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Spy x Family episode 5

Rating: 4.5 (of 5) Despite the episode’s ominous title – “Will They Pass or Fail” – Anya getting into Eden College was never in doubt; Master Henderson’s evaluation gave them an edge if even if plot necessity didn’t mandate it. The slight drama over this does allow for an amusing opening sequence about our featuredContinue reading “Spy x Family episode 5”

Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 30

Rating: 4.5 (of 5) Because of the series’ nature, true action scenes have been sparse at best; outside of the trombe incident in episode 25, there haven’t been any major ones. Likewise, while magic has been a significant element since it was first introduced, only Main’s restoration of the land in episode 26 qualifies asContinue reading “Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 30”

Spy x Family 4

Rating: 5(of 5) To give you a feel for how the anime community is reacting to the series, it is the most-watch and highest-rated series of the season on MAL (even over the return of Kaguya-sama) and in just a bit over three weeks has nearly as many ratings on Crunchyroll as last season’s bigContinue reading “Spy x Family 4”

Special: Summer Time Rendering episodes 1-2

Note: This series is on Disney+ in Japan but is not currently legally streaming in the U.S. This review is based on a stream from a secondary source. Rating: 4 (of 5) Disney+ has started to get into the game of licensing anime series, but apparently they are adopting the original Netflix model, and soContinue reading “Special: Summer Time Rendering episodes 1-2”

Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 29

Rating: 4.5 (of 5) Though its attention to detail can sometimes make the storyline of Ascendance of a Bookworm progress slowly, the series also occasionally has spurts of an almost dizzying level of activity. This is one such episode. So much is going on here that the storytelling jumps around a lot and keeps mostContinue reading “Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 29”

Spy x Family episode 3

Rating: 4 (of 5) Now that all three of the principal trio have been established, episode 3 gets down to the business of working on Loid’s mission. This reveals three things: Loid has no idea how to rely on other people to get things done, and is going to have a hard time adjusting toContinue reading “Spy x Family episode 3”

Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 28

Rating: 4 (of 5) Episode 27 was mostly set-up, so episode 28 is the first of the season to delve into the real meat of the story. And that begins by establishing Main’s status while living directly at the cathedral. In fact, the first half of the episode is completely devoted to this. Main notContinue reading “Ascendance of a Bookworm episode 28”

Spring ’22 Episode Reviews

As previously stated, episode reviews will continue with Ascendance of a Bookworm s3. After watching second episodes of a number of other titles, I have decided to go with Spy x Family as my second regular week-to-week title for the season. This looks like it could be a fun title to talk about, and itContinue reading “Spring ’22 Episode Reviews”

Ascendance of a Bookworm s3 episode 1 (episode 27)

Streams: Crunchyroll on Mondays Rating: 4 (of 5) Ascendance of a Bookworm ranks up with 86 as one of my most favorite series of the past three years, so it may go without saying that its return to anime form was my most-anticipated title of the year, much less the Spring ’22 season. Since IContinue reading “Ascendance of a Bookworm s3 episode 1 (episode 27)”

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 26

Rating: 4 The series has long vaguely intimated that something more – some bigger picture – was afoot in this story than has been revealed to this point. Too many things happened a little too conveniently, even if normal meta logic is applied; Kazuya noticed this himself, and those are the subject of the questionsContinue reading “How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 26”