No.6: Episode 1 [First Impression]
Pretty and spectacular visuals reel you in and force you to keep watching.
A very intriguing beginning for No.6! I’m rather looking forward to this anime, with an introduction episode like that!
Deadman Wonderland: Episode 12 [Finale]
Shiro’s expression is an accurate portrayal of how I’m feeling.
A sad ending, but not in a disappointing way- and yes, I will miss the OP for Deadman Wonderland quite a lot.
Kami-sama no Memo Chou - episode 1
An ordinary boy by the name of Fujishima Narumi, displaced identity as his family always moves around, causing him to change schools often. He refers to himself as a “single pixel”, not bothering to make friends at his new high school or bothering to stand out at all.
He accidentally stumbles upon a line of Love Hotels (probably Love Hotel Hill in Shibuya) and witnesses a girl (Miku) jump out of one of the hotel windows, escaping from an older man who attacked her so-called boyfriend (Satoshi). Narumi goes to help her when a small boy weilding a gun, wrongfully suspects him of ill-doing. Luckily the suspicion wears off as the gun-weilding boy’s friends tell him off, helping the girl and her boyfriend up.
They leave shortly after with the injured girl and boyfriend, leaving Narumi with an odd first-impression of Tokyo life.
The World God Only Knows S2 - episode 12 (FINAL)
“The real world is just a crappy game. The ideal world can only be found in a game…
Or so I thought.
But if an ideal can be found within a crappy game, there may be an ideal route in the real world for me to discover…”
And thus ends the second season of The World God Only Knows.
Deadman Wonderland: Episodes 10 + 11
Scar Chain is forced to re-think their plan, Ganta deals with being “weak” while Shiro stuffs her face, Genkaku coerces Nagi into working for the Undertakers, and Makina attempts to figure out what promoter Tamaki is up to…
We are nearing the climax of Deadman Wonderland and this jumbled mess of plot and side plot is (seemingly) pulling itself back together for the final episode.
The World God Only Knows S2 - episode 8-11
Episode 8 was a slight filler but kept the lighthearted feel that I love in this series. Episodes 9-11 revolved around a new arc involving a student teacher! Student x teacher relationship!?
Hanasaku Iroha: Episodes 9-11
Some interesting character and plot developments in recent episodes of HanaSaku Iroha make me realize that this is not just a story about a single girl, but about everyone else around her, too.
Deadman Wonderland: Episode 9
The dramatic still: Owl is cornered by Daida.
The mass Deadmen break out begins. Will they succeed?…
To review: With Karako facing off against the necro-macro, Ganta and the other Deadmen make it to their location and are waiting on Nagi and Rokuro to get the elevator started. Unfortunately, Nagi is caught up by his backstabbing ex-comrade and the Undertaker Daida Hibana, a second grader with a penchant for being polite then slicing you to bits.
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As Nagi is quick to discover, the Deadmen have been sold out to the Undertakers. After KO-ing Rokuro and Daida, he manages to start the elevator, though not without passing out and being captured. He sends out one more desperate plea …
Back to Ganta and the other Deadmen- they also quickly find that they’ve been set up and most of them are killed on the spot by Genkaku and his Undertaker cronies, all of whom have anti-Deadmen weapons. Ganta is protected, as he has the microchip with all of the important info on it- until Shiro pops out of a ventelation tube to destroy the microchip via explosion…
Shiro saves Ganta once again.
Over all, I think this episode was balanced in terms of pros and cons: the good is that the storyline is progressing nicely, the bad is that there are too many characters and not enough coverage to make me feel really connected to them or their sacrifices and losses.
On the other hand, Daida played an interesting role in showcasing Undertaker abilities. Arguably, she was the one who made the battle scene intriguing, only because of her twisted nature and fighting technique. I actually feel like a better match up would have been Owl and Genkaku, since there seems to be some history there. But it looks like we’ll possibly getting that next week, since Owl is now in custody of the Undertakers.
Also, the Shiro side-plot seems to be developing without us even realizing it - and who’s this other kid who looks like her?…
~Kiryn
Deadman Wonderland: Episodes 7 + 8
Meet Karako and Nagi, aka. Game Fowl and Owl…
Things are rolling along! After Ganta’s fight with Minatsuki, he is invited to join the Scar Chain resistance … and what’s going on with Shiro, again? …
HanaSaku Iroha: Episodes 6-8
Poor Nako. She has more fans than she probably needs.
It’s all about the side characters! Episodes 6 and 7 focus on the other characters working at the Kissuiso- “young master” Enishi, ”commander waitress” Tomoe; while 8 focuses on grandmother Madame manager Sui and her impressing the importance of treating customers equally on Ohana.
