A thoughtful response to current anime.
Kimi to Boku was kinda slow last episode, and that’s too bad. I love the idea of the show, subverting the traditional slice-of-life comedy anime formula by making the characters guys instead of girls, but an appealing premise isn’t enough to keep me watching over a twelve episode season. It’s not enough to give me [...]
Kimi to Boku is a nice, friendly show, in contrast to the murderous scheming of Fate/Zero. Sometimes you just want to relax and worry less about who is trying to kill whom, and more about who was maybe kind of a dick to whom. There’s more strife in Kimi to Boku than in some shows, [...]
Kimi to Boku looks a lot like an average four girl slice of life series, in the vein of Hidamari Sketch, A Channel, or Lucky ★ Star. The thing that makes it stand out from the pack is that it’s about guys instead! There is an interesting game you can play with anime series, where [...]
I had like ten pages of discussion of the new season typed up, and then I accidentally closed my browser and somehow WordPress’s autosave didn’t manage to save any of the work I had spent hours on. So instead of a long effortpost, you get the executive summary of what’s hot in the new season [...]
