Posted in Last Friends on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A Loving Father
What Is Love?
There are two parallel stories going on here. On one hand, we have Ruka’s father dealing with his stubborn daughter’s choice in motorcycling; on the other hand, we have Ruka’s dealing with Michiru’s own stubborn choice to stay with her abusive boyfriend.
Posted in Last Friends on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
A smile that brightens the day
Watching this episode is like watching people walking further and further away from the shoreline but can’t see that eventually the water line will rise above their heads. It’s like watching suicides in slow motion.
Posted in Allison and Lillia on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
“Sorry old man, but this episode is all about me.”
Allison and Lillia Will finds the old man. However, on their breakout the old man sacrifices his life so that they can escape — but not so before he tells them the location of the treasure. On a stolen plane they fly in search [...]
Posted in Macross Frontier on April 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have a sudden craving for tuna buns.
Altoh takes a step of no return into the SMS team. Ranka decides to bare her flesh in the Miss Macross Contest. And Sheryl gives her a lesson how to do it properly, with Altoh as the audience.
After two action packed episodes, the story slows down [...]
Posted in Dorama, Last Friends, tagged agony, contradiction, liberation, love, solitude on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Shared House
This is not an easy show to watch. It starts out just like any other young adult shows about friendships and heartaches, but comes around the last third of the episode the fireworks begin.
Posted in Bleach (manga) on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Before …
Kisuke continues to rake up cool points; young Byakuya shows a rare hot-tempered moment; and kiddo Gin is as spooky as he always has been.
Posted in Allison and Lillia on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Simon says, …
Allison and Lillia continues to feel preachy. Last week’s message says history is written not so much to preserve the truth as to make convenient for those who wrote it. Building on that, this week’s message says, in the words of Mrs. Woot,
Whoever said it [the message] is not important. [...]
Posted in Macross Frontier on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Must have missed the memo that the iron claw is the next anime tentacle.
This episode picks up immediately from last episode. Altoh keeps shooting at the alien, but it really just annoys it more than hurts it since bullets don’t seem to make a dent on this thing. The rest is nothing groundbreaking: [...]
Posted in Bleach (manga) on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s hard to get a tan when you’re locked up inside the Maggots’ Nest.
For the fifth chapter in a row, Bleach has gone chatty. In fact, there isn’t even a sign of a sword at all. Except for one frame, everything is talk. Fortunately, the talking does reveal some interesting secret operations [...]
Posted in Allison and Lillia on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
If I know a girl like that, my summer would be very different too.
No, the title is correct: So begins the adventure of Allison and Will, not of Allison and Lillia. Lillia will not make her appearance until around half way into the series.
The first episode is pretty well polished. Everything from [...]
