go wrong. Those on the fringes of the community and/or which are hated by the locals because of their roles also fallContinue reading “Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 23”
Spice & Wolf episode 22
Rating: B+ What better way to prove to someone that you are not going to turn them into the Church for having a secret cache of pagan lore than to reveal that you are one of the very pagan “gods” talked about in that lore? That’s the tactic Lawrence and Holo opt for in theirContinue reading “Spice & Wolf episode 22”
Terminator Zero
Like its namesake cyborg, The Terminator is a franchise that just won’t die. The franchise’s seminal movie was originally envisioned as a standalone, but its unexpected success eventually led to Teminator 2: Judgment Day, which is widely considered to be one of science fiction’s most influential and ground-breaking works. Though that was also not intendedContinue reading “Terminator Zero”
Oshi no Ko episode 20
Rating: A- The first episode of Oshi no Ko is rightfully famous for its numerous big twists, but since then its episode-ending cliffhangers have mostly followed an expected flow of events. (The sole exception to this might be Akane successfully imitating Ai at the end of episode 7, which was rightfully one of the featureContinue reading “Oshi no Ko episode 20”
Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 21
Rating: B+ The previous three arcs have shown that Lawrence and Holo have a supreme talent for stumbling into the midst of complicated situations. Here they actually recognize that they are about to do so once again, and to Lawrence’s credit, he at least initially moves to avoid it. This time, though, Holo’s the oneContinue reading “Spice & Wolf (2024) episode 21”
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