First off, I want to discuss the concept of writing a story without planning, with thinking up plot points at the last minute. With the revelation that the field trip was actually a ploy to draw Nudist Beach out, there are valid reasons for liking and disliking this. To some people, it comes off as a drastic shift, like hearing a guy making up a story about how his car got totaled. It’s a bit sketchy as far as storytelling…
“We wanna’ be free! We wanna’ be free to do what we wanna’ do! And we wanna’ get loaded! And we wanna’ have a good time!” — People who had a horrible time They say ignorance is bliss. And shit, they’re right, man. I knew that fuckin’ ignorance once. I felt the cool waves of shallow unknowing wash over my prick and scrotum like so much fuckin’ nasal blood after a particularly nasty nude cocaine binge. The realization hit me…
So we’re all across Japan fighting the law and replacing it with our own law. Gamagoori duels with Kobe Beef tanks by utilizing the sheer force of school conduct to bring the dread on these barbarians. Jakuzure beats up turtles while Inumuta helps her realize that spirit animals are a complete and baseless lie. Sanageyama gets jobbed by Hannibal Chau which only makes me sad that Ron Perlman doesn’t usually do anime. It’s pure madness in these districts, and someone…
Well, bait-and-switch time begins again. After a two-week hiatus, the show doesn’t do breathers at all. It feels like a huge sucker punch, giving Ryuko half an episode where she angsts about her how she can control Senketsu, only to take that away the moment she gets back on her feet. Like, you genuinely expect her to be back in full form and fight the school because Shinjiro riled her up, but the moment you see what’s behind his bangs,…
As seasons change, so do our nature. Just as Ryuko grows enough to outmatch anybody in front of her, the oceans widen for big fish to become mere minnows. A titan in a sandbox is a mere footman in the stadium. Whatever strength or vitality we see in ourselves only dwindles when our world broadens, necessitating the desire to become stronger. This is the ultimate vexation of the food chain, that there will always be a challenger to our climb…
Since I have taken the reign in blogging Kill la Kill, now’s a better time as any to discuss the show’s counterpart this season. Kyoukai no Kanata, or Beyond the Boundary in case this ever gets dubbed, has proven to be an irksome watch. You might ask me why I would continue this show if I dislike it, but there’s a certain catharsis in seeing a show stumble like this. I often feel like I’m watching a mirror of the…
We are almost a few episodes away before mid-series, and there’s already a huge reveal involving the parasol girl, Harime. Harime looks like she comes out of a completely different show, which amplifies how disturbing her entrance is. She just appears out of nowhere, makes an ass out of Sanageyama, and reveals herself to be the real instigator to Ryuko’s quest. Normally, that would be horribly stupid and something only a hack writer could do. But here, it establishes that…
So this episode gives us two fights, with Ryuko going at it against Inumuta and Jakuzure. Inumuta, in particular, was a character we knew the least about. The rest of the Elite Four have their personalities established right off the bat, but Inumuta remained an enigma. He still is after this episode; with the only sure thing we know is that he has a damning interest for information. He reminds of Colress from Pokemon, due to how he only allies…
Time to hold your breath and count to ten, I guess. At the time of this writing, Nick had recently released four episodes in one day. Ignoring the whole “Does Nickelodeon have any issue with Korra” controversy that’s been making the rounds, this proves to make the blog more challenging to write than usual. One episode allows a central topic to form. Four at once means that it’s hard to write something cohesive without rambling in the middle. In fact,…
I’m pretty sure somebody at Nickelodeon took a peek at my mind to see what I would want in an episode. This week’s was packed with non-sexual fanservice splattered all over. I knew Wan Shi Tong would appear somewhere in the season, but Iroh’s return instantly brings this episode several levels higher than the rest of this season. It even surpasses the Wan two-parter. Yeah, Iroh’s my favorite character, so this is too heavily biased. For people who couldn’t care…