I am so glad that Vinland Saga didn’t draw out the titular reunion between Thorfinn and Leif Erikson. I can easily imagine a version of this episode that had Leif just missing Thorfinn as he passed by in pursuit of Canute’s would-be assailant, only for their meeting to be the final shot...
The real treasure… was the friends we made along the way. Thanks, Dr. Stone for doing in twenty episodes what One Piece still hasn’t after nine hundred. And for having the wherewithal to know it’s incredibly cheesy and dumb while also true and good. Picking up where the last episode left off,...
Episode 911: It has been over… *checks Wiki* three hundred episodes since One Piece began to trickle its samurai characters into the main story, starting with the Straw Hats fatefully meeting Kin’emon on Punk Hazard, back when he was looking for his missing son Momonosuke (it turns out they weren’t really father...
Now that our heroes know the criminals of the world are equipped with the power of Quirk-enhancing drugs and Quirk-neutralizing bullets, it’s time for them to regroup and plan their course of action. Normally, U.A. students wouldn’t be let in on these sorts of pro-hero meetings, but the...
If there’s anything I’ve learned in this middle section of Fire Force‘s run, it is that the show is not all that great at telling its story with episodes that are focused purely on moving along the plot. The plot of Fire Force, as it turns out, is not all...
Dark World forces have been haemorrhaging named characters on a regular basis ever since “Emperor Vecta” appeared, and they lose at least one (and possibly two?) in this episode as well. The difference this time is that the Human Realm forces also take their first significant loss, and it...
You’ve heard of badasses, now get a load of bat-asses! Meet Bat-Man (no, not “Batman”), a subordinate of the Animal Kingdom pirates and wielder of a Smile Fruit, the knockoff brand of Devil Fruits that permanently turn their users into goofy nightmare-fuel chimaeras. It’s not enough for a man to sprout...
After so many weeks of going out of its way to see the hidden good and potential for change in everyone, Fruits Basket finally reaches the limits of its empathy with Motoko Minagawa and her underlings. The Prince Yuki fan club refuses to learn from their mistakes so hard that their own...
Equipped with a samurai’s katana and facing down a powerful rival, Luffy knows exactly what to do: Punch! Yeah, the weapon in his hand is mostly just for show, but he still clings onto it tightly, even with Zoro begging him to let him see it for just a...
Last week’s episode didn’t give me much to dig into, due to its transitional nature, but now that we’ve fully moved from escaping Tsukasa into Senku’s attempts to rebuild a brave new world, hopefully, things will begin to accelerate. “There’s always an idiot that will try anything.” One of...
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this episode was written via mad lib. “The cops have to stop a porn theft ring, leaving the gay cop to go undercover. Meanwhile, Kei is sad about his car and dead sister, and Tilarna has to learn how to drive.” If that sounds absurd on paper, then you best believe...
Episode 6 leaves me in a quandary. Should I feel even the slightest bit of sympathy for this youth merc squad – which we find out are called the Scavengers – for brutally getting the crap kicked out of them by Accelerator? While this series belongs to Accelerator, and...
This week, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations delivers an episode-length preamble to the reintroduction of the series’ most powerful antagonist to date. With some vacation time on his hands, Boruto decides to track down and train with the ever-elusive Sasuke. After learning Sasuke’s current location, the intrepid young genin concocts an elaborate...
Poor Anna. It’s been obvious for a while now that she was pigeonholed as Granbelm‘s tragic villain for its first half, and this episode sees her firmly closing the book on her own chapter. My misgivings about motivations aside, this episode absolutely succeeds at communicating that tragedy, and it begins and...
With this episode, the series begins a story arc that will cover the rest of the season, all about the titular Rail Zeppelin, a train created by vampires for the explicit purpose of marketing Mystic Eyes to supernatural folk. However, the story is not discarding its nature now that it...
I think a lot of us figured out in middle school that the old saw “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is a load of garbage. Words are, arguably, the most powerful tool humans possess, and their ability to cut you to the...
The fight between Shinra and Princess Hachibana in “The Spark of Promise” is the kind of climax that’s entertaining to watch at the moment, yet prone to faltering under scrutiny in retrospect. Visually, this episode delivers strong. Fire Force‘s tendency to prioritize capturing the manga’s panel-to-panel framing can make for...
Masato’s not-so-idyllic school life continues with motherly aplomb, as both Mamako and Medhimama insert themselves into their children’s respective activities. Medhimama, particularly peeved after being shown up the last episode, declares Mamako her rival and even goes so far as also dressing up in a matching sailor uniform. This is...
“Pretend Family” pulls an unsurprising but nevertheless effective trick, yanking the rug out from underneath Tanjiro’s feet and taking back his hard-earned victory from last week’s battle. I’ve seen a good deal of hype over episode 19 since it aired, and while I wasn’t as in love with it, I...
With the elven threat looming large, the true nature of this arc begins to take shape. Our new enemies are not a batch of unfamiliar faces, but rather half of the entire cast having their bodies taken over by the ghosts of elves as Licht’s resurrection spell comes to fruition....
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