Wrapping up the fall season
Tearmoon, fin
After the rush, the padded ending! Honestly, if they’d decided up-front not to bring in more than the barest hook for a followup season (the serpent book on the table), they could have paced the last few episodes better, and made it less dependent on narration and exposition.
Verdict: flawed but fun, and honestly, what comes after this is where the source material starts shark-jumping, as
Mia’s granddaughter jumps back from a second-generation flawed future, accompanied by a new self-rewriting future-history book written by Anne’s little sister, who believed every tale of Mia’s genius.
Rerun’s Special Magic, fin
“My power is overwhelming!”
“No, my power is overwhelming!”
“Back to me!”
“I pressed the ‘I Win’ button!”
“Yeah, nah, I got this.”
Followed by a debriefing, a training montage, a showoff, the sight of Our Bushy-Browed Valkyrie wearing a literal bush, and The Big Sendoff. And, yes, even Bunnyboy’s official military uniform has him wearing short pants and thigh-highs.
Verdict: the biggest question I was left with was WTF was up with their hair coloring; the nicest thing I can say is that I didn’t quit it in disgust or boredom like I have so many others recently.
(you-know-who appeared briefly in a panned still, sigh)
The Apothecary Diaries, episode 12
Reminder: there are mini-episodes as well (just noticed you have to select the ミニアニメ tab). (don’t bother with the auto-translated captions; find a sub if you need it)
And so we reach the epilogue to the first book. If you’ve ever wondered what anime would be like if they didn’t chop up 3-4 light novels to fit them into 12 episodes, here you go.
Verdict: more, please.
(I haven’t read the books, because I really like the show, and don’t want to get into the adaptation-deficiency mindset)
New Frieren trailer
Congratulations! You’ve unlocked the tournament exam
arc achievement! In
most other shows, a multi-episode competition with lots of flashy
action would be cause for despair, but I think they’ve given us
sufficient reason to trust them.
Another winter show I won’t watch…
Fluffy Paradise – worked-to-death office lady reborn in another world as a loli granted the unique power of being loved by all non-human creatures. NO
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