Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! – 03 Review

Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! – Episode 03

As I was sitting down to watch Episode 03 of this mind boggling loli-incest-harem-hell turned sappy-family-drama, I had no idea what to expect. I suppose I was just curious to see how in the world PapaKiki was going to pull off straddling two inherently incompatible genres. What I did NOT expect was a great episode.

And, guess what? Episode 03 was great! Really great!

Another – 03 Review

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. It offers solace that there is order & discipline, and saves a lot of time and effort explaining the unexplainable – especially to yourself. It’s easy to turn a blind eye about certain things, it was definitely easier – but sometimes even when you don’t want to get involved, there’s this urging feeling that you feel you should – no, you just have to.

Episode 3 – Bone Work

Ano Natsu de Matteru – 03 Review

Ano Natsu de Matteru – Episode 03

Well, in the comments on last week’s review, I predicted (somewhat sarcastically) that Will Smith was somehow going to be part of Episode 03. I was right, sort of. There was a reference to “Men In Black”, and Will Smith *did* star in a movie series by that name. I guess it’s just not a campy-alien-summer-story without him.

Rinne no Lagrange – 03 Review

That’s the kind of technobabble I really dislike: Either you’re introducing sf-elements and bear the burden of explaining them properly or you use technobabble of the present. There’s no need to invent “Telepathic Control Waves” for dramatic tension.

Rinne no Lagrange 03 – The Many Places Of A City Where Two Giant Mechas Can Fight

Rinne no Lagrange is currently the series I like best from the new winter-season, I think. Nisemonogatari is good but it’s a sequel and liking a sequel when one likes the first series as well is kind-of-cheating when it comes to choosing favourite series of a season. And speaking of Nisemonogatari: I will review it arc-wise. I simply don’t want to review every episode and just explain how it’s Shaft being Shaft, Shinbo being Shinbo and Ishin being Ishin. But back to Rinne no Lagrange 03: Thankfully the introduction is finished with this episode. It was certainly surprising how this series has spent so much time on this one fight without delving into the fun-slice-of-life-parts at all after the first episode. Next episode apparently seems to be a bit more laid-back but as far as I know this is a 13-episodes-series (correct me if I’m wrong) and it certainly takes its time. Not like that’s bad, this series knows how to spend its time. One thing about this show is still a mystery to me: Am I the only one in thinking that Lan’s habit of randomly using “Woof!” isn’t cute at all but simply weird?

Mouretsu Pirates – 03 Review

I don’t think Marika is the only one at this point who looks forward to some serious action…

Mouretsu Pirates 03 – The Future We Look Forward To Is Not The Present

After another boring Mouretsu Pirates episode I will admit that this series certainly doesn’t care much about pirates kicking ass. It’s not a realistic portrayal of pirates either, at this point it has nothing to do with pirates at all actually. A school-yacht-club with a space-ship and lots of time – that’s the current premise of the show. The cliffhanger of the second episode also led to a rather anti-climactic end. It may not be Tamayura but it surely doesn’t try hard to get away from the image of daily-life-banality. All the little details the sci-fi-setting does right don’t really help when it’s just there and not really part of any plot. I think Mouretsu Pirates has to change quite a few things since right now I can’t imagine myself continuing to watch this pacing for 20+ episodes. Something needs to happen in this series…! Anything, just so that I can actually care about it instead of feeling like I’m watching “~Healing~ – The Sci-Fi-Version”.

Senki Zesshou Symphogear – 03 Review

Okay, he blocks a giant sword with a punch and the only thing that got damaged by the impact is the street – and his shoes?! Why are his shoes the only thing that got damaged? And also: What the hell happened to his socks…?

Symphogear 03 – J-Pop Kills Alien-Goo

Watching this episode I asked myself how the strongest character on the good side wouldn’t fight against the Alien-Goo? Genjuro, the commander of the 2nd Division (what actually happened to the 1st one?) is apparently stronger than Kanade and Tsubasa combined but then it hit me… There are actually three convincing reasons why he’s just a commander and not doing anything directly against the Noise: 1. He’s older than 17 which makes him automatically either evil, stupid or an unimportant talking-head. 2. He’s no girl which means that he can’t be moe and these Blu-rays don’t sell themselves after all. 3. He’s no generic J-Pop-idol and nobody will buy singles of a humming old man (since he can’t sing, he’d just hum the melody). But instead this series is stuck with Tsubasa being constantly in a bad mood and Hibiki being a complete failure except when she’s angry. So, seriously: Give Hibiki a training-arc…!

Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! – 02 Review

Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! – Episode 02

As I sat down to watch this, I was prepared for another episode of generic harem-loli-incest-comedy. Wow, was I ever surprised! PapaKiki had transformed into a banal and half-assed attempt at sappy family drama. It was almost like watching a completely different series, and the change doesn’t seem to have improved PapaKiki one bit.

Guilty Crown – 13 Review

Right, because when shit has hit the fan and a city has sunk into chaos every teenager would go to school wearing the school-uniform…

Guilty Crown 13 – You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party

Two weeks have passed, this episode tells us in the beginning and like predicted in these two weeks Shuu has already grown a pair which excludes him from any sort of whining-sequences. Filling that spot will be Ayase who still can’t get over her failure to save Gai. Shuu’s completely fine with it and even has convinced himself that he let Gai die because stabbing someone with a big kick-ass sword isn’t killing or something like that. The evil guys (not the real heroes of this episode, I mean Sergai, Professor-Dude & Co) also have a nasty surprise for the protagonists… Apparently Aquarion Evol isn’t the only series these days realizing that a wall is an amazing plot-device.

Another – 02 Review

The past has so much to tell – and there’s the fact that it had led to the present. The present was terribly uncertain, a place of fear and of doubt – restless. The future initiates more suspicions, more anxiety, more concerns, it’s dim and the light is nowhere to be found.

Episode 2 – Blueprint

Ano Natsu de Matteru – 02 Review

Ano Natsu de Matteru – Episode 02

Well, here it is – the much anticipated second episode of Ano Natsu! The shows seems to have taken a little turn away from the ecchi-slapstick direction and looks to be moving more towards a character and relationship oriented slice-of-life series. While this episode moved slowly plot-wise, I found it still had the same warm feeling and the above average acting/dialog that made last week’s installment so charming.