A thoughtful response to current anime.
2011 has ended, as years often do. Soon the new year’s anime will be starting; I haven’t taken a close look at them, but I’ve heard there isn’t much to be excited about. So rather than worry about the upcoming year right now, let’s take a moment to stop and reflect on the year that [...]
I watched some anime! Here’s my thoughts: Fate/Zero 13: It was a cool episode, but come on. There’s no excuse for hyping the audience up for an epic confrontation against a Horror from the Deep and then saying, “oh, by the way, the show’s on hiatus now, look forward to spring”. This is the battle we’ve [...]
The previous episode of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai was the third swimsuit episode of the season. That’s plenty, in my opinion. Swimsuits are wonderful, but ordinary clothing has its own charms as well. Oh, and cosplay! Remember when Yozora was wearing a horse mask? That was pretty sweet. I guess for fully [...]
Last episode on Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, the Rinjinbu planned a visit to Sena’s private beach. I presume that this episode we’ll actually see them there. I’m not sure how helpful it is to go to a private beach if your goal is to make more friends, but I guess they have to start somewhere. They [...]
Last episode on Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, the members of the Rinjinbu tried to go swimming, but failed due to crippling social phobia. Have they considered maybe seeing a psychiatrist about this? I mean, it’s one thing to have trouble making friends, perfectly sane, healthy, brilliant, handsome people can have trouble making friends. But [...]
Last episode on Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, the Rinjinbu finally made it into the third millennium and started using cellphones. Now they can talk conveniently across any distance, rather than relying on communicating by throwing rocks with notes taped to them at each other. Maria is a nun, right? Couldn’t she just borrow one [...]
There is a new episode of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai out, which we will watch, but first I want to link you to this blog post about the show. I sometimes engage in pseudointellectual pretension in this blog, so I thought I would talk briefly about what an actual anime intellectual has to say. [...]
Last episode on Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, three new members were introduced to the Rinjinbu – a nun, a genius scientist, and a dude who looks like a chick. They all have their unique contributions to make to the club. I wonder if any of them like to play videogames, as near as I [...]
Last episode on Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Sena and Yozora were set up in conflict over Kodaka. Sena is attracted to him because he’s the only guy who is willing to stand up to a girl of such wealth and social status and tits. I don’t know why he would be, especially, except that [...]
So last episode on Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, the members of the Rinjinbu sat around playing videogames. Sounds like a good time to me, but in terms of accomplishing their stated goals of making more friends, I’m not sure it’s the best play. Basically as I see it, the problem is that the club [...]
