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On Outbreak Company and Cultural Assimilation
This is a serious post on serious things The third episode of Outbreak Company finally sees the protagonist of the series, Shinichi, come under real threat in dealing with the culture of the new world...
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Revisiting the Drops
Unlike Megatron here, everything else in this post was dropped. Since there’s little in the way to talk about this week from the currently airing shows, I embarked on an experiment yesterday. By MAL’s...
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Finding a Greater Cause in White Album 2
There’s a key transformative moment in the 5th episode of White Album 2 when the 3 characters that are the focus of the love triangle at the center of the story begin to care about each other as a...
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In Which I Ask, Do I Qualify for Aniblog Citizenship Now?
Tsk, looks like it’s that time of year to do this post again. So it’s that time of year again where I am legally obligated to point out how long this particular blog has lasted. It’s now reached the...
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Lessons from the Second Season of Infinite Stratos
The source of this rant. Maybe I should have called this “Thank You for Not Writing” Infinite Stratos at its best is a whimsical harem series with a bland protagonist who comes good in spots and the...
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Needless Attention to Detail in Walkure Romanze
The better onsen episode this week was White Album 2, but that would be too easy to write about By most reasonable subjective measures, the eroge adaptation Walkure Romanze is not a very good series....
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The Coming Season of Discontent
A picture from the real Season of Discontent. That pile of trash does not represent the anime this season. “No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they...
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12 Days of Something III: That Time I Ruined the Gibraltarian Economy
Another edition of the game that destroys marriages and students. In May of this year, Gibraltar became the 54th member of UEFA after over a decade of Spanish protest. I don’t intend to get into the...
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12 Days of Something III: …and Special Guest, Wooser
When Wooser aired last year, I pretty much dropped it immediately and dismissed it as poorly executed perverted comedy on the basis of just a single episode. It wasn’t until recently that I went back...
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12 Days of Something III: The Year in Bad Drops
This is generally how I look when I drop things During the course of a normal year watching anime, I drop a lot of shows. It ends up being about 9 out of every 20 from my reckoning. That said, I make...
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12 Days of Something III: What FAL Says About Me as a Person
In the last couple of spring and fall seasons, Fantasy Anime League has taken place on MAL. While some people out there take this deadly seriously or devote entire pages of coverage to how they are...
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12 Days of Something III: The Definitive List of Best Girls, 2013 Edition
This isn’t a post intended to raise debate. The answers have already been settled. These are the best, acceptable and worst girls from harem anime this year, objectively. The World God Only Knows...
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12 Days of Something III: Randomized Anime Sampling
I had this idea before when I went through all of the dropped anime I had to find whether I would watch the next episode and actually like it. This post shall imbibe some of the holiday spirits and...
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12 Days of Something III: The Future of Failure is Now
These are gigantic viewer counts from my perspective. With the advent of the next generation consoles complete, it is now possible to more easily stream gameplay and commentary to audiences on sites...
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12 Days of Something III: A Year in Classy Manga
Minamoto-kun Monogatari, still as great as ever. I probably don’t talk about the manga I read as much as I should on this blog. I do read much more than the average person on MyAnimeList.That would be...
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12 Days of Something III: Basking in Glorious Failure
At the beginning of the fall, players everywhere prepare for the epic contest that is Fantasy Football. In the quest to choose the best players to build a title contender, there are many hours spent...
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12 Days of Something III: Maou-Economics
This was a strange year for the fact that there were three series with a very strange common element. Yes, judging by the title of this post, they all have to do with demon kings venturing over to a...
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12 Days of Something III: My Favorite Anime is Toronto Politics
For ideal reading experience please play the embedded Soundcloud clip: Rob Ford. Think about that for a minute. There are just so many things that can be said about the mayor of Toronto in title only....
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Secret Santa Review: Whisper of the Heart
This Secret Santa thing has been going on for some time thanks to the Reverse Thieves. For some reason, they continue to let me recommend stuff to other people even as I decide to torch relationships...
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12 Days of Something III: Moments of Anime
1. Space Brothers moon accident (Episodes 40-43) In January when I was still watching Space Brothers, there was an event I knew was going to happen from watching the live action movie last year. Hibito...
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